Monday, May 2, 2011 TheLIV Daily Free Press Year xli. Volume lxxxi. Issue . www.dailyfreepress.com [ The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University ] Campus & City In Business Sports Fighting back: Best of the Bizzies: Get the lead out: Weather Softball rides blistering Today: Sunny, High 65 Rally seeks to illuminate In Business gives out its second Tonight: Rainy, Low 50 sexual assault performance behind Tomorrow: 67/56 page 3 set of awards to local stores the plateto a 7-0 victory page 8 page 5 Data Courtesy of weather.com BIN LADEN DEAD, THOUSANDS FLOOD MARSH, COMMON MICHELLE SIMUNOVIC / DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF By Josh Cain and Saba Hamedy By 1:30 a.m., 4,000 people rallied on a Daily Free Press Staff darkened Common at the Parkman Band- stand, Boston Police Department officials said. From Marsh Plaza to the Boston Com- Hundreds of students crowded the rotun- mon, thousands of students paraded down da, some hanging off of its columns or on Commonwealth Avenue early Sunday morn- its railings, waving American and military GRACE DONNELLY / DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF ing chanting “USA!” and “Yes we did!” in flags. Rally-goers sang the national anthem, celebration of President Barack Obama’s as others crowd surfed and tossed around announcement that U.S. special forces had beach balls. killed Osama bin Laden, leader of Al Qaeda Students said they flocked to the streets and mastermind behind the Sept. 11 attacks. and downtown Boston for many reasons, Students, many who were waving Ameri- some citing patriotism while others were can flags and using vuvuzelas, began head- just enthusiastic about joining in on the rally. ing to Marsh around midnight, then marched “I think its great that everyone can come toward the Common. together like this, it’s such a happy occa- Police officials said that by 12:30, 1,500 sion,” said Alex Barber, a 19-year-old Col- people had crowded Kenmore Square before lege of General Studies freshman. setting off to the Common. “I think it’s both,” Barber said when As the students marched down Comm. asked whether he thought the crowd was Ave., BPD squad cars blocked off side streets reveling in Bin Laden’s death or just show- and followed closely behind the crowd. ing their American pride. “We want the crowd to remain peaceful “We’re celebrating that we are finally do- and out of the streets,”said BU Police De- GRACE DONNELLY / DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF partment Sgt. Michelle Fotev. Students flock to Marsh Plaza (top left), the Boston Common (top right) and Kenmore Square (above) after RALLY, see page 2 President Barack Obama’s announcement about Osama bin Laden’s death on early Monday morning. Nonprofit raises money for Africa development with T-shirts By Sarah Payne In a phone interview, Ross Lohr, a with the idea for Project Repat. document the journey each shirt makes Daily Free Press Staff 2007 Boston University graduate and “Ninety-five percent of clothes do- on its way back to the United States and Project Repat co-founder, said the com- nated to American Goodwill stores are the story is included with the shirt. “I Didn’t Dance My Ass Off at Josh’s pany was launched in January after co- actually sold to developing countries and Each shirt sells for $25 and 100 per- Bar Mitzvah,” reads the T-shirt that start- founder Sean Hewens’ trip to Kenya. vendors sell them there,” Lohr said. “We cent of the profits go to support various ed Project Repat, a new Boston based Lohr said Hewens saw the shirt while decided to buy these really incredible, non-profit organizations. Hewens and nonprofit group that buys old shirts in volunteering in Kenya and realized how amazingly ironic shirts and use them to Lohr founded two of those organizations, developing countries, resells them in many American shirts are cast away to generate revenue for nonprofits.” Smallbean and the Newton Tanzania Col- America and then donates the proceeds developing countries. He immediately The shirts are sent back to America, laborative. to other nonprofit groups. contacted Lohr, who was volunteering in washed twice and rebranded with the Tanzania, and together the two came up Project Repat logo. Efforts are made to NONPROFIT, see page 2 ALL SMILES Website brings hope to Japan By Alex Nawar tims to say thank you. Daily Free Press Staff Hope Note allows people anywhere in the world to upload a photograph of them- Almost 600 people from 27 differ- selves holding a sign with a hopeful mes- ent countries have posted photographs on sage. Japanese victims can respond by up- Hope-Note.com, a website created by a Bos- loading their own notes expressing their ton University student that aims to support gratitude. victims of the Japanese tsunami and earth- Kana Kasahara, a student at Tufts Uni- quake. versity and the School of the Museum of Japanese exchange student Masayuki Fine Arts, worked as a web designer for Furuta, a junior in the College of Arts and Hope Note. Sciences, created the website Hope-Note. “It was a time consuming challenge since com in early April after the natural disaster it was important to begin when the event is struck Japan in March. still vivid in people’s memory,” Kasahara “I wanted to make the website to connect said. “We completed the basic project in two people here and in Japan,” Furuta said. weeks.” While none of his family was directly Yuka Akiyama, a CAS professor of Japa- impacted by the natural disaster, Furuta said nese, said she helped promote the project one of his family friends was affected, lead- among her students and colleagues. ing him to make the website. “I was very moved by what Mr. Furuta MICHELLE SIMUNOVIC / DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF College of Engineering senior Handi Wu and College of Arts and Sciences senior Clarissa Keen Furuta said the website aims both to sup- swing dance as part of the dance competition held during the “Sleeper in Style” hall event. port victims and to provide a place for vic- JAPAN, see page 2 2 MONDAY, MAY 2, 2011 Rally-goers march to Common from initial demonstration at Marsh, take over rotunda in show of patriotism, pride RALLY: From Page 1 Sunday night and people have were doing and continued to the wanted to show their patriotism. York, but at the same time I dis- homework they want to get out of, Common. McHugh said she was only in tinctly remember talking about ing something in this war, not just but at the same time I think it’s bet- “It’s interesting to see everyone fourth grade at the time of the 9/11 it at the bus stop about what this Osama’s death,” said College of ter that college-aged kids are here united,” said College of General attacks. meant and if we were going to go Arts and Sciences freshman Sara celebrating the USA than off doing Studies sophomore Chris Bryson. “I remember just being con- to war with whoever these people Close, while walking to the Com- stupid stuff,” he said. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen BU fused, and just seeing it on TV…I were.” mon. “It’s been almost 10 years.” “I think that’s why the cops are so patriotic.” was in awe,” she said. “Longest f-----g 10 years of my respecting us, just following be- Others, such as CAS freshman Boval said he remembered wit- Staff writers Chris Gambon and life,” said Massachusetts Institute hind us, instead of putting people Kelly McHugh, were more pes- nessing the attacks from the other Suzanne Schiavone contributed to of Technology student Brett Boval. into paddy wagons.” simistic about celebrating some- side of the country. the reporting of this article. Boval wasn’t too sure why so Boval said he and his MIT one’s death. “I was in sixth grade. I’m from For video footage from the Bos- many students had flooded the friends walked from Beacon Street But McHugh also said that she Southern California so I didn’t re- ton Common, check out www.dai- streets. to Kenmore to see what students thought many of the students just ally know anyone that was in New lyfreepress.com “Part of me thinks that it’s a TWEET US! With money from T-shirt charity, @Dailyfreepress BU alums built libraris in Africa NONPROFIT: From Page 1 maintaining the local culture. py.” They’ve built a solar-powered While many may consider computer lab in Kenya.” these ironic shirts an appeal to Lohr started NTC in 2006 Lohr said Project Repat is the hipster community, Lohr with the goal of improving edu- steadily gaining popularity, es- said they try to stay away from cational opportunities in Tanza- pecially among younger crowds. the word “hipster.” nia. “We launched a fundraising “Each shirt is ironic and au- “So far we’ve built libraries, platform to raise $5,000 to make thentic and has a story to tell,” started a scholarship fund and a documentary about Project Re- Lohr said. helped provide clean water,” pat and actually raised the mon- “If it appeals to a hipster, so Lohr said. ey in five days,” Lohr said. be it, but that’s not why we’re “Smallbean, which was “We’re definitely seeing the doing this. These unique shirts founded by Sean, is committed younger crowd become involved are supporting people in Kenya to improving the technology gap with fundraising and philanthro- and Tanzania.” in developing worlds while still Developer hopes that site will give hope to victims of Japanese quake JAPAN: From Page 1 said.