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Crack down on Mary Ann’s for ID policies Bar could be forced to rollback hours if citations continue

BY BENNET JOHNSON Metro Editor

INSIDE 2150 COMM. AVE. Energy efficiency, health facility distinguish BC’s newest residence hall

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orkers are quickly pacing toward a summer 2016 deadline for opening the 490-bed dorm at 2150 Commonwealth Avenue. The exterior, now partially sided, is nearing completion, but inside the six-story frame, there’s plenty of work left for the construction team.

Glenn Hand, clerk of works and the onsite representative for Boston College on this project, motions toward unfinished drywall and exposed support beams and insulation, showing off the mock six- and four-man apartments that will comprise the majority of the building.

Construction is scheduled to be completed at the beginning of the summer in 2016 but will still need to be furnished on the inside, according to Edward Stokes, the senior construction project manager of BC Capital Projects Management.

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“Those contracts haven’t been awarded yet so we don’t have firm dates,” he said in an email. “We will obviously be ready for move in in August.”

Current BC juniors, then, will have the opportunity to be the first to live in the new dorm for their senior year.

While the building—designed by EYP, an architectural firm located in downtown Boston—will serve primarily as a dorm, holding 60 six-person and 16 four-

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Student guide updates face questionable future Progress on policy changes slowed over summer break

BY CAROLYN FREEMAN News Editor

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Mary Ann’s bar is currently facing multiple suspensions, and could have its hours rolled back after repeated citations of underage drinking.

The local dive bar has already served a two-day suspension in March, and currently has three impending suspensions remaining in 2015. Mary Ann’s will be closed from Sept. 21-23, and for a five-day period, as well as a one-day period, that have yet to be determined by the Boston Licensing Board.

“When you get cited time after time, and the reports are showing Boston College student, Boston College student, Boston College student, you have to do something about this,” said Thomas Keady, BC’s vice president of government and community relations.

The Boston Licensing Board has recently taken initiative to crack down on underage drinking across the city.

For more than a century, the board that controls the liquor licenses in Boston had been appointed by the governor, but new legislation passed last year gave Mayor Martin J. Walsh, WCAS ’09, increased authority to replace the entire Boston Licensing Board with a new attitude

toward underage drinking. Under the previous administration, the board issued fewer citations, and, in many cases, bars could freely choose their own dates of suspension.

The new board has cited Mary Ann’s for overcrowding, service and sale to minors, minors in possession of alcohol on the premises, failure to maintain a line outside of the premise, and a bolted fire exit in the basement. The bar was also suspended for a total of six days in 2014 for serving alcohol to minors.

In response to a hearing with the Boston Licensing Board on April 7 over two citations of minors in possession of alcohol on the premises, Mary Ann’s announced the next day that it would tighten up its security on fraudulent and fake IDs. According to files from the Boston Licensing Board, Mary Ann’s attorney David Eisenstadt wrote to the board on April 8, announcing the start of the bar’s new identification policy: “Effective immediately, Maryanne’s [sic] will not accept out of state licenses as proof of age,” he said. “The establishment will only accept valid Massachusetts drivers’ licenses, passports or military IDs.” Mary Ann’s purchased an updated license scanner in April in order to specifically target fake out-of-state id’s.

Additionally, there is a new machine that takes photos to help identify bar goers.

According to the City of Boston Licensing Board Docket Sheet, Mary Ann’s has not

Progress on the Undergraduate Government of B oston College’s (UGBC) free speech and expression proposals stalled over the summer. The policies approved by the Student Assembly in the spring were left out of this fall’s revision to the University’s Student Guide. The published Student Guide was updated over the summer primarily for format and clarity.

Following two semesters of meetings between the Office of the Dean of Students and student leaders from UGBC, the newly-organized document—which governs rules of conduct for BC students—was released Monday. The new Guide includes a more extensive list of campus resources

and was edited to be more easily readable—resources available to students are consolidated via hyperlinks, rather than long blocks of text.

These changes are what came of a sustained effort by UGBC leaders to update both the format and the content of the Student Guide. The leaders worked with staff from the Office of the Dean of Students, including Corey Kelly, student conduct manager, and Kristen O’Driscoll, assistant dean of students.

Although the guide’s format has been changed, as well as certain aspects of the content, few of UGBC’s proposals from the spring made it to text. Last semester, the Student Assembly passed a free speech and expression proposal, which sought to limit the University’s ability to control the scheduling of protests and distribution of fliers on campus. The proposal included, among other things, the suggestion that a Committee for Free Expression be formed on campus.

“The impetus for this proposal came directly from students; many of BC’s very own social justice groups, from those rallying against climate injustice, to

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New season means more changes for Shea access Athletics adds more limits to wristband policy for tailgating

BY MICHAEL SULLIVAN Sports Editor Thousands of Boston College football fans gearing up to fry up burgers on Saturday afternoons at Shea Field may have to break their long standing traditions.

According to an email sent out by BC Athletics to Flynn Fund donors and season ticket holders this Saturday, procedures for pre-game activities on Shea Field during the football season will see significant changes.

As has happened in previous seasons, fans will require a pass to enter Shea Field with a vehicle prior to football games to set up their tailgates. It is anticipated by BC Athletics that season ticket holders will need to donate at least $5,000 to the Flynn

Fund for the opportunity to receive these passes. This is up from a donation of $3,500 to access Shea Field, the amount needed as recently as three seasons ago.

Unlike previous years, spots on the field will no longer be determined on a first-come, first-serve basis. Pass holders will now receive an assigned and numbered parking spot on the field. Selection for the position of these spots will be determined by a descending order of contribution.

The email states that it is BC Athletics’ belief that this “relieves the burden of meeting up with friends outside of campus to park near each other.” Associate Athletics Director of athletic development Steve Novak said that donors can now reserve spots on the field next to families or friends with which they wish to tailgate. BC Athletics used several focus groups comprised of BC Gold Alumni in creating the new Shea Field regulations—according to Novak, this idea

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The Student Involvement fair will be held on Friday Sept. 4 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Stokes Lawn. Students will be able to mingle with representatives from various clubs on campus and learn how about involvement opportunities.

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The volunteer fair will take place in the Lyons dining hall on Monday, Sept. 7 at 7 p.m.

Students will be presented with different volunteer and community service opportunities available on campus, within the city of Boston, and even abroad.

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Listen to Alice Goffman speak in the latest installment of the Lowell Humanities Series, on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Murray Function Room.

Goffman wrote On The Run: Fugitive Life in an American City, which examines the daily life in a marginalized Philadelphia neighborhood.

News BC Cable launches streaming service Briefs

By Magdalen Sullivan Heights Editor

GSSW dean steps down Alberto Godenzi, the dean of the School of Social Work, has announced that he will step down at the end of the 2015-16 academic year. Godenzi, who has been dean for 14 years, will continue to assist in the development of the University’s strategic plan.

During Godenzi’s tenure as the eighth dean of the school, the School of Social Work rose from 24 to 10 in the U.S. News Rankings. He also worked to make the school more innovative, specifically by creating the Latino Leadership Initiative and the Global Practice Program. The school is now known as a place that does traditional social work as well as work in the the more modern fields of environmental justice and neuroscience, Godenzi said to the Office of News and Public Affairs.

“I am very happy about what we have accomplished as a school of social work,” he said.

Godenzi, a native of Switzerland, has published several books and is an expert in the fields of gender-based violence and conflict studies.

“His colleagues at Boston College, and among the deans of the world’s top social work schools, recognize Alberto’s exceptional commitment to the field and, in particular, his talent for imagining the kinds of programs that meet the needs of the contemporary world,” Quigley said. “I will miss having him as a colleague in the Council of Deans.”

CSON prof recognized The Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses awarded the 2015 Award of Excellence in Education to Joyce Edmonds, an assistant professor in the Connell School of Nursing.

The Association is a nonprofit organization with the mission of improving the health of women and infants by way of advocacy, education, and nursing resources.

Each year, the association presents the award to a member with a good history of educating patients and colleagues.

Edmonds’ research interests include maternal health and health-seeking behavior. She has been published in several publications, including the Journal for Perinatal Education and Nursing For Women’s Health. Currently, she is researching risk factors for cesarean delivery and the impact of culture on childbirth decisions.

She has previously won the award for Nurse Collaborator with Center for Nursing Excellence, Brigham and Women’s Hospital in 2013. In addition, from 2013 to 2015 she served as the Sectional Counciler of the American Public Health Association’s Public Health Nursing.

“Dr. Edmonds’ dedication to providing high quality, public health-minded education to current and future nurses is laudable,” the Association’s Chief Executive Officer Lynn Erdman said to the Office of News and Public Affairs. “Her global perspective teaches nurses the importance of understanding the many different factors that influence an individual’s utilization of women’s health and obstetric services.”

Students have been using Netflix to distract themselves from homework since the launch of its streaming service in 2007. But now, Boston College students can use a similar streaming service to complete their homework.

BC Cable has launched a new movie streaming service—movies.bc.edu—that allows professors to upload films required for their courses.

Before the website, the established practice was for each professor to schedule a time for the movie to play on one of BC Cable’s seven channels. Students would have to tune in to an on-campus television to that channel at that time. The new method of programming is a more realistic requirement for students who have grown up in an on-demand culture.

“It’s whatever’s good for you,” associate director of BC Media and Technology Services Darren Herlihy said. “If you’re free at two in the morning, then go ahead and watch it then.”

The site is increasing in popularity among the faculty, Herlihy noted, now that the service has been around for a year.

“They really like the fact that students can basically watch this whenever they want, rather than the scheduled times on one of the channels.”

BC Cable launched a pilot program last academic year as a cautionary pursuit.

“We didn’t want 500 students going on to the site at once and finding out that the network couldn’t handle it, [but] we never had a problem with the server going down or the service going down last year.”

After serving as the interim dean of the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences, Gregory Kalscheur, S.J., has been permanently appointed as the dean of MCAS starting this semester.

“It has been a tremendous privilege for me to serve as the interim dean of the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences over the course of the last year, and I am deeply grateful to have been given the opportunity to continue serving the University as dean,” Kalscheur said to the Office of News and Public Affairs.

Kalscheur will assume the position effective immediately, with the official announcement of the appointment made by University President Rev. William P. Leahy, S.J., at the University Convocation on Wednesday evening.

Kalscheur will serve as the first dean since the recent renaming of the Morrissey School.

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Students can now freely access a growing of collection of movies through BC Cable’s online streaming network.

The online streaming network is a product provided by Swank Motion Pictures, a motion picture distributor that, according to its website, is the leader in its field.

Every movie shown on cable television is categorized by the Federal Communications Commission as a public performance. Therefore, copyright fees applied to every movie that BC Cable sought to air.

About 20 years ago, individual departments had to pay copyright fees for every movie they showed in class.

After this method fostered obvious budget issues within the academic departments, BC Cable turned to Swank, which owns the rights to 90 percent of Hollywood’s featured films, as well as several international films.

The company’s long-standing contract with BC Cable is what made

the streaming service possible. Swank developed the service and brought the necessary hardware to BC’s campus, dwindling the development responsibilities of BC Cable down to installing a piece of hardware into BC’s existing network and designing a website with a BC seal.

Swank uploads requested movies remotely from its headquarters in St. Louis, Mo. Faculty members have an array of films to use to teach their courses, and students can complete these assignments on their own time.

The new, innovative streaming service is not the only upgrade BC Cable has undertaken in the past year. In August, BC Cable upgraded its 70-channel cable network to an entirely High Definition service, with the exception of the seven BC chan-

nels. While students might notice that every numbered channel from last year changed, Herlihy thinks the student body will be excited to have a full HD service at their disposal.

In addition to the HD upgrade, the new online streaming service received a small improvement after its freshman year. The website is now available on a tablet or smartphone— previously, the service was limited to a desktop or laptop computer.

Herlihy noted only two drawbacks with the service. First, due to copyright laws, the website can only be accessed while on BC’s campus, using a BC IP address. Second, while Swank Motion Pictures is the biggest corporation in its field, there are some movies that it does not own the rights to.

“Knock on wood,” Herlihy said.

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In addition to overseeing both the graduate and undergraduate arts and sciences programs, Kalscheur will also have a joint appointment as professor in the Boston College Law School and the political science department.

Kalscheur has served on the faculty of BC as an associate professor of BC Law School since 2003. In 2006, Kalscheur was recognized by the BC Law Student Association as an outstanding member of the faculty with the Emil Slizewski Faculty Excellence Award.

In 2012, he was appointed the senior associate dean for strategic planning and faculty development for MCAS. During his time as senior associate dean, Kalscheur assisted in reviewing academic programs, hiring faculty, and in promoting faculty engagement. He was later appointed interim dean in June of 2014, fulfilling the position vacated by David Quigley, who was named the provost and dean

of faculties.

His term as interim dean was marked by his work on core curriculum renewal, faculty engagement and mentoring, and academic planning.

He also received positive feedback from students for his commitment to student formation, according to the Office of News and Public Affairs.

Quigley has praised Kalscheur as an ideal successor for the deanship of the Morrissey College.

“Greg Kalscheur has long been one of my most trusted colleagues and someone to whom I’ve turned for wise counsel over the years,” Quigley said to the Office of News and Public Affairs.

“His work this past year with students, faculty, and alumni has convinced me that Greg is the right leader for the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences.”

Kalscheur holds degrees from Georgetown University, the University of Michigan, the Weston Jesuit School of Theol-

ogy, and Columbia University.

Kalscheur’s professional experience in the realm of political science includes his time as a clerk for Judge Kenneth F. Ripple, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, and a litigator at Hogan & Harson, a major Washington, D.C.-based law firm.

After joining the Society of Jesus in 1992, Kalscheur taught political science at Loyola University in Maryland and assisted the director of Loyola’s Center for Values and Service.

“We are blessed with remarkably talented and energetic students,” Kalscheur said to the Office of News and Public Affairs. “It is real gift to be able to work with exceptional faculty colleagues who aspire to collaborate across all the disciplines that make up the Morrissey College to help our students become women and men of depth, of thought, and creative imagination, well-prepared for meaningful lives and vocations.” n

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What is the weirdest thing you saw or did this past summer?

“I saw a dozen guys riding a horse in the middle of the street.”

—Vincent Butrico, MCAS ’19 “Some guy stole the tip jar at a concert.”

—Jack Travers, MCAS ’19

“A man tried to buy kale and pay with hugs at Trader Joes.”

—Julia Douglas, MCAS ’18 “I saw a gypsie put make-up on one of my friends.”

— Vamsi Mohan, MCAS ’19

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University to create Shea Center for Entrepreneurship

By Carolyn Freeman News Editor

This semester, Boston College is opening the Edmund H. Shea, Jr. Center for Entrepreneurship, centralizing several new academic initiatives and existing business-focused clubs under a single umbrella organization, set to operate out of Cushing Hall. The Center is named for prominent entrepreneur Edmund H. Shea, Jr., who donated an undisclosed amount to found the Center and whose granddaughters attended BC. The physical center will open in late December or January, according to Carroll School professor Jere Doyle, who has been named executive director of the newly founded center. The Shea Center’s inaugural event on Nov. 5 will included Phil Schiller, senior vice president of worldwide marketing at Apple, Inc. and BC ’82, as its keynote speaker.

Programs focusing on entredaniella fasciano / heights editor

“We think that students need to learn inside and outside the classroom.”

—Jere Doyle, executive director of the Shea Center preneurship have been growing at BC for the past several years, including the BC Venture Competition (BCVC) and the elevator pitch competition. The Center will house these previously-existing activities and work to expand them. The primary goal of the Center, according to Doyle, is to create students ready to join start-ups while encouraging them

Members of the Boston College Venture Competition, which will now be under the umbrella of the Shea Center, present their proposals at the venture competition last spring. to found their own.

“If you want to start your own business, it’s best to get out of school and go work for an entrepreneur first,” Doyle said.

“We think that students need to learn inside and outside the classroom.”

In addition to creating the Center, the University is establishing a co-concentration in entrepreneurship within the Carroll School of Management. Though the ability to co-concentrate is currently limited to CSOM students, some classes will be available to students in other schools, Doyle said. The University ’s new offerings in entrepreneurship—some of which will be available this semester—will cover topics like venture capitalism, entrepreneurial finance, and

product management. The coconcentration will have two required courses: entrepreneurial management and venture capital or entrepreneurial finance along with two elective courses.

One of the Center’s goals is to become a research hub, so in addition to offering classes within CSOM, it plans to bring various workshops and speakers to campus.

Eventually, the Center will host a program to connect students with internships in the startup world.

The Center plans to build on current campus organizations— B C VC, Women’s Innovation Network (WIN), the computer science club, and others—and offer additional resources to students involved. Robbie Li, the

chair of BCVC and CSOM ’16, came to BC with little knowledge about entrepreneurship, but became involved freshman year.

Li said the launch of the Center represents the University’s recognition of the important position entrepreneurship holds at BC. “There are schools that are miles ahead of us in their programs, but the center lays the foundation that allows us to build something great and creates an environment that can foster the next generation of movers and shakers,” Li said.

The program was inspired, Lynch said, by all that BC students have been doing for the past decade. Much of what the Center will be doing is social entrepreneurship.

More and more social ventures have an ultimate goal to be self-sustaining, according to Mary Tripsas, the director of the Center. Tripsas oversees the academics and research of the Center and said that many of the programming being developed will be helpful to those interested in pursuing social ventures. “[The goal is] to have it not so much just be about the own personal experience of the student but the student perhaps giving back to the organization and helping the organization be better run,” she said.

Though the Shea Center will be housed under the CSOM, Doyle hopes to promote an inclusive atmosphere. He plans to form an advisor y council made up of students in CSOM,

the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences, the Lynch School of Education, and the Connell School of Nursing to expand the efforts of the Center to all students.

“What I do is bring the experience of being an entrepreneur back to campus,” Doyle said. “ You don’t ne e d to want to start a venture to be part of the entrepreneurship center. You just have to want to learn about entrepreneurship.”

The Center will be physically located in Cushing Hall, the former home of CSON, rather than in Fulton, the traditional home of CSOM. That sends a strong signal that the Shea Center will be for all students, Tripsas said.

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Free speech proposal stalled, talk continues Student Guide, from A1 those looking to support our LGBTQ students, to even our most vocal antiracists, expressed concern that their voices were, in one way or another, being restricted,” Thomas Napoli, UGBC president and MCAS ’16, said in an email.

While drafting the Committee for Free Expression, members of UGBC ran into obstacles. Napoli’s understanding, he said, is that the University does not want to be in a position where the Committee for Free Expression would force BC to allow types of expression that run counter to BC’s values.

Dialogue will continue, however, surrounding the Free Speech and Expression Proposal.

Boston College is a private university, Dean of Students Thomas Mogan said, so there will always be rights that the University wishes to exercise and students will not support. He noted, however, that he and his office are committed to keeping the dialogue open between students and the administration. They plan to work with students to engage them in planning conversations so that the students and the administra-

tion mutually understand the other side.

“I don’t know if we’ll ever get to a full free speech and free expression policy as UGBC envisions it,” Mogan said. “I think there are aspects of the policy that we can work with and we can try to make some progress on, but I think there are some things that are complex, and we’re always going to have differing opinions.”

A draft of the demonstration policy, part of the free speech and expression proposal, will be released to UGBC within the next few weeks, Mogan said.

Members of UGBC will continue to meet with the Office of the Dean of Students to move forward on the free speech and expression proposal.

“While it is disappointing for UGBC and the students most acutely affected by BC’s expression policies that change is not happening sooner, Olivia and I realize that this is a complex subject at a Jesuit, Catholic University,” Napoli said in an email. “That noted, UGBC is more committed than ever in allowing students to practice free speech and expression on campus.” n

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Thomas Napoli, MCAS ’16, presents changes to UGBC and administrators.

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Students line up outside of Shea Field in hopes of gaining access to the tailgate before a football game last year, prior to the new wristband policies.

New wristband policies will limit fan access to Shea Field for the upcoming football season Shea Changes, from A1 was the most appealing.

Shea Field pass holders may now distribute as many as 20 tickets to guests so that they can access the area prior to games.

This amount is up from a system of 10 available wristbands per car implemented in 2014. Last season, non-wristband holders could also go onto Shea Field prior to games if it was under capacity. In 2015, walk-ons without a ticket will not gain access to the field regardless of the space.

Novak said that these measures were all done with the safety of fans in mind, especially during high demand games, such as the nationally televised game against defending ACC champion Florida State University on Friday, Sept.

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Novak stated that this move was not reactionary to a dangerous

situation from last season during a high demand game.

Crowds at Shea Field for some of BC’s more attractive games—for example, last season against the University of Southern California—have reached alarming and potentially dangerous numbers.

“We have reasonable suspicion that, given those crowds that you can visibly see during large contests in the past, this was something we needed to address,” Novak said. “[Shea Field] is the one and only enclosed area that we have on campus and we need to be cognizant in the case of an emergency of what that might mean,” Novak said. “We had to address the ideas of overcrowding and the opportunities Boston College would put themselves and, more importantly, our fans at risk should a situation escalate to the point where an evacuation was necessary.”

Neither the BCPD nor the Newton and Boston Fire Departments—all of which have been involved in the development of these plans—have put an exact total of cars and patrons that Shea Field can hold during tailgates.

Novak, however, expects “a comfortable number” albeit a “slightly higher attrition rate” of season ticket holders.

This is likely the result of an undisclosed but expected rise in ticket prices, as well as the limitations on the number of fans that can join tailgates and the fewer number of cars that will be allowed on the field.

The University is in the process of creating additional areas for parking and entertainment for both the students and the general populace for the upcoming season, similar to the Superfan Zone introduced prior to the USC game.

Novak could not comment on

which plans will be implemented in the future—he said, however, that improving entertainment and hospitality on game day, along with upholding history, is very important to BC Athletics’ plans.

“We recognize that continuing to build the pregame and in-game experience at BC Athletics is going to be paramount,” Novak said. “Not just in 2015 but well beyond.”

Despite the University’s efforts, however, BC Athletics does not expect universal praise for these new regulations, especially after the backlash following last season’s changes to the tailgating policies.

“We recognize that Shea Field has long been a popular establishment on this campus, and like all great cultures that have longstanding tradition in history, change will often be met with some challenges,” Novak said. n

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Off campus Students find trash, treasure on Allston Christmas and helpless

By William Mennicken Heights Staff

Bennet Johnson During my three move-ins at Boston College, the concept of “Allston Christmas” has always baffled me. Hand-me-down furniture. Bed bug infested mattresses.

Carolers singing on Harvard Ave. U-Hauls parked on both sides of the street. Thousands of college students moving into their new homes. And this is all in a span of a few days—creating chaos for the city of Boston and anyone trying to navigate the streets of Allston, Mission Hill, Fenway, and Brighton.

For those unfamiliar with Boston’s self-proclaimed holiday, Allston Christmas refers to the days leading up to classes—particularly Sept. 1—when college students move back into the city and nearly all of the leases in Boston turnover for the next year. That means the streets in Allston—the most popular neighborhood for college students in Boston—are full of renters moving in and out on the same day. On Sept. 1 alone, 63 percent of Boston rental leases began and students across the city converged on the same day, according to The Globe.

The beauty of Allston Christmas? It’s a hoarder’s heaven.

The streets are full of items for the taking. You can pretty much have your fancy of a microwave, sofa, or dresser during this wonderful time of the year. I even found a very nice coffee table next to a dumpster that is now sitting in my living room (don’t worry Mom, I promise it is clean.)

The problem with Allston Christmas is that the Sept. 1 move-in date is the same every year, but the first day of classes is not. BC started classes on Monday. BU, Harvard, Emerson, and Simmons all started classes on Wednesday. Tufts starts classes Sept. 8. Northeastern begins Sept.

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All of the major universities in Boston besides BC started classes after Allston Christmas this year, giving their students who are living off campus time to move in and get settled before classes. With classes at BC starting Monday, the University put its students who live off campus in a difficult position.

Many BC students were forced to be on campus for various clubs, sports, or other activities before the first day of classes.

For those living off campus, there were very little options. I stayed with a friend in Stayer Hall for nearly a week, which I recently found out is technically a violation of ResLife Policy, which dictates that “guests” cannot stay longer than four days at a time.

Others, like Pasquale DiFilippo, MCAS ’17, had no options for the first two days of class. He and his roommate paid for a hotel room for two nights before being allowed to move into their apartment on Tuesday. ”I think it would have been ideal if we started classes Wednesday,” he said. “It would have been more convenient for all of the students living off campus.”

The City of Boston is doing a great job in trying to get rid of the idea of Allston Christmas altogether. The Inspectional Services Department (ISD) and other members of the Walsh administration are working with landlords and universities to stagger the moving mayhem through Labor Day, as opposed to cramming a majority of it on Sept. 1, according to The Globe. Over the past two years, the city has made the day significantly easier for everyone by dispatching 50 ISD inspectors to help inspect addresses for safety and sanitary violations, and sending others to clean up the mountains of trash on the sidewalks and make the transition as smooth as possible.

For BC, the problem of Allston Christmas is going to be more prevalent in the near future. For the next three years, undergraduate classes are scheduled to begin before Sept. 1, and our students living off campus next year are going to have to find another place to stay for a few days. The City of Boston is taking some important steps in working with landlords and universities to avoid move in chaos in the future, but BC needs to do more to support its nearly 1,000 students living off campus each year.

Bennet Johnson is the Metro Editor for The Heights. He can be reached at metro@bcheights.com

This past Tuesday was an all too familiar event for the residents of Boston: Allston Christmas.

Taking place on Sept. 1 every year, Allston Christmas marks the calendar date that ends and begins almost all off-campus housing lease agreements for students in the city of Boston. The holiday’s name refers to all of the used items, ranging from swivel chairs to mattresses, that are left on the curbside by former residents who have no use for them in their next home.

Neighborhoods that serve as a home to mostly college students, such as Mission Hill and Allston, were covered in heaps of miscellaneous belongings from previous tenants on Tuesday afternoon. The sidewalk was adorned with a vast variety of discarded household items ranging from crock pots, lava lamps, and pairs of crutches to glowing neon flamingo signs. Inspectional Services Department (ISD) officials were walking the streets, inspecting items left out and ticketing those trying to leave items that are ineligible to be recycled.

Aside from the trash and treasure, the streets were also congested with intense traffic due to the high volume of vehicles unloading new furniture. Tenants left traffic cones in the street for their roommates to pull up to upon arrival, and vehicles that managed to pass weaved between U-Hauls and other moving trucks that were parked along the curbside.

The neighborhoods of Brighton and Allston were crowded with everything from Toyotas to bedside tables.

The city required residents looking to reserve parking spaces for moving trucks to file Street Occupancy Permits. In addition, there were temporary roadblocks on the side streets off of Brighton Ave., leading passing traffic to be redirected to Commonwealth Ave. Due to the increased traffic, travel times on the B-line were greatly extended to accommodate all of the redirected vehicles.

Allston Christmas exemplifies the saying that one person’s trash is another’s treasure, and this was exactly the case for Boston College Junior Griffin Connolly, MCAS ’17, and his housemates. “We found absolutely everything we needed for our house on the curbside: from TV stands, to couches, to desks for our bedrooms,” Connolly said.

Even the BU students who live on campus took strolls through the Allston neighborhoods, looking for anything and everything.

Since all undergraduate students began class the very next day, streets located directly west of Boston University like Gardner and

Pratt Street were especially full with trash and unwanted furniture.

“Days like today make me happy that I get to live on campus,” noted Amber Henriquez, a sophomore at Boston University who scavenged the streets in hope of a good find.

Though new tenants look to Allston Christmas as an exciting day, it has recently functioned as an opportunity for highlighting concerns among local neighborhoods.

An arising problem that Mayor Martin J. Walsh, WCAS ’09, has sought to resolve is the prevalence of landlords and tenants who do not follow Boston housing codes. The City of Boston’s Inspectional Service Department had officials lining the streets to answer questions and address any concerns that new tenants may pose about the housing codes and violations.

According to a post via the Mayor’s twitter account on Aug. 27, Walsh warned the city about the potential concerns of the day.

“Landlords & tenants must properly dispose of trash and large items,” the tweet read.

“PWD will be out and ticketing.”

City officials are also trying to work with landlords and universities to spread out the move-in week, rather than cramming it into a small 48-hour window, according to The Boston Globe. Not only is it a stressful and exhausting time for incoming students, but it’s also overwhelming for the landlords who must refurbish their houses for new tenants.

Some students in Allston moved in while their landlord was still doing some repairs such as painting walls, rebuffing the floors, and filling in ceiling cracks.

“It’s a pretty quick process, since it’s not someone’s permanent residence,” Connolly said.

There have been incidents involved after moving in which tenants realized their smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors had no batteries, gas stove tops malfunctioned, and outlets were left uncovered—all of which pose danger and are housing code violations.

Boston’s biggest move-in day came at an unwelcome time this year for BC students.

Unlike Northeastern and BU, BC started its academic calendar before Sept. 1 this year.

“This is a problem because approximately one-fifth of the school’s students don’t have a place to live when classes begin,” Connolly said.

As for next year’s big holiday, Connolly is looking to play a minimal role after the fatigue and stress of this year. “The hope is to get items out on Craigslist a few months in advance to be sold or at least given away, its better than having them thrown on the street to be weathered away,” he said. n

William Mennicken / Heights Staff

Thousands of students moved in and out of their off campus address on Tuesday.

New diner brings ‘East Asian soul food’ to Newton Centre

By Collin Couch Heights Staff David Punch and Shane Smyth met many years ago working at an Irish bar in Cambridge, and decided to take their culinary talents to Newton Centre.

The duo co-founded Sycamore, a restaurant offering patrons an upscale, locally-grown menu full of the freshest ingredients possible.

Now, Punch and Smyth are departing from their seasonal, farm-to-table restaurant Sycamore to open their new, small creation just two blocks down from Centre Street.

This fall, Little Big Diner will feature a casual dining environment serving

“East Asian soul food” in the heart of Newton Centre, and will offer a small takeout menu for those craving a meal a tier above an ordinary takeout joint.

“I guess I’ve just been doing this sort of thing for so many years and I wanted to try something new,” Punch said. “It’s my favorite food—it’s what I like to eat when I go out.”

Seeking to market itself as a traditional diner with Asian comfort food, Chef Punch’s new restaurant will take on classic diner hours, including serving lunch and staying open past midnight.

The restaurant will be small—with just 20 seats—and feature a tiny micro kitchen in the middle of the joint.

Little Big Diner offers a substantial

change from the food and hours at Sycamore, and gives the diner a glimpse into the cuisine that Punch himself loves to eat. In his new restaurant, Punch hopes he can share his favorite tastes with the people of Boston.

The inspiration for the “East Asian soul food” served at Little Big Diner came from the co-owners’ interest in the broad spectrum of cuisine in East Asia, an area that requires a broad term to include all its delicious food.

“It’s a giant place,” Punch said. “We’re trying to do street food through Japan, through Korea, through China, and down into Southeast Asia.”

The restaurant is inspired by the area near the eastern seaboard of Asia, and

Photo courtesy of david punch

Chef David Punch hopes his love for East Asian soul food will draw customers to his newest restaurant in Newton Centre.

Punch expects that his fresh seafood will be a popular option at Little Big Diner.

In the American sense, soul food is comforting, feel-good food that can be eaten at countless places across the country—like barbecue, fried chicken, and burgers.

“Soul food just simply means something that’s eaten very commonly in a certain area,” Punch said.

At Little Big Diner, Punch explained that his staff will interpret the soul food of East Asia in a creative way for Bostonians.

Little Big Diner will feature its own version of an Asian hamburger—served on a “flat patty”—inspired by a burger joint in Japan known as Whoopi Gold Burger.

Hawaiian flavors will also be present on the menu of Little Big Diner. “Hawaii is the original fusion food,” Punch said.

“They have such a large Japanese population there, and it’s very Americanized Japanese food. They do a lot of burgers over there as well, and we’re going to serve ours on a King’s Hawaiian sweet bun.”

This downsized Hawaiian-Japanese burger will be a flat patty about quarterpound sized, with pineapple sambal, sriracha aioli, and crispy onions.

Chef Punch hopes that his new restaurant will distance itself from the upscale menu at Sycamore and present itself as a more welcoming option to the college crowd.

In the future, Little Big Diner plans to take advantage of delivery services such as Foodler or GrubHub, and believes it will generate more appeal to college students who do not necessarily have the means or time to travel to a restaurant.

As the building continues, Punch hopes his interpretation of East Asian soul food combined with the feel of a classic diner will bring more customers to Newton Centre. n

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BC grads poised to take on Boston startup scene after BCVC victory

By Pasquale DiFilippo Heights Staff CoreHub hopes to connect entrepreneurs to the collaborative workspace market.

The startup provides data points such as rent, location, size, and amenities on its platform. These collaborative workspaces provide places for potential tenants with shorter leasing periods, and are usually focused on innovation.

Many of these workplaces have been popping up primarily in the Back Bay, Cambridge, and the Somerville sections of the city.

CoreHub may sound familiar. Last year the team won the Boston College Venture Competition (BC VC) and took home the top prize of $20,000.

Matt Burke, MCAS ’15, Chris Castro, MCAS ’15, Emaad Ali, MCAS ’19, Gaetan Daphnis, CSOM ’15, and Doug Bent, MCAS ’15, make up CoreHub. Last spring, the group pitched its venture: An online commercial real estate marketplace, which sought to provide more reliable data to buyers and sellers.

Castro says that he and co-founder Matt Burke came up with the idea while staying in Boston during spring break. “We always threw out business ideas at each other,” Castro said. In the next four to five weeks, the team rallied together and went on to win the competition.

This summer, CoreHub was admitted into the Soaring Startup Circle (SSC). The organization is comprised

of BC alums that are employed by Boston-area startups. SSC’s primary goal is to provide undergraduate teams with time, office space, and resources to take their ventures to the next level.

CoreHub, BCVC runner up Cogitr (formerly Helpers), Music Splitter, Pstcrd, and Radici Travel were all members of SSC’s class of 2015.

Castro credits SSC for guiding the team throughout the summer. “We met a lot of CEOs, BC alumni, VCs [venture capitalists], and angel investors—they really pointed us in the right direction.”

Castro hailed the rotational accelerator program for allowing the business to gain exposure desired from potential investors. “Without Soaring Startup, we wouldn’t be where we are right now,” Castro said.

CoreHub has shifted its focus to the collaborative workspace market, with the goal of helping entrepreneurs find space in the Boston marketplace.

“After getting feedback from our mentors, we found it very hard to scale and hope to focus on this specific vertical with the larger goal still in mind,” Castro said.

“We want to get as many co-working stations in Boston on our platform —aggregate all the information that people need.”

CoreHub co-founder and president, Chris Castro, believes that establishing itself in this smaller market will allow the company to scale up to the retail and commercial spaces in the future.

CoreHub will also appeal to those who list their collaborative workspaces

photo courtesy of corehub

After completing the Soaring Startup Circle this summer, the five BC graduates are looking to expand their startup in Boston. on its platform. “We are going to provide a platform for those listing their workspaces to end users.”

CoreHub will acquire the data directly from the collaborative workspaces on the market. “We are going to sit down with them [workspaces] and create their profiles—they want to differentiate themselves,” Castro said.

Currently, CoreHub is considering a few methods to create revenue.

“We’re working on a SaaS model [software as a service] for listers to manage

their pipeline and collaborate with end users,” Castro said.

Castro also highlighted the convenience of scaling up, should the company resort to this delivery model.

CoreHub is considering an ad-based revenue model similar to Zillow, he said. To begin, however, the company plans to offer the platform for free.

“To start off, we’re going to make it free to end users and people who are trying to list,” Castro said. He believes this is the best way for the venture to

establish its customer base, and gives the company the opportunity to perfect its platform prior to scaling up.

Castro is adamant that CoreHub will launch its platform in October for the Boston marketplace, and raise capital later this fall.

“We are focusing on Boston for now, but hope to move onto New York and possibly L.A. in the future,” Castro said. “We’re hoping to raise seed money in order to build out our product and eventually scale.” n

Back in Boston: A portrait of the columnist as an apathetic man Archer Parquette

Archer Parquette “The first sentence must draw the reader in immediately. It needs to grab them by the throat and drag them into the piece, whether they want to read it or not. Be exciting, be original, and please, dear God, do not start with a quote.” – Professor Winston Vatraizmet Hufflepants Boston College is back in session, and my highly esteemed, critically lauded, read-by-millions column is back in print. Once again, it is my sworn goal to force an appreciation of Boston on the young, impressionable, internet-swollen minds of our generation.

In order to correctly complete this sworn goal, I must communicate to all of you with relatable generalizations and easygoing anecdotes that slowly and intelligently show you how lucky you are to go to BC and how amazing the city of Boston really is. Instead, I’m going to tell you an absurd story about myself because I can’t be constrained by my own goals.

On the very first day of classes, I was walking the quiet halls of McElroy Commons when a mustachioed man of menace stepped out

from behind a door and punched me in the face. I fell to the ground, blood streaming from my nose. Looking up, I saw the face of Niles Corbitt, my personal editor (Yes, I am more than important enough to have a personal editor). Niles grabbed me by my welltailored lapis lazuli colored lapels and hauled me to my feet. He had the look of a mad bull that just spotted the Communist flag. With four lit cigarettes dangling from his lips and tears of anger streaming down his cheeks, he screamed at me.

“Arthur, you miserable punk,” he yelled. “I read the first draft of your column today and it’s absolute trash.

I ripped it up and flushed it down the toilet because that’s where it belongs you sack of smelly little rat turds.”

“Oh Gosh Mr. Corbitt Sir, man, friend above all friends,” I whimpered. “I’m so sorry. I’ll write another one, I’ll do better.”

He let go of my absolutely-fantastically-tailored-beautifully-dyed-exquisitely-stitched-lapis-lazuli-lapels and pushed me back. I stumbled, barely maintaining my balance, and stared at him with fear, terror, horror, and dread. When he looked back at me his face was no longer a mask of hate, but of disappointment.

“Where did the spark go Arthur?” he asked. “Your columns last year used to inspire people. They used to make people leap into the air and rush for the nearest T-stop. You had something amazing, little man, you had something real good. But this

crap you handed me today had nothing. It made me want to move to New York, for God’s sake.”

I hung my head in shame. Then my nose began to bleed profusely so I lifted my head in distress. But when I looked up he was already gone, leaving me with nothing but my failure and humiliation.

There was a new column that needed writing, a column that would paint Boston as the fantastic city that it is. But I just didn’t have the spark.

As I wandered the campus, I noticed the scores of bright-eyed cherub-faced little freshmen (most of whom stand at least half a foot taller than me) and observed them in their new habitats. They were full of energy and vitality. The air was humming with their excited voices, beaming smiles, and fresh, sustaining, lifeblood.

It was really annoying.

These newbies had something I didn’t: an excitement about the upcoming year of college that I had completely lost sometime between the morning of my first day of college and the night of my first day of college.

As though to remind me of my lack of enthusiasm my dear, dear friend Sally Sunshine ran up to me as I crossed the quad and screamed in my ear.

“Abraham,” she howled. “Oh my God. I haven’t seen you in like three months. Aren’t you so like excited to be back? I am just like literally dying

of excitement right now. Aren’t you?

Aren’t you? Aren’t you?”

As I wiped the blood from my ears, I shook my head and grimaced.

“No Sally Sunshine,” I said.

“To tell you the truth, I’m not very excited at all.”

“Well you should be,” she said.

“Why’s that Sally Sunshine?”

“I’ll show you Abraham.”

So Sally Sunshine forced me to follow her all the way to the Chestnut Hill D-line stop where she subsequently forced me to get into a train car and go to the city. Sitting next to Sally Sunshine, I gazed out the window dramatically and started to feel that old spark returning.

“Look at that sophisticated man over there,” I heard another passenger whisper. “He must be thinking some extraordinarily deep thoughts.

He probably reads long and complex novels such as 2666 by Roberto Bolano.”

And with that I was back. Looking out the train window a smile broke out on my face. Everything came flooding back to me.

Boston is one of the best cities on the planet. The historical significance of the place alone is astounding. It has some of the best food, the most interesting people, and the most beautiful sights of any city that ever existed since the dawn of time.

We’re all college students living in the prime of our lives. After this it’s nothing more than a downward slog toward death. Enjoy what you have!

Explore Boston! Ride the T! Use exclamation points! Live your lives!

I turned to thank Sally Sunshine for showing me the light. But when I turned there was no one in the seat next to me. I looked around the entire train car and couldn’t find her. At first I was scared that she had literally died of excitement and been carted off the train in a body bag while I wasn’t looking. But then I realized with a sigh of relief that she had just been a hallucination. Nothing to worry about, I had just had an extended psychotic episode involving visual, auditory, and spatial hallucinations.

Smiling and relieved, I got off the train at Kenmore station and walked across the bridge. I knew exactly where I was going. Moving with the swiftness of a gazelle, I crossed the busy streets until I reached the base of that tower they call Prudential.

I entered and made my way to the top floor, the observation area from which the whole city can be seen.

Standing above it all, I gazed across the city. I saw the ocean in the distance, the busy downtown below, the crowded neighborhoods surrounding it, and Gasson tower far in the distance. Raising a hand in salute, I knew that I was ready to begin another year.

Archer Parquette is an editor for The Heights. He can be reached at metro@bcheights.com

UberPool launches in Boston, ride-sharing protests resurface

By Magdalen Sullivan Heights Editor As of early August, there is a new mode of transportation Boston students and residents can take between point A and point B. Uber, the popular ride-sharing app, has brought its newest product to Beantown: UberPool.

The logic is the same as the typical, suburban carpool to soccer practice—cooperating with multiple parties traveling in the same direction while depleting the amount of traffic on the road. Uber clients can opt to share a car with a stranger in close proximity who is traveling to the same area.

Bringing the product to Boston makes perfect sense, Uber spokesperson Carlie Waibel said. “Boston is definitely a city of early adapters who are traditionally known for embracing innovation and technology,” she said.

“And because there’s a condensed

downtown area, it made it a perfect fit for UberPool.”

Boston’s uniquely saturated population of college students makes the city an ideal target for the new product.

An UberPool client pays exactly half of whatever the regular UberX would cost—potentially giving 18-to-22year-olds on a typical college student’s budget an incentive to share a ride into downtown.

Beantown is not Uber’s guinea pig.

Boston is the fifth city to host Uber’s newest service, preceding the campaign’s successes in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Paris, and Austin. This past week marked the one year anniversary of UberPool’s launch in California.

While UberPool has only been available in Boston for a few short weeks, it has shown immense popularity in other parts of the country. After one year of its conception, Waibel noted, 50 percent of UberX rides in

San Francisco are sought through UberPool.

“Students will find this option very affordable, very convenient, and a great way to be more green and have less cars on the road,” Waibel said, confident that Boston students and residents are going to embrace the new product.

According to a post on the company’s blog, the service is available in Downtown Boston, South Boston, Dorchester, Somer ville, Brighton, Allston, Brookline, Jamaica Plain, Roxbury, and Cambridge.

UberPool’s launch on Aug. 13 came only days after a city-wide taxi driver strike in Cambridge, Mass. and a protest on city hall demanding stricter regulations on ride-sharing apps such as Uber and Lyft.

The Boston Globe reported on City Councilor Nadeen Mazen reasoning with the crowd of angry and frustrated cabbies, “You guys realize the constitu-

ency that supports Uber is the majority and you’re the minority, right?”

Earlier in the year, Governor of Massachusetts Charlie Baker proposed legislation that would put heavier regulations on ride-sharing apps, rules that are to be enforced by the state’s Department of Public Utilities.

Baker’s legislation was met favorably by ride-sharing companies and, not surprisingly, received backlash from taxi lobbyists who seek even stricter regulations around Uber and Lyft.

While the proposed rules attempt to ensure the safety of riders through driver background checks, Baker’s statement is clear: if the rules of supply and demand mean that taxis are out and Uber is in, it’s not his or the state’s place to interfere with the industry.

In July, two Boston legislators proposed an alternative solution to the debate. State Senator Linda Dorcena-

Forry and Representative Michael J. Moran co-sponsored a bill that would require Uber to submit to regulations of the same intensity as taxi drivers, including commercial insurance and rigorous background checks.

In regards to the protests in Cambridge in early August, Uber’s public stance comes from a place of confidence. “As taxis put their own interests ahead of consumers,” the company said in a statement, “Uber will remain a safe, convenient way to get around, because both riders and drivers have made it clear that more choice and greater opportunity is important to them and their city’s transportation ecosystem.”

As for Baker’s legislation, the debate among city legislators will continue throughout the month of September.

In the meantime, Uber argues that it will continue to make strides and gain prominence in a currently contentious and controversial debate. n

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BC Dining listens, offers thoughtful improvements

With the start of the new academic year, Boston College Dining Services continues its impressive track record of making impactful change in oncampus dining locations. Offering new food options, from Starbucks in the On The Fly market to a hot oatmeal bar in Addie’s, BC Dining is making satisfying changes in response to students. A revamp of the Eagle Nest and Hillside interiors also promises to shorten lines and wait times—a welcome attempt

by BC Dining to handle crowds during the busiest hours for these two persistently popular locations.

The changes might seem relatively minor—some new breakfast wraps, acai bowls, a new coat of paint, changes in salad dressing, sliced apples. It is attention to the small details, however, that makes BC Dining one of the most student-friendly organizations on campus. It is helpful to know that when a survey gets filled out about what is liked and disliked

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about the way food is served, it carries significant weight and real change can be seen. These little changes can allow for significant movement in breaking up the monotony of day to day culinary options.

Last winter, when record-breaking levels of snowfall devastated the city, BC Dining proved itself adept at handling challenges more pressing than simple menu changes. Through everything, BC Dining Services was able to keep going. These moments of big coverage still to this day deserve applause, but it is also the little changes like those on campus so far this academic year that show BC Dining Services does not need a catastrophe to surprise and delight. It is firmly up to the students now to continue providing feedback through social media and physical surveys, because they will not be just shouts into the dark, as BC Dining has time and time again proven.

“Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you’ve got a hundred years here. There’s only rule I know of, babies: ‘God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.’”

-Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007), American writer

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2150 represents a new step for BC housing For a little over a year now, Boston College’s biggest construction project has been visible to anyone passing by it on campus. Starting next fall, 2150 Commonwealth Ave. will be the University’s newest residence hall, replacing many of the beds to be lost when Edmond’s Hall closes for good next summer. The apartments are mostly four- and six-person suites, ranging from 996 to 1,383 square feet.

While it is being built with the same modern exposed brick style seen in BC’s most recently constructed student residence Stayer Hall, 2150 Comm.

Ave. is much more than just another pretty building to look at on campus: it is a step forward in BC’s efforts to curb energy and power consumption. Easily accessible recycling bins might be a good way for the campus to get a little greener. It’s extra effort in big construction projects, however, that pushes BC toward a sustainable future. For those building 2150 Comm. Ave., this means bringing in independent contractors to do double and triple checks to make sure the residence is airtight, putting

in high efficiency furnaces to heat the building, and using a water purification system in the basement that will let the building reuse water. The goal is to reduce BC’s carbon footprint.

2150 also represents a step forward for health services on campus. The new Health Services Center that’ll be in 2150 (replacing the current location in Cushing) will be over 12,000 square feet, with 12 exam rooms, five patient rooms, and even an isolation room, in addition to a larger reception area. And it is not simply that bigger equates to better in regards to size alone: more students getting appropriately treated for their illnesses means that campus itself will be much safer and less contagious, which pays dividends to everyone, sick or healthy.

2150 is keeping up with its current building plan, both literally in the construction is nearing completion, and also in the fact that it truly acts as an advancement in the way that BC will be looking to handle the rest of its construction as the University’s master plan comes to fruition.

Entrepreneurship center aims to help all students Cushing Hall on Middle Campus will soon host Boston College’s biggest venture into the world of entrepreneurship. The Edmund H. Shea, Jr. Center for Entrepreneurship will hold its inaugural event on Nov. 5, and the physical center in Cushing will open at the end of December. The Center was conceived as an umbrella organization for several pre-existing organizations, including the BC Venture Competition and the Women’s Innovation Network. The Center is housed under the Carroll School of Management, and a co-concentration in entrepreneurship for CSOM students has also been launched.

Only CSOM students will be able to officially co-concentrate in entrepreneurship, though the Shea Center represents an important step in recognizing the values of entrepreneurship for all disciplines and schools. Executive director Jere Doyle emphasized the necessity of

including all students, an effort he has been pushing by grassroots efforts and the formation of an advisory council with students from all of the University’s colleges.

More important than the interdisciplinary nature of the Center— workshops and speakers are planned for all students to attend in order to increase their entrepreneurial skills—is the fact that it represents an important measure of progress for the University. The Center indicates a formal effort on the part of the University to encourage startup culture and help students succeed in less traditional business realms.

The Center emphasises helping students join entrepreneurial initiatives rather than immediately starting their own. It will also be focused on social entrepreneurship. Both of these efforts are useful to creating a culture dedicated to helping others and making current systems better.

The views expressed in the above editorials represent the official position of The Heights, as discussed and written by the

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Tale of two baseball stadiums

Sean McGowan

The Heights is Back - You missed us. We missed you. But don’t think this means we’ll ask about your summer. We can just imagine you saying something to the effect that it was good, so it’ll save us time and you breath if you just save it.

But we hope you enjoy what The Heights has in store this semester—we’ll enjoy bringing it to you, twice a week.

Not on God’s Time Anymore - For those desperate to escape the rottenness of syllabus week, there are now clocks hanging from the walls of classrooms, like in Stokes, to provide a second by second count of the time ticking and tocking away. These spaces used to be on God’s time, and now they belong to the precession of a man-made machine. Feeling sacrilegious when peeking up at it? Just a little, right? It’s okay. That’s what confession is for.

Too Nice To Avoid - There was a time when you avoided the outdoors. It involved layering, bracing yourself, two scarfs, and three hats.

But now, the weather outside is too nice to really justify you staying inside at all. Sure, if you’re in the sun for too long, later on you’ll feel like you’re stinking up the whole lecture hall class—but, if you can get the bench in the shade, then you’re absolutely golden.

The first baseball game I ever saw was an early season matchup between the New York Yankees and the Oakland Athletics, played at night under the high, washed-out floodlights of the old Yankee Stadium. It was the last day of April in 2002, and a full moon hung low in the sky. Some warm, sweet smell between cut grass and cinnamon spread through the air and squabbled with a taint of stale beer from the night before.

Chants and heckles came from all over in the same thick local accent, prompting scattered laughter and sporadic applause from a thin crowd. The ballpark, old and clearly crumbling to just about everyone in the place but me, was alive.

I sat along the front of the top grandstand with my dad, punching the palm of a baseball glove with half a steamed hot dog hanging from my mouth. The glove had spent a few nights wrapped up in a rubber band under the far leg of my bed, and had one of those handsplitting creases right down the center.

“Watch out for foul balls,” my father said. “They might pop way up there and come back out of nowhere.”

Over the next four hours the glove came in handy, considering I buried my face in it close to 50 times. Dad and I sat there, feet up on the front wall, watching the Yankees take what Macho Man Randy Savage, noted public intellectual and professional wrestler, might call “a smack-down.” The home team dropped ground balls, hit foul balls (none of which came my way), and let up more runs in a row than they had in their last three games combined. Catcher Jorge Posada dropped enough pitches to make me want to stick little pins in the bobble-head likeness of him that they’d given me at the gate, and Jeter—my hero—struck out twice.

However, if you’d asked me how the game went before I took my little excursion through Wikipedia five minutes

ago to find all that out, I wouldn’t even have been able to come up with the score (8-2, by the way). I couldn’t have told you what happened, who pitched, or how many balls left the stadium.

What I can tell you is how it felt to be in the place that Babe Ruth broke his first homerun record, looking down at the same field that my father saw when he watched Mickey Mantle play. Dad pointed out all the retired numbers in Monument Park and told me about the men they belonged to. He told a story about a childhood friend who’d been able to buy a few of the old seats from the stands when they were ripped out during a renovation and put them in his living room.

Chants and heckles came from all over in the same thick local accent, prompting scattered laughter and sporadic applause from a thin crowd.

The ballpark, old and crumbling to just about everyone in the place but me, was alive.

There was a palpable history to the park itself—a sense of tradition that hung heavy enough in the air to make you work a little harder for every breath you took within its walls. Sitting down in one of the seats for the first time was something sacred.

“My father used to take us there once every few weeks,” my dad would say about 10 years later. “It was just something you did back then.” We were at a party, wondering why I couldn’t recognize a single name on the Yankees roster for that night.

By then, they had torn down the stadium to build something much more crude and commercial next door, more a shopping mall than a ballpark, and I hadn’t really noticed the change. Ticket

prices had gone up and I’d grown out of the obligatory fixation that all boys have on baseball. When the old park went away, I thought, everything I loved about the game went with it.

“It’s just harder to get out there now,” he said.

That was the last we spoke of it for a few more years. They built a few youth fields where the old stadium used to be, and I headed up to Boston for college and became a Red Sox fan. I went to one game at Fenway Park and fell in love with the place in that fervent, jealous way that everyone who wasn’t born in Boston does, then went back the next day to pick up two tickets for my dad’s birthday.

This one was a night game too, and the home team got beaten just as bad.

But it’s only been a few months, and I can’t even remember the other team’s name.

I can recall only the pleasure of being back in a place so soaked in myth and tradition, admiring a game I’d let get away from me too soon. That night I watched the players take the field with a distinctive joy, of the sort that might come from finding an old photograph, or hearing an aria sung in a foreign language.

A few seats to the right, there was a young kid with his dad, laughing and struggling to put on what looked like a brand new baseball glove. There was a comfort in knowing that he’d always have this place. No matter how old it gets, it’ll stand virtually unchanged where it has for years, displaying its special brand of New England arrogance toward gentrification and progression for its own sake.

Most importantly, it’ll still be five stops away from BC on the Green Line.

Snow and weather permitting, we’ll never be more than a half hour from a game at one of the last great ballparks in the country. That’s a luxury that’s no longer afforded to many cities.

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

Letting the negatives justify themselves Eduroam - Wifi on campus used to belong to Boston College, and it was efficient, reliable, and easy to stay signed in on—all of the things that Eduroam isn’t. Just the name alone makes it sound dangerous, like a shady European club where there’s no bouncer and there are bars over the front windows. Now, not only will you leave that paper until the last minute, but you won’t even be able to get it to your professor by the midnight deadline.

Thanks, UGBC. Crowds - Do a quarter of the people that are out and about now just go away after the first week is over and close themselves off in their rooms, never to be seen again? Why are the lines always so damn long at Eagles to start off the year? We understand why the Plex is so busy, and the bookstore is so packed: people who skipped the work needed for a summer body will try three or four times to catch up and just end up turning to hot wings and Netflix, and people need to drop lots of money on thick books that they’ll barely turn the pages of and resell at the end of the semester for a fifth of the price, but we just don’t understand why the dining hall explodes in the beginning and then tapers off within a couple weeks. But we guess The Chocolate Bar will always come through with its lack of tables and space to work, so.

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Solina Jean-Louis I sat on the plane staring over the Atlantic Ocean in its splendor. The shadow of the gigantic airplane I was sitting in was but a mere speck of dust compared to the vastness of the sunlight-reflecting water of the ocean below me. I stared at that speck of darkness in the water and began to cry—completely unaware of the man sitting next to me, who probably thought I was an emotional wreck.

If he did think that, he was completely correct. This would be the first of five times I would cry in a 48-hour time span at home after returning from my month studying abroad in Marburg, Germany.

Although my mother constantly reminded me that this reaction was completely normal after coming back from an incredible experience, I felt awful. I felt like a piece of my heart stayed in Marburg, and what I like to call “Post Study Abroad Depression” was setting in quite nicely. Aside from being completely unprepared for the wave of sadness I felt upon my return to the United States and separation from friends I considered some of the best ones I’ve ever made, I felt extremely guilty.

Why was I sad? I had no right to be.

Here I was, coming home from something that so few people in this world ever get the opportunity to do, and all I could think about was the fact that it was over. My heart hurt every time I closed my eyes and memories of the month-long adventure flashed in my mind.

I wasn’t just sad, however. I was angry with myself. “Stop this, Solina,” I would think to myself. How was I to justify my sadness when I knew there were people going through things infi-

nitely more difficult than coming home from a study abroad trip? How was I to justify my sadness when there were people whose family members had just passed away, who were being persecuted by their own government, who were struggling to get by without starving to death? Who was I, a young, middleclass, American woman attending a prestigious university, to be sad?

I soon began to realize, however, that my anger toward my own sadness was more self-destructive than having the sadness in the first place.

People feel a need to justify their own feelings to themselves. If they are angry about something that society deems as

Let yourself cry, let yourself curl up into a ball, let yourself scream into a pillow. Whatever it takes—just let yourself feel. If we deny ourselves the right to feel negative emotions, we deny ourselves the right to be our whole self. petty and ridiculous like getting rejected by someone they have romantic feelings toward, many will say or imply something along the lines of “I know there are bigger problems in the world” or “this is something I shouldn’t be sad about.”

Why do we do this? Why do we constantly not allow ourselves to feel feelings that are completely valid?

Constantly justifying how we feel to both others and ourselves does not allow for any movement or growth. If we focus too much on how society perceives a specific feeling, we are lying to ourselves and destroying our own ability to understand and accept how we feel.

Who tells us that anger and sadness are feelings that we shouldn’t feel as much as happiness and excitement?

At what point in our lives are we told that feeling these negative feelings are something we should be ashamed of? At what point in our lives are these negative labels attached to these feelings?

Happiness is just as valid as anger, and excitement is just as valid as fear.

As college students, we are at an extremely vulnerable time in our lives.

Every day can seem like sensory overload, and it is impossible to stay completely emotionally stable at all times.

Yet, why is it that we allow ourselves the small joys of getting a good grade on a homework assignment or running a mile at our best time, yet most of us hardly allow ourselves the small sadness that comes along with a failed quiz or a friendship slipping away?

We constantly tell ourselves to stop sulking, to stop making a big deal over something that doesn’t matter. We constantly tell ourselves to cheer up, that everything will be okay in the end. And, yes, while everything will be okay in the end, sometimes in the moment, things are not okay. And this is completely normal and fine. In fact, we should encourage each other to accept and allow ourselves to feel these emotions that society deems as negative.

Let yourself cry, let yourself curl up in a ball, let yourself scream into a pillow. Whatever it takes—just let yourself feel. If we deny ourselves the right to feel negative emotions, we deny ourselves the right to be our whole self. Most sadness is only temporary, so long as you allow it to be temporary. It will forever lie inside of you if you convince yourself that you don’t deserve to feel negative emotions because people have it worse than you.

You are worthy of negative emotions.

You are worthy of positive emotions.

You are worthy of allowing yourself to be a human being.

Solina Jean-Louis is an op-ed contributor for The Heights. He can be reached at opinions@bcheights.com.

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Eurozone recovery Alis Dicpinigaitis The economic landscape of the Eurozone has been nothing short of bleak for the entirety of this decade. Even when signs of recovery glimmered on the horizon in the spring of 2013, economic committees were hesitant to deem it anything more than a “prolonged pause” in a larger recession. After all, the strongest growth in any individual quarter since 2010 had been a mere 0.3 percent, while the aggregate annual rate amounted to nothing greater than 1.2 percent. For context, the United States boasted a nearly 9 percent GDP growth rate before the 2009 economic crisis (the worst in the 21st century). Assessing European fiscal viability now in the fall of 2015, it seems as though the “recovery” is gaining some strength. Most notably, Europe has witnessed a reawakening in consumer spending catalyzed by a dramatic drop in energy prices from last year’s oil cost collapse (which was felt in the U.S. as well as in Europe). This created a virtual tax break for consumers, which in turn greatly boosted demand for the commodity.

Enhanced spending contributed to substantial economic stimulation, and eventually, growth. In terms of trade activity, exporters also reaped the benefits of the depreciation of the euro, whose trade-rated value has fallen a staggering 12 percent in the past fiscal year.

Although we are witnessing signs of economic recovery, we must explore the extent to which this recovery is sustainable. For one thing, industrial production continues to falter after a large collapse last March. Although oil prices have been rising slightly in recent weeks, this can be explained by the relative easing of deflationary pressure.

The quantitative easing (an economic tactic by which federal governments or other large entities “create” money to buy financial assets) program implemented by the European Central Bank (ECB) proposes to buy €60 billion of predominantly public assets each month at least until September of 2016.

These purchases will continue to devalue the euro, already a bane of equity markets.

The problem with these quantitative easing measures lies in the fundamental difference between European and U.S. markets. Capital (equity) markets play a much smaller role in broader financial regulatory activity in the Eurozone than they do in the U.S., suggesting that quantitative easing measures will be much less effective than across the Atlantic.

Furthermore, the looming risk of a messy Greek default still lingers on the horizon (as it seemingly always has). Although GDP showed an estimated growth of 0.8 percent this spring, this remains anomalous since Greek banks have halted lending and the federal government has stopped payments to commercial creditors. A possible account of recent signs of “growth” in Greece is a case of consumer economic hedging in the form of investments in cars and other “durable goods” as safer forms of investment. This activity occurs against the backdrop of a possible Greek exit from the Eurozone and a resultant reinstatement of the drachma (the Greek currency, whose value is speculated to plummet almost immediately upon resurfacing). Recently, policymakers have proposed a third Greek bailout since 2010 (awaiting German approval) illustrating further “Band-Aid” attempts to stave off a reversion to the era of the drachma. Second to Greece, Germany contributes substantially to Eurozone economic activity, and in fact has bolstered short-term European economic growth. Despite this positive contribution, the future of German manufacturing seems precarious as exports are likely to suffer due to the weakening Chinese economy, a prime market for German investment goods (such as luxury cars).

Internal problems are also likely to plague the Eurozone’s road to recovery, most notably the shifting geopolitical landscape of the continent. Europe has not faced a refugee movement of such a magnitude since those of displaced persons after the conclusion of the Second World War. This summer’s “migrant crisis” has forced Angela Merkel, Germany’s chancellor, to call for the development of a unified European migration policy in which migrants are adequately distributed among member states. Such large-scale reform is likely to drain both time and resources of not only political but also economic policymakers in the Eurozone at quite an inopportune time (against the backdrop of economic crisis).

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

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With back to school being one of Target’s most profitable seasons, the location of the new CityTarget is bound to be a profitable one. Forbes writes that for back to school shopping, the average family spends just under $700.00 per child attending grades K through 12 and over $1,000 per college-bound student. Situated between Brookline and Back Bay, Fenway draws in students from more than 8 Colleges and Universities, including Boston University, Simmons College, Northeastern University, and Boston College.

“This year I spent more than I usually would because I’m living off campus, so I think it came down to at least $500,” said Taelor Coon, MCAS ’17, who visited the Framingham Target in preparation for this academic year. “You could tell a lot of people were shopping for college,” noted her sister, Allie Coon MCAS ’19, who described the busy store and bare shelves. “We would definitely go if it wasn’t crowded,” they joked upon hearing about the new Fenway location.

For the BC community, the new CityTarget offers another local outlet for school and dorm supplies. Currently the closest other Target location to BC, as well as many other Colleges of the Fenway, is the company’s Watertown location.

Though only a few miles from BC’s Chestnut Hill Campus, the Watertown location lacks the quality that the CityTarget highlights: accessibility. Despite its location a few miles from the closest T stop, the Watertown store continues to clear shelves every September for the back to school rush, a feat that the company expects the new CityTarget to continue.

According to the company’s 2014 Annual Report, “on average, CityTarget stores generate higher-than-average sales and have a favorable merchandise mix that contributes to strong gross margins.” Further, “of the 15 new stores we will open in 2015, more than half are urban formats, including one new CityTarget and eight new TargetExpress locations.”

A brainchild of the CityTarget format, TargetExpress locations are also showing up across the country—especially on or around college campuses. A smaller version of the major retailer, about 15 percent of a normal store size according to The Washington Post, these locations sell basic necessities in an environment that can be best described as a step above a convenience store. As CityTarget, TargetExpress recently made its East Coast debut with a location at the University of Maryland, College Park. n

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Wally isn’t the only Fenway mascot—the green monster now has to share his neighborhood with Bullseye, the white bull terrier iconic of one of the nation’s largest major commercial retailers and whose image is now plastered across the corner of Boylston and Kilmarknock streets.

This summer, Target opened the doors of its newest location in the Boston area. Though the Minnesota-based chain already operates more than four successful locations around the city, with a combined 160,000 square feet and 350 associates, the new Fenway store is the largest in greater Boston.

Not only is this location one of the region’s most expansive location, but it is the biggest CityTarget in the country, as well as the first on the east coast. Since 2012, the retailer has tailored some of its urban locations to accommodate the city-goers lifestyle—spawning a store that features all of the same products as most suburban locations but one that pays more attention to details.

The nation’s eight CityTarget locations stock their shelves with products targeted toward an urban environment, in smaller sizes that are more convenient for those who use public transportation and live in areas that are very accessible.

“We know our guests have more shopping choices than ever, so a critical part of our strategy is providing them with compelling reasons and more convenient ways to shop with us,” Target’s 2012 annual report read, the year in which the CityTarget concept was first implemented. “CityTarget brings further innovation to the Target shopping experience with features designed to help urban dwellers better navigate city living.”

The Fenway neighborhood, though famous for being the home of Boston’s most beloved team, has recently developed into more than just a tourist attraction. The new CityTarget is just the most recent advancement in the area’s development plan that features popular businesses, restaurants, and retailers.

Though CityTarget moves the Fenway neighborhood away from its athletic origin, the new location pays homage to the area’s tradition and the nation’s favorite pastime. Original seats from Fenway Park line the store’s entrance and a set of windows on the second floor are positioned to look out over the baseball stadium’s Gate D. The sporting goods section features an entire collection of local sports team apparel, and Red Sox’ great Tim Wakefield was invited to cut the ceremonial ribbon on opening day.

In addition to the Boston-centric details, Fenway CityTarget features some unique characteristics, including its recent approval to sell alcohol—a concept that the company looks to expand in future stores.

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Dorm, health services clinic at 2150 Comm. Ave. on track for 2016 New Dorm, from A1 person apartments with full kitchens, it will also house an upgraded University Health Services clinic. The wing will have 12 exam rooms, five patient rooms, one isolation room for infectious diseases, and one treatment room, among other specialty rooms. There will also be space for nine offices and a larger reception and waiting area.

The new dorm will also have five floor lounges, 15 floor study rooms, a commons area that will include a small cafe, a seminar room, and three soundproof music rooms. The majority of the lounges are large rooms with mostly glass walls that will allow the building to be lit with natural light during the day.

The entrance to the building will be spacious, and part of the ceiling will extend

up toward the second floor.

BC is taking a more renewable stance with the construction of this dorm, according to Hand Contractors. Independent inspectors have been meticulous with checking the insulation of pipes and quality of seals in the building to make sure the high-efficiency furnaces can function to their full potential. Hand said that 2150 will be the first BC dorm that will have a water filtration and recycling system to reduce the water consumption of the building.

The construction of the building has gone much smoother than anticipated, considering all the moving parts involved in such a large project. Even the harsh winter didn’t slow down the project, somewhat to the surprise of Hand. The independent construction crews, contracted by Bond Brothers,

worked throughout the 10-plus feet of snow because the foundational work had already been completed, according to Hand.

Construction slows during the winter if the foundation is in the process of being laid, because the ground becomes very muddy and difficult to excavate.

Since the foundation was completed and the skeleton of the building was already being constructed when the first snow hit, work continued. Snow is only a factor if it melts and refreezes into ice on the steel—in most cases it is simply a matter of brushing the powder off the materials, according to Hand.

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Mary Ann’s targeted to tighten security on underage drinking Mary Ann’s, from A1 been cited for an official violation since April, though the bar is still awaiting its pending suspension dates.

“Underage drinking is a problem across the city,” Keady said. “People will go places where they think that they can be served, and unfortunately Mary Ann’s is one of those locations that has drawn a

lot of attention.”

This past spring, local residents of the community, Boston police officers, BCPD officers, and BC officials all converged at a community meeting to discuss many of the concerns over the future of Mary Ann’s. Eva Webster was one of a handful of local residents that attended the hearing and described how many community members were very upset about what

happens after the bar closes. According to the agreement with the Licensing Board, Mary Ann’s closes at 2 a.m. and all patrons must be out of the bar by 2:30 a.m.

Webster voiced her concerns that people were flooding out of the bar and into the neighborhoods of Brighton, and local residents have seen multiple instances of public urination, loud noise, and fights breaking out well passed closing hour.

The future of the popular dive bar could be in jeopardy if the suspensions continue and local community members remain unhappy. Keady explained that if underage drinking keeps resurfacing at Mary Ann’s, there is a possibility that the bar could be closing earlier.

“They have to look at their 2 a.m. license,” he said. “If they keep doing what they are doing, they could roll it back.”

In a much worse scenario for the bar, Keady explained that if the citations escalate and 25 residents feel strongly enough to petition the Boston Licensing Board to suspend Mary Ann’s license permanently, the Board could act and take the initial steps to potentially end the bar’s longtime presence in Cleveland Circle.

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The smell of six cities: across the world and back in one summer

Sarah Moore Cities are a lot like assholes—everybody has one and they all smell a little funky.

Okay, so that’s a slight deviation from how the saying goes but it isn’t too far off—cities are an integral aspect of every city’s social and economic fabric because of the environment they create and the circumstances they foster. For their good and their bad—their smiles and their assholes, if you will—cities define the experiences of residents and visitors alike. They are as characterizing as a person’s obvious qualities, can establish immediate and assumed notions, and foster both interpersonal camaraderie or irritation. Cities—most simply a cluster of people and structures,

loosely affiliated by proximity—create a culture that surpasses the barriers of race, religion, and stereotype to somehow unify people simply based on the notion that they share one, geographical facet of their own experience. This summer, I was fortunate enough to share the experience of six of the world’s most delightfully funky cities.

Six cities, six winding metro systems, six different cuisines, six conflicting team affiliations—six nuanced and intricate ways of life unique to each metropolitan center.

In the 10 short weeks of summer, I ate, drank, and sightsaw my way through these six destinations—each worthy of an entire summer in their own right. From scanning the crowded halls of the Smithsonian’s during tourist season to rollerblading across the beautiful Retiro Park, I have spent a lot of time doing a lot of things in a lot of cities this summer.

Boston, Washington D.C., Madrid, Paris, Barcelona, and New York.

(Note—I did spend a night in Atlanta

after slurry of canceled flights en route to Madrid, but I don’t have the heart to try and equate the horrors of the Atlanta airport to the above. It just wouldn’t be fair.)

Twelve flights, six cities, four different languages, too many late nights.

After struggling through tapas menus in Catalán and gazing up from the feet of the Eiffel Tower, I left this summer with new memories, a more vibrant passport, and a souvenir or two. The problem with being a tourist who likes cities is that it makes them that much harder to leave, and leaving becomes an inevitable inability to prolong the sharing of an experience, a culture, that you just almost grasped.

I will never be a Parisian or be fluent in Catalán. My house is 20 minutes outside of the city limits of the Nation’s Capital. I may be an expert at navigating the Madrid public transportation system, but I will never be able to appropriate the Madrilenos’ favorite slang, “vale.” I was too impressed with Grand Central to be a normal, commuting New Yorker, and I would never be

so inclined as to name my future pet after a baseball stadium.

On paper, in the realm of the everyday, my six cities of summer owe me nothing.

I was stripped of whatever ties I may have managed to create as I boarded planes, drove across state lines, and unpacked suitcases in the suburbs. I left their sights, and smells, with not much more than a few crumpled ticket stubs and museum maps left in the bottom of my backpack.

But you know what they say about cities— Everybody has one.

Well, now I have six. (Okay, so the simile stops there because I don’t need anyone questioning my anatomical normalcy or, frankly, discussing the intricacies of my digestive system despite how much I may have, or have not, prompted it for literary cohesion).

The solution to being a tourist who likes cities is that when you leave, you can always come back. Though I shared an experience while abroad and away, now

I take and steal and snatch any remnants from my cities that are still available, trying somehow to maintain some sort of commonality from across an ocean.

Regardless of how suburban my normal is, this attempt to latch on to these six cities somehow works, manifesting itself in my reevaluated perceptions and perspectives.

Cities have a way of sticking with you no matter how many miles away you are from their overcrowded clusters of blocks and boutiques. Though I will most likely never own a membership to the Met or make a Tinto de Verano as well as a Spaniard, this summer I was able to share, to immerse myself within, and learn from six different cultures and customs.

Cities are a lot like assholes, and as far from my smelly cities as I may be, I know that I will always retain a little bit of their funk.

Sarah Moore is the Assistant Metro Editor for The Heights. She can be reached at metro@bcheights.com.

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All together at the movies

Ryan Dowd I guess it’s time to catch up. How are you? Yes, I love weather too.

Now that the small talk is out of the way, let’s dig into big talk.

Our summer was defined by the movies. Not in the sense that movies outperformed television or music in craft and storytelling heft, Game of Thrones and Mr. Robot are the victors there. Going to the movies are the last thing we really do together.

They’re the last piece of pop culture we consume in general unison—in the theater and every Friday or Saturday.

Netflix just dropped Narcos—an expansive epic on Pablo Escobar and the Latin American drug trade. No one blinked. Albums are now casually released on Fridays. No one stirs.

Movies … movies are where we come together to watch Chris Pratt tame raptors (you’re my boy, Blue), dancing a capella spectacles, and Tom Hardy grunt and gesture his way through dystopia.

The movies I really liked this summer (Mad Max: Fury Road, Inside Out, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, The End of the Tour, Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation, Ant-Man, Jurassic World) were the simplest.

And simple isn’t even really the right word. The movies I really liked this summer (mentioned above) all have a central journey that at its core is pretty simple. It’d take 20 minutes to explain the plot of Age of Ultron. Fury Road? They ride out and ride back in. Director George Millar takes us from point A to point B. You can write the plot to Fury Road in the margins of your notebook in Globalization I. Max (Tom Hardy), Imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron), Immortal’s Joe’s harem, and a friendly war boy (Nicholas Hoult) ride out into the desert, away from the tyrannical rule of Immortal Joe, then realize there’s no where to go but right back, but it’ll be back on their own terms. It’s a road trip movie, just one with war boys and a lot of mind-bending action. It’s simple and awesome in its simplicity.

I think there are things to learn at the movies, and I think because of the nature of pop culture, the things we learn together are at the movies.

The best movies to illustrate this still vague analogy are Fury Road and The End of the Tour.

In The End of the Tour, David Foster Wallace (Jason Segel) and Rolling Stone profiler David Lipsky (Jesse Eisenberg) spend about a week together, driving to Wallace’s last stop on his book tour for Infinite Jest, probably the most famous and infamously quoted post-modern novel. The plot again is effortlessly simple.

Wallace and Lipsky aren’t beset by war boys on their way to Milwaukee.

They just talk about a lot of interesting stuff. They don’t do the sort of primal, engaging action of Fury Road.

They do a different, conversational dance. Wallace is ever aware of Lipsky as he tries to coddle some representation of Wallace--the person, figure, and writer that will make sense on the pages of Rolling Stone. Everytime they strike up an interesting conversation, we were closer to digging into the real Wallace (or the Wallace that Jason Segel portrays). Lipsky starts holding his recorder out like a high schooler interviewing the football coach after the big game.

Lipsy asks Wallace why he wears a bandanna, and he shrugs something along the lines of “I don’t know I just sort of started doing it.” Lipsky isn’t satisfied. And that’s sort of how their conversations go, two intellectual writers dancing around each other.

Wallace mumbles these soft explanations that are insightful in their simplicity and humility that give the movie’s literal journey depth and truth. Going from A to B in The End of the Tour is equally about securing freedom and water as the journey in Fury Road is. It’s about securing a sort of intellectual freedom and water for the mind and soul.

I think what I learned this summer (and maybe what we all learned) is that in the best stories—in the best things—there’s both truth and complexity in simplicity, that simply going from A to B can be fraught with earned and worthwhile complexity.

Ryan Dowd is the Arts & Review Editor for The Heights. He can be reached at arts@bcheights.com.

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Five movies you really should have seen Grace Godvin In all honesty, no one will ever remember 2015 as a particularly noteworthy or breakthrough summer for movies. Sure, Jurassic World became the highest grossing movie globally ever, and females managed to break into the world of blockbusters, from Mad Max: Fury Road to Inside Out to Pitch Perfect 2. For every one of those movies, however, there was an equally as misogynistic one (I’m looking at you Entourage). This summer also saw the disastrous Fantastic Four reboot, yet another unwatchable Adam Sandler movie in Pixels, and whoever said we needed to continue the Terminator franchise was sadly mistaken. But every summer sees a few precious gems to save us from the maddening cycle of studio blockbusters. From comingof-age stories to harrowing tales of life and death, this summer was no exception.

THE END OF THE TOUR James Ponsoldt’s fourth feature, coming after 2013’s Sundance-hit The Spectacular Now proves the filmmaker has mastered the art of storytelling. The End of the Tour is based on the true account of Rolling Stone journalist David Lipsky’s time spent interviewing David Foster Wallace during Wallace’s book tour for his breakout novel, Infinite Jest. Portraying Wallace is Jason Segel, the current frontrunner for Best Supporting Actor Oscar race, deservedly so. Playing Wallace so nonchalantly, it’s hard not to be drawn to this performance.

Segel plays a character anyone would want to be best friends with, yet is also mesmerizing with Wallace’s humbling intellect. New York Times critic A.O. Scott gave what can only be described as a rave review for The End of the Tour, saying, “there will always be films about writers and writing, and this one is just about as good as it gets.” If that doesn’t convince you, there’s also a great Mall of America cameo.

AMY A harrowing take on fame and fortune, Amy looks inside the troubled life of singer Amy Winehouse. Most documentaries follow a similar pattern, with original content mixed in with sit-down interviews and archived footage. Amy deviates from this formula, using only footage from the time Amy was alive and overlaying the sounds of recorded interviews.

In doing so, the audience gets a glimpse at the horrifying day-to-day life Winehouse faced, constantly surrounded by paparazzi hoping to catch her doing drugs or stumbling drunk.

DOPE This Sundance darling has perhaps the most dynamic cast of the summer. From A$AP Rocky to Zoe Kravitz to Blake from Workaholics, Dope reminds its audience of how many people there are in the world that are way cooler than you. The story centers on Malcolm, a wholesome high school senior and SAT master living in a rough part of Los Angeles who befriends a gangster (what up A$AP Rocky) one night, and winds up with a backpack full of drugs and a handgun. Albeit devoid of any substantial sociological perspective, the film’s strengths lie in its music-heavy background. Curated by the film’s executive producer Pharrell, the soundtrack is awesome, featuring songs from “Public Enemy” to “Digital Underground. “ ME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL The second coming-of-age film on this list, Me And Earl and the Dying Girl begins as a story we all can relate to and have seen before; a high school boy, Greg, and his friend Earl obsess over movies and pop-culture while feeling outcasted from the rest of their adolescent society. Yet the story turns when Greg is forced by his parents to befriend a girl in his class with leukemia. At face-value, Alfonso Gomez-Rajon’s film seems like a cheesy successor to last summer’s emotion-

ally-manipulative The Fault in Our Stars, but manages to avoid this likely downfall through clever humor and smart, honest dialogue.

Despite the ominous title, Greg (played by Thomas Mann) breaks the tension toward the beginning of the film when he narrates, “she survives ... don’t freak out.” It’s also got a pretty great cast, from Connie Britton to Molly Shannon to the living legend Ron Swanson himself, Nick Offerman.

STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON Okay, so you probably did see this movie.

Winning the box office three weekends in a row, Straight Outta Compton is fiercely entertaining. Executive produced by NWA members themselves, Dr. Dre and Ice Cube’s partnership with Universal has been a surprise hit of the summer, mercifully beating out the big studio franchises (Fantastic Four) for the number one spot. (Ice Cube’s son plays his father in the movie, if you’re like me wondering how they got such an uncanny lookalike.) But it’s not perfect, and has gotten a lot of flack for sugar-coating Dre’s domestic violence incidents and its overall antagonization of women.

Also, why does Paul Giamatti play the same sleazy bad guy character in every movie?

HONORABLE MENTION: TRAINWRECK After this summer, who hasn’t heard of Amy Schumer? That picture of her on the back of a jetski with Jennifer Lawrence only cemented her hold as America’s next infatuation.

Trainwreck, which she wrote and produced, is a refreshing take on the romantic comedy genre. She made Bill Hader a heartthrob, a seemingly impossible task, and showcased Lebron’s fantastic comedic talent. The best part about this movie? Tilda Swinton’s raging spray tan.

Grace Godvin is a staff columnist for The Heights. She can be reached at arts@bcheights.com.

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‘True Detective’ met with hyper-criticism and confusion CALEB GRIEGO Amid this golden age of television, creators of television series are pressured to outdo themselves from season to season. For many viewers, True Detective’s sophomore installment seemed to fall drastically short in this respect.

Though a distinct entry into the True Detective anthology, the level of scrutiny seen after each episode was often hyper-critical and relative to the first season.

Despite some tonal problems and disjointedness between episodes, the second season really was a worthy entry into the series, and did not justifiably earn the bulk of criticisms against it.

From the desert flats to the loud streets of LA, True Detective shifted out of the bayou, giving fans a view of expanding industrial, urban sprawl. Brought together by the murder of Ben Caspere, the influential city manager of Vinci CA, three detectives and a criminal begin to unravel a web of corruption. Along the way they realize harsh truths about themselves and the worlds they helped build.

The merits of the second season lie mostly in its cast. An enthralling performance by Colin

Farrell as Vinci Detective Ray Velcoro brought emotional and physical scenes to the screen. Farrell, as Ray, gave the show most of its soul, especially when speaking with his son. Viscerally inducing feelings of sadness and regret with every mannerism, those interactions proved to be some of the most memorable. A watershed moment comes when he realizes a rapist he thought he killed long ago remains free, and the man he killed was innocent. The dilation in his eyes screams one word: remorse.

Other criticism stems from confusion from viewers. With more characters to consider, some have suggested that it became too convoluted. The additional players and pieces to the puzzle would prove to be detrimental to non-attentive viewers. Despite the sometimes awkward shifts between episodes, the case being worked by our detectives was neither desultory nor overly complicated. Spelling out the entire mystery would have been detrimental to the show.

In an age where we expect more from our television, everyone becomes a critic, which can lead to unfair comparisons. The nature of an anthology series dictates that seasons operate independently of one another, which makes com-

parison a little more complicated.

There is reason to compare the merits of seasons overall. Yet, there is a fairer comparison to be made of season three and four of Breaking Bad because it follows the same characters, with the same intents and actions. In an anthology, one would hope that, apart from genre, the seasons would be far different in terms of approach.

This is achieved in True Detective as the first speaks to a struggle of absolutes while Season two focuses on the evasion of reality, happening within each character.

Cursory, uninvested examination of a season, will probably leave some viewers feeling confused.

Taylor Kitsch exhibited another powerful performance as Officer Paul Woodrugh. While most of Ray’s conflict was expressed through violence, Woodrugh brought such conflict to light through offhand comments and troubling looks. This detective struggles with his sexuality, home life, and his identity through subtle hints, not expository speech or actions. Kitsch deftly showed attentive viewers that the real conf lict of his character lied not in the case, but in himself.

The largest and most glaring problem with season one occurs

in its episodic progression. There were some confusing transitions, most notably between “Down Will Come” and “Other Lives,” episodes four and five respectively. “Down Will Come” closed on a massive shootout that left numerous civilians and police officers dead and the characters in shock. The episode closed with a freeze frame of that image. “Other Lives” sees the group two months later, emotionally in better shape and moving beyond the incident.

While this time lapse accounts for the characters’ ability to move forward, the shooting was still fresh in the minds of viewers.

The repercussions of the event are largely unseen apart from the opening scenes of “Other Lives,” which leads to a large disconnect between the caliber of the event and the effects seen on screen.

The cause of this dissonance may be chalked up to the changes in director for each episode. One of the reasons season one is so highly praised is because of the vision behind it. Nic Pizzolatto as the screenwriter proved he could produce compelling television.

Directing season one, Cary Fukunaga worked with Pizzolatto to create a cohesive piece. The

success of the first season speaks to the value of two people with a common vision. Season two was not graced with the same consideration. With six different directors taking the helm of the season, it is no surprise that the progression felt uneven.

Rachel McAdams as Ani Bezzerides, appears to be the only odd casting choice. Whether due to writing or acting, her character was underwhelming and bland. Her conflict came to the attention of viewers in the last episodes, cheapening the feelings for the character.

Many forget how season one of True Detective began rather slowly and was cautiously, then fanatically embraced by viewers.

In a world dominated by pop culture centrism and quick rises to popularity, the opinion of the masses may not be the most fair.

The payoff came when looking at the whole picture.

With so many jumping ship, how fair can such critiques be?

Thoug h imp er fe c t , tho s e who stuck around cannot b e wholly unimpresse d.

Caleb Griego is a Staff Columnistfor The Heights. He can be reached at arts@bcheights.com.

The Weeknd searches for the ‘Beauty Behind The Madness’

BY PHOEBE FICO For The Heights In the pantheon of recording artists who make great sex music, only a few have risen to the greatest heights.

There was Marvin Gaye and Barry White, and there still is Sade.

Ironically, what made these artists great was that they could write about something other than sex with the same vigor: from the sociopolitical state of America to saccharine romanticism.

Abel Tesfaye—better known by his stage name ‘The Weeknd’—is a contemporary artist who writes music almost obsessively about sex. And what he does, he does very well. On his first studio album, Kiss Land—like fellow Toronto native, Drake—he mixed alternative electronica-infused R&B with hiphop. The result was smooth and slick sounding record about having sex with girls and doing drugs. While it provided earworms for radio listeners, there was something lacking in it: an emotional honesty, a confession about a lifestyle that has led to the demise of many before him.

On his sophomore studio effort Beauty Behind The Madness, he begins to find that thing that he was

lacking and there is a soft shimmer to the music.

This new found shimmer comes from two things. The first is a willingness to open up about his life, how it has changed due to his success and how it hasn’t changed at all. This is best exemplified by the third track on the album, “Tell Your Friends,” where he recounts several painful memories( “Used to roam on Queen, now I sing Queen street anthems / Used to hate attention, now I pull up in that wagon / I was broken, I was broken, I was so broke / I used to roam around the town when I was homeless / Me and Lamar would rob a [guy] for his Jordans”).

The second aspect that makes the album shine is the surprising use of disco. The opening track, “Real Life”—on which he is equally as open about his shortcomings—stands out through its use of sound effects that sound like they could be used in a science fiction movie. This might sound chaotic, but it is all held together with melodic crescendoing piano.

The next track, “Losers,” which features Labrinth, is also held together by piano, but this time it has more interesting percussion. It begins with an army of hand claps that breaks into bass heavy beat, like

a fever breaking.

The similarly discoinspired hit single, “Can’t Feel My Face” is a perfect, “this love is terrible but we’re going to dance” jam and would have been right at home on one of Michael Jackson’s records.

There are many standout tracks on this album. “In The Night” is a another perfectly crafted discoinspired song about a girl so addicted to the

nightlife that it leads to her downfall, and “Earned It” is the certified babymaking jam after being featured on the Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack.

With that said, as a whole body of work, it feels disjointed and thematically and musically interrupted.

With the right order, it could be a great record.

On his second album, he shows that he can sing about more than

sex. He can sing about the pitfalls of fame and his shortcomings as a person. He can stretch beyond the beats of trap and hip hop and onto disco. This record sounds like he is spending the night dancing at Studio 54 with all the girls and drugs in the world around him, but he still wants to cry. If only the record were consistent enough to take us on that journey with him. 

When The Walking Dead premiered on AMC back in 2010, viewers didn’t have time to ease into the dystopian, zombie-ridden world that has come to dominate cable ratings for half a decade now. We were jettisoned well into the aftermath of the apocalypse, forced to confront the ever-present threats to survival in an unforgiving world. Sure, Shane, Rick Grimes, and Michonne had lives before civilization went to hell, but their tales are only made captivating because of the tribulations endured and compromises made against their codes of ethics to remain alive and well for at least another day. Those characters are hardened because by this point, they’ve seen just how bad things can and will get.

In a way, this makes the premise of Fear the Walking Dead, AMC’s recently released companion series to The Walking Dead, sound somewhat refreshing. Set during the

early onset of the zombie apocalypse in Los Angeles, Fear doesn’t provide audiences with a cast of hardened survivalists. None of the characters are prepared to make it through the workweek, let alone hordes of undead ghouls. These are normal, flawed, and emotional people who are more concerned with repairing strained romances, dealing with drug-addicted family members or comforting their children when no one attends their birthday party than the news reports of a mysterious illness hanging ominously in the background.

The first two episodes do well in capturing the ignorance of this unfolding nightmare. When heroin addict Nick Clark (Frank Dillane) finds his girlfriend Gloria devouring someone, he rationalizes the horror as the product of bad drugs. When his mother, Madison Clark (Kim Dickens, of Gone Girl fame) and her boyfriend Travis (Cliff Curtis) find out about the incident from his doctor, their reaction is to get their son help.

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There’s still confusion among this family as to what Nick really saw, and certainly no idea that this incident is a harbinger of things to come. It’s a good way to give viewers a reason to be invested in these characters—their world didn’t need decomposing monsters to come undone, and unlike Rick Grimes’ misfit band of unrelated survivors (and the revolving door of supporting characters that get killed off ) on The Walking Dead, it remains to be seen how this biological family will hold up when the worst of the zombie apocalypse comes.

Despite these refreshing deviations, Fear still repeats a number of mistakes made by its companion series. The first two episodes, while decent, struggle at times with pacing, giving too little time to the reactions of Angelenos to the spreading virus and too much time spent on. In each of these episodes, one of the main characters acts unrealistically at the expense of propelling the story forward smoothly (i.e.

Travis calling his ex, Liza, to tell her

that he’s driving over to her house and must warn her about something urgent, then promptly telling her “I’ll tell you when I get there” instead of just telling her about the zombies). Other scenes that might have carried greater emotional resonance are barely given time to linger on-screen, as characters are hastily pushed along to further the plot. Even the setting prevents one from from fully immersing in the story—while the pilot was filmed in Los Angeles, the remainder of the show was filmed in Vancouver, and the second episode doesn’t hide this very well. Though Fear certainly has its strengths, it’s hard to ignore some of these mistakes when they have been recurring since The Walking Dead’s first season.

Still, Fear has the potential to be a scarier show than the series it is derived from thanks to one element in particular: the slow buildup to the inevitable fall of human civilization. Fear isn’t just about the storm, but the moments preceding them just before panic

breaks out. Streets and neighborhoods in Los Angeles, a densely populated metropolis, start to feel really empty. Law enforcement begins firing on protesters unaware of infected in their midst. The government remains tight-lipped, and it becomes unnerving when only the cops are stocking their cars with water and food while ordinary citizens are kept in the dark about what’s actually going on, and when the shambling cadavers do appear, they’re genuinely alien and terrifying. There’s a citywide panic in Fear’s Los Angeles, yes, but martial law has yet to be enacted, the military has yet to be called in, and the city’s populace have yet to realize that this inscrutable disease has already won. We already know how this story ends. The real challenge for Fear now is to make the journey better than its destination.

Ryan Von Ohlen is a staff columnist for The Heights.

He can be reached at arts@ bcheights.com.

Taylor Swift’s newest music video coming off her album 1989 is “Wildest Dreams,” a retro-inspired story whose accompanying lyrics detail the ever-tumultuous relationships we’ve come to expect from the predictable pop princess.

And much like her redundant use of boy troubles and cheaters as fodder for songwriting, Swift recycles elements of her music videos as well.

Directed by Joseph Kahn, “Wildest Dreams” is a romance novel-turned music video whose 1950s-era costume design and stunning camera work evokes an appetite for adventure in the Serengeti. Despite its indisputable high-quality visuals and evident aesthetic success, Swift’s newest video falls flat thanks to its lack of ingenuity and resemblance to virtually all of her other music videos to date.

From montages of lightning bolts to footage of animals in motion, “Wildest Dreams” is as captivating as the woman who sings the song. However, it is something we have all seen before. Bearing a resemblance to the singer’s whimsical “Style” video, the new release features breathtaking shots of exotic African wildlife while Taylor dazzles in billowing ball gowns. Throw in an angry Taylor shouting at her lover du-jour, and you’ve got the template for every Taylor video in existence.

“Wildest Dreams” actually boasts a structured storyline: Swift assumes the role of a tortured actress whose stunning Elizabeth Taylor looks and bad luck land her in a love triangle with the handsome co-star (played by Scott Eastwood). In true Taylor fashion, clips of romantic rendez-vous flash in succession on the screen, along with the close-up image of a makeup-clad eye or two. After Swift’s character reminisces about each romantic encounter with the hot-tempered movie hunk, these star-crossed lovers are separated by the complications of showbiz.

How tragic. 

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MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS “Downtown”

MILEY CYRUS “Dooo It!” In this energetic collaboration with Alex Ebert, Avicii has concocted yet another dance hit sure to be the top track on everybody’s party playlist. An upbeat mix of piano riffs and soft percussion, “For a Better Day” is a triumphant piece that is the perfect pick-me-up on those days when productivity is at a low point.

Straight off Miley’s surprise 23-track album, the psychedelic single “Dooo it!” is exactly what one would expect from an album titled Miley Cyrus and Her Dead Petz. Repetitive, whiny, and uninspired, Cyrus’ odd ode to marijuana and peace make this dull collaboration a catastrophe.

This newest release stays true to Macklemore’s signature style of silliness and slight stupidity.

Though it’s not his most profound track, “Downtown” is an exuberant ode to the modern moped. It’s the kind of catchy song that remains in your head for weeks on end. This comical single will quickly ascend the charts thanks to its ridiculous premise.

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Kelly Doton notches her first wins as field hockey coach

By Shannon Kelly For the Heights Following the resignation of accomplished head coach Ainslee Lamb, who spent 10 years at the helm of the Boston College field hockey program, a regression seemed like a reasonable expectation. Yet in her debut as head coach, Kelly Doton and the Eagles returned to midseason form, dominating Providence College and Quinnipiac for two wins in the opening weekend of the 2015 season.

In their first game, the Eagles overwhelmed Providence with a 3-0 final score, also marking Doton’s first career win after

three years as BC’s associate head coach. The entire team offered a stellar performance from the outset, when Emily McCoy sent a pass to her twin sister, Eryn, to give the Eagles a 1-0 lead only 1:44 into the game.

Nearly 20 minutes in, junior Leah Frome succeeded in taking advantage of a rebounded shot off the corner of the goal to make it 2-0. The Eagles capitalized on Providence’s unstable defense throughout the first period, rendering the Friars unable to take a shot on goal until the second half. Five minutes into the second half, freshman Ymke Rose Gote scored her first career goal, prompting

the Providence team to replace goalkeeper Deidra Clymer a few minutes after. Goalkeeper Leah Settipane earned the win for BC after an easy day in the net—Providence managed only six shots to BC’s 26.

The Eagles put up a similar effort on Sunday, winning 4-0 against Quinnipiac. AshLeigh Sebia, Kelcie Hromisin, Lucy Lytle, and Elizabeth Dennehy all scored, showing a strong offense from a majority of the forwards and midfielders. Settipane again displayed skill in the shooting circle, deftly saving five shots from the Bobcats. BC’s offense slowed down compared to the previous game, not scoring its

first goal until the 20th minute.

Lytle followed soon after with a second goal in the 25th minute.

In the second half, Hromisin and Sebia scored goals, both with the help of Emily McCoy. The field hockey team, which went 13-7 last season and 3-3 in ACC play, looked sharp and ready to take on Maryland in its next game Friday. The return of last season’s stars, such as the McCoy sisters, as well as the introduction of seven freshmen, bodes well for the team. The Eagles are ranked No. 13 in the nation, but their strong performance thus far may foretell a climb in the rankings down the road. n

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Midfielder and forward Chelcie Mendonca gathers the ball with her stick.

Meehan’s hat trick sets down Pacific

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McKenzie Meehan scored a hat trick to lift BC over Pacific in California.

Buoyed by junior McKenzie Meehan’s hat trick, Boston College women’s soccer (3-1-0) toppled the University of the Pacific (1-3-0) 6-0 at Knoles Field in Stockton, Calif. on Sunday. Head coach Alison Foley said after the game that the shellacking that BC put on the Boxers came at a good time for the Eagles, as they suffered their first defeat of the season on Friday after having to play with 10 players for much of Friday’s match.

“I thought we had a great start Friday night against Stanford, and it was unfortunate to have to play a man down,” Foley told BCEagles. com following the victory. “It forced us to play a different system. I thought our girls responded really well today with a convincing 6-0 win. More importantly it gave us the ability to work out of our system fully-loaded.”

Meehan opened the one-sided scoring at 16:59, burying a feed from Lauren Berman past Pacific goalkeeper Regan Heslop for what would be the eventual game-winner

and Meehan’s second of the year. It would be the only goal of the first half, and the only assisted score of the game for the Eagles. Despite the indications on the scoreboard, BC dominated play in the first half, posting 13 shots in contrast to the five from the Boxers.

The Eagles converted better on fewer chances in the second frame, putting up 11 shots on net in the final five minutes. Hayley Dowd started the scoring brigade with a goal at 50:20, and less than three minutes later Meehan added another with a penalty kick. The

junior completed her second career hat trick 12 minutes and two seconds later by beating Heslop to the far post.

BC poured it on late, too. Rosie DiMartino lobbed one past the keeper from 23 yards out with 11 minutes to go, and Carly Leipzig scored another in the last minute of normal time. The tally was the first of Leipzig’s collegiate career. With a win on Sunday, BC earned a split of its West Coast swing, and will now head back east with some on-field chemistry and the confidence that accompanies it. n

Calvete wins MVP as BC sweeps home invitational

By Tom DeVoto Asst. Sports Editor In front of a sellout crowd of 950 in Power Gym on Saturday night, the Boston College volleyball team completed the trifecta, beginning the season with three straight wins in the BC Invitational by topping Sacred Heart University in four sets.

The Eagles got off to a quick start against the Pioneers thanks to the efforts of Sol Calvete, who had four kills on eight swings in the first set. The Eagles led by as many as eight points, and despite a late Sacred Heart comeback that saw BC give up four consecutive points, the home team took the set, 25-20.

The second set consisted of more balanced action, as the lead changed several times before a kill from BC middle hitter Brittany Pavich gave the Eagles momentum the y would not relinquish. BC won the second set by four points, and though Sacred Heart took the third set to claim its first victory of the match, the Eagles slammed the door shut on the Pioneers

in the fourth set, the closest of the day.

A few hours before the Sacred Heart game, the Eagles played Providence College in the first matchup of their Saturday doubleheader. The Eagles and the Friars traded sets back and forth until the very end, but BC ultimately came out with the victory over its New England rival.

Providence took the first set from the Eagles by a score of 20-25, but BC came right back with a strong showing in the second. The Eagles broke a tie at six to take the lead and they would not relinquish it for the remainder of the set. Junior Julia Topor and senior Kam McLain paced the winning team with three kills each.

Providence regained the lead in the match in the third set, 25-20, behind strong play from Kayla Fitzgerald, who had four kills in the set. The game was on the line in the fourth set, but Topor came through for the Eagles in crunch time. She had eight kills and eight digs in the decisive set to keep her team in

the game. BC came out victorious in the fourth, 25-22, to set up a winner-take-all in the fifth and final set.

In the final set, Pavich paved the way for the Eagles, who ended the match with six consecutive points to put the Friars away for good. She scored six kills in the fifth set, which the Eagles took by a score of 15-9.

The night before, BC opened its season with a matchup against the University of South Alabama.

The first two sets were close, the combined difference between the winner and loser just four points, but the Eagles dispatched of the Jaguars in four sets.

Senior outside hitter Katty Workman starred against South Alabama, netting 24 kills total.

Camille Oemcke added 27 assists for the Eagles, and Madisen Lydon had 11 digs in the victory.

At the end of the three games, three BC players were named to the BC Invitational All-Tournament Team. Pavich and Workman each received the honor, while Calvete was named MVP of the tournament. n

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Sol Calvete’s strong play powered the Eagles to three consecutive victories in the BC Invitational last weekend.

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Freshman Simon Enstrom opened his BC scoring account with two big goals, one of which ended up being the game winner against Boston University.

far side of the net, bringing the score to 2-1.

Though both sides remained agg ressive through the end of the first 45 minutes, with Enstrom nearly finishing on a headed effort with about 13 minutes remaining and with Viteri almost getting a shot past Saladin with approximately two minutes left, every effort was proven fruitless.

The Terriers scored first in the second half. The 73rd minute of play was highlighted by BU forward T.J. Butzke’s higharcing cross into the BC box.

His teammate Felix De Bona reached the ball with his foot as it bounced—netting a shot and tying the game at 2-2.

Undeterred, BC responded in the 80th minute, with a second goal from Enstrom. Coming off the bench only moments beforehand, the forward struck a shot into the top corner of the net to secure the decisive 3-2 lead for his team.

“Coach [Kelly] told me to stay focused and stay ready, and then when they scored, 2-2, I knew it was time to shine,” En-

strom said following the match. “[We] got a nice tiki-taka game there–and a nice pass from Trevor [Davock].” Though he admitted that he has had trouble adjusting to the American game, Enstrom conceded that “in that moment, I knew I would put it in the top right.”

Having topped their opponents with the aid of that third goal, B C increased the program’s winning streak against BU to three games. This most recent BC win was also viewed in front of 7,379 fans, the most people to ever attend a BU soccer game at Nickerson Field.

Likely even more important than a victory over a school rival, however, are the larger implications of this particular game—what it means for the team, moving further into the season.

“It’s a respectful rivalr y,” Kelly said. “But, putting that part aside, we have six freshmen on the field, no seniors, [and] four sophomores and juniors,” Kelly said. “So looking at it like that, having a big win when we needed it, and coming back, you go up, you go down, against anybody that’s a great win.” n

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Eagles need to impress against Black Bears From BC football, B8 is more of a passing threat than Murphy, meaning the Eagles might unleash a new style of offense this season predicated upon the ability of Wade’s arm.

In the past , Addazio has shown that he is willing to adapt scheme to personnel, employing two very different offensive styles in 2013 and 2014.

Murphy excelled in the readoption spread last year, while in 2013 the Eagles ran an offense far more devoted to a power

running and blocking scheme for Andre Williams, with traditional passing elements for Chase Rettig. Whether Wade’s skill set justifies a new offensive strategy has yet to be seen, but it will be on full display Saturday as Wade makes his first start for the Eagles.

Saturday will be the young Eagles’ first opportunity to gain invaluable game experience.

Maine, which finished 5-6 last season in the FCS, should stand little chance against the Eagles on paper. Addazio, however, in-

sists that the team has prepared for Maine with the same intensity as they would for a top-25 team like Florida State or USC. Not one to write off an FCS opponent, Addazio had only good words about Maine in Monday ’s press conference.

Whether tho se words were genuine, one message is clear: Addazio wants to see his young team perform with a level of consistency in week one that will set the tone going forward. “ What would b e p er fe c t would be go out firing on all

cylinders, you get a little confidence and you can get it around a little better,” Addazio said. “But sometimes in these first games, it doesn’t go that way. I really want to see us go out there, play hard, play clean, and what I mean by clean is not a lot of mistakes and take care of the football.”

Although the game on Saturday doesn’t hold direct ACC implications, it is clear that it will be a huge step in determining whether the “work in progress” can play BC’s idea of “clean” football. 

Maine poses little threat to BC in opener From Maine, B8 Given last season’s offensive performance, Maine doesn’t fall into the first category. So a strong defensive game plan seems to be Maine’s only real hope of keeping the Eagles vaunted rushing attack off the field. Maine does bring talented defenders to the table, especially end Trevor Bates, who compiled particularly impressive stats in 2014, with 60 tackles, 5.5 sacks, three interceptions, and two forced fumbles.

Even Addazio conceded that “they are well coached, well put together, tough, [and] physical.” It would be hard, however, to apply this statement across

the board to the entire Maine defense.

Despite several individual standouts, the unit was torched to the tune of 413 rushing yards in last year’s game against the Eagles. With BC sure to stick to its ground and pound philosophy, Maine must hope for a massive reversal of fortune on Saturday.

Winning the turnover margin is crucial to an upset bid. An FCS team needs to avoid them on offense, so as to not give the superior team any easy scoring chances, and create them on defense, getting themselves easy scoring chances. In 2014, turnovers were the one category

that Maine excelled at . The team had a turnover margin of plus-10, placing it in the top 20 percent of FCS teams. The defense recovered eight fumbles and picked off 14 passes. Both have the potential to handcuff BC on Saturday.

As with any team primarily focused on running the football, BC presents opponents with a high number of chances to force fumbles. With new quarterback Darius Wade under center for BC, Maine’s secondary should look to make a difference in this game. In addition to utilizing its strong front seven, creating short fields with turnovers may be the only chance Maine has of even

sniffing victory.

In preparation for this week’s game, Addazio has attempted to keep his team focused on earning the victory. He even appeared to sound complimentary of Maine, saying, “You can play weak FCS opponents. We’re not playing one here. This isn’t a weak FCS opponent.”

After running that statement through the basic coach-speak translator, it reemerges as an empty platitude given to avoid the notion that BC does not respect Maine.

Like the stammering New Zealanders in The Wolf of Wall Street, even Addazio has a hard time selling the idea of a com-

Davock’s first goal gives BC first victory

BY JACK STEDMAN Assoc. Sports Editor Following Friday’s game, head coach Ed Kelly sounded amazed as he rattled off the names of each freshman who had just played in Boston College men’s soccer’s 1-0 season-opening victory against Quinnipiac University.

First year players Emanuel Estrada, Derek Lyons, Abe Bibas and Joshua Forbes, and Simon Emstrom all started, while Trevor Davock came in up top and Tommy Garcia-Morillo helped out in midfield throughout.

“It’s a learning curve for us,” Kelly said. “But we had some standout performances from some kids in the first game at home.”

None had a better career opener, though, than Davock who came on in the second half and provided the game-winner in the 68th minute.

With fresh legs and an eye for goal, the young forward received the ball out wide, cut in toward the box and unleashed a shot over the keeper’s head to the far post. It was a goal that Kelly has been used to seeing as he followed Davock through youth clubs, but for the

freshman, it was a bit different than just a run-of-the-mill goal.

“All preseason and in practices I haven’t been able to find a goal at all,” a bright-eyed Davock said. “It’s just a big weight off my shoulder.”

While all the freshmen impressed, the day belonged to the local kid, who played in front of family, friends, and teachers from his hometown of Medway, Mass. and the nearby Rivers School.

Aside from the one BC goal, each team had only a few quality chances, including a missed breakaway by Zeiko Lewis for the Eagles and a flubbed shot clear on goal by Bobcats’ forward Rashawn Dally.

BC started a bit flat, enabling the Bobcats—who looked sharper on the ball—to control possession for a bit. Diminutive midfielder Max Rothenbucher was a pest in possession and got the best of the Eagles’ midfield on a few occasions, but no other Bobcat gave the Eagles similar fits.

Staying tight and laying deep, the Eagles were solid on defense but slow on the offensive end. With neither goalie tested, the game came down to how this young Eagles team performed in its first game of the season.

Starting five freshmen, five sophomores, and one junior, the Eagles passed the test with ease.

Other than Davock, Estrada looked like the MVP of the game.

Composed on the ball and an athletic monster in the air, the Mexican center-back controlled the game from the back, constantly relieving pressure by winning aerial duels and playing it back to keeper Cedric Saladin. Estrada and sophomore Len Zeugner formed a formidable duo as the heart of the defense.

Lyons, although not as involved in the game as others, looked solid as he marauded up the left side in attack. Forbes and Bibas were rotated in and out of the midfield, while Enstrom played well in physical battles up top, despite not taking advantage of some clear chances.

Lewis, the oldest of the starters, provided most of the attack with his silky moves and quick feet. Lewis and the offense will benefit even more when last year’s leading scorer Ike Normesinu returns from injury, giving the Bermuda international a familiar face to link up with. The pair should provide chemistry that was at times absent for the young squad Friday.

In front of the goal, Saladin, a

redshirt freshman, played aggressively on a number of plays, coming way out toward the corner for a contested ball and commanding the box with punches.

The Swiss keeper, however, will not play Sunday, according to Kelly.

With both Saladin and last year’s starter Alex Kapp coming off recent minor injuries, Kelly plans on rotating the two early on until a true number one takes over.

As with the first game of any season, the Eagles were far from peak form, but for a team as young as this, a one-goal victory with underclassmen at the helm is more than enough to make Kelly all smiles afterward.

“Tell them how I taught you to do that,” the coach chirped at the goal-scorer during his interview before walking away.

If Kelly truly taught Davock how to do that, then his team is in prime position to develop into a finelytuned goal-scoring machine in the near future.

“All good, all good, we just have to build off this now,” Kelly said before re-joining the youthful post-game exuberance surrounding his team. 

MICHAEL SULLIVAN Sports Editor

Field Hockey The No. 13-ranked Eagles have not disappointed in their first two games of the Kelly Doton-era, with impressive wins over Providence and Quinnipiac. But those unranked opponents don’t hold water compared to BC’s foe over the weekend: No. 3-ranked Maryland in Lancaster, Penn. Though BC goalkeeper Leah Settipane has yet to give up a goal, the Terrapins powerful attack will send Doton to the loss column for the first time.

Prediction: Maryland 4, BC 3

JACK STEDMAN

Assoc. Sports Editor

Men’s Soccer

A young men’s soccer team faces it’s first stiff test against No. 23 Southern Methodist, who have earned a spot in the national poll after impressing in the preseason. The freshmen-filled Eagles have shined in their first two games, but I expect a reality check on Friday night. Trevor Davock, Simon Enstrom, and the Eagles have the talent to score goals, but the Mustangs should control the game and win handily.

Prediction: SMU 3, BC 1

TOM DEVOTO

Asst. Sports Editor

Volleyball Boston College volleyball will look to continue its hot start against an undefeated Marshall Thundering Herd in the Fairfield Invitational. The Eagles swept the competition as host of the BC Invitational last weekend, and Chris Campbell’s squad looks good enough to continue those winning ways for now. For once, the Thundering Herd might have to get out of the way of a bigger and stronger force.

Prediction: BC 3, Marshall 1 DREW HOO / HEIGHTS EDITOR

BC freshman Trevor Davock impressed in his first collegiate game, coming on as a late substitution and scoring the lone goal to give BC the victory.

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By Johnny Carey Heights Staff After two consecutive 7-6 seasons marking the start of the Steve Addazio era, the Boston College Eagles enter the 2015 season with plenty of question marks. A team that thrived on the ground a year ago and finished 15th in the nation in rushing yards finds itself in somewhat of an identity crisis.

The all-grad student offensive line of 2014 is gone, along with speedy transfer quarterback Tyler Murphy.

It now is up to a roster comprised mostly of underclassmen to make up for the loss of these experienced pieces from a year ago.

While many are skeptical of BC’s chances to compete in the ACC this season because of the team’s lack of experience, Addazio sees the raw talent and potential of his team as a reason for excitement.

“We are a work in progress,” Addazio said of his team. “But when you have that, it’s exciting because you see the progress. You get frustrated sometimes because you see the process. Sometimes you may have a tendency to take a step forward, then a couple back, and all of a sudden three more back. But it’s a journey, it’s exciting, and it’s fun.”

The new-look Eagles have their first test

of the 2015 campaign on Saturday afternoon against a familiar Football Championship Subdivision opponent: the University of Maine. Last season, the Eagles took down the Black Bears 40-10 thanks to a strong offensive performance, with BC racking up 410 yards on the ground.

Though the offensive line is gone, BC returns its stable of explosive runners that gave Maine, and just about everyone else, fits in 2014. Sophomore running backs Jonathan Hilliman and Marcus Outlow, along with junior Myles Willis, led the Eagles’ ground attack last season. They plan on picking up right where they left off against Maine. Judging by their collective success last season, and factoring in the consistent success Addazio’s teams have had in the running game, BC fans should be very excited about the running back group.

It is impossible to run an effective offense, however, without stable play from the quarterback position. Tasked with replacing the solid performance of Murphy behind center this season is Darius Wade. The sophomore, who had just eight pass attempts last season in relief of Murphy a year ago, brings a different style of play to the field for the Eagles. Wade

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By Chris Noyes Heights Staff In the final scene of The Wolf of Wall Street, disgraced financial kingpin Jordan Belfort reemerges as a seminar conductor in New Zealand. Standing before an audience eager to learn the sales skills that led him to the top of New York City, Belfort moves from one attendee to the next, commanding them to “Sell me this pen!” Overcome with nerves, they flub the chance to impress the genius salesman, flummoxed by the bizarre task of selling the ordinary pen in his hand.

You would probably have the same difficulty selling the idea that Maine has a chance to upset Boston College in Saturday’s season opener.

As a Football Championship Subdivision school, Maine enters the contest at an inherent disadvantage from both a size and talent perspective. Most FCS schools that successfully topple Football Bowl Subdivision teams do so with the aid of big plays, by controlling the clock, or by winning the turnover battle. Explosive plays allow the undersized team to score on one quick play, besting the superior team once instead of several times on a drive.

Maine’s offense in 2014 was the opposite of

this, tallying just 4.07 yards per play. The rushing attack really sunk the number, putting up a pitiful 2.97 yards per carry. The main culprits of the struggles return this year, as dual threat quarterback Drew Belcher and Maine’s 2014 leading rusher sophomore Nigel Beckford look to raise their performance following subpar freshman campaigns.

Through the air, Maine was hardly any better. The quarterback tandem of Belcher and junior Dan Collins, who started the first six games in 2014 before suffering a season-ending injury, combined to post under 150 yards per game—104th among FCS teams—and figure to struggle against a BC secondary that head coach Steve Addazio labeled as “more athletic, faster, [and] talented” than last year’s edition.

Controlling the clock also allows FCS schools to minimize the amount of time that an FBS opponent has its offense on the field.

This minimizes the number of plays that offense can run, preventing it from asserting its dominance over the FCS defense in long stretches. To control the clock, a team can either have a powerful ground game or a defense that prevents the opposition from stringing together first downs.

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Hayley Dowd’s second half goal beats Harvard

BC rules Comm. Ave., wins 3-2 on BU’s turf

By Alexis Dostie

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For The Heights Boston College women’s soccer (4-1-0) picked up a 2-1 win on the road against Harvard University (1-1-0) on Wednesday night. Junior Hayley Dowd scored the game winning goal, already her third goal of the season.

Early on, the Eagles came out strong, bombarding Harvard’s defense with shots on goal. The ball stayed mainly in BC’s offensive side for the first 18 minutes of the game. At 30 minutes, redshirt sophomore Lauren Berman scored her first goal in an BC jersey to put BC ahead 1-0. She placed a neat goal, unassisted, into the upper left corner past Harvard’s keeper, Lizzie Durak.

The Crimson responded with a few shots of their own late in the first half, and finished the half looking like the stronger team despite the scoreboard.

Harvard seemed to control most of the game from then on, topping the Eagles in shots 17-6. However, the Eagle defense, including keeper Alex Johnson, proved to be too much for the Crimson. BC was able

to keep the ball out of the net despite the pressure from Harvard. At 68 minutes, a deflected header by Harvard’s Joan Fleischman made its way into the back of the Eagle’s net.

Less than two minutes later, Dowd responded with an unassisted goal of her own, putting the Eagles back on top, where they would stay for the remainder of the game.

The Crimson did not let up. They continued to pressure BC’s defense and outshot the Eagles 13-2 in the final 45 minutes of the game. Harvard kept Johnson on her feet, forcing her to make a diving save in the final few minutes. Johnson stepped up and kept the ball out of the net.

In the final 15 minutes, Harvard looked rested and substituted multiple times, keeping fresh legs out on the field. The Eagles had four fouls and two offsides calls in the final 20 minutes, obvious signs of tired players.

BC held their own for the rest of the game despite pressure from Harvard’s offense and tired players. A desperate attack from Harvard in the final minutes proved futile, as the Eagles held on for their fourth win of the season. n

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Forward Simon Enstrom celebrates a goal.

Drawn by the hype surrounding a rivalry game, the spirit of good fútbol, and a craving for complimentary fried chicken from Raising Cane’s, a program-record 7,379 fans thronged Nickerson Field this past Monday to watch the Boston University men’s soccer team take on the Boston College squad. Playing in front of this enormous crowd, the BC team would ultimately seize a 3-2 victory, taking advantage of some solid scoring opportunities. “ The biggest part was working hard,” BC head coach Ed Kelly said.

“You get your chances when you work hard.”

For BC, the first of these chances emerged in the match’s first two minutes. Sophomore midfielder Idrissa Bangura took the ball into the opposing team’s box, striking a shot past BU goalkeeper Matt Gilbert’s outstretched hands, giving the Eagles an early 1-0 advantage.

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But this lead would be short-lived.

Within three minutes, BU had capitalized on a BC giveaway, with BU midfielder Anthony Viteri sweeping the ball beneath a diving Cedric Saladin.

It skidded behind the sophomore goalkeeper and into the BC net, leveling the score, 1-1.

Following Viteri’s goal, and over the course of the next 10 minutes, the BU players persisted as an upfield presence. The Terriers repeatedly gained possession of the ball, with consistent movement around the BC box—BU even secured three corner kicks in three minutes, giving excellent chances for the home squad to take the lead.

But the Eagles withstood the press, and not only held off BU’s advances, but even notched their second goal off the boot of Simon Enstrom in the 16th minute. Rushing toward the BU box and deftly intercepting a pass from Gilbert, the freshman forward maneuvered around the surprised Terrier goalkeeper and kicked the ball into the

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