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The Independent Student Newspaper of Boston College

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

POPS ON THE HEIGHTS

RESURGENCE SPORTS

ARTS

After dropping its first two games of the season, volleyball bounced back with a pair of conference wins.

John Finney, Molly Cahill, and the University Chorale discuss their roles in the upcoming Pops on the Heights.

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Break-Ins Drive BCPD Concerns

Suit Enters Pre-Trial Phase

Last week, there were three break-ins in Brighton.

Due process case will get either a jury or a bench trial.

BY JACK GOLDMAN

News Editor

After multiple break-ins were reported in the past week in the Brighton neighborhood that many Boston College students living off campus call home, the BC Police Department is working on educating off-campus students on how to prevent break-ins. The department sent out representatives from BCPD and the Boston Police Department to hand out doughnuts at the South Street bus stop Thursday morning, where they chatted with residents about the incidents and what they can do to stay safe. That evening, representatives from both departments knocked on doors in the neighborhood bordered by Greycliff Road and Kirkwood Road. In addition to the incidents reported in community awareness bulletins at the start of the week, The Heights was informed of a third incident that took place on the corner of Greycliff and Foster Street. Each of the incidents is currently under investigation. BCPD Lt. Jeffrey Postell cited situational awareness as the biggest key to making this problem go away. Both BPD and BCPD have increased their patrol concentration on the neighborhood, but in order for resident to be safe, they need to focus on what they can do to increase their own safety, according to Postell. He was quick to note that’s not an easy mindset to keep. BCPD, BPD, BC Off-Campus Living, and BC’s Office for Health Promotion have all partnered to get the word out on how to better secure off-campus houses and apartments. In addition, that evening BCPD and BPD officers

In a hearing Thursday afternoon in the $3 million lawsuit pending against Boston College in regards to the alleged mishandling of a sexual assault allegation, Judge Denise Casper indicated that her inclination is to send the case to a jury trial. Casper said she will issue an order with her decision in the near term. The case was remanded back to district court in August, and the hearing Thursday featured both sides arguing over whether the case should require a jury trial, which, if it goes forward, would take place in early 2019. When the alleged incident originally occurred, the plaintiff, identified only as “John Doe” in court documents, was reporting on an event for The Heights. The University argued that BC has jurisdiction over the matter. BC has seized on a particular phrase in the decision: Arguing that since the appeals court said the case was remanded “on this issue,” one phrase on page 37 of the appeals court opinion, BC is pushing to regain jurisdiction over the case, rather than have a jury trial to determine if there was a miscarriage of justice. BC argued that “on this issue” refers to the fairness of its initial hearing, rather than whether there should be a jury trial. The University argued that a bench trial is more appropriate than a jury trial, and that if Casper decides that BC committed a breach-of-contract violation, then a new disciplinary hearing should take place, run by the University. The breach of contract alleged is that BC did not give Doe a fair hearing in 2012 when he was accused of sexual assault. Doe was convicted of indecent assault and suspended for three semesters. His appeal of that decision was unsuccessful, and after former Vice President of Student Affairs Barb Jones conducted a separate review of the incident and found no wrongdoing on the University’s part, Doe brought a lawsuit against BC. He is asking for an expungement of his disciplinary record and $3 million in damages. The defendant argued that since the trial is now proven to be concerning an “issue of fact,” there must be a jury trial rather than a bench one, as the appeals court recommended.

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One Panini, Two Panini Three panini, four. BY MADDIE DEYE For The Heights Boston College Dining Services has in recent weeks made significant changes to Eagle’s Nest, the popular lunch spot known for its salads and sandwiches, and the long lines for each. “Our McElroy dining team has observed that the lines at Eagle’s Nest this semester at lunch have been long and have been working on changes to help increase the speed of service,” Beth Emery, director of BC Dining, said in an email. Removing the presser station and adding a second line to the bowl station are the major developments on the second floor of McElroy Commons this fall. Beyond those two changes, salads and deli sandwiches will now be pre-prepared instead of made-to-order. The result has been an increase in

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE

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No. 23 BC Overmatched by Purdue After turning the ball over four times and losing by 17, the Eagles received zero votes in this week’s AP Top 25 coaches poll.

Integrating Shea Center and Schiller Entrepreneurship to be a focal point of Schiller Institute. BY JACK GOLDMAN News Editor Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series of articles about the preparations being made for the Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society. The Shea Center for Entrepreneurship is planned as one of the cornerstones of the Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society, but the reason why isn’t necessarily obvious. Shea has had to fight back against a perception that it’s a center created only for Carroll School of Management students, according to Jere Doyle, executive director of the Shea Center and BC ’87. “The number one goal [of Shea] isn’t about starting companies, it’s about learning the ecosystem of being an entrepreneur—entrepreneurial thinking—trying out the startup, seeing what it’s like, working there,” he said. “We’re trying to get them to think a little bit outside their comfort zone.” “The whole idea of the Shea Center is three things: It’s academic, it’s on-cam-

pus co-curricular learning outside the classroom, and there’s the experiential element.” Doyle says he is not yet aware of where Shea will be located within the building, or what resources will be immediately available in the center’s offices. Due to the number of students on campus who are interested in start-up work or the entrepreneurial spirit behind working in start-up-adjacent environments, by taking advantage of the “integrated” aspect of Schiller, the Shea Center has a whole new runway to take off of in regards to adding new students. Those interests are not limited to CSOM students. Doyle said he’s seen

interest in such environments stretch out into every school at the University, making outreach into those sectors more important than ever. For Doyle, diverse backgrounds among a team is the key to success, and the makeup of Shea shouldn’t be any different from the makeup of the environments students taking advantage of the Shea Center will encounter. “I think what this does is it’s going to add to the collaboration of students across disciplines, which will spur more innovation and which will spur more creative thinking,” Doyle said. “It’s giving them a space to go where they can feel comfortable

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A Journalist’s Journey Through “No Man’s Land” Prof’s latest project is a critical bio of Madonna. BY ABBY HUNT Copy Editor Amid the sounds of chit-chat, coffee makers, and blenders, “Lost in Your Light” came on over the loudspeakers in Fuel America in Brighton—prompting Maura Johnston to pause her train of thought. “I love this song,” she said. “This is the collaboration between

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Dua Lipa and Miguel, and I love Miguel. I’ve seen him 26 times.” “I interviewed him once too.” This one interaction provides a glimpse into the part-time journalism professor’s jam-packed life of listening to, reading about, and writing about music. A freelance writer whose byline frequents Rolling Stone, The Boston Globe, and The New York Times, Johnston travels across state and country lines to watch, interview, and write about musicians—who in the past have included the likes of Dierks Bentley, Kelly Clarkson, and Michael McDonald.

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Listening to music is a full-time job for Johnston, who spends around 35 to 40 hours a week jamming. It’s not a new occupation though: ever since she was a kid, Johnston religiously watched MTV and listened to Casey Kasem’s American Top 40 every weekend. Johnston was never really a TV person—sitcoms didn’t catch her attention, and you probably wouldn’t spot her at the movies. But she was always completely fascinated by music and its ability to surround people and affect their moods. As she grew older, Johnston grew

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interested in the ways critics were able to elevate and denigrate certain types of music. Johnston isn’t a fan of the writing of most early music critics of the ’60s and ’70s—calling it “wanky” and subjective to an “almost blinding” point. “The stuff that’s being published now is so much better than the stuff that was published back then—just because there’s like a greater diversity of perspectives,” she said. As a college student at Northwestern University, Johnston worked

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