The Heights February 23, 2017

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2017

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On Friday, University President Rev. William P. Leahy, S.J. announced that William V. Campbell Director of Athletics Brad Bates will step down at the end of the year. His resignation concludes a tenure that began on Oct. 9, 2012 following the abrupt retirement of former

AD Gene DeFilippo. Bates was in the final year of a five-year contract, and sources had connected Bates to openings at the University of Missouri and San Diego State University in fall 2016. Sources to The Heights confirmed that a board executive committee of the Board of Trustees met last week to discuss Bates’ future.

His successor has yet to be announced.

Under Bates, BC has kept its commitment to having the highest number of varsity teams in the Atlantic Coast Conference while holding an elite level of excellence in the classroom. BC has maintained its ranking among Division I’s

elite in terms of graduation rate during Bates’ tenure, ranking fifth in the 2015-16.

Additionally, under Bates, BC Athletics has announced the construction of an indoor practice facility for football, as well as the beginning of the Brighton Athletics Complex for baseball, softball, and club/intramural sports. With the demolition of Edmond’s Hall, BC Athletics also unveiled a plan to replace the Flynn Recreation Complex. None of these projects have broken ground as of

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The email was sent on Feb. 17 by Phil He, the associate vice provost for graduate

education at NEU. It said the Graduate Employees of Northeastern University – UAW (GENU-UAW) were exploiting fear among international students concerned

by President Donald Trump’s travel ban and swaying them to join NEU’s graduate employee union.

BCGEU-UAW has been working toward becoming a recognized union since spring of 2015, and its solidarity statement is part of an increasing presence on social media. As an unrecognized union, the organization’s goal is to ultimately secure working conditions and procedures in a binding contract with the University.

On Aug. 24 of last year, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled that

graduate students at private universities are protected employees under the NLRB. This decision overturned a 2004 ruling that barred the unionization of graduate workers at private universities. It has sparked unionization efforts among student employees at several private universities, with a vote set for today in some departments at Yale over whether graduate students may unionize.

“In a lot of ways, we’ve been doing the same things as we were [when the NLRB ruling happened],” said David Sessions, an organizer of BCGEU-UAW and GMCAS ’22. “Our main task is getting grad students

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Some wrapped themselves in Pride flags, with “PEACE” stamped across the rainbow banners. Others held signs, in both English and Spanish, declaring “We are All Immigrants,” “Newton Welcomes Immigrants,” “Welcoming city = safety for everyone,” and “Immigrants are what make America great.”

When the doors finally opened about 15 minutes before the start of the meeting, in flooded Newton citizens. People filled every seat, lining each side of the room—the Council room was so overflowed, the balcony became packed to the brim.

The crowd came out in support of an

amendment to Newton’s Welcoming City Ordinance. The Welcoming City Ordinance makes Newton a sanctuary city, protecting unauthorized immigrants from arrest and deportation by the federal government without a specific warrant. Many cities across the country have passed similar ordinances in reaction to President Donald Trump’s executive orders on immigration. As addressed in an preliminary meeting regarding the ordinance earlier in the month, councillors stressed that ordinance will not make Newton less safe, as cities like Cambridge and Boston have had similar ordinances in place for years, and remain as safe as they were before. The amendment to the Welcoming City Ordinance was successful, as 16 of the 24 councilors voted “yea”—one voted against, and the other seven were absent—garnering a standing ovation from the crowd.

According to the reports docket for this meeting, the goal of this amendment to the Welcoming City Ordinance is reaffirming Newton’s commitment to fair treatment for all, and to codify current community policing practices. The docket stressed that one of the city’s most important objectives is to “enhance relationships with all residents and

make all residents, workers and visitors feel safe and secure regardless of their immigration status.”

Another goal of the amendment is to ensure that “no city official will request or seek information regarding a person’s immigration status,” and that “no city official will report to, respond to or cooperate with Immigration Customs Enforcement with regard to status of any persons who has contact with a city official or employee except in the case where that person has been convicted of a felony, is on a terrorist watch list, poses a serious substantive threat to public safety, or is compelled to by operation of law except as required by law.”

After a brief recess, Mayor Setti Warren presented his State of the City address. His view is that this ordinance has promoted what Newton has been doing and practicing for many years, and that it will continue to keep everyone safe. Warren explained that ordinance has “the right outcome for everyone in the city,” and it represents “people, resonance,” and “[people] coming together with [their] legislative body.” He recognized that we’re in a “complicated environment” and that it takes “patience and understanding” to make decisions for the city of Newton.

As President Donald Trump prepares to present his first budget next month, The New York Times has reported that the National Endowments for the Arts and the Humanities, long targets of conservatives, could be among the programs cut. Some science funding could also be squeezed. The Heritage Foundation, The Washington Post reports, has suggested cutting the Department of Energy and the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, and the future of some programs at the Environmental Protection Agency and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is uncertain. Still more programs, especially those that fund paleoclimate studies, could be reallocated to discourage climate change research.

Cuts to federal funding for key programs could have a significant impact at Boston College, several faculty members said this week, with particular concern in the humanities and in the earth and environmental sciences department.

Ethan Baxter, chair of the earth and environmental sciences department, said that most of the department’s research funding comes from the federal government, including the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Department of

Jkl[\ekj ]ifd :JFD ^Xm\ L>9:Ëj n`ee`e^ gX`i `kj ]\n\jk mfk\j% 9P :FEEFI DLIG?P E\nj <[`kfi A total of 2,680 votes were cast in this year’s Undergraduate Government of Boston College presidential election, won by Akosua Achampong and Tt King last week. That’s up slightly from last year’s total of 2,592, but still down from the 3,411 students who voted two years ago. Due to penalties received by two teams in the race, a total of 2,431 votes were counted in this year’s election, but this Heights analysis uses the full 2,680 votes cast.

Casey Doyle, co-chair of the Elections Committee and CSOM ’17, said in an email that the EC was happy with the increase in voter turnout this year, which is always its goal.

This year, 741 freshmen, 770 sophomores, 684 juniors, and 485 seniors voted. It’s a significant decrease in the percentage of turnout composed of juniors—last year, 932 members of the Class of 2017 voted, or 36 percent of the total turnout. This year, juniors made up 25.5 percent of the turnout. The shift may be

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attributable to the fact that all three teams in last year’s election were made up juniors, whereas this year’s election featured a pair of sophomores, Raymond Mancini and Matt Batsinelas, both CSOM ’19.

The senior class saw a notable increase in participation this year, from 298 last year, or 11.5 percent of the turnout, to 18 percent this year.

This year’s election also featured a notable distribution of support by school. Achampong and King received 71 percent of the vote in the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences, 80 percent of the vote in the Connell School of Nursing, and 84 percent of the vote in the Lynch School of Education. They received just 51 percent of the vote in the Carroll School of Management, however.

Mancini and Batsinelas received nearly 31 percent of the CSOM vote, and Daniel Wu and Jack Kelly, both MCAS ’18, received nearly 16 percent. CSOM represented the highest portion of the vote for both of the latter two teams received in any school.

CSON has the highest percentage of female students at 93 percent, followed LSOE at 85 percent, MCAS at 55 percent, and CSOM at 34 percent women, according to the BC Fact Book for 2016-17.

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Energy, NASA, NOAA, and the United States Geologic Survey. Last year, the department got over $1 million in funding from the NSF, for example. Earth and environmental sciences uses the money to run its labs and give its students the opportunity to get involved in research, and then potentially present it at national and international conferences.

The week Trump was elected in November, Baxter, his colleagues, and some of their students held a roundtable in which many expressed at that point nascent concerns about what Trump’s election could mean for research funding. Baxter said that at this year’s conference of the American Geophysical Union, held last December in San Francisco, the potential funding cuts were a major watercooler discussion that “permeated the entire meeting.”

“I don’t know what’s going to happen, I don’t think anybody knows,” Baxter said. “At the same time, almost everybody shares some concern and certainly uncertainty.”

Baxter said he thinks overall funding will likely not be cut, but he thinks the emphasis on certain types of research could shift. One concern is that climate research could receive less focus because of the Trump administration’s pro-fossil fuel stance and stated skepticism of manmade climate change.

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things to do on campus this week

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Boston College Libraries will host a fireside chat titled “Maintaining Community Throughout Difficult Conversations.” University Librarian Tom Wall and Vice President of Student Affairs Barbara Jones will be among the speakers at the event. The discussion will take place today at 4 p.m. in the O’Neill Reading Room.

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The Career Center will hold a panel of young alumni who will share their experiences working in government and nonprofit sectors. Students will also be able to receive on-the-spot coaching from Career Center staff members. The panel will take place this afternoon at 4 p.m. in the Heights Room.

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The Campus Activities Board will host students at Launch Trampoline Park in Watertown on Saturday from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. For $8 plus processing fees, students will be able to bounce, flip, and play trampoline dodgeball with their friends. Also included in the package is special access to the 20-foot stunt tower.

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?\Xcp Jg\Xbj Xk Kfne ?Xcc Four Boston College students and Kathleen Yorkis, interim associate vice president for student affairs, attended a Brookline town hall meeting conducted by Maura Healy, the Attorney General for Massachusetts, on Thursday, Feb. 16 at Temple Israel.

At the town hall, Healy discussed some of what she and her staff are doing including working on a lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s immigration ban, banning copycat assault weapons in Massachusetts, and spreading awareness about the harmful effects of the opioid crisis on families and the state’s economy.

Healy also discussed the impact of the immigration ban on higher education and the effect of fossil fuels on climate change.

She also talked about the attorney general hotline to report threats, harassment, and violence.

“She refers to herself as the ‘people’s attorney,’ and the examples she gave and the stories that she told clearly illustrated how she and her staff are working for the people of Massachusetts,” Yorkis said. “This is a very complex time in government and it was refreshing to hear her encourage the attendees to get involved in government.”

Healy then told the audience ways in which they can get involved in government and took questions from the crowd.

Caroline McCormack, MCAS ’19, was present at the event.

“I thought it went really well,” McCormack said. “She was able to hear people. When people brought their concerns to her she provided feedback and was helpful to the citizens she was elected to serve.”

9: >\kj (, =lcYi`^_kj During the 2016-17 academic year, 15 students from Boston College were presented Fulbright awards, putting the University at 18th for Fulbright-producing research institutions. The list of top20 Fulbright producing-research institutions includes Georgetown University, Notre Dame University, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Harvard University.

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program operates in more than 140 countries. The program provides a grant lasting one academic year for individually-designed study or research projects or for English teaching programs.

Among an applicant pool of 62, 15 Fulbright awards were won

by BC students. This increased the total number of Fulbright awards won by BC students to 194, where the count had remained since 2006.

In a statement to The Chronicle, Paul Christensen, BC’s Fulbright director, attributes the success of BC students in receiving grants to their intelligence, ideas, academic training, and records of service, adding that the missions of BC and the Fulbright program are comparable in these aspects.

“As the Fulbright director at Boston College, I feel that this program is particularly important now, when international cooperation and understanding are more needed, yet more under threat, than at any time since the Fulbright program began in 1946,” Christensen said.

The Center for Human Rights and International Justice and the Church in the 21st Century Center co-sponsored a lecture by Eileen Markey, author of the book A Radical Faith: The Assassination of Sister Maura, on Wednesday afternoon.

Markey’s lecture consisted of a description of the life of Maura Clarke, a nun who was one of four women who was brutally executed by the United States-trained El Salvadoran army during the beginning of the Salvadoran Civil War in 1980.

Markey drew upon the research and interviews that were used in the making of her book and read passages directly from her book in order to supplement her lecture.

Though she grew up in the Bronx, Clarke had close ties to Boston—she worked on the diocese of Boston’s Commission on Justice and Peace in 1977 and 1978, and spent a period of time living at St. Helena’s house in Boston’s South End. As a result, many of the attendees of Markey’s lecture knew Clarke personally or indirectly.

Markey explained that the story of the church women is likely a familiar one for many who grew up in the Catholic church.

“It’s a story I was raised with,” she said. “Like many, I grew up learning about the church women

as modern martyrs.”

Clarke was one of four women—three of whom were Catholic nuns—who was executed in Dec. 1980. They were four among over 8,000 who were killed in 1980 alone and roughly 75,000 who were killed throughout the course of the 12-year civil war.

According to Markey, the El Salvadoran army would kill anyone who questioned the economic and political system in El Salvador.

Clarke, however, is not interesting because of her death—a hasty execution and a burial in an unmarked grave—but because of the life she led up until that point. “[I wrote this book because] I wanted to understand who Maura Clarke was before she was cut down,” Markey said. “She was a threat. She was religious, of course, but she was political. She had long before chosen solidarity over charity.”

What made Clarke so remarkable, according to Markey, was that she was formed by a radical, dangerous belief that everyone mattered.

One of Markey’s main curiosities in beginning the research for her book was in finding an answer to the question “How does a nice girl like you get to a place like this?”

Clarke was born in 1931 and grew up in the Bronx. She entered the Maryknoll Convent in 1950 and moved to Siuna, Nicaragua nine years later.

“Becoming a Maryknoll sister … meant bravery and daring,” Markey said. “It was an order for roll-upyour-sleeves, can-do girls.”

With the publication of the Medellín Conference Documents in 1968 and other radical movements within the Catholic church, Maura found her role drastically shifting.

According to Markey, the rise of “familia de Dios methodology” within the church—meaning ‘family of God’—meant that “people had a responsibility to care for their neighbors.”

Clarke set out for Nicaragua in 1959 to bring Christianity to Siuna.

Living in Siuna, Maura learned that God was already there and the sisters needed to listen to the people they were serving and try to understand their perspective, from the bottom.

Clarke endeavored to work with the impoverished people, not for them. Through this, she began to see first-hand the injustices that impoverished people experienced.

“Maura’s response to tyranny, once she was able to look at tyranny, was solidarity,” Markey said. “She was becoming Nicaraguan.”

Her work followed her to Managua, Nicaragua and then to abandoned cotton fields in the country, where she worked closely with communities which engaged in opposition to the Somoza regime during her last few years in Nicaragua.

After a brief return to the United States, she was called by Archbishop

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Eileen Markey spoke about Maura Clarke, a nun whose bravery defined her.

Oscar Romero to move to El Salvador in 1980.

“In El Salvador, she was stepping into a fully-formed nightmare,” Markey said.

Clarke continued working with the poor. She documented human rights violations, provided relief in the form of clothing, food, and medical equipment, and engaged in rescue missions in order to get people past military checkpoints.

This work, according to Markey, is what got Clarke and the other church women killed.

“I think they were worth killing,” she said. “They were keeping people alive who the government wanted dead.”

According to Markey, they were a threat to the government not be-

cause they were armed and dangerous, like the guerrillas, but because they brought people together.

“God is made present when people gather together, and that’s really dangerous,” Markey said.

“Tyranny needs frightened and disorganized people.”

Markey concluded her lecture by explaining the relevance of Maura’s service to the poor in Nicaragua and El Salvador in the context of the present.

“In investigating Maura’s life, in sitting many nights with all these stories, all these interviews of Salvadorans … I think about evil,” Markey said. “I think about otherness, and I think about the horror we can commit when we label an enemy and call them a threat.”

8clde` I\Õ\Zk fe ?fn GLCJ< ?Xj J_Xg\[ K_\`i C`m\j 9P 89@>8@C ;IL?FK For The Heights PULSE students gathered on Tuesday night to hear from several Boston College alumni who took the famed Person and Social Responsibility class. The alumni spoke about the positive experiences they had at their PULSE placements and how those experiences have affected their career paths.

PULSE is a two-semester course that contains both an academic and service component. The academic component is 12-credit course that completes students’ philosophy and theology core. In addition to the class, students must volunteer for eight hours a week at a placement to which they apply. Popular placements include Haley House, the West End House Boys and Girls Club, and Bird Street.

“No matter where you end up, you’re going to bring your PULSE experiences with you,” Hayley Trahan-Liptak, BC ’11 and BC Law ’14, said.

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Trahan-Liptak talked about her position as an associate lawyer at K&L Gates, where she participates in pro-bono work with child immigrants. She said her passion for working with a social justice cause stemmed from her experience at her PULSE placement.

Alex Danesco, BC ’97, discussed his extensive experience working with children in his profession, especially his current job as the director of development and programs at MissionSafe, a youth center that provides educational assistance and violence prevention programs.

Estephania Gomez, BC ’10 and GSSW ’12, is now a social worker dealing with mental health cases, and works at Boston Youth Sanctuary, an after school program for children and families who have experienced trauma. Just a few years before enrolling in the graduate school of social work, she vowed that she would never seek a career in social work. Her experience in PULSE changed that. Gomez also

touched on her Latin heritage and her Spanish-speaking skills that have been influential in many of her PULSE and professional experiences.

Each member of the panel then recounted a vivid memory from their placements and explained how it has stuck with them since.

Gomez mentioned an encounter at her placement one day when she questioned a child about his future plans and if he ever intended to go to college. His response struck her. “Well, I’m going to be in jail,” he said to her.

The child said all of the men in his family had been in prison at some point, and Gomez was shocked by how sure this child was of his fate. This incident sparked her determination to work with children and be someone that tells them that their perceived future is not set in stone.

Trahan-Liptak recounted her experience with a Somalian refugee. When asking a refugee at her PULSE placement how many

children she had, the woman responded that she thought she had four.

“She had so much trauma as a victim of abuse while she was living in refugee camps outside of Somalia, she didn’t remember all these things that had happened to her,” Trahan-Liptak said. “She blocked all of these things out of her memory. It’s something I think about a lot now, especially when ‘refugee’ is a bad word.”

Danesco talked about how PULSE influenced his career path was formed. Just before his graduation, he was offered by a leader at his PULSE placement to open a Boys and Girls Club across town— Danesco jumped at the offer.

“I spent the first three years of my professional career running that unit, and it was probably my favorite job I’ll ever have,” he said.

The panelists then addressed the question many passionate students in PULSE have: how to find a balance between following this passion for service while making a living.

Danesco reminded the students that nonprofit work can be difficult.

“There were definitely times over the years where you realize you don’t have some of the things your peers have,” he said. “But hopefully, the work, and the value of the work, balances off the lack of material gain.”

Trahan-Liptak, not in nonprofit work like Danesco and Gomez, gave a different perspective.

“I think a lot while I’m at work, ‘Am I doing enough? Are my probono clients enough to justify the fact I’m representing a mortgage company?” she said.

Trahan-Liptak reminded the students that it’s about how they take the PULSE experience with them, regardless of where they go.

“As long as you take your PULSE experiences with you to whatever job, and you keep remembering them and come back and talk to people, you will be able to have some sort of impact on social justice,” she said.

2/20/17 - 2/22/17 12:18 p.m. - A report was filed regarding a medical incident at the Commonwealth Garage.

2:43 p.m. - A report was filed regarding a traffic crash at the Beacon 1:24 p.m. - A report was filed Street Garage. regarding found property at an offcampus location.

4:12 p.m. - A report was filed

regarding a fire alarm activation at 9:38 p.m. - A report was filed regardMedeiros Hall. ing a larceny at McElroy Commons.

7:10 p.m. - A report was filed regarding a medical incident at O’Neill Library.

Tuesday, Feb. 21 8:40 p.m. - A report was filed regarding a fire alarm activation at 2000 Comm. Ave.

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In the first session of Boston College Democrats’ new series, Politics Outside the BC Bubble, Grossman covered topics across a wide political range, starting with passion.

According to Grossman, the key to successfully contributing to a campaign is to really believe in the person for whom you’re campaigning.

He supported this with a personal story from the time he supported Rev. Robert Drinan’s campaign for a seat in Congress. Drinan was 40 points behind in the polls, down on funding, and was predicted by the public to lose.

Grossman told the audience of Drinan’s eventual success, attributing it all to the perseverance and passion of those backing him who truly believed he was the right candidate.

Running with the idea of passion, Grossman turned to the students and asked them to contribute to the conversation.

Grossman asked students to raise their hands if they see themselves running for office within the next 10 years and challenged them to think about how they would use that office.

Students had goals for solidifying and defining a Democratic economic plan, creating a path to improving rights for the disabled, and improving foreign relations through the possible creation of a no-fly zone.

Grossman told students that the most important word in the English language is the word “we.”

He emphasized that with any endeavor one may take in the future, coalition-building is a central part of the process. Support is the most important component of any campaign, whether that campaign is for a person or a cause.

His advice for students looking to get experience in political campaigning is to start with a local election, rather than skipping straight to the well-known politician’s office.

Students, according to Grossman, should do all of the dirty work and get involved in every aspect of the campaign, which is much more likely on the local level.

“Any organization that is in crisis, is in crisis because it lacks one thing principally: leadership,” Grossman said.

This lack of leadership, he pointed out, is one of the reasons that

a split currently exists within the Democratic Party. Another possible cause of this, according to Grossman, is the favoritism that a large portion of the public believed was involved in the 2016 Democratic primary.

This split in the party, Grossman stated, was a large cause of the lower Democratic voter turnout in the 2016 presidential election, resulting in a Republican win.

Grossman believes that in the future, the Democratic Party must make sure that primary elections are fair and equitable in order for its constituents to regain faith in the party. His priority is not for the next election, but for the improvement of the party over a longer period of time.

He cited advice his father gave him as a kid—that he was born with two ears and one mouth, and he should use them proportionally.

It is up to the voters, like the students he spoke to Wednesday, to demand change from their representatives and hold them to the highest standards, according to Grossman.

“If we stand firm and speak to candidates, and demand from candidates a commitment to the things that you feel and you have articulated so passionately tonight, those candidates will measure up to your high standards,” Grossman said.

“Don’t ever relax your standards.”

that,” he said.

Baxter said his department has been thinking about trying to get grants from other sources, including private institutions. His department has not done much of that funding historically, and the geosciences have not often been funded privately, but Baxter said there is a heightened interest in learning more about private sources of money. Another possibility is local and state funding, which would have a different scale in terms of dollar amounts but would present interesting opportunities in local projects like the water quality of the Charles River.

Sharon Comvalius-Goddard, director of BC’s Office of Sponsored Programs, said the field of research administration has been concerned in recent years about declines in federal funding. That concern is now heightened because of the perception that the Trump administration

does not support science.

She confirmed that more scientists are now looking for funding from private sources, but said that, in her opinion, they could never supplant federal funding as the primary source of research dollars, only because of the government’s much deeper pockets.

Suzanne Berne, a professor in the English department, said in an email that she was awarded an National Endowment for the Arts fellowship when she was teaching full-time and working on her first novel, right after she had had a baby. It allowed her to afford taking a semester off from teaching to finish the novel.

“An NEA fellowship also meant that agents and editors looked at me and my work differently than they might have otherwise,” she said. “I looked at myself differently. And I want my students to have a chance at the same kind of support I once received.”

Suzanne Matson, also an English professor, had a similar experience with the NEA fellowship, which also allowed her to work on a novel.

“In the BC English department, we think that creative writing is best taught by working, published writers who stay engaged with their craft and participate in the current literary scene,” she said in an email.

The public programs that face cuts, the NEA and the NEH included, total about $2.5 billion of the $4 trillion federal budget, according to the Times.

Elizabeth Graver, a colleague of Berne and Matson’s, said in an email that cuts could have a wider negative impact beyond just faculty—they could affect the artists BC brings in as speakers and guest lecturers, alumni who work in the arts, and programs that foster the arts in underserved communities.

“A healthy university, like a healthy democracy, needs the arts,” she said.

>iX[ Jkl[\ekj J\\b Le`fe Mfk\ Grad Union, from A1 to sign authorization cards, which is the preliminary vote that they want to have a union.”

BCGEU-UAW needs to acquire signed authorization cards from at least 30 percent of BC’s eligible graduate employees before they can move to vote on unionizing. The organization will need to file for an election with an NLRB regional office, which will be held on BC’s campus. In order to become a union recognized by BC, more than 50 percent of eligible grad employees must vote to unionize.

Once established as a recognized union, BCGEU-UAW will have bargaining rights.

There are about 4,500 graduate students at BC, and part of the graduate union is working with department leaders to identify the number of eligible graduate employees. A graduate student is eligible if they are currently employed by BC. The number fluctuates as students graduate, are hired, or are let go.

University Spokesman Jack Dunn said in an email that there has not been communication between BCGEU-UAW and the University.

“It’s really our decision, it doesn’t have anything to do with the administration,” Sessions said. “There’s not a role for them in the decision other than to prevent it.”

According to Sessions, the response from graduate students has been very positive, and the union has

“hundreds” of cards signed. He said that he is not authorized to disclose exactly how many cards had been signed.

If BCGEU-UAW becomes a recognized union, the main difference to graduate employees would be working with a binding contract that the union would negotiate with the University.

Currently, when graduate students are accepted, they are given an offer letter detailing their job, hours, pay, and workload. Some students are given a letter after every year, and others are given a single letter upon acceptance. This letter is not binding, and changes are non-negotiable.

A union-negotiated contract with the University would not standardize working conditions, as different departments work in different ways. Rather, Sessions said that the contract would create certain structures and protections that apply to everyone.

“Changes in health care, workload, the years of funding you get, can and does change without notice and without input from the people that it affects,” Sessions said.

The union’s statement of solidarity with Northeastern graduate students is critical of the perception of unionization that Northeastern’s He implied.

“It is unfortunate that the Autoworkers are seeking to exploit student fears and use the campus immigration protests as a means to

leverage support for a graduate student union,” He said in the email to Northeastern graduate students.

In the same email, He urged NU graduate students to treat the UAW’s presence “with the same skepticism that [they] might view any unknown organization” that could impact their graduate experience.

The UAW is the nation’s largest organizer of graduate employees.

Beginning as an auto-workers’ union in the 1930s, the UAW now represents over 50,000 graduate employees in the United States.

In response to this email, and specifically He’s assertion that the GENU-UAW is an outside organization, GENU-UAW’s Facebook and Twitter pages have both featured many posts and pictures from NU graduate students with the hashtag #wearetheunion.

In its statement, BCGEU-UAW declared its solidarity with GENUUAW, explaining that, like other graduate employees at schools in the Boston area, it has chosen to affiliate itself with the UAW, and it outlined the benefits of unions to international students in particular.

Sessions said that the way NEU administrators had referred to the UAW as an outside organization is a common anti-union tactic. “[It’s] our work,” Sessions said. “It’s done by us and it reflects our issues on our campus. We’re part of the UAW, but we’re running the show.”

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In order to recover the missing plates, Boston College Dining Services reached out to several student groups—including EcoPledge—earlier this year. Daniela Palma, MCAS ’19, who is spearheading the project on behalf of EcoPledge, traces the missing plates back to an environmental initiative implemented by BC Dining in the fall.

In September, BC Dining implemented a sustainability initiative to cut down on the use of disposable to-go containers in order to shrink its carbon footprint. For the first two months of the academic year, students had to request takeaway containers from the register while paying for food and then transfer the food from the plate to the container themselves.

Students were either unaware of this shift in the way of receiving to-go containers or were too lazy to transfer the

food, so some students would often bring the plates back to their rooms.

Since the inventory of plates has decreased so drastically since the initiative was implemented, BC Dining has been forced to use more single-use to go containers, enlarging its carbon footprint—something it was trying to avoid when initially removing access to to-go containers.

“The whole initiative started as a way to reduce our carbon footprint and recycle more,” Palma said. “At Lower what they do is they recycle, they compost and everything … by people taking the to-go plates or the to-go containers, they just end up in the trash … We don’t recycle as much as we would if we would be using plates.”

When traditional plates are returned to the conveyer belt in Corcoran Commons, anything left on the plate is sorted into compost, recycling, or trash. In this way, BC Dining ensures that any waste it disposes of is done so in the most eco-friendly manner possible.

With less plates being used, the waste going through the kitchen is reduced because students throw everything away themselves. It is less likely that students will separate food waste, recyclables, and trash as they leave the dining hall, instead opting to throw everything into one bin in a less ecologically efficient manner, Palma said.

EcoPledge’s campaign to retrieve the stolen plates will focus on the

monetary cost of the missing plates to the students. The posters the group crafted relay to students that replacing plates costs thousands of dollars in tuition money annually. These posters will be circulated via resident assistants and posted around campus.

If the flyer campaign is unsuccessful, EcoPledge members plan to go door-to-door requesting that students return the plates and collecting them in bins.

They will also minimize effort as an incentive to students, offering to return the plates to Corcoran Commons themselves. EcoPledge members figure that more plates will be returned if the students themselves do not have to remember to physically bring them back to the dining hall.

Because EcoPledge suspects that many of the stolen plates are being used in the kitchens of suites, the door-to-door campaign will target predominantly junior and senior housing.

“What we’re trying to do is to get students aware of the problem and make them see that it’s not a BC Dining service problem, it’s more of our problem [as students],” Palma said. “The aim of the ads is to make it more personal”.

Overall, EcoPledge hopes that the plate campaign will not have to extend too far into the future.

“We’re hoping that if it’s effective then [it will last until] a couple weeks before the end of the semester,” Palma said.

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The Commonwealth Salon began to fill with Bostonians excited for the talk awaiting them, a certain buzz was in the air, as many intrigued, politically-conscious citizens headed to the Boston Public Library. But Intondi did not share the curiosity that the attendees displayed in their pre-event chatter, perhaps because he knew that the words he was about to fill the room with did not focus on political success and promise. Rather, he was preparing himself to relive the guilt he feels over the damage that his nation has caused others.

Intondi, an associate professor of history at Montgomery College, was invited by the Union of Concerned Scientists to speak on the intersection of race relations and nuclear weapons—two issues at the forefront of concern in today’s political environment in the United States.

A topic some people consider a white-pacifist issue, nuclear disarmament concerns are often considered to be independent from the concerns of African-American communities.

Intondi argued that historically this is not the case, citing the actions of several prominent leaders in the black community, such as Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Barack Obama, as evidence. He emphasized that the goals of movements against racial discrimination and nuclear weapons have always been interconnected. They fought together through the dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan in 1945, France’s decision to begin nuclear testing in non-white countries, the creation of the Truman Doctrine, and countless other

incidents.

Intondi explained that non-white races naturally came to the aid of each other during times of discrimination because they could easily sympathize with one another. In an effort to describe this, Intondi spoke to the crowd from the mindset of black Americans during World War II, and the fear that they felt seeing the internment of Japanese-Americans.

“There is a group of people that committed no crime and are simply being put in concentration camps because of the color of their skin,” Intondi said. “This could happen to us.”

His words made clear that the global concerns of different races cannot be separated from each other. Furthermore, their concerns cannot be separated from the nuclear threats that loom over all of them equally.

Intondi did not always realize the intersectionality of these two issues. Raised in a white-minority town by parents who detested racism, Intondi spent a significant portion of his life focused on African-American studies and race relations. Before 2005, nuclear destruction was a distant, abstract issue in the back of his mind.

Once he visited Hiroshima and Nagasaki to meet with survivors of the atomic bombings, however, his viewpoint entirely changed.

Filled with anger, guilt, and a newfound shame in his country’s actions, Intondi knew he needed to further study nuclear impact when he returned to America. Once he did, he learned how perfectly his two passions were intertwined. While many describe the fight of African Americans as one for civil rights, he now prefers to use a more universal term.

All racial equality and nuclear disarmament activists are really fighting for the same thing: human rights.

After getting his Ph.D. in history from American University, Intondi became a professor and an author. He is also the director of Montgomery College’s Institute for Race, Justice, and Community Engagement, and the director of research at American University’s Nuclear Studies Institute. In 2015, he released his first book titled, African Americans Against the Bomb, which caught the attention of the founders of the Union of Concerned Scientists.

Intondi was then hired under their Global Security branch to bring a more diverse viewpoint to the organization.

Unfortunately for Intondi, most of his life’s studies are given a backseat every time the current President speaks about, or takes action on, these issues.

“As somebody who has dedicated most of my life to eliminating racism and nuclear weapons, and then to have a racist in charge of nuclear weapons, it is very easy where I could feel defeated,” Intondi said.

Regardless of how discouraged he often feels regarding the administration of President Donald Trump, Intondi declared that he will take political action whenever it is called for.

He evoked the promise he made to the atomic bomb survivors in Japan: that he will not stop fighting nuclear weapons as long as he lives. He pointed out that now is a more important time than ever for him to keep his promise.

Intondi also emphasized the importance of college students taking action. He acknowledged that while protests and walkouts are extremely important, not everyone is going to be the person marching in the streets. Some are better organizers, speakers, and artists, and that may be their contribution to the cause.

“Everyone has a gift, and what they do with it is their gift back,” Intondi said—a message he

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Intondi instructed BC students to make the campus as politically aware as possible. reminds his students of frequently.

Intondi noted that if he was at Boston College, he would focus on making it the most politically-aware and socially-conscious campus as it can be. A large part of this, he stressed, is having support between students of different races, faiths, and backgrounds. Every group has to show up for and protect each other when they most need it.

Intondi advised students who want to make a more immediate impact to hold their officials in Boston accountable for their actions, both good and bad. Voting, being politically engaged, and considering future careers in politics or nonprofits are all ways to get involved in the system. Intondi also emphasized daily acts of resistance as a way to engage economically in the fight.

Intondi’s final piece of advice involved remembering the intersectionality of race relations, nuclear disarmament, and countless other issues. Most of the battles fought today are intertwined in their goals, and together the people’s voices are stronger and more effective.

He hopes to see voices advocating for nuclear limitation at the upcoming People’s Climate March in Boston, along with multiple other cities, this April.

“So, yes, we are in for the fight of our lives, and we are going to have to fight like hell to make sure our undocumented immigrants are protected, and our women are treated equal, and that black lives do indeed matter,” Intondi said.

“But if we do not act on this now, we’re not going to be able to look back and see if Trump did it right or wrong, because we won’t be here.”

8cc J\k :fee\Zkj ?fd\ J\im`Z\ Gifm`[\ij N`k_ :ljkfd\ij 9P D@:?8<C 9IL< ?\`^_kj JkX]] Launched in September of last year, All Set is a mobile application that allows customers to find a trusted home service provider based off of reviews from their own neighbors and friends.

All Set is the first startup to come out of the Boston-based Solaria Labs, a startup supporter founded by Liberty Mutual, which invested in All Set along with the management consulting firm Boston Consulting Group.

The goal of All Set is to simplify the home service process by giving customers the opportunity to pick house cleaners based on recommendations by their local friends and neighbors.

This new marketplace makes it much quicker and less stressful to find a great home service provider at a fair price.

There is a lot of hassle that typically comes along with home service. Customers may feel uneasy about letting a stranger into their house or unsure that they will do a good job. All Set’s recommendation system, however, assures customers that they are getting

what they asked for by someone they can trust.

“The relationship with your housecleaner is actually one that requires quite a bit of trust, and so you generally need to have a great relationship with that person,” CEO of All Set, Erin Breslin, said. “But finding that one person is an extremely difficult process, and so we went about trying to simplify that.”

All Set’s open platform is based upon a Yelp-like system of reviews and ratings. Customers simply type in their address, and can see a list of house cleaners in their area.

The search results that pop up first are the ones that have been used by their neighbors. Customers can then type in the specific dimensions of their space, and get a quote. Then they can reach out directly to the providers to figure out a secure, reasonable price and time. This system encourages independent home service professionals to form firm relationships with customers.

Breslin highlighted that All Set makes sure to bring these interpersonal benefits to the home service providers

as well. With All Set, providers are not only able to find quality customers on which to base their business, they also gain a tool that helps them efficiently manage their business, communication with customers, and pricing.

“We are the ones who bring benefits to both sides of the market, for both customers and house cleaners,” Breslin said.

With so many competitors, All Set distinguishes itself with a few key features that make the home service process easier, cheaper, and more efficient. Most notably, the app encourages grouping customers by providing a group discount feature. Customers can receive a discount if they use the same service provider as their neighbors.

Groups of customers no longer need to negotiate with providers, Breslin said, as All Set provides them with a pre-set service bundle.

By encouraging grouped, local usage, travel and scheduling, this feature also benefits providers. Breslin noted that by “geographically grouping” customers, providers can service homes in a similar area on the same day. Furthermore, the group discount does not

come out of the provider’s paycheck—it is covered by All Set itself.

All Set is also made unique simply by its specific focus regarding the service they are providing.

All Set concentrates on helping customers find both house-cleaning and lawn-care providers—just two typical kinds of home services. By honing in on these two services, customers can be sure that they are receiving the best of the best.

Customers can earn $60 credits by referring the app to new providers.

This promotes usage, and benefits both parties.

All Set’s team of hardworking, motivated men and women are taking this startup to the top of the home service market, including some from Boston College.

One of these people is John Liston, whose skillset has allowed him to take on the key role as manager of the strategy and operations sector. Liston, BC ’12, explained that his time on the Heights laid the foundation for the path that his career has taken so far, and for his arrival at All Set. “The diversity of classes I was ex-

posed to really helped me develop skills and interests beyond my finance concentration that have been a real asset since I switched from working in finance to working in tech,” Liston said. “Also, the BC network has been incredibly helpful at every inflection point in my career and has opened a lot of doors for me as well.”

Everyone in the company works toward bettering the product and changing the way people view home service providers.

Breslin emphasized the “customercentric” nature of All Set, as the startup constantly incorporates customer feedback into the company to find the most efficient way of connecting them with service providers.

But the All Set crew also pays close attention to the success of the small businesses with which the company works.

As the startup looks toward the future, developers plan to continue expanding on features that will help providers in strengthening and building their own businesses , making the customer experience even more seamless.

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Calling all vegans, By Chloe, a fast, casual, plant-based restaurant, is opening at 107 Seaport Blvd. this Thursday, Feb. 23. Hailing from the Big Apple, this popular, healthy fast-food chain has graced the Instagram feeds of foodies and celebrities alike, and now Boston gets to participate in this vegan foodie scene too.

While By Chloe is a vegan restaurant, that does not mean it is all salads—though the restaurant offers a killer selection, like quinoa taco, kale Caesar, and spicy Thai. They serve your typical foodie and Instagram favorites, like smashed avocado toast and smoothie bowls, as well as other familiar finger-licking foods, like a guacamole burger, which features a black bean-quinoa-sweet potato patty, corn salsa, onion, guacamole, tortilla strips, chipotle aioli, and whole grain bun with a side of air-baked sweet potato fries.

Pasta-lovers flocking to the North End for a bowl of spaghetti with marinara might want to head to By Chloe for a healthier yet equally comforting dish. The Avocado Pesto Pasta, a creamy avocado-cashew pesto topped with grape tomatoes, fresh basil, almond parm, or the innovative dairy-free mac and cheese, featuring a sweet potatocashew cheese sauce, shiitake bacon, almond parm, are two prime options.

Paying homage to the Boston food culture, By Chloe is offering specials unique to the Seaport, and soon-to-be Fenway,

locations. New England staples like clam chowder, lobster rolls, and Boston Cream Whoopie Pies—to name a few—will be available. All of By Chloe’s menu options are crafted with fresh ingredients, and not a single ounce of animal products, additional preservatives, or artificial flavors.

For Boston College students still mourning the closing of the beloved Chill frozen yogurt on Commonwealth Avenue, By Chloe’s vegan ice cream selection along will serve as reason to celebrate. With flavors ranging from coffee cinnamon bun ice to kale cookies and cream for a dose of extra greens, the choices are unique, as well as delicious. For those that cannot stomach dairy, these dairy-free ice creams let customers enjoy their favorite dessert without popping lactose pills.

And, in typical New York and L.A. fashion, By Chloe allows dogs to brunch alongside their owners. Pampered dogs can chow down on pupcakes and bag o’ dog bones while their owners chug the “Junkie” green juice, and wolf down pancakes with maple butter coconut whipped cream.

The vegan lifestyle may come with some unwanted baggage and preconceived notions, but By Chloe proves that wholesome, plant-based foods can fuel and energize eaters without compromising flavor, taste, or satisfaction.

“It’s about broadening people’s minds to the cuisine, the lifestyle, and you don’t necessarily need animal-based proteins in your diet to be healthy,” By Chloe’s executive chef, Manuel Trevino said.

A former contestant on Top Chef, Trevino joined By Chloe right from the beginning to ensure that the food reaches the utmost quality. That means the processed ingredients or additives found at a typical fast-food chain have no place in the By Chloe kitchen.

“We are 100-percent plant based, so we tend to use non-GMO, non-processed, and natural ingredients,” Trevino said. “It doesn’t matter if your food is organic if it’s being flown in all the way from China or someplace far away, so we source locally whenever we can.”

But Trevion also warned that By Chloe’s menu items are as addictive as they are healthy. Trevino explained that despite being a chain, they have regulars at all of their locations.

“There are some faces that will come in for the first time, then we will see them there three or four more times that week,” Trevino said. “It’s a fun experience. It’s a well thought out concept. It’s got everything from the food to the mood to the way we present items.”

Looking toward the future, Trevino hopes to reach as many people in the Bos-

ton market as possible. The customers are more than just a typical vegan, veggie-lovin’ crowd.

“We like to get By Chloe in as many markets as possible,” Trevino said. “We reach people who have dietary restrictions, or we have people because of their religion, or people that just want something different or something fresh, something they aren’t used to getting.”

So for eaters looking to satisfy their fastfood cravings, and still get their daily dose of vegetables, consider heading to By Chloe, and taking a walk on the vegan side.

PHOTO COURTESY OF MIKEY POZARIK

Today, By Chloe opened its doors to Boston serving up its unusual and healthly foods to vegans and omnivores alike.

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Maybe this observation occurs because the light strikes the object just so, or just because something in its general direction was causing a commotion that caught my eye.

But I tend to think that revelations like this happen more because, at that exact moment in your life, this object resonates with something inside of you. It’s possible that you don’t even know what the something could be—perhaps it’s just buried too deep—but I believe that the random resonance involved a little thing pinging inside of you, trying to get you to acknowledge it by what exists in your immediate surroundings. Kind of like the way that dreams try to help you process the problems bubbling around in your subconscious. So maybe it’s like a waking dream.

I might just happen to be a particularly oblivious person, someone who blocks out the world around them more than others, but these moments of revelation are a frequent occurrence in my daily life. Take the other day for example, when I drove past a building right on the corner next to Lulu’s Diner in Allston—a place that I’ve passed countless times traveling to and from the city.

Instead of letting my eyes trip over the short, red-brick building situated on the corner like they usually do, they focused on a little figure waving out from a window on the building’s side. I squinted, and it became obvious that the figure was skillfully painted onto the window, but I also began noticing the many other painted windows, each featuring their own vignette of the subject’s daily life.

In one, an older man peers out at the busy street below him, his hand shielding his eyes from the harsh glare of an imaginary sun. Directly above him, an orange and white tabby cat sits on a ledge and eagerly watches a fat pigeon flying just out of the its reach. The next window over features a mother holding her small child, both watching the cat and bird situation with amusement.

The vignettes continue onto the next building designated Allston Hall Block 90 by the subtle brick lettering toward the top of the building. Most are just images of the easily forgotten moments in life—a couple cooking together by the stove, a man washing his dog, and another washing his window—while some are more fantastic.

A window to the far right depicts a woman standing in front of an old-fashioned microphone with spotlights shining down on her.

It looks like a daydream come to life within the confines of one’s own apartment.

As the car passed the building in a blink of an eye, like it had done many times before, I kept thinking about the building, turning slightly in my seat and keeping my eyes on the side of it for as long as possible. The little windows captured my attention, but at that moment I couldn’t exactly tell you why.

My thoughts returned to the mural over the next couple days, and I began thinking about how open and friendly the people in the windows were. Sure, they weren’t real, but the paintings embodied a kind, open, neighborhoody ethos that has been a bit harder for me to find over the past few months.

Opening up to those around me seems harder as of late. Maybe this is because it’s second semester, and the peppy rush to meet new people and make new friends has faded. Or maybe it has something to do with the cold, which makes the option of staying bundled up in my room even more alluring.

Smiling at someone in the stairwell, or making an effort to meet new people, seems like an exhausting course of action.

But really, it isn’t exhausting, and taking the time throw open your metaphorical window and interact with the world around should be more than a detail that fades into the background.

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As people of various ethnicities, gender identities, and origins sat on the carpeted floor, Out of the Blue Art Gallery bore a similar resemblance to a kindergarten class.

This Saturday, the Cambridge-based gallery became a classroom without walls to tear its students apart, without harsh hands that mold prejudice into their minds or arbitrary labels placed on humans. People of all walks of life gathered for the Arts & Music Fundraiser for Refugee Health and Human Rights.

The eclectic gallery that the event was held in—filled with everything from jewelry to records to thrift clothing—perfectly reflected the audience drawn to the fundraiser.

The event, organized by the recentlyformed Massachusetts Artists for Change, featured artwork and musical performances that centered on human rights, equality among genders and races, and the refugee crisis. Following the Boston Women’s March in January, one activist, Harmony Witte, decided it was time to get artists together to use their talents for political purposes.

Witte created the group and immediately received interest from multiple artists, but felt that she could do more. Riding on the momentum of the protests, she came up with the idea of using an art show to create that community. She made a Facebook event, and was contacted by Lyzz Zinn, a musician who wanted to turn the event into a fundraiser.

Witte and Zinn found their passion for art and music early on in life, and their political interest closely followed. While Witte developed the intersection of these two passions in creating this supportive community for artists who need it, Zinn felt that this event was the perfect outlet for those feeling attacked by the administration of President Donald Trump.

“I’m a survivor of domestic violence and sexual abuse, and my music has in a lot of ways been a healing process for that,” Zinn said.

Focused on enacting change with political action, no matter how small, Zinn believes that change comes from the summation of little acts of expression. This can be through art, music, writing, or any other outlet.

“With how deep-seated my trauma is, and with feeling re-traumatized by this new political regime, I was really inspired to bridge the two,” Zinn said. “Because art and music is just a really powerful way to enact change and just get people thinking.”

Witte and Zinn both emphasized the importance of creating more of these safe spaces for artists throughout Boston. The key

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Harmony Witte and Lyzz Zinne organized the events for the Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights, collecting $1,000. component, they explained, is always treating those around oneself with respect.

“In any city there’s a space to be filled for artists and musicians where they can have a place to interact with each other and be encouraged with their work,” Witte said.

Their creation did just that, and they hope to see more events like these pop up in the future. At this event, performances ranged from folk bands and spoken-word poets, to short films and an interesting mixture of flute playing, rap, and singing.

A primary goal the two had for this fundraiser was to organize as much money as possible for the Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights. Founded by the Boston Medical Center, this organization seeks to provide assistance, healing, hope, and resources to torture survivors, asylum seekers, and refugees. Following Trump’s recent executive orders, members of Massachusetts Artists for Change voted this as the ideal organization to receive the proceeds of the event.

Robbie Adams, program coordinator at Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights, provided a short intermission between the artists to discuss the organization. The organizers use a method of “radical hospitality,” in which they make sure the environment they provide for their clients is as welcoming and open as it can be. Nearly all of their patients are survivors of government-

sanctioned torture and fled their country for protection and safety. The people at the Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights provide services such as job readiness programs and mental health counseling, as well as items like warm clothing.

“They worked hard to get over here,” Adams said. “They deserve to be welcomed with open arms, not treated like criminals.”

One of the many clients of the center was also one of the performers of the night. Tears fell down many crowd members’ faces as poet Ari Belathar read the words she wrote in some of the darkest times of her life.

A student activist and journalist, Belathar was forced to flee Mexico at age 22 after surviving illegal imprisonment and torture at the hands of the Mexican National Army.

With nothing but $4 and a suitcase filled with books, she traveled to America without any English or knowledge of where exactly she was headed.

She made it clear that for many people, fleeing their country is one last grasp at living freely and safely—not an easy trip that is taken lightly. Many refugees are unsure of where they will even end up, just traveling on in hopes of a better tomorrow.

“Those of us who have experienced torture have been driven beyond the borders of light into nothingness,” Belathar said.

Even after the immediate physical pain ended, her mind suffered the effects of the

torture, and loneliness, long after its end.

“At 2 o’clock in the morning, you contemplate the disadvantage of a bullet in your head,” Belathar said.

After being driven to inhumane loneliness, pushed to the edges of pain, and held in exile for lengths of time so long she could not understand a universe outside of her body, Belathar struggled to find open arms. She said she oftentimes wished she could flee to a more hospitable, accepting country.

The Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights gives Belathar and other refugees a place to transform their suffering into something new and begin the healing process.

Without judgment, the center gave her the community that she has struggled to find.

Witte and Zinn made the next step simple: keep up to date with groups that start locally.

As a first step, anyone interested in taking action can subscribe to Massachusetts Artists for Change on Facebook to get involved in future events. Small actions lead to immense changes, and you can provide help to people who greatly deserve it, like Belathar. Just this one event raised $1,433 for the cause that changed her life.

“Not long ago, somebody told me that I don’t look like a refugee,” Belathar said. “I don’t know what he meant. I don’t know how a refugee is supposed to look. I stand here in front of you, and I cannot tell the difference.

The only difference is our circumstances.”

<k_`ZXc :fddle`kp ;`jZljj\j Dfek_ Fe\ f] Kildg 9P D8IP<C@Q89<K? DFFE<P ?\`^_kj JkX]] The results of the 2016 presidential election and subsequent inauguration of President Donald Trump elicited a variety of responses from Boston and beyond. Many have marched or demonstrated in some way, but many more were left unsure of the best way to respond to an administration that threatened everything from the validity of global warming to the rights of immigrants.

The Boston Ethical Community found itself in the former group after the election of a president who it believed stood in direct contrast to the principles that are at the core of the organization.

In materials that can be found at its weekly meetings, the Boston Ethical Community stated that it “value[s] the importance living an ethical, responsible, and joyful life.” In these meetings, which take place in a building belonging to the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, attendees tackle how to determine one’s values, and improve society through living by them. The Ethical Community meets on Sunday mornings, and alternates meetings between having a guest speaker with a discussion and a group talk on a particular topic.

This past Sunday, the group finally decided to

address the new administration.

The discussion was titled “One Month of Trump,” and the room was set with a collection of folding chairs and tables as well as refreshments for the attendees—a group that was noticeably lacking in a broad age spectrum as most of those in attendance were over 50 years of age.

After they had all settled down at tables, Brian King, the president of the Boston Ethical Community, posed a series of questions for the members of the various tables to discuss.

He asked attendees to consider the apparent chaos of the Trump administration: whether there is any intent behind it, how the checks and balances of the United States government will work going forward, and how the country might move forward from here.

Although the general political leaning of the group was toward the left, the discussion was not one of constant agreement. Participants formed a consensus that there is an extreme amount of conflict occuring in the executive branch of the government, led and fostered in part by Trump. But there was still a healthy amount of debate surrounding the perceived intentions of the Trump administration and what will, and should, happen going forward.

At one of the tables, the discussion centered around a common theme of worry about the

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At its weekly meeting, the Boston Ethical Community called for action and change.

direction the country is headed in. Phyllis Glass, a former administrative worker at Harvard University and a current resident of Allston, expressed her hope that the FBI was doing something to discern if there was any truth behind the claims that Trump’s campaign had contact with the Russian government during the election process, but also her trepidation about what might come next.

“If the FBI does find something, will Trump be impeached for treason?” Glass asked the other members of her table. “Could that happen?”

The topic of impeachment arose again as the tables regrouped for a discussion moderated by King. Attendees questioned who the lesser of two evils is: Trump or Vice President Mike Pence. One attendee pointed out that while Trump is “insane,” he had previously voted with the Democratic Party. Perhaps, if the Democrats in the House of Representatives and the Senate were to put their pride aside and work with the new administration and convince the new president that supporting their policies would win him favor with the people, President Trump could be persuaded to vote with the Democratic party again. On the other hand, Pence, as an anti-science, antiabortion, climate change denier, was “sane and dangerous.” If he became president, he would work with the Republican controlled Congress to tear apart many of the basic rights that people have been granted through legislation over the past few decades, such as minimizing rights to abortion and gay marriage.

As one woman put it, Trump is easier to oppose due to his explosive nature, whereas Pence’s actions might appear rational unless put under further inspection. As a result, many of the measures he would propose could get passed. Some participants preferred Trump, making a “devil you know” argument of sorts through their reasoning that he is such a wild card that even the shrewdest of political analysts don’t know what he will do next. Others positioned themselves in favor of Pence, taking into consideration that the daily pandemonium of the Trump administration acts as a shield for the Republican Congress to secretly make reforms.

In addition to the distress of the new president’s term, there was discussion of how the

government will progress forward. The group gathered at the Ethical Community’s meeting and reached a consensus that it was time now to look ahead. With the midterm elections in 2018, the assembly’s focus shifted to getting more Democrats elected to Congress, as well as the best way for an overwhelmingly Democratic state such as Massachusetts to create change within the country.

Members discussed plans of compelling friends and relatives in red states to take action in areas where they could make a strong impact, and of contacting their local representatives about policy issues with which they might not agree. Many participants stressed the importance of attending the town halls that legislators hold during the congressional recess. Some attendees also bounced around the idea of political donations, suggesting that instead of donating money to candidates in states that consistently voted for liberals, that money would be better served going to a candidate in a state where the race would be much more contested.

For Caitlin Ivestor, the “One Month of Trump” discussion was her first experience with the Boston Ethical Community. She felt that the outcome of this election is an issue that, like many others, people will refuse to forget. As an example, she shared that her experiences attending the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind. had introduced her to dialogues with those who had immovable opinions on debates like the one surrounding abortion-rights. Ivestor related this narrative to the larger picture of the current political climate in that politicians grab onto hotbutton issues like abortion-rights, because a strong position is a guarantee of a large block of votes.

As people trickled out of the meeting, continuing to discuss the topics that had piqued their interest, the atmosphere was one of purpose. Those who attended the meeting of the Boston Ethical Community did not engage in commiseration, they ultimately sought to forge a path to change. The results of the election were not condemnation for the country but a call to action to help create what the Ethical Community hopes will be a more humane world for current and future generations.

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Kf I\gcXZ\ 9Xk\j# 9: Dljk =`e[ G\i]\Zk =`k `e E\n 8; With his contract due to expire at the end of the academic year, Director of Athletics Brad Bates announced on Monday that he would step down in June. Sources confirmed to The Heights that Bates, who will join Collegiate Sports Associates (CSA) as a vice president in charge of the agency’s consulting division, would have not had his contract renewed. As AD, Bates developed strong relationships with many student-athletes. Bates maintained Boston College’s commitment to excellence in the classroom—athletics ranked fifth nationally in graduation rate in 2015-16.

He also began fundraising for several major construction projects, such as the Brighton Athletics Complex, an indoor practice facility for football, and a replacement for the Flynn Recreation Complex. During the early part of his tenure, Bates served as an effective and charismatic face of BC Athletics that promised a bright future. Despite the program’s later failures, these strong beginnings must be remembered as part of his career in Chestnut Hill.

But in his later years, Bates’ public face dissipated with the on-the-field talent. His messy handling of the departure of swimming head coach Tom Groden, and the uncertain future of the swim and dive program represented the lack of transparency that marked the latter part of his tenure. Bates is also responsible for the hiring of both football head coach Steve Addazio and men’s basketball head coach Jim Christian.

Bates also served as AD during the abysmal 2015-16 season for football and men’s basketball, in which the Eagles failed to win an ACC game in 26 games combined. The two programs were the first to achieve the feat for a Power Five school since Georgia in 1943-44. Though the on-field performance of the programs is not something directly in his control, Bates will likely be most remembered for this season.

In selecting a new Director of Athletics, University President Rev. William P. Leahy, S.J. and the board of trustees must choose wisely. At a time in which BC Athletics’ public perception is at an all-time low, the next AD will likely be the most crucial hire in the program’s history. The first step must be in selecting the right search firm. For Bates’ hiring, the University relied solely on Leo Sullivan, former vice president for human resources, who is now a senior adviser to Leahy.

Because that didn’t work out well, the administration must seek an outside service. Parker Executive Search, Korn Ferry, Witt/Kieffer, and DHR International are a couple of notable outside sources that the University should consider using to help conduct this search. And under no circumstances should BC use CSA now that Bates works there.

The next AD must be ready for Leahy’s heavy involvement in athletics. It was Leahy who spearheaded BC’s move from the Big East to the ACC, and he has remained

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heavily involved in all hiring processes and inner workings of the department. The AD must be comfortable with the uniform-high academic standards to which incoming student-athletes are subject at BC. Without question, any AD candidates must be prepared to run a Power Five program that has seen its two most important programs put up a composite losing record over the last five years. Despite BC’s success in men’s hockey and several non-profit sports—women’s hockey, baseball, men’s soccer, to name a few—during Bates’ tenure, it is the dual failing of football and men’s basketball that brought down the reputation of the department.

The next AD must have ample experience working directly with football and men’s basketball, and must surround themselves with people who have similar experience. In turn, the moves Bates’ successor makes must lead to a dramatic increase in on-field production for those two programs, whether they stick with Addazio and Christian or turn to an outside hire. With attendance decreasing drastically under Bates, the new AD must work immediately to buck the trend and win back the faith of the fans.

Moreover, she or he must be prepared to be in charge of a program that hosts the most varsity sports in the ACC. Unlike the swimming situation, in which Groden suggested Bates had planned to discontinue the program, the next AD must not allow BC’s coaches to live in fear of the safety of their programs. They must make a definitive, upfront decision one way or the other on any potential ones on the chopping block.

Most importantly, the new AD must be the face of the program, both through the media and in a fundraising capacity. They must promote BC openly in local and national outlets, as well as remain accessible to The Heights. And the new AD must prepare to continue efforts in building facilities that are up to the ACC’s standards in quality. In their current state, BC’s athletic facilities are among the worst in the nation. Up-topar facilities would include, but are not limited to, a 3M diving board in the Plex’s replacement, locker rooms and indoor batting cages for the Brighton Athletic Complex, ample weight room space in the indoor practice facility, and widespread updates to Conte Forum.

If the AD does not believe BC can match the standards of its contemporaries—or worse, cannot raise the funds to do so—then he or she must find a way out of the Power Five and put the program in a conference in which they feel it can best compete.

Though his tenure was marred with many losses, Bates’ efforts in facilities set a framework for his successor to have a legacy. But efforts will not be sufficient for the next AD. Whoever takes the big office in Conte come fall 2017 cannot fail, because for the sake of its future, BC Athletics cannot afford for that to happen.

“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language.

And next year’s words await another voice.

And to make an end is to make a beginning.”

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8d\i`ZXËj :fek\dgfiXip D`jj`c\ :i`j`j :fe]lj`e^ :Xe[`[Xk\j I<9<::8 DFI<KK@ BEING UNIQUE - Conformity is a rampant issue in contemporary education. Moreover, there is a generational divide between professors and their students that plagues college campuses across the country. Older professors often fail to connect with the modern aspects of their students’ lives, often creating a stark division between what students learn in the classroom and what they experience in the real world. Even lessons from the promiscuous society of ancient Greece often fail to relate to the complex scene of hookup culture that every college student is exposed to, whether they like it or not. There is one professor at Boston College, however, that has made an effort to traverse the canyon. Putting a new lens on the Jesuit perspective, the man known as TKM by his admirers has not shied away from embracing and wholeheartedly analy zing the potential benefits of the hookup culture that too many educators are quick to condemn. By branching out of the archaic and accepted norms of the past, TKM has exemplified how higher education must advance to keep up with society’s rapid pace, and unwavering openmindedness that other professors should seek to emulate in their classrooms.

TAKING CONTROL - Sometimes, our hands lose their grip on the wheel.

We sit back, and we let someone else take charge. We subjugate ourselves to the passenger seat, trusting that the person to our left will bring us to where we want to be. We let them dictate our lives’ twists and turns, to play their music on the stereo. We rely on someone else so much that we forget how to drive. Not anymore.

What do you do when the dictator of the world’s most isolated country launches yet another ballistic missile in the hopes of some day being able to hit your shore with a nuclear warhead? Apparently, not much. Last Sunday, North Korea successfully test fired a new medium-to-long-range ballistic missile, its first test launch during the administration of President Donald Trump. In 2016, the country launched over twenty missile tests and two nuclear tests—an unprecedented number—in defiance of various United Nations resolutions.

This isn’t okay, but in the anarchic world of international relations, a U.N. resolution here and there doesn’t mean much when you have China’s backing and a few nukes up your sleeve.

Ever since North Korea successfully conducted its first nuclear test in 2006, the number of options left to deal with the backwards country has decreased, and the United States’ leverage has declined. Kim Jong-un, Supreme Leader of the “Democratic” People’s Republic of Korea, is well aware of this shift. In fact, he believes that North Korea’s nuclear weapons program is the reason why he has yet to be toppled by the West. Sunday’s ballistic missile test will try the new American administration, which must decide how it’ll respond to the North Korean threat and defend its allies, as well as its credibility.

North Korea’s aggression is a direct menace to the U.S.’ key allies in the region, most notably Japan and South Korea. The missile launch coincided with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, and was likely a timely threat to Abe and a challenge to the Trump administration.

Abe called the test “absolutely intolerable,” while Trump simply stated that the U.S. was behind Japan 100 percent. Trump’s restraint in response to the missile test is somewhat uncharacteristic, and suggests that his administration may not yet have a

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Korean problem. Since the Korean War, even before North Korea had nuclear weapons, its regime has gone largely unchallenged thanks to China’s support. Territorial, economic, and geopolitical concerns have turned China into the Kim dynasty’s lifeline. China is wary that if the North Korean regime collapses, impoverished Korean refugees will likely flood across the Yalu River into China, and American troops will station themselves on its border.

Although it publicly condemns the missile tests, China has continually rejected the notion that it could do more to deter North Korea’s aggressive nuclear program. This assertion is almost certainly false. Over 90 percent of North Korea’s trade is done with China, and China has consistently provided the majority of North Korea’s food, arms, and energy. Without China’s support, North Korea would wither away. But China doesn’t really see a reason in curbing North Korea’s nuclear weapons program, as long as the regime is stable and doesn’t draw China into a war. After all, North Korea provides China a buffer to U.S.-influenced powers in the region.

The U.S. and its allies must effectively convince China that curbing Kim’s regime is actually in China’s interest, rather than against it. The U.S. must shift its tone to persuade China that it is not trying to undermine its stability, but rather, bolster it. China’s President Xi Jinping has stated that the country’s priorities are “no war, no instability, no nukes.”

The U.S. should emphasize how Kim’s regime is causing Japan and South Korea to consider developing their own nuclear weapons and heightening the possibility of war. We must not antagonize China, but rather play on its desire to take on a more important role in the international order by engaging in talks. By offering solid reassurances, perhaps the U.S. can one day even persuade China to support the reunification of Korea. If China doesn’t willingly decide that it is time to finally whip its “unruly communist little brother” into shape, then the U.S. and its allies may be forced to consider more compelling strategies.

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FEELING LIKE A ZOO ANIMAL - The freshman sat in Bapst, one of the last strongholds of peace and focus on campus. A frequent visitor, the nook that he occupied between the two bookshelves felt like home. His peace was soon disturbed, however, by the arrival of a tour group of prospective students and their parents. Suddenly, a cage fit for a tiger dropped from the ceiling, and the freshman found himself stuck behind metal bars. Astounded, his head began to spin as Acacia trees and dry, long savannah grass sprouted from the green carpeted floor. He arose quickly and grasped the bars tightly, peering out at the visitors who strolled by as if nothing had happened. He watched in awe as cages descended upon all of the students who had innocently chosen to come to the library to study. The visitors gazed, pointed, shouted, and photographed the caged students, and when they were through they exited from where they came. The cages rose quickly back into the ceiling, and the students, traumatized, fled the library in a frenzied hurry, leaving the tables open for the next crowd of unassuming students to fall into the University’s publicity trap.

solid strategy. Certainly, prudence in these matters is necessary, especially when dealing with a volatile North Korean dictator.

The U.S., however, must develop an effective policy to curb North Korea’s nuclear weapons program—the sooner, the better.

North Korea has conducted five nuclear tests, which have all had increasing yields.

The last explosion had a yield between 20 and 30 kilotons. This is frightening, considering the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki yielded 15 and 20 kilotons respectively. Moreover, with every new missile test, North Korea is not only making a statement to its enemies, but also improving on its ballistic missile technology. On Jan. 1, 2017, Kim stated that the country had “entered the final stage of preparation for the test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile.” Still, it remains unclear how close North Korea actually is to testing such a missile that could reach the U.S. Concerningly, the missile which North Korea tested Sunday appears to have used a new solid-fuel-propelled engine that allows for faster launches with greater power and range. Unlike the conventional liquid-fuel missiles tested previously, the new rocket type can be launched at short notice and is harder to detect by satellite surveillance.

The longer the U.S. waits to act, the more progress North Korea’s nuclear program will make, and the harder it will be to deal with threats in the future.

Despite his rhetoric, Kim Jong-un probably values his power too much to actually launch a nuclear attack on the U.S., which would surely result in his destruction. Still, the threat is real. So what can we do?

It’s too risky to stick to the status quo.

Shows of military force seem to just egg on the North Koreans to even more aggressively develop their nuclear weapons program. Our increased military presence in the region further convinces Kim that the U.S. and its allies are bent on toppling him, and that nuclear capability is the only thing keeping him in power. Sanctions would be effective if they could cut off the sources of income for North Korea’s nuclear weapons program. Unfortunately, the Kim regime has proved more than willing to take money away from a starving populace to generate funding.

China holds the key to solving the North

A black man is torn out of his car and beaten. He is chased down the streets by a mob of five hundred yelling “Lynch him!”

Black schoolchildren in yellow school buses are pelted by grey rocks thrown by a white mob. An NAACP office is firebombed. David Duke, Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan, holds a racist rally against school integration where he says that the real issue isn’t school integration, it’s black people. Five hundred people attended. The media does not report on it.

This didn’t happen in the ’30s or even the ’50s. The year was 1974, and these events didn’t take place in Montgomery or Birmingham—they happened right here in Boston.

You can read The Battle of Boston by John Hillson if you don’t believe me. For a city proud of its strong support for social justice, where people proudly state “Don’t blame me, I’m from Boston,” this seems utterly ironic.

On June 21, 1974, Judge Arthur Garrity ordered Boston schools to be integrated.

While there was no explicit legal ordinance to be torn down, many laws were apathetic to integration. The problem was that Boston was a city of neighborhoods. Communities such as Southie, Hyde Park, Roslindale, and Roxbury are culturally segregated. Each neighborhood had its own schools and, while all the schools were equal in theory, in reality, black schools were worse. This inequality was the basis for Garrity’s decision to integrate Boston schools.

Integration would require that the city begin bussing students from black neighborhoods to white schools, and from white neighborhoods to black schools. This type of forced integration had already occurred in southern cities as well. Most Americans are familiar with the Little Rock Nine, famous because the Governor of Arkansas dispatched the National Guard to prevent nine black students from attending a white public school. Integration also occurred in Washington D.C., Houston, and many other cities across the country.

Boston’s forced bussing was particularly violent. Young black children were pelted daily with rocks while trying to enter school, a number of busses were damaged, and bus drivers were injured as well. James Richardson was a school bus driver who drove through an angry mob on his first day of work. His bus was pelted with bricks by a mob shouting racial slurs at him and the students on the bus.

According to The Boston Globe, his bus eventually found refuge at an MBTA station, where many other busses escaped the mobs.

While rocks were being thrown and buildings firebombed, many white city dwellers made the decision to simply leave. This is a phenomenon called “white flight.” Between 1960 and 1980, the white population in Boston dropped by over 200,000 people, which was about 30 percent of the city’s overall population.

It is disputed whether this was caused by racism or the glorification of suburban life.

Nevertheless, it is true that during this period, the declining rate of private school enrollment suddenly reversed direction, which would indicate that the population was inclined to leave public schools. This inclination was most likely a result of increased racial tension and integration.

Regardless of whether or not white flight was caused by racism, the diaspora to the suburbs hurt school integration efforts. The 1974 Milliken v. Bradley Supreme Court decision specifically exempted suburbs from forced school integration. Moreover, new infrastructure and highway projects helped whites to move out of the city.

Joseph Cronin, the Massachusetts Secretary of Education from 1971 to 1975, writes in his book Reforming Boston Schools 1930-2006, “Government subsidies helped whites flee the city and confined blacks to ghetto housing, low-income projects, and aging schools.”

White flight was an effective method for de facto school segregation. Whether those that fled were racist or not, the movement to the suburbs resulted in greater segregation.

I went to a segregated school myself, and I didn’t even know it. My family simply lived in a white town. Plymouth, Mass. is 90 percent white. Newton is 80 percent white.

Weymouth, Scituate, Cohasset, Hingham, and Winthrop are all over 90 percent white.

In contrast, Boston is 54 percent white. The white flight that occurred during this time period contributed to this modern segregation.

The same problems that led to court-ordered bussing are still around today. White schools, mostly in the suburbs, outperform black schools considerably. In fact, students of color make up more than 85 percent of the combined student population in Massachusetts’ 40 lowest-performing schools.

Today, even if we have made major progress in terms of social toleration and civil liberties, we still face the same difficulties regarding educational equality as we have in the past.

White schools still generally outperform black schools, and this is a distinction line still very easily drawn.

The city of Boston has created programs to try and tackle this pressing issue. The Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity, founded in 1966, busses non-white students from city schools to suburban schools and the performance of these students is twice that of their counterparts in urban schools. Unfortunately, the program is extremely underfunded, and a student’s chances of being admitted to the program are depressingly slim.

Forced bussing in Boston was a failure.

Schools are still considerably segregated because of white flight and the Milliken v.

Bradley Supreme Court decision preventing suburban integration. A UCLA study conducted last year found that segregation today is even worse than it was in the ’60s.

Integration and diversity are extremely important in the educational world. It is important that different groups of people are able to interact with each other so that they can share their experiences and develop mutual understanding. Many cultural divides that exist in the United States today can be attributed to misunderstandings between different groups of people. Looking back, it is not so surprising that so much violence occurred in Boston, a city of neighborhoods.

When people are divided, misunderstandings, and even hatred, are allowed to c onsume their minds and hearts. In this respect, Boston is a disappointment.

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I have had a difficult time deciding what to write about this week. Every time I sat down to work on this column I seemed to lose my focus quickly, giving up and working on other non-priority projects. I’ve also been struggling to keep up with most of the things in my life, like class work, searching for a summer internship, and my part-time job. I know I need to do these things, but I also know that they won’t be fun, and there are other things I would rather do, like make weird art.

I want to be productive, but my behavior contradicts this sentiment. I think of this as a form of cognitive dissonance, the discomfort that results from having beliefs that contrast with one’s behavior.

Because we tend to seek internal consistency, we attempt to correct cognitive dissonance by adjusting our attitudes and our behaviors. In my example, I could refuse to consider the reality of my deadlines and not complete my work, inventing something to justify my actions. Or I could accept that I need to get my work done, shift my understanding to fit the new reality, and change my actions to be consistent with my thoughts (sitting down and writing).

I found this concept relevant last week in regard to the tension surrounding the Undergraduate Government of Boston College election. You may remember me from last year’s UGBC election, which had its own drama. But this year’s election was juicy in a different way.

Before students voted to elect Akosua Achampong and Tt King, both MCAS ‘18, as UGBC president and executive vice president for the 2017-18 school year, the team of Raymond Mancini and Matt Batsinelas, both CSOM ’19, repeatedly clashed with Achampong and King during campaigning.

What I took away from this whole exchange is that Mancini and Batsinelas experienced cognitive dissonance as they struggled to justify their behavior with their beliefs.

Let’s look at Batsinelas and Mancini’s actions. Part of their campaign platform was questioning the use of funds by the AHANA Leadership Council (ALC), the GLBTQ Leadership Council (GLC), and the Diversity and Inclusion Programming Board (DIP). In Sept. 2016, Mancini was one of two dissenters in a UGBC vote regarding the creation of an LGBTQ+ resource center on campus. And after a Facebook commenter accused the team of ignoring larger issues, the “Ray & Matt for UGBC 2017” Facebook page made light of the need for gender-neutral bathrooms, implying that it was not a serious issue.

All these actions indicate that Batsinelas and Mancini have little knowledge of or care for the needs and goals of the LGBTQ+ community. Nonetheless, even after receiving criticism for these views, including a comment on a Facebook livestream of the election debate, and a subsequent letter to the editor by Edward Byrne, MCAS ’18, Batsinelas and Mancini have claimed to be supportive of the LGBTQ+ community.

This is cognitive dissonance. In a strange LTE, Batsinelas spouted a pro-Israel message while reaffirming his commitment to LGBTQ+ students, a view that is not necessarily confirmed by his actions. I don’t have enough space to discuss the complexity of the Israel/Palestine debate, my own distaste for BC’s “Eagles for Israel” organization, and why supporting Israel does not equal supporting LGBTQ+ rights.

Instead, I’ll focus on how Batsinelas views himself and his campaign. He declares that he is pro LGBTQ+ because he went to a Pride parade once and had a really good time. According to him, Mancini’s vote against the LGBTQ+ resource center was motivated by logistics. Instead of changing his actions to better reflect his team’s beliefs, I saw Batsinelas attempt to reshape reality to fit how he wanted to see himself and his candidacy.

Being called into question for one’s actions doesn’t feel good. The discomfort of cognitive dissonance leads us to change, either our thoughts or our behavior, to establish consistency. We should look at the campaign of Batsinelas and Mancini as an example of how not to resolve cognitive dissonance.

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With only one class at 2 p.m. on Fridays, anything work related goes out the window on Thursday afternoon. I put the draining week behind me, and all my worries fade. I forget about the test I have to study for, or the paper I have to finish because Monday seems so far away. “I’ll do it all on Sunday,” I tell myself.

On Thursdays, there is always a choice I have make. Do I watch Netflix and pick up a steak and cheese sub from Mac, or catch the T into town for a bite?

Nine times out of 10, I choose the latter.

While many get caught up in the Boston College bubble and only venture out of school a few times a month, I constantly find myself leaving campus. At times during the week, it feels like I rarely have a moment for myself. I’m constantly surrounded by my peers, so by the end of the week, I need a little escape.

All my excursions around Boston revolve around food. It should come as no surprise to anyone who knows me that food is one of my greatest passions. How do I find restaurants to go to every week? I spend hours upon hours scrolling through Boston food websites and Instagram pages looking for new restaurants to try.

But the cuisine I choose for that week normally comes from watching episodes of Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown. When Bourdain is in Andalucia eating tapas, naturally I begin to crave Spanish food. By Thursday I’m on my way to one of Boston’s many tapas joints to indulge in jamón and croquetas.

As a relatively new resident of Boston, I’m only beginning to get a taste of the lively food scene across the city.

With so many places to try, and a disintegrating bank account, I’m not only looking for great food, but it also needs to be reasonably priced.

Location is also key. Can I get there easily? Thankfully, each neighborhood in Boston is associated with a different cuisine. Allston is best for Asian fusion and hot pot. Chinatown is the mecca for dim sum and the North End is acclaimed for its Italian. If I can’t make up my mind, I’ll head to Quincy Market to choose from every cuisine imaginable. But I always seem to end up with a warm lobster roll and clam chowder anyway.

At times though, I don’t feel so adventurous and all I crave is nothing more than a good burger. I’ve tried countless burgers in my 19 years, but my favorite burgers are served at Shake Shack. Everytime I dig into one of their burgers, my mind is blown.

Occasionally, I’ll meet up with a friend for lunch, but I actually prefer to dine alone. While it may seem like I’m an introvert, I believe that the best way to enjoy a meal is when it’s just me and the food.

By eliminating all social interaction, there are no distractions when I sit down for my meal. The only focus is the dish in front of me. I even refrain from using my phone. By doing this I taste flavors that I wouldn’t normally notice, and I appreciate the food so much more.

Ichiran, the renowned Japanese ramen chain, has become famous for its anti-social dining concept. Diners are seated in booths separated by walls, where you are left in privacy to enjoy the hearty umami flavours of the bowl you are about to devour.

When I finish, I don’t like to wait around. I get the check and I’m out the door on my way to the nearest Chatime to get my boba fix. When my food adventure is done, I return to the confines of my dorm room, and reality sets in. I open up my computer and make my second big decision of the day. Do I finish the reading for class tomorrow, or watch Netflix? This time, Netflix wins.

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Boston’s Rose Kennedy Greenway is home to twelve 24-foot tall, sentinel-like structures—the “Light Blades” that overlook and illuminate the Wharf District parks. A sign next to the public installation invites passersby to text any color to a phone number, which then regulates the color displayed by the Light Blades.

For those who have had their fill of Roy G. Biv in grade school, rest assured. New American Public Art (NAPA), the studio behind the project, threw in a little under one thousand colors to choose from.

The public art installation, known as the “Color Commons,” went live this January, and will continue throughout the winter. As it stands, Bostonians can visit the interactive public artwork and give it a whirl firsthand. All that is required to participate is a cell phone that can send a text. Although it is worth mentioning that having a scholarly repertoire of Crayola

colors is a plus.

The Light Blades, and the Greenway space they inhabit, stretch across two blocks. To the north lies the historic Long Wharf, and to the south, the colossal Rowes Wharf arch which grandly frames the Light Blades at sunset. Aside from the sidewalk, the entire segment of land is set aside for green space, despite its location right off of the financial district—like an alcove away from the city. At night, when the glowing colors of the blades are most visible, the area is astonishingly vacant, and it is not uncommon for individual users to have full control over the entire array of lights.

The scene created by the Color Commons is at once awe-inspiring and seductive for onlookers. Most who stroll by and shoot a text don’t expect the color of an entire city block to update one second after pressing send. Then, they will try again and realize the colors did in fact just change—faster than they can Snapchat the moment to a friend. Sometimes, multiple users can engage in back-and-forth color warfare from blocks away: red, peach, green, fuchsia, forest green, ochre, and so on.

NAPA, the multidisciplinary studio behind the Color C o m m o n s , co n ceives all its projects as chi-

meras between architecture, engineering, and art, with the guiding purpose of public interactivity. Color Commons is no exception.

Dan Sternof Beyer, NAPA founder and creative director, explained that the studio incorporates hefty amounts of technology into their installations due to the complex nature to interactive art pieces.

“The art side of it is really thinking about the sociology of the public and thinking about what draws people in, what makes them curious, and what brings out curiosity,” Beyer said.

Architecture is a concern distinctive to NAPA’s work. Unlike the safety provided by a snug gallery, anything can go awry in a public space, so NAPA dedicates most of their time to finding solutions that maintain the physical integrity of their projects.

“We have all these rules of thumb we work with,” Beyer said. “We think of an over-caffeinated toddler and then also a drunken sailor. If we can somehow accommodate both of these individuals, then everyone else can enjoy it as well. We can’t just put out papier mâché.”

Beyer is one of six members in the artist collective—his title is a bit misleading, as every member of NAPA is also an original founder and contributing creative director.

The team features members with degrees in architecture, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, and chemical engineering to name a few—Beyer has a background in sociology and multimedia art. According to Beyer, NAPA carried out projects for free initially, just as a joint hobby between friends that had a passion for engineering art.

Since then, they have moved away from “being fabricators”.

Now, fortunate enough to run NAPA as a full-time gig, they formulate ideas on their own, typically in front of a whiteboard for hours and hours before arriving at consensus.

Above all else, NAPA champions interactivity in all the work they do.

“If the art-piece is interactive, in a way that expresses people’s interactions

with it, then the pieces are embodiments of us, and people are always interested in other people,” Beyer said. “Ideally, people are engaging with others through our art.

And that’s timeless.”

Color Commons, according to Beyer, is one of the more straightforward projects NAPA has tackled. The final system is simple, not out of ease but rather for the sake of speed. Texts from pedestrians’ phones go to NAPA’s SMS server, which are then routed back to a tiny Raspberry Pi at the park, a tiny computer motherboard that fits in one’s palm. Raspberry Pi then translates the code, and looks for a match among the catalogue of 950 colors—a list which is borrowed from the webcomic XKCD. Upon matching, the Raspberry Pi sends commands to each of the Light Blade’s iPlayers (light controllers) and thus comes the colorful output, all within one to two seconds.

Last year, in a more serious project titled “Ourself,” NAPA collected interviews from hundreds of residents of Camden, N.J. The responses touched a range of delicate topics including personal motivation, adversity, and life ambitions. Then, in public spaces just like Boston’s Greenway, NAPA set up two prism-shaped mirrors with a walkway in the middle that allowed passersby to step inside. The two mirrors created an infinite hallway effect, which permits the subject to see only his or her own reflection. When the rig sensed someone was standing between the mirrors, compiled recordings from the interviews played out loud.

For Beyer, it was moving to see their public installation make an impact on a city and its people. “Ourself ” embodied the full potential of breadth and depth in a NAPA public art piece.

Beyer and his team work from Artisan’s Asylum, a non profit community center based in Somerville that provides workspaces for groups like NAPA. They are, however, setting their sights on expanding to more cities as they continue creating successful work for organizations like the Rose Kennedy Greenway. For NAPA, the heart of its art is in the urban, and the public: something that everyone can possess.

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Once 8 p.m. strikes, the line hits max capacity, as patrons take in the sounds and smells of the North’s New Orleans.

After its grand opening just a few weeks ago on Feb. 3, Loui Loui Allston is already one of the neighborhood’s most hip places to eat. A five-minute walk from the Harvard Avenue station on the B line, Loui Loui is a Louisiana-inspired seafood restaurant that offers a handson experience, and serves as a perfect place for a late-night snack before heading to one of the many bars in the area. It stands out among the dozens of Italian seafood restaurants in the North End and the big names near Newbury St. by having a simple but modern interior design, and an uplifting vibe.

Jonathan Joo, Loui Loui’s director of development, explained that the restaurant selected Allston as its third location for the neighborhood’s growing reputation as a foodie haven.

“We wanted to be a part of that atmosphere, that culture,” Joo said.

A must-have at Loui Loui is the build- your-ow n-me al style C ajun seafood boil. The boiler allows diners to select from nine kinds of seafood, tossed with their choice of sauce and sides in different levels of spiciness.

The gloves and bib arrive at the table shortly after ordering, and only build up the anticipation. The food then arrives in two layers of giant plastic bags—one to hold the food, and one to catch the residual mixture of oil and sauce seeping through the bag.

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One top option at Loui Loui is the build-your-own-meal style Cajun seafood boil, where diners can select one of nine kinds of shellfish. a crawfish-red color, and provides a strong flavor that hides in the background. At first, it highlights the tender texture of the seafood, but returns with an earthly kick that reaches the back of the throat.

The plastic cup of ice water served with a straw upon being seated makes a lot of sense now. From the same bag, a bite out of the half-pound of greasy, sliced Andouille sausages conjures up sensory memories of New York City’s hot dog stands.

The garlic butter sauce produces an entirely different experience. Through the gloves, chunks of pepper trapped on the shells of the Cape Cod littleneck clams feel like sand on a beach.

The inner surface of the shells is filled with minced garlic that adds another dimension to the flavor without the raw spiciness one would expect. While the flavor of the sauce makes an indirect presence in the crawfish, shrimp, and corn, the clams are soaked in this creamy sauce. The clams slide into the mouth with an unexpected sweetness.

The smooth taste of the garlic butter

sauce is, however, distinct from the garlic noodles that are served on the side, which introduces, yet again, a new variety to the taste buds.

One of the seafood options on the menu is the Dungeness crab, which Joo took particular attention to explain. Although Joo was introduced to Dungeness crab while he was travelling in California a few years ago, as it is native to the West Coast, Joo explained that he immediately envisioned the crab with Loui Loui’s Louisiana sauce. Now, Dungeness crab can be found at the end of the list of seafood options for the Boiler as a seasonal special.

Loui Loui boasts its Louisiana inspiration. Joo praises Louisiana as “a big, big melting pot of a lot of different cultures.” He also remarked on the multiple cultural influences in Louisiana, including the French, Acadian, Jamaican, and Haitian, and pointed out their common status with Boston as island or coastal region, making seafood a natural and important part of the local cuisine. Loui Loui’s live crawfish is supplied from Louisiana every week.

At its Stoneham, Mass. location last fall, Loui Loui hosted a crawfish-eating competition, a favorite among locals on the bayou.

“Crawfish really is like a special part of the Louisiana seafood, Louisiana food menu, so we wanted to celebrate that, and we thought that having a crawfisheating contest would be a great idea to have everyone come in and, you know, enjoy the food,” Joo said.

The restrooms in the back of the restaurant reveal the thoughtfulness of Loui Loui’s service. Next to the sink is a three-tier metal cart equipped with a jar of lemon slices to “rid the funk,” as the sign reads, from the hands, as well as a bottle of mouthwash, and a cup dispenser.

Following the opening of this Allston location just earlier this month, Loui Loui is already making plans to expand.

Its next location will be opening soon in Lowell, Mass.

“We want to go nationwide,” Joo said.

“We want to expand as many as possible and have a lot of locations so that people anywhere can try the food.”

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The lights dim. The audience quiets, settling in for the evening’s performance.

The stage is empty, except for a table and a few chairs. A backdrop depicts a glimpse of the landscape. Lights are brought up, illuminating the scene. Performers appear from behind the curtains that are draped on the edges of the stage. They obscure the tables of props and racks of costumes, rows of lights and painted scenery hanging high in the rafters. These are all that keeps the audience from seeing the sets being built in preparation for the next show—just a thin layer of cloth shield the audience from the explicit knowledge that the events on stage aren’t truly real.

Of course, everyone knows it’s just a play. But the curtains alone are what blur the edges between reality and fiction.

It’s easy for a Boston College student to decide what production to see at Robsham Theater on any given night—just choose between a Bonn Studio show or a production on the main stage.

For the theatre department, the choice of what plays to pick isn’t so easy. Each spring, the department’s faculty decides on the six shows that will run during the following academic year. Two of those six are suggested by students and pitched to a committee for a performance in the Bonn. The shows the department decides on must be carefully chosen, as there is often a theme for the season. This year, Russell Swift, the production manager and technical director of the department, said the theme focused on gender roles and diversity. All of the shows come to an important question:“What are your important relationships and how do you form those?”

The directors are chosen, students audition, and the department decides if it needs to hire out any freelance designers or artists. Then, the work can begin. The actors, director, and stage managers are usually thought of putting on a show, but the people doing the brunt of the work are often overlooked. There are many hours spent creating everything in the production that isn’t the actors or the script. This process usually takes about four weeks to finish the entire build.

“We build it, we paint it, and we put it into the space,” Swift said.

All of this happens before the technical rehearsal—a period of practice for the cast leading up to opening night—can happen.

Building the show is much easier said than done. The director, scenic designer,

stage manager, and technical director must all figure out how the play will appear. That includes scenery, props, lights, costumes, sound, and everything else the audience experiences outside of the actors themselves.

The most readily apparent part of a production that must be made behind the scenes is the scenery. The scenery sets the play in time and space, and every piece of scenery must be painted. These painted pieces allow for a deeper level of engagement, both for the actors and the crowd.

“Scenic painting defines a space for the actors, creates a visual world for the audience, and brings the construction of the designer’s idea into a finished product,” Liz Goble, scenic artist at BC, said in an email.

“Without paint, the set is incomplete.”

The designer can decide on a certain color for a piece of scenery, but it is up to the scenic artist to create this in real life. While mixing paint samples for the

example by using a simple pencil. At first glance, a pencil is merely a writing utensil.

But with the actor, it can be so much more.

It can be a love letter to a partner, which sets the stage for an entire relationship.

Vigus believes one prop can set the stage for an entire character.

“It’s just a pencil,” Vigus said, “but when you imbue with a fully blown-out story, it becomes more.”

Finding just the right object is often the most challenging aspect of the props process of a production, according to Vigus.

For example, the director wants one character to stab the other with scissors. The prop master can’t just get a scissors—he or she must figure out how they scissors will look before and after the actor uses it. That prop then determines how the actor will stab their opponent, and the prop master must make sure it is done safely, too.

In such an example, Vigus described the process by which he solved this problem. He

“It’s just a pencil, but when you imbue with a fully blown out story, it becomes more.”

—Larry Vigus, Props Master designer, Goble must carefully keep track of the ratios and colors of each sample.

Without this preparation, she will be unable to make a larger amount of the color the designer chooses.

“They don’t need to know how I did something, but I do,” Goble said.

Though the scenery and stage are set, the actors remain cloaked in shadow. They have nothing to wear, and no props to use.

They cannot do anything that involves more than their body. That’s where Larry Vigus, BC’s props master, steps in.

“My personal philosophy about props is that they are there to help the audience,” Vigus said. “But they’re really there for the actor.”

Props give the actors something to hang on to when they act. The audience can’t see any small details on the main stage, but the actor will. The more the actor can attribute to an object, the more meaningful their use of said object will be. Vigus showed this

made four pairs of scissors. The first was a normal pair of scissors, used to cut paper in the previous scene. The second was a pair of scissors that had been taped shut and painted to look real. This way the characters could fight while holding the scissors safely. The third pair of scissors was shortened to the handle and a small part of the blade, and a piece of cloth with a strong magnet was attached. The last pair was a backup. When the character gets stabbed, the third pair attaches to a magnet hidden in his costume, and the fabric attached to the scissors conceals the place of joining. Problem solved.

Anything that allows the actor to more easily get into character, and to make the experience more believable for the audience is certainly necessary for the play. Costumes are an obvious, but sometimes underappreciated aspect of this transformation from actor to character. But according to Quinn Burgess, costume shop supervisor, they as equally help express the character.

“For the audience, the costumes help set the mood for the production,” Burgess said in an email.

The visuals of the play are now complete.

But the stage remains dark—there are no lights. The audience is unable to see any of the beautiful scenery, the detailed props, and the intricate costumes. The lighting designer must create a light plot—a diagram that shows where the lights will be hung, where they will point, and where they will be plugged into the circuitry.

“My job is to get what the lighting designer wants,” said Andrew Andrews, BC theatre’s master electrician. “I get everything up in the air, and make it safe, and make it functional in an organized fashion.”

Safety is paramount in a production.

From the very start, the faculty chooses and approves plays that are compatible with the levels of the students involved. The set must be built so that it does not break or fall when the actors use it, and the props must be made in a way that, even in the case of an accident, the actors do not hurt themselves or each other. Additionally, the lights must be hung so that they do not fall onto the stage, as well as circuited in such a way that there are no electrical hazards created.

Once all of this preparation has been completed, comprising hundreds of hours of labor by the faculty, as well as the students, a play can run in Robsham.

The curtains can open, allowing the actors to transport the audience to another time and place for a brief period of time. But even the best acting cannot stand alone.

The play needs scenery, props, lighting, and everything else to make the events on stage believable and entertaining. The audience needs all of these things, but the actors rely on them even more. Every small detail makes the transition from reality to fantasy easier for the crowd and for the cast. Soliloquies are delivered, songs sung, tragedies and comedies alike take place in the theater. From the back of the auditorium, these talented staff watch with pride as their creations come to life on the stage.

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A8:F9 J:?@:B Last April, I committed to attend Boston College. Immediately, I was added to The Official BC Class of 2020 Facebook group. Instead of being filled with the current desperate pleas for lost Eagle IDs and dozens of offers to sell useless Beanpot consolation game tickets, the page was mostly populated by “introduction” posts.

A brief formula for most of these posts is name, city/state/country of origin, request for roommate, hobbies, television shows (Wow, you like Friends and Breaking Bad too?), and favorite kinds of music. And before all of my dedicated readers eagerly check the page to shove my hypocrisy in my face, yes, I made one of these posts as well.

But I noticed a difference between the delicately-crafted yet seemingly casual posts made by everyone else and my own. When they mentioned their favorite genres of music, it was often something along the lines of “My favorite genres are pop/rap/hip-hop/Scandinavian death metal, but really I listen to everything. Except country lol.” Sigh.

I’m from Florida, and not even the “Southern Pride/blatant racism” part of the state—that’s the Panhandle. For the most part, Florida isn’t really The South™ either. It’s more like the South’s trash can. But there is a fairly large country-music audience throughout the state. I grew up riding around in

my dad’s pickup truck (I swear I’m not a redneck), listening to classic rock, Jimmy Buffett (a genre all his own), and of course, country music.

Though my favorite genre of music now is classic rock, I still listen to country music.

But here in New England, everytime I say “Yeah, I like country music,” I must be quick to tack on the modifier “No, no I mean good country music.” I know, it sounds like an oxymoron (jumbo shrimp, act natural, quick trip on the B-Line). But I’m serious. There is such a thing as good country music.

Country music that isn’t about the Confederate flag, racism, or sexism.

Country music that isn’t anti-LGBTQ+, Islamophobic, or xenophobic. These problems have all plagued the genre, and that’s not okay. I don’t believe that counts as country music, or even music at all.

But the music I’m talking about is free of any overt political message.

It’s simply good music.

The reason people have a certain thing in mind when they think “country music” is probably the fault of Taylor Swift, much like a lot of the world’s problems. Many of her adoring fans seem to have forgotten that before T-Swizzle was repeatedly telling us to “Shake It Off,” she was singing about “slamming screen doors” and the ignorance of mothers late in the evening. Tay Tay began her career as a “country singer.”

This classification allowed Swifty to transform the genre into what it is today. She added pop. Tater Tot, along with artists like Carrie Underwood and Rascal Flatts, ran with this access to a wider audience.

High-tempo lyrics and shouted choruses filled the playlists of country

radio stations across the nation (i.e. the South and that weird part of Connecticut).

Artists like Jason Aldean sought to expand the genre into such grotesque crossovers such as country-rap (both good genres by themselves) with his song “Dirt Road Anthem” feat. Ludacris. Now, country music seems to be going off the rails. The emerging popularity of “bro-country,” with its gross focus on the objectification of women is a prime example.

But what I mean when I say good country music is just that—good country music. Singers like Johnny Cash, George Jones, and George Strait. Country music from the ’60s and ’70s as well as from the ’90’s like Randy Travis, Alan Jackson, and Alabama is all good country music.

These songs aren’t thinly veiled hate speech, or part of the cluttered crossover genre area. They are songs that tell a story. Stories are the root of country music.

The stories are why I enjoy the music so much. The artists, as was common with Jones and Cash especially, sing about their struggles with alcoholism and drug addiction (just like lots of other genres/artists).

The subject matter is not so different from more popular music. Relationships, loss, and memories are not genre-specific. It’s okay to dislike the way country music sounds.

All I’m saying is to give it a second chance.

You never know, you might like a little twang.

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M<IFE@:8 >FI;F I am head over heels for Lana Del Rey’s newest single, “Love.”

Combining all of my favorite topics and elements, the song is all that I could have hoped for from her, but her music video for the track is even more spellbinding and iconic than the song itself.

The video begins with a continuously zooming-in shot of Del Rey singing on stage. The gritty black and white film paired with her retro lace dress and flowered tresses are a classic page right out of the Lana Del Rey guidebook. She sways back and forth as the slow, mellow music kicks in, her expression its constant mix of dissatisfaction and demure.

Soon, the psychedelic imagery sets in—simmering shots of marijuana smoke wafting up from an ashtray and long-forgotten glasses of alcohol fade in and out as the featured teenage couples of the video are introduced. Del Rey sings, “You get ready, you get all dressed up / To go nowhere in particular / Back to work or the coffee shop / Doesn’t matter cause it’s enough / To be young and in love,” as the clips weave in and out of several romantic storylines. One couple fixes their car together and then hops in happily. Another shares a meal full of laughter and then a stroll on the beach. The next takes a drive along the boardwalk in the late afternoon awash in golden glow—all of which

are set in the ’70s.

The couples are then pictured in the audience of Del Rey’s concert, listening intently to her sing about their generation: “Look at you kids, you know you’re the coolest / The world is yours and you can’t refuse it.” Sitting in their seats, they watch as Del Rey’s eyes light up with stars and the celestial component—what made me fall in love—takes hold of the video.

As Del Rey’s eyes shine bright with stardust, the dome of the theater becomes a planetarium of sorts, depicting the universe and all of the beauty within it. The couples look up in dazed wonderment and awe at the transformation right before they begin floating through space in their Vista Cruisers and vintage Cadillacs. As each car and pick-up truck twists and barrels through the space around the Moon approaching other interstellar objects, Del Rey’s silky voice narrates their travels. She, in concert, is also appearing more and more in color with every shot—illustrating a rejuvenation through love.

One distinctly cool image is of a girl with her eyes shut and smile content as she floats near the moon with her skateboard, headphones, Walkman, and tapes floating around her—an image of pure bliss. Mixed with these serene scenes are those of Del Rey smiling and happily singing her song, instead of crooning in black and white.

It is then revealed that Del Rey and her band are actually performing on the surface of the Moon. She playfully winks and snaps her fingers as some of the cars dangerously approach the Sun and head for Jupiter.

Suddenly, the couples are all piled

into a boat, speeding across the ocean of an unnamed planet, swimming and splashing around while they gaze above at the comets falling across the sky.

Taking in the immense and astounding surroundings, viewers watch expansive views of the couples as they roam around the planet, circle one another in space, and kiss to the celestial setting. All of these teens are reveling in the fantastical universe of limitless love and opportunities.

Looking back, the entire storyline of the video revolves around a drug-induced trip that these teens take while watching Del Rey in concert but it speaks to reality as well. Love provides an escape from reality. Love is both an adventure and a safe haven. Love is out of this world and also extremely mundane.

Love can be fleeting and momentary, like this trip, or everlasting and monumental, like the way it makes you feel—like you’re floating through time and space among the planets and the stars.

Love knows no boundaries or limits. Del Rey illustrated that even the sky is not the limit for love. Love knows no judgement or prejudice.

Sometimes, in the midst of confusion and loss and youth angst and anger, it’s love that lets you know there’s a brighter future on the way.

As Del Rey sings, “It doesn’t matter if I’m not enough / For the future or the things to come / ’Cause I’m young and in love.”

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Del Rey illustrates an all encompassing, cosmic love in the celestial music video for her latest single “Love.”

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Audience members awaiting their seats milled around outside, sneaking peeks on their tiptoes to see the society’s ensembles through the tall, regal doors. The ethereal sounds seemed to echo and float through Gasson’s historic common area—the notes ricocheting and winding around the marble statues and murals.

Finally, the doors swung open and those waiting were welcomed into the madness behind the music. Musicians shifted from corner to corner and quickly tested their instruments to ensure their sound and capability. The organized chaos was almost surprising in comparison with the calming music coming from each player.

As the disorder dissipated, Sandra Hebert, assistant professor of the practice in music department and director of the Chamber

Music Society, took the mic excitedly and began the evening’s introductions. The night’s concert would be a multi movement performance consisting of three separate ensembles playing the stylings of Mozart, D. Shostakovich, and Louise Farrenc—each to be marveled at individually, but also altogether as a seamless collection.

Without further ado, pianists Gwyneth Miner, MCAS ’19, and Vicky Zhang, MCAS ’18, sat down before their pianos and began with “Allegro con spirito” from Sonata in D major, K. 448 by Mozart. The spritely tune seemed to spring from the keys. Their fingers flitted quickly to and fro, creating a playful arrangement. The piece continually built in suspense and speed, bringing to mind a mischievous cartoon chase scene.

Rather than stealing the light from one another, each pianist illuminated the other and they played as one. They both balanced each other and acted as counterparts. The juxtaposed pattern of fun and frantic fluctuated over and over until the second part of the song, “Andante,” began. The calmer, more serene rhythm provided a more elegant sound. The speed and tone shifts were present but less intense and varied.

This middle piece was a smooth transition

to the final song, “Molto Allegro.” Similar to “Allegro con spirito,” Miner and Zhang’s fingers were in a mad dash to go from one key to another, escalating until the music devolved into an milder, more emotional tone.

These shifts in sound were never reflected in the pianists’ faces. Like the ornamental, stone-faced carvings that hung above them, Miner and Zhang’s expressions remained static—letting the music they played convey all the emotion. Despite this lack of emotion, the final song ended as a triumphant anthem that closed in celebration.

A brief intermission then ushered in the next ensemble, a trio comprised of two cellists, Monica Grady, MCAS ’17, and Christian Hyon, MCAS ’17, along with a faculty pianist, Junko Fujiwara. The group performed D. Shostakovich’s songs “Prelude,” “Waltz,” “Gavotte,” and “Elegy.” Each song’s distinct personality furthered the hauntingly beautiful narrative.

“Prelude” began as a mellow, slow, and touching piece. Fujiwara’s gracefully intricate finger playing supported Grady and Hyon’s impressive bow techniques so that there seemed to be no difference between each instrument—just one, sonorous sound. The sense of longing that the piece evoked was

soon gone as they began “Waltz,” a much more lighthearted piece. “Gavotte” emphasized this tone as well with a vibrant rhythm that had each musician crafting jumpy and joyful notes. The final song, “Elegy,” was clearly a sorrowful one. The bittersweet tune allowed for somber reflection as their movement came to a close.

The last movement, Trio in E minor, op.

45 by Louise Farrenc, was performed by another trio of musicians—flutist Isabelle Pazar, MCAS ’18; cellist Michael Oh, MCAS ’19; and pianist Emmy Ye, MCAS ’18. The introductory song, “Allegro deciso,” embodied a mix of the rhythms we had had interspersed throughout the night—a panicked tone that turned into a frolicking beat that seemed to bounce from note to note. “Andante,” reprising its meaning and role from Mozart’s movement, began peaceful and grew into quiet strength and power.

This subtle beauty was startlingly contrasted with the beginning of the next piece, “Vivace.” The frighteningly fast-paced and erratic introduction prompted a lively rhythm that woke up those in the audience that may have drifted off during the previous hypnotic performance.

The passion among the players was easily

visible during the riveting, “Vivace.” Oh smiled in admiration at the talent surrounding him as he powerfully maneuvered his bow. Pazar and Ye similarly looked around as soon as they could catch their breath. Like a domino effect, each musician played a solo one after another in a build of intensity.

This energy carried into the final song of the movement and evening, “Presto.” The trio demonstrated their highest level of skill in this piece, using tones and rhythms that all seemed to blend into one another and seamlessly convey juxtaposed emotions—depth and lightheartedness, power and restraint. The ensemble closed the show in an exhibition of high tempo and mastery, bringing the audience to their feet in applause.

In the wake of the show, the music still seemed to linger throughout the room and into the common area.

The impression of the brilliantly full and clear music was imprinted on the atmosphere—a sense of awe at the revitalization of centuries old compositions. The audience was transported back in time and given a grasp of nature they have didn’t before.

This is the gift of classical music that the BC Chamber Music Society delivers at its concerts: transcendence.

CALEB GRIEGO

VERONICA GORDO

JACOB SCHICK

Arts & Review Editor

Assoc. Arts & Review Editor

Asst. Arts & Review Editor

Head on over to Kilton Hall at MIT on Feb. 24 to see filmmaker Kate Matson create a theatre of visual improvisation originating on Super 8 film. Animating objects that have significance for her sculpturally, spiritually, and/or politically, the show is a personal tale with a powerful universal message. Music director Mark Harvey contributes to the event through the collective and individual compositional talents of seasoned musical improvisers. The choreography of these elements and simple objects culminates to give an empassioned performance, challenging viewers to see the art in a new way.

Hip-hop artist and rapper Future just dropped his fifth studio album, Future, on Feb. 17.

But there’s more where that came from. Just a week after the eponymous album was released (Feb. 24), Future’s sixth studio album, Hndrxx will drop. The onslaught of music may seem overbearing but it’s a chance for the artist to redeem himself from his self-titled attempt at greatness. The album will be comprised of 17 tracks and feature guest appearances from Rihanna and The Weeknd. Listeners are expecting a more daring and exciting work compared to Future’s relatively safe and uninteresting sound.

This Saturday night at the House of Blues near Fenway, George Clinton and the bands Parliament and Funkadelic are playing at 7 p.m. The bands Parliament and Funkadelic rose to their highest popularity during the 1970s.

Parliament is most famous for their songs “Give Up The Funk,” “Flashlight,” and “Aqua Boogie.” Funkadelic is known for their album Maggot Brain. Tickets are pretty cheap (~$30), so even if you’re not a die-hard fan, there is a good time to be had. Come to the concert for some quality music, filled with heavy bass lines.

The evening will certainly be funky.

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How bad can one little lie be? A little girl says a little boy hurt her, a little boy says he didn’t. One of them is lying. Big deal. A little white lie never hurt anyone. Except in Big Little Lies, HBO’s newest drama series. In this show, a little white lie between two small children ends in a woman’s murder.

The theme of Big Little Lies is Michael Kiwanuka’s “Cold Little Heart”.

Beautiful shots of the beach and ocean drift across the screen as the song plays. It is soulful and tragic, setting the tone perfectly for the

rest of the show. The first episode, appropriately titled “Somebody’s Dead,” opens in the first person view of a crime scene. Blue and red police lights flash across the screen, lighting up the entire building where the murder took place. The audience doesn’t see the face of the person who is present at the scene, all the information they have comes from the heavy breaths they can hear. The breather is a woman, presumably one of the four women that Big Little Lies focuses on.

The show flashes forward to a series of interviews with local people being questioned by detectives investigating the murder. One of the

interviewees explains that the root of the crime was Madeline Mackenzie (Reese Witherspoon).

Texting and driving can get someone killed. Big Little Lies proves it. A teenage girl driving in front of Madeline forces her to stop. Madeline gets out to yell at the driver of the car. She sees that the car is full of teenage girls, one of them being her older daughter Abigail (Kathryn Newton). On her way back to her car, Madeline trips and hurts her ankle. A quick flash to one of the people being interviewed states, “It’s possible that had she not fallen, nobody would’ve gotten killed.” By the end of the episode, this statement

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is more believable. Jane Chapman (Shailene Woodley) is driving her son Ziggy (Iain Armitage) when she sees Madeline fall. She stops to help her. The dominoes begin to fall into place.

The main conflict of the show, the event that leads to the murder shown at the beginning of the episode, starts with Renata Klein’s (Laura Dern) daughter. After the first day at school, the teacher gathers everyone in a circle to discuss something that happened that day.

Renata’s daughter was choked by a boy in class. She claims that it was Ziggy, but he fervently denies doing it. The mothers begin to take sides.

The show should be commended for its ability to turn a seemingly innocuous event into the integral part of the landslide that eventually culminates in murder.

Aside from its strong and engaging story, the acting in Big Little Lies is outstanding. Similar to much of today’s television, Big Little Lies marks the migration of acting talent from film to network programming.

As would be expected, each one of these actresses turn in an amazing performance. More importantly, there are a lot of child actors in the show, and all are clearly talented.

This is a very important success for Big Little Lies, as most child actors are not very good and it can pull the audience out of the experience

entirely.

What is most impressive however, is that all of the characters in the show are just like people that everyone knows. Everyone knows a parent who has focused their entire life on their children and is left empty-handed when they begin to grow up. Everyone knows a parent who works so much that they don’t have time for the children. All of the characters are real people. Each has justified and credible motivations, creating no clear villains or antagonists. Big Little Lies does a phenomenal job of humanizing each character, adding depth and relatability to their every action.

These small events that foreshadow an eventual murder are all very understandable, but nothing in the first episode belies the identities of the killer and the victim.

While every character in Big Little Lies could be on the cover of a magazine, the show itself is gorgeous. The colors are bright and vibrant, and there is a definitive beach-like feeling that permeates the tone and the visuals of “Somebody’s Dead.” The first episode of Big Little Lies signals a strong start for an even stronger show. The acting, story, and visuals are all very compelling, and are sure to bring the viewer back for next week’s episode titled “Serious Mothering.” Quality doesn’t lie, it seems that HBO can’t lose.

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In a recent interview about his new film, Get Out, writer/director Jordan Peele remarked that, “To find the scariest monster we need look no further than the human demon … Society is capable of some beautiful things, but when we get together we’re also capable of the darkest atrocities.” This sort of thinking dominates much of Peele’s debut film, which premiered in January at the Sundance Film Festival to rapturous applause. Critics and cinephiles alike have praised the film for its melding of genres, but, overall, it fails to grip audiences. Peele has made a rare film that fuses gruesome grindhouse with biting social commentary, but forgettably plays out like a lobotomized iteration of Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967).

Get Out centers on Chris (Daniel Kaluuya) and Rose (Allison Williams), a happy couple preparing to spend the weekend at Rose’s parents’ home in the country. While packing his overnight duffle, Chris innocently asks Rose if her parents know that he’s black. She admits that Chris’ race was never mentioned, but reassuringly admits to him that her dad “would vote for Obama for a third term if he could.” The couple soon begin their trek into the suburbs, as the comforting skyscrapers are quickly

replaced by ominous trees and brush.

Infiltrating the heart of darkness, Chris and Rose enter Missy and Dean’s (Catherine Keener and Bradley Whitford) illustrious home and begin engaging in some insufferable small-talk—conversations play out as though Rose’s parents have never met a black person before. Dean and Missy’s questionable behavior, along with some suspicious-looking house workers, makes Chris question the true nature and intent of Rose’s family.

Get Out works well, primarily, because of what it has to say about race in contemporary America. This film wisely avoids conventionalities by deferring from condemning hicks and Southern Americans as the racists. Rather, Peele levies criticism on Rose’s parents, representing the white-liberal elite, who you could imagine knocking back Arnold Palmers each weekend at the country club. When Rose and Chris visit for the weekend, Missy and Dean host the whitest party possible for their friends. At the party, in a desperate attempt to converse with Chris, one of two black people at the party, houseguests inadvertently insult him—the topic of conversation always seems to come back to Chris’ race.

The film is rather imperfect, with one of its main flaws being its lack of subtlety. The script, written

by Peele, could have afforded a few more rewrites, as some of the lines and jokes were often far too on the nose. Peele, for instance, foreshadows Dean’s malintent when giving Chris a tour of the house, remarking that his home has a serious “black mold” problem. Peele also, in attempt to foreshadow the inevitable violent end of this film, has Chris and Rose hit an innocent deer while driving to her parents’ house. After pulling over, Chris gets out of the car and wanders down the road to see the ill-fated deer. Chris stares into the suffering deer’s sad eyes—Chris will obviously

find himself identifying with the deer as the film progresses. This type of explicit, contrived foreshadowing left audience members craving more subtlety and nuance from a film with such a unique premise.

In addition, Get Out is not nearly scary enough. The film, remarkably, is much more frightening before the violence even breaks out—one of the scariest scenes being a dinner confrontation between Chris and Rose’s scraggly, prep-school-dropout brother (Caleb Landry Jones). Forbidding looks and stares given by Dean and Missy are infinitely scarier than

the monstrous violence that breaks out in the third act. In fact, the third act largely feels the most tiresome. All the actors give over the top performances, but the violence itself does not do the rest of the film justice.

In many ways, the ideas about race presented in Get Out are more interesting than the film itself. Peele suggests in his film that behind a veneer of acceptance lives a cruel, primitive hatred that has the capacity to inflict great harm. This message, however relevant, was often obscured by a lack of subtlety and misdirection.

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Comedy of all sorts is laced with a real sense of despair. The phrase, “You laugh, but it’s true,” is the verbal equivalent of a smile fading away from someone’s face. Without hints of truth, comedy would fall flat, but, because of its all too real nature, it has us grinning out of satisfaction and sorrow. Crashing, comedian Pete Holmes’ latest venture on HBO,

documents this duality within the comedy origins of one man.

This is the first major venture helmed by Holmes since the cancellation of his eponymous TBS show in 2014. Crashing seems to represent a return of that kind of humor to fans.

Following Pete (Holmes) as he struggles to make his own way in the comedic profession, the world is painted as cruel, unforgiving, and antipathic. At home, his marriage to wife Jess (Lauren Lapkus) proves

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unfaithful. On stage, his jokes can’t hit, garnering him ridicule. On the street, a slew of people are apt to further punish this downtrodden man. But through the grace of other comedians, played by the comedians themselves, Pete finds hope. In the first episode, Artie Lange extends an olive branch to the beaten man in the form of a simple slice of pizza.

What is most relatable in the show is the character of Pete’s sanguine attitude in the face of unrelenting

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criticism. Despite every being on the planet seemingly pushing him to cut his losses, the notion never seems to cross his mind. Following a dream is the imperative. Momentary displeasure is sidelined.

The show resembles Mike Birbiglia’s Sleepwalk With Me (2012) which documented events that were more or less true to that comedian’s life, with a few theatrical embellishments. A sort of TV stylized version of that ideas specific to Holmes is a welcome expansion into this genre of mostly-true fiction. A quasi-real story is refreshing as it asks audiences to look at it as a fiction, but one that is a reflection of the real trials the profession must take. It is interesting in this way, that one must wonder how much is fiction and how much is fact.

Like the character of Pete, Holmes shares many aspects of his life with his character. Similarities include his marriage at a young age, his New York life, and his late entry into and struggles of his career. Though these things may seem superficial, he is able to bring a more genuine sense of life to the character.

The show is jam packed with comedy names big and small. For any fan of comedy, these names are sure

to ring bells. These incarnations of real comedians are full of genuinely funny lines and digs at the poor man Pete. Lange, Jay Oakerson, T.J. Miller, Sarah Silverman, and Geer Barnes are just a few of those with time on screen playing themselves.

This kind of show is also a great achievement for the comedic profession as it really is laughing at the struggles of comedians. Birbiglia did in it Sleepwalk With Me and now Holmes is doing it in Crashing. They are laughing and making light of one of the most difficult parts of their life.

Retrospect is a key concept here, as they are able to find the comedy within their very real suffering. This kind of show is a sort of manifesto of the profession.

Crashing is a heavy dose of reality. The unrelenting harshness of the world, at times, makes us feel defeated. As Pete tries to liken his situation with his wife supporting him to a wife supporting a man through medical school—life is quick to correct.

“You’re not in medical school!”

Pete shows that laughing is a way to lighten the weight. Through the release of air, it is easier to pick oneself up again.

Have you ever yearned to experience a drug trip with Adam Levine? Probably not, but after watching Maroon 5’s newest music video for “Cold,” you will understand just why such a venture is bucket-list worthy.

While the hit itself captures the growing distance between two once enamoured individuals, the music video diverges from exploring this message and instead offers a glimpse into a caricatured version of Levine’s life.

The video opens with a bleachhaired and leather-clad Levine driving through Los Angeles traffic and communicating via speaker call with his inner circle.

On one hand, he has Future requesting his presence at a party so that Levine can hear his lines for this very song, and on the other, he has his supermodel wife Behati beckoning him to pick up a carton of milk on his way home.

Being the perfect mix of rockstar and loving husband, Levine commits himself to both tasks. He arrives at the swankified estate of Future, replete with scores of stylized party guests and a bartender with an apparent agenda. While Levine surveys the party, the mixologist dashes a suspiciously vibrant liquid into his drink.

A collision of neon colors and eccentric animal heads electrifies the equally exhilarating lyrics and tempo of the tune, and the line between reality and delusion blurs artfully to create a twisted realm together that both Levine and the viewer experience.

The mini film closes as a sober Levine explains to his semislumbering wife his night. His ability to rattle off the events of his adventure with comedic apt exemplifies that Levine is no stranger to artistic mediums outside of music.

Provocative, at times humorous, and undeniably stimulating to the senses, “Cold” provides all that a music video should aim to offer, with an authentically intimate co-star to boot.

SINGLE REVIEWS BY TOMAS GUARNA CASHMERE CAT FT. CAMILA CABELLO “Love Incredible” “Love Incredible” by Norwegian and electronic producer Cashmere Cat is part of her debut album Wild Love. It features a lackluster performance by ex-Fifth Harmony member Camila Cabello, whose overexploited falsettos and poor songwriting fail to impress.

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LOS CAMPESINOS! “Fall of Home” LC!’s latest single, part of soon to be released Sick Scenes, shows the indie band in its brightest light. A clear break from its earlier work, “Fall Of Home” is a ballad full of both melancholy and optimism. Featuring openhearted poetry, it talks about returning home and feeling you don’t belong anymore.

Opening with “I’m planning your kidnapping / To steal your love”, Romeo Santos seems oblivious to the constant remarks of people on the Internet about his songs being too problematic. The lyrics of the song leave the listener wondering whether Santos was being serious when he released this song.

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Virtually nothing went right for the Eagles on a night in which they never held a lead in the game. The Seminoles outscored BC 52-16 in the paint, 22-7 in points off of turnovers, and, most distressingly, a whopping 59-2 in bench points. The 13 FSU players who saw action in the game all scored at least four points, with none needing to play more than 26 minutes.

FSU’s first three baskets served as a microcosm of the Eagles’ complete inability to protect the paint. With Mo Jeffers suffering from an illness, freshman Nik Popovic received his first career start. To say things started poorly for the Bosnian freshman would be an understatement. On the offensive end, he badly missed two jumpers, BC’s first two shots of the night. And on the other end of the floor, he allowed FSU’s Michael Ojo—a 305-pound behemoth who wears size-21 shoes—to score two layups right at the rim, with little resistance.

On the Seminoles’ next possession, junior point guard Xavier Rathan-Mayes drove towards the right side of the court. As he neared the sideline, he rifled a pass to a cutting Jonathan Isaac, who had slipped past A.J. Turner, as the sophomore wing got caught watching the ball. The highly-

touted freshman forward reached back and threw down a thunderous dunk, one of 11 that the Seminoles had during the game.

Throughout the first half, in which the Eagles were outscored 55-31, they routinely allowed FSU players a free path to the basket.

Isaac alone had three dunks on plays where he cut to the basket without any resistance. These baskets owed a lot to the Seminoles’ superior ball movement, as they racked up 26 assists on 39 baskets, committing just eight turnovers in the process.

Rathan-Mayes served as the catalyst for this attack, finishing the game with 10 assists and zero turnovers. The junior guard frequently manipulated the Eagles’ defense on pick and rolls, working his way into the middle of the lane, where he used his excellent court vision to create lob dunks and find open shooters in the corner.

While BC defenders often helped too far from the weak side corner, turning those mistakes into threes still required perfect passing to allow the shooter to get a clean look before his defender could recover. Buoyed by their point guard’s uncanny ability, the Seminoles made 11 of their first 19 3-pointers.

“He’s the straw that stirs the drink for them,” Christian said of Rathan-Mayes.

On the other end of the floor, the Seminoles—the ACC’s fastest team in conference play per

kenpom.com—applied pressure on the Eagles as they brought the ball up. While Ky Bowman and Jerome Robinson did their best, the strategy frequently led to rushed shots and turnovers, which fueled the Seminoles explosive fastbreak game. Dwayne Bacon—who led the team with 16 points and surpassed 1,000 points in his FSU career during the game—threw down a nasty dunk after a Garland Owens turnover late in the first half.

Hamilton’s exceedingly deep rotation made all of this possible, as 12 Seminoles played at least four minutes in the first half, even before the game became an obvious blowout. By the time Hamilton removed Isaac, Bacon, and Rathan-Mayes with 12 minutes remaining in the game, FSU held an unassailable 79-49 advantage.

From there, the contest essentially turned into a showcase for the Seminoles bench, including 7-foot-4 sophomore Christ Koumadje—the tallest student athlete in FSU history.

There were a few bright spots during the game for the Eagles.

A.J. Turner rebounded from a deep slump, scoring 13 points and shooting without hesitation. Bowman tallied his second doubledouble of the season, scoring 24 points and hauling in 11 rebounds.

Shooting 10-for-17 from the floor, the freshman guard showcased an improving mid-range jumper on pick and rolls where the Semi-

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Ky Bowman (0) reaches in to try and steal the ball from Florida State guard Xavier Rathan-Mayes (22). noles’ big man dropped below the foul line. He is now averaging nine rebounds per game over his last three contests, helping BC’s undersized frontcourt immensely.

But on the whole, this game represents a low point for the team, which was coming off of two-straight games in which it had held a first-half lead of at least nine points. The most disappointing

aspect of the game was the fact that BC didn’t look competitive for large stretches of the night.

While the Seminoles clearly boast superior talent, that doesn’t excuse the parade to the rim that the Eagles allowed.

Heading into the team’s final three games of the season, BC is clearly seeking a spark, similar to the one it found in its two

conference victories back in early January.

The common theme in those two games—unlike in virtually all of the games during the losing streak—was consistent effort for the full 40 minutes. Perhaps it really is as simple as that. And for Christian, he can only hope his squad can find that level once again.

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the team debuted in its 2015 game against the University of Notre Dame.

The uniform is classically simple. The plain helmet is timeless, the jersey isn’t too busy, the striped undershirt is a pretty cool modernization, and the pants tie everything together.

This has to be one of the first decisions made under the new Director of Athletics. It’s a no-brainer.

Hockey Okay, now we get to be a little more creative. Historically, BC’s hockey jerseys have always been somewhat similar.

Throughout almost all of BC’s history, its hockey sweaters have said “Boston College” on the front.

In addition to the gold alternate the Eagles currently sport, I could only find one example—Craig Janney’s 1985 model—of a jersey without script on the front.

I think squeezing the full name on the front is unnecessarily wordy. Most classic hockey sweaters feature a logo rather than text. With that in mind, swap out the text for BC’s primary logo, sans eagle.

A lot of jerseys slap the secondary logo on each of the shoulders, but with numbers and stripes also on the sleeves, the secondary logo can crowd things out. To keep it simple,

leave the shoulders clean and save the secondary logo for the bottom of the shorts.

The recognition of past championships on uniforms is one of my favorite features of jerseys—the NBA instituted a universal system of recognition with a gold tab on the back of the collar. In the same spirit, the five stars memorializing BC’s five championships need to remain right above the nameplate.

Basketball Though BC has had some hockey sweaters over the past two decades that were pretty tough to swallow, I think BC basketball has made the biggest missteps in terms of its look.

Some of its classic looks, like the ones worn by John Bagley and Co. in the early 1980s, are incredible. But the gold jerseys worn during the Reggie Jackson days were, uh, not great!

In the mid-2000s, BC basketball doubled down on the slanted font and new-wave design. More than anything, those jerseys were just really, really busy. It’s time for BC basketball to take a step back, strip away all the excess, and deliver a clean, classic design.

These tops use the same font as the jerseys that Dana Barros wore in the late 1980s.

They’re still block letters, but not quite as large as the ones on BC’s current uniform set.

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The design of the shorts might look similar to New Englanders—I borrowed pretty leniently the design of the Boston Celtics’ shorts.

BC’s latest marketing efforts have promoted the team as “Boston’s College,” so here’s their chance to showcase it. If you want to be Boston’s College, dress like Boston’s team.

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Sophomore midfielder Sam Apuzzo was once again the catalyst for the Eagles (4-2, 0-2 Atlantic Coast), scoring a game-high five goals on just six shots. She also added two assists, bringing her season total to 14, which leads the country. As if that wasn’t enough, her 33 points this year leads the nation, as well.

Although BC came away with its fourth-straight non-conference win to start the season, UConn (1-2) often looked like the better team in the first half.

In their home debut, the Huskies tallied the first two goals of the contest less than a minute after the opening whistle. UConn’s Brooke Jensen fired a strike past

Zoe Ochoa for the first score before Maggie Tripodi launched a free-position shot into the net for an early 2-0 advantage.

Then the Eagles’ most popular connection was awakened.

Apuzzo found senior attacker Kate Weeks open for her 19th goal of the season, good for second in the country. A couple minutes later, Apuzzo took it herself for the equalizer, knotting the game at 2-2.

With 10 minutes remaining in the half, the Huskies went on goal-scoring rampage that left BC at risk of entering the break facing a hefty deficit. UConn’s Jacqueline Jordan scored three goals in three minutes and Olivia Miles added a fourth soon after, as the Huskies jumped out to a commanding 7-4 lead.

Apuzzo wouldn’t allow her team to go into halftime trailing by that much, though. With a few minutes remaining, the ApuzzoWeeks connection resurfaced, with the senior forward recording

the assist this time. And in what might be seen as the turning point of the contest, Apuzzo notched her fifth goal of the half with 20 seconds left to cut UConn’s lead to just 7-6.

The one-go al def icit w a s barely an uphill battle for the Eagles in the final half hour of play. Although Ally Tilley and Tripodi put the Huskies up 9-6 at the beginning of the second half, BC responded with a run that gave the team the lead for good.

Over a five-minute stretch, the Eagles poured on five consecutive goals, two each from Weeks and O’Connor, to give them an 11-9 lead. A few minutes later, Mary Kate O’Neill tacked on her sixth goal of the 2017 campaign, allowing BC some breathing room in the final minutes of the game.

For the next four games, the Eagles will have tackle more non-conference opponents such as Harvard and Maryland—but then, the heart of the conference slate awaits.

ways been fascinated with was the grey throwback uniform that BC basketball wore a few years back against Syracuse University. Though I wasn’t a huge fan of it, I loved the cursive font, a nod to the Bob Carrington era in the 1960s.

I wanted to make a third jersey for basketball, and I knew it needed to incorporate the cursive. Given that

the team already had a white jersey for home and a maroon jersey for the road, I decided to go with an old-school yellow, somewhere between the Showtime Lakers and Bel-Air Academy (see the graphic on B8 for a full color rendition of the uniforms).

It’s loud, it’s unique, it’s basically everything the regular uniforms are not.

And it’s only to be broken out on the most special occasions, like the 2019 ACC Championship banner-raising ceremony or Ky Bowman jersey retirement night.

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2. Perimeter Shots While BC shot a vastly underwhelming 32.3 percent from behind the arc, it shot very favorable attempts. Not every good shot is going to fall, and although the Eagles only made 10-of-31, they had plenty of great looks that head coach Jim Christian has to be happy with.

Bowman, Turner, Chatman, and Robinson all hit at least two 3s each, and the perimeter game is a facet of competition that BC continues to excel in.

The ball movement from Chatman to Garland Owens, and then from Owens to a wide-open Bowman is textbook, and you can count on Bowman to cash the check on that open shot. If the Eagles can continue to move the ball around the outside to find open men, they will sink more of those shots and will regain their form as a great 3-pointshooting team.

3. Ky Bowman

Bowman was a bright spot in an otherwise relatively dark game for the Eagles. The Flamin’ Hot Cheeto was phenomenal again, dropping a game-high 24 points, and grabbing a game-high 11 boards for an impressive double-double. The point guard continues to impress as he also shot an efficient 10-of-17 from the floor.

Among highly-touted prospects and future NBA players, Bowman fit in perfectly, and even occasionally stood out.

Bowman continues to put on a spectacle almost every time he touches the court, and with his second double-double of the year, the freshman phenomenon looks set to keep tearing up the ACC. Three Down 1. Paint Protection With Mo Jeffers battling an illness, he was limited to only 13 minutes off the bench and was largely ineffective when playing, recording a steal and a foul as his only stats.

Nikola Popovic started in place of Jeffers, and had a challenging task ahead of him trying to stop the talented Florida State offense in the post. The Seminoles boast the likes of 7-foot-4 center Christ Koumadje, the tallest student-athlete in Florida State history, and with BC’s lack of a true rim-protector, there was trouble ahead. Jarquez Smith ended up doing

a lot of the damage inside, and added a few highlight plays along the way.

Jarquez Smith received the ball, backed down Jeffers, and converted an easy layup for two of his 10 points.

As Braian Angola-Rodas found himself in an easy 2-on-1 situation with Smith against Johncarlos Reyes, he gave Smith an easy lob. Reyes went up to knock down the pass, but it got through to Smith, who attempted to put Reyes on a poster with a powerful dunk. This trouble in the paint will continue to plague the Eagles until either Jeffers or Popovic can establish themselves as a real threat to big men inside, but BC still lacks a big shot-blocker to stop players like Smith from finishing in the key.

2. Turnovers and Transition Defense Live-ball turnovers aided in Florida State’s 32-point victory, as players finished almost every easy opportunity BC coughed up to them. Boston College turned the ball over 15 times, almost double that of the Seminoles.

Chatman tries to find Connor Tava cutting to the basket, but the pass is easily intercepted by Bacon, who gets the ball back in transition and finishes the play off with a monster slam. The other play looks very similar, as Bowman makes a poor pass right into another

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Florida State player’s chest. The ball is pushed back down toward BC’s end of the court, and the Seminoles capitalize with another dunk on a fast break that the Eagles cannot defend. Not only did these type of turnovers add points on the board for Florida State, they also deflated the BC attack and made it difficult to recover from both scoring-wise and mentally.

3. FSU’s Big Play Ability Florida State is blessed with a plethora of athletic playmakers, namely potential lottery pick Isaac and stud guard Bacon. It seemed as if every bucket the Seminoles scored should be on SportsCenter’s Top 10 plays, and a few of them found their way there.

Bacon showed off fantastic athleticism with this pure destruction of the rim, again against BC’s abysmal transition defense. Trent Forrest also stormed in from the wing for a flush, but thankfully Turner anticipated the dunk and shrewdly backed away from potential annihilation at the rim.

Some of these dramatic plays can be attributed to luck, or what is expected from competitive beasts, but the Eagles can not allow these types of plays to extinguish any momentum that they have built in these types of games.

PICKS BC hosts Virginia Tech on Saturday looking to break its 11-game losing streak.

Will the Hokies spoil Senior Day for the Eagles? Or will BC scrape out an upset win to give the team momentum before the ACC Tournament?

RILEY OVEREND

Sports Editor

The Eagles can gain a critical boost of momentum heading into the ACC Tourney with an upset win on Saturday.

Virginia Tech is an underrated team, like most middle-of-the-pack squads in the ACC, and will try to overpower BC in the paint.

It’ll be the 3-point shooting of Ky Bowman, Jerome Robinson, and Jordan Chatman that will ultimately put the Eagles on top, though.

Look for a big game from Mo Jeffers, who was sidelined by an illness last week.

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Bates’s plan for the Plex replacement faced immense scrutiny from former swim and dive head coach Tom Groden, when it was revealed that the new structure would not have ceilings high enough to support a diving board. Groden questioned whether Bates supported his program, and said that he believed swimming and several programs would be cut—Bates, however, has denied this. Groden stepped down at the end of 2016.

Several non-profit sports have also thrived in recent years under Bates. Men’s soccer reached the Elite Eight in 2015, tied for its highest finish. In 2016, baseball made it to the NCAA Super Regionals, its first trip to a Super Regional and the program’s best performance since reaching the College World Series in 1967. Most notably, women’s hockey has thrived under head coach Katie Crowley.

The Eagles have won three Beanpots, two Hockey East titles, and made it to three Frozen Fours, including a 2015-16 season that saw the team fall in its first national championship

game after a 40-0 start.

Among for-profit sports, men’s hockey has had some success under Bates. The Eagles have won two Beanpots and two Hockey East Regular-Season titles, and have reached two Frozen Fours (2014 and 2016).

Attendance, however, has dropped from an average of 6,384 in 2012-13 to 5,025 in 2016-17.

Bates’s tenure, however, will be most remembered for the performance of BC’s other three for-profit sports—football, men’s basketball, and women’s basketball—all of which have struggled to meet the most minimal of expectations. Since Bates took over midway through the 2012 football season, those three sports are a combined 139-224. In the ACC, they are 45-159—a mere .22 winning percentage. Football attendance has fallen from 37,020 per game during the 2012 season to 32,157 in 2016.

Men’s basketball attendance has dropped from 4,244 in 2012-13 to 3,411 in 2015-16.

Bates fired two DeFilippo hires: football head coach Frank Spaziani and men’s basketball head coach Steve Donahue. Though he fired Spaziani just 24 hours after a 2-10 season in

2012, Bates was criticized for his handling of Donahue’s dismissal. Bates gave Donahue a one-year extension through 2017, four years into a sixyear deal, during the 2013-14 season, according to The Boston Globe.

Multiple reports stated that Donahue would be safe following an 8-24 year in 2013-14, yet he was fired a mere four days later.

In his place, Bates hired Steve Addazio and Jim Christian to those respective positions. Under Addazio, football has gone 24-27, with a 1022 record in ACC play. Though the Eagles have made three bowl games in his four-year tenure—including BC’s first bowl win since 2007—Addazio’s offenses have consistently been at the bottom of the national standings. After his first two years—7-6 campaigns that ended in bowl losses—Bates extended Addazio through the 2020 season. As of publication, Christian is 29-62, with a mere 6-44 record in ACC play. After last season’s 7-25 campaign, Bates added a one-year extension to Christian’s contract to run through the 2019-20 season.

With Bates at the helm, BC suffered through arguably the worst season in the history of major-conference

sports. Football and men’s basketball combined to go winless in ACC play (0-8 football; 0-18 men’s basketball).

BC received national ridicule as the first program since the 1976-77 Texas Christian Horned Frogs to go winless in both major sports. BC is the first Power Five Conference school to go winless in both major sports since the 1943-44 Georgia Bulldogs, who only played five games that season because of World War II. A graduate of the University of Michigan, where he earned a football scholarship as a defensive back under legendary head coach Bo Schembechler, Bates served in several capacities as a senior associate AD at Vanderbilt University. He earned a master’s degree in education from Vanderbilt, before becoming director of athletics at Ohio’s Miami University.

Under his leadership, the RedHawks won conference championships in 14 of their 18 varsity sports.

In particular, Miami football won two Mid-American Conference titles (2003 and 2010) and men’s hockey reached two Frozen Fours (2009 and 2010). He also helped to raise money to build Goggin Ice Center in 2006.

PREDICTION Boston College 81 Virginia Tech 78

ANNABEL STEELE

Assoc. Sports Editor

BC’s final home game of the season will be no different from many this year —the Eagles will start the game strong, but let it slip away in the second half, losing yet another conference matchup. The Hokies are on a hot streak in their past four games, they’ve won three times, and their only loss was a close four-point defeat to Louisville. VT will pull away, leaving BC without a home conference win while school is in session this year.

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Calipari’s 2012 National Championship team was littered with NBA talent. And with a blink of an eye, it was all gone.

Calipari was forced to unite freshmen Willie Cauley-Stein, Archie Goodwin, and Alex Poythress in a matter of months.

To top that off, ESPN 100’s thenNo. 1 recruit, Nerlens Noel, was sidelined with injury. The team finished 21-12 and was bounced in the first round of tournament play—the NIT Tournament, that is.

But in a year’s time, Calipari constructed a team that was contending for a national title.

And he suggests that perhaps the same thing could have happened to Gottfried.

Instead, Gottfried will have to finish out the season, knowing that he’ll have to find somewhere else to work next year.

It’s a reality that numerous coaches in the sports world have faced of late.

In the past five years alone, 17 NBA head coaches have been axed midseason. Last season was a notable warzone. By February, five coaches (Kevin McHale, David Blatt, Derek Fisher, Lionel

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Hollins, and Jeff Hornacek) were already gone. Their replacements?

A mere 93-125—a mark that looks awfully better than it should. You have to remember that 27 of those wins are credited to Tyronn Lue, Blatt’s successor. And let’s be honest. Anyone could have taken over the likes of Lebron James, Kyrie Irving, and Kevin Love, and produced a winning season. Bottomline, only two of the five replacements are still coaching their teams.

And it’s not just basketball.

Over the past decade, 19 NFL head coaches have been fired before the end of the regular season. Although teams may have pulled the cord with the intention of bettering the organization, like the NBA, that has often not been the result.

Those coaches have logged a combined 43-72 record, and only seven of them have been retained for the next season—three of those seven lasted two or less years.

Midseason firings don’t accomplish anything, besides maybe booking an appearance on SportsCenter’s “Breaking News” segment. All they really do is disrupt continuity within a program or an organization.

Especially at the collegiate level, teams need time to develop.

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More than a third of Gottfried’s squad consists of freshmen. At 18 and 19 years old, players are still pinpointing weaknesses in their game.

Even though the expectations are different from those of NC State, the same is true for BC. Head coach Jim Christian replaced Steve Donahue in 2014, tasked with rebuilding the program from scratch. As a result, the roster slowly filled with underclassmen.

Now, the Eagles have no juniors, one senior, and two graduate students. The rest of the roster is populated with youth.

But with youth often comes inexperience and, consequently, failure. Like the Wolfpack, BC dwells at the cellar of the ACC. It’s easy to get caught up in one-and-done college success stories, players like Kevin Durant, John Wall, and DeMar DeRozan.

But for every Durant there are several Justin Jacksons—players who simply need a few years to broaden their talent.

At the heart of that development lies the head coach. In turn, many coaches form a father-son relationship with their players.

This is true for Calipari himself.

“I am coaching someone’s child. That’s not just a basketball player; that’s someone’s child,”

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Calipari said in a In a Dec. 2, 2015 interview with Colin Cowherd.

When a coach is fired midseason, players essentially lose a father-figure. And in NC State’s case, Director of Athletics Debbie Yow is pretty much telling the team that it will have to finish out the season, conscious of the fact that its mentor won’t be there in a matter of weeks.

All motivation to play goes right out the window. Soon the players will be under the command of someone that didn’t handpick them—a stepfather of sorts. If you’re Smith Jr., there is virtually no incentive to return.

Yes, some, and arguably many, of the coaches that are fired midseason must go. But there is no reason why they should be fired prior to the completion of the season. Most of the time, the season is already lost. The least that athletic directors, owners, and presidents can do is let the schedule play out. Who knows, maybe the team can make a late push.

College basketball is filled with surprises. Midseason firings are the ones that it doesn’t need.

ANDY BACKSTROM

Asst. Sports Editor

The last time these two met, the Hokies knocked down 12 triples—eight of which came in the first half alone. VT was clicking on all cylinders from tipoff to the final buzzer. Yet, per usual, BC only decided to show up for one half of basketball. The same will happen on Saturday. The Eagles will rely on perimeter shooting to keep pace with VT in the opening half. But eventually the Hokies’ depth and inside-out game will take over.

Players like Seth Allen and Zach LeDay will dissect the BC interior, en route to VT’s fourth win in its last five games.

PREDICTION Virginia Tech 86 Boston College 74

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The Kentucky men’s basketball head coach has led the program to four of the last six Final Fours, its first National Championship since 1998, and 238 wins.

Oh yeah, and he has churned out 20 firstround NBA draftees—three of which were selected with the No. 1 overall pick.

Not to mention that his Wildcats have won four in a row and currently sit just outside of the AP Top 10.

You wouldn’t have been able to tell on Saturday.

Following Kentucky’s comeback victory over SEC rival Georgia, Calipari sounded off in the postgame press conference about “what bothers [him] in this profession.” He began with a monologue concerning coaching criticism, supporting Bulldogs head coach Mark Fox, who has received backlash for his team’s inability to close out games this season.

But then Calipari took to a larger issue: midseason firings.

“You know I’m putting in my contract,” Calipari said. “You can fire me at midseason, but you’re gonna have to pay me $3 million.”

The statement stemmed from Thursday’s canning of North Carolina State head coach, Mark Gottfried. As Calipari himself pointed out, Gottfried took the Wolfpack to the NCAA Tournament four out his six years at the helm, including two Sweet Sixteen runs—something that hadn’t been done since 2005.

But just like most midseason firings, prior accomplishments weren’t enough to counterbalance unfulfilled expectations. After Gottfried recruited Dennis Smith Jr., the No. 1 point guard in last year’s ESPN 100, all eyes were on the Wolfpack to make a move in the ACC and finally edge closer to its neighbors, Duke and North Carolina.

That didn’t happen.

Despite getting off to an 11-2 start, and recording signature wins against then-No. 21 Virginia Tech and Duke, NC State’s success was tainted—the team dropped games to Miami, Wake Forest, and even Boston College. It was also short-lived. The Wolfpack have only won one game since they pulled off the upset in Cameron Indoor Stadium.

Realistically, this shouldn’t come as a surprise. Three of their top-five scorers are underclassmen. And the only thing that Smith Jr. guaranteed when he signed with the team was media attention, not wins. After all, Ben Simmons—2015’s Gatorade National Player of the Year, the 2016 SEC Freshman of the Year, and the most recent No. 1 pick in the NBA Draft—couldn’t even lead Louisiana State to the dance.

Calipari knows firsthand that melding a group of teenagers into a cohesive unit is a tall order.

“He [Gottfried] has good players, but they’re young,” Calipari said. “They’re like my team. It’s hard to do this with young guys.”

Sure, right now it appears that Calipari is just blowing smoke. But the Hall

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As his teammates leapt to their feet, awed at the deceptive ease with which the freshman guard had danced to the basket, and reporters rushed to tweet about the #SCTop10 play they had just witnessed, Boston

College head coach Jim Christian gazed ahead with a thousand-yard stare. The look of resignation on his face spoke volumes about the utter helplessness he had to have felt during the course of the contest, watching the Seminoles rampage up the floor play after play.

In the team’s largest defeat of the season, the Eagles fell 104-72 to No. 19 FSU (22-6, 10-5 Atlantic Coast) on Monday night, extending their losing streak to 11 games. The contest marked the first time BC (9-19, 2-13) allowed an opponent to score over 100 points since a 106-74 defeat against North Carolina in Feb. 2011.

FSU ended a two-game losing streak with the victory.

“That’s how you’re supposed to play after losing two straight,” Christian told reporters after the

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9P G8KI@:B :FEN8P =fi K_\ ?\`^_kj Both Boston College men’s basketball and No. 19 Florida State were coming off troublesome losses entering Monday’s game in Tallahassee. BC blew a big halftime lead against Notre Dame at Conte Forum, and Florida State had just lost at Pittsburgh. The pace of play was extraordinarily fast from the opening tip, and it seemed as though the shot clock never hit single digits before either team shot the ball or turned it over. Both teams needed a win badly, but the Seminoles had more to lose than the Eagles—and they played like it, too. FSU put up its second 100-plus point game this season, and trounced BC at home, 104-72.

Boston College (9-19, 2-13 Atlantic Coast) found itself down early, and never took the lead as the Florida State (22-6,10-5) offense picked apart the poor play of BC’s defense. Florida State’s two-headed monster of Jonathan Isaac

and Dwayne Bacon, both future NBA Draft picks, overpowered the Eagles, and the deep bench of the Seminoles was unrelenting as well. Ky Bowman and Jerome Robinson continued their strong offensive play for BC, as each scored over 20 points. The Seminoles are one of the many capable teams in the ACC, and showed the full extent of their ability in Monday’s game.

Three Up A.J. Turner Gets His Juice Back Coming into this game, Turner had struggled to find his rhythm on offense for much of the season, and needed a breakout game to help him regain confidence. This contest was just what he needed, as Turner racked up a smooth 13 points on 5-of-9 from the field.

The Eagles have been searching for a third scorer all season to complement the dynamic duo of Bowman and Robinson.

See Blowout Loss, B7

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See Midseason Firings, B7

8 E\n <iX f] 9: 8k_c\k`Zj :Xccj ]fi X E\n <iX f] <X^c\j Le`]fidj KFD ;<MFKF I love Boston College. I love BC Athletics (most of the time). But I don’t love—I really don’t love—BC’s uniforms.

So, let’s make them new ones.

Am I qualified to do this? No, probably not. I have no experience in graphic design (though some friends who do were gracious enough to help out).

I’m just a normal guy who loves to make content, so content I will make.

The timing for BC to update its branding and change its uniforms couldn’t be better. After Director of Athletics Brad Bates steps away from BC in June, the University will bring in a new leader with a unique

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vision about the future trajectory of BC Athletics. The most fitting way to mark this change behind the scenes is to make a change in front of the camera, too.

Look good, play good, right?

Perhaps a new set of threads is all BC Athletics needs to shake it up on the ice, hardwood, and gridiron. So let’s get started.

The Logo On an organizational level, the first step I’d take is to move away from the slanted “BC” logo that the Eagles have been using since 2001.

To me, that logo reeks of the 1990s, when baggy shorts were in and I was just about to enter kindergarten.

Additionally, the slanted logo will always be associated with the the worst year for a Power Five athletic

department since World War II. If BC really wants to put the past in the past, it makes sense to change its logo now.

I love retro looks—I think the bright colors and simple fonts of the jerseys of yesterday are beautiful.

So rather than designing an entirely new set of logos in an entirely new color scheme, I think it makes most sense to switch back to the logo the Eagles used in the latter half of the 20th century.

Football This should be the easiest fix of the three major sports. If the Eagles want to roll out a winning look for next season, just go back to the Doug Flutie-era throwbacks that

Uniform Redesign, B6

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LACROSSE: BC Comes Back to Beat UConn Athletics: Bates Steps Down as AD

SCOREBOARD............................................ B7

Sam Apuzzo tallied five goals and two assists to help the Eagles to a 14-11 victory over the Huskies.....................B6

EDITOR’S PICKS..................................... B7

After five years on the Heights, the Director of Athletics will leave BC for a consulting job in June.......................................A1