Tuesday, February 7, 2012 Year xli. VolumeThe lxxxii. Issue lxvii. Daily Free Presswww.dailyfreepress.com [ The Independent Student Newspaper at 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 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 , 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 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 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 ) 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 ,” 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.” 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 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. Under the proposed plan, the state when you increase the price of cigarettes, fair.” 2 Tuesday, February 7, 2012 President Brown: Federal aid cuts could Students stray away from voting mean less grants, loans for students for third-party candidates Kolikoff: From Page 1 people thought of as presiden- uition From Page 1 to affect them. Amelia Scott, a federal aid cuts, specifically the Pell T : tial,” Kotlikoff said. “I think the freshman in the School of Hospital- grant and federal loan programs of- “A third-party candidate will same is true with Ron Paul. As endowments, as well as federal as- ity Administration, said high costs fered to students. never win an election in this coun- much as I love his candor and re- sistance programs. might deter students from attending “Cuts in these federal programs try, no matter how much people spect a lot of things he says, he’s Julie Wickstrom, director of BU. would negatively impact the most support the candidate,” DeSocio on some level an extremist.” the Office of Financial Assistance, “The middle-ranking schools vulnerable portion of our student said. Rose O’Connel-Marion, a Col- declined comment. However, she will get more of the students and body,” he said. DeSocio said third-party can- lege of Arts and Sciences sopho- told The DFP in a Sept. 13 article the higher-ranking schools will get BU increased its financial aid didates weaken the support behind more, said she wouldn’t want to that while BU does not “struggle” [fewer] students,” she said. “So funds to compensate for rising need candidates that stand a chance of vote for a candidate that weak- to give financial assistance to its to make sure our reputation stays among students, according to a DFP getting elected, citing the 1912 ened the party she supports. students, it faces a number of chal- intact, we need to make sure that article on Sept. 13. The loss of the and 2000 presidential elections, “I would if I felt like they lenges to its ability to provide a suf- everybody can come and keep on National Science and Mathemat- among others. had a chance at winning, but not ficient amount. coming.” ics Access to Retain Talent Grant Teddy Roosevelt ran as a third- if I felt like they would just take Kirkpatrick said if tuition goes COM sophomore Sean Griffin, and the Academic Competitiveness party candidate in 1912, arguably away from the Democrat’s votes, up, the amount of scholarship mon- who receives federal financial aid, Grant caused BU to lose $1.7 mil- taking votes from incumbent Wil- or make the party I didn’t want to ey coming from the school would said he wishes the tuition cost were lion in federal financial aid. liam Taft and resulting in a vic- win, win,” she said. need to increase as well. lower but understands the financial Even if federal aid is cut, a lot of tory for Woodrow Wilson. In the However, CAS sophomore Ol- “You’re going to need to be will- pressure BU faces. extra scholarship money exists that 2000 election, Ralph Nader ran ivia Paris said she would focus ing to offer assistance to students “We’re in a major city, and it’s BU students often miss, Kirkpatrick as a third-party candidate, which more on the candidate’s policies who need it, especially if you’re incredibly expensive to try and run said. some say led to less votes for and vote for someone whose ideas looking for the cream of the crop,” [what is] basically a “I’m not saying I disagree with Democratic candidate Al Gore. she supports. she said. “Sometimes the best of business . . . especially in such a the way BU spends their money,” “In 1992, Clinton won because “If I agree on what [the can- the best aren’t in the top 1 percent prime location,” Griffin said. she said, “but I do think that there’s Ross Perot, the most success- didate] says then yes, but only or 2 percent that can afford to spend Although no proposals or steps probably a lot of money that’s sit- ful third-party candidate as of then,” she said. $60,000 a year.” from the Obama administration have ting up there and that is for students late, who garnered 18.9% of the “If Mr. Kotlikoff was able to A number of students said prob- been made or suggested, Brown said and they just don’t know how to at- popular vote but still did not win run on the Republican ticket, I lems in high tuition costs continue he worried about the possibility of tain it.” a single electoral vote, took votes think he would be an extremely away from George Bush,” DeSo- strong candidate, and could be cio said. able to unite the electorate,” De- Kotlikoff said Perot couldn’t Socio said. “As a third-party win in 1992 because he was “a candidate, he stands only to take fringe candidate” in several re- support from the Republican can- spects. ‘Follow’ us on Twitter didate who actually has a chance “He was not a candidate that @dailyfreepress of winning.” @DFPfeatures ‘Like’ us on @DFPsports Facebook /dailyfreepress The Daily Free Press Crossword By Tribune 43 Base runner’s goal Media Services 45 Divided Asian land Across 1 Jack’s partner 48 Give up amateur status 5 Not exactly lined up 50 Up to, briefly 11 Stanford-Binet nos. 51 Express line unit 14 On the less breezy side, at sea 52 Lass CLASSIFIEDS 15 Jacket part 53 Spiteful JOBS -- $$ SPERM DONORS WANTED $$ Earn up to $1,200/month and give the gift of family through California 16 Actor’s signal 55 “Strangers in the Cryobank’s donor program. 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The following reports were BreathalEyes, an application In a move that many people taken from the Boston University available on the iTunes app store attribute to the public backlash Police Department crime logs from for $.99, is an application that through social media, Susan G. Jan. 30 to Feb. 5. measures eye movement and cal- Komen for the Cure decided to re- culates blood alcohol content, ac- verse its original decision to cease On Jan. 30, three students work- cording to its website. funding for Planned Parenthood. ing at Metcalf Science Center, lo- The application measures the The Komen foundation will cated at 590 Commonwealth Ave., horizontal gaze nystagmus, an continue to fund the existing involuntary oscillation of the grants of Planned Parenthood, ac- reported that sometime between SARAH EPSTEIN/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF 2:15 p.m. and 2:30 p.m., various eyes that is associated with al- A new application for the iPhone and iPod touch, BrethalEyes, claims to cording to a statement released items they had been storing in un- cohol consumption, said Russell be able to read blood alcohol levels. College of Engineering Freshman Friday from the Susan G. Komen locked lockers in Room 268 were Ries Jr., president of Xplor Corps Katie Gikas gives BrethalEyes a try by scanning College of Arts and Sci- board of directors and CEO Nan- stolen. LLC, the company that created ence freshman Nick Koen’s eyes. cy Brinker. BreathalEyes. “Our original desire was to Please return to Tiffany & Co. “Essentially, the application said. partment Chief Thomas Robbins fulfill our fiduciary duty to our take a series of images of the eye “At no point does the app say, said that while he was not familiar donors by not funding grant ap- A female student left her Tiffany as it looks toward the outside of ‘Yes you should drive. No you with the application, his advice plications made by organizations & Co. watch in the second floor the face,” Ries said. “Then, soft- shouldn’t,’ ” Ries said. “I’m not was that “students over the age of under investigation,” according women’s restroom in the George ware interprets the data by look- sure how much more different it 21 should drink responsibly and to the statement. “We will amend Sherman Union, located at 775 ing at the pupil and looks at the would be for a person to go to not rely on devices.” the criteria to make clear that dis- Comm. Ave., on Feb. 1 at about rate of motion. If it finds any, it their friend and say, ‘Hey you’re Nadine Mansour, a College of qualifying investigations must be 5:30 p.m. After realizing she had will take that rate and estimate drunk.’ If you told your friend, Communication freshman, said criminal and conclusive in nature left the watch in the restroom, she and approximate your blood alco- ‘You’re drunk,’ would you think she would not rely heavily on the and not political.” returned 30 minutes later to find it hol level . . . to a range of .02.” that’s unethical?” application, but instead use it for In another statement two days had been taken. Ries said the data comes from Although the website states the fun. She said she feels confident prior, the Susan J. Komen foun- more than 40 years of research on application is only for “entertain- that most people would be able dation said they were “dismayed You’ve got mail the horizontal gaze nystagmus. ment purposes,” Ries said this to tell how intoxicated they are and extremely disappointed” that While the eye movement can distinction was for legal reasons. without an application. their actions to strengthen their BUPD launched a general inves- be done sober to produce a false As a downloadable application, “It seems that when accidents granting process were “widely tigation Feb. 2 at 3:43 p.m. when positive, the application was cre- Ries said he feels as if he has “of- while intoxicated happen, the per- mischaracterized.” a student taking an online course ated with the intention that people fered a reasonable solution to get son is not really aware that they In 2010, the Susan J. Komen through the Metropolitan College using it have been drinking, Ries people thinking and talking.” are that drunk,” Mansour said. “I foundation began an initiative to reported he was being harassed said. “What we’re offering can- doubt that these kinds of people measure the impact of their com- with unwanted emails after hav- While some might not consid- not be considered an official law would whip out an app to deter- munity grants, after which adopt- ing a disagreement with his online er an application that calculates enforcement tool,” Ries said. mine their intoxication level.” ed “stronger performance criteria professor. The student has not iden- intoxication ethical, Ries said he “It can, however, be considered College of Arts and Sciences for our grantees,” according to the tified the person that has been send- believes the application is ethi- something for use in private lives freshman Helen Chen said stu- earlier statement. ing the harassing emails to police. cal. BreathalEyes is “just trying that can give you as good estima- dents would not use the app be- to give people information” when tion of your blood alcohol level.” Komen, see page 4 Making bank figuring out sobriety levels, Ries Boston University Police De- App, see page 4

A female student reported Feb. 2 at 3:46 p.m. that €1,400, equivalent to about $1,839, had been charged SMG alumni recruit students to join gaming company to her credit card, which was linked to an account at a bank in China. By Kelly Landrigan and Shao have also begun focus- to develop, Bisceglia said. He trepreneurs Club’s founders, and Daily Free Press Staff The student said the fraudulent ing on recruiting SMG students went around BU’s campus to get Shao told members about their charges occurred sometime that Before graduating from Bos- as interns and team members. students to sign up, while Shao plans when they were still stu- morning. ton University in 2009, Dave “We definitely look for BU coded the game. dents. Bisceglia and Ralph Shao set grads,” Bisceglia said. “We loved Bisceglia called it a location- Caitlyn Pearson, a freshman in Tapped out plans take on the new wave in BU and everyone has been so based game similar to Four- the SMG, said she was pleased to gaming technology with a startup. helpful to us, from former profes- square, which integrates real- hear that BU alumni look forward A male student residing at War- “Both of us were gamers sors and mentors to Dean Elmore, world experiences. to working with current BU stu- ren Towers, located at 700 Comm. growing up, and we saw that there who gave us free hockey tickets “Players have to defend their dents in the job market. Ave., informed police on Feb. 4 at was a void in the market for real- to give away.” favorite hang-outs, as opposed “BU always talks about the 2:17 p.m. that his roommate was world games,” Bisceglia said. The team released TapCity, the to just checking in somewhere,” extensive alumni network, but it recording their arguments on a The School of Management first gaming application, in 2009, Bisceglia said. Within the first is great to hear that it actually ex- cell phone, a violation of Massa- alumni founded the Tap Lab, a so- according to the website. few weeks of the games launch, ists and is thriving,” Pearson said. chusetts wiretapping law. The law cial gaming company designed to Bisceglia and Shao went “Kenmore Square turned into a “I think SMG provides its stu- requires both parties to consent to keep up with the fast-paced mo- through two startup accelerator war zone.” dents with a lot of opportunities any recording of conversations. No bile lifestyle of the present day, companies, which provided fund- The alumni said they continue to interact with representatives charges have been pressed yet, but according to its website. While ing, office space and other re- to seek new employees as they from different companies during the case is being handled by BU’s they continue to develop their sources to budding entrepreneurs. work to launch a new game. Judicial Affairs. collection of games, Bisceglia The project took three weeks Bisceglia, one of the BU En- Lab, see page 4 Filene’s downtown gap to be filled with new building R-E-S-P-E-C-T By Meg DeMouth Vornado Realty Trust has owned of the Downtown Boston Business and Amelia Pak-Harvey Daily Free Press Staff the lot, according to its website, Improvement District Corporation. since 2006. After purchasing the Businesses that flank the long- After about five years of vacan- space at One Franklin for about time-abandoned site, a lone hole cy, concrete plans have been made $100 million, the company did little in an otherwise bustling area, ex- to fill the empty lot in Downtown to renovate it to the chagrin of Me- pressed their enthusiasm about the Crossing where Filene’s flagship nino and other city officials. plans for the space, she said. store used to sit. But after recent negotiations, “In addition to our BID members Millennium Partners, a New the city announced on Friday that being very excited, the residents are York developing firm that has done Millennium Partners will invest in excited, the employees are excited several projects in Boston, will in- the project to build a “mixed-use” – everyone is really thrilled at this vest in a new tower for the lot that tower. Several city officials said the news,” Sansone said. will have retail, office and residen- project, slated to cost about $500 To develop the area, Boston City tial space, according to a City of million, will revitalize the spirit of Council President Stephen Murphy Boston press release. the area. said Downtown Crossing needs a “We have long dreamed of what “The hole in the ground was just firmly established set of business- Downtown Crossing could become something we were having a diffi- es – something the empty plot has and we will soon realize that poten- cult time overcoming. It was really marred for the past several years. tial with Millennium stepping up to like an open wound that needed to “[A commercial] area is only as JUNHEE CHUNG/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF the plate and making this deal hap- be closed, that needed to be healed,” Boston University students support their goalie at the first game pen,” said Boston Mayor Thomas said Rosemarie Sansone, president of the annual Beanpot Tournament. Menino in the release. Filene’s, see page 4 4 Tuesday, February 7, 2012 Hematology prof. receives SMG alums one example of vast network award for excellence at BMC Lab: From Page 3 events they host at SMG.” By Gina Curreri Davidoff said in the press re- Max Veggeberg, president of Daily Free Press Staff lease Weintraub has helped con- the Entrepreneurship Club, said vey his interest in hematology in SMG would only get students so Boston University professor terms of diagnosis and clinical far in the job market. Lewis Weintraub received the care to trainees. “Past presidents [of the Entre- 2011 Jerome Klein Award for “Dr. Weintraub is a clinical he- preneurship Club] have reached Physician Excellence at Boston matologist without peer,” Ravin out to me,” Veggeberg. “If they Medical Center for clinical and said. “He has been an outstanding know who you are then absolutely research work, leadership and clinical teacher and great com- [they help with jobs].” education, according to a Feb. 1 municator of hematology knowl- Veggeberg said entrepreneur- press release. edge to generations of trainees ial jobs are vastly underrepre- Weintraub, a professor of med- throughout a 39-year career at sented. He started a group that icine at BU School of Medicine, BUSM/BMC and our affiliated contacts CEOs and asks what has spent his career research- hospitals.” positions they are looking to fill, ing hematology, according to the Weintraub was selected among and is working to offer some po- press release. The professor au- RACHEL PEARSI/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF the 1,240 physicians at BMC, Di- sitions offered exclusively to BU thored 78 papers and medical re- Two BU alumni create game applications for smart phones. Gravio said. BMC chiefs nomi- students. views on anemias and a variety of nated physicians the top tier of “Start networking and shoot talk with students.” world, we base our projects on other blood-related topics. physicians, and from these nomi- for the stars,” Bisceglia said. “I Catherine Curran, a sopho- real-life scenarios and get a lot of Weintraub started out at nees, Weintraub was found most know as a student, I thought I more, said being in SMG is all diversity in ideas and opinions,” BUSM as an associate professor fitting of the award. couldn’t talk to these big-shot about networking and establish- Curran said. “With clubs like and became a full-time professor Prior to becoming a part of type guys. However, they were ing strong connections. the Entrepreneur’s Club, we can and the chief of hematology at staff at BUSM, the Harvard Med- once in the same position and “Even though we are just be- get more experience outside the BMC in 1977, a position he held ical School graduate trained at they would be more than happy to ing introduced to the business classroom.” until 2003. the Hospital of the University of Ravin Davidoff, chief medi- Pennsylvania and University of cal officer of BMC, presented Michigan and also at Mount Sinai the award to professor Jerome Hospital. During the Vietnam War COM prof.: Social media not sole reason for Komen reversal Klein in 2010 in commemoration era, Weintraub worked at Walter of Klein’s 50 years of service to Reed Army Medical Center and Komen: From Page 3 Gottfried said the two main Su- issue on social media was loud and BUSM and BMC, said Gina Di- served as the Assistant Chief of san J. Komen members involved extremely negative – the Susan G. It stated the new granting strat- Gravio, BMC media relations Hematology. After, he worked at in the decision are apparently pro- Komen Foundation couldn’t ig- egy required Komen to adopt manager. The award is presented School of Medi- life. nore it any longer and risk further “more stringent eligibility stan- annually to a physician that shares cine and the Tufts Medical Center. Balser also said the social me- drops in donation and a worsening Klein’s level of excellence. dards to safeguard donor dollar.” dia provided the pressure to re- brand image,” Soskey said. In its newer statement, Susan J. verse the decision. Soskey said the ordeal shows Komen officials said the changes BU Public Relations Professor how much social media is a true in funding were not based on po- Stephen Quigley said the inten- democracy. New intoxication-measuring app litical reasons or done to penalize sity and polarizing feelings to- “The average social media user Planned Parenthood. ward abortion make it an issue that has the ability to spark change Some Boston University pro- lights up social media. among friends, peers and strang- could be used for entertainment fessors said they believe other- “I don’t know what went on be- ers, with no more than 140 charac- App: From Page 3 only drank a little, so it’s okay wise. hind the scenes, if in fact Komen’s ters,” she said. for you to drive,’” Chen said. “It Diane Balser, Boston Univer- original decision was in part driv- COM senior Ellen Cohn, a vice sity’s co-director of undergraduate cause it is too much of a hassle, doesn’t influence a person to do en by political views on abortion,” president of public relations for studies for BU’s Women’s, Gen- although people will likely test it something immoral, like driving Quigley said in an email. “But BU’s PRSSA, said in an email that der, & Sexuality Studies, said in out for fun. under the influence.” when they argued that politics had organizations are more scrutinized an email it is interesting the latest While she said the app does Ries also said they “suggest to nothing to do with their decision, it because of technologies such as statement claimed politics should not seem reliable based on what people that they be responsible really threw gasoline on the fire.” Twitter and Facebook. have nothing to do with their work. she knows so far, she said she with it.” However, Quigley said he be- “By voicing their opinions on “All of this is political — fund- does think the app is ethical. “My hope is that if we can lieves social media is not all there social media platforms, the pub- ing or not for Planned Parenthood, “If the app is being promoted reach one person, if this app can is to this story. lic created a topic trend, ignited even funding for breast exams,” by a ton of users for its reliability help one person make a smarter “Social media is just an aspect furious debate and led the Susan Balser said. or its entertaining level, then peo- decision, I think we’ve succeed- of this story,” he said. “Here, it is G. Komen foundation to reinstate Barbara Gottfried, another co- ple will definitely use it,” Chen ed,” Ries said. “Everybody’s life about women’s health and political funding to Planned Parenthood,” director of undergraduate studies said. is precious. When they drink, they issues about what to choose and Cohn said. for BU’s Women’s, Gender, & Some people will use it to de- make stupid decisions. I know not, those are the real dynamics Cohn said there has never been Sexuality Studies, said in an email termine if they can drive or not, people who have died from those here. Social media on the periph- communication tools that allow the foundation’s objection was to she said. decisions. If we can help one per- ery is changing those dynamics.” for immediate and transparent Planned Parenthood’s support of “The app doesn’t tell you, ‘you son make one better decision, I BU College of Communication two-way dialogues between the think we’ve won.” women’s choice. senior Ginny Soskey, president of public and corporations. “I think many people were sur- BU’s Public Relations Student So- “Moving forward, corporations prised to ‘discover’ that the Susan ciety of America, said in an email will be held accountable for con- Komen foundation had a ‘politi- that people went to Facebook and troversial brand and policy chang- cal’ agenda and a reactionary, anti- Twitter in large volumes to voice es,” Cohn said. “Social media en- Daily Free Now woman agenda at that,” Gottfried their feelings. ables even the smallest voice to be said. “The conversation around this heard on a global scale.”

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Filene’s: From Page 3 privately. the recent decisions, many compa- Millennium will take the lead on nies vied to invest in the space, San- press.com good as the retail stores that anchor the project, according to the press sone said. it down,” Murphy said. release, and will file a Notice of The negotiations came after the Check it out. He said losing Filene’s meant Project Change with the BRA in the city did some dealing of its own, Downtown Crossing lost some of its coming months. Construction could Murphy said. commercial vitality as well. begin in about a year. “The mayor was adamant in get- “A tremendous amount of busi- Building the tower, Elsbree said, ting Vornado to do something about ness was lost,” he said. “I talked to a “will have a tremendous economic the [hole],” he said. Todays crossword lot of [retail shops in the area] – we impact [including] certainly hun- He said the city had to pressure solution brought to you by... heard just how devastating it was dreds and hundreds of construction Vornado into making a decision. not having an anchoring store.” jobs.” A spokesman from Vornado said Gina Curry The proposed plans include Before building can begin, archi- the company would not comment on space for several retailers on the tect Gary Handel, of Handel Archi- the Boston property. ground level of the building, said tects LLP, will design the tower. The Although more deals and nego- Boston Redevelopment Authority firm, which has designed a range tiations are pending, Menino said spokeswoman Susan Elsbree, add- of award-winning buildings, has he was pleased with the companies’ ing that it was too early to tell what worked in Boston in the past with first decision. stores would be there. projects such as the Ritz-Carlton “This took a lot of hard work She said although the BRA con- Hotel and One Charles, an 18-story and difficult negotiations, but we are sidered it “a high priority to get [the condominium building downtown. very proud to be moving forward,” site] reactivated,” the agency did In both of these projects, the firm he said in the release. “This agree- not deal directly in the agreement worked with Millennium. Despite ment is a first, but very important with Millennium. The transaction the history of partnerships between step to a new beginning for the site between Vornado Realty and the the companies involved with the at One Franklin.” developers, she said, was conducted project, in the negotiations prior to 5

She’s Such A Pain A new study shows that women feel pain more intensely than men do. By Divya Shankar

Features Staff

rom headaches, to stubbed toes, to sore throats, so many records we can deduce a relatively strong conclu- drugs in development do not consider in their strategy plan people experience pain all the time and at various sion,” he said. to study differences between men and women. Men and intensities. You probably know some people who women are really different at the hormonal level it is im- dealF well with pain and others who cannot handle even the MEN ARE FROM MARS, portant to include them in research,” he said. smallest amount of it. Now a new study indicates that there WOMEN ARE FROM VENUS Ruau further pointed out that 85% of research publica- may be a gender difference in pain sensation. tions do not report gender differences in their studies. If “I feel like this should be surprising, but it really isn’t,” Despite the results of the study, the researchers are un- groups ignore the difference between men and women, they said Riddhi Parikh, a sophomore in Sargent College. “I able to say anything about the reasons behind the difference may not know how the drug will be processed by each sex think women are emotionally stronger, but men probably in pain beyond what is already known. and the drug might work differently in men and women. experience less physical pain.” “We already know there is a physiological difference “I think drug companies should create drugs to deal with A study recently published in the Journal of Pain, shows at the hormonal level between men and women. Estrogen the differences in gender,” said Rishitha Bollam, a sopho- that women report feeling pain more intensely than men. increases the pain threshold for women and influences their more in CAS. “If it helps women to better cope with their “We aimed to settle once and for all this fight that there pain rating. This factor doesn’t exist in men,” Ruau said. pain and allows for a quicker recovery, then different drugs is a difference between men and women when they report Ruau also suggests that genetic differences may also need to be catered for men and women.” pain,” Dr. David Ruau, a postdoctoral student at Stanford account for pain differences in a population. Students agree University School of Medicine and first author of the study, with this possibility. RESEARCH RESTRICTIONS said in a telephone interview. “I feel like men’s bodies are built to handle pain. I would The researchers at Stanford University School of Medi- think there’s an evolutionary difference between men and There were some limitations to studying electronic cine probed into the electronic medical records of 11,000 women in pain perception,” Parikh said. medical records, however. For one, the researchers were patients in order to draw their conclusions not able to know if the patient had taken over the counter “This highlights the potential of electronic medical re- analgesics before coming to the hospital. cords to conduct large-scale pain studies. Our results are “If a patient takes acetaminophen (e.g. Tylenol) before consistent with previous studies reporting pain differences coming to the hospital, he already has medicine in his blood between sexes and also suggest that clinicians should pay so his pain level will be reduced. We could not access this increased attention to this idea,” the authors of the study information about what happened before the hospital visit,” said in Pain. Ruau said. The researchers tried to control this drawback as much PROBING PAIN as possible by taking only the first pain score of an encoun- ter with a patient into account. The authors explained that before this research, many Additionally, there was the psychological effect that they studies had shown that women suffer pain more often, but were unable to account for. Ruau suspected that pain scores the results of these were not consistent. The researchers might have been different depending on the gender of the thus decided to use the clinically recorded pain scores from treating physician or nurse. patient health records in order to study the reported pain of “The interaction between who asks the question and patients when they discovered that there was a gender dif- what answer is given can be different. A man in front of ference in pain perception. a nurse may rate his pain lower than he would in front of “We were studying differences within the population someone else,” Ruau said. in pain. When we were looking at the data we discovered The researchers tried to control this bias by collecting that there is a huge difference between men and women,” a huge number of pain scores. The larger the number, the Ruau said. closer to the truth and less bias statistically. Ruau explains that every time a patient goes to the hospi- tal, they have to record their pain levels on a scale of 0-10. PROBING FURTHER “This is a subjective measure because there is no way to PHOTO COURTESY/WIKI COMMONS objectively measure pain,” he said. A women recieves a checkup from her doctor. The researchers believe that the next step in their study The researchers used de-identified medical records for will be to investigate for a physiological biomarker of 72,000 patients to analyze over 160,000 pain scores in 250 Some students feel that the difference may trace back to pain—some sort of lab test such as a blood test that can primary diagnoses, according to the study in Pain. They the early days of mankind. give an objective measure of pain. analyzed the data on a disease-by-disease basis and de- “Early on men were hunters and the survival of a com- According to Ruau, if pain can be measured objectively, duced the differences in genders from these. munity depended on them. Men therefore could not afford it will be easier to treat patients. For example, more ac- They found the most differences in disorders of the mus- to feel intense pain because it could hinder their perfor- curate prescriptions could be given if pain is measured ob- culoskeletal, circulatory, respiratory and digestive systems. mance,” said Alexa Dierech, a sophomore in the College of jectively. Sex differences were also reported in infectious diseases, Arts and Sciences. “Since women were not assigned such a Until then, however, pain remains a complex issue for injury and poisoning. Additionally, new diseases were physically demanding task, they were not forced into situ- scientists everywhere. found in which pain levels differed such as acute sinusitis, ations that would cause them to match their pain scale to a “Pain is a perception, and as such it represents a complex according to Ruau. man’s.” issue,” said Dr. Vincent Dionne, a biology professor at Bos- “People have known there were differences in pain be- Dierich also believes that differences in pain perception ton University. “There are psychological, hormonal, and tween the sexes before. However, they did not know that it may have to do with the brain. cultural aspects to pain, but precisely how those features was present across all diseases like we found,” Ruau said. “Maybe men and women feel pain in the same in a phys- interact to control the intensity of perceived pain remains Another reason this research is so different is because of ical sense, but women deal with it in different neurological uncertain.” the large scale on which it studied pain. Ruau notes that no ways,” she said. Many also believe that encouraging the study of gender study has been done with so many patient records—11,000 Ruau noted that the researchers goal is to raise differ- discrimination should not be seen as sexism. in this case. ences in the medical community about pain differences and “This shouldn’t be seen as downgrading women or “The breadth of the study is in fact overcoming the dif- to educate the public that there are differences. sexual discrimination,” Bollam said. “This research has the ficulties of drawing a final conclusion—because we have “These differences are important to study because many potential to benefit the lives of millions.”

PAIN RESEARCH IN AMERICA

• Seven in ten Americans feel that pain research and management should be a top priority of the medical community

• Almost six in ten adults say they would be willing to pay one dollar more per week in taxes to fund pain research

• Pain is a public health issue that costs at least $560-635 billion dollars annually Source:http://www.painmed.org/ 6 Tuesday, February 7, 2012 Opinion Letters to the Editor The Daily Free Press The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University The Dog Pound has deep roots at BU, a bit, they made sure to let us know. Now as dating back four decades, and has frequently an alumni myself, I better understand them; 42nd year F Volume 82 F Issue 67 been recognized as one of the most boister- once this gets under your skin, it doesn’t go Chelsea Diana, Editor-in-Chief ous student sections in the country. How- away, even after you graduate. Tim Healey, Managing Editor ever, it is no secret that prior to this season, Believe me, we’ve noticed (and heard) our name began to lose some of its luster as you this year, and it’s been quite impres- Steph Solis, Campus Editor Sydney Shea, City Editor attendance faded, and most importantly, the sive. I’ve heard many alumni speak proudly passion waned. of how great the student support has been Meredith Perri, Sports Editor Sofiya Mahdi,Opinion Page Editor That said, it has been most refreshing and this season, whether it be the new traditions inspiring to see the continued resurgence of you’ve created or continuing those that date Kira Cole, Features editor Audrey Fain, Ricky Wilson, Photo Editors support from the students during what can back many years. Frankly, some of us are a only be described as a tumultuous season for bit jealous that we didn’t come up with some Kaylee Hill, Layout Editor Praise Hong, Advertising Manager the men’s hockey team. Most notable is the of the things we’ve heard this season while Valeria Morgan, Office Manager support shown on the road, specifically in we were students. From the leaders of the The Daily Free Press (ISSN 1094-7337) is published Monday through Thursday during hostile environments at Boston College and group, to the new freshmen, everyone de- the academic year except during vacation and exam periods by Back Bay Publishing Northeastern. As evidenced by the recent serves praise. It is an honor and a privilege to Co.,Inc., a nonprofit corporation operated by Boston University students. No content can be reproduced without the permission of Back Bay Publishing Co., Inc. thank you letter from , this level wear the scarlet and white. Know that when Copyright © 2010 Back Bay Publishing Co., Inc. All rights reserved. of support has not fallen on deaf ears with you walk into an arena you’re not only a part the team. The hallmark of The Dog Pound of one of the most storied hockey programs has always been passionate, sometimes ma- of all time, but a part of a large family of niacal, support for our teams and our school. people who were once in your shoes, and As a student, I quickly learned that the all share your passion. Wherever this season alumni keep an eye on the students during takes us, we look forward to hearing from Economical education the season. On numerous occasions, we you the whole way. were approached by alumni, some from as Go BU! far back as the ‘70s and ‘80s, thanking us President Obama’s State of the Union dollars to undergraduate financial aid. for showing up at a road game, and for keep- -Steve Thaw address was greeted with mixed feelings However, others argue that if tuition ing Agganis, and formerly Walter Brown, as COM ‘09 from the American public. Amidst the nu- costs were lower, less financial aid would a strong home ice advantage. And just the Former Leader of The Dog Pound merous promises he stressed, one of the have to be distributed to students in gen- same, when they felt we were slacking off main talking points was his outlook on ed- eral. Officials in the BU community will ucation; specifically, his volition to lower be pleased with progress made toward des- tuition fees at universities across the coun- ignating more money for its students who Crack, ting, snap, hiss! Is that a rattlesnake a maintenance worker and an old guy whose try. He threatened to cut federal financial need financial support, but the unfortunate eating an aluminum can full of lead shot? hands shake uncontrollably to “assess the situ- aid to colleges that did not lower tuition reality is that running a university in the No, that’s our radiator. Rumble, smash, roar, ation.” They’ll leave, and nobody will ever costs. Understandably, his statement has heart of Boston is expensive. Lowering screech! Did Liam Neeson release the Kraken come back. sparked controversy about whether a low- tuition is a great aspiration to have, and again? No, that’s just the traffic on Beacon, The faucet will spit out cold water uneven- ering in tuition costs is a feasible option for should be one the administration works to- Mass. Ave. and Storrow. Is that an abstract wa- ly and uncontrollably and completely lack the colleges. ward in the future. However, a drop in cost tercolor in the closet? No, that’s a pretty hefty ability to even dribble hot water. You’ll com- According to an article published in should not reflect in inferior opportunity mold infestation. Is that bubblegum stuck to plain to the the office about it three or four The Daily Free Press today, Boston Uni- for students because money is tight. the walls and ceiling? No, we don’t have a times before it’s fixed. versity’s administration does not agree Brown concluded that he would not fucking clue what that is. The radiator will spew steam, hiss and hic- that this policy can be implemented. Many ignore Obama’s warning. Should some Here’s a list of the pros and cons (well, cup boiling water from a broken cap. understand tuition at such a large institu- federal aid packages be severed, a percent- mostly cons) of living in Danielsen. It’s a mile away from Central Campus and tion, such as BU, is pricey to accommodate age of students would be unfairly denied PROS: two miles from West, and it’s not on any T line. the vast quantity of services and academic higher education. The overarching goal of It’s close to Newbury Street and the Pru- There are six washing machines for the en- resources on campus. President Robert universities should be to educate all who dential Center mall. So if I want a new pair of tire ten-story building plus the people who live Brown said if revenue from fees were to seek a college degree, uninhibited by fi- Pumas or froyo from PinkBerry every other in the Beacon St brownstones. Even a COM decrease, there would be no room to super- nancial difficulty. Hopefully, collabora- day, I guess this is a pro. major can do that math and figure there aren’t sede existing programs or facilities with tion between college administrations and The basement has a very nice pingpong enough (it’s cool, I’m a COM major). better ones. His primary argument was that the government can yield a consensus that table and a kitchen. Woo-f--king-hoo. Oh, and it’s haunted. Rumor has it, it was if revenue was slashed, money allotted for will benefit all students without alienating There’s an indoor bike rack if you feel like formerly an insane asylum. The history of the financial aid would also decrease. BU cur- families in lower tax brackets. risking your life in the streets of Boston, bat- building is suspiciously absent from the web. rently assigns approximately 200 million tling Mass-holes in expensive cars. According to a 2001 blog post, the university The BU Bus makes its first stop there. hires a priest to bless the building before every The morning bus is fairly reliable. But don’t academic year. Also, there’s a closet door that ever try take it back to Danielsen from East, only cracks open about four inches or so. In- Central or West Campus during the day; you’ll side is a busted tile floor and in the far corner wind up on a 45-minute jaunt to BU’s random- there’s a tank of some sort; can you say “hold “Trump”-ing the competition ly-located Medical Campus and back him down while we pump gas down his throat CONS: and tap his skull”? Jeepers creepers. It’s about as cheerful as a hospice. Well, that’s about it. The cons are cons and Mitt Romney claiming victory in Ne- of the press. While the question remains The walls ooze pink slime. Seriously, the pros aren’t really pros. Happy housing, vada has brought him one step closer to whether this publicity will help or hurt though. Unidentified pink globs suddenly ap- folks! Note that nothing was fabricated in this becoming the Republican Party’s presi- Romney’s campaign, one can’t deny that pear on the walls and ceiling in your room. rant. I have experienced it all, from unhelpful dential candidate. However, it appears it has drawn a lot of media attention to And the only response you get from the uni- university staff to a moldy closet to sleepless that Romney can’t take all the credit on Romney’s cause in general. versity is a guy who says, in a thick Boston nights to yada yada yada . . . you get the point. his own. Donald Trump, who recently It’s important to realize a “celebrity” accent, “F--kin’ freaky. You got bigger balls endorsed Romney as a favored candi- endorsement will only go so far in affect- than I do. I woulda been f--kin’ outta heeyah.” -Angelo Verzoni date, has claimed he was responsible for ing a political campaign. The distraction Mold is your third roommate. And if you COM sophomore Romney’s emphatic win. According to is innocent enough, but hopefully the complain about it, the university will send an article on The Huffington Post pub- American voting public will focus on lished yesterday, Romney was already policy rather than irrelevant publicity. It poised for a win in , and polls would be a shame if American political actually indicated Trump’s endorsement gains were reduced to which party had was viewed as negative by 41 percent of more famous personalities among its Nevadans. supporters. Especially when the support- Furthermore, the Democrats seemed er in question claims his attitude toward bemused by the seemingly mismatched a caucus win is, “A lot of people are giv- pair. Obama’s campaign allegedly sent ing me credit for that. And I will accept out a Twitter post reading, “in case you that credit. Always accept credit.” missed it” with news of Trump’s en- Obviously, having famous faces be- dorsement attached. Evidently this was hind your campaign will gain you na- Got an opinion? not seen as a threat to the competing tional attention. The degree to which campaign. According to another article they are involved does have to remain published in TIME last Friday, however, in check. The following weeks will cer- the endorsement may not be such a hor- tainly indicate whether Trump’s approv- Feel like venting? rible misstep after all. Trump has been al is a political blessing or a curse. in the public eye for years; consequently he knows how to capture the attention Submit a letter to the editor to: [email protected] [email protected] Tuesday, February 7, 2012 7 Megan benefits from new BU stifles Harvard power play Beanpot: From Page 1 “Girard plays the puck very well which might offensive opportunities probably could have gone all the way down allow us to offensively transition a little more but fortunately I was able to keep with him and quickly. It was just an opportunity to get a goal- Megan: From page 8 corner of the net. make a save. It was definitely a big point in the ie in who handles the puck a little bit better.” It might have been tough to predict ably have to move Wade Megan back onto game to go into the first intermission a goal up.” After the goalie switch, neither team gener- Megan finding himself in the role of team the third line, and he doesn’t deserve to be In the second period, BU doubled its lead ated any more offense on the scoreboard. At the sniper by February, but it would have been there. He’s playing so well. when sophomore forward Sahir Gill made a end of the second period, Harvard had a golden even harder to predict something else that “As it turned out, we had a couple of heads-up maneuver on the power play. Gill chance to narrow its deficit to just a goal when happened to him during Monday’s game: exits stage right, and all of a sudden he’s picked off a Harvard clearing pass and dished it had a 4-on-3 followed by a 5-on-4 after Max After his second goal, which put BU up playing on the first line.” it over to junior defenseman Sean Escobe- Nicastro (matching roughing) and Adam Clen- 3-1, he became a trending topic worldwide On Monday, Megan played on sopho- do, who found Megan camped out on Mi- dening (interference) took overlapping pen- on Twitter. more center Sahir Gill’s left wing on the chalek’s left. Megan slipped the puck through alties, but the Terriers successfully killed off Megan said he didn’t know what to say second line. He’s also seen time on the to give BU a 2-0 lead 7:30 into the second. both. about his newfound Twitter fame. Parker, top line with Connolly and Chiasson and Megan recorded his second goal of the night BU held the Harvard power play, which en- once he understood the situation, offered a adapted well to each new set of linemates, and the period14:02 into the frame. The Har- tered the game ranked as the best in the nation, snappier response. despite playing mostly on the third and vard defense allowed Megan to walk in front of to just three shots on four power plays. “What does ‘trending worldwide on fourth lines in his first two seasons. Michalek and Megan lifted it on the backhand In the third period, senior forward Kevin Twitter’ mean?” he asked. “I try to play a physical game, work in over the handcuffed goaltender for the score. Gilroy almost put one past Girard when his shot When told, he said, “Boy, it’s a sad the corners – I’m a bit of a power forward, Harvard responded a little more than a min- rang off the right post and was called a goal on world.” I guess, so I guess that’s applicable to all ute later. The Crimson were on the power play the ice, but a review reversed the call as the Scoring game-winning goals in the three lines,” Megan said. “I just try to play thanks to a cross-checking penalty against ju- puck never crossed the goal line. Beanpot to help your team advance to the hard and physical and go to the net and nior forward Ryan Santana. BU’s defense left Despite heavy pressure from the Crimson finals can get you noticed, but Parker said score goals that way.” the entire slot open in front of Millan, and Har- offense in the final minutes of the game, BU individual recognition has never been Me- Although playing on scoring lines has vard senior Alex Killorn jumped into the open held on for the 3-1 win, advancing to its 49th gan’s goal. certainly increased his offensive chances space and beat Millan to make it a 3-1 game. title game in 60 total Beanpot tournaments. “[Megan]’s a very hard worker,” Parker and his ice time, Megan isn’t just reaping After the Harvard goal, the Crimson pulled “It’s been a long time since we played in a said. “He doesn’t care what line he’s on. He the benefits of playing with talented line- Michalek in favor of sophomore Raphael Gi- consolation game two years in a row, and we knows he’s going to get a lot of ice time be- mates. His second goal on Monday was an rard. might have been a little nervous about that too,” cause he’s a part of every PK, every single almost completely individual effort – he “It was just, not necessarily any issue that Parker said. “You can’t win a championship un- power play, so he gets a lot of ice time for picked up the puck in the corner, got Har- we have with Michalek, just maybe trying less you’re playing in that game, so the object is us and he’s having a terrific year.” vard goalie Steve Michalek to go down and to get ourselves a little bit of a different look to keep winning and we did that tonight.” flipped the puck over him into the top right back there,” said Harvard coach . Terriers go for Partin earns 1000th point in win over Great Danes

first Beanpot M. Basketball: From page 8 9-of-17 from the field. But when it mattered most, BU shut night he netted a career-high 33 points, in- down Albany and get hot at the right time, title since ‘81 cluding the 1000th of his career. and even though the Terriers didn’t play their best ball for most of the game, the Ter- W. Hockey: From page 8 The impressiveness of Partin’s perfor- mance wasn’t so much what he did as it was riers turned things around. “In the course of a season, these games progression here as the week’s gone on.” how he did it, reaching his 33 points on a 12- happen,” Jones said. “You play 30 games The Huskies (18-6-3, 12-3-2 Hockey East) of-17 shooting performance, the second best and [sometimes] you’re not going to play made it to the championship in dramatic fash- shooting percentage of his career in games so well in the first half and you’re going ion after a shoot-out win over No. 6 Boston he’s attempted more than a single shot. to play much better in the second half and College in the semifinals. The La Salle University transfer has hope to win. The second half came around Over the weekend, Northeastern came out shown a propensity to be a streaky shooter and we played much better on both sides of on top in another nail-biting win as it came in his BU career, but on nights when he is the ball.” from behind to defeat the University of Con- seeing his shots fall, a long night is in store The win was particularly important for necticut. for opposing teams, a lesson Albany learned BU as it entered the contest just a game UConn found the back of the net first with as the second half wore on. ahead of Albany in the America East stand- less than a minute left in the first period before “Once [Partin] gets in a rhythm, he’s re- ings and a loss would have dropped them tacking on a second goal 3:12 into the second. ally hard [to stop],” Jones said. “What you into a tie with the Great Danes for third Northeastern went on to score three straight want to do with him is give him some oppor- place in the conference. goals to win 3-2. tunities where he can get some catch-and- Now in sole possession of third place Freshman forward Kendall Coyne, who shoots off screens. after facing three of the top four teams in scored the game-winning tally in the contest, “He didn’t have to create so much off the the conference, the Terriers have a two- leads Hockey East with 23 goals thus far this bounce. He got a lot of jump shots in space game home stretch against the University season. where he’s really good. Then he got into his of Maine and the University of New Hamp- BU’s senior captain Jenn Wakefield fol- rhythm and once he gets into that rhythm, shire, two teams that have combined to go lows Coyne in the category with 19 goals on he’s really tough.” 8-14 in league play. the year. Partin reached the 1,000-point mark Nonetheless, on the heels of an important The Huskies also feature one of the top at BU in just 61 games and is the first BU win, Jones and the Terriers are focused on netminders in the nation with senior Florence player to accomplish the feat since injured getting better and hopefully catching fire at Schelling. Schelling has acquired the top goals- forward Jake O’Brien did so last season. just the right time of the season. against average in the conference with 1.46. True to form, Partin was complemented “Right now, it’s not all about the wins “For four years [Northeastern’s] had a tre- on the scoring front by sophomore point and losses as much as you want to continue mendous goaltender in Florence Schelling,” guard D.J. Irving, who added 17 points and to gain momentum going into the last couple Durocher said. “Now that she’s a senior, she’s four assists. The rest of the BU starters – weeks of the season,” Jones said. “This win highly experienced and she’s been kind of a senior center Patrick Hazel and sophomore gets us a step closer to getting to where we constant and a rock that’s been there for four forwards Dom Morris and Travis Robinson want to go, but we have to learn some things years. – combined to score just 11 points, but the from this game and be able to come out with “We know that we’ve got to get some pucks BU bench added 20 points among five play- a level of energy and commitment that’s by her and it’s not easy to do that and deal with ers. necessary to play at a high level. a team that is much more complete than they After limiting star Albany guard Gerardo “We have a good team, we’re talented were two, three and four years ago.” Suero to six points on 1-of-10 shooting in enough to be where we want to be in March, Tonight’s contest is the fourth between BU the first matchup between the two teams, MICHAELCUMMO/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF but we’re going to have to continue to grow and Northeastern this season. The Huskies took BU could not control the nation’s sixth- Senior guard Darryl Partin scored his and improve.” the first two before BU had a comeback victory leading scorer for a second time, as Suero 1000th career point Monday night. over Northeastern at on Jan 28. led Albany with 28 points while shooting After falling 2-1 halfway through the third period, Menard scored her 11th goal of the sea- son before Wakefield knocked in a rebound to win the game 3-2. Follow us on Twitter: If BU come away with the victory tonight, it will be the first ever Beanpot title for the varsity program. The BU club team won the championship in 1981. @DFPsports “It would be wonderful to keep the mo- mentum going,” Durocher said, “but I think the other thing is it’s a tangible accomplish- @BOShockeyblog ment . . . It’d be real exciting for everybody and probably doubly exciting if you win it on your home rink.” @dfphoops Quotable “ The Daily Free Press Trending Terrier Boy, it’s a sad world. Men’s hockey junior forward Wade - Men’s hockey Megan was trending on Twitter coach Jack Parker on Wade Megan becoming a world- thanks to his two-goal performance “ during the Beanpot semifinal. p. 8 wide trending topic on Twitter Sports

[ www.dailyfreepress.com ] Page 8 Tuesday, February 7, 2012 Weekly Megan nets two, leads BU to Beanpot final Roundup on top lines before this year. “I don’t really try to think Track competes about that stuff,” Megan said. “I don’t think a lot of guys on the team think about that stuff, and in Battle of maybe that’s why we’ve been so successful.” Beantown Almost as important as Megan By Meredith Perri taking over the lead was the play- Daily Free Press Staff er he overtook: Corey Trivino, The Boston University men’s who was dismissed from the team and women’s track teams compet- in December, was technically still ed in the Battle of Beantown this the team’s goals leader with 13 past weekend with varying levels until Monday. of success. Of course, Trivino’s depar- The women’s team finished in ture, coupled with that of Charlie second at the meet with seven Ter- Coyle’s sudden departure, made riers earning wins. Senior Shelby room for Megan to move up to the Walton won two events during the first line. Since then, Megan has meet. Walton has won every race proven himself worthy of a first- that she has competed in this sea- or second-line spot in the long son and has compiled a personal term. win streak of six. He’s improved a .080 shoot- Senior Katie Matthews, who ing percentage in 2010-11 to a broke the school record for the .171 mark this year, although he 5000-meter run at the Terrier In- hasn’t taken many more shots – an vitational last week, extended her JUNHEECHUNG/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF average of 2.8 per game this year own win streak by taking the mile Junior forward Wade Megan scored two goals during BU’s Beanpot 3-1 win over Harvard Mon- compared to 2.6 last year. He led the team with five against Harvard run with a time of 4:46.95. day night. The men’s team did not fair as on Monday. well as the Terriers finished fourth “He’s had a great year,” Parker By Annie Maroon games as a Terrier, taking over the but he’s found the back of the net out of the four teams in the battle. Daily Free Press Staff said. “Before the break I remem- team lead in goals with his 13th During the meet, the Terriers more than anyone else, includ- ber thinking to myself that when and 14th tallies in Monday’s 3-1 won two events with senior Joel Junior forward Wade Megan ing junior assistant captain Alex we get back from the break, after Beanpot semifinals win over Har- Selnick winning the 400-meter scored a combined 13 goals in his Chiasson, senior captain Chris Christmas, when we get every- vard University. dash, and junior Sam Wuest win- first two years on the Boston Uni- Connolly and sophomore forward body healthy – because Nieto was Megan ranks fourth on the ning the high jump. versity men’s hockey team. In 25 Matt Nieto, all of whom scored out a little and so was Connolly games this season, he’s eclipsed team with 18 points – quite a jump more goals than Megan last year – it’s too bad, because we’ll prob- Swimming and Diving what he achieved in his first 74 up from finishing 11th last year – and had more experience playing Megan, see page 7

The BU men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams each came away victorious this past Women’s hockey takes on Partin the way to weekend in their final meets of the regular season. The men’s team (6-2-1, 3-0 Northeastern for Beanpot victory: BU tops Albany America East) defeated Boston By Meredith Perri scored 40 points or more in a season By Craig Meyer “These guys have been able to College 169-128 by taking 11 Daily Free Press Staff and is probably on track to be up in Daily Free Press Staff bounce back and nothing seems to events. With its longest winning streak of that neighborhood again.” faze them,” Jones said. “They’re Meanwhile, the women’s team the season in tow and a return to the The scoring began 1:15 into the Boston University coach Joe going to give the staff a heart at- (6-4, 4-0 America East) won 13 of national rankings, the No. 10 Boston first period when Menard scored her Jones may not have been there, tack, but they seem to handle these 16 events during its 192-102 win University women’s hockey team first point of the game. but he is familiar with what hap- situations a lot better than me and over the Eagles. will enter the Beanpot championship After New Hampshire netted a pened last season when the BU my staff members. Both teams will next compete game tonight at goal of its own with fewer than four men’s basketball team traveled to “They just have a high level of at the America East Champion- against No. 7 Northeastern Univer- minutes left in the period, the teams SEFCU Arena to take on the Uni- confidence in each other and them- ships that will be held at BU’s sity. went into intermission tied at one versity at Albany. selves. The experience of winning Competition Pool Feb. 23-26. The Terriers (16-12-1, 10-7 apiece. In that game, the Terriers a championship and being down Hockey East) are amidst a five-game BU went on to score four unan- trailed the Great Danes 38-22 at as many as they were in a cham- Wrestling win streak that has thrust them back swered tallies, two on the power play halftime, but shot 56 percent from pionship game, let alone this game onto the national scene after drop- and one short-handed, to defeat the the field in the second half and last year, kind of gives them confi- After rallying to defeat Princ- ping out of the rankings on Dec. 12. Wildcats. stormed back to win 70-67 on Jan. dence that they can bounce back.” eton University on Friday, the They made it into the champion- While Menard shined in the con- 15, 2011. After allowing Albany to shoot BU wrestling team (12-5) fell to ship after defeating Harvard Univer- test, the Terriers found themselves in Monday night in the same con- 6-of-13 from 3-point range in the Drexel University on Saturday sity 5-2 last Tuesday. a challenging situation: Sophomore fines of SEFCU Arena in Albany, first half, along with being out-re- 21-14. “No question that anytime you forward Marie-Philip Poulin was N.Y., the Terriers found them- bounded 22-11 by the Great Danes In Friday’s match, the Terri- get some positive momentum it’s once again absent from the lineup selves in a similar predicament, (15-11, 7-5 America East) in that ers found themselves down 22-15 very important,” said BU coach due to injury. Poulin, who has only trailing the Great Danes 46-31 same span, the Terriers (13-13, 9-3 with two matches left in the meet. Brian Durocher. “I think we’re feel- played in seven games this season, at halftime and then 64-49 with America East) stuck with their op- Senior John Hall and sophomore ing pretty good about the way we’ve injured her hand during the semifinal 11:30 remaining. ponents for the first eight minutes Kevin Innis earned eight points been playing lately. We’ve been game of the Beanpot. But even for Jones, who was of the second half. However, the in these final two matches to give playing very thorough.” According to Durocher, Poulin on the sideline College team could not inch any closer, as BU the come-from-behind win, Most recently, BU faced off will likely return to the lineup for last season when BU completed it hadn’t created a dent in Albany’s 23-22. against the University of New Hamp- the championship after dealing with that comeback, there was a sense 15-point halftime edge with 11:30 On Saturday, BU was not as shire in a game that the Terriers won swelling throughout the week. of déjà vu that spread among his remaining. lucky after an early Terrier lead 5-1. Junior forward Isabel Menard “I’m pretty optimistic that she’s players who were all-too-familiar But from that point forward, diminished. Drexel took its first netted five points during the contest, going to be back playing [Tues- with the situation in which they BU went on a 32-14 run to win its lead, 18-14, after BU forfeited the including her 13th goal of the year. day],” Durocher said. “You know it found themselves. second consecutive game. 197-pound match. “She’s following up on what she was one of those injures that really And even though it’s not in the Having already reached the sta- The Terriers are entering the fi- did at Syracuse [University] for two swelled and didn’t allow her to kind best health interests of Jones and tus of a career night, senior guard nal three meets of the season and years,” Durocher said of the trans- of squeeze her hand and use her top his staff, the Terriers were able to Darryl Partin was a key compo- will compete against Brown Uni- fer student. “She’s a premier col- hand much at all, but there’s been a complete a nail-biting comeback nent in the comeback on the same versity and Harvard University lege hockey player who has already against Albany, upending the host this weekend. W. Hockey, see page 7 Great Danes 81-78. M. Basketball, see page 7 The Bottom Line Tuesday, Feb. 7 Wednesday, Feb. 8 Thursday, Feb. 9 Friday, Feb. 10 Saturday, Feb. 11 M. Hockey vs. UMass-Amherst, 7 p.m. W. Basketball vs. Stony Brook, 1 p.m. W. Hockey vs. Northeastern (Beanpot), W. Basketball @ Maine, 7 p.m. M. Basketball vs. Maine, 7 p.m. W. Track @ Valentine Invitational, 1 p.m. Wrestling @ Brown, 1 p.m. W. Hockey @Vermont, 2 p.m. 8 p.m. M. Tennis vs. Harvard, 5 p.m.