The Heights December 3, 2018

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Heights editors discuss their favorite movies and songs in preparation for the holiday season.

BC skated into Agganis Arena and earned a convincing win before battling to a scoreless draw at home.

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Leahy, Panel Address Catholic Church Scandals C21 hosts forum in wake of the Pa. clerical abuse report

BY JACK MILLER Asst. News Editor

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BC to Play No. 23 Boise State in SERVPRO First Responder Bowl

The Eagles will play their fifth bowl in six years in Dallas on Dec. 26.

Title IX Proposals Prompt Discourse Stoops on changes: “We’re going to follow the law.”

BY SCOTT BAKER Heights Staff The Department of Education (DOE) released proposed changes to regulations regarding the implementation of Title IX, specifically focusing on the response of educational institutions receiving Title IX benefits to cases of sexual harassment and sexual violence. The current Title IX guidelines set up under the Obama administration have been criticized as favoring accusers and denying the accused their right to due process.

Melinda Stoops, Title IX coordinator at Boston College, said that, at this point, no one at BC has sat down and discussed how BC might alter its policies, since these are

just proposals.

Stoops emphasized that the changes are nothing more than proposals at this stage and are still subject to change. She did say that, while the policies may be altered, BC will retain its commitment to creating a safe campus.

“The priorities of everyone at this institution is to maintain an environment that’s free of gender-based discrimination and sexual harassment, and that’s not going to change,” she said. “We may have to change some of our practices in how we do that but our priority in creating a non-hostile environment—creating an environment that feels welcoming and safe—remains.”

The changes are largely intended to provide a more narrow definition of sexual harassment and bolster the rights of the accused. The current policy defines sexual harassment as any “unwelcome conduct on the basis of sex,” and the changes add that this conduct must be so “severe, pervasive,

and objectively offensive” that it restricts the victim’s equal access to the institution.

K.C. Johnson, a professor at Brooklyn College who chronicles Title IX litigation, said he thinks the proposed changes more closely follow the spirit of Title IX. The current regulations mandate that institutions use a “preponderance of the evidence” standard—whether the alleged harassment is more likely than not to have occurred—to determine responsibility for sexual harassment violations. This standard of evidence was chosen because the DOE had likened the grievance process to civil litigation, which generally uses the “preponderance of the evidence” standard.

The new DOE changes propose that institutions use either the “preponderance of the evidence” standard or the “clear and convincing” standard. “Clear and convincing” evidence is a level of evidence higher

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Walsh Headlines 2018 WIN Dinner Women Innovators Network emphasizes empowerment

BY ISABELLA CAVAZZONI Heights Staff Nine-year-old Lily Gallaugher sat quietly, calmly in her chair at a banquet table in the Heights Room. Her eyes remained trained on the podium in front of her. The gold butterfly clip that held her hair back in a loose ponytail shined under the dimmed lights almost as brightly as the minuscule lights woven into her red velvet dress.

Beside her, John Gallaugher, a professor in Boston College’s information systems department, nudged a shy Lily, but she was too bashful to brag about the special effects that made her dress unique. Too proud to contain, John leaned over, mentioning that the 9-year-old programmed the lights in her dress to glow herself.

Lily and John Gallaugher were only two of a roomful of attendees at the Women Innovators Network (WIN) and Shea Center for Entrepreneurship’s end-of-semester dinner.

The annual event welcomes alumni, professors, an occasional burgeoning 9-year-old innovator, and BC students—both men and women,

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business and humanities majors—to participate in an empowering evening filled with giveaways, dinner, and a keynote speaker.

This year, WIN welcomed Kim Walsh, the global vice president of HubSpot For Startups, to speak to address the crowd of an expected 130 attendees. HubSpot is a business to help other businesses grow with marketing, sales, and service software.

Walsh’s hunger for a challenge led her to create HubSpot for Startups, offering all of the same services HubSpot offers to developed businesses, but this time to startup companies.

The BC student behind speaker events like this is WIN president Lauren Michelson, CSOM ’19. Michelson has been cultivating WIN and the end-of-semester dinner since her freshman year, when then-president of WIN encouraged her to join the newly formed club. Michelson was already a member of BC women’s rowing, but she turned what little free time she had into work for WIN, growing the club until it became the flourishing organization it is today.

After joining her freshman year, Michelson continued her participation in WIN as director of speaker events her sophomore year. Her job essentially entailed reaching out to Boston-based women for speaker

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events, which led Michelson to putting on her very first end-of-semester dinner two years ago and assuming her current board position as president.

“Now, like two years ago, I put on the event that we’re having tonight, which is the end-of-semester dinner” Michelson said. “I would say there [were] about like 80 people in attendance. And tonight we’re expecting well over capacity. … It really [is] just a testament of how far we’ve come in the past three years.”

The end-of-semester dinner takes the entire semester to engineer, beginning with outreach to potential speakers as soon as WIN board members arrive back on campus for fall classes.

Whereas some speakers are secured organically through personal connections—such as last year’s speaker, Stephanie Kaplan Lewis, the CEO of Her Campus—often times, WIN members search LinkedIn for women in the greater Boston area.

Michelson says that WIN typically looks for women who have not only started their own business, but also have experience in a range of areas, to speak at their various events throughout the year. The diversity of WIN’s members—Michelson estimates that

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Boston College’s Church in the 21st Century Center (C21) hosted another forum in the wake of last summer’s Pennsylvania grand jury report, which exposed decades of sexual abuse allegations within the Catholic Church. The panel was titled “Why I Remain a Catholic: Belief in a Time of Turmoil” and addressed different personal and institutional reactions to the scandal.

The four panelists—two BC professors and two current students—shared stories about their anger in the wake of the scandals while also providing an academic lens for the path going forward.

University President Rev. William P.

Leahy, S.J. took the stage at Robsham Theater after an introduction by Karen Kiefer, director of the C21 Center. Leahy took a moment to acknowledge the importance of public dialogue during a time of crisis for the church.

“The Pennsylvania grand jury report of earlier in the summer about decades-old cases of clerical sexual abuse, the alleged misconduct by former Archbishop McCarrick, and the inability of the American hierarchy and Vatican officials to agree on new policies to address sexual abuse by priests and bishops have taken a serious toll on the Catholic community and our country, leaving too many Catholics hurt, angry, and questioning their continued involvement in the Church,” he said.

Leahy then passed the microphone to the evening’s moderator, R. Nicholas Burns, BC ’78. After a long career in public service—one that spanned from a stint as

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UGBC Calls For Official Statement on Abuse Student Assembly passes resolution for Leahy response

BY DANNY FLYNN Heights Staff A resolution calling upon University President Rev. William P. Leahy, S.J. to issue an official statement condemning the clerical sexual abuse uncovered in a Pennsylvania grand jury report last summer passed in the Student Assembly (SA) of the Undergraduate Government of Boston College on Tuesday.

The resolution, co-sponsored by Czar Sepe and Michael Lange, both members of the SA Conduct and Student Rights Committee and MCAS ’21, further called

upon the University to officially express a desire to continue to support initiatives that would promote the healing and protection of survivors of sexual abuse.

The resolution points out that the president of the University of Notre Dame, Rev. Joshua I. Jones, C.S.C. released an official statement on Aug. 21, condemning the sexual abuse in Pennsylvania, six days after the grand jury released its report—which revealed that more than 300 priests in Pennsylvania had sexually abused children over seven decades and were protected by a hierarchy of church leaders in the state and at the Vatican.

The resolution also says that Leahy has set a precedent of issuing official statements regarding controversial issues, including

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Jarmond Pledges First-Gen Student Athlete Support Second-Year AD details efforts for firstgen student athletes

BY ANDY BACKSTROM Sports Editor Ever since Boston College Director of Athletics Martin Jarmond arrived on campus in June 2017, he’s used social media to promote all 31 of BC’s varsity sports. In fact, over the course of the first month and a half

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of the 2017 Fall semester, the then-first-year AD fired out 51 tweets—18 more than his predecessor, Brad Bates, published during the entire 2016-17 academic year. That said, Jarmond understands the drawbacks of social media, particularly those concerning the platform’s superficiality.

“You don’t know what people are going through,” he said. “You don’t know what their challenges and their struggles are. And so I think it’s really important in a fractured

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Campus Activities Board’s annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony will be held at O’Neill Plaza from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday.

There will be refreshments, prizes, and opportunities to take pictures with Santa.

Monday, December 3, 2018

The Office of Residential Life is hosting a trivia night at Cityside on Wednesday at 7 p.m. The top three teams will win tickets to BC hockey or basketball games.

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The University Chorale will perform at the “Music at St. Mary’s” Christmas concert on Thursday at 5 p.m at St. Mary’s Chapel.

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NEWS Moore, Osaghae Share Goals for Student Survey BRIEFS

By Abby Hunt Copy Editor

Theology Chair Analyzes Vatican Last month, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) scheduled a vote concerning the recent allegations of sexual abuse within the Church. At the eleventh hour, the Vatican instructed the conference to delay the referendum, which would hold bishops accountable for failing to protect children from abuse. Richard Gaillardetz, chair of the Boston College theology department, appeared on The Take, a program on New England Cable News, to discuss the move.

“First of all, what happened yesterday was, at the minimum, a public relations gaffe of the highest order.

Now, if it was more than a public relations gaffe frankly I’m not sure we’ll know for a good four months,” he said.

In February, the presidents of every conference of bishops will gather at the Vatican specifically to discuss the issue. Gaillardetz suggested that the pope might have delayed the USCCB vote in order to push forward a global solution rather than several local ones.

“So he wants to make sure that before the bishops conferences come up with particular solutions for their own [countries], they’re all on the same page,” said Gaillardetz. “Now the way they did it—waiting ’til the last minute, acting in a very heavyhanded way, that suggests something we’ve known for a long time: that the Vatican is tone-deaf about how deeply people have been wounded by this crisis here in the United States.”

Gaillardetz then touched on the role some Americans have played in challenging the Vatican’s approach, especially Cardinal Patrick O’Malley, who serves as the archbishop of Boston. O’Malley publicly challenged the pope over perceived insensitivity toward survivors.

He also credited the Holy See for the renewed effort to address the problem, with both initiatives targeted at the fallout of the abuse as well as its root causes.

“I don’t think this is Vatican footdragging. I suspect we’re going to see some action in the wake of that meeting in February,” he said.

BC Receives New Research Funds The United States Social Security Administration’s Office of Research, Evaluation, and Statistics has awarded a five-year continuation grant—which includes a $2.4 million award in the initial year— to the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College (CCR), according to BC News.

The center, established in 1998, researches issues related to Social Security and retirement income, which are disseminated to the general public, policy makers, and the general public through peer-reviewed journal articles, working papers, and an “Issue in Brief ” series that is delivered via email to over 10 thousand recipients every two weeks.

“This major award from the Social Security Administration, which will provide critical core support for our center over the next five years, is a testament to our effectiveness at advancing the debate on retirement income security,” Alicia H. Munnell, director of CRR, told BC News. “It also reflects the tremendous backing that we have received from the entire Boston College community.”

The center also trains new researchers in the field of retirement income policy, as well as manages dissertation fellowships for Ph.D. students with all-but-dissertation status, as well as awards from the Social Security Administration for junior scholars or non-tenured scholars.

Boston College launched its first Student Experience Survey in October in response to demands made by the students who organized the Silence is Still Violence demonstrations last year. The survey can be taken until Dec. 20—so far, about 20 percent of the student body has taken part, according to interim Vice President of Student Affairs Joy Moore.

“I think it’s been great, because any time that you have students who are as busy as our BC students are take out the time to do a voluntary survey, I think it’s a good thing ,” she said. “They’re taking the time to get their voices heard—that’s what we want.”

Michael Osaghae, chair of the AHANA+ Leadership Council and MCAS ’20—who was involved in the creation of the survey—said that he recognizes that students are busy, but that he’d like to see the response rate at 100 percent.

“This is a unique opportunity that doesn’t come around often,” he said. “Students are being asked by the University, ‘What do you like about BC? What do you not like? What do you want to see change?

What do you want to see continued?,’ and

so I think us as a student body should capitalize on that.”

Many different factors determine whether the survey can be considered valid, according to Stephanie Chappe, the lead research analyst at BC. The University examines how representative the survey is, to see if the respondents are reflective of the general BC population and make sure that no one group is over or underrepresented, and runs analyses to determine whether the smaller groups on campus are represented by a large enough sample size to make valid statements about them.

“Where we are right now, we have that—it’s a representative sample so far,” said Kathryn Mackintosh, the associate director for Institutional Research Operations. “We have big enough cell sizes in the major categories. But that being said, we always want it to be higher—so we’d love for more participation to see that number go up over the next couple of weeks.”

Osaghae pointed out that the survey gives students a chance to reflect on their BC experience. He noted that there were many things related to what he wanted to get out of his BC experience that he didn’t think about until he took the survey.

Moore emphasized that this is an op-

portunity for students to be heard. BC students often talk about how they want to see change at their school and now is the time for them to articulate those opinions.

“It’s also the time to just be able to share what your experiences have been like,” Moore said. “And some people have great experiences, some people’s experiences, maybe not so great. And that’s okay, too, right? We want to hear the whole range of experiences, because that’s the student body that we have—it’s a range of student perspectives and ideas. And so we’re trying to get as much of that as we can on the table.”

Osaghae said that he hopes this survey enables the University to pursue some of the things students have been advocating for over many years.

“There’s a legacy of student activism where students have fought to be heard and they weren’t heard, and I think the survey’s an accumulation of that—the work and advocacy of so many other people that haven’t had the opportunity to let their voice be heard in such a large platform,” he said.

To incentivize students to take the survey, the University is giving a $250 Amazon gift card to one student and $50 Amazon gift cards to five students who complete the

survey by Dec. 14.

“I’m excited to see what the results do show and then to be able to start working on some of the things that come out of the survey by way of suggestions or recommendations that students might have made on the survey,” Moore said. “Of course, they’ll probably be a large list of things, and you can’t do everything at once. But you can prioritize and start to get some things done and really take action.”

Moore said she hopes the survey will allow students to understand that they can make a difference by sharing their perspectives and opinions about their BC experience.

“It allows us to look at different aspects of the BC experience and see where we need to do some work and tweak things and to make it better for those students who are coming next,” she said. “And that can be big things all the way to, you know, ‘Are they still serving mozzarella sticks at Late Night?’”

“If you have all good things to say about BC, say it. If you have bad things to say about BC, say it,” Osaghae said. “This is a holistic measurement, so hopefully that’ll allow us to sit back, reflect the results, and move forward as community.” n

CSD Chair Dunphy Details Council’s Mission

By Madeleine Romance Heights Staff The Undergraduate Government of Boston College’s Council for Students with Disabilities (CSD) serves to alleviate the physical and social barriers that students with disabilities, both physical and mental, face on campus.

Sean Dunphy, chair of CSD and CSOM ’21, recognizes that the organization’s focus in past years has been on physical disabilities, and he has made it his goal to balance the concentration of CSD equally between the needs of students with physical and mental disabilities. Among the events CSD has held this semester are a Soul Cycle mental health event and talks by various speakers, including Imani Barbarin, an African American woman with cerebral palsy who spoke about how to love your body with a physical disability.

CSD hopes to improve BC’s accessibility for its students this year, beginning by targeting a few individual issues. For example, CSD is working to establish a BC bus stop for University Health Services (UHS). Dunphy explained that many students resort to taking an Uber to UHS, and he believes a bus stop there will allay the inconvenience.

CSD is also hoping to reform the issues with Eagle Escort—such as transporting students to their classes and appointments in a timely manner—as well as the wheelchair accessibility of the vans themselves. Dunphy expressed disappointment that students weren’t being “treated fairly” by being forced to wait for Eagle Escort.

One of the biggest challenges CSD struggles with is low attendance at its meetings and events. Dunphy emphasized

the importance of students expressing their concerns to the organization because if CSD does not know what issues people are struggling with, it cannot actively work toward addressing them. Throughout his involvement in the organization, he has observed that people often complain to their peers and not to CSD directly.

Another goal CSD has for this year is to reach out to BC’s Disabilities Services Office in order to take advantage of the office’s email listserv and encourage members of the BC community with both visible and invisible disabilities to attend its events.

The organization strives for its meetings to be a stress-free environment that avoids putting students on a pedestal. Along those lines, CSD prefers to hold its meetings in the form of town halls because open discussions provide a comfortable environment for students to share their opinions.

“We just want to make sure we can voice their concerns and have them treated as they should be on campus,” Dunphy said.

“Our meetings are on Sundays in Fulton 310 after 4:30 p.m., and anyone can come to voice their concerns.”

Dunphy said that the difficulties CSD faces in regard to students being reluctant to talk about their disabilities are not unique to BC. While some people are very proud of their disabilities and consider it part of their identity, others wish they didn’t have them altogether. Dunphy classified this as a “fine line” the organization has to operate on, but again he emphasized that if disabled students are not willing to have these conversations, it is extremely difficult for CSD to help them.

Specific to BC, Dunphy addressed the fact that the campus itself has some physical limitations in the way of achieving complete

accessibility. Though he is an able-bodied student, he first became alert to the difficulty disabled people face in navigating BC’s campus when he was a prospective student.

“My father has Parkinson’s,” Dunphy said. “When we toured the campus, a lot of times, with all the stairs, it was hard for him to get around.”

Dunphy acknowledged that many people criticize BC for not being accessible.

He believes that there are more steps the University can and should take toward improvements, but he urged people to realize that the campus is still located on a hill.

“We are definitely making strides to try and make BC as accessible as possible, but there are some limitations that we have just due to the geography of the campus itself,” he said.

Although there is much work to be done to help BC’s students with disabilities on campus, Dunphy credits the administration with being responsive to these matters. He works closely with Dean of Students Tom Mogan and meets regularly with Rory Stein, assistant dean of students with disabilities, both of whom are very open to helping alleviate the problems students with disabilities have on campus.

“I’ve never had any strict resistance about making things more accommodating to students with disabilities,” Dunphy said.

Aside from geography, the barriers that make change on campus difficult lie in obtaining funding from the University as well proving to administrators that an issue does, in fact, need fixing. Dunphy cited CSD’s attempt to reform Eagle Escort, noting that CSD struggles to get enough students to respond to surveys CSD and the office of the Dean of Students send out, which aim

POLICE BLOTTER: 11/28/18 – 11/30/18 Wednesday, Nov. 28

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process service at Stayer Hall.

4:47 p.m. - An officer filed a report regarding a traffic crash at Lower Lots.

12:29 a.m. - An officer filed a report regarding a larceny from a non-residential building at Corcoran Commons.

5:09 p.m. - An officer filed a report regarding a suspicious circumstance at Boston College Police Headquarters.

10:24 p.m. - An officer filed a report regarding for civil possession of Marijuana at Keyes South.

3:01 p.m. - An officer filed a report regarding assisting with a civil or legal

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to show that the student body believes there are issues with Eagle Escort.

Dunphy discussed the various resources available, which he sees as the University’s attempt to assist students with disabilities—he noted that University Counseling Services (UCS) is an extremely beneficial resource for students. Another goal CSD has is to expand the number of hours that UCS is open. Also, the Disability Services Office provides students with a space to ask questions about the resources BC offers to students with disabilities, such as Eagle Escort. He also cited the Connors Family Learning Center as an important accommodation for students with mental disabilities.

Reflecting on the Silence is Still Violence March, Dunphy said he felt the protests have provided an opportunity for all members of the BC community to take a step back and place themselves in another person’s shoes in attempt to understand different perspectives. To Dunphy, the events surrounding the protests forced people to think about the way others want to be treated—a mindset that needs to be further examined in regard to ever-marginalized populations on campus, including students with disabilities.

Logistically, Dunphy said he believes the demonstrations themselves need to be more cognizant of accessibility. He says that in the planning of the Silence is Still Violence protests and of other events on campus, it does not occur to people to consider students who may want to attend them but need an accessible entryway or other accommodations.

“It is a great way to outwardly showcase the problems that, not just this campus, but in general, people have regarding people with disabilities,” he said. n

2:59 a.m. - An officer filed a report regarding a suspicious circumstance at off campus miscellaneous.

7:54 p.m. - An officer filed a report regarding found property at the Beacon St. Garage.

—Source: The Boston College Police Department

CORRECTIONS What makes the BC vs. BU Rivalry Special?

“We have similar strengths but are competing for dominance on Comm. Ave.” —Liam O’Connor, CSOM ’22 “Besides sports rivalries, it’s a reputation thing.”

— Megan Paul, MCAS ’22

“We have a lot in common... both got into BU.” — Andre Miller, MCAS ’22

“We have football and they don’t.”

— Kristina Poydenis, MCAS ’22

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Athletes, Admins Speak On First-Gen Experience First-Generation, from A1 kind of community sometimes to really bring people in together and let them know, ‘Hey you matter, you’re important, and we’re here for you.’”

In the case of sports, many alumni, fans, and students scroll through players’ Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook profiles and jump to the conclusion that athletes have it easy. In reality, though, that’s often far from true, especially when it comes to first-generation student-athletes—athletes whose parents didn’t attend college—a group that makes up 14 percent of all Division I participants, according to NCAA.com.

Jarmond wasn’t a first-generation student-athlete himself, but he played with a handful while at University of North Carolina Wilmington and has worked with several more during his time at Michigan State, Ohio State, and now BC. So when he replaced Bates two summers ago, he made it a priority to set up a support system for first-generation student-athletes, starting with a meet-and-greet at the beginning of the year.

And in Jarmond’s words, what happened was “magic.”

About 50 first-generation studentathletes showed up and discussed their journeys to BC, sharing experiences and obstacles that they encountered along the way. Although many of the athletes in attendance were from different backgrounds, they were united by the fact that they were all going through the same process.

“It’s important that they know that they’re not alone, because it can be isolating, but also too that there are so many resources on campus and that we’re here to help them not only thrive, but really succeed and start something in their family that can last for generations,” Jarmond said.

Faculty and on-campus resource staffers were also present to discuss any potential concerns regarding academics, as well as those pertaining to the college transition period. After all, the classroom can often be daunting for first-generation student-athletes—at least, that was the case for redshirt freshman cornerback Brandon Sebastian.

Like the rest of the football team, the West Haven, Conn. native was required to spend a great deal of the summer in Chestnut Hill for offseason workouts and training camp. In a matter of days, he formed relationships with his teammates, notably fellow defensive backs. What worried him was the impending school year—not because of the rigorous practice schedule, but because of a full course load. Sebastian was unsure of how his high school time management skills would translate to college. That was just one of the several questions that were swirling in his head as August fast approached.

“It’s hard for everyone,” he said. “A lot of people don’t know that, but it’s pretty difficult for student-athletes coming in—firstgeneration, not knowing what to do, who to talk to.”

Also a first-generation student-athlete, men’s basketball head coach Jim Christian can certainly relate. The fifth-year Eagles coach, who played his college ball at Boston University before transferring to Rhode Island, recalls being severely underprepared for course registration. Luckily for Christian, his roommate at the time—also a member of the BU basketball team—helped

him with some of the technicalities of freshman year while the two acclimated to life on campus.

Regardless of the first-generation student-athlete, there’s always the fear of whether or not success both athletically and academically is actually achievable. In Christian’s eyes, wrestling with that fear is part of the adjustment process.

“I think everybody has a little bit of self-doubt that I think you have to work through, in order to try to get to the points that you want to be,” he said.

Christian—along with football assistant strength and conditioning coach and former BC running back Tyler Rouse, BC Law professor Sharon Beckman, and assistant director of BC’s Diversity and InclusionOffice of First-Year Experience Anya Villatoro—made up a panel of BC professionals, all of whom were first-generation students, at Jarmond’s April 4 “First-Generation Celebration.” The event was designed to further first-generation student-athlete relationships, as well as offer a variety of resources and mentors.

Sebastian described the night as a humbling experience, hearing all sorts of stories from other first-generation students.

Jarmond emphasized the importance of constantly reminding first-generation student-athletes that the athletic department, coaching staffs, and faculty all have their back. This kind of camaraderie paves the way for success, and once you have a taste of success, Christian said that everything else at college suddenly becomes easier.

“I even think the minute that you have success academically, the minute you feel comfortable socially, the minute that, academically, you feel like you’re on top or doing as well as you can do, I think then you just build self-confidence—all those things come together, that’s what college is supposed to be about,” he said. “It’s all about finding self-confidence and selfawareness.”

As a redshirt freshman, Sebastian—the Week 10 ACC Defensive Back of the Week—has experienced that kind of transformation and said that he feels much more comfortable in year two: he knows who to talk to, where to go for help, and the ins and outs of campus life.

Jarmond is planning to host the panel again this spring, only this time with the hope that first-generation student-athletes like Sebastian will take lead of the event. As far as Jarmond is concerned, a top-down program’s days are always numbered—current student-athletes would best cater to the demands and interests of their fellow classmates.

The success of the event has inspired the creation of a first-generation studentathlete club and encouraged other groups within BC Athletics to launch their own projects, such as programs for female and minority athletes.

While there are undeniable pressures that come with being a first-generation student-athlete, there are also number of opportunities. Take Sebastian: He has a chance to set an example for his brother Bryce—who is planning on playing at BC next year—his sister, and the rest of his extended family.

“It’s very important, the lasting legacy and impact that these students can have when they graduate, setting an example for those coming behind them—you can’t place a value on that,” Jarmond said. n

United States ambassador to both NATO and Greece to working as the undersecretary of state for political affairs—he now teaches diplomacy and international relations at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and sits on the BC Board of Trustees. The panel was comprised of Tiziana Dearing, a professor in the BC School of Social Work; Stephen Pope, a professor of theology at BC; Sean Barry, grand knight of the BC Knights of Columbus and MCAS ’21; and Stephanie Sanchez, SSW and STM ’18.

Burns opened up discussion by asking the panelists about their personal struggle with and their individual response to the current crisis. He first threw the question to Dearing, who he described as having lived the social gospel. Dearing served as the first female president of Catholic Charities in the Archdiocese of Boston. Catholic Charities is a national network of social services and charities that has operated for over 100 years. She began by sharing her belief that she rose to this position as a reaction to

the church’s sexual abuse scandal in the early 2000s.

“I think it was part of—not all of, but part of—what led the Archdiocese to put a woman in that really visible leadership role, and I was that first woman,” Dearing said.

Barry reflected on the affected individuals and communities that he had personally come to know, and how they shaped his understanding of the situation. Like Dearing, Barry divided his faith and the church, which he cast as an institution that simply mobilizes his faith. He also credited BC with strengthening his faith, which wasn’t always constant.

The conversation then pivoted to Sanchez, who is currently pursuing a master’s degree in theology. From her perspective, the recent allegations have only added fuel to the fire and motivated her studies. Burns briefly strayed from the path to ask Sanchez, the only Latinx member of the panelists, about the potential effect the scandals are having on the rest of the world. Latinx Catholics are the fastest-growing group within the Church and now make up the majority

of churchgoers under the age of 18.

“We need to ask [the global community], ‘Why are people leaving our Church?” said Sanchez. “Is it because we’re not reaching out to them? Is it because our Masses, our communities aren’t welcoming?”

Pope, who had remained silent until that point, shared some information from his upcoming paper, which takes a look at the scope and depth of the crisis. He warned the audience that the problem at hand is so pervasive and profound that we have only barely scratched the surface.

“I think there are layers of deception, misplaced loyalty, [and] hidden suffering that we’re just beginning to hear about,” he said.

In response to Burns’ question on the path forward, Pope laid out a threepronged solution: to truly listen and accept the victims, rather than superficially assure them and minimize their pain; to cultivate empathy rather than engage in intellectual debate; and to imagine a different Church, one separate from current structures and roles. n

Resolution Asks for Formal Stance UGBC Resolution, from A1 on DACA and President Donald Trump’s “Muslim ban.” Sepe noted his disappointment that Leahy wouldn’t issue an official University stance on an issue that hits closer to the identity of BC as a Jesuit Catholic Institution.

An official statement, as Sepe put it, would affirm to all members of the BC community that the University unequivocally condemns the sexual abuse in Pennsylvania and across the country.

The resolution passed on the same night that the C21 Center hosted a panel in the “Why I Remain a Catholic” series, which featured professors and students discussing their commitment to their faith in a time of scandal in the Church. Leahy spoke at the beginning of the event, noting

how the inability of the infrastructure of the Church’s hierarchy to successfully deal with the scandal while the decades of misconduct was taking place had left Catholics “hurt, angry, and questioning their continued involvement in the Church.”

Leahy acknowledged the importance of public dialogue in the wake of the scandals that have now publicly plagued the Church for over 15 years.

Sepe commended C21, but said its efforts were not enough at this time.

“The C21 Center has been a great resource in addressing what faith is in the Catholic Church at this time of crisis,” Sepe said. “But even as one of the panelists that night said, what is really lacking from our response is attention to the victims.”

Sepe went on to note that despite the fact that Leahy has shown support for programs

such as C21, the two statements he’s issued at events—the other comment was made at University Convocation—were lacking.

“When you look at the statements, he did not acknowledge victims’ concerns and well-being as much as UGBC feels he could,” he said. “[Leahy] issuing an official statement gives the school accountability on the institution’s actions, while demonstrating BC’s willingness to lead the response by reaching out to those hurt.”

UGBC’s next step, said Sepe, is to talk to administrators about creating a comprehensive plan to expand the University’s efforts toward supporting survivors of clerical sexual abuse.

“I think there’s a prevailing notion that what we’re doing right now is enough,” Sepe said. “But I think they aren’t doing enough and that there is room for improvement.” n

Nationwide Abuse Policy Under Scrutiny Title IX, from A1 than a 50 percent level of certainty but requires less than the “beyond reasonable doubt” standard used in criminal trials.

The DOE adds that the “preponderance of the evidence” standard may only be used if the institution applies this standard to respond to other code of conduct violations that carry the same maximum punishment.

Stoops said University officials aren’t ready to parse the document since changes could still be made.

When these changes were first reported in September, concerned administrators and experts across the nation brought up examples of different schools across the country that had differing standards of evidence.

In these cases, students would be held to different standards depending on what school they chose—or undoing progress that took place in regards to rights for victims of sexual violence that took place under the Obama administration regulations, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education.

The DOE proposal limits universities’ legal liabilities. In order for a university to have “actual knowledge,” the university’s Title IX coordinator or an official who has the authority to discipline these cases must be notified.

Under this policy, if a professor or resident adviser does not report sexual harassment or sexual assault, the university is not legally liable.

R. Shep Melnick, a political science professor at BC who has writ-

ten a book on the history of Title IX, said that the Obama administration went too far in requiring lower-level employees to report cases of sexual misconduct.

Melnick noted in a previous interview with The Heights that one of the most important aspects of the Obamaera policies was giving universities the opportunity to expand their Title IX offices. In that interview, Melnick also pointed out that the primary end goal of Obama-era recommendations was to reduce “retraumatization” from the process of filing a complaint pertaining to sexual violence.

Melnick noted at the time that the inadvertent result of that pursuit has been a limitation on the rights an accused student has to fight allegations.

The proposals also guarantee that those accused of sexual harassment may cross-examine their accusers through a chosen adviser.

This proposal has been the recipient of criticism, as some fear that this could discourage victims from reporting sexual violence. Melnick said that he think cross-examination will make it easier to determine credibility in these cases, but does share the concern that could reduce the rate at which sexual misconduct is reported.

Stoops said that she is not sure how cross-examination will affect victims of sexual violence because each victim is going to react differently to the sexual misconduct process. She noted, however, that she is aware of a lot of anxiety surrounding the proposal.

When asked whether the lack of

cross-examination was fair, Stoops only said that it is in line with the law. She added that she looks at it through an “equity perspective,” and believes the current policy is equitable in that neither party currently has the ability to directly ask questions to the other.

The proposal does make some concessions to limit the harm to survivors of sexual violence.

“The proposed regulation balances the importance of cross-examination with any potential harm from personal confrontation between the complainant and the respondent by requiring questions to be asked by an advisor aligned with the party,” the document said.

Cross-examination may be done through a live video feed with both parties located in separate rooms, according to the document.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has taken a strong stance against the proposed changes.

It argued that the new definition of sexual harassment is too narrow and hard to meet and the standard of proof policy unjustifiably favors the accused. The ACLU also argued that the changes will relieve schools of the responsibility of responding to reports made to lower-level employees. Conversely, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) has argued that the past Title IX regulations threatened students’ due process rights and has welcomed the steps that the current administration is taking in walking back many Obama-era policies. n

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By IsaBel FenoglIo s are still determining the Newton Conservators serves as chair Fuller met officially with University Asst. Metro Editor EST. of both, and was in charge of selectPresident Rev. William P. Leahy, S.J., MONDAY, APRIL 9, 2018 WWW.BCHEIGHTS.COM in February. She described the meetOn Monday night, Newton resi- ing Newton residents to serve on the ing as cordial, and said many things dents and members of the newly larger advisory panel. At press time, were discussed, including the future formed Webster Woods Advisory Wilkinson had not yet responded to of Webster Woods. She stressed that Panel gathered in City Hall to discuss a request for comment on the panel’s officials seek to negotiate with BC to efforts to preserve a part of Webster first meeting.

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Woods in Chestnut Hill that was pur“We are still at the very beginning chased by Boston College in 2015 for day, meetings will be held monthly throughout 2018, said Ellen Ishof this process, and I am very much $20 million. committed to working with Boston The 23 acres of property BC ac- kanian, director of community comgroup-by-group basis, and the cre- dergraduate Admission, for example, logs and incident reports.

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A query on Google Groups of a ator of the mailing list had to specify all had settings such that neither the “Since the purchase we have been this much-loved and visited forest,�

Congregation Mishkan Tefila (CMT), “private� in place of the default setting content nor the list of group members person’s name or event in which BCPD she said. and is located about 1.2 miles from working to provide updates to the was accessible except to those with was involved, therefore, could have when setting up their list.

Multiple avenues have been disMain Campus. The acquisition consists existing building and replacing the potentially returned correspondences Prior to this change, group creators proper credentials. cussed so far, including seizing the of nine acres of developed property sewer line,� University Spokesman Some of the communications and and associated documents that BCPD still had the ability to select a private land by eminent domain, imposing where the synagogue resides, along Jack Dunn said in an email on March option when creating a group, even records accessible were what appeared would not consider “public.�

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COlE dAdy / HEIGHTS EdITOR conservation restrictions, and a call with a 14-acre parcel of wooded land, 23. “Beyond these upgrades, we have “BCPD used Google Groups withAll of these records and communi- though it was not the default. Some to be thousands of internal emails Creative Director for public acquisition. which attaches to a surrounding con- no specific plans at this time for 300 cations were visible as a result of the BC administrative groups, for example, retained in Google Groups for the Bos- out realizing that access to their AND CONNOR MURPHY “There’s lots of different ways that servation area and hiking trails that Hammond Pond Parkway.� email list feature of Google Groups, had privacy settings that restricted ac- ton College Police Department. Some message archives was not properly Editor-in-Chief In a phone inter v ie w, Fuller we can make sure that this land is perrun through the CMT property. In fall a web app available to anyone with cess to only specific users. The Office of these correspondences contained restricted through Google,� Univermanently protected, and we will look 2015, Newton residents and officials stressed the importance of ensuring of the Executive Vice President, Office confidential, restricted, or otherwise Until December 2017, Google access to BC’s G Suite. at a lot of different options and work opposed BC’s acquisition of the land that the land is permanently pro“Since transitioning to Google of Residential Life, and Office of Un- sensitive information, including police See Google Groups, A3 Groups containing hundre ds of with BC to see what the best steps based on the University’s intentions tected.

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Google Groups allows any BC user nvestigation found. tunate to be both need-blind in admission The Heights notified the Univer- to create mailing lists that deliver This includes: social security numbers,78 Proposed Undergraduate Admission and to meet the full need of all admitted ity on Dec. 18 of this vulnerability. emails to specific recipients, but also financial account bil 70.9 80 numbers, driver’s 69 has been promoted to dean students,� Mahoney said in an email. “The 63.2 bilDefined in the Data Security BC Information Technology Services adds all the messages and attachments license or state IDbil numbers, and Actualhealthbil te admission and financial more these two offices can work together to By CharlIe Power bil ITS) immediately secured the vulner- to the Google Group associated with medical records (including HIPAA-proPolicy as information protected d Dean of Faculties David help families complete forms and commu- Asst. News Editor 153 153 ability that day, but it was not until the mailing list. Due to misconfigured tected records), and other information under privacy laws (including, with160 nced last week. In this new nicate with them, the better we are able to mil 37 mil mil he week of March 19 that Google privacy settings, some of these groups 34. designated40 by a sponsor or out limitation, anage the offices of Under- serve families as they are making important President Donald Trump surprised bilthe Family Educational 7 nstituted a platform-wide modifica- and the communications sent on such bil responsible vice president, Rights and Privacy Act and the ission and Financial Aid, enrollment decisions.�

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Institutional ConfiAdmission, and he and his students from lower socioeconomic back- Obama, rather than his own. hey also had misconfigured privacy ministrators who manage G Suite to to describe any otherin a written statement. dential information may include University t attracting a class of gifted grounds,� Mahoney said. “This involves Pell Grants, a priority of the Obama Access and Success, program, which now has an annual budget modify the default privacy settings for ettings. personal information that udents each year,� Quigley building relationships with community administration, saw an increase in the Nationwide, approximately 7 million stu- and of $840 million, provides up to $4,000 each financial planning information, legally Nora Field, BC’s deputy general all newly created Google Group mailmight not any ofof Pell Grants, which . “I look forward to working based organizations (CBO’s) throughout maximum level of funding one can receive, dentsfall takeinto advantage to 1.6 million low-income students. privileged information, invention counsel, said in an email that no other ing lists. Previously, there was not a n in his new role as dean of the country and targeting schools where from $5,920 to $6,095, as reported by The categories, go to studentsbut whose families earn less than Another aspect of the budget these indidisclosures and notable other information access to confidential information way to modify the default access level admission and financial aid, these students are enrolled. We also work Chronicle of Higher Education. While this $50,000 pernot year.reawas that lawmakers rejected the slew of cuts viduals would concerning pending patent occurred outside of the Heights in- from “public� across an organization. trengthen Boston College’s to arrange campus visits for CBO’s and high only represents a 3 percent increase, it willsonably Students will also benefit from a $107 Trumpapplications. had proposed for federal agencies consider vestigation. The Heights was using Now, the setting can be changed by of the nation’s most selective schools so these students can experience help offset the expiration of an annual infla- million increase in funding to the Supple- that fund research at Boston College, and “public. �

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On Friday morning, the Boston College School of Social Work’s Umoja, a student organization for people of color, hosted the inaugural Racial Justice Symposium, a studentrun event dedicated to providing social workers and scholars with an understanding of how to combat manifestations of racism and racial oppression. The Research in Social, Economic, and Environmental Equity (RISE3) collaborative sponsored the event, as well as the Office of the Dean of SSW. Following a few brief introductory activities to the symposium, which prepared the crowd to listen to difficult topics, Ruth McCoy, director of the RISE3 collaborative and Donahue and DiFelice Professor of Social

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Orders will be delivered twice a month and must be placed before noon the day prior to a delivery. The service comes at no cost to students in the BC community, and it is subsidized by public health grants, Kratz said in an emailed statement. The program made its first delivery on Friday.

During the first first few weeks of the program, RubberHub will only be able to fill its first 300 orders per delivery cycle due to the limited number of student volunteers it currently has. The program intends to raise its order capacity as it recruits more student volunteers, who will be able to work with flexible time commitments ranging from two to three hours per month. “We look forward to introducing

more students to this community resource and expanding its positive impact on sexual health at Boston College,�

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In addition to RubberHub, SSH also announced in a Facebook post that it will have a new tabling location at Boyden Park on St. Thomas More Rd. set up to distribute condoms once a month. Kratz has confirmed that this green space is public property, managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, and that it is considered part of the Chestnut Hill Reservation. “We are expanding contraceptive access to lower campus to show students we are still striving to serve them following our tremendous victory in the UGBC referendum,� he said.

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Work, briefly recounted the goal of her initiative, which is to work toward dismantling racism on a micro and macro level. “Overall, these research reports demonstrated that race, ethnicity, and income each had an impact on one’s access to and also use of child care, and the proportion of one’s income spent on each,� McCoy said.

Following McCoy’s speech, Dean of SSW Gautam Yadama moderated a panel on the history and effects of racism and racial trauma, which featured sociology professor Shawn McGuffey, Polly Hanson-Grodsky, the associate director of “Project Place� and a part-time SSW faculty member; and Philippe Copeland, a clinical assistant professor at the Boston University School of Social Work.

McGuffey spoke first, discussing the structure of racial trauma, which was defined as the negative effect that racism has on the lives of people of color. Racial trauma commonly emerges through historical events, ranging from the state-sponsored per-

secution of Native Americans through the Trail of Tears to present-day police brutality against African Americans.

It has become ingrained in our cultural system, according to McGuffey, in the language and symbols that used to represent things. “Sociologists argue that culture directs action both by the oppressor and the oppressed,� McGuffey said. “These symbols have meaning, and they guide us to do certain things, whether explicitly or implicitly.�

Following McGuffey’s presentation, Hanson-Grodsky discussed how trauma often manifests itself through history and is passed down from generation to generation. She gave the example of Eric Fischl’s “Tumbling Woman� statue, which depicts a woman falling from the World Trade Center during the Sept. 11 attacks and received backlash because it was deemed offensive and hard to deal with. So too, she asserted, is racism something people have a collective

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Around midnight on March 16, wo students—Matthew Barad, MCAS 19, and a graduate student who requested anonymity—were found by Boston College Police Department officers while writing chalk messages on a sidewalk in front of Stokes Hall.

They said they were then brought to BCPD headquarters in Maloney Hall, or “tagging.� The Gavel first reported on this incident on March 17.

At press time, Chief of BCPD ohn King had not yet responded to a request for information about the ncident.

The students received official disciplinary summons from the Office of he Dean of Students for violating the Property Damage� clause of the Code of Conduct. Barad said that he and he graduate student will receive their disciplinary verdicts Monday.

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Welch residents were forced to wait outside shortly after the fire alarm went off.

After a while, they were moved to McElroy Commons. Because the fire activated the sprinkler system, students were not allowed to return to Welch until 3 a.m. When one of the sprinkler heads goes off, the sprinkler company has to replace it, causing the students to be kept away from their dorms for a prolonged period of time.

A burnt bed frame, destroyed mattress, television, and mini fridge were outside of Welch Tuesday morning. Glass appeared to be missing from several of the top-floor windows. Fricke said that the windows may have cracked due to the heat of the fire, or firefighters breaking the windows for ventilation.

Fricke sees this incident as a teachable moment for students, which should encourage them to practice safety. He noted that improperly using power strips often causes fires on college campuses. “College students are kind of [unaware of risks],� Fricke said. “What ends up happening is they don’t appreciate the dangers.� n

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By IsaBel FenoglIo Asst. Metro Editor On Monday night, Newton residents and members of the newly formed Webster Woods Advisory Panel gathered in City Hall to discuss efforts to preserve a part of Webster Woods in Chestnut Hill that was purchased by Boston College in 2015 for $20 million.

The 23 acres of property BC acquired were previously owned by the Congregation Mishkan Tefila (CMT), and is located about 1.2 miles from Main Campus. The acquisition consists of nine acres of developed property where the synagogue resides, along with a 14-acre parcel of wooded land, which attaches to a surrounding conservation area and hiking trails that run through the CMT property. In fall 2015, Newton residents and officials opposed BC’s acquisition of the land based on the University’s intentions of developing the space.

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While the none of the room’s residents were injured, they will be relocated to a different room for the remainder of the year due to the damage the fire caused.

A number of rooms on the third and fourth floors experienced water damage because the sprinkler system activated, causing several dozen residents to be temporarily relocated. Overnight housing was provided to six Boston College students. “Throughout the day, Facilities Services has worked to dry out the affected rooms using dehumidifiers and fans,� University Spokesman Jack Dunn said in an email Tuesday. “They expect that all students, except those in the room where the fire started, will be able to return to their rooms by this evening.�

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For most, Senior Week is an occasion to celebrate, filled with family, friends, and activities. In the months and weeks leading up to commencement, the Senior Week Committee plans a variety of events designed to celebrate the end of four years at BC. While these events are open to all seniors, several of them entail a price tag that is beyond the means of some.

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The committee does offer several free events, including Battleship water games in the Plex, a Mods Relay, a Boston College Police Department Barbeque, and a Class of 2018 Senior Toast. “Senior week is not a University funded program, meaning the committee receives no funding from BC to put on the events,� said Julia Martelli, one of the chairs of the Senior Week Committee and CSOM ’18. “The committee works extremely hard to put on a variety of events, and the money brought in from any ticketed event goes

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He told The Heights it’s crucial that Undergraduate Admission and Financial Aid work together once students are admitted to BC. “The cost of college today is challenging for most families, and Boston College is fortunate to be both need-blind in admission and to meet the full need of all admitted students,� Mahoney said in an email. “The more these two offices can work together to help families complete forms and communicate with them, the better we are able to serve families as they are making important enrollment decisions.�

He also discussed how BC can go about recruiting a more socioeconomically diverse student body. “Undergraduate Admission works throughout the year to recruit talented students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds,� Mahoney said. “This involves building relationships with community based organizations (CBO’s) throughout the country and targeting schools where these students are enrolled. We also work to arrange campus visits for CBO’s and high schools so these students can experience campus life and have their admission and financial aid questions addressed.� n

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At the start of her term earlier this year, Newton Mayor Ruthanne Fuller announced the formation of the Advisory Panel and Executive Committee, to offer guidance on the best methods moving forward. Beth Wilkinson of the Newton Conservators serves as chair of both, and was in charge of selecting Newton residents to serve on the larger advisory panel. At press time, Wilkinson had not yet responded to a request for comment on the panel’s first meeting.

After the first meeting on Monday, meetings will be held monthly throughout 2018, said Ellen Ishkanian, director of community communications, in an email. “Since the purchase we have been working to provide updates to the existing building and replacing the sewer line,� University Spokesman Jack Dunn said in an email on March 23. “Beyond these upgrades, we have no specific plans at this time for 300 Hammond Pond Parkway.�

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BY SCOTT BAKER Heights Staff The Department of Education (DOE) released proposed changes to regulations regarding the implementation of Title IX, specifically focusing on the response of educational institutions receiving Title IX benefits to cases of sexual harassment and sexual violence. The current Title IX guidelines set up under the Obama administration have been criticized as favoring accusers and denying the accused their right to due process.

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The changes are largely intended to provide a more narrow definition of sexual harassment and bolster the rights of the accused. The current policy defines sexual harassment as any “unwelcome conduct on the basis of sex,� and the changes add that this conduct must be so “severe, pervasive,

and objectively offensive� that it restricts the victim’s equal access to the institution.

K.C. Johnson, a professor at Brooklyn College who chronicles Title IX litigation, said he thinks the proposed changes more closely follow the spirit of Title IX. The current regulations mandate that institutions use a “preponderance of the evidence� standard—whether the alleged harassment is more likely than not to have occurred—to determine responsibility for sexual harassment violations. This standard of evidence was chosen because the DOE had likened the grievance process to civil litigation, which generally uses the “preponderance of the evidence� standard.

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events, which students must pay for out of pocket. The 100 Days Dance, which occured on Feb. 23, was priced at $40, the Dance Through the Decades Event is $50 not including fees, the golf tournament held at Newton Commonwealth is $46.50, and the Commencement Ball is $107.50. “It is hard to imagine some people paying for these events when students are struggling to buy books,� said Lauren Kaufman, CSOM ’18. “People assume that BC students all come from a relatively homogenous financial background, but this isn’t the case as BC accepts people regardless of their financial situation.� “I think making Senior Week events more fiscally possible for students should be a major priority because we’ve all given both our tuition and our time to BC for the

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If approved, Varma sees the minor as an opportunity for students to become more familiar with the law, regardless of their future career interests. “This minor would be the perfect way to get exposure, because you’re not committing yourself to anything, and you’re still learning about the law,� he said. “It would serve to give you knowledge about the law and develop

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The University later issued a statement indicating that it will not being changing its policy of prohibiting the public distribution of condoms on campus.

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reason that the fridge caught fire. Fricke said the refrigerator, which was placed under one of the residents’ beds and was not originally distributed by BC, caught on fire either because it was overfilled, leaving it without “room to breathe,� or because it short-circuited.

Welch residents were forced to wait outside shortly after the fire alarm went off.

After a while, they were moved to McElroy Commons. Because the fire activated the sprinkler system, students were not allowed to return to Welch until 3 a.m. When one of the sprinkler heads goes off, the sprinkler company has to replace it, causing the students to be kept away from their dorms for a prolonged period of time.

A burnt bed frame, destroyed mattress, television, and mini fridge were outside of Welch Tuesday morning. Glass appeared to be missing from several of the top-floor windows. Fricke said that the windows may have cracked due to the heat of the fire, or firefighters breaking the windows for ventilation.

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Sixty-seven percent of undergraduates currently receive financial aid, with the average aid package awarded projected to reach $45,000 for 2018-19.

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BY ISABELLA CAVAZZONI Heights Staff Nine-year-old Lily Gallaugher sat quietly, calmly in her chair at a banquet table in the Heights Room. Her eyes remained trained on the podium in front of her. The gold butterfly clip that held her hair back in a loose ponytail shined under the dimmed lights almost as brightly as the minuscule lights woven into her red velvet dress.

Beside her, John Gallaugher, a professor in Boston College’s information systems department, nudged a shy Lily, but she was too bashful to brag about the special effects that made her dress unique. Too proud to contain, John leaned over, mentioning that the 9-year-old programmed the lights in her dress to glow herself.

Lily and John Gallaugher were only two of a roomful of attendees at the Women Innovators Network (WIN) and Shea Center for Entrepreneurship’s end-of-semester dinner.

The annual event welcomes alumni,

business and humanities majors—to participate in an empowering evening filled with giveaways, dinner, and a keynote speaker.

This year, WIN welcomed Kim Walsh, the global vice president of HubSpot For Startups, to speak to address the crowd of an expected 130 attendees. HubSpot is a business to help other businesses grow with marketing, sales, and service software.

Walsh’s hunger for a challenge led her to create HubSpot for Startups, offering all of the same services HubSpot offers to developed businesses, but this time to startup companies.

The BC student behind speaker events like this is WIN president Lauren Michelson, CSOM ’19. Michelson has been cultivating WIN and the end-of-semester dinner since her freshman year, when then-president of WIN encouraged her to join the newly formed club. Michelson was already a member of BC women’s rowing, but she turned what little free time she had into work for WIN, growing the club until it became the flourishing organization it is today.

After joining her freshman year, Michelson continued her participation in WIN as director of speaker

events, which led Michelson to putting on her very first end-of-semester dinner two years ago and assuming her current board position as president. “Now, like two years ago, I put on the event that we’re having tonight, which is the end-of-semester dinner�

Michelson said. “I would say there [were] about like 80 people in attendance. And tonight we’re expecting well over capacity. ‌ It really [is] just a testament of how far we’ve come in the past three years.â€?

The end-of-semester dinner takes the entire semester to engineer, beginning with outreach to potential speakers as soon as WIN board members arrive back on campus for fall classes.

Whereas some speakers are secured organically through personal connections—such as last year’s speaker, Stephanie Kaplan Lewis, the CEO of Her Campus—often times, WIN members search LinkedIn for women in the greater Boston area.

Michelson says that WIN typically looks for women who have not only started their own business, but also have experience in a range of areas, to speak at their various events throughout the year. The diversity of WIN’s

Boston College’s Church in the 21st Century Center (C21) hosted another forum in the wake of last summer’s Pennsylvania grand jury report, which exposed decades of sexual abuse allegations within the Catholic Church. The panel was titled “Why I Remain a Catholic: Belief in a Time of Turmoil� and addressed different personal and institutional reactions to the scandal.

The four panelists—two BC professors and two current students—shared stories about their anger in the wake of the scandals while also providing an academic lens for the path going forward.

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Leahy, S.J. took the stage at Robsham Th ater after an introduction by Karen Ki director of the C21 Center. Leahy too moment to acknowledge the importa of public dialogue during a time of cr for the church. “The Pennsylvania grand jury repor earlier in the summer about decadescases of clerical sexual abuse, the alle misconduct by former Archbishop M Carrick, and the inability of the Ameri hierarchy and Vatican officials to agree new policies to address sexual abuse priests and bishops have taken a serious on the Catholic community and our coun leaving too many Catholics hurt, angry, questioning their continued involvemen the Church,� he said.

Leahy then passed the microph to the evening’s moderator, R. Nich Burns, BC ’78. After a long career in pu service—one that spanned from a stin

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UGBC Calls For OfďŹ cial Statement on Abuse Student Assembly passes resolution for Leahy response

BY DANNY FLYNN Heights Staff A resolution calling upon University President Rev. William P. Leahy, S.J. to issue an official statement condemning the clerical sexual abuse uncovered in a Pennsylvania grand jury report last summer passed in the Student Assembly (SA) of the Undergraduate Government of Boston College on Tuesday.

The resolution, co-sponsored by Czar Sepe and Michael Lange, both members of the SA Conduct and Student Rights Committee and MCAS ’21, further called

upon the University to officially expre desire to continue to support initiatives would promote the healing and protec of survivors of sexual abuse.

The resolution points out that the pr dent of the University of Notre Dame, R Joshua I. Jones, C.S.C. released an offi statement on Aug. 21, condemning sexual abuse in Pennsylvania, six days a the grand jury released its report—wh revealed that more than 300 priest Pennsylvania had sexually abused child over seven decades and were protected hierarchy of church leaders in the state at the Vatican.

The resolution also says that Leahy set a precedent of issuing official statem regarding controversial issues, includ

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Jarmond Pledges First-Gen Student Athlete Support Second-Year AD details efforts for ďŹ rstgen student athletes

BY ANDY BACKSTROM Sports Editor Ever since Boston College Director of Athletics Martin Jarmond arrived on cam-

of the 2017 Fall semester, the then-first-y AD fired out 51 tweets—18 more than predecessor, Brad Bates, published du the entire 2016-17 academic year. That s Jarmond understands the drawback social media, particularly those concern the platform’s superficiality. “You don’t know what people are go through,� he said. “You don’t know w their challenges and their struggles are. A

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Madoff Makes Sure That Money Moves Into the Right Pockets

By Isabella Cavazzoni Heights Staff Ray Madoff spends her weekends baking homemade sourdough bread, listening to audiobooks, or honing her developing squash skills. Offering a beginner bread recipe or two and scrolling through photos of the loaf of sourdough she baked for a friend, the former corporate lawyer and author’s days off are filled with passion projects like these, but her week days are spent pursuing her other passion—Ray Madoff works her nine to five teaching Boston College Law School students about corruption in charitable endeavors.

Like most interesting people in the world, Madoff ’s professional journey has been a tumultuous one—marked by a transition from being a big-time corporate lawyer to a blossoming law professor to, finally, the brainy philanthropy expert she is today. After obtaining her undergraduate degree in philosophy from Brown University, Madoff became a tax lawyer, a career path she found predictable given her educational background.

“A friend of mine has a theory that all philosophy majors that go to law school become tax lawyers,” Madoff said.

Madoff ’s analytical philosophy undergraduate background trained her to ask big questions—pondering the nature of goodness as a philosophy undergrad naturally led her to debate classic tax dilemmas, such as the nature of borrowing money as opposed to investing money. For nine years, Madoff exercised her analytical philosophy skills as a tax attorney before moving on to a job she was not nearly as prepared for: teaching at BC Law. Nearly 45 years ago, Madoff starting teaching at BC Law in what was supposed to be a one-year position.

Before teaching, she worked at Hill and Barlow, a law firm in Boston, where she heard from a fellow lawyer and BC Law professor, Jim Repetti, that a visiting position was open.

The visiting position job teaching a subject she hardly knew anything about—trusts and estates, which essentially explores the laws in place surrounding the property of the dead— morphed into becoming Madoff ’s longterm career focus. At the time of this huge job transition, she and her grow-

ing family were barely on their feet.

“It was very stressful,” Madoff said.

“I came down with shingles, we had a newborn baby, we had no house … so there was a lot of stress because I was just, you know, barely ahead of the students.”

According to Madoff, these early years in her career remain a bit of a blur.

Still, she remembers them as complicated, but fun and busy. Her husband, who worked from home as a public interest lawyer, was able to watch their children as Madoff embarked on a new career path.

Now, Madoff ’s three children are no longer in need of a chaperone as she pursues her work. Amelia Nicholas, Madoff ’s youngest child, senior editor of BC’s Stylus literary magazine and MCAS ’19, sees the joy her mother’s work brings her. Madoff ’s career path was not straight and narrow, but in Nicholas’ eyes, her mother has succeeded in securing a job she loves.

“If there is one thing I can confidently say about my mom [it] is that she truly loves her job,” Nicholas said. “She is the happiest person I know, and a big part of her life is the work she does. She has shown me that it is important to do something you love as a career, to feel fulfilled, and now that is a goal of mine as I plummet towards graduation.”

While Madoff ’s career has turned into one that brings her joy, before coming to BC, she had no prior experience teaching, let alone in a subject she had little knowledge of. Still, Madoff managed to secure her place at BC Law for the next four decades and counting.

She later published a book, titled Immortality and the Law: The Rising Power of the American Dead, a brainchild of Madoff ’s newfound knowledge from the class on trusts and estates she began teaching. In essence, Madoff ’s book grapples with the protections—or lack thereof—of the dead in America. With its publishing, Madoff ’s burgeoning interest in academic writing began.

As Madoff explains it, capitalist America is inescapable, even after death. The materialistic nature of capitalist America bleeds into the lives of not only the living, but the dead as well.

Whereas American society honors the dead’s material wishes—those related to the donation of their assets and property—Madoff found that people tend not to value the bodies of the

deceased nor hold back in tarnishing their reputations.

“When we think about wills law and estate taxes, [in] all those things we think about the interests of the dead,” Madoff said. “But in other areas of the law, we’re like, ‘Who cares? They’re dead.’ So for example, after a person has died, somebody can say the absolute worst things about them … But there’s no legal protection because the law says, ‘You’re beyond harm and benefit, you’re dead.’”

Madoff found that this unconscious continuation of materialism in America is the antithesis of how the dead are treated abroad. European culture tends to care less about material objects left behind by the dead and more about reputational interests or what the deceased want done with their bodies.

Although Madoff will be teaching law students about trusts and estates, as well as estate planning, next semester, she’s shifted her research focus to philanthropy overhaul.

As an active contributor to the BC Law School Forum on Philanthropy and the Public Good, a BC think tank that she co-founded with BC Law adjunct professor William Bagley, Madoff argues that the treatment of our nation’s charitable endeavors is in need of a makeover.

“The idea behind [the think tank] is to create a forum where policy questions pertaining to philanthropy can be raised in a non-partisan way,” Bagley said.

With Bagley, who also serves as the director of Planned Giving at St. Mark’s School in Southborough, Mass., Madoff has hosted boot camps for world-class journalists eager to properly learn about the mechanics of philanthropy and conferences focused on philanthropy reform. What necessitates the reform Madoff and her colleagues talk about is what Madoff researches: ineffective philanthropy in the United States.

Madoff believes the impending death of our nation’s charitable endeavors lies in donor-advised funds and the immediate tax subsidies one receives for large charitable donations. Donoradvised funds essentially give the donor control over the distribution of funds to a charitable entity—though the donor receives immediate tax benefits out of the pockets of American taxpayers,

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Madoff arrived at BC Law almost 45 years ago and was only supposed to teach for a year. they still control the distribution of their donation. This, in turn, may lead to unused donations—money sitting in an account that was intended to be used by a charity.

If an American citizen were to create a donor-advised fund for a nonprofit charity and donate $100 million, they would receive an immediate tax subsidy worth approximately 60 to 70 percent of the donation, according to Madoff.

The donor, though, would still retain privileges that regulate the distribution of that money, which can in effect nullify the donation, since they are under no obligation to actually distribute it.

With such a monumental issue, Madoff asks herself this question: “How are we going to tweak or change our rules to make sure that money actually gets put to charitable use?”

So Madoff remains in limbo. She sees potential solutions—Madoff thinks that providing proper incentives to distribute the money in donor-advised funds or setting a time frame in which the funds must be distributed could help solve the issue of gridlocked, unused donation money, but proper legislation has yet to be embraced by the government.

Her name has graced bylines of opeds in The New York Times on this topic and other tax issues she sees. Her most recent piece titled “Trump and the Failure of the American Tax System,” published on Oct. 11, details the way in which America’s tax system works in favor of the super rich—America’s wealthiest citizens acquire wealth with the exemption of income tax and the easy evasion of other taxes. In 2017, Madoff wrote an opinion piece called

“Congress’s Assault on Charities,” taking the stand that failure to adopt legislation barred vital charities from getting the funding they need. Her writing has not only publicized the issues within the American tax system and charity microcosm, but attracted positive attention.

Though he’d never met Madoff or heard of her previously, Michael Fleming, the executive director of the David Bohnett Foundation—a Los Angelesbased nonprofit that works to improve social issues through activism—took note of Madoff ’s writing in The New York Times. Fleming cold-emailed and connected with her, and eventually ended up donating to her think tank.

As someone who works closely with the philanthropic foundations that fall victim to lenient tax and donation rules, Fleming values Madoff ’s work for the entire philanthropy industry.

“If you look at all of the money that is sitting in donor-advised funds and is sitting in foundation endowments and then you look at all social needs out there, whatever you might care about, sometimes it’s hard to explain why so much money is parked in one place when the need is so great somewhere else,” Fleming said.

How can rules be adjusted to put donation money into drive to arrive at its rightful destination? She might not have a tangible solution yet, but Madoff has the brain power to upend our nation’s current system of philanthropy, and she’s working on it.

In between writing Times op-eds and working for a think tank, she somehow still finds time every week to bake homemade sourdough bread. n

Bischoff’s App, Hamik, Helps Students Hop From Hostel to Hostel

By Catherine Levine For The Heights Some students are interviewing for summer internships, others are weighing their options of working in admissions or doing research on campus this summer, but trailblazing Warren Bischoff, CSOM ’21, is planning to return to China to continue developing his new app, Hamik.

While traveling abroad in Taipei in January, Bischoff found himself in a hostel with a free afternoon. He got to talking with some of the other college travelers, and they decided to visit the Artist Village, an outdoor market where young creatives gather to exchange ideas, patron each others’ art, and display their creations. When they returned to the hostel, they realized how much more fun it would have been if everyone in the hostel knew about it.

Bischoff wanted to recreate this experience, not just in Taipei, but across the world. But he was unsure how to bring his idea to life.

He reached out to his cousin, childhood neighbor, and business part-

ner—friends since their days of shoveling and selling snowflakes—Liam King, UVA ’22.

“Liam is more the ‘doer,’ I’m an idea guy,” said Bischoff. “I’m good at thinking of ideas and finding ways to do it, Liam can then zone in on the steps and make it happen.”

Together, the cousins created Hamik—a mix between a social media platform and an activity planning application where world travelers in hostels come together and plan adventures with each other. Users can connect to people through chats that are centered around hostels or cities where Hamik is partnered and see lists of activities going on in that area.

Users start by searching their desired city and then can choose to book hostels, bus tickets, tours, and Hamik-curated trips. They can talk in chat rooms with other travellers in the area who are looking for things to do.

“It’s a free chat and if you want to book you can,” Bischoff said. “Theoretically, you can use the app forever and never pay a dime.”

Bischoff and King make money when

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Bischoff sold his first company on the Asian Market before entering high school.

users book Hamik-sponsored events in the cities they’re visiting and pay a processing fee.

After creating the application, Warren and King moved on to forming partnerships with hostels and other businesses. They made an Excel spreadsheet with all the countries and cities that they were interested in pursuing.

Under every city, they listed hostel names and contact information. A few weeks into the summer they emailed every hostel on the spreadsheet. They chose which cities to continue working with based on how many interested hostels responded. If one city didn’t have as many responses, they wouldn’t focus on that city. If more than two responded, then it was beneficial to focus on that area because there would be multiple hubs.

“Overall, we are in about 25 or more cities, 18 to 20 countries, all six inhabited continents, and we are looking into expanding into North America soon,” Bischoff said.

When targeting a city, Bischoff and King send automated emails in a batch and fill in the name of the hostel. The response rate per city is anywhere from three to five percent for a group of 30.

At the end of June and beginning of July, they were putting together their biggest email blast of the year, sending out around 300 emails a day for two weeks.

The hours they worked were different because of Hong Kong’s 12-hour time difference.

“My work week would start at 7 p.m. and go until 3 a.m. for Hong Kong, sleep until 7 a.m. so I could get Europe, and then sleep in the afternoon,” Bischoff said. “Basically the whole summer was crazy non-stop work.”

Over the summer, Bischoff and King expanded as fast as they could, in order to form new partnerships. They scoped out cities such as London and Marrakesh, but ultimately they reached

a point where they realized that if they wanted to make the app work, they had to focus on a single city. Now, while still maintaining their partnerships in other countries, Hamik is primarily focused on Hong Kong.

“We’re no longer expanding because we want to do our first cities right,” Bischoff said.

To form partnerships, Bischoff started by using contact information for the hostels he found online. He called and presented his idea for forming a hostel networking application, asking if they’d consider getting on board and supporting him. The difficult part of the process was making an official partnership with the hostels.

Most of the time, the people answering the calls liked the idea of Hamik, but were front desk employees and didn’t have the power to do anything.

Bischoff was then forwarded to managerial staff and found hostels willing to work with Hamik. Urban Pack, the first hostel Bischoff met with, helped with advertising by putting up signs and QR codes around the hostel and spreading the word to other businesses in Hong Kong. Bischoff talked with the owners of the hostel to establish the partnership in person. He didn’t conduct any formal business meetings, but instead spent most of the trip observing the intricacies of the process and conducting research.

“It was intimidating because I had no idea what I was doing,” Bischoff said.

“I bought the owners two hats from the BC Bookstore as gifts. I didn’t have the application ready yet, but they trusted that I would get it done and agreed to support me.”

During his time in China, Bischoff tried to show himself off as a “cool American entrepreneur.” At first, he was scared of the meetings, but he soon realized that the people he was meeting with were just like him—they went to

college, got a job, and now have a career in business.

“It’s not intimidating because we’re there for a mutual purpose,” Bischoff said.

The nightclub that Hamik partnered with in Hong Kong, PLAY Club, arranged for a meeting so that Bischoff could meet the managers. They talked for an hour and a half and, by the end of the night, they created a drink on the menu called the Hamik Lotus. The drink uses a bamboo straw instead of a plastic one, and Hamik gets a commission when people order it.

On a previous trip to China, Bischoff emailed a 3D printer factory asking for a tour in Hong Kong. The workers agreed and picked them up from their hostel, showed them around the factory, gave them free 3D-printed Kung Fu Panda samples, and drove them to dinner. Instead of a typical meal out in Hong Kong, the workers took them to a spot in the middle of the Chinese jungle, spending the night eating traditional food and taking whiskey shots.

Although Hamik focuses mostly on hostel arrangements and drink promotions, Bischoff and King are hoping to eventually introduce Hamik-customized trips to ensure everyone is able to find opportunities as exciting as theirs.

One idea Bischoff has is for undergraduates at top business schools who are interested in learning about international markets. Using the app, they would book a hostel in Hong Kong and spend the week like Bischoff and King—visiting companies, exploring the import and export docks, learning an overview of Chinese politics, and enjoying a new country.

“We want to offer the kind of trips where you take whiskey shots in the middle of the jungle with 3D printer workers,” Bischoff said. “We’re appealing to the people that don’t want a generic experience.” n

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Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani activist for girls’ education and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate, will speak at the Institute of Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School on Dec. 6 from 6 to 8 p.m.

“A Conversation with Malala Yousafzai” will also be livestreamed on the Institute’s website.

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Skating on the Boston Common Frog Pond opened for the season on Dec. 2 and will be open until March 30. The pond opens at 10 a.m. every morning, with closing times depending on the day. Price of admission is $6, with an option to rent skates for $12.

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On Wednesday, the Museum of Fine Arts is hosting its annual “Hanukkah: Festival of Lights.”

Festivities begin at 4 p.m., and the event will include lively musical performances, museum tours, and holiday-themed crafts, among other activities. The night will conclude with a community candle lighting.

At Trident, Massmouth Tells Stories of the Commonwealth

By Colleen Martin Copy Editor

People in sweaters and Oxford shoes milled about the upstairs of Trident Booksellers, talking about plans for their next movie night, holiday cookie decorating, and people they hadn’t seen in a long time.

They ordered wine and moved around the tables, stopping only to talk to a man in a blue shirt and glasses who approached every group.

He asked them if they wanted to sign up to be a “teller”—a storyteller, that is—for the Massmouth story slam that they were all gathered there for.

Some nervously shook their heads and pulled their wine glasses to their lips, while others looked at their friends with apprehensive smiles creeping onto their faces.

Some were convinced—or, as the man in the blue likes to say, inspired—to throw their name in the bucket. The 10 empty spaces on the whiteboard at the front of the room slowly began to fill as people took their seats and looked toward the host, Theresa Okokon, for further instructions.

Okokon is the kind of person who captivates the room without even trying—no one reached down into her bag to check the time or allowed his eyes to wander about the room in an effort to pass the time.

Okokon talked about her time trying to find her niche in Boston as an adult. The majority of the room raised their hands when she asked

who had been in Boston for fewer than five years.

Being the new person in a city can make you feel like a black sheep— someone incapable of belonging or assimilation.

“We all have those moments in our lives when we have stood out in one way or another,” Okokon said.

This idea was the theme of the night’s story slam—tellers had to incorporate a time they felt they were a black sheep into their five-minute story.

Hosted by Massmouth—a nonprofit organization that aims to give people in the Commonwealth a place to tell and hear stories—the slams, which are always based on a certain theme, are competitions in which 10 people are given the chance to tell their story, without any sort of aid, for five minutes or less.

After everyone has had a chance to compete, the five judges—whose identities are undisclosed—vote on who told the best tale.

It may seem nerve-wracking— most of the participants were relatively new to the storytelling stage, and they aren’t always comfortable.

“I was terrified,” said Mika Gross, the first-place winner of the black sheep competition. “I’m terrified of public speaking.”

Gross said that during her time as an undergrad at Brown University, she always wanted to join the storytelling club, but there was an audition.

After she graduated and moved to Boston, she started to get more

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Tellers were drawn at random to take their five minute stories to the front of the room.

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As the theme of the night was black sheep, participants shared stories of times when they felt out of place or uncomfortable in their lives.

involved, having gone and heard at others, and telling two stories before her winning one. She likes to push herself to tell, but she wasn’t sure that she had a black sheep story.

She went outside to brainstorm with her friend, who suggested she tell the story of the time she went to a Jewish summer camp.

Gross said her heart was pumping and she could feel her pulse, as she told the story of the time she and two other girls were isolated from the other 10 girls in their cabin at camp.

The other campers did everything together—shared clothes, slept in each other’s beds, and were attached at the hip.

Unfortunately, they shared more than just memories. They also shared lice—except for Gross and her two friends.

Being black sheep had saved the trio from an insect infestation in their hair, a point that elicited raucous laughter from the crowd on the second floor of the book shop.

While Gross’ story was generally lighthearted and brought the audience to laughter, some of the other tellers came to the front with a monologue that quieted the crowd, as the person at the mic offered up an incredibly vulnerable part of themselves.

When Daniel Goodwin was called to the front, he asked Okokon if he could bring his drink.

Of course he could.

Goodwin started off with his childhood, growing up in the South

with a preacher for a father and a Sunday school teacher for a mother.

Goodwin knew that he was gay, but his parents weren’t supportive.

When he was a teenager, he met a boy.

The pair talked all the time, even after the boy moved away—it was the dawn of the internet, after all.

They kept in touch sporadically, throughout college and after, even when one of them was in another relationship.

The room let out an audible “aw” whenever Goodwin smiled or remembered a detail of the pair’s relationship. One day, Goodwin said, he went to check on his friend’s Facebook page. It said, “In memoriam.”

Goodwin learned that the man he had kept in touch with for years had killed himself.

The room was still.

Goodwin said he didn’t know what to do. Was he supposed to call a family he had never met and tell them that he was in love with their son for years?

This is the kind of story that requires a strong host.

Okokon said that she recognizes the vulnerability of the storytellers, especially when it’s a story that they may have never told before or when it drags up emotions they haven’t felt in a long time.

At the same time, Okokon loves when stories like these prompt someone else to tell for the first time. Goodwin actually came to the Massmouth story slam on a date with

Angel A., a man who told a story a few turns later.

“I really love when something from a story sparks someone else to come up and tell for their first time,” Okokon said. “I think tonight was a great example of how you can just show up to a show and end up telling a story. I really enjoy experiencing people who are doing that.”

Telling stories like these is a fast way to get to know a person—it seemed that everyone in the room knew more people than just the ones they arrived with.

Okokon said it might sound like a cliché, but Massmouth really is a community.

“Everyone in this room that I know, I’ve met through storytelling,” she said, gazing around the room.

In the spring, they have their Big Mouth Off, which invites the winners of every competition that year to come back and perform for a chance to be the ultimate champion.

After the competition last year, around 20 of them went out to eat on a whim, pulling tables together and enjoying each other’s company.

Okokon has a tarot card app on her phone, and she checked the date scheduled for the 2019 Big Mouth Off. The three of cups came up, which signals that your community will come together.

“All of us, to some extent, know each other,” Okokon said. “We’ve gotten to know each other because we’re all listening to each other’s stories.

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Mayor Fuller Hosts Panel on Future of Marijuana in Newton

By Celia Carbone Heights Staff

On Wednesday evening, Newton residents concerned about the health implications of marijuana had the chance to hear from local experts at the forum titled “Wondering About Weed?”—an event hosted by the Department of Health and Human Services.

Recreational marijuana shops are now allowed to apply for licenses in the City of Newton. Recreational marijuana retail stores were banned in Newton until December 2018 by a city council moratorium.

In the November election the majority of Newton residents voted against the ban of recreational retail stores and against the two-to-four retail store limit, capping the maximum number of retail shops in Newton at eight, equal to the number of liquor licenses distributed in the city.

A statewide ballot was approved by voters to allow adult use of recreational marijuana in 2016. The use of recreational marijuana saw a 54 percent approval rating in the city of Newton.

“That changed the world dramatically,” said Newton Mayor Ruthanne Fuller.

Garden Remedies, which is lo-

cated on Washington Street, is the first medical marijuana dispensary in Newton.

Since its establishment in 2016, there has been no loitering, traffic problems, or related police calls regarding the dispensary, according to Fuller.

The city council is working on the zoning for recreational retail stores, which will go to a vote on Dec. 3.

Shops are restricted to specific business and commercial zones around Newton, are not allowed in buildings that also have residential units, and must be at least 500 feet from schools, according to Fuller.

The zoning does not allow stores to be clustered in one area—they must be spaced at least one half-mile from each other.

Now that marijuana will be more accessible to Newton residents, the Department of Health and Human Services is doing its part to educate residents on the impacts the drug will have on adolescents and adults.

Kevin Hill, director of the Division of Addiction Psychiatry at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, is the author of Marijuana: The Unbiased Truth about the World’s Most Popular Weed and researches pharmacological treatments for addictive disorders.

Attitudes toward marijuana in the United States have dynamically shifted over the last few decades, going back and forth from prohibition to legalization.

Hill showed a graph comparing adult use and the perception of no risk of harm.

Adult use has almost doubled in the last decade and running parallel to that is the perception of no risk of harm.

“This is probably the biggest single problem about all these policies,” he said. “We are not clear what the risks are.”

Adult use of marijuana is on the rise, but there is still controversy, myth, and debate about the precise role that marijuana plays in creating, worsening, or improving mental health conditions.

“We need to do a much, much better job about being clear with what the risks are,” Hill said.

Marijuana has acute and chronic risks. Acute risks include worsening short-term memory, judgement, anxiety, and paranoia as well as impaired driving, said Hill.

Heavy users, he continued, those who ingest marijuana five-to-seven times per week or more than oneeighth of an ounce at a time, are at risk of developing chronic conditions such

as poor cognitive function, worsening anxiety, depression, and psychosis.

There is a gap between the science of marijuana and the public perception influenced by biased and agenda-driven sources, Hill said—he also said this is the major problem with the current debate.

“You can take the use of this less harmful substance and make it extremely harmful,” Hill said.

The view of many Americans, especially adolescents, is that marijuana is not nearly as harmful as “harder” drugs like cocaine, heroin, or amphetamines, he said.

It is important to note that marijuana is more potent today than it was in the ’60s. Recreational marijuana used to have between 3 and 4 percent THC, the chemical responsible for its psychological effects—now it has between 12 and 19 percent.

Nicole Danforth, director of Outpatient Programs in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Newton-Wellesley Hospital, described the adolescent brain as a brain under construction and said that cannabinoids can complicate brain development.

The adolescent brain is still under development until a person is 25 years old, and young adults act before they think more frequently than adults.

They are like “a Ferrari with bicycle brakes,” Danforth said.

THC receptors exist throughout the brain, affecting vision, coordination, judgement, movement, and memory, she said. All of these are skills required to learn in school and drive a car.

“With legalization, we are at risk of normalizing marijuana use in our younger kids,” Danforth said. “The risk is a lot greater to a developing brain.”

Marijuana dependence before the age of 18 correlates to a drop of eight IQ points, and changes are even seen with light smokers, who smoke between one and three times per week.

Danforth emphasized the significance of delaying the decision to smoke marijuana until an older age.

“Less harmful does not equal harmless,” Danforth said. “Just because it is legal doesn’t mean it is healthy.”

Danforth said the best way to talk to a young person about marijuana is to provide credible information and have an ongoing conversation.

In her eyes, the best starting points for discussion are the drug’s 400-plus chemicals, its potency, and its risk of physical addiction, as well as decreased IQ. n

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Student Experience Survey De-emphasizes Important Questions

Boston College released its on campus, which the University feel pressure to fit in with my Student Exp erience Sur ve y, cited as a catalyst for the devel- peers” were featured in a pollwhich aims to measure how opment and release of the survey. style from “strongly disagree” supportive and inclusive the BC A poll-style section asks stu- to “strongly agree,” and seemed community is, on Oct. 29. dents to rank the importance of disconnected from some other Students have until Dec. 20 to certain aspects of the University questions surrounding it. complete the survey. According all under the same direction: Students need more freedom to the FAQs, the survey launched “Please indicate how import- to fully explain their thoughts as a result of a collaboration ant the program, ser vice or given the array of potential between the Undergraduate experience is to you.” Choices answers to these kinds of quesGovernment of Boston tions. Leaving students College and the adminwithout an opportunity istration after a “racist to respond thoroughly “The arrangement of the social media post and could lead to overgenersurvey seemed more like an the defacement of several alized conclusions given Black Lives Matter signs overall experience survey, as the wide interpretability in a University residence of the questions. the description would imply, hall” last year. More genThe incentive to comerally, the stated goal of plete the sur ve y wa s rather than a survey designed the survey is “to gain a a raffle for one of six better understanding of to directly address the results of different Amazon gift undergraduate students cards. Compared to Bosracism on campus...” and their experiences at ton University’s survey Boston College.” Individoffering each student ual results of the survey who completed it $5 on remain confidential, and com- ranged from study abroad and their student cards, the incenpletion is not mandatory. The intramural sports, to health and tive could have been altered to survey seems well-intentioned, counseling services, to financial produce a higher and potentially especially if BC takes the results aid services. more accurate response. BU’s seriously.

These programs are hardly response rate to that sur vey In order for the survey to comparable on levels of impor- was 52 percent. When offering actually effect change, however, tance. Another section asked no incentive, the University of it is imperative that all results students to state whether they Chicago’s similar study yielded are released, regardless of their had witnessed or been a victim a 29 percent overall student rereflection on the University. of a variety of harassment based sponse rate.

Some questions on the survey on things like gender, race, and The board applauds the intenshould have been better devel- sexual orientation, and had no tion of the survey. Results must oped. With only two open-ended apparent follow ups to these be released and lead to consequestions on a questionnaire questions. quential actions before anything with over 100 questions, the It is unclear why BC chose definite can be said about the space for open-ended feedback to group important issues like questionnaire itself. Given that is limited. counseling ser vices and the 33 percent of the Class of 2022 The arrangement of the sur- availability of the financial aid identify as AHANA+, it is paravey seemed more like an overall office with other services like mount that BC continues to foexperience survey, as the de- bus availability and intramural cus on improving the experiencscription would imply, rather sports. Other loaded statements, es of all its students, regardless of than a survey designed to direct- such as “I am concerned about race, gender, sexual orientation, ly address the results of racism my physical appearance” and “I and (dis)ability.

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- Hans Zimmer

LETTER TO THE EDITOR In Response to: Diversity/Inclusion Series A few weeks ago, I attended a roundtable discussion with Peggy McIntosh, a scholar and professor at Wellesley College who is known for her pioneering 1989 article on white privilege. Toward the end, she asked every student in the room a simple question: “Do you feel like this institution sees you as an asset?” I was the only white person, and the only male, in attendance. I was also the only student who said yes.

The discomfort I felt then pales in comparison to the discomfort people of color are often made to feel here. For a long time, I didn’t lean into that discomfort. I didn’t really sit with the sinking feeling that comes with imagining what it must feel like to be a person of color at a predominantly white institution. When I began to try, it wasn’t necessarily because I had witnessed racism myself––it was because I had taken the time to hear from people of color in my life about their experiences. Despite my best intentions, I am still largely oblivious to casual displays of racism and prejudice; after all, they don’t directly affect me in my day-to-day life. So it only makes sense to temporarily put aside my own lived experiences and genuinely listen to those of people who hold different identities.

Everything I just said is probably blindingly apparent to people of color.

But over a year after the Silence is Still Violence protests, and several years since earlier landmark demonstrations like the die-in at St. Mary’s, I have to ask how many white people––particularly white men––have challenged themselves to undergo this process of self-reflection. At the photo gallery organized by the Social Justice Committee of the Vandy/90 RA staff in the Cabaret Room in October, which examined last year’s march and compared it to earlier 20th-century activism at BC, I tried to put my own identity in context with the historical identity of BC as an institution.

In its founding in 1863, BC was an institution by and for white, Irish Catholic men from Boston. At the time, Irish Catholic immigrants struggled to find equal opportunities for education in the United States. But although that ceased to be the case, BC retained the same

identity for most of the 20th century.

We were notably slow to react to the transformations of the Civil Rights Era. We did not become coeducational until 1970. Throughout all this, there was a pattern made clear by the photo gallery’s vignettes, dating all the way back to the 1930s: A movement would arise from the student body advocating for more diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, and it was usually followed by a reactive—often delayed—response from the administration.

Nearly half a century later, however, there has been one unmistakable change in our identity: BC has undergone a radical transformation in terms of power and prestige. We have grown our endowment to over $2 billion. We have attracted a more diverse student body in terms of race, socioeconomic status, geography, and countless other factors. BC leadership has intentionally sought to move us away from our reputation as an Irish Catholic commuter school and become an internationally renowned beacon of Jesuit education.

That is a positive change. What we also have to recognize is that, in pursuing a more inclusive and global reputation, numbers are not enough. BC must consciously execute an identity shift in its institutional culture and power structures. Whiteness has remained dominant here. It is encouraging to see that the Class of 2022 is the most diverse in the University’s history, but until students, faculty, and staff alike contend with the historical roots of BC’s dominant culture, AHANA+ students will not be able to benefit from all that our institution has to offer. They will continue to feel marginalized and discriminated against.

More intentional steps must be taken towards a Jesuit Catholic culture that truly welcomes and celebrates all identities.

And that change must come from the top as well as the bottom. Groups like the Black Eagles have articulated tangible policy proposals to that effect. For the good of the community, I hope they are taken to heart. .

Signed, Reed Piercey, UGBC president

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Saving (or Not) in College prevent you from paying interest in

and a full 180 degree turn away from

the future, but it’s effectively earning a

an undesirable experience only leads

lower interest rate than you could be

to a Newtonian equal and opposite

earning in the market anyway.

deficiency on the other end. It was my

The question that’s left is what to do

of Christmas. Granted, I didn’t amass

simple: spend it. This may not be news

the wealth of Charles Foster Kane or

to many a broke student consumed by

Ebenezer, nor did I develop their mag-

the life of instant gratification that is

nanimous personalities, but the sum-

financier will give when asked for ad-

college. Yes, the same population so

mer ingrained in me the timeless lesson

vice will be to invest early and often, no

often criticized for its overabundance,

of avoiding the overcompensation that

matter how small the amount. Investing

with its brunches and avocado toast, is

the films preached in a way that only

early is vital, after all, due to the magic

the real wealth management expert.

experience can.

Robert Walmsley I guarantee the first response any

gRASS - Grass. The type on the ground. Shoutout to Leahy’s grass

by Stokes for making such an incredible rebound. It looked like a battlefield after College Gameday, and our pre-Thanksgiving snow day didn’t especially help it recover from its hangover, no matter how much Gatorade we could conceivably pour on it. Just weeks later, it puts the Champ de Mars to shame.

A special thank you to Boston College Facilities. stairs - Hear me out—they may be a main gripe for everyone, from seniors to prospective students. But my legs look great. My mom asked if I had started going to barre class.

Even that family friend commented on my calves. If I had one thing going for me during Thanksgiving Break, it was that I was in better shape than anyone else (at least before we ate dinner). Don’t worry, stairs will be promptly moved to the thumbs down column after they ice over.

of compound interest. They might then

Now, frugality isn’t a bad thing. If

So, after some quantitative and

take from the alleged Einstein quote:

you find deals for quality products that

qualitative arguments, I hope I’ve

“Compound interest is the Eighth

are undervalued—like at thrift stores

convinced some of you of the detriment

Wonder of the World. He who under-

or when you buy in bulk—there’s no

of (early) saving. The question is still

stands it, earns it ... he who doesn’t...

sacrifice. You’re just being smart. It’s the

left, though, of what I’m doing with the

pays it.” The money man may even tack

age-old adage of “cheap versus frugal,”

money I’ve saved. Well, I’ve certainly

on a mathematical trick to demonstrate

with the former a more caustic and

tried to spend more on the weekends

the magic of compounding, e.g. a penny

unhealthy notion. The difference is that

and indulged in Black Friday shopping,

doubled everyday for a month will

the amount saved should be put toward

but I’ve placed most of it in perspec-

become $5.4 million. Man, $5 million?

a goal or future purchase as opposed

tive. I’m trying to have a more positive

Better call up grandma and start rolling

to a savings account or mutual fund

mentality by doing things like putting

those coins!

because, like I already said, don’t save.

my savings toward my time abroad. Any

I’m not trying to prove that investors

I fell into this miserly trap of hoard-

money invested for the long-term, in

and bankers are trite, though they are.

ing cash for a far-off rainy day this past

theory, should never be touched. Saving

The message is important for novices

summer. The previous few summers

for goals is concerted but doesn’t follow

in the industry, especially those late

and semesters I, between a couple of

in investing’s prudence.

to the game. Young investors like me,

ex-girlfriends and too many orders of

however, should take the advice, as well

late night Dominos, was hemorrhaging

astronomical student debt are issues

as the change, and put it in their back

money faster than Tesla. So, after the

plaguing current and former college

pocket.

second consecutive spring surviving

students. When the time comes, and

Let’s say—if you’re lucky and fru-

off tax refunds, I opted for a complete

it’s fast approaching for me, saving and

gal—you have $3,000 saved as a student

reversal. I got an internship up in New

setting aside a small portion of income

in college. If you invest this, and earn

Hampshire, lived at home instead of in

is vital. The grey area of college, the buf-

the historic market rate of return of 7

Boston, and stayed on the circular path

fer between adolescence and the “real

percent until retirement, you’ll have

from home to work and back again. The

world,” between still acting stupid and

yourself around $63,000. Sounds pretty

summer ended and I had a nice chunk

growing up, holds the same relation-

good right? Well, with inflation it’s

of cash saved, but the memory bank,

ship for savings. Students can tread the

worth a whole heck of a lot less, and

and camera roll, were mostly empty.

murky financial waters any way they

as a percent of future income project-

There were no such deficits the sum-

choose. I just hope the pressure placed

ing out a generous average salary of

mers prior.

on them from the outside—given all

$75,000, it would be 1.9 percent of your

I hope I don’t sound as hackneyed

There’s no doubt lack of savings and

the economic troubles attributed to the

overall earnings before retirement, ig-

as the money men I cited before by

scapegoated generation—doesn’t force

noring investment of any future income.

delving into the equally tired cliché of

anyone to defer an experience in the

“richer in experience than in worth” or

present they may never experience in

hope you’re still with me. The exercise

moving towards the long-used phrase

the future for a few extra compounded

just serves to show that investing the

“you can’t take it with you.” These short,

bucks, no matter who implores it, even

cash you worked so hard for in your

momentary experiences on the opposite

if it’s Einstein.

minimum wage on-campus job won’t

sides of the scale of wealth, however,

matter nearly as much when you’re

provided me with a different, indelible

salaried. The cash could be used to pay

lesson: Trying to counter deficiencies

off loans to Sallie Mae, which would

of any kind with a complete reversion

Sheesh. That was a lot of numbers. I

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Rosebud and my three temporal Ghosts

you do with all your cold, hard cash? It’s

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Robert Walmsley is an op-ed columnist for The Heights. He can be reached at opinions@bcheights.com.

Making BC Bucket Lists Romaine lettuce - Romaine lettuce. RIP to anyone who considered themselves a fan of the Chicken Caesar Wrap at Eagles Nest. The item’s been missing from the menu ever since the FDA issued a recall of romaine lettuce for something to do with E. coli. Sounds unimportant.

Maybe this should be a thumbs up, as it gives everyone an excuse not to eat salads for the next few weeks?

Enjoy your shameless lunchtime pizza, BC. UIS - My parents had typewriters in college that were more technologically advanced than this system. As did my grandparents.

It is rumored that UIS coding was originally a chance invention of cavemen drawing “0”s and “1”s on cave walls. Successfully figuring out UIS automatically registers you as a Computer Science minor. Happy Registration Period, everyone.

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Kate Colombo If there’s anything I learned from Thanksgiving break, it’s that everyone should make the best of their time at Boston College. Over the break, I drove the five and a half hours home, helped my family with their paperwork, cooked a bunch of food, and spent the entire break working to make everyone’s holiday better with no concern for my own experience. There was bickering, there was yelling, there were some tears, and there was a lot of alcohol. I don’t think I slept the whole time. After day three, in the midst of sleep-deprived hallucinations, I had a bleak vision of the future, a future where I spend my time off working from home, managing my family, and stealing precious seconds to catch my breath—it’s a future that I’m not really ready to accept. I was horrified.

I cried as I packed my things into the car. I sat behind the steering wheel for an extra 10 minutes before finally leaving, just trying to calm myself down for the long drive home. I say this not to make myself a monument to justice and self-sacrifice, instead I say this to make an important point: Many of us likely had a similar Thanksgiving experience, one that left us wondering for what we had to be thankful. For me, I am most thankful for drive back to Boston. It was then that I realized I needed a change, I needed to figure out what I wanted out of my life. I needed a bucket list.

As I’m sure is the case for many students, going home and needing to ask permission for things you would normally do without a second thought

or needing to bend schedules to accommodate everyone who has ever made an appearance at a family wedding is a daunting, anxious experience.

The independence we have found in our time away from home is hardwon and sorely lost as each holiday rolls around, like the twisted hand of fate prepared to snatch your time, your good spirits, and your capacity for love away. Yet, upon our return to academic solace, all we have time to think about is our next exam, final papers, and that quiz we completely forgot about. We spend an inordinate amount of time looking forward to a break that leaves us wanting to claw our way back to the classroom, only to have our spirit crushed between the scholastic cogs of time management and increased pressure. Add on the stress of trying to raise your GPA

“Ask yourself, what are the top 10 things, top 20 things, even top 50 things you want to do before you leave BC? Make a point of doing those things. Don’t hesitate... ” with a Hail Mary extra credit paper, and you’ve got the classic fall semester experience.

It doesn’t need to be that way.

Sure, we’ve all seen the meme: “Good grades, social life, or sleep. Pick two.”

But that doesn’t mean we need to pick the same two all the time. We can still find balance somewhere in the mix.

As a senior staring down the barrel of my last year before I have to be a “real” adult, with a “real” job and “real” responsibilities, I have realized that I’ve

Building Our Lives

spent my time in college taking care of other people, studying, and working.

I realized that that was my fault, and that if I want to get something out of my BC experience, I need to make that happen myself.

Because of this, I encourage you to make yourself a “BC Bucket List.” Ask yourself, what are the top 10 things, top 20 things, even top 50 things you want to do before you leave BC? Make a point of doing those things. Don’t hesitate, because college might well be the last opportunity you have for those experiences. I can say with some certainty that I’ll likely never write for another newspaper—I’m not studying journalism, I don’t know why a newspaper would ever hire me—and yet, it’s something I’ve always wanted to try. I’m crossing it off my bucket list right now. If I didn’t try it and had just chickened out or told myself that I didn’t have enough time and should be working, I’d be wasting my time here.

Sure, I could have dedicated that time to studying more or watching Netflix, but if college is about broadening your horizons, trying new things, and exploring who you are, then my time trying out a new skill is 10 times more valuable than my time on the couch or in the library.

It is with this call to action that I leave you, reader. I am going to spend next semester crossing more things off of my own bucket list, and hoping that you’ve started work on yours. Thank you so much for helping me make this year valuable. Thank you for bothering to read what I’ve written, and thank you for being one of the many vital participants that make everything I love about BC possible. Thank you a million times. Goodbye and good luck.

Kate Colombo is an op-ed columnist for The Heights. She can be reached at opinions@bcheights.com.

The opinions and commentaries of the op-ed columnists appearing on this page represent the views of the author of that particular piece, and not necessarily the views of The Heights. Any of the columnists for the Opinions section of The Heights can be reached at opinions@bcheights.com.

Vaughn Feighan

My capstone class, “Building a Life” with professor David McMenamin, is discussion-based and incredibly enlightening. We cover many philosophical ideas—relationships, success, the American Dream, money, influence, change, uncertainty, to name a few—and frame them as if we are building a life like we’re building a house.

In a recent session, we spoke about the value of our Boston College education, specifically the value of our degrees.

As a double major in Philosophy and Communication, I am well-aware of the general opinion when it comes to the perceived usefulness, or uselessness, of my degrees. While students in the Carroll School of Management (CSOM) secretly scoff at me, intentionally trying to keep a straight face as to not offend me, I still understand the general sentiment.

However, I believe that this type of interaction—and association of degree type with possible future success—is uniquely American. It is an underpinning of American culture to assign more worth to a business degree than to an art degree, an English degree, or a philosophy degree.

It is easy, a type of decision heuristic, for us to use salaries and numbers to assign worth to a degree, and then to project that worth upon the person studying it.

There is an expectation that when the beige envelope arrives at a student’s door with the CSOM seal, they will succeed. They will be happy. They will have to work hard when they are in school, but because they will obtain a business degree, they will live a life full of opportunity and happiness. I am not arguing that this is wrong. Every single person that I know in CSOM is an incredibly hardworking individual that is motivated, determined, and dedicated to building a life that they can see themselves living.

My argument is that CSOM is not the only place where one can find that worth.

The value of a degree from BC is worth the same, regardless if you graduate from CSOM, the Connell School of Nursing, Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences, or Lynch School of Education. Yet, the opposite perception is prominent at both BC and in American culture. I am calling on all of you reading this right now to be cognizant of the structures that form the walls of your life. We must remain aware of the social underpinnings that mold together to create our social foundations.

Each of us must push against the ceiling that we find ourselves under from time to time. Ceilings obstruct a good view of the sky.

I am asking that, whether you have a double major in finance and information systems or a single English major, each of you understands that every person you see walking through the Quad is worth something, and the type of degree that they are pursuing is not indicative of that person’s worth. I don’t mean for this to be a motivational article. In the past four years, having transferred out of CSOM and into MCAS, I saw how people reevaluated my future. While I would argue that this behavior is a natural part of our socially-constructed world, it does not have to be as prominent as it is on BC’s campus or in society’s rhetoric.

I hope that, whoever you may be, you’ve found worth inside yourself. I hope you scoffed at this article, not because you disagree with me, but because what I am saying makes perfect sense and this is a waste of your time. What each of us have to offer to this world is neither constrained by a degree nor is it emphasized with a degree. In the next few hours, the next day, the next week, I hope that each of you think of what I am arguing in this and act.

In my capstone class, one of the women that was sitting next to me said that she wanted to move down to Nashville and try her hand at singing, but she didn’t want to waste her business degree. What a weird thing to say, I thought to myself.

Not only would she be doing something she loved, but she would be able to use her degree, and the worth derived by her (and only her), to find a niche in which she could excel. I hope you do the same.

Vaughn Feighan is an op-ed columnist for The Heights. He can be reached at opinions@bcheights.com.

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Two Years in the Newspaper Business Without Writing a Word Michael Rosmarin After two years on the executive board of a newspaper, you would probably assume that I had written something by now. You would probably guess that I had provided some kind of journalistic contribution as, you know, people on newspapers tend to do. Contrary to that, however, I have never written a single piece for The Heights.

And yet, I enjoy writing. More specifically, I enjoy good writing. I think it’s really interesting how my words on this screen or on paper can fill your head, how they can capture your attention and make you think about something.

I like that good writing has an element of freedom to it—I can use em dashes if they help me get a point across, and I can use a colloquial tone like this one if it makes for a better read. Finally, I love that

writing, if it really is good, can make you feel something. A truly impactful work can move you, can make you angry, sad, joyful—or anything in between.

So, as The Heights is an organization filled to the brim with good writing, that may be why I joined it in the first place.

Maybe it’s the reason why I went to that first information session so long ago, and why I ultimately said “Yeah, I’m gonna do this whole newspaper thing.” The writer in me felt drawn to such a strong and appealing outlet.

Month after month, though, I often found myself wondering why I wasn’t doing any writing. I had found the perfect platform to do so, but with nothing to show for it. In fact, I had even joined the business side of The Heights, which is about as far from writing as a member can get.

Nevertheless, as my tenure draws to a close, I don’t have any sense of regret.

Strangely, I don’t have an ounce of compunction when I look back on my time here. What I’ve come to realize, then, even if it took me two and a half years, is that I didn’t need to write for The Heights.

Rather, I was already getting everything that I loved from the organization itself.

Much like good writing, this community constantly filled the thoughts in my head. Anyone who knows me is well aware that it has always been on my mind—and I am thankful for the wonderful family and friends who have so kindly put up with that. As the general manager and the head of financial operations, the role fully captured my attention and relentlessly made me think. How does one grow an antiquated product in an industry that continues to digitize and evolve? It’s a fascinating question, and the short answer is innovation coupled with a lot of hard work. Not just by me, but by the best business team that I could have asked for and the many individuals who consistently make that product so great.

Similarly, The Heights has given me a level of freedom unlike anything else.

Leading a 501(c)(3) nonprofit is a responsibility that not many 19-year-olds get to have. Beyond that, though, it offered an amorphous counterpart to my often structured and defined life. Ever since I can remember, I’ve been coloring inside

of lines, completing assignments exactly as they’re instructed, and generally doing things how I am told. But with this organization, I had a blank canvas and unbelievably talented peers to help me fill it in. Being able to lead and collaborate with some of the most amazing people at Boston College, in exactly the ways that we wanted, was one of the most impactful opportunities that I have ever had.

Lastly, like any piece of good writing, The Heights has made me feel just about every emotion imaginable. It has made me uncharacteristically angry as things go wrong and plans go awry. It has made me exceptionally sad as each year passes and older members move on—just as I will have to do very soon. The majority of the time, however, this organization has made me joyful beyond belief. From Maine trips to hibachi dinners to going on stage with Fetty Wap, I can’t help but smile as I think about my time here and all of the friends that I have made. For too many reasons to count, saying “I’m gonna do this newspaper thing” was truly the best decision that I’ve made at BC. But if I have gotten so much out of

The Heights without writing, you may wonder why I’m doing it now. Part of it is to come full circle, to end with the thing that got me here in the first place.

Another part of it is to showcase one unique experience within this organization. I am just one example of countless others, and if you’d like to donate to our Centennial Campaign, in honor of our 100 years in existence, you can help fuel those incredible experiences for the next century as well.

Primarily, though, it is to celebrate that which is at the core of The Heights: a ton of thinking and hard work, the voice and platform to act freely, and a whole lot of passion and love. These are clearly shown through good writing, one of the things that we do best here, but they are plain to see in every single aspect of our organization. For that, as the kid who went two years without writing a single thing, I am infinitely grateful for my time with The Heights.

Michael Rosmarin is the general manager of The Heights. He can be reached at gm@bcheights.com.

An Eclectic Mix of Shops and Sellers Make Up Winter Markets Artisans and vendors draw diverse crowds of buyers to holiday markets in preparation for the giving season.

By Mary Wilkie Opinions Editor In 1742, Peter Faneuil commissioned the construction of a hall where farmers and merchants across the city could gather to sell their products. Inspired by the idealized ancient Greek agora, it was once a hub for sellers and speakers, artisans and activists, producers and politicians. In 1820, Boston Haymarket was established as an outdoor produce market that continues today with rows and rows of white tents that shelter a kaleidoscopic display of fruits and vegetables all year long. In 2011, the Boston Public Market, a contemporary culinary marketplace, continued this tradition of food-centric markets that exist in Boston, all within blocks of one another.

Marketplace environments are familiar to the city of Boston, having been present for centuries in its history. The markets mentioned above are permanent institutions, with known reputations among locals and visitors alike that guarantee their continued existence. In the last 50 years, however, the market culture has taken a step back from the food trade and begun to commodify works of art and the artistic creation of other goods like jewelry, clothing, and dishware.

In 2016, Boston jumped on the opportunity to introduce its own artisan market, similar to the Christkindlmarkt in Germany, one of the oldest Christmas markets in the world. Yet, this holiday season, City Hall Plaza is void of this

festival buzz since the Boston Winter Market that has occupied it the last two years has been canceled due to the plaza’s pending renovation.

There’s no ice rink, no stage, and no maze of quaint white sheds filled with the handmade products of local artisans. Despite this lost opportunity for the plethora of vendors who might have relied on this event for a bulk of their December profits, there are so many other independent craft fairs and artisan markets across the city—with longer histories than you might expect—that provide similar artists with a space to nurture their businesses and introduce consumers to unique handcrafted commodities that they could gift to loved ones.

The number of these markets that take place in and around Boston is virtually uncountable, and they seem to be becoming increasingly popular with the college-aged students who live near the city. Craft fairs tend to reach toward one goal: bringing independent manufacturers to the general public. They exist for the producers. And December sees an immense rise in craft fairs—which isn’t surprising because the holiday season is the prime time for most artisans to sell their commodities and turn over a profit.

The thing is, though, no matter how similar they seem to each other, every market has its own personal touch, represents values important to its creators, and highlights its unique artisans.

A handful of markets have been inspired by the city in which they are established, with histories that—although

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not quite as long as the city’s history—are nearly as rich. Leslie Gray and her partners Connie Barbour and Michael Jordan are Harvard Square’s local Santas. As the organizers of the Harvard Square Holiday Fairs, they start planning for the event in January, gathering vendors and securing a space, and have been doing so since 1986.

Gray insists that the “maker’s movement” is not new—but in the last 15 years, it has seen a noticeable rise not only in the number of visitors but in the number of independent artisans.

Some markets, like the Cultural Survival Bazaar, have more of a mission than just turning a profit for vendors and giving customers the chance to buy the perfect gift. Solely composed of indigenous crafters, the 40-year-old market spotlights cultural perseverance and representation through its diversity of culturally local vendors.

The typical interaction between producer and consumer today is so far removed, and artisan markets are a way to bridge the gap that seems to be growing wider, as institutions like fast fashion—the contemporary trend of moving mass quantities of designs from runway to store very quickly—are ingrained into society.

Jess Cherofsky, the bazaar’s program manager, emphasizes the importance of the face-to-face interaction between the producer and consumer. The vendors that have been present at the bazaar for decades exemplify the type of environment that bazaars and the artisans that work at them create, she said. Market organizers are reaching out to crafters and buyers alike to keep this uniquely intimate relationship alive.

Likewise, the Swedish Women’s Educational Association (SWEA) celebrates Swedish culture at its annual Swedish Yuletide festival. It’s more than just a market, though, as the festival’s purpose is to serve as a fundraiser, providing scholarships to young American women studying in Sweden, networking for Swedish women living abroad, and fundamentally educating visitors about SWEA and the work it does for women.

Apart from its fundraising, the market is a celebration of culture, featuring music, foods, and entertainment where visitors can spend an entire day. For many members of SWEA, this marks the beginning of the Christmas season.

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Common Art sells work by homeless artists at the Old South Church Christmas Craft Fair.

There’s a comfort in the atmosphere, said Ginga Sewerin-Olsson, the event coordinator. She said that everything from the music to the glogg—the Swedish spiced beverage of the season—assures her that it’s Christmas again. The events and the commodities are representative of Swedish culture and recirculate in a way to support the association.

This sense of community is just as present in Old South Church at their annual Christmas Craft Fair. Adriana Repetti, vocalist for the church and organizer of the craft market, explained that it came to fruition over 20 years ago by the congregation and for the congregation.

Since then, as an artisan herself, she has brought in fellow crafters and doubled the fair in size. “[It exists] to do something that brings people into the building and lets them feel welcomed and that there’s a beautiful haven in the city,” she said.

Similarly deemphasizing the profitability of the market, CraftBoston, which comes from the Society of Arts and Crafts, intends to highlight artists and their works. The fair isn’t just a market—it holds showcases and lecture series to educate visitors on the time and effort that really comes into each product. Vicky Rodriguez, the manager of CraftBoston, explained her experience with this, remembering her own connection to the artisans who created such products.

“I drink out of a mug every day, and it’s like being with the person who made it,” she said. “I have friends who make jewelry … every time I put on a pair of

earrings, I think about the person who made them.”

At many of these fairs—at least, at the ones that have opened already—the crowd consists of older customers, but as the market culture continues to grow, the crowds diversify in age. Contemporary and recently-established installations draw herds of millennials, their young kids, and their dogs.

The SoWa Winter Festival does exactly this. The industrial SoWa Power Station, decorated with string lights like stars dangling from the ceiling, attracts 20-somethings with eyes for aesthetically-pleasing spaces that contain unique and photogenic events. Aida VillarrealLicona, the fair’s director of community arts and events, said that the event sees thousands of visitors wanting to do something in the winter that has to do with the holidays in their city. The festival gives back to the community, donating a portion of the bar’s proceeds to the United South End Settlements. It exists for local artisans to promote their work and works for local nonprofits to exist.

Along with other Boston activities, all of these events, in the winter specifically, promote the independence of the artist community and enable these artisans to continue profiting from their passions.

They’re all connected in one way or another—whether it be the history, the location, the emphasis on culture, the focus on community—but with the abundance of diverse winter markets in the city, maybe it’s all right that the Boston Winter Market is closed this season. n

Women Innovators Network Spotlights Female Entrepreneurs Women Innovators, from A1 WIN’s membership is e venly split between students in the Carroll School of Management and the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences— pushes the board to seek speakers with diverse backgrounds, such as this year’s speaker, Kim Walsh.

Walsh did not open her speech with an inspiring anecdote of her successes , but instead, she first highlighted her failures. A slideshow presentation showed the logos of a number of companies, some of which were accompanied by a green check mark. Asking the audience what the checked-off companies

had in common—students guessed that they were all founded by women or were all places where Walsh has worked—she relayed that they were all failed businesses that she worked at. They weren’t branded with a red “x” to mark the failure, but instead with a green check mark—according to Walsh, failure isn’t always a bad thing. Whether it was with Spring Boost, a failed athletic shoe company, or Provisibly, Walsh’s failed customer management platform, her business ventures had to flop before she found success at HubSpot.

“I wanted to open with how many times I failed because it’s actually cool, I think,” Walsh said. “There’s a

lot of failure along a career journey.”

Still, Walsh’s eagerness for success in business didn’t begin when she joined HubSpot—athletics led her to where she is today. A native of Alberta, Canada, Walsh played soccer for Team Canada before leaving her home province to attend the University of Maine on an athletic scholarship.

Soccer was her strength—and capitalizing on individual strength is one of the best ways to find entrepreneurial success, according to Walsh.

Although she had to leave her family and friends in Canada to further her soccer career, Walsh would not have found the success she dreamed of had

she not taken the soccer scholarship that ultimately landed her in the United States.

Now, Walsh focuses her business energy on helping others, specifically career-minded women such as those she works with and WIN members.

Ultimately, Walsh believes that no one should have anxiety before going to work—to her, work should be a place of healthy stress, not restlessness.

“If you guys have the Sunday Scaries, just book a meeting with me,” Walsh tells her team.

And while Walsh is currently satisfied with her position at Hubspot For Startups , her end goal is to

finally create a successful business of her own. Walsh keeps a personal email folder called “Reasons Why I Want To Start My Own” dedicated to all of the annoying emails from coworkers that make her want to be her own boss.

When asked if she’ll create a business all on her own, Walsh replied, “It will probably be my biggest regret in life if I don’t.”

For young, business-minded college women like WIN members, and even 9-year-old micro-programmer Lily Gallaugher, Walsh provided reassurance that success isn’t immediate and failure is not only inevitable, but “cool.” n

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The 1975 Channels ‘OK Computer’ on Third Album

BY KAYLIE RAMIREZ Assoc. Arts Editor Flamboyant frontman Matty Healy screams “We’re f—king in a car, shooting heroin / Saying controversial things just for the hell of it” into the glittery black hole that is “Love It If We Made It,” a single from The 1975’s 15-track third album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships. Twinkling with sporadic hi-hat taps and dance music synths, the track struts through a world on fire and in many ways embodies the indie glam rock band’s latest work: In its search for authenticity on A Brief Inquiry, The 1975 is cynically political, elegantly tumultuous, and dramatically introspective.

Poetically ironic, The 1975 declares “Modernity is failing us,” but the band’s

dedication to pushing the boundaries of modern music on the album results in an anthemic manifesto for a digitized generation. In an ode to Radiohead’s robot narrator in “Fitter Happier,” the British rock band incorporates a monologue voiced by Siri in “The Man Who Married a Robot / Love Theme,” a track that details the life of a man who falls in love with the internet.

Accompanying the emotionless voice is a piano-driven composition that morphs into a symphony of whispering violins.

Layering eloquent classical elements of music over the sterile bluntness of the voiceover conveys both the amazement of technological advancement and the isolating effects of a life spent online.

Drawing further parallels between The 1975 and Radiohead, “I Always Wanna Die”

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is driven by a building acoustic guitar ballad that erupts into a cacophony of George Daniel’s bumbling drumming and Adam Hann’s electric riffs much like the angstladen 1995 hit “High and Dry.” Creeping cello notes that sound as though they were pulled from the score of a Stanley Kubrick film lurk around the corner to round out the song with an almost cinematic vivacity, materializing a timeless track Healy labeled “a gritty ‘I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing’” in an interview with Pitchfork.

Radiohead is far from the only inspiration sewn into the fabric of A Brief Inquiry, however—the album draws on genres of old and new to birth an entirely new sound that is both diverse and cohesive. “I Like America & America Likes Me” toys with autotuning and trap beat drops to produce a sound that mimics that of modern hiphop, while the sparkling flourishes and trombone cries of “I Couldn’t Be More In Love” pay homage to ’90s R&B love songs.

While “Love It If We Made It” is the album’s strongest and most outwardly political track with lyrics that go as far as to quote Donald Trump’s tweets—“Thank you Kanye, very cool”—criticism of modern society is laced into the sentimentality of love songs as well. A beat as magnetically ’80s as that of “She’s American” dances along the chorus of “It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)” during which the singer pleads “Distract my brain from the terrible

news / It’s not living if it’s not with you.”

The combination of political undertones and romantic musings makes for a love song corrupted by realism, a track perfectly suited for the chaos of the present.

Sandwiched between rambunctious ramblings, the muted remorse of “Be My Mistake” is not to be overlooked—the track ensures that the shock value of A Brief Inquiry does not come at the expense of the band’s usual sincerity. Tracing the progression of a love lost, Healy trades the hopeful naïvety of the 2013 track “Fallingforyou” and jaded jealousy of the 2016 track “Somebody Else” for hollowing heartbreak on the track. The singer drowns out sorrow with empty sex, pitting lust against love with the lyric “You do make me hard / But she makes me weak.” Rustic acoustic guitar chords underlie the somber lyrics of the confessional ballad, but quiet glimmers of synths course throughout the song’s tear soaked melody, making sure not to stray far from the careful balance of electronic and natural instrumentals on A Brief Inquiry.

Riddled with realism and dripping in discomfort, The 1975 captures the essence of modern times without overstating the drama or understating the absurdity. A Brief Inquiry is The 1975’s OK Computer moment—the album melds progressive musicality and social commentary, leaving behind a sonic blueprint for the generations of musicians to come. 

Netflix’s ‘A Christmas Prince’ Copies the Classics

BY KERRIANE RILEY Heights Staff

Have you ever seen a movie so bad that it was good? Well, A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding is not one of those—it is a true abomination.

The Netflix-distributed sequel to— you guessed it—A Christmas Prince is flooded with a sea of D-list actors, and the flick appears to be edited by iMovie and lacks any basic plot line. It tries its best to steal from the classics: The Prince and Me, The Princess Diaries, and, of course, the classic The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement. Stealing iconic scenes is not enough to save this film.

It begins with leading lady Amber (Rose McIver) returning to Aldovia—a country that sounds too similar to The Princess Diaries’ Genovia—for her wedding to Prince Richard (Ben Lamb).

After spending the summer doing long distance, she has officially moved to the tiny made-up country to become their new queen.

After flying on commercial air, something that seems unlikely for a soon-to-be royals, he and her father Mr. Little (Richard Ashton) simply walk out of the airport, a serious flaw for the scene: Any soon-to-be queen wouldn’t walk out of an airport without security, in no disguise, and with no ounce of communication with the royal family.

Shocked to see the royal family has sent the “royal limo” for the two, they ride off through the Alodivian snow.

Once returning to the palace, she sees old friends and future relatives and is given her own Joe (Héctor Elizondo) from The Princess Diaries. They tell her she has her own suite, something that’s also typical for a future queen to be given, but Amber still musters up some shock. Her tiny mind is blown. Here is where her fiancé Prince Richard (Ben Lamb) says hello and is quickly rushed away to attend to royal duties—this is the same scenario that is played out 45 times in 100 minutes. He is never around. She is then introduced to her styling team for the wedding and is given her own Paolo (Larry Miller) from The Princess Diaries. Subtle.

Throughout the movie, Amber appears as woman with little autonomy: She is given no voice, no respect from her family members, and no attention from Prince Richard.

This comes in addition to smaller, albeit still frustrating details, such as her father’s disgusting faux-Bronx accent, the continuous push for domestication, and the massive iPad her friend uses to FaceTime Amber.

When a good laugh is needed, skip to the scene where they go sledding.

In another moment where the audience is laughing at A Christmas Prince

and not with it, the green screen use is egregiously obvious. Fake laughs fill the air, and the actors lose dignity with each passing moment. The highlight of the scene is when Amber takes out her phone to capture the family fun.

As she pulls out her iPhone, she covers her iPhone camera with her finger.

Somehow this was overlooked in postproduction, but all of Twitter has taken the liberty to point out the fatal error.

If the title is not enough to make you aware, this film blatantly makes remarks about Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex who married Prince Harry, the entire time. Amber runs a blog just like Markle. She has to give up

her old life like Markle. Her social media gets deleted like Markle’s. She wears a wedding dress identical to Markle’s.

I hope Markle and royal sister-in-law Kate Middleton get a wine night to tune into this low-budget recreation of their lives.

The film ends with Amber’s legitimate fears about being royal or married to a prince who pays no attention being thrown out the window. The prince tells her he loves her after dramatically riding in on a horse. They have a disgustingly awkward wedding. They sneak off for a kiss in the garden and are interrupted by a conga line. You cannot make this up.

Just like this, the movie ends. 

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Imagine a world where Poland is still under the shadow of the Soviet Union, and an oppressive state rules with an iron fist, crushing those who want to find even the semblance of truth. This is the world of 1983.

A Netflix original, 1983 is the company’s first Polish original production and features an alternate reality where Poland suffered a massive terrorist attack in 1983 and, as a result, never escaped the control of the Soviet Union. Unlike the title suggests, the show is actually set in 2003, but the events of 1983 and their effects are far from gone. Poland is governed by a Soviet-backed police state that keeps a tight grip on its citizens to ensure stability and peace.

The series has several interweaving

storylines, one of which feature inspector Anatol Janów (Robert Więckiewicz), a relentless police investigator who once had a booming career with high-importance cases, but asked too many questions and found himself gradually silenced.

Janów begins the series by leading a raid on an illicit book printer—who secretly prints and distributes forbidden literature such as Harry Potter and 1984—and finds what appears to be a suicide, with him hanging dead in his bathroom.

Anticipating that something is wrong, Janów refuses to accept the state explanation of suicide and tries to dig in further, meeting resistance at every turn.

Connecting dots that lead him to believe that the death really might be something more, Janów becomes convinced that the unassuming printer is connected to the Light Brigade, a group

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of young freedom fighters lead by the zealous Ofelia (Michalina Olszańska), who stops at nothing to achieve her vision for Poland.

Another main character is Kajetan Skowron (Maciej Musiał), a young law student who the audience soon finds out is the poster boy for the reigning party.

The Party stabilized its power because of the 1983 terror attacks, avoiding the breakthrough that the anti-communist Polish Solidarity movement achieved in the reality. As a victim of the terror attacks, Skowron lost both his parents and an image of him presenting a flower at the memorial became the symbol for peace and rebuilding in the new Polish state. Because of his special status, Skowron had grown up a ward of the state, with state-sponsored scholarships and even dates the daughter of the leader of the Ministry of Economy. Skowron receives a clue into an old murder from his professor, who was soon murdered.

The then important Janów headed the case and had many doubts about the outcome, leading Skowron to seek him out. In addition, Ofelia soon reveals that she and Skowron were childhood friends and begins to contact him again in hopes of getting to his “Party princess” girlfriend.

Very much a thriller, 1983 has a wellwritten plot with a chilling aura. Always shrouded in darkness and cold tones, 1983 immediately makes the audience feel uncomfortable and indicates that something is definitely wrong. The show

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THE MAN WHO HAS EVERYTHING CHANCE THE RAPPER

On Nov. 29, Chance the Rapper unexpectedly released two new tracks, “The Man Who Has Everything” and “My Own Thing,” featuring Joey Purp, to keep up the hype for his upcoming album. “The Man Who Has Everything” is a reflective song, in which Chance takes a step back to look at a litany of issues ranging from the racial strife currently plaguing the country to prepping for married life and fatherhood.

The song incorporates soulful sampling, eerily reminiscent of tracks from Kanye West’s first album, College Dropout—this makes sense, seeing as Chance is West’s self-proclaimed “best protégé.” Chance raps smoothly in a low, monotone voice, a tool he has used in his more reflective songs since his Acid Rap days. For most of the song, the beat takes a backseat, as Chance lets some thoughts off his chest, but that’s not to say that the chorus doesn’t play a prominent role in the record, as the sample softly sings: “Love me forever, that’s all I ask of you.” The subject of the song remains unnamed, adding an element of ambiguity to the song. Songs like these don’t necessarily exemplify Chance’s fun side, but they showcase his message, as he reflects on his life and the lives of those around him. 

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Dark Thriller ‘1983’ Sends Poland Back in Time

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relies little on exposition for context, rather using various clues and set images for the audience to piece together information on their own.

The background of the show is the most interesting. The 1983 attack is never explicitly explained in detail, yet the audience feels the reverberations and the implications that the attack left on the city. The intrigue of the background and the tidbits of information that the show teases push the audience to watch more, if just to unravel the event that completely altered history.

The show takes its time to get to the plot, which is dark and mysterious. A lot of establishing shots of characters walking in the chill does set the mood, but also drags the pace of the show.

The series—spoken completely in Polish—gets lost in translation sometimes and the dialogue can be hard to follow.

With the number of important characters, all of whom have different titles, the show can get confusing at times when the audience is trying to sort out which minister did what.

Suitable for fans of conspiracies and dark, moody thrillers, 1983 is an intense depiction of a plausible alternate history.

Its fascist and authoritarian themes are especially relevant in the current political climate, where parties leaning to the radical extremes promoting security are gaining traction. 1983 shows a somber portrayal of a modern military dictatorship and the extreme lengths that people go to in order to maintain power. 

Garnering over 73 million views on YouTube in the three days since its release, Ariana Grande’s “thank u, next” is quickly becoming a cultural touchstone.

The music video draws from a number of classic romantic comedies (and Mean Girls, which isn’t really romantic, but is certainly a comedy).

In rooting itself in established properties of the past, “thank u, next” ensures its staying power. Often, content that pulls from pop culture quickly becomes dated.

This is not the case with Grande’s new music video.

The video begins with a series of scenes in which characters dressed as movie high schoolers talk about the things they’ve heard about Ariana Grande. For example, one girl says “One time, on Twitter, I heard Ariana was pregnant, so I got pregnant so we could be pregnant at the same time.

Turns out it was just a rumor.” In another, Troye Sivan says “I heard she’s a lesbian now and dating some chick called Aubrey.

It’s f—king sick.”

Cut to a black screen with the font that reads “Ariana Grande in thank u, next.”

Grande is shown laying on her bed with a scrapbook, including a page for “Pete,” her ex-fiance Pete Davidson. Grande also references her other previous relationships with Big Sean, Ricky Alvarez, and Mac Miller.

The substance of the lyrics is a selfempowering and self-affirming anthem in which Grande sings about how she is grateful for her exes because they have helped her to grow and to learn.

While the message of the lyrics is poignant and thoughtful, the music video takes a more lighthearted approach.

Grande runs through the various famous scenes of iconic teen-movies like Mean Girls, Legally Blonde, 13 Going On 30, and Bring It On. Some of the highlights include the Christmas-themed talent show dance from Mean Girls featuring Kris Jenner as a proud mother recording the performance on her hand-held camera and the nail parlor scene (featuring the real Jennifer Coolidge) from Legally Blonde.

Regardless, “thank u, next” is a very catchy and enjoyable song that is complemented and bolstered by an amazing and well-produced music video. 

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BY BRADLEY SMART Assoc. Sports Editor Entering its primetime matchup with Clemson several weeks ago, Boston College football seemed like it was on its way to a strong bowl game. The Eagles had the chance, at the time, to potentially play for the ACC Championship and, with two games left in the

season, could feasibly win nine games and appear in a prestigious bowl game.

Instead, head coach Steve Addazio and BC lost its final three games and bowed out of the upper tier of bowl eligibility.

On Sunday afternoon, BC (7-5, 4-4 Atlantic Coast) announced that it had accepted an invitation to play No. 23 Boise State (10-3, 7-1 Mountain West)

in the SERVPRO First Responder Bowl on Dec. 26. The bowl, the fifth in six years under Addazio and 27th in program history, will be played at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, at 1:30 p.m.

BC will be the first program from the ACC to play in the bowl, which was formerly named the Heart of Dallas Bowl. The Eagles, who dropped their final three games to Clemson, Florida

State, and Syracuse, became bowleligible in Week Nine against Miami.

The Red Bandana Game win secured the 17th trip to a bowl in the past 20 years for BC. “We’re going to have a chance to go out and try to get our eighth win,” Addazio told reporters at Sunday’s bowl announcement press conference.

“We’re very, very excited about it and

the quality of the team and opponent we’re playing.”

The Broncos finished the regular season with 10 wins and came within six points of winning their conference, instead falling to No. 19 Fresno State in overtime. Since the turn of the century, Boise State has been the winningest

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After an unexpected loss to Bentley, the Eagles rallied behind third-year goaltender Joseph Woll and took three of a possible four points from the Terriers in a strong weekend, winning on the road and playing to a tie at home.

BY LUKE PICHINI Heights Staff Boston College men’s hockey has squared off against Boston University 279 times in the Battle of Commonwealth Avenue, one of the most classic and storied rivalries Boston University 0 in all of college sports.

Boston College 0 One would expect, then, that the two would’ve found themselves in seemingly every possible situation.

On Saturday night, though, that belief was upended. For the first time in almost 300 meetings, the game ended in a scoreless tie, 0-0. The Eagles (4-6-2, 4-1-2 Hockey East) and Terriers (4-7-2, 4-4-2) struggled greatly to finish their chances while BC’s Joseph Woll and BU’s Jake Oettinger produced very impressive performances in goal.

“Joe was rock solid, as was Oettinger,” head

coach Jerry York said. The longtime coach went on to describe them as “two of the premier goaltenders in the country.”

Their play would certainly indicate that, as both turned out some of the best performances of their careers. After netting 38 saves the night before, Woll picked up another 26 in the shutout—an impressive two-game stretch for the netminder. Oettinger survived a barrage of BC shot’s and ended with 42 saves while holding the Eagles scoreless. It was a huge bounce-back performance for Oettinger, who conceded four goals the previous night.

On Friday, BC ventured east on Comm. Ave. to face the Terriers at Agganis Arena. Despite falling behind in the first period off of a BU power play goal, the Eagles proceeded to score four unanswered goals and walk away with a big

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BY PETER KIM Asst. Sports Editor The last time Boston College men’s hockey boasted a record under .500 on Nov. 30 was the 2007-08 season. At the time, the Eagles were 2-3-5, Boston University 1 with losses to MasBoston College 4 sachusetts and New Hampshire, two teams that BC has historically owned. That night, the Eagles faced off against Boston University, and won 6-2, in large part thanks to a hat trick from Nathan Gerbe.

So when the Eagles, again under .500 on the last day of November, beat the Terriers 4-1 at Agganis Arena on Friday night, it was a reminder of two things. First? The college hockey season is long, and a slow start doesn’t necessarily mean the season is doomed. That

2007-08 BC team won seven of its next eight games to right the ship, and ended the year as national champions. Perhaps any prognostications about the state of this Eagles team are premature. And second, a win over a rival, especially a comfortable one, can be a cure for a lot of woes.

When the game started, BC (4-6-1, 4-1-1 Hockey East) was anything but comfortable.

Just one minute and 19 seconds into the game, after Joel Farabee pushed a shot wide of Joseph Woll’s net, Jack McBain hit the BU (4-7-1, 4-4-1) freshman—and 14th overall pick in the 2018 NHL Draft—high, earning himself a five-minute major penalty and game misconduct.

The Eagles were able to kill off the penalty without much difficulty, as Woll had to make

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In Down Year for ACC, Eagles Fail to Capitalize and Falter Late

BRADLEY SMART On paper, everything Boston College football needed to make a serious conference championship push was there. The Eagles had 13 All-ACC selections and a stable of NFL Draft talent with an impressive array of depth at several positions.

There was Zach Allen, one of the country’s best edge rushers, and Wyatt Ray holding down the defensive line. There was A.J. Dillon, one of the best running backs in the country and a potential Heisman win-

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ner. Chris Lindstrom was a calming force on the offensive line, while the secondary featured the ballhawking trio of Lukas Denis, Will Harris, and Hamp Cheevers.

Pair that assortment of talent with the fact that the rest of the ACC—outside of Clemson—wasn’t positioned to have great seasons, and BC suddenly seemed poised to have an outside shot at playing for the conference title. Instead, head coach Steve Addazio and the Eagles have now found themselves with an invitation to the SERVPRO First Responder Bowl and will play the day after Christmas—far from the prestigious New Year’s Six that BC had a conceivable path to.

Over the last decade-plus of ACC football, teams have taken turns having strong seasons, but one constant has been true—at least two of Clemson, Florida

State, and Virginia Tech will find itself in the AP Poll for much of the season. With two of those teams in BC’s division, it’s often hard for the Eagles to make much noise in the Atlantic Division unless they’re awfully good. It’s no coincidence, then, that BC’s only two appearances in the conference championship—or a high finish in the division, for that matter—came when Clemson and FSU were enjoying uncharacteristically off seasons.

This season, then, set up well for the Eagles to enjoy their best conference season in quite some time as the Hokies and Seminoles entered the season with plenty of question marks. FSU, under new head coach Willie Taggart, was grappling with quarterback injuries and the departure of Jimbo Fisher the year prior. VTech, meanwhile, was dealing with the loss of

most of the impact players on defense and its most reliable receivers. Pair those question marks with the unlikelihood of Miami replicating its surprisingly successful 2017 campaign, and it seemed that the Eagles suddenly had the potential to be the second-best team in the conference.

While that wouldn’t matter for a shot at the conference championship game—the Tigers were on a path to go unbeaten in the regular season the minute the ball was kicked off in their opener against Furman—BC still could merit a good AP ranking and maybe even a shot at a prestigious bowl, such as an at-large bid to a New Year’s Six or the Camping World Bowl.

Instead, with the traditional powers suffering off years, BC squandered a prime opportunity to make some noise in

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a conference that had dipped to fourth in Colley’s rankings—an independent rating system that was used in the BCS era—behind the likes of the SEC, Pac 12, Big 12, and Big Ten. The Eagles beat the Hokies and Hurricanes, two teams that had historically caused them trouble, but blew chances against North Carolina State and Florida State before limping to a blowout loss against Syracuse.

Two years ago, the ACC was Colley’s highest-ranked conference, posting a combined 51-17 record and an impressive 10-4 mark against the SEC, then the second-best rated conference. That was with Clemson, FSU, and VTech all ranked within the Top 25 at the end of the season.

BC, fittingly, was just 2-6 in conference

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

Tabbs’ Big Performance Helps Eagles Fend Off Sacred Heart

By Peter Kim Asst. Sports Editor

On Monday night, Boston College men’s basketball put together its most impressive performance of the season.

The Eagles held Sacred Heart 73 Minnesota—a Boston College 81 team that was previously 5-0 and receiving votes in the AP poll—to just 29.2 percent shooting en route to a 12-point win in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. So with Sacred Heart, a team that had lost to Binghamton less than a week prior, rolling into Conte Forum, there was certainly the potential for a letdown.

The Eagles appeared to put that out of the question early on, jumping on the Pioneers early and grabbing a 20-4 lead in the first half. Yet Sacred Heart slowly crawled its way back into the contest, refusing to go away and cutting the BC lead to six in the final minutes. But in the end, the Eagles had just enough to put away a pesky Pioneers team, squeaking out an 81-73 win.

It took the Eagles (6-1) some time to find their rhythm. After four minutes, BC was just 1-of-6 from the floor and was knotted at two with the Pioneers. Then, as he has frequently done this season, Wynston Tabbs provided a spark.

Ky Bowman drove to the basket, drawing an extra defender, and swung the ball out to the right wing where Tabbs was waiting.

The freshman buried a 3-pointer before backpedaling down the court, yelling “Let’s go!” to his teammates.

Tabbs, who would finish with a season-

best 28 points, ignited a 10-0 BC run that was capped off by a fastbreak layup from Vin Baker Jr. and forced a Sacred Heart (3-5) timeout.

The Eagles were quite happy to continue attacking the visiting Pioneers when play resumed. Baker Jr. hit two free throws, and then Jairus Hamilton—who had hit just 2-of-14 3-pointers on the season entering Thursday’s contest—drilled back-to-back shots from behind the arc to stretch the BC lead to 20-4.

The freshman scored 10 points, all in the first half, to reach double digits for the second time this season. On the other end, Sacred Heart, which had scored at least 73 points in each of its first seven games, suddenly couldn’t buy a basket.

Tabbs hit an up-and-under layup, then spotted up for a jumper just inside the paint as the Eagles extended the advantage to 266, and it looked like they would be able to coast to the finish line. Instead, BC relaxed a little bit, and all of a sudden the Pioneers slowly started to to come back. It was a similar shift in momentum to the IUPUI loss earlier in the season for the Eagles, who had built a 14-point lead but watched as it slipped away.

“We started the game taking away all their strengths,” head coach Jim Christian said. “As the game got on and we got up a little bit, we allowed them to get back in the game and we allowed them to make runs at us with their strengths.”

One of Sacred Heart’s strengths is 3-point shooting—it entered the game shooting 37 percent as a team from behind

the arc. Largely contained in the early going, the Pioneers used that proficiency to their advantage to climb back into the game. In the last five minutes of the first half, Sacred Heart connected on four 3-pointers. The last of these, a spot-up triple from Sean Hoehn—who shoots it at a 42.85 percent clip from distance—with four seconds left in the first half, cut the Eagles lead to just 34-24 going into the break.

The second half was much the same story. BC appeared to be on the verge of pulling away many times, only to watch the Pioneers put up a strong fight.

On the first possession out of the break, Bowman used a pretty crossover to wiggle his way into the lane and draw a foul before hitting two shots at the charity stripe. Seconds later, Johncarlos Reyes pivoted in the paint and hit a soft hook to give BC a 38-24 lead. Hoehn responded, though, hitting an acrobatic layup while being hacked, and finished off the old-fashioned 3-point play.

Minutes later, with BC’s advantage at a comfortable 11 points, Tabbs pushed the ball on the fastbreak and used a nifty euro step to evade a pair of Pioneers defenders before sinking an off-balance layup.

The next possession, the Eagles were able to once again break out in transition after Hoehn missed a shot in the paint, and Jordan Chatman, who injured his ankle early in the game but managed to return, contorted his body to avoid a flying Jare’l Spellman and banked a shot off the glass to stretch the lead to 15.

And so it went. BC led by double-digits for the majority of the second half, but

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Wynston Tabbs and Nik Popovic combined for 42 points, as BC defeated Sacred Heart.

simply couldn’t create significant separation.

Tabbs tried his best, calling for the ball in the left corner and hitting a step-back 3-pointer over a helpless Cameron Parker, then fighting through contact to bank a shot off the window to put BC on top by 16 with a little under five minutes left.

E.J. Anosike—who led the Pioneers with 22 points—hit four free throws and a tough put-back to spark one last-ditch Sacred Heart push, as Hoehn’s bucket with two minutes to play finally cut the deficit to single digits at 71-63. But the Eagles—thanks in large part once again to Tabbs—were able to finally run the clock out.

The Pioneers put the full-court press on and resorted to fouling to try and get back in the game, but Tabbs proved to be cool under pressure, draining six consecutive free throws and handling the ball well under duress to keep Sacred Heart at bay until the final buzzer.

The Eagles may have underwhelmed as a team, but Tabbs certainly didn’t. The freshman, who has rapidly turned into one of BC’s most consistent scoring option, finished 9-of-15 from the field and added seven rebounds, five assists, and three steals. It was a statline befitting Bowman, his dynamic backcourt mate, and suggested that BC might not miss Jerome Robinson—now plying his trade with the Los Angeles Clippers in the NBA—as much as many expected this offseason.

“I’m getting more confident,” Tabbs said.

“Letting it come to me, playing defense, and doing whatever I gotta do to help my team win.”

That confidence—unexpected from a freshman, especially one overshadowed in the backcourt—was on full display Thursday and will need to continue to be ever-present if the Eagles hope to continue piling up wins in non-conference play. n

BC Lets Another Non-Conference Team Hang Around Against Pioneers

By Bradley Smart Assoc. Sports Editor

In typical non-conference fashion, Boston College men’s basketball made a game with Sacred Heart much closer than it needed to be. The Eagles built a first-half lead as large as 20, but had to sweat it out down the stretch in an 81-73 win—the visiting Pioneers cut the lead to just seven with a minute left.

BC (6-1) managed to close out the win, though, leaning on freshman Wynston Tabbs. The guard hit all four of his free throws in the final minute and finished with a career-best 28 points, an impressive per-

formance as he continues to leave his mark on the backcourt spot previously occupied

by NBA-bound Jerome Robinson.

Here are 10 things that stood out in the win over the Pioneers (3-5), the sixth of the season and fourth in a row for BC, which is off to its best start since the 200708 season.

1) Concern The Eagles did what many expected in the first half, opening up a 20-point lead on Sacred Heart. Everyone was contributing, with five different players scoring multiple baskets in the first 20 minutes. In a similar fashion to the IUPUI loss, however, BC let its opponents get back into the game.

This struggle to put away opponents—the Jaguars erased a 14-point first half deficit to hand the Eagles their only loss—could cost them many a conference win.

2) Steady It’s only non-conference play, yes, but Tabbs has more than demonstrated that he isn’t super susceptible to off nights. He didn’t have the best time in Florida—he fouled out in nine minutes against Wyoming and had his only sub-100 offensive rating game against Loyola Chicago—but his last two games have been more in line with his season thus far. The Leonardtown, Md., product poured in 28 points, seven rebounds, five assists, and three steals against

the Pioneers, running his per-game averages to an impressive 14.6 points, 4.9 rebounds, and 2.7 assists.

3) Inconsistent One of the most frustrating players for BC thus far has been heralded recruit Jairus Hamilton, with Thursday night’s game a perfect case study. Hamilton was impressive in the opening surge for the Eagles, racking up 10 points—even drilling consecutive 3-pointers—and seven rebounds. After a dunk with three minutes left in the first half, though, he was largely ineffective. Hamilton committed three fouls, including two over a two-minute span in the second, and missed both of his shots in the second period.

4) Struggles The story of the Fort Myers Tip-Off Championship game was Jordan Chatman, BC’s sharpshooting guard who piled up 20 points to lead the Eagles past the Ramblers.

Chatman was 15th in the ACC in 3-point shooting during conference play last year, hitting a 41.1 percent clip, but he’s had his struggles as of late.

He finished 0-of-4 from beyond the arc against Sacred Heart, a game removed from a 1-of-8 performance versus the Gophers.

Chatman has hit one or less 3-pointer in five of BC’s seven games so far, something that happened just 12 times in 34 games last season. n

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play and finished sixth in the Atlantic.

This year, with FSU and VTech combining to win 10 games in mediocre seasons, the Eagles had a schedule lined up where, quite possibly, they could go 7-1 in conference play.

Seem like too big of a jump for a team that ultimately finished an even 4-4 against ACC teams? At the start of the season, the Eagles were returning all of their key skill position players and the bulk of their defense (with talented backups stepping into the roles vacated). An improvement on last year was expected, especially after the second half surge last season. BC was scheduled to play Wake Forest, N.C. State, VTech, and FSU away from home, and Louisville, Miami, Clemson, and Syracuse at Alumni Stadium.

In two of those games—against the

Demon Deacons and Cardinals—the Eagles entered as comfortable favorites.

Wake Forest beat up on the Eagles last season, but that was with star quarterback John Wofford running all over them, and he’d since been lost to graduation. Louisville, under Bobby Petrino, was reeling entering the year after losing the glue of its program in Lamar Jackson—so it was practically circled as an automatic win.

Outside of Clemson, the other five games could all be argued as toss-ups.

Beating the Hokies in Blacksburg is no easy task, but after watching VTech lose to Old Dominion, it was clear that the Eagles would have their best shot in years. The Wolfpack boasted a future NFL quarterback in Ryan Finley, but BC had come within a field goal of them last season, and that was with Anthony Brown hurt—and before N.C. State lost a bulk of its defense to the draft. Syracuse entered this year’s

regular season finale having lost to BC by four touchdowns last year, the Hurricanes were a team many expected to regress, and nobody knew what to anticipate from Taggart in Tallahassee, but the Seminoles weren’t high on most people’s early projections.

Where did that leave BC? With a chance to finish with its best record in conference play in years and a shot at a second-place finish in the Atlantic that would merit a much more prolific bowl than seasons past (I’m talking about you, Pinstripe Bowl). So, how did Addazio and the Eagles take advantage of this chance?

They replicated last year’s results, going an identical 7-5 and 4-4 in the conference, finishing fourth in the ACC Atlantic. The season wasn’t completely lost until the last stretch where, as two and five-point favorites respectively, they lost to FSU and Syracuse and dipped to fourth.

It was, quite simply, a profound disappointment and a testament to Addazio’s inability to make the right in-game decisions. His poor clock management and indecisiveness cost them a win in Tallahassee, his special teams unit couldn’t execute in the early going, and, once Anthony Brown went down against Clemson, Addazio didn’t give his backup a chance to succeed with an ineffective shift in offensive direction. He had a chance, especially after last year’s surge, to leave his mark on the conference and give the fanbase a reason to trust him. Instead, a softer schedule of opponents and the opportunity to enjoy at the very least a second-place finish in the Atlantic division passed both him and the Eagles by, resulting in a subpar bowl game and a profound lack of support among the BC student body and fans alike.

The Eagles were even positioned to have a chance to win the conference

outright. It’s not a jump to say that, seeing as they a program record in All-ACC selections and have rarely had that many potential future professionals. It’s likely that five or more members of BC’s roster this year will end up on an NFL roster, whether that is through the draft or as an undrafted free agent. Five players haven’t been drafted from the Eagles since 1985, a year that saw Doug Flutie depart for the NFL. What did Addazio and his coaching staff do with that wealth of talent, unseen on campus for years? They limped to a seven-win season and will now play in an unheralded bowl game, a small consolation prize for what will surely be looked back on as a missed opportunity.

Bradley Smart is the Assoc. Sports Editor for The Heights. He can be reached on Twitter @bradleysmart15

SPORTS in SHORT MEN’S HOCKEY EAST Standings Conference overall

Massachusetts

7-0-0

12-1-0

Northeastern

5-1-1

9-3-1

Providence

5-2-1

8-4-3

Boston College

4-1-2

4-6-2

Boston University

4-4-2

4-7-2

Maine

3-3-2

5-7-2

UMass Lowell

3-3-1

7-6-1

New Hampshire

1-4-3

2-7-5

UConn

2-7-1

5-9-1

Merrimack

2-6-0

4-10-1

Vermont

1-6-1

4-7-1

Numbers to know

8

Years since women’s hockey has lost three games in a row, two of which came against BU this weekend in the Battle of Comm. Ave.

8

Turnovers were committed by BC against Sacred Heart—when the Eagles turn the ball over eight or fewer times, they are 3-0.

59 6

Percent of Emma Guy’s field goals that have been converted, a rate which leads the team.

QUote of the week

“The team that I watched against St. Cloud is completely different than the one we saw tonight.”

— Men’s hockey head coach

Jerry York, on his team’s early-season turnaround.

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Eagles, Terriers Fight to Scoreless Draw in Battle of Comm. Ave. Saturday vs. BU, from A15 road victory. Coming back to the friendly confines of Kelley Rink, it seemed quite likely that BC could sweep the series and leave the weekend with two huge victories over its biggest rival.

That second victory never materialized for the Eagles. BC fans filled up Kelley Rink for a sold-out game, and they brought the noise. The first 10 minutes were dominated by the Eagles. They thoroughly controlled the game, as they kept the puck away from the Terriers while putting plenty of shots on goal. The back half of the frame saw BU assert itself more as the matchup turned into more of a back-and-forth affair. Still, when the first frame concluded, the Eagles held a 16-10 advantage in shots.

The same narrative from the first pe-

riod was mostly replicated in the second frame. BC came out of the gates swinging, as it continually launched shots on goal, only to watch all of them be absorbed by Oettinger. A pair of power-play opportunities presented themselves for each team, but neither could convert.

A crucial moment came near the end of the second period. As David Cotton was approaching the goal, BU defender Joel Farabee lost his balance and fell on his back. This left Cotton with a 1-on-1 chance, but unfortunately, the nation’s leader in goals was unable to convert on a prime opportunity. BC would proceed to hurl even more shots at Oettinger, but he stood strong in goal. BU put up a valiant fight, but the disparity in shots was even greater in the second frame as the Eagles outshot the Terriers, 14-5.

The momentum began to shift in the

third period. BU controlled the puck and put much more pressure on Woll. BC’s goaltender blocked several shots but didn’t cover up the rebounds, allowing for several second-chance opportunities for Terriers. Woll may have bent, but he never broke as he held his own throughout the entire period as well as the entire game.

BU even secured a crucial power play with three minutes left to play in the frame.

The Terriers kept the puck on BC’s side of the ice and consistently threatened the Eagles. It was a tense two minutes in the stands, but whenever the Eagles cleared out the puck, they drew massive cheers. BC killed the power play, and the final minute saw the Eagles pressure the Terriers, but a game-winning goal would not be scored.

The game moved into the five minute overtime period. In the previous frame,

BU outshot BC, 10-9. But this abbreviated period saw the Eagles retake control.

There ultimately was not much action in the final five minutes. BC put three shots on goal, none of which found the back of the net. Seven faceoffs took place during this period, and incredibly, the Eagles won every single one of them. The Terriers’ lone shot on goal during overtime came with 0.8 seconds left as Joel Farabee was gifted with 1-on-1, but he could not score.

Some may view this contest as a disappointing draw, but York was positive after the game, describing the past two games as “a terrific weekend of hockey.”

“The team that I watched against St. Cloud is completely different than the one we saw tonight,” he added.

York was referencing the Eagles’ blowout loss in the home opener. BC was

completely outmatched as St. Cloud State blew the Eagles out of the water, 7-0. In its first five games of the season, BC was winless, but in their past seven games, the Eagles hold a record of 4-1-2.

As far as BC fans are concerned, it’s encouraging to see the Eagles outshoot BU by a large margin and outduel them in several statistical categories. Ultimately, though, the stats will not mean much if York’s team cannot find a way to put the puck in the net. After its disastrous 0-5 start, BC is playing better hockey. The kinks haven’t all been worked out, but as the long season progresses, the Eagles will likely only get better. Several huge concerns exist, such as BC’s inability to pick up a non-conference win and its issues on offense, but leaving this weekend with a win and a draw against a huge Hockey East foe is still a positive outcome. 

JESS RIVILIS / FOR THE HEIGHTS

Michael Kim and the defensive unit excelled Saturday, and Logan Hutsko scored two goals on Friday, as the Eagles emerged 4-1 winners against the Terriers on Friday before the teams finished in a deadlock on Saturday.

Behind Hutsko’s Brace, BC Pulls Away From BU at Agganis Friday Vs. BU, from A15 just one save, on a shot from Bobo Carpenter that he was able to easily corral.

BC’s penalty kill, however, wasn’t as good the next time the Terriers earned a one-man advantage.

Just 45 seconds after the five-minute major penalty was over, Aapeli Räsänen was sent to the box for boarding, and it didn’t take long for BU to convert. Just 19 seconds into the power play, Farabee dumped the puck down to Shane Bowers, who had taken a position up to Woll’s left. Bowers sent a nifty pass across the goal to Chad Krys, who had crept down below the left dot, and the junior pushed a shot inside the near post to give the Terriers a 1-0 lead.

Soon enough, BC had chances to knot the game up—J.D. Dudek cycled the puck to Marc McLaughlin, who let a one-timer rip that was saved by BU

netminder Jake Oettinger. The rest of the period saw the Terriers continue to have the better opportunities, though.

Woll made four more saves before Räsänen was able to climb out of the box and make another stop on a drive from Patrick Harper just before the buzzer sounded for the first intermission with BU still on top.

Yet the biggest save that Woll made came halfway through the second period. After the Terriers killed the first Eagles power play of the game, Joel Farabee had a golden opportunity to double the BU advantage, as he found the puck in the crease and tried to score on a low shot. Somehow, Woll was able to kick the puck away with his skate, and BC cleared.

On the other end, McLaughlin won a faceoff, and the puck ricocheted to the stick of Logan Hutsko, who had taken a position in the slot. The sophomore, who has again been one the

Eagles’ standout offensive performers this season, sent a slapshot between Oettinger’s legs. Seconds after BU could have grabbed a two-goal advantage, the game was instead tied.

BU looked to respond, and had a good chance to do so when Graham McPhee was penalized for interference. The Terriers peppered the BC net with seven shots in the next two minutes, but found themselves again stymied by Woll, who finished the night with 38 saves. And when the teams were back at even strength, the Eagles once again made BU pay for its missed chances.

Julius Mattila won a faceoff at center ice, and David Cotton controlled the puck before skating across the blue line and feeding Hutsko in the right circle. The junior delayed for a second before firing a shot that found the net high on Oettinger’s glove side. All of a sudden, BC had turned the game

around and headed to the locker room after the second period, leading 2-1.

BU once again flooded the offensive end to start the third period in search of an equalizer. The Terriers had seven attempts in the first five minutes, but Michael Kim and Adam Samuelsson each blocked a shot, and Woll made two saves to continue to frustrate BU. Then, five minutes into the period, Oliver Wahlstrom dug a loose puck out behind the goal line, and waited a second before threading a pass to the front of the net where Christopher Brown was waiting. The senior slapped a shot through Oettinger’s legs to give BC some insurance.

From there, the Eagles simply sat on their lead, packing their defensive zone and putting bodies in front of Terriers efforts on goal. Christopher Grando deflected two attempts, and even Wahlstrom managed to get a piece of a wrist shot from Jake Wise.

BU got desperate and sent Oettinger to the bench for an extra skater with two minutes remaining, only to watch Marc McLaughlin win a race to a cleared puck and score an empty-net goal—the first scoring play of his collegiate career—to seal a big win for BC. A win over a similarly underwhelming BU team still doesn’t solve a lot of issues for the Eagles. Outside of the Cotton-Mattila-Hutsko line, BC still struggles to find offense. And, on the defensive end of the ice, the Eagles haven’t been able to prevent rebound chances—Woll was fortunate not to concede a goal on a couple of spills in the second period. What the win does provide, though, is a sense of optimism. This is the optimism that BC’s issues are fixable, and that a run like the one that followed the Eagles’ win over BU in 2007 could be lurking around the corner. 

BATTLE OF COMM. AVE. STANDING TALL JOSEPH WOLL

TOTAL SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

64 1

JAKE OETTINGER

69 4

TOP LINE

DAVID COTTON LOGAN HUTSKO JULIUS MATTILA

72

35

WHOLE TEAM POINTS

TOP LINE POINTS

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FOOTBALL

Eagles to Play in Third-Straight Bowl Game, Will Face No. 23 Boise State Bowl Announcement, from A15 program in college football, racking up a 207-38 record—which includes a 12-6 mark in bowl games. The Broncos have spent the past four years with former quarterbacks coach Bryan Harsin manning the helm, and he’s found plenty of success. Harsin guided Boise State to a win over Oregon in the Las Vegas Bowl last year, a punctuation mark on a stretch where it won nine of 10 games.

“They’re ranked in the top 25 in offense and the top 30-something in defense,” Addazio said. “I think we’re playing a really good football team. I’ve always watched them through the years

when I catch them on TV, and I know what their history is.”

The two teams met during the bowl season back in 2005, when the Eagles traveled to Boise, Idaho, to play Boise State on its home turf in the MPC Computers Bowl, which has since been renamed to the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl.

Behind sophomore quarterback Matt Ryan, BC was able to hand the Broncos their first loss at home in 31 games, beating them 27-21. Ryan threw for 262 yards and a trio of touchdowns, with one going to wide receiver Will Blackmon—who totaled almost 150 yards on just five catches.

This year’s rematch should be similarly competitive. Both teams are loaded with talent, and while the Eagles slumped down the stretch, they still boast 13 AllACC selections. Boise State was similarly dominant in the Mountain West, with 11 nominations—including quarterback Brett Rypien, who was named the Offensive Player of the Year. This years matchup, held the day after Christmas, should be an entertaining spectacle and will be aired on ESPN. “I think this bowl is going to be one that everyone knows about it when it’s all said and done,” Harsin said in his own press conference per the Boise State athletic department. 

JONATHAN YE / FOR THE HEIGHTS

BC has gone to a bowl in five of Steve Addazio’s six years as the program’s head coach.

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Pineau Leads Eagles to Bounce-Back Win Over Columbia

By Taylor Covington Heights Staff

Boston College women’s basketball reclaimed Conte Forum Sunday afternoon in a game against Columbia, shaking off its first loss of the Columbia 60 season against Boston College 74 Providence earlier in the week. After shooting just 30 percent from the floor and connecting on two of their 16 attempts from the 3-point line against the Friars, the Eagles managed to piece together a slightly more cohesive offensive performance in Sunday’s game, shooting at a 45.7 percent clip with four players in double digits en route to a 74-60 victory.

BC (7-1) showcased its depth with a slew of non-starters proving invaluable on the scoresheet against the Lions (2-6).

While the Eagles’ strength still seems to still rest in their capable defense—they’ve held opponents under 70 points in each game this year—they’ve also begun to shake off their poor shooting woes, regaining confidence in the second of a nine-game homestand.

BC’s offense sputtered slightly after Columbia won the tip, as the Eagles allowed the Lions the first score of the game coming off a personal foul on Taylor Soule.

Shots were not falling for either team early

in the first quarter, until Taylor Ortlepp sunk a three to put the Eagles on the board.

BC then found its offensive rhythm, with a jumper by Georgia Pineau hoisting the Eagles to a 5-1 lead with 6:25 to play. The Lions proved to be scrappy in the paint, however, connecting on layups to stay within striking distance.

Joanna Bernabei-McNamee turned to her bench, and it proved to be perfect decision—BC’s Makayla Dickens and Sydney Lowery proved to be the key response.

Lowery drilled two 3-pointers and added an assist in her first three minutes on the court, while Dickens widened the lead with a pivotal steal in the final minutes of the quarter, setting up Soule in the paint for an easy layup.

“I did a lot of self-talk about staying calm and shooting my shot when I was open,” Lowery said. “We came in pretty upset about the loss against Providence, so we knew we needed that focus in order to not lose this game.”

Shooting 50 percent from the floor, the Eagles built a 21-14 lead in the first quarter.

Despite cooling off in the second quarter, they still held a narrow six-point lead over the Lions at the half, refusing to allow a Columbia field goal in the final two and a half minutes.

The Eagles escalated this defensive pressure while also upping their scoring game in

the third quarter, going on an 8-0 run to harness a double-digit lead behind six points from point guard Marnelle Garraud.

Columbia’s Sienna Durr whittled the lead, going 2-for-2 at the charity stripe before teammate Mikayla Markham forced a turnover and sent a pass ahead to Riley Casey in hopes of forcing a 7-point game.

Casey’s 3-point attempt bounced off the rim, though, and Garraud got the rebound, hustling down the court where she found Lowery.

Lowery found herself with another opportunity to launch a 3-pointer, but instead exhibited patience in the Eagles’ need to run an offense, connecting with Dickens who went in for an easy layup and widened the score once again. Durr responded in kind with a 3-pointer, but Georgia Pineau quickly answered and the Eagles again held Columbia scoreless in the final three minutes of the quarter. Piling up 21 points in the third alone, BC entered the last 10 minutes with their biggest lead of the game at 14.

Soule opened up the final quarter with a stealthy offensive rebound and an easy layup inside to set the tone. A long two by Pineau—who finished with 14 points and nine rebounds—was quickly followed by another Soule layup. The early fourth-quarter surge allowed the Eagles to comfortably close out their non-conference opponent.

BC made it difficult inside the paint

Katie Genirs / Heights Editor

Georgia Pineau scored 16 points and grabbed nine rebounds, as BC topped Columbia.

for the Lions and were able to contain the Columbia shooters in the second half.

With BC coaches shouting at Dickens to be aware of players on the outside as the clock wound down, the Eagles continued to limit Columbia’s offensive weapons. A half hook in the post by BC’s Clara Ford widened the lead to 20 points, and the Eagles ran away with the game, tallying their seventh victory to tie their win total from all of last season.

“It’s always great to get a win at home,” Bernabei-McNamee said. “And the great thing about this one is we have a lot to

learn from it. This certainly wasn’t our best basketball.”

Despite recent scoring struggles, this BC team has proven itself to be one of the best in recent years. The qualities that don’t show up on the stats sheet are incredibly evident on the court in gritty hustle plays and acute attention to detail.

“The BC coaching staff believes in us all, and that helps when you feel like your shot is not falling,” Lowery said. “We want to show people that BC women’s basketball is still here. We want our names back on the map.” n

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Winless Streak Stretches to Three Games With Loss to Rival BU

By Marc Occhipinti Heights Staff

The last time that Boston College women’s hockey had lost three games in a row was in 2010. That was, until this weekend.

Saturday’s game against Boston University looked to be a Boston College 2 get-right game Boston University 4 for Katie Crowley’s team, as they had previously dropped single goal games to No. 5 Northeastern and the same Terriers team.

But Boston University (6-4-4, 5-4-4 Hockey East) carried its confidence from the night before into the back half of the home-and-home series. Defenders kept their sticks on the ice to block 21 shots and goaltender Corinne Schroeder tallied 37 saves, en route to a series sweep. No. 4 Boston College (12-6, 9-4) had trouble all afternoon getting its offense going and this disjointed effort led to a high quantity of shots, while the Terriers were able to achieve much better quality with their chances. BU defended its home ice and took the regular season series in the Battle of Commonwealth Avenue, 4-2.

The first period on Saturday characterized a much cleaner and more defensive frame than when the teams met the night before. There were 17 combined penalties called on Friday night, but the first frame on Saturday was free of discipline. Both teams focused on staying out of the box and were able to play well defensively.

The Terriers especially did a good job at getting into shooting lanes, blocking eight of BC’s 22 first-period shots. It was a fairly even period where neither team was able to seize momentum. BC was able to muster a few more shots on net, but BU created more threatening chances. Eagles’ goaltender Maddy McArthur came up with a big save early in the period on a breakaway chance for the Terriers, preserving the scoreless tie.

It took just over a minute and a half for BC to break that tie in the second period.

Kristina Schuler was whistled for holding Savannah Norcross as she cut towards the net, giving BC its first power-play opportunity of the afternoon. The Eagles capitalized while on the advantage, as Makenna Newkirk took the puck behind the Terriers net. As she was rounding the cage, she dished a centering pass to her fellow captain Megan Keller, who onetimed her seventh score of the season over Schroeder’s left blocker.

Shades of Friday crept back for the Eagles just over three minutes later when Caitrin Lonergan was sent to the penalty box for interference. The Terriers’ powerplay unit that had taken advantage for three goals the night before took the ice with mountains of confidence. While it was able to get little going for the first minute of the advantage, Abby Cook proceeded to take matters into her own hands.

After controlling the puck from the point, the defenseman rifled a slap shot

over the left shoulder of McArthur, lighting the lamp for her fourth time this season. The unassisted goal knotted the score and proved to shift momentum to the BU bench.

After another five minutes of play, BU began its third power play of the period.

The Eagles had killed off the second one, but the Terriers would again find the back of the net. Cook struck again, sending a laser past McArthur off of a one-time pass from Sammy Davis. The go-ahead goal was the fifth power-play score in two contests from a BU team that entered play converting just over 11 percent of its opportunities.

The Eagles’ struggles were exacerbated with two minutes left to play in the frame.

Skating with a head of steam and a 2-on-2 opportunity was Schuler. From the left circle, she ripped a shot which McArthur was able to save. Unfortunately for BC, McArthur parried it right to the waiting stick of Deziray De Souza, who put away the rebound for BU’s first even-strength goal in the home-and-home series, which gave the Terriers a commanding two-goal lead. In the last two minutes of play, BC pressed on the offensive end, peppering three shots on Schroeder, but was not able to cut into the deficit.

The Eagles carried that fiery intensity into the third period. Just 27 seconds in, Daryl Watts received an entry pass from Lonergan, and then the Patty Kazmaier Award-winner turned on the jets. She beat

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Daryl Watts found the the net, but the Eagles fell short against BU for the second straight game.

a defender and then wristed a low shot that nestled itself in the bottom right corner of Schroeder’s cage. It marked a team-high 11th goal for Watts, who dialed up a timely score that gave BC over 19 minutes to find an equalizer.

Yet it was an equalizer they would be unable to discover. The Eagles continually attacked the net, getting off 12 shots on goal, but BU’s defense held firm, and Schroeder came through with a number of big saves. After failing to find the back of the net for the rest of the final period, the Eagles pulled McArthur, and Jesse Compher polished off an empty-netter to

solidify the result.

With three losses in a row, more questions surround this Eagles team than ever before this season. This team was supposed to be competing for a national championship, seamlessly integrating its existing superstars with its three returning Olympians. That has not been the case recently, and if the Eagles want to take home any hardware this season, they will need to do a better job at converting their chances into goals. A home-and-home against a muchimproved Merrimack team awaits BC next weekend, where Crowley and Co. will look to get back on the right track.n

Power-Play Struggles Result in Disappointing Loss for Eagles

By Bradley Smart Assoc. Sports Editor

Much of the last five years, Boston College women’s hockey has found itself near the middle of the Hockey East pack in terms of penalty Boston University 3 minutes. Paired Boston College 2 with an effective penalty kill, the Eagles have been able to consistently gain the advantage in special teams play. This season, however, BC has found itself climbing in penalty minutes per game, and the corresponding kill hasn’t been able to keep up.

On Friday night, that trend reached a pinnacle, as the Eagles committed nine penalties against their rival, Boston University, and conceded a trio of goals while on the disadvantage. Two came in the final period, breaking open a deadlock as the Terriers dealt BC disappointing 3-2 setback in the front half of a home-andhome series.

“They were able to capitalize on their power plays today,” head coach Katie Crowley said. “They were able to find the back of the net one more time than us.”

Terriers goaltender Kate Stuart frustrated the Eagles (12-5, 9-3 Hockey East) throughout the night, as she piled up 42 saves, and another three shots sent waves through the rink as they banged off the crossbar and posts. BC had outshot its visitors, 32-11, entering the final period,

but Olivia Finocchiaro took a seat after registering a hooking penalty just three minutes in.

It didn’t take long for the Terriers (5-44, 4-4-4) to score the go-ahead goal. After Eagles goalie Maddy McArthur made an impressive kick save, she was quickly pressured again. Trying to sort through traffic in front of her net, she lost track of the puck, and a deft pass from BU’s Natasza Tarnowski set up Emma Wuthwritch on the weak side for her first goal of the year.

Eagles defenseman Kali Flanagan went to the box 11 minutes later for hooking, and after a Terriers timeout, BU caught its host sleeping. After a shot was deflected away and the Terriers regrouped, Jesse Compher found herself with plenty of space on the right circle and unleashed a wrister that hit the upper back of the net, sending the water bottle resting there into the air. Compher simply stuck her arms up in the air and was quickly mobbed by her teammates, having established a comfortable two-goal lead.

It didn’t last long, though, as just three minutes later—and with three minutes left on the clock—Makenna Newkirk scored an even-strength goal. It was an impressive finish, as the senior was standing at the right post just outside the crease, and found the puck bouncing up in front of her. She alertly got her stick on it, slapping it past an out of position Stuart to trim the deficit to just one.

“I thought we really started playing well when we were down 3-1,” Crowley said.

“We have to make sure we play a full 60 minutes and stick together as a group.”

Momentum in hand, the Eagles pressed in the closing minutes. They pulled McArthur with a minute and a half left in the game, desperately searching for an equalizer. BC had a stroke of good fortune when BU’s Kristina Schuler, all alone on a 2-on-1 empty net breakaway, badly missed.

Presented with a faceoff opportunity in the Terriers zone with 17.7 seconds left, Megan Keller had a shot go wide and Newkirk had a shot saved to send the Eagles to defeat.

It was another disappointing setback for BC, which was dealt an overtime loss to Northeastern last time out.

“We are learning a lot right now with this team and I’m excited about it,” Crowley said. “I think the team is recognizing it. As tough as it is to take this loss, we’re learning and becoming a better team.”

BC fell behind early, as a minute after Jillian Fey went to the box for tripping around the six-minute mark of the first period, the Terriers scored. A pass across the ice from Sammy Davis skipped through to Compher, who turned around and played it through the crease to the other side, where Nara Elia was there. She easily poked it in, untouched, for the early lead.

A full 20 minutes of game time later, the Eagles equalized. Finding themselves on a

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Makenna Newkirk scored, but BC couldn’t complete a comeback against the Terriers .

4-on-4, BC was able to use its speed and quick puck movement to create a chance.

The Eagles were cycling the puck around a BU team that wasn’t able to disrupt them, and eventually, Caitrin Lonergan put a puck on net. Keller’s second effort was stopped, but it slipped through to Daryl Watts on the far post where she was able to deftly poke it in.

At the time, Watts’ goal seemed like the opening of the flood gates, as BC went on to quadruple the Terriers shots in the second period. But Stuart stood strong. It was an impressive effort from the freshman goaltender, who finished

with a career-high in saves. She was supported by an excellent penalty kill from her teammates, who turned away all six of the Eagles attempts.

The loss—which evens the season series entering Saturday night’s rematch— was particularly painful for BC. Crowley and Co. were hoping to regain momentum and keep up with a Northeastern team that is running away with the conference in the early going, but instead was dealt another harsh reality check. Even with Olympic-caliber talent, things don’t come easy in rivalry matchups, or for that matter, conference play. n