Although higher education institutions across the U.S. continue to struggle to fill open-ings in mathematics education, according to a survey of colleges and universities, Boston University has not experienced such problems, officials said.

Mary Elizabeth Matthews, a doctoral stu-dent studying math education, said the need for mathematics teachers to educate students on how to teach has increased, which contributes to a significant number of unfilled positions.

“If we do not adequately prepare teachers to have an in-depth knowledge of their material as well as how to teach it, we cannot expect their students to posses the knowledge or skills they will need in their lives or various careers,” Mat-thews said.

Researchers surveyed more than 100 col-leges and universities where job searches for tenure-track math education positions were posted and found of the 70 percent of institu-tions that began searching for employees in the

fall 2012 semester, about 25 percent had filled the positions by December or January.

University of Missouri professor of math education Robert Reys, co-author of the study, which will be published in the April 2013 American Mathematical Society “Notices” is-sue, said in an email that he analyzed the job market for positions in both higher education departments of math and in the schools of edu-cation.

“When people complete a doctorate in mathematics education, they have many dif-ferent job options,” Reys said. “… and many of these options pay more than institutions of higher education.

BU Mathematics and Statistics Chair Tasso Kaper said this national trend is not reflected in BU’s math department.

“In the past decade, the quality of the fac-ulty that [BU’s] Department of Mathematics and Statistics has been able to recruit has in-creased,” Kaper said. “All of our openings in

Public service agencies in and around Bos-ton are expanding their channels of commu-nication through social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, to give breaking news to the public and media outlets.

The Boston Police Department Instagram account, for example, although it only boasts five pictures, features photos of Mace, a K-9 police dog in training and a photo of BPD Su-perintendent William Gross at a crime scene with the hashtags “Homicide” and “TwoAr-rest.”

“We have incorporated the use of technol-ogy and social media to communicate with the public because we understand that people get their news and information from various sources,” said Dan Riviello, director of com-munications and media at the Cambridge Police Department.

Rivello said the police department has ex-

panded their reach to people by being more in-volved on various social media websites.

“Our residents can continue to find impor-tant information via traditional media, but those who wish to access information in other ways can choose to visit our website, sign up to re-ceive email and text alerts and follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Google Plus, YouTube and Instagram,” he said.

The Brookline Police Department has im-plemented a new automated, real-time crime tweet system to inform people of incidents that police are responding to when they happen.

Lt. Philip Harrington, head of community service and training of Brookline PD, said it is important to expand content to new sources people use to stay informed.

“It’s a good way of getting information out rapidly,” Harrington said.

Steve MacDonald, spokesman for Boston Fire Department, said social media networks are useful tools to give people a better under-

standing of what is happening in the area.“When Twitter came out, [the Boston Fire

Department] saw it as an opportunity to get some basic brief info out quickly that was accu-rate and coming from a reliable source,” Mac-Donald said. “ It just grew and grew … every town in every city in the world has a fire depart-ment. There’s a whole group of people who fol-low Fire Departments no matter what.

MacDonald said images are an important part of the fire department’s Twitter communi-cations with the public.

“Photos can tell a story that maybe the words didn’t,” he said. “Instead of me describ-ing [something], I would put up a picture.”

The fire department also has a Facebook page, where it posts detailed descriptions of in-cidents, safety information and pictures, Mac-Donald said.

Harrington said the Brookline PD’s use of social media has received positive responses

As many students and residents were com-ing home from spring vacations Sunday, major transportation issues caused significant delays on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Au-thority Green line and on Amtrak trains travel-ing from New York City to Boston.

The B line from Kenmore Square Station to Boston College closed Sunday due to wire problems, said Joe Pesaturo, spokesperson for the MBTA, in an email.

“[The] cause is under investigation,” he said. “The wire problems emerged near BC and Kenmore Stations.”

Alternate bus services were provided for transportation between Kenmore and BC ac-cording to the MBTA website.

Some residents said the lines for the buses were long and it took them some time to get to their destination.

“Because of the congestion of all the shuttle buses, it makes it harder for me to get to the bus I need to get on to get home. It is a royal inconvenience,” said Avery Ballotta, a resident of Allston.

Ballotta said the St. Patrick’s Day parade and influx of people in the area made the bus situation worse.

“The majority of the population is wasted today so this is incredibly inconvenient, confus-ing and crazy,” he said.

Melodie Pharms, a receptionist from Bos-ton, said the wait for the buses was extreme-ly crowded and the MBTA was not running

enough buses.“I usually take the E Line, but I had to take

the B line to see some friends, but now I can’t,” she said. “It is usually pretty quick catching the train, now it’s a really long wait in the cold. They try to run a lot of buses, but they don’t send them to capacity or they are all too full.”

The B Line resumed operation by about 10 p.m., Pesaturo said in an email.

While locals struggled to get to their desti-nations in Boston, some students were inconve-nienced while trying to return to the city.

Amtrak eventually restored service on the Northeast Corridor between New York and Boston after a freight train derailed in New Haven, Conn. early Sunday morning, causing departures to be delayed for several hours, ac-cording to an Amtrak service alert.

A number of students said the derailment changed their travel plans immensely.

“I saw on the board that my 9:40 a.m. train from Stamford was canceled,” said Coner Cor-bett, 21, a Brighton resident and student at the

U.S. District Court Judge Denise Casper was randomly selected Friday to preside over the trial indicting alleged former mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger after Judge Richard Stearns was ordered off the case by a federal appeals court in response to requests by Bulg-er’s lawyers that Stearns could not remain im-partial during the trial.

Stearns was ordered off the case Thursday because he was a top-ranking prosecutor in the U.S. attorney’s office in the 1980s — the same time Bulger claims he had been granted FBI immunity for all of his crimes.

“With great respect for the trial judge, we nonetheless grant the petition, because it is clear that a reasonable person would question the capacity for impartiality of any judicial of-ficer with the judge’s particular background in the federal prosecutorial apparatus in Boston during the period covered by the accusations,” said former Supreme Court Justice David Sout-er in the ruling.

Bulger claims Jeremiah O’Sullivan, anoth-er federal prosecutor, verbally promised him that he would not be prosecuted for any of his crimes committed, including murder. Bulger is charged with federal racketeering and 19 mur-ders he allegedly committed during the 1970s and 1980s.

O’Sullivan was head of the New England Organized Crime Strike Force at the same time Stearns was chief of the U.S. Attorney’s crimi-nal division, and O’Sullivan shared information with people in Stearns’s office.

“The Strike Force, to be sure, was distinct from the Office of the United States Attorney where Judge Stearns was a supervisor, and was a competitor organization within the Justice Department, reporting directly to the Attorney General,” Souter said in the ruling. “But there is reason to believe that there was no imperme-able barrier insulating information known to one office from being shared with the other.”

Souter said there is no reason to believe that Stearns would not be impartial, but that his re-moval is still warranted.

“In sum, despite our respect for Judge Stearns and our belief in his sincerity, we are nonetheless bound to conclude that it is clear that a reasonable person might question the judge’s ability to preserve impartiality through

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Corbett said Amtrak could have handled the situation better and provided better options for

people to get to their destination.“They weren’t really telling people what

was going on and they weren’t opening up more buses, so it was just a mess,” she said. “I’m just glad that I had my car and could drive myself to Boston.”

Ian Conlin, a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences at Boston University, said he

was fortunate enough that he could get on a bus out of New York City.

“I learned that there weren’t going to be any more trains for the rest of the day, so we got to a MegaBus as soon as we could,” he said. “It was a little frustrating because I was traveling with a friend and our travels had been pretty smooth over spring break.”

Conlin said he was frustrated with the delay, but was glad they could still get to Boston.

“I expected that I was going to get back a while ago, but I suppose that derailments hap-pen and we were lucky to find tickets,” he said. “It could have been much worse.”

Brian Latimer contributed to the reporting of this article.

Art Institute student: Amtrak communicates poorly with customerstrain: From Page 1

the course of this prosecution and the likely rul-ings made necessary by the immunity claim,” Souter said.

Bulger’s lawyers said in a statement Thurs-day they will ask Casper to reconsider Bulger’s immunity claim.

“It has always been our intention to have James Bulger testify at trial and explain to the jurors how he operated for over 25 years in Bos-ton without a single charge by Federal prosecu-tors,’’ said J.W. Carney Jr., Bulger’s attorney.

Richard Lehr, professor of journalism at Boston University and author of a number of books on Bulger, said Bulger’s immunity claim is unheard of.

“Many expert lawyers have been saying they’ve never heard of anyone getting the kind of license to kill that Whitey’s lawyers were

claiming he had,” he said.Lehr said Stearns’s ruling still allows Bulger

to claim immunity and his lawyers could sub-mit legal documentation even if Casper decides to not allow the immunity claim during the trial.

“The judge left the door open that Whitey can still claim that when he became an infor-mant the government agreed not to prosecute him for any past crimes he committed, versus future crimes, and the judge invited Whitey’s lawyers to submit legal filings detailing their claim of immunity,” Lehr said.

Bulger’s trial was scheduled for June 6, but could be pushed back further with the Casper’s appointment.

Casper is the first black woman to become a federal judge in Massachusetts. She served in the U.S. attorney’s office from 1999 to 2005 and was appointed to the bench in December 2010 by U.S. President Barack Obama.

Bulger to ask judge to reconsider defenseBulger: From Page 1

the past 10 years have been filled.”At BU, there are a number of specific degree

programs to pursue careers in math education in the College of Arts and Sciences and in the School of Education at all levels, he said.

“These programs offer good opportunities for BU students, and we hope to attract more students to these programs to help ameliorate the critical national shortage of professionals in the field of mathematics and statistics educa-tion,” Kaper said.

Matthews said BU has used a variety of strategies to ensure that positions in math edu-cation are filled.

“One solution, which has worked for BU, is to pursue high-quality master’s candidates in education to pursue a doctorate,” she said. “If they are encouraged to continue their studies and funded to do so, the pool of candidates will be widened.”

Compared the original study in 2006, the 2013 study found about half of the overall un-filled positions made available have remained unfilled. Across the U.S., there have been more job opportunities in math education than quali-fied people to fill them.

“It is important to credit BU for weathering this storm very well,” said William Zahner, a mathematics education professor. “While many departments have shrunk over the past six years, we have expanded and hired top-notch faculty.”

Maintaining a full-time faculty is important to building and sustaining programs and to de-veloping new courses, Zahner said.

“Part of the reason there are so many open-ings, and why some universities will be hiring two years in a row, might be because many uni-versities are starting to hire again as the finan-cial picture brightens,” Zahner said.

The funding for higher education institu-tions has declined due to state revenue cuts from the economic recession, which has caused some institutions to avoid hiring even if posi-tions are available, according to the study.

College of Arts and Sciences sophomore Joseph Stahl said it is important for openings to be filled by qualified educators for the sake of students.

“If there is a lack of mathematics educators, it could negatively impact the students who get a professor at the last minute who might be forced to teach something he or she isn’t so familiar with,” he said. “That could hinder stu-dents’ understanding.”

Math: From Page 1

Ph.D. student: BU urges students to seek doctorates

Boston University College of Communication graduate Chiemi Karasawa will watch the screening of her directorial debut during the Tribeca Film Festival in April.

Her documentary film Elaine Strich: Shoot Me is about a Broad-way legend who has remained in the spotlight for more than 60 years.

“It is a premiere in my own town, and making a film about a woman who has made her career in New York City is really exciting,” Kara-sawa said.

After graduating from BU, Kara-sawa went to New York and has since worked on numerous films and documentaries, including The Sopra-nos and Where the Wild Things Are, she said. Her office is located in the Tribeca Performing Arts Center, so her career is closely involved with

the festival. “When I got out of BU, I went to

work immediately as an assistant to a producer named Richard Brick,” she said. “From there, I trained as a script supervisor.”

A script supervisor assists the di-rector closely in following the script, the story and the filming of a movie, she said.

Through working as a script su-pervisor, Karasawa said she devel-oped many great relationships with other filmmakers and producers.

“All of them come to play in my work as a producer,” she said. “I had wonderful relationships with people that helped me a lot in my documen-taries because they also wanted to make documentary films.”

Karasawa worked with prominent filmmakers such as Spike Jonze and Ellen Kuras. With Kuras, Karasawa worked on the movie The Betrayal and won the Creative Arts Primetime

Emmy Award for Exceptional Merit in Nonfiction Filmmaking in 2010.

“Every aspect of my career since I graduated BU has paid off because every position I had has itself led to another position,” she said.

Although she began with narra-tive filmmaking, Karasawa said she is fascinated with documentary films.

“I love documentaries because, at the end of the day, real stories about people are the most fascinating sto-ries,” she said. “There are so many possibilities that do not fit structure into narrative films, so I will always have a passion for documentary and nonfiction stories.”

Charles Merzbacher, a BU film and television professor, said he be-lieves having alumni premiere mov-ies in the Tribeca Film Festival is a great honor for BU.

“It shows the strength across the

Although the Roman Catholic Church’s College of Cardinals elect-ed the first Latin American pope in its history Wednesday, any reforms will be a result of his individual char-acter and not of his origin, Boston University experts said.

“Any changes he is likely to make will depend more on him as an individual than him being from Latin America,” said Taylor Boas, a politi-cal science professor. “For instance, he is a Jesuit, he has devoted his ca-reer and focus to helping the poor and a lot of his initial comments have been along the lines of helping [the poor].”

The College of Cardinals elected Archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, Argentina, to take the position of leader of the Catholic Church as Pope Francis Wednesday after Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation in February — the first time a pope has done so in six centuries.

Pope Francis’s assistance for the poor in the past has human rights ac-tivists in Latin America anticipating change, Boas said.

“His stance on the dictatorship in Argentina in the 1970s draws criti-cism, though,” Boas said. “There is a lot of research by Argentine jour-nalists questioning whether he was as outspoken as he should have been about the dictatorship and making efforts to attain the release of priests kidnapped by the dictatorship.”

In his first address to the media, Pope Francis said he wants a “poor church for the poor.” He has never lived in an ornate church-mansion, and he strives to work in a less osten-tatious papacy.

Boas said one of the largest ob-stacles the new pope will face is revi-talizing the influence of the Catholic Church in Latin America because there are vast, growing populations of Evangelicals, Pentecostals and other secularists.

“The Catholic Church has seen significant competition, particularly in Brazil where Evangelicals were 22 percent of the population in the last census,” Boas said. “Also in Central America in places like Guatemala, as much as a third of the population are Evangelical. These are extremely fast growing religions, and [they are]

Student group sells challah bread to raise money for charities

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Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences junior Ja-mie Levin said she established Bos-ton University’s Challah for Hunger chapter to create a network for so-cial action in which students of all faiths could become involved.

“The principle is to make really good challah and have people buy it, knowing that their money is go-ing to a charity organization,” she said. “I was head of social action at [The Florence and Chafetz] Hil-lel [House], and I wanted there to be something that everyone felt like they could join in where they didn’t have to be Jewish.”

Challah for Hunger is a national organization that bakes challah — traditional Jewish bread — and sells it, donating the proceeds to chari-ties.

BU’s chapter gathers at least once per month to bake, braid and sell challah, Levin said.

“We want to be able to help as many people as we can who may be afflicted by hunger or disaster through our baking,” said College of Arts and Sciences freshman Al-lison Penn in an email.

Penn said members hope to meet twice in April to sell challah and raise money for charities.

Proceeds are split between the National Challah for Hunger Char-ity, American Jewish Worlds’ Ser-vice Sudan Relief and Advocacy Fund and an organization of the members’ choice, she said.

College of General Studies freshman Shannon Stocks said one of the group’s most exciting activi-ties is its Challah for Hunger Week.

“Once a month we have ‘Chal-

By Trisha ThadaniDaily Free Press Staff

SARAH FISHER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF FILECollege of Arts and Sciences freshman Allison Feld and School of Management junior Rick Anderson mix ingredients to make Challah to sell for Challah for Hunger at the BU Hillel Dec. 4, 2012.Challah, see page 4

By Brian LatimerDaily Free Press Staff

Pope may focus on poverty issues,BU experts say

By Leah ParkDaily Free Press Contributor

BU alumna to debut film at Tribeca Film Festival

Karasawa, see page 4

If the right pieces fall into place, Bostonians could witness the Olym-pic torch blazing down Common-wealth Avenue in 2024.

“The benefits could be enor-mous,” said District 6 City Coun-cilor Matt O’Malley at a council meeting on Wednesday. “We have the hotel rooms, the dorms. The lo-cations of sporting events would not just be in Boston proper. It could be 200 miles north, south, east, west of Boston. We could be talking about the New England region. Another strength we have is the city could hold the summer or winter games. When you apply for both your chances are exponentially height-ened.”

The United States Olympic Committee announced March 8 that they sent out bid invitations to the nation’s 25 largest cities, including Boston, and 10 other cities that had expressed interest in hosting the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Corey Dinopoulos, co-founder of the Boston Olympic Exploratory Committee, said in an email that the committee is now taking a deeper look to see if Boston would be able to host the Olympics in the future.

“Our effort is to lead a feasibility study for Boston and New England region that would be funded entirely by private organizations,” he said. “Not [by] the state or taxpayers.”

This would not be the first time

public funding became an issue for an Olympic bid in Boston. In 1992, another committee formed to look at the possibility of hosting the Olym-pics, but fell apart when it was an-nounced that taxpayers would be responsible for any economic losses as a result of the games.

In an effort to introduce the idea to Massachusetts Legislature, BOEC recruited Mass. State Sen. Eileen Donoghue to sponsor a bill that would create a nine-person committee within the legislature to investigate the potential costs, ben-efits and popularity of the games.

“It’s difficult to say one way or another that [hosting the games is] definitely a good idea or it’s a bad idea until you really have some hard data on what’s involved — the cost,

the feasibility,” Donoghue said. “That’s really the key in terms of how it would be approached. We need to have that information, and that’s why a study [by the legisla-ture] is really important.”

The USOC sent out bid invita-tions Feb. 19 to mayors across the country to gauge interest in what cities would want to hold the Olym-pics and would be able to financially support it. One of the requirements for cities is to have a public trans-portation system that would be able to bring people to and from the ven-ues, according to the letter.

“The MBTA needs an Olympics-like effort to stabilize its finances,” said Kelly Smith, spokeswoman for the Massachusetts Bay Transit Au-

Boston considers hosting Olympics in ‘24By Steven DufourDaily Free Press Staff

CHRISTIANA MECCA/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFFA private group is proposing to bring the Olympics to Boston in 2024.

PoPe, see page 4

coluMnThe Wandering Mind

Monopoly on MoralityAs another pope who calls for

discrimination of the gay community comes to power, I can’t help but es-cape a question that has bothered me since adolescence — How on earth does Catholicism, Christianity as a whole, or any re-ligion, have any-thing to do with morality?

Growing up in a strict Catho-lic environment, lack of morality is one of the funda-mental objections you hear towards other worldviews. “Without Christianity, without the bible, without God, where could someone possibly get morals?” This is ridiculous. Why should any reli-gion claim a monopoly on morality?

I was fully immersed in the strange world of Christianity from birth. I’ve sat through hundreds of lectures and sermons. I’ve prayed the rosary. I’ve eaten the wafer that’s ac-tually flesh. I’ve given up chocolate during March. I’ve read the bible, front to back, several times. What becomes painfully apparent when talking to so many who call them-selves Christians is that they haven’t actually read the bible. The bible has many beautiful verses about love, and they’ve heard those, but they don’t realize how awful a work it is when read in its entirety.

The bible calls being gay an “abomination.” It says to stone a woman to death who is not a virgin on her wedding night — and on her father’s stoop to really make it count. God orders the genocide of the Ca-naanites, along with the raping of their wives and murdering of their in-fant children. That’s pretty dark stuff.

And this myth, that somehow only the Old Testament has all the ugly bits is just plain wrong. If you want to learn about women’s inferi-ority to men read Corinthians. If you want to hear about torture on a lake of fire read Revelation. The climac-tic scene of the bible’s second act reveals that all humans are innately evil from birth and only through hu-man torture and sacrifice can we be forgiven.

What kind of morality is any of that? Certainly not one I’d like to pre-scribe to. There’s always the accusa-tion of cherry-picking — “You’re cherry-picking the bad parts.” Well, no. It’s clear to me that others are cherry-picking the good parts in a mostly grotesque piece of literature. But either way, how could we know which parts are good and which parts are bad to cherry-pick if our morality comes from this “word of God”?

It seems the answer is pretty sim-ple — the bible, or any holy book, has nothing to do with morality. We can all look at the bible and say “Gee wiz, infanticide is a drag,” or “love your neighbor — that’s good stuff.”

Why? It’s because we can already recognize what is right and what is wrong. If someone says their moral-ity comes from a god or a book does that mean they don’t rape, and kill only out of piety? I certainly would hope not.

We don’t need to draw our morals from Bronze Age zealots who stoned each other. Believing in a god or a particular holy book has absolutely no connection to being a moral per-son, and it’s insulting to all humans to imply that it does.

Frank Marasco is a senior in the College of Communications. He can be reached at fcm820@bu.edu.

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from the public. “We’re incorporating [social me-

dia] more into the department,” Har-rington said. “We’re getting more people on the street out there so we can send messages about road de-tours, traffic and immediate stories. We have not encountered any signifi-cant problems.”

Harrington said the Brookline PD

is very pleased with its use of social media, but officials still have work to do and they are looking to include more videos into their public com-munications.

Riviello said the Cambridge PD’s use of social media has met little re-sistance.

“[The Cambridge PD] has re-ceived positive feedback from our residents and followers who appreci-ate our openness and willingness to

share news and information,” he said. “We are excited to continue to pro-vide timely and useful information to our residents and followers.”

Riviello said that the only prob-lem they have is the timeliness of responses.

“Our social media channels are mostly monitored during normal business hours,’ he said, “and we are unable to respond immediately on a 24/7 basis.”

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thority, in an email.The MBTA has an overall debt of

$8.3 billion, making it the most in-debted public transportation system in the nation.

Donoghue said the games could be a reason to renovate the MBTA.

“That’s one of the areas where the government comes in to play,” she said. “There’s no question, some would say, that our transportation system is more 19th century than 21st century, and this is a way, over the next ten years or so, of bring-ing it into the 21st century, which would also help the bid quest for the games.”

Boston Mayor Thomas Menino told WBUR on March 5 that the Olympic bid idea is improbable and the costs to apply can range from $6 to 8 million that could be used for

other services in the commonwealth.“At this time, I think it’s a far-

fetched idea, and just wish that I knew about it before it was in the paper,” he said. “Especially in these economic times, with what’s hap-pening in Washington today and what could possibly happen in the state, I need every penny I have to make sure we continue the services to the people of Boston.”

Apart from funding for public transportation Donoghue said Bos-ton already supports enough tourism to adapt fairly easily and to profit from an international event.

“Tourism in Massachusetts is big business,” she said. “I firmly believe an Olympic location here would enhance that, not just during the games, but before and long after the games. I think it would be ben-eficial to us worldwide in terms of our tourism.”

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often very active in politics.”Vatican City does not allow

priests to run for office, but Evangeli-cals have the ability to pursue elected office, Boas said. This increases the influence of Evangelical ideas in Lat-in American political decisions.

Ilana Langsam, a College of Arts and Sciences sophomore, said an in-creased presence of Catholicism or the appointment of an Argentinian Pope might not have a great effect on social and economic progress of Latin American countries because there are more pertinent economic problems that need to be addressed.

“It is difficult to generalize be-cause each country has its own

problems, but the majority of these countries currently have low GDPs and extremely unequal wealth distri-bution,” Langsam said.

To bring people out of poverty, political problems such as education must be tackled before religious is-sues, she said.

“Even though a lot of Latin Amer-ican countries experience high GDP growth rates, there are still high lev-els of poverty and the wealthy hold the vast majority of the wealth, espe-cially since many of the political sys-tems in these countries are unbeliev-ably corrupt,” Langsam said.

As the pope chose to bear the same name as St. Francis of Assisi — historically recorded as a church

reformer — he is expected to bring wide changes to the Church’s poli-cies, said College of Communication sophomore Kim O’Connell.

O’Connell said Latin Americans must be thrilled because their large Catholic population will be repre-sented better in the Vatican, a shift in perspective that will help reform the Church.

“Right now our whole world is changing so quickly and the Church is the one thing that has remained the same throughout the evolution of so-ciety,” O’Connell said. “The Church needs to change things to make them relate to today’s world more instead of still operating with an old-fash-ioned twist.”

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whole spectrum of production be-cause all the alumni have worked in fiction and nonfiction,” Merzbacher said.

Karasawa said she financed her documentary with funds from in-vestors.

“I was very fortunate to have initial investors who came with a generous fund,” Karasawa said. “After finishing the production, I had other investors come in. I have had people interested in making a deal, but the problem was that they always wanted too much control in the end.”

Karasawa said her time at BU gave her the tools necessary to achieve success.

“It’s a testament to the fact that the experiences that I had at BU are built in me,” Karasawa said. “They gave me a foundation on which to implement my passion for film and the idea that I can do it.”

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lah for Hunger Week,’” she said in an email. “Monday we buy ingredi-ents, Tuesday we make the dough, Wednesday we put extra flavorings into the bread [such as] chocolate chips, raisins [and] cinnamon sugar and braid it into challah. Thursday and Friday we sell the bread.”

“There are maybe 12 involved Challah for Hunger Leaders and our number of volunteers fluctuates ev-ery month. We get volunteers from fraternities, sororities, other organi-zations on campus, random visitors and [School of Management] stu-dents,” she said.

Stocks said if demand increases, Challah for Hunger Week could be every one or two weeks.

“We hope that the number of volunteers increases over time and that we always sell a lot of bread to raise the maximum amount of mon-ey for charity,” she said.

Kara McGuire, a College of Communication graduate, said she and Levin founded BU’s chapter during the fall 2011 semester.

“Overall, by being a co-founder and coordinator for BU Challah for Hunger, I was able to bake a lot of bread, spend time with my friends in a way that also helped a great cause and help so many people in need,” she said.

Sydney Forman, a COM fresh-man and Challah for Hunger leader, said one of the group’s greatest ben-efits is its community building.

“It’s really just about bringing people together to come and help out,” she said. “We encourage stu-dents to get involved and are open to any new suggestions from new volunteers.”

Brian Latimer contributed to the reporting of this article.

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One of the best things about living in a city is the easy access to good food. Yet students who move, excited to dive

in and spoil their taste buds at any of Boston’s renowned restaurants, may be stopped in their tracks by the reality that collegiate wallets often can’t match culinary desires. Ramen noodles replace visions of sushi rolls and dining-hall cookies cap meals rather than dreamed-of tira-misu.

But, food lovers, do not give up hope. From March 17 to 22 and March 24 to 29,

Boston’s Restaurant Week brings the prices at some of the city’s best eateries down to fit a college student’s budget. The annual two-week event, hosted by BostonChefs.com, standard-izes menu prices for three-course lunches and dinners at a number of Boston restaurants. With three-course dinners at $38.13, three-course lunches for $20.13 and a two-course “light lunch” at only $15.13, many of Boston’s high-end restaurants become accessible to those on a tighter budget.

Two hundred Boston eateries will partici-pate in Restaurant Week this year, so choices abound. Here’s a short list, designed to help you get the most out of the next two weeks.

The Capital Grille, often called Boston’s best steakhouse, includes filet mignon and its famous Sam’s mashed potatoes on their Res-taurant Week menu. You would be hard pressed to find a heartier duo on another Boston menu.

You can bet I will be at the Capital Grille during Restaurant Week, taking my fork to the best cut of steak from the best grill in Beantown.

If you prefer surf to turf, look no further than Legal Sea Foods. Legal’s classic New England clam chowder is the appetizer I’m looking for-ward to most this week. Their Restaurant Week menu features heaping chef’s choice platters full of what is surely some of the freshest sea-food in Boston.

Just a short walk from the Legal Sea Food’s Copley location is Samurai. Be careful, it’s easy to miss this small basement sushi bar the first time you walk by. Samurai’s menu, though, is definitely hard to overlook. The Restaurant Week options feature several chef’s choice su-shi and sashimi plates that any sushi lover in Boston should place high on his or her list to try.

Another Asian restaurant worth visiting is Golden Temple in Brookline. At first glance Golden Temple may look like a typical Chinese Restaurant, but it prides itself on its healthy and allergy-friendly cooking. The Restaurant Week menu is full of decadent specials, including Golden Temple’s Maine Lobster and Beijing Duck plates that look especially noteworthy. While Golden Temple does not offer lunch spe-cials for Restaurant Week, they do have veg-etarian options for dinner.

Just across the street from Golden Temple is The Fireplace. The Fireplace has a gluten-free menu for dinner and light lunch to com-

pliment its hearty, home-cooked menu. In ad-dition to the rich New England-touched pasta, pork and trout dinner options, the atmosphere alone makes this romantic spot worth the visit. Heavy, movable drapes can break the dining room into homey sections, and a real wood fire-place completes the cozy picture.

On the closer end of Beacon Street is The Elephant Walk, a new-age, French and Cam-bodian fusion spot located in South Campus. The Elephant Walk specializes in eclectic dish-es, like their Keing M’Noa: slow-cooked pork in lime, pineapple, lemongrass and coconut milk. Elephant Walk is a great choice for those who prefer vegetarian or vegan options, as their naturally vegetarian-friendly menu includes dishes that can be made vegan upon request.

With so many Italian restaurants scattered throughout the city, it is tough for any one of them to stand out. For Restaurant Week, try vis-iting Grotto. Located near Government Center, this basement-level restaurant serves authentic Italian food while offering a warm and unique dining atmosphere. Grotto has more dishes on their Restaurant Week menu than most other eateries, including vegetarian options. You’ll find no better place to enjoy authentic, house-cut pasta than in the brick-walled dining room of Grotto.

And one certainly can’t mention Italian food in Boston without talking about the North End. Among all of the restaurants in this cultural

neighborhood, make a point to visit Gennaro’s. Across the street from the historic Sacred Heart Italian church, Gennaro’s serves high-quality Italian food in a homey two-story carpeted din-ing room. While they do not have vegetarian entrees on their Restaurant Week dinner menu, Gennaro’s offers one of the finest dining experi-ences the North End has to offer.

So food lovers, go forth and lick your plates and fingers clean of the best our city has to offer this week.

For a complete listing of participating res-taurants and their menu’s, visit www.restau-rantweekboston.com. Let us know what places you enjoyed by tweeting @dfp_muse.

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“Welcome, to the United States.” The television blared to life as I stood in line half asleep.

For anyone who has had the pleasure of going through passport control in America, you have enjoyed the informational video that plays from numerous plasma screens as you wait in line. You see panoramic shots of various landscapes and a diverse array of families, professionals and groups of hospitable-looking people. It’s an en-dearing ode to a country that’s built on the values of freedom and opportunity ... the first five times you see it, that is. When you can recite all the dialogue after standing in line for close to an hour and a half it be-comes significantly less entertaining.

This was the scene that greeted me when I arrived back from my week home in London this spring break. I stared blankly at the ceiling as I dragged my bag along the floor; in my other hand I held an as-sortment of Fortnum and Mason biscuits that rattled against one another in a duty free bag. I had left what had grown famil-iar to me — newfound friends and an ad-opted family in our travel group, a home far away from the din of American politics. The descent in front of the London skyline was bittersweet; there is no feeling compa-rable to returning to your own home after months away. Yet I found myself missing the small details of D.C., like being able to saunter to the monuments whenever I felt in need of some inspiration, even interning everyday from 9 to 5. As I woke up to the plane thudding onto the Heathrow tarmac, drizzling rain pelting the plane window, I wasn’t feeling the “spring break, woo!” vibe that had gripped everyone else.

That soon changed as I was once more in the company of family and friends that had long preceded my hectic weeks in Washington. Eager to show a close friend the London I had grown accustomed to, I made the overdue pilgrimage back to my old high school. As I stepped through those sliding doors for the first time in years, I was overwhelmed. Students I had never seen before yelled to their friends in fa-miliar hallways. I saw the successors to the various cliques that had made up the tapestry of high school in my day — if you ever want to feel ancient, go back to high school. I imagine this is what being caught in two alternate universes would feel like: You recognize where you are, but you rec-ognize nothing else.

My high school’s claim to fame was

(and is) its proximity to the legendary Ab-bey Road. The disgusting weather of Lon-don would not deter us from arriving at the zebra crossing, which was already inun-dated with other tourists trying to re-create the iconic Beatles image outside of the recording studio. There was a particularly disgruntled group of students who stood on the pavement for hours waiting for the precise moment when traffic would ease and they could obtain their elusive shot. I cross the street unfazed and go toward the wall outside Abbey Road Studios. To me, the crossing was a part of my memories of going out for filling Thai food on school afternoons, when we thought we were so independent because we could leave school as we pleased. Graffiti confronts you from atop the white paint. Some notable mes-sages include names written in hearts and a shout out to a “biddy reunion.” Even approximately 3,000 miles away from America, some trends endure the distance. I take a gel pen from my purse and attempt to leave my mark. I began to understand how obnoxious my inner tourist must be to Washingtonians.

My last night in London finally arrived. I was seen off by two crazed men at a ven-ue in Soho who performed their version of the Harlem Shake with cardboard boxes on their heads and a baseball bat as they flung plastic balls and chunks of ice into the crowd. I walked by the glowing Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey as I prepared to board my flight the next morn-ing. I had barely unpacked my suitcase. Leaving was easy.

I snapped out of my nostalgic reminisc-ing when I was called up to the immigra-tion officer’s desk. He looked morose as he stamped my passport and had me press my fingers to the fingerprint scanner. In an at-tempt to lighten the mood, I asked him how his day was going.

“Well, I’m here,” he replied, even more despondent than before. But in spite of his lackluster outlook on life, I wished him a nice day as I left the airport and settled into the cab. The Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial came into view. Inhal-ing a deep breath, I sat back and admired the view.

Sofiya Mahdi is weekly columnist for the Daily Free Press, and a junior in the Col-lege of Arts and Sciences studying abroad in Washington, D.C. She can be reached at sofiya218@gmail.com.

The world runs on stigma, which is why highlighting shame is often an effective mar-keting approach when trying to get a people to not do something.

A recent advertisement campaign in New York is focused on reducing teen pregnancy. The tactic, according to The New York Times, is shame — and lots of it, too, as some pic-tures show teary-eyed children next to the words, “I’m twice as likely not to graduate high school because you had me as a teen,” among other negative statistics.

Granted, the statistics are true. Children born into lower-income teenaged parent families are often underserved as a result of a number of factors, and will suffer throughout life as a result, though this is not to say that a child will not overcome certain factors. The goal of the New York ad initiative is to edu-cate its citizens with the negative statistics, hopefully helping them make smart decisions that are good for themselves and good for the city. This is a good end, but it has yet to be determined whether the means are effective.

Using shame as a marketing tactic regard-ing such a morally ambiguous (though statis-tically not preferable) issue seems like it could do as much damage as it could good. For one, the Times remarked how the ad imagers are drawing mounting criticism from reproduc-

tive health advocates, women who had chil-dren as teenagers, and others who say they reinforce negative stereotypes about teenage mothers without offering any information to help girls prevent unplanned pregnancies.

Richard Reeves of the Times noted on Fri-day how shame is not love — that is, shaming pregnant teens does not give them the support they need. That New York, or any city for that matter, does so is of vital importance to the well-being of a community, as vital as a re-duction in teenage pregnancies.

These advertisements shame teenagers who are pregnant or have children as much as they discourage others from getting pregnant, when what these individuals need is a city that will support them. This is not entirely the same thing as an anti-smoking campaign, giv-en how quitting being pregnant is harder than quitting a cigarette habit. Moreover, teenage pregnancies are not infrequently acciden-tal. And there is already much social stigma surrounding the topic of teen pregnancy and single motherhood. Although on that note, one might imagine shaming people would be more effective than safe sex campaigns. Re-inforcing the stigma of teen pregnancy might be the strongest — albeit bluntest — way to address the problem.

Shame as deterrent to teen pregnancies

On Sunday, The New York Times opened a forum to discuss the effectiveness of celebrity philanthropy and ambassadorship, all in light of former NBA player Dennis Rodman’s recent “basketball diplomacy” tour of North Korea during a tense time in U.S. relations with the country, as well as his trip to the Vatican to sup-port the potentiality of the first black pope.

“Can celebrities like Rodman, Bono or An-gelina Jolie who get involved in diplomacy or antipoverty efforts offer a useful diplomatic service, or are they just putting pretty and rec-ognizable faces on complicated and unwieldy issues?” the Times asked.

Generally speaking, celebrity philanthropy is a positive endeavor. It generates publicity and awareness of a cause, perhaps helping an issue or organization gain the support of more followers and thus achieve longevity and suc-cess in its humanitarian work. Bono’s Product Red campaign, for example, has generated hundreds of millions of dollars for HIV/AIDS programs in Africa. Few non-celebrities can say the same of their own philanthropic power.

But how genuinely effective is celebrity philanthropy? Behind the glamorous aid ef-forts and the adopted children in need, celebrity charity can seem un-genuine. Always there ex-ists the possibility that their acts of humanitari-anism are stunts for good public relations, if not

simply a way to rid themselves of personal guilt over their own bankbook. If guilt is an issue, and if they really care about a cause, celebrities can afford to donate millions and still live bet-ter than their poorer, foreign counterparts. The great divide between the rich and the starving, consciousness of which surfaces when the rich make a spectacle of their dealings with the ab-ject poor, is almost sickening.

One problem with celebrities is that they are not real diplomats. They may indeed tend to a single cause, or represent it. But they might not commit to it and help to generate local, sustain-able and real solutions to the problems to which they naturally bring awareness. Their presence on a scene must be long lasting or their effec-tiveness is short-lived and thus hardly effective at all.

True, a celebrity might be passionate about philanthropy — many of us are, it’s just that we don’t have the same means to help as the rich and famous do. It’s both an upside and a down-fall that a famous individual’s humanitarian ef-forts will be followed and documented, thereby making the gesture seem un-genuine. But if indeed a celebrity cares about a cause, perhaps they should lead by example and donate more money to charity. Better yet, to charities (plu-ral), both foreign and domestic, because people in the U.S. could use their help too.

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Letter to the Editor: Support your hockey team!

We are writing as long time hockey sea-son ticket holders (over 10 years each) and BU alumni to comment on the recent, ex-ceptionally poor turnout at home games. In particular, turnout by current students at the Merrimack and Vermont games has been pa-thetic. What’s with the all apathy?

We have a difficult time understand-ing why current students do not support the hockey team. You have an elite team, one of the premier coaches in college hockey, and a long-time tradition that can only be rivaled a few Division I schools. And yet, for the past few games (and frankly, for most games), attendance is pathetic. Has there even been one sell out? What better is there to do at 7 p.m. on a Tuesday (Merrimack) or Friday? It’s not like the students are out ripping it up at 7p.m.! And we suspect that you are not

buried in your books.The events of the past year may have

raised some concern. However, as we have learned, the Boston media has blown these events far out of proportion from what actu-ally occurred, and Coach Jack Parker has ad-dressed the matter.

Show some pride in your team and your school. Show up at the games and cheer on your team.

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Both teams really played really smart hockey and real intense hockey.

“You could tell Merrimack knew this was it for them. They had to get going.”

Although BU led for much of the third, the win was anything but easy.

The first period was a tightly contested one, with neither team capitalizing on its first power-play opportunity and neither getting many good scoring chances.

Merrimack snapped its 139-minute scoreless streak at the 19:00 mark, however. Forward Shawn Bates drove to the net and had his initial shot stopped, but he eventually squeaked the rebound over the goal line and under freshman goaltender Sean Maguire’s arm.

The tally ended a shutout streak for Ma-guire (39 saves) at 151:22, the fifth longest in program history.

The second period was a back-and-forth battle if there ever was one. The Terriers thrice erased a one-goal deficit, first when junior forward Matt Nieto one-timed a centering pass from freshman forward Danny O’Regan at 1:31.

The tie did not last long, however, as the Warriors took a 2-1 lead at 4:23 when forward Mike Collins’ shot from the right circle snuck by a screened Maguire.

Then, BU started taking advantage of Mer-rimack penalties.

At 16:12, Hohmann’s shot from the bot-tom of the left circle got blocked. The puck

bounced right back to his stick and he beat Merrimack goaltender Sam Marotta near side for the power-play goal and 2-2 tie.

After a BU defensive-zone turnover led to a forward John Gustafsson goal with 1:20 to play in the second, Kurker knotted things at three apiece headed into the third.

That set the stage for BU’s third-period rally and late-game lockdown.

Parker said BU as a whole, particularly senior defenseman Sean Escobedo, played its best hockey when Dennehy pulled Marotta to give the Warriors a 6-on-5 advantage in the waning moments.

“Down the stretch Scooby [Escobedo] got an awful lot of ice time because now we’re in the defensive mode and we’re protecting a little bit of a lead,” Parker said. “Scooby was immense in that 6-on-5 ... Making some big plays, chipping it out and getting it out. He’s had a heck of a senior year, no question about that.”

Now the Terriers have rival BC (22-10-4, 15-9-3 Hockey East) on tap for next weekend and a potential Hockey East championship game waiting in the wings.

“We really came down the stretch pretty well, played very well at home. And now we go see if we can continue our season,” Parker said. “It’s nice that we get to play them. BC has always brought out the best in us and vice versa, so it should be a real great college hockey game.

“We can’t end their season, but I would like to extend ours by getting to the final, that’s for sure.”

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Rosen. “You really start to realize who you’re playing for and the organization you’re in, and the kind of guy that’s behind your bench every day. It gives you some extra boost and some pride in the jersey you’re wearing.”

The Terriers (20-15-2, 15-10-2 Hockey East) earned Parker at least one more game with their win Saturday, finishing off their Hockey East quarterfinal series against Merrimack (15-17-6, 13-11-3 Hockey East), 2-0.

They will face Boston College on Friday, March 22, at 8 p.m. in the con-ference semifinals at TD Garden. From here on out, though, Parker’s career could be 60 minutes from its end on any given game day. BU has yet to secure an NCAA playoff berth, and will likely have to win the Hockey East tournament to do so.

“Everybody else loses their last game of the year,” Parker said. “And when it hap-pens, it’s like somebody shot you in the head, because you’re going so hectic. It’s 24/7, from September to that last game. And when that last game is over, there’s no practice tomorrow.

“So I’ll have that same feeling that I did before. The thing now is that there’s no practice next October, you know?”

Merrimack coach Mark Dennehy went out of his way to acknowledge Parker in his postgame press conference, despite the

disappointment of seeing his own team’s season end.

“I’d like to start by just saying what an honor it was to coach against Jack Park-er,” Dennehy said. “The game will take an absolute hit with his departure. Pretty big shoes to fill.”

During his conference, Parker reflected on his time at BU with characteristic hu-mor.

“All good things must come to an end,” he said, and paused, appearing to grow se-rious.

“Oscar Wilde once said that, ‘Some peo-ple cause joy wherever they go,’” Parker continued. “’Others, whenever they go.’ So I might be — my guys might be cheering when I finish up here. You never know.”

Judging by his players’ reactions to the video tribute, though, that is not the case.

Freshman forward Sam Kurker, who scored his third goal of the year and first tally since Nov. 11, 2012 at the University of New Hampshire Saturday, said Parker has helped him maintain his confidence during a demanding rookie season.

“I just feel so blessed and lucky to be able to play at least a year under his wing here,” Kurker said. “I get to play for a leg-end, and it’s too bad he is going next year, but I feel very lucky ... This year, I haven’t produced how I wanted to. He’s been here a long time and seen it happen before. He’s helped me along the way, and it’s paying off.”

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allows just 24.9 shots on net per game, a testament to a strong defensive corps, mak-ing strong goaltending even more crucial than usual.

“They’re a team that prides themselves on, I guess you’d call it, New Jersey Devils hockey,” Durocher said. “They don’t take many chances. They don’t use a lot of en-ergy forechecking. They use it on defense and in the neutral zone, and they just take

advantage of opportunities.” BU’s offense broke through eventually,

scoring four times in the game’s final 25 minutes, but it may not have been in the same position to take over the lead if Sper-ry did not keep the game close earlier.

“We just try to help her out, but she does a great job by herself,” said junior captain Marie-Philip Poulin of Sperry, laughing. “She really stood on her head a couple times, and we are really happy to have her back there.”

Sperry makes 11 saves against Clarkson power play, helps Terriers preserve slim lead

MICHELLE JAY/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFFJunior goaltender Kerrin Sperry made 34 saves on 37 shots in BU’s 5-3 win over Clarkson Uni-versity Saturday at Walter Brown Arena, helping her team clinch a spot in the NCAA Frozen Four.

game,” Durocher said. “And then all of a sudden the pucks went in. We got a little bit of a lucky one that bounced in from behind the goal line, or off somebody, that gave us what looked like a little bit of breathing room, and then all of a sudden the Green and Gold answered in grand fashion.”

Within 12 seconds of BU scoring its fourth goal of the game, following a timeout by the Golden Knights, Clarkson forward Christine Lambert tallied her fourth goal of the season, cutting the Terriers’ lead down to 4-2.

Just over four minutes later, forward Shannon MacAulay cut away at BU’s lead with a goal of her own. In an attempt to tie the game, Clarkson pulled its goalie for an extra skater with just over a minute left to play in the final period. Within seconds, Le-fort scored an empty-net goal after forcing

a turnover, giving BU the extra cushion it needed.

“We got fortunate in the end there when it was 4-3,” Durocher said. “They could have found a spot and gotten the tying goal … If they had come buzzing back down the ice with a minute left, all hell was going to break loose.”

But the Golden Knights did not get back in the game, and for the second time in its eight-year history, the Terriers will head back to the Frozen Four, where they will take on Mercyhurst University Friday.

According to Durocher, the Terriers may have learned a lesson in keeping their com-posure in the third period — a lesson that he hopes they remember next weekend.

“Our job is going to be to not have that lesson to be learned anymore in the next game or two,” Durocher said. “If we’re lucky enough to play [in the championship].”

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Do not finalize those career numbers quite yet.

The No. 18 Boston University men’s hockey team beat Merrimack College 5-3 be-hind two third-period goals Saturday night to sweep the Hockey East quarterfinal series and give BU coach Jack Parker at least one more weekend at the helm before retiring.

The win — which sends the third-seeded Terriers to the conference semifinals against second-seeded Boston College at 8 p.m. Friday night at TD Garden — was Parker’s final home game after four decades as BU’s head coach.

“I didn’t think of it until they said, ‘Do you want to say something to the crowd?’” Parker said. “And my first thought was, ‘For what?’ And then I realized, oh yeah, we won’t cross here again.”

In many ways, that it was Parker’s final game at The House That Jack Built overshad-owed the game itself.

After the final buzzer the entire team stayed on the ice to watch a video montage of Parker through the years, then Parker took a microphone and said a few words of thanks to the crowd of 3,043. “It kind of felt weird tonight,” Parker said. “But it was nice to win. Nice to win.”

Before all the reflecting and reminiscing, though, the Terriers (20-15-2, 15-10-2 Hockey East) pulled out a gritty, come-from-behind win. It is their sixth victory in their last seven games and fifth of the season against Merri-

mack (15-17-6, 13-11-3 Hockey East).BU trailed for much of the game, but

scored the final three goals in the last 20:08 of play to take the series.

The hosts faced three separate one-goal deficits in the second period, the last of which was erased by freshman forward Sam Kurker with 7.6 seconds left. His power-play tally came on a rebound off sophomore center Cason Hohmann’s initial shot.

“It was good,” Kurker said. “It has been re-ally frustrating lately. I’m just trying to do my role as a third-line right wing and to finally bury one. It felt good.”

Senior forward Ben Rosen netted the eventual game-winner at 5:11 in the third.

Freshman forward Matt Lane took the initial shot, and Rosen hammered home the rebound at the crease for the 4-3 lead.

The BU defense, which has been thin of late without junior assistant captain Gar-rett Noonan, kept the Warriors off the board the rest of the way for the series win. Junior forward Sahir Gill added an empty-net goal with 4.4 seconds remaining to account for the 5-3 final.

“The first thing — and I said this to [Mer-rimack coach] Mark [Dennehy] right after the game — it was a heck of a college hockey game to watch. It was a fabulous game to watch,” Parker said. “Everybody played hard.

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As the No. 18 Boston University men’s hockey team gathered at the blue line to watch a video tribute to retiring coach Jack Parker, senior defenseman Sean Escobedo began tapping his stick on the ice, the on-ice version of applause. Within seconds, his teammates joined in, adding to the grow-ing roar of approval for Parker after his last game at Agganis Arena.

Parker won his final home game, 5-3 over Merrimack College, in front of a spring-break-depleted crowd of just 3,043. By the time he picked up a microphone to say a few words to the fans, though, every-one left in the stands was on their feet.

“You people make it great,” Parker said, turning as he spoke to address everyone in the arena.

Their cheers drowned out much of his impromptu speech, but his gratitude was clear, even though he had not known he might have to give a speech until the mi-crophone was in his hands.

The montage on the Agganis video board spanned Parker’s entire career, in-cluding the celebration after BU’s 2009 na-tional championship win. After stick salut-ing the fans at the other end of the ice, BU’s players returned to center ice to watch the video, faces upturned to take in the tribute to their coach.

“Personally, I was getting pretty emo-tional about it,” said senior forward Ben

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Quotable“ “I didn’t think of it until they said, ‘Do you want to say something to the crowd?’”.

-BU coach Jack Parker on realizing Saturday night’s 5-3 win over Merrimack College was his final home game.

The penalty kill took center stage in the No. 3 Boston University women’s hockey team’s 5-3 win over Clarkson University Saturday, and true to the old saying, Junior goalie Kerrin Sperry was called on to be her team’s best penalty killer.

Sperry made 11 saves on the PK — 34 overall on 37 shots — and may have been the biggest reason the Terriers (27-5-3, 18-2-1 Hockey East) topped the Knights (28-10-0) in the first round of the NCAA tournament to advance to the Frozen Four.

“It’s the third game in a row where we’ve had to do a good job killing penalties, and so far we have in those three games,” said BU coach Brian Durocher. “My charge is to see if we can avoid [taking penalties].”

Saturday, BU gave up five power plays, including two late in the third period, as Clarkson was surging offensively. With key players in the box — first junior de-fenseman Kaleigh Fratkin, then star fresh-man forward Sarah Lefort — and Clarkson chipping away at BU’s lead, those kills were crucial.

On those Knights power plays, the pen-alty killers in front of Sperry stepped up, blocking shots and clearing the puck over and over before Clarkson could set up in the offensive zone. But on the Terriers’ third penalty kill of the game, early in the second period, Sperry essentially kept BU in the game herself.

With Lefort in the box 4:27 into the sec-ond, BU struggled to clear the puck out of

the defensive zone. Clarkson fired shot after shot on Sperry,

most through at least two or three players in front, but Sperry found each one, diving to cover loose pucks in the crease and make key stops.

Her defensemen helped out — Fratkin swatted away a puck headed for the cross-bar at one point — but it was Sperry who shut down what could have been a crucial Knights power play, stopping five shots in those two minutes.

For the rest of the period, she did the same.

“That’s a time when the game could really change, because it goes to 2-1 for them, and their size and their strength and their composure with their talented goal-tender, it may have been a lot harder for us to have the luck,” Durocher said.

“But we got the second goal after the penalty kill, and it gave us a little bit of a chance to maybe get a lead and obviously win the game.”

Clarkson had 11 Grade-A chances in the second, not including one that popped up from behind the net and forced Sperry to make an outfielder-style catch. The Knights scored on just one, a rebound that defense-man Erin Ambrose picked up after Sperry had already stopped multiple point-blank chances.

Although BU had possession of the puck in the offensive zone for much of the second, it had seven of its shots blocked in that period (and 20 in the game). Clarkson

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Women’s hockey defeats Clarkson 5-3, clinches spot in national Frozen Four

As the seconds on the clock wound down, and the No. 3 Boston University women’s hockey team held onto its two-goal lead, Clarkson University made a last-ditch effort to narrow the score. The Golden Knights’ attempt, however, failed when BU senior forward Jenelle Kohanchuk poked the puck away from the BU net, sending the entire Terrier team onto the ice in celebration.

For the second time in the past three sea-sons, the Terriers (27-5-3, 18-2-1 Hockey East) will travel to the Frozen Four. This time, BU earned its ticket after defeating Clarkson 5-3 during an NCAA quarterfinal matchup Saturday at Walter Brown Arena.

“It was a great hockey game with an un-believable amount of intensity,” said BU coach Brian Durocher. “Even in the begin-ning of the game, there was a lot of inten-sity.”

That intensity led to a game where the Terriers could not create a comfortable and lasting lead over Clarkson (28-10-0) until the final minute of play.

Despite BU’s need for late goals to ulti-mately take the tilt, the Terriers never trailed in the game after junior co-captain Marie-Philip Poulin scored just 4:49 into the con-test.

Poulin, who said the team wanted to put pressure on Clarkson in the first five minutes of the game, scored her 17th goal of the sea-

son when she put the puck just under Golden Knight netminder Erica Howe’s right pad.

After that early goal, however, neither team managed to find the back of the net until the early portion of the second period. Clark-son defenseman Erin Ambrose found herself in just the right place 1:44 into the middle frame as she picked up the rebound of a shot by one of her teammates at the crease. Am-brose slipped her shot by junior goaltender Kerrin Sperry to even out the score.

Despite a strong attempt by Clarkson to take a 2-1 lead soon after Ambrose’s goal, BU kept the score tied when junior defense-man Kaleigh Fratkin batted a shot out of the air. The Golden Knights tried once again to score but could not get the puck past Sperry, who stopped a 3-on-1 rush during the second frame.

Finally, after about 15 minutes of score-less play, Kohanchuk left her mark on the game, scoring her 23rd goal of the season and giving BU a lead that it would never give up.

BU appeared to give itself some breath-ing room in the third period when freshman forward Sarah Lefort and junior defenseman Louise Warren tallied goals within 26 sec-onds of each other, but Clarkson showed that it was not ready to give up on its trip to the Frozen Four just yet.

“For much of that game it was a 1-1

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Men’s hockey sweeps Merrimack, postpones Parker’s retirementBU beats Merrimack

for 5th time this season, advances to semifinals