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Gaudreau, Matheson among BC hockey’s returning underclassmen, A8

Proposals to change Cleveland Circle, including a new residential complex, may soon take effect, B10

The Scene ushers in the new season with a celebration of the best on-campus fashion, B1

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Boston College students explore the power of

CONFESSION

ALEX GAYNOR / HEIGHTS EDITOR

Students used their handprints to sign a sheet pledging not to abuse or assault others.

Students ‘Take Back the Night’ in O’Neill Plaza

BY TAYLOR CAVALLO Heights Senior Staff

The popular Facebook page Boston College Confessions not only reveals hidden sides of the University, but has also had an unexpected impact on the lives of those involved

BY DEVON SANFORD | ASSOC. NEWS EDITOR “I’m a high school dropout and I go to BC.” Posted late last night, this confession is one of thousands released on the Boston College Confessions Facebook page.

The page, created on Feb. 20 by three Boston College undergraduates, has gained massive attention since its establishment, receiving over 6,000 anonymous confessions and more than 3,600 likes. At its peak, the page was receiving over 500 posts per day. BC students, prospective students, alumni, and a few curious readers have posted confessions and chimed into the conversations on the Facebook page. After nearly two months online, “Boston College Confessions” has been the host to jokes, romantic confessions, and declarations of depression and suicidal thoughts.

The three students behind the page spoke with The Heights on the condition of anonymity. The founders felt that the integrity of the page would be compromised if their names were revealed.

“The page started on one weeknight in February,” one of the founders said. “We were up late, browsing on Facebook, and we saw the Tufts confession page. We tried to find the BC Confession page and obviously, it wasn’t there. So we thought, why not start it?”

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Leahy issues annual letter to community

BY ELEANOR HILDEBRANDT News Editor In an effort to summarize the past year’s events at Boston College, University President Rev. William P. Leahy, S.J., sent out his annual letter to members of the BC community today.

“This is a letter that is meant to be an update on important University events and issues for BC’s 162,000 alumni and parents who are not in as close contact with the University, as well as for members of the campus community,” said University Spokesman Jack Dunn. He also noted that this tradition began in 2009 after the U.S. economic crisis, as a way for Leahy to inform all concerned parties about the state BC was in.

This year marks the 150th anniversary of

BC—the Commonwealth of Massachusetts officially approved the University’s charter in April of 1863, and in July of 1863 the property was transferred to founder Rev. John McElroy, S.J. Accordingly, the first section of Leahy’s letter noted the importance of the University’s sesquicentennial and the various events and symposia hosted at BC over the past two semesters in celebration.

The opening of Stokes Hall this semester was touted as “a powerful affirmation of Boston College’s longstanding commitment to liberal arts education,” and the ongoing renovation of St. Mary’s Hall, slated to finish in December of 2014, was also included.

In terms of personnel, Leahy mentioned the appointment of athletic director Brad Bates last fall. While BC has been without a Vice President for Student Affairs (VPSA)

since Patrick Rombalski left in November, Leahy said that the announcement of a new VPSA should be made before the end of the semester.

In the section of his letter dealing with University finances, Leahy contrasted the 3.6 percent rise in tuition for the 2013-14 year with BC’s continued commitment to needbased financial aid, which has been raised by 7.9 percent for next year. While he also noted that the University has been able to save approximately $20 million through budget reductions and other savings, Leahy also pointed out that BC’s policy of need-blind admissions will require “a major increase in support for financial aid and endowment.”

Also with respect to admissions, Leahy

See Leahy Letter, A4

Last night under cloudy skies, hundreds of Boston College students gathered on the O’Neill Plaza grass at 6 p.m. for the Concerned About Rape Education (C.A.R.E.) Week event “Take Back the Night,” sponsored by the Women’s Resource Center (WRC) and supported by numerous on-campus organizations.

Natana Delong-Bas, a professor in the theology department, opened the event with an informational address, asking the audience to look at the BC community as well as the world outside campus. Her speech, which presented striking statistics about the prevalence of sexual assault both on college campuses, nationally and globally, even pointing to recent news stories such as

the highly publicized gang rape crime in India, expressed the urgency behind sexual assault and stated that all cases are issues that must be taken seriously.

She reminded the audience that while women are victims, boys and men in our country and around the world are as well—there is a victim of sexual assault every two minutes. Delong-Bas, a specialist in Islamic culture, urged the audience to listen, reach out, and join together as a community to stand against sexual assaults.

Both men and women of the BC community attended the event, and the number of men present was made clear during the Men’s Pledge, led by the two BCPD Officers associated with the WRC. All the men in attendance stood

See Take Back The Night, A4

Phyre, other startups place in yearly BCVC competition

BY GIANNI MATERA Heights Staff Yesterday the Boston College Venture Competition (BCVC) announced this year’s winners at their seventh annual event. BCVC is a yearly business plan competition founded to promote and support entrepreneurship on campus. Many successful BC-founded firms, including WePay, Wymsee, LocalOn, NBD Nano and, most recently, Jebbit, got their start competing in BCVC. Phyre, a company that is trying to improve how people connect their personal devices to large screens, won 1st place and $20,000 in this year’s competition. Fetch Rewards, a company creating a mobile application that aims to revolutionize grocery shopping, won 2nd place and $10,000. Knowledge Arena, a website that allows users to win money by doing well on user-generated tests, won 3rd place and $2,500.

“One of the questions we got [from the VCs] was that our product was priced too low,” said Patrick Allen, A&S ’13, of Phyre.

“It was the best thing that could have possibly happened. The questions for us were mostly compliments. We really felt like that was our ‘A-game,’ we put everything we had out there.”

The other two finalists that participated in the event consisted of Campus Calories, a college-specific nutritional mobile application, and Streak Media, a collegiate email newsletter.

Prominent venture capitalists such as Dan Nova, BC ’83, from Highland Capital Partners; Peter Osbourne from WilmerHale, Greg Dracon from .406 Ventures, and Hugh Crean, BC ’93, and Bilal Zuberi, both from General Catalyst Partners, were judges for

See BCVC, A4

ALEX GAYNOR / HEIGHTS EDITOR

Students, professors, and alumni discussed entrepreneurship at the BCVC award dinner.

UGBC, RHA hold town hall for students

BY GABBY TARINI Heights Staff

GRAHAM BECK / HEIGHTS EDITOR

Staff from the Dean of Students Office and ResLife answered students’ questions last night.

Last night offered a rare opportunity for students to get their questions about Boston College policies answered directly by administrators in a public forum. Undergraduates crowded into McGuinn 121 to take part in the “Student Rights Town Hall,” sponsored by UGBC and RHA. Students had the chance to ask a panel of three student conduct administrators questions about issues regarding housing, write-ups, the consequences of alcohol use, and life in the residence halls.

The members of the panel included Chris Darcy, associate director of Residen-

tial Ministry, Christine Reed Davis, assistant dean for student conduct, and Monica St. Louis, assistant director of community standards. The town hall was led by Brooks Borden, A&S ’15, and Lauren Bobersky, LSOE ’13, the two Student Rights Coordinators in the Student Life Department of UGBC. The pair kicked off the meeting with several prepared questions.

The first question addressed the possible disciplinary point system and the student conduct administration program review.

“We have brought in three external reviewers from universities around the country and are looking at the conduct system in general,” Davis said. “We are open to conversations about change but there is

nothing that is promised or can be promised at this point.” All administrators noted that they were not ready to divulge what change, if any, will occur, and that any changes will happen slowly, likely over a period of three to five years.

The next concern that was raised was about mental health and safety on campus.

Some students expressed concerns that the University pays more attention to issues such as drinking and substance use, and are less concerned about other important issues such as mental health and safety.

The administrators seemed to believe that the University does a lot of work with

See Town Hall, A4

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things to do on campus this week

1 2 3 Sustainability Fair

GLC Gala

Today Time: 11:30 a.m.

Location: Plaza outside Corcoran Commons

Offices around campus will be hosting a fair outside of Corcoran Commons to share with students what they do to promote sustainability within their offices.

Student groups such as Real Food and EcoPledge will also be present to share what they do to promote sustainability on campus.

Michael Chabon

Friday Time: 8:00 p.m.

Location: Ben Franklin Institute

The GLBTQ Leadership Council is hosting their annual Gala on Friday at 8:00 p.m. in the city at the Ben Franklin Institute. This year’s theme is Moulin Rouge. Doors close at 9:00 p.m. and an array of food, desserts, and non-alcoholic beverages will be provided.

Wednesday Time: 7:00 p.m.

Location: Murray Function Room

Sponsored by the Lowell Humanities Lecture Series, Michael Chabon, Pulitzer Prize winning novelist, will be speaking about his writing at BC on Wednesday.

His novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2001. He has also worked as a screenwriter and columnist.

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Woodruff highlights role of nurses in caregiving

BY BRIGID WRIGHT Heights Staff Lee Woodruff, best-selling co-author of In an Instant: A Family’s Journey of Love and Healing, and contributor to the CBS This Morning Show, discussed caregiving and coping in family crises at this semester’s Pinnacle Lecture Series, sponsored by the Connell School of Nursing.

The Pinnacle Lecture series began in 2010, and brings a recognized leader in the field of nursing to speak to nursing students, alumni, and the Boston College community to discuss current news and issues in health care. Previous speakers have included Karen H. Morin, president of the Honor Society of Nursing, and Linda Burnes Bolton, vice president and Chief Nursing Officer at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Woodruff is the sixth speaker for the series, which began in the fall of 2010.

Woodruff ’s lecture began with a video that outlined the circumstances that led her to her role as a caregiver. In 2006, her husband Bob was struck by an improvised explosive device (IED) while reporting for ABC News in Iraq and sustained a traumatic brain injury (TBI). Doctors questioned his ability to do anything, especially communicate, ever again. Woodruff began her talk by thanking the nurses in the audience, and accredits Bob’s recovery and her own abilities as a caregiver to the kindness of nurses.

Woodruff highlighted two perspectives of nursing during her lecture, explaining the role of nurses in the healing process in terms of trust, but also described how

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Woodruff drew from her experience with her husband’s injuries to talk about health care. nurses play a crucial role for the family members of patients. She also explained why she feels so passionately about speaking about health care and the medical field.

“Often times the family perspective is not forgotten, by any stretch of the imagination, but it’s not necessarily the priority,” Woodruff said.

She went on to explain the importance of the family coming together in the healing process, and the connection all people have through the experiences of loss and grief.

Woodruff offered a perspective to nursing that she believes some nurses might not realize the effect their presence and comfort can have on a patient and their family.

“Whether or not you think about it on a daily basis, or you understand it as you’re going through what you’re rounds are, you have the ability not only to heal … but you have the

ability in your brief intersection with us [the family],” Woodruff said. “Even if it’s a smile in the hallway, to change our day as a family member … you have this divine moment to intersect with us and ease the pain.”

Through anecdotes describing her experiences with her husband pre and post-coma, as well as stories about interactions with doctors and other veterans undergoing medical care, Woodruff explained that she found her resilience through the hope her husband’s nursing staff gave her.

“When I really needed information, when I really wanted to know what was going on, it was my nurses that I turned to,” Woodruff said.

“I would learn as I navigated the system and the concept of the uncertainty of a brain injury and the lack of percentages … I needed to stay in the world of hope before I could understand where

POLICE BLOTTER

4/5/13-4/9/13

Friday, April 5 4:24 p.m. - A report was filed regarding medical assistance provided to a BC student who was transported to a medical facility from the Upper Campus roadways.

8:27 p.m. - A report was filed regarding medical assistance provided to a BC student who was transported by cruiser to a medical facility from Duschesne East.

Saturday, April 6 12:21 a.m. - A report was filed regarding medical assistance provided to a BC student who was transported to a medical facility by ambulance from the Mods.

12:58 a.m. - A report was filed regarding medical

assistance provided to a BC student who was tranported by ambulance from Hardey Hall.

2:25 a.m. - A report was filed regarding an underage intoxicated BC student on the Newton roadways.

1:07 a.m. - A report was filed regarding medical assistance provided to a BC student in Keyes North.

4:12 a.m. - A report was filed regarding an actual fire in Stayer Hall.

1:30 a.m. - A report was filed regarding medical assistance provided to a BC student in Roncalli Hall.

3:32 p.m. - A report was filed regarding a BC student who was transported to a medical facility from Fenwick Hall.

2:10 a.m. - A report was filed regarding a BC student who transported by ambulance from Loyola Hall.

2:13 a.m. - A report was filed regarding a BC student who was transported to a medical facility from Corcoran Commons by ambulance.

Sunday, April 7 1:19 a.m. - A report was filed regarding an underage intoxicated BC student in Walsh Hall.

College Corner NEWS FROM UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY

BY ANDREW SKARAS Asst. News Editor In Nov. 2012, the Board of Trustees at the University of North CarolinaChapel Hill voted to create genderneutral student housing on campus beginning in the fall of 2013. According to The Huffington Post, a bill in the North Carolina legislature filed on Apr. 2 is seeking to limit this housing only to students who are legally married or are siblings.

Under the proposal approved by the Board of Trustees, gender-neutral housing would consist of mixedgender suites with single occupancy bedrooms and shared bathrooms.

According to The Daily Tar Heel, the student newspaper, the program would be a pilot one which may not have room for all applicants.

Shane Windmeyer, executive director of Campus Pride, and other supporters of the policy argued that such housing is necessary to provide for the safety and well being of GLBTQ

this was going to go. What I loved about my nurses is that they were able to parse hope in a really important way.”

Woodruff said that the stories nurses would tell them about previous patients in dire situations gave her hope that mended her uncertainty in a time where there was no numbers to look at, and a limited amount of knowledge about patients with TBI. Woodruff also spoke about her husband’s medical circumstances, and how she acted as not just a wife and mother, but also a caregiver. She explained that the uncertainty surrounding TBI, and that she remained in “the zone,” where she did not want to know all the information. She said that she needed to maintain hope in order to effectively care for her family. Woodruff shared stories of encouragement from the nurses to engage with her husband despite his doctor’s objective information, and praised the holistic approach to healing, which she saw firsthand through her daughter, Cathryn, A&S ’15, kissing him when she saw him comatose for the first time.

Woodruff closed her emotional and supportive talk by advising nurses to realize their power to help a family’s situation. She said that comfort from a nurse and their lack of judgment is what gives them a rare power to restore hope for a patient’s family.

Woodruff explained that a nurse’s story, not just information from a doctor, is what gives a caregiver strength.

“The stories connect us, so don’t stop telling those stories. Look for those stories,” Woodruff said. “They are the currency that as a family member, we live for. And your stories will give us the thing we need to get up in the next day and do it again.” 

students. Kevin Clayburn, a junior who worked with student groups to petition the administration for this change, has told The Daily Tar Heel that he believes that the policy is necessary to improve students’ academic experiences.

The bill in the North Carolina legislature is sponsored by three state senators—two of which are Republican and one of which is a Democrat.

David Curtis, the Republican senator from Gatson, has said that he sponsored the bill because he believes UNC needs to focus on its mission of educating people, not wasting money on social experiments.

Tom Ross, president of the UNC system, has expressed discouragement at what he perceives is micromanagement of the university by the state government. Chad Barefoot, the Republican senator from Franklin, disagreed that legislature was micromanaging, but rather believed that it was setting forth general principles for the operation of the UNC system. 

Monday, April 8

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8:27 a.m. - A report was filed regarding an activated fire alarm in Barat House.

The article titled “Political hopefuls set sights on open mayorship” implied that Felix Arroyo had already announced his candidacy for mayor of Boston. He did not officially announce his candidacy until Tuesday, Apr. 9.

—Source: The Boston College Police Department

The article titled “BC bOp! celebrates its 25th anniversary in super style” incorrectly stated that Steve Bass was the composer of Hungarian Rhapsody. He was the arranger of said song.

VOICES FROM THE DUSTBOWL “If you could listen to one song on repeat while running the marathon, what would it be and why?”

“‘There is Hope,’

by NDRD because I don’t think I’d be able to make it otherwise.”

—David Moreno, A&S ’15

“‘Space Jam,’ becasue it gets me pumped.”

—Ricky Alberto, A&S ’16

“‘Till I Collapse,’ because it is short and sweet.”

—Manas Sharma, CSOM ’16

“‘Call Me Maybe,’ because it would meake me run faster so the song would end sooner.”

—Colin O’Neill, CSOM ’14

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Embracing BC alums announced to Board of Catholic Charities the BC aura

By Mary Rose Fissinger Heights Editor

Matt Palazzolo Until this year, Marathon Monday had never appealed to me.

Waking up early is always a nonstarter, and I prefer to start my day with orange juice instead of Natty Lite. Moreover, I questioned its arbitrary nature. If Marathon Monday is an excuse to day drink excessively, why not do so on a different day? My roommates and I have our own tradition of partying hard the Tuesdays before Thanksgiving and Easter Break. Why can’t this become a Boston College tradition?

The next day’s classes would be half-filled with students who flinch at loud noises and bright lights. BC didn’t designate Marathon Monday as Drink Your Face Off Day back in 1897—the tradition developed over time. How come one Monday in April is so special?

As a wise and all-knowing senior, I have learned that Marathon Monday is greater than the sum of its parts. When it is reduced to its essential components, this special day is essentially morning drinking, cheering on marathon runners, and day drinking, along with some night drinking for the overachievers. However, this type of mathematical reduction is a poor evaluation method. Using this blueprint, my friendship with my roommates could be boiled down to fiercely competitive videogaming, a never-ending argument on whether CSOM or A&S is better, and a few heartbreaking defeats at Roggie’s trivia. My roommate friendships transcend these mere components though. My brother’s best man at his wedding, as well as his entire wedding party, was composed of former college roommates. While I am still way too immature to begin properly searching for my other half, I expect my roommates will play a similarly important role in my post-graduate life.

Marathon Monday is a similar equation. I personally know several people who have run the marathon, and every one of them is incredibly grateful for the support from BC students. They say that the hordes of cheering students on Mile 21 provide an extra boost that carries them up Heartbreak Hill. I have talked to alumni who have long forgotten their classes and professors and even the BC Fight Song, yet still vividly remember their Marathon Monday experience.

The universal consensus is that this Monday in the middle of April is one of BC’s finest traditions.

Marathon Monday is one small part of what I like to call the BC aura. This aura encompasses the intangible qualities that make people fall in love with BC. It makes them wake up early on weekends to conduct tours with prospective students. It makes people donate money to the Alumni Fund, years and even decades after graduation. It makes people work in the Center of Student Formation for their whole career, when they first accepted the job as a temporary change of pace.

For years I rejected the existence of this BC aura. I insisted that I loved the people and organizations at BC, not the University itself. I denied the legitimacy of alumni donation, claiming that a yearly $50,000 donation while an undergraduate was sufficient. Lastly, I remained apathetic toward popular BC traditions. Football games only mattered to me if the team was nationally ranked, and Marathon Monday was an insufficient reason to wake up early on a day off.

Now, with graduation breathing heavily down my neck, I have belatedly embraced the BC aura.

My final BC football game, despite the heartbreaking loss, was so memorable that I dedicated a column to it last semester. I have decided to make my first donation to the alumni fund the morning after graduation. Finally, I plan to wake up early and wholeheartedly participate in Marathon Monday.

BC, like this hallowed day, is greater than the sum of its parts.

Matt Palazzolo is a senior staff columnist for The Heights. He can be reached at news@bcheights.com.

Kevin MacKenzie, BC ’78, and Jennifer Merrigan-Fay, BC ’89, were recently named to the 25-person Board of Trustees of Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of Boston. The organization is one of largest social service providers in Massachusetts, with 15 locations in the greater Boston area serving over 200,000 inhabitants per year.

MacKenzie, a partner with Ernst & Young, took the seat of another Ernst & Young employee who was leaving the Board just as MacKenzie moved back to Boston after spending several years in Europe serving some of the firm’s global insurance partners.

“I was looking for an opportunity to get involved in the community back here,” MacKenzie said. “Catholic Charities has always been an organization that [Ernst & Young has] supported. So I had spoken to Frank Mahoney, who was our Office

Managing partner at the time, about getting involved in the Boston community, since I’d just gotten back. Frank had been on the board for several years, but he recently had to come off due to a global role he was taking on with the firm … we just thought it would be a good fit for me and the board.”

In his role as chair of the finance committee, MacKenzie has monthly meetings with the management to evaluate how the various programs are performing and discuss the overall financial state of the organization. He also works with the Board to create a budget for the fiscal year and generally helps Catholic Charities negotiate an economic climate that is decidedly unfriendly to non-profit organizations.

“People and organizations have less funds to contribute and donate, which puts pressure on the ability of the nonprofits to operate all the programs they’d like to,” MacKenzie said.

Catholic Charities runs pro-

grams that seek to serve the basic needs of the inhabitants

“We’re looking at creative ways to manage [through the recession] .... nonprofits are going to be challenged as to how they balance their budgets,” - Kevin MacKenzie, new board member and BC ’78 of Eastern Massachusetts. Each of their locations has a different focus, and together they address areas such as education, childcare, counseling, and elder support.

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“Fortunately, right now we’re looking at creative ways to manage through [the recession], but I think as we look to the future, all nonprofits are going to be challenged as to how they balance their budgets, and they’ll have to take a hard look at programs, and be creative as to how they can keep them operating.”

Despite the potentially difficult financial future of Catholic Charities and other organizations like it , MacKenz ie is pleased to have the opportunity to serve the Boston community in this way. He remarked that his general upbringing, as well as his experience with Jesuit education at BC and Ernst & Young ’s empha si s on community involvement have all taught him the significance of giving back.

Merrigan-Fay, a partner in Goodwin Procter’s Litigation Department, was named to the Board of Trustees just as she was finishing serving on the Board of her Catholic high school.

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“I grew up hearing about Catholic Charities and I always understood it to be one of the most well-resp e cte d so cial service organizations in the area,” she said. “I was thrilled to be asked to join the Board as an adult.”

Merrigan-Fay cited her favorite class at BC, a Christian ethics class taught by Lisa Cahill, as one of the experiences that led her to remain active in the Catholic community as an adult. She also spoke about how, throug h her work on the Board, she is constantly reminded that such a call to social justice is not unique to her among BC students and alums.

“At B o ard me e ting s , B C graduate students are regularly mentioned in connection with work they are doing to assist Board members conduct in-depth studies of ser vice needs in various geographical regions,” she said. “It is not at all surprising, but it makes me proud to be an alum.” n

3 photos courtesy of the archbishop Oscar A. Romero scholarship committee

1. Alberto Vassallo III, BC ’89, was presented with the Hispanic Alumni Community Service Award 2. Jessica Vallejo, A&S & ’14, spoke after the ceremony. 3. Rev. William P. Leahy, S.J., stands with Vallejo.

Jessica Vallejo receives scholarship for service, solidarity

By Andrew Skaras Asst. News Editor

On Saturday, members of the Boston College community gathered to celebrate the 21st annual Archbishop Oscar Romero Scholarship dinner. Every year, the scholarship recognizes a BC junior who is involved in community service, works with Hispanic/Latino issues on and off campus, has shown leadership in extracurricular activities, and has shown superior academic excellence.

The scholarship is named after Rev. Oscar A. Romero, S.J., Archbishop of El Salvador, who was assassinated at the altar in 1980.

Romero worked especially with the poor and marginalized in his country and spoke about the need

for Christians to work for social justice. The scholarship seeks to recognize BC students whose lives demonstrate a commitment to his values and rewards one student each year with a $25,000 scholarship for their senior year.

After an opening prayer by Rev. Donald A. MacMillan, S.J., and opening remarks by Ines Maturana Sendoya and Marcela V. Norton, co-chairs of the Romero committee, each of the finalists was introduced. This year, there were four finalists: Andrea Lopez, CSON ’14; Andrea Roman, A&S ’14; Victoria Torres-Vega, LSOE ’14; and Jessica Vallejo, A&S ’14.

B efore the winner of the scholarship was announced, the Rev. John A. Dinneen, S.J., Hispanic Alumni Community

Service Award was presented to Alberto Vassallo, III, BC ’89.

Dinneen was a charter member of the scholarship committee and first acquired the money for the scholarship from the Jesuit community. Since 1999, the alumni award has served to recognize Hispanic alumni who have reflected Romero’s ideals and served the Hispanic community.

Presented by University President Rev. William P. Leahy, S.J., this year’s Romero scholarship was awarded to Vallejo.

Since arriving at BC, Vallejo has been active in the Latino community on campus in various ways. She has been a member of the Organization for Latin American Affairs (OLAA), the AHANA Leadership Council,

and currently serves as assistant director of the Women of Color Caucus. She has participated in the Mexico Arrupe Service and Immersion trip, Cuernavaca, and now serves as a leader of it.

“This award is not only a huge honor, but more importantly it reinforces my commitment to social justice and to the Latino community,” Vallejo said in an email. “Receiving an award named after a man as devoted, inspirational, and brave as Archbishop Romero is truly an honor, but also a force pushing me to do more. His courage and unyielding determination to do what is right, true, and just, regardless of the consequences will never stop inspiring me.”

Vallejo plans to continue her social justice work throughout

the rest of her time at BC and after she graduates. Before going to law school, she plans to take a year off to work in underrepresented communities and encourage Latino and other underrepresented students to pursue higher education. As a lawyer, she hopes to advocate for those who cannot do so for themselves. “[I am inspired by] the people I see everyday battling the many pressures , assumptions , and expectations that our society places on those of less privileged backgrounds,” Vallejo said. “It is for them that I must try to make a difference—by creating more opportunities for them, by advocating for their rights, by breaking down stereotypes, and by trying to create a more just society.” n

BC one of 22 universities to win Changemaker award

By Jennifer Heine Heights Staff Ashoka U, an educational endeavor of international social entrepreneurship organization Ashoka, named Boston College a “Changemaker Campus” in a San Diego ceremony on Feb. 23. The designation, currently granted to only 22 universities worldwide, recognizes BC’s commitment to social innovation.

Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes and Stephanie B erzin, associate profe ss ors at the Graduate S cho ol of S o cial Work and co-directors of the Center for Social Innovation, directed the application process. “Ashoka is an organization that promotes education and social entrepreneurship in the world,” Berzin said. “Ashoka U was formed to support the next generation of changemakers. It decided the best place to find these leaders would be college campuses, and it looks for universities that are leaders in promoting social entrepreneurship among its students.”

Berzin’s work with Pitt-Cat-

souphes helped draw Ashoka’s attention to BC. “We launched the Social Innovation Council, a group of students, faculty, and administrators who are interested in social entrepreneurship.

The idea was to bring together groups like the Social Responsibility Council, SEED, PULSE, and other similar programs from across the university to really think about social innovation as a whole,” Berzin said. “Because we had that effort as a campuswide initiative, Ashoka became interested in us.”

That the program stemmed from the school of social work, rather than a business or technological school, as was the case at many other universities, set BC’s social innovation program apart for Ashoka U. Still, Berzin emphasized that the recognition is a universal one: “We were the lead school, but it is a designation for all of BC … The deans of all the colleges, the administrators at many levels, were all involved in this process.”

L auren Watt expressed a similar sentiment. “Even though it started in the GSSW and was spearheaded by Stephanie

and Marcie, it’s really a way to showcase the whole host of efforts going on around campus that contribute to our mission of social justice,” she said. “This is something that affects the entire campus.”

They hope that this collaboration will further the mission of social innovation at BC. “This is a way to bring together the many efforts at BC, a university that is highly focused on social justice as well as very serviceoriented,” Berzin said.

“We really want to emphasize this cross-collaboration between the schools, because we’re all in it for the same goals,” Watt said.

Recognition by Ashoka also provides greater visibility to BC. “Being given this designation is huge, because there are only 22 universities worldwide that have been named Changemaker Campuses ,” Watt said. “It’s great for the school because it puts us on a different level of recognition, how we’re viewed internationally.”

“The designation provides BC the opportunity to showcase its efforts with regard to

leadership, social innovation, and social justice, and really to present our social work as a force on the international stage,” Berzin said.

But even within the BC community, being named a leader in social innovation underscores the University ’s philosophy.

“This designation is a recognition for what we stand for as a University,” Watt said. “It demonstrates that we are ahead of the curve when it comes to human service.”

Sofia Papastamelos, a member of the BC Venture Competition and CSOM ’13, agreed.

“Especially as a University embedded with the ideas of ‘Men and Women for Others,’ this idea of having more programs and initiatives focusing on social innovation seems to fit.”

All three hope that the designation will also bring greater awareness to the importance of social justice on a daily level on campus. “Seeing that we are now a Changemaker Campus is just further encouragement,” Papastamelos said. “Over the past four years at BC I have noticed more and more of an em-

phasis on the subject, whether it’s through one of the themes of a freshmen Portico class or professor Gallaugher’s TechTrek Ghana field study class.

Whether or not you want to be a social entrepreneur, I think that it’s good for students at BC to understand what it means for a company to be socially innovative.”

“Ashoka U provides opportunities to make a concentrated effort on these endeavors, and rethink how we view social entrepreneurship,” Berzin said.

“How do we take what’s going on here and become a lens for faculty, for students, and for the outside world? Service is something you do on the weekend, social innovation is something you live, something you bring to your work every day, whether in business, the arts, or the sciences.

“It’s a different living-out of the mission,” she said. “We talk a lot about student formation, but social innovation is really about student transformation, so that the vision of social justice follows them the rest of their lives.” n

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WRC’s event enlightens Take Back The Night, from A1 up, gathered at the foot of the stage and vowed to be respectful, responsible participants in the community pertaining to the issue of sexual assault and violence against women. Three representatives, one each from UGBC, ALC, and GLC, reminded the audience about the proper definition of and situations for true sexual consent, emphasizing it as informed, mutual, non-presumptuous, and verbal.

Lizzie Jekanowski, A&S ’13, chair of BC Students for Sexual Health, spoke poignantly about Bystander Education, what onlookers can do to intervene and help someone who might be in need.

The presence of the 24-hour hotline Sexual Assault Network (SANet) was

also highlighted as an on-campus resource for anyone, from victims themselves to the friends or roommates of a survivor in need of discussing sexual assault or relationship violence within the BC community.

The event also featured three student speakers who stood up to tell their personal stories of sexual assault. The audience was hushed as they listened to the words, strength, and accounts of the three speakers.

At the end of the event, yellow glow sticks resembling candles meant to be placed throughout campus were distributed to the audience as a symbol of the “light” that was reclaimed and the “night” that was overcome through the strength and bravery of the speakers and every victim of sexual assault. n

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BC students hung t-shirts in O’Neill Plaza in order to boost awareness for C.A.R.E. Week.

Confessions posts vary between humorous and serious BC Confessions, from A1 All posts made to the Boston College Confessions page are submitted through Survey Monkey and the three founders then choose which are appropriate to post on the page. They follow a strict set of guidelines: no statements of opinion, no personal information or insulting comments, no movie quotes or lyrics, and no comments that are allegedly posted by BC faculty or staff members.

For the first three weeks after the page was created, it received fewer than 100 likes. The page gained notoriety between Spring Break and Easter Break, and at its peak, the founders were receiving 400 to 500 posts a day.

“We never expected it to get quite this big,” one founder said. “It became a lot of work, more than we ever anticipated … The week it peaked we were reading posts every night from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m.”

“It started as a lot of depressing, disheartening emails, and I think that’s what shocked us most,” another founder said. “I think it shocked a lot of readers too. It’s safe to say that everyone on this campus likes to think that everyone else loves it here—which is clearly not the case at all. There are so many people that struggle … Once we saw that people were really dealing with depression, we posted counseling services on the page’s description and

occasionally, when we can, we comment on posts with phone numbers for specific counseling services.”

The founders recently met with Dean of Students Paul Chebator and Director of University Counseling Services Thomas McGuinness to talk about the Facebook page and some of the postings that have caused concern. “[The Facebook page] has been an interesting phenomenon,” Chebator said. “I think we have seen over the years a number of similar cases—things that catch people’s attentions and that last for a period of time before they slowly peter out and something takes it place. I think it is clearly serving a service for the community … The moderators are doing a really good job with screening the posts for things that are offensive, hateful, insulting.”

In a few cases, when Boston College Confessions posts have posed a serious, immediate concern, the founders have reached out to BCPD. Many comments containing sentiments of loneliness, depression, and dissatisfaction have received comments from BC students, who express concern for the anonymous posters. In mid-March, a group of these concerned students formed the HelpBCeagles Team. The group, composed of five members and several volunteers, communicates with students privately and anonymously via helpbceagles@gmail. com.

Three members of the HelpBCeagles Team spoke with The Heights anonymously. Similarly to the founders of the “Boston College Confessions” page, they felt that the integrity of their email and student conversations would be compromised if their names were to be revealed.

“We created the email in response to

“Knowing that we can help someone on campus, it makes me feel that this is something that is important.”

- Founder of BC Confessions all of the negative comments we have been seeing on the Confession page,” one member of the HelpBCeagles Team said. “A lot of people didn’t feel like they belonged at BC or were unsupported by the community, and that really disturbed us … To hear that so many people felt that they did not belong here was very disheartening, and we wanted to do something about it.”

“People can anonymously email us

from their own email accounts and [the conversation] will remain strictly anonymous,” another team member said. “The people who they are talking to will remain anonymous, or they can chose to set up a separate Gmail account so that their identity remains anonymous.”

The HelpBCeagles Team has received 10 to 12 responses since the email hotline was created. The team has received positive feedback from the students who have used the email.

They plan to focus their efforts toward the 2013 fall semester, placing fliers in bathrooms and speaking to Orientation Leaders about the email hotline.

“The ultimate point is to say, BC students from the BC community are here for you,” a team member said.

Since Easter Break, there has been a significant decline in the amount of anonymous posts on the Boston College Confessions page. The founders of the page say that they are now only receiving only 100 posts per day.

“Knowing that we can help someone on campus, it makes me feel that this is something that is important,” one of the founders said. “Even if we are getting 100 ‘I let the dogs out’ posts a day, that’s fine because if there is even one post from someone who is having a hard time and is considering suicide, we are there for them. I feel like that is the most important part of the page.” n

Town Hall panelists answer questions about BC policies Town Hall, from A1 student health and safety, but said that much of the process is internal for privacy reasons and therefore not visible to students.

“We meet in groups every week to discuss students who may have come to us with concerns and try to connect them to resources on campus and create a web of support,” Darcy said. “We don’t publicize that because it is a lot of personal information.”

“If you talk to someone who has been through the process, they can give you a different perspective than what the average student sees,” St. Louis said.

“We have a staff member whose full time job it is to connect with those students who are struggling,” Davis said. “There’s a lot out there, but I’m not sure that fully publicizing it is the best way to promote the issues.”

The next question was posed by an audience member, who felt that there is confu-

sion at the University between responsible drinking and not drinking at all. The student pointed to the “green zone” signs hung up in every BC student’s dorm room, “You promote safe habits with these kinds of signs, but if anything under 21 is illegal, what is a safe habit?” he asked. “Do you take a hard line? What stance is BC taking?”

“I recognize that there is a differing of opinion—there’s the green zone campaign, which says if you chose to drink, here is what you need to do to stay safe,” Davis said. “But then state law says that drinking under 21 is illegal.”

The administrators told students that they were not going to tell students not to drink, but rather, their jobs were to hold students accountable for what they agreed to when they enrolled in the University. “You guys are adults and you know the policy.

But we would be remiss in not providing that safety info,” Darcy said.

The next issue raised was a complaint about the fines in the current conduct matrix. Borden pointed out that a $100

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UGBC representatives posed questions to members of the DSO and ResLife during the Town Hall. fine is no big deal to some students while to others, $100 constitutes their entire savings account. “I recognize that fines are not financially equal depending on the student,” Davis said. “Some fines get paid by people’s parents, some fines get paid by the student.”

There is also the issue about where the fines go. Do they go to fund education programs? The conduct system?

“I am committed to doing research about this and making a change, whether that be reducing the fines, customizing the fines or something else completely,” Davis said.

Finally, the administrators voiced the

need for some kind of student advocate program. “UGBC should have more student advocates that have been trained to help students through the conduct process,” Darcy said. “We want that partnership and that training to happen so there can be more transparency in the system.”

The administrators noted the success of online videos that could be made specifically for the BC conduct system that students could get access to with the click of a mouse. “Now the only question remains, I guess, how do you make a video that is not completely awkward and that students will actually want to watch and learn from?”

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Venture Capitalism competition draws quality innovators BCVC, from A1 the competition.

“The judges are ridiculously amazing people,” said Matthew Ricketson, A&S ’13, of Phyre. “In real life, they’re impossible to get a meeting with. We just got 25 minutes of their time to tell them about what we’re doing. That’s just an opportunity that we won’t be able to get again until after we graduate.”

The event attracted many people who were curious to learn about BC’s student ventures.

Recent graduates, some of whom are involved in Boston’s tech scene, also attended the event and were impressed with what they saw.

“Coming out, I heard someone say, ‘That was the best pitch I ever heard.’ Another company said that they got one of the judges to want to sit down and talk to them regardless of the outcome [of the competition],” said Spencer Frazier, BC ’11, co-founder of Drizly, a startup alcohol delivery service.

The caliber of entrepreneurs entering BCVC has improved drastically over the past seven years. Many of those involved considered

this year to be the most competitive ever.

“This sets a precedent for the BC companies now that are saying, ‘I want to go into BCVC.’ They now realize, all of a sudden, that you need to be Phyre or Streak. You need to be at that level before you even go in,” said Nick Rellas, BC ’11, also a co-founder of Drizly.

Jim Alvarez, an angel investor at Dogbar Ventures, served as a mentor for Streak Media this year and last year for NBD Nano.

“I think the caliber was stepped up pretty significantly this year,” Alvarez said. “I think the teams have worked a lot harder. I think the presentation skills were much better. So I think what it is really showing is a maturation of the program because guys are really working hard.

There’s a lot of these types of programs in town and the BC community brings a whole different dimension to it.”

John Gallaugher, associate professor of information systems, has mentored many BC entrepreneurs and serves as a faculty advisor for BCVC. “In a school that does not have an engineering school I believe that we have built the stron-

mentioned the addition of a supplemental essay to this year’s application process. “The result has been not only a smaller applicant pool (25,000 applicants, which is more in line with our principal competitors) but also what Admission Director John Mahoney calls the best-suited and most academically talented group of potential BC freshmen in our history,” he said.

The process of revising the University academic core, which was last updated in 1991, was also addressed. Leahy not only recognized the efforts of Institute for the Liberal Arts Director Mary Crane, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences David Quigley, Dean of the Carroll School of Management Andy Boynton, and Tom Chiles, chair of the biology department, but also placed a tentative time frame in which potential changes to the core would be released. Committee members, along with consulting firm Continuum “have sought and obtained extensive comments from members of the campus community, and hope to present results from their consultation and deliberations in the next six to eight weeks,” he said.

The letter also highlighted the progress made by the Light the World campaign, launched in October of 2008, which hit the $1 billion mark in January. He noted, however, that continued support from BC alumni is necessary in order to further the campaign’s goals. “We realize we have much work to do, and need the help of all alumni and friends of Boston College to reach our campaign goal of $1.5 billion and continue striving to enhance our mission and meet our institutional goals,” he said. A bulleted list of accomplishments and awards garnered over the past year by faculty members, undergraduates, and graduate students, as well as shifts in the University’s rank, was included as well.

Leahy concluded his letter by emphasizing both the devotion of the BC community and the Jesuit, Catholic nature of the University.

“The Jesuits who established our University had great vision and faith,” he said. “As we celebrate our Sesquicentennial, I am frequently reminded how immensely Boston College has benefited and continues to benefit from the dedication, talent, and commitment of faculty, staff, students, alumni, and friends. Because of such efforts and generosity, our University is able to advance in academic excellence and reputation, remain faithful to its Jesuit, Catholic heritage and values, and stand as a beacon of light and hope in our day.” n

gest, if not one of the strongest undergraduate venture competitions in the country,” he said.

“The track record in just the last four years have been teams going to Y-Combinator, TechStars, Summer@Highland, and MassChallenge. One of the guys who participated tonight won one of the tracks at the MIT ESC [Executive Summary Competition] as a sophomore. We have another team that won the Yale YES Competition as well.”

The judges were extremely impressed with the innovation they saw at the event.

“Over the last few years, I’ve been blown away by the tech talent that I’ve seen come out of Boston College. A lot of people associate Boston College with very strong businessfinance programs, but I’ve been blown away by the tech talent,” said Zuberi, from General Catalyst Partners.

BCVC has instituted programs to help mentor the student companies that come to them.

“We have some tremendous people on the board that have led different initiatives such as the accelerator program which we instituted a

couple of years ago. It selects five teams, puts them through a month or two month long program and gives them a $5,000 stipend to work on their product or idea,” said Mateusz Kaliski, a member of the Executive Board of BCVC and CSOM ’13.

Karn Khunger, the chairman of the BCVC executive board and CSOM ’14, has ambitious goals for BCVC and for entrepreneurship as a whole on campus. Apart from their competition, BCVC hosted BC’s first startup career fair earlier in the semester and, last semester, hosted a venture capitalist panel called “Silicon Valley Comes to the Heights.”

“It makes me feel great,” Khunger said. “I love the fact that this competition is growing.

As to how I feel accomplished, I feel somewhat accomplished, because we’re not there yet. We need to keep on improving and keep on moving forward. $32.5K in prize money is good. $50 to $100K is what we’re shooting for.”

The BC Entrepreneur Society and the Information System Academy are two other student groups that work hard to promote entrepreneurship and innovation on campus. n

Yesterday in Brighton District Court, six Boston College students—Charles Howe, Timothy Orr, Arthur Pidoriano, Christian Rockefeller, David Rogers, and Matthew Tolkowsky, all A&S ’13—were charged with breaking and entering a Brighton apartment as well as with the willful and malicious destruction of property over the value of $250, according to a press release from the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office.

Prosecutors said that at approximately 11:30 p.m. on the night of Mar. 16, the six broke into a Gerald Road apartment. They then punched holes in the walls, urinated throughout the apartment, and threw eggs, milk, and other food, according to prosecutors. Also damaged were two tables, two speakers, and a clothes dryer­—the men allegedly damaged the machine’s gas line, which was located close to a furnace.

According to the press release, prosecutors alleged that the group of students “fled the scene, failing to provide any warning to the resident who continued to sleep as the building filled with gas.” Total damages are estimated at $25,000.

National Grid, the Boston Police Department, and the Boston Fire Department responded to an emergency call that was traced to a phone owned by Pidoriano. “During a recorded interview with Boston Police in the presence of his attorney, Pidoriano made post-Miranda statements admitting that the defendants were responsible for the vandalism, prosecutors said,” read the release. “Based on those statements and additional evidence developed by detectives, Boston Police sought and obtained complaints charging all six defendants.”

All six have been released on their own recognizance, on the conditions that they refrain from alcohol and drug use, submit to random screenings, and stay away from both the victims of this case and the location where the incident occurred. All of the defendants will return to court on May 16. n

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BC Confessions must not be final solution While the Facebook page serves as an outlet for students, it is not a substitute for professional help The B oston College Confessions Facebook page has garnered immense popularity recently, as seemingly thousands of students use it as an anonymous forum in which to air their embarrassing or illicit weekend activities, unrequited crushes, senior top fives, and in some cases, their deep disappointment with what life at BC is actually like.

While the open and anonymous nature of the page makes it impossible to know for certain whether each confession is entirely genuine or indeed even authored by a BC student, BC Confessions has nevertheless brought into the open the often hushed and taboo fact that some portion of the student body experiences an intense dissatisfaction with life at BC. Most confessions expressing such sentiments receive several comments that illustrate the desire of many students to reach out to and help individuals who may be unhappy here. In addition, these comments have prompted the creation of an anonymously run email account to serve as another outlet for students seeking help from peers. These efforts are admirable and reflect positively on our student body, putting actions to the intangible mottos often touted by the University like “men and women for others.” In some cases, however, a conversation with a peer may not be enough to truly

heal the individual. Students whose posts involve themes of depression and more serious subject matter may need more than a Facebook message from a concerned reader.

It is imperative that the BC community views BC Confessions as a conversation starter about the sorts of issues students are mentioning, and not the final solution to these issues.

Many posts describe an unwillingness to visit University Counseling Services due to the taboo associated with seeking psychiatric care or a fear of admitting failure. Taking the necessary steps to improve one’s well-being, however, is in no sense failing. While BC Confessions can assure such students that they are not alone in their unhappiness, it probably cannot help them recover the way a trained professional can.

University Counseling Services, located in the basement of Gasson Hall, exists for the sole purpose of aiding members of the BC Community who are experiencing mental or emotional issues. If anyone believes that they may need to see a mental health professional, they should set up an appointment with one of the counselors so that they can receive the help that they deserve and that is available to them.

BC, though it may not be the perfect University it is often portrayed as, does have the resources to help students in need.

C.A.R.E. Week should set tone for the year The WRC puts an important focus on bringing student voices—especially men’s—into the dialogue Concerned About Rape Education (C.A.R.E.) Week offers students an opportunity to introspect on gender issues, think critically about rape culture at Boston College, and scrutinize stigmas often associated with sexual assault.

While the most widely publicized and attended event, Take Back the Night, took place last night, several C.A.R.E. Week events remain. Also present in O’Neill Plaza is the Clothesline Project, an interactive display furthering awareness of domestic and intimate partner violence. This year, C.A.R.E. Week has placed considerable emphasis on engaging men in discussion of sexual assault and responsibility. Going forward, this attitude of inclusion will be a powerful tool for the Women’s Resource Center, and it is admirable that they have worked to connect with men on issues of sexual violence. When women’s issues are understood as men’s issues as

well, a culture of activism on the subject of sexual responsibility can become a significant part of student life.

Although C.A.R.E. Week serves an important role every year in refocusing the conversation about rape, a careful examination of BC’s commitment to rape education requires far more than just a week. In hosting C.A.R.E. Week, the WRC seats the BC community at the table for what needs to be a year-round conversation on sexual assault. Rape culture has received considerable national attention in recent weeks, and C.A.R.E. Week helps direct those sentiments toward tangible reform at BC. A genuine investment in rape education requires attentiveness to nationalized cases of rape, but should remain grounded in the experience and concerns of students.

C.A.R.E. Week readjusts University discussion of sexual violence to include this critical component of student voice.

BC hockey program set to reload for 2013-14

Every athlete with an NHL contract is returning next year—a testament to BC and to the hockey program The members of the Boston College hockey team holding NHL contracts decided this week to pass up potential opportunities in the pros and return to school for the 2013-14 season. Sophomore forward and Hobey Baker finalist Johnny Gaudreau had the option to go straight to the Calgary Flames, but instead cited his education, the chance to play with his brother, and the unfinished business from an early exit this year as the reasons for his return. Along with Gaudreau, freshman defenseman Michael Matheson and junior forwards Kevin Hayes and Bill Arnold have also decided to stay. According to Warren Zola, assistant dean of the Carroll School of Management, in the last five years, 130 college hockey players have left school early for the professional ranks, and less than 30 percent of them have

played more than 41 NHL games.

While the reasons for staying differ among all the players, it still nevertheless shows a dedication to education, the University, and the hockey program.

Head coach Jerry York and his staff run not only one of the best hockey programs but one of the best athletic programs in the country. The goal for every class is to leave Chestnut Hill with a championship ring and a degree, and these players took an admirable step towards achieving both.

In addition to the return of these key players, the Eagles also bring in one of the nation’s best recruiting classes for 2013-14. Although some fans were disappointed with the first round exit in the tournament this year, BC is set to reload rather than rebuild.

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Letters to the Editor The following letter is in response to “‘The Heights’ does not endorse a candidate team” by The Heights Editorial Board, originally published on 4/4/13:

Lack of endorsement is a cop-out

I am disappointed that The Heights did not endorse a UGBC candidate team. Last issue’s editorial did an exemplary job comparing the two teams’ platforms. I learned more about the strengths and weaknesses of each candidate from the editorial than I had during the entire campaign season. However, the refusal to endorse a team completely undermined the credibility of this otherwise excellent analysis.

The editorial claims that because of “massive structural changes to UGBC” and the “generally shortened campaign season,” it “cannot be reasonably predicted which of the two teams would have a more positive effect on the student body.” This is an incredibly lame excuse for not endorsing a candidate team. In any election, whether for president of the United States or local town selectman, it is impossible to know for certain which candidate is better.

The electorate must utilize the candidates’ platforms to make an educated vote based on who they believe is the best candidate, not cower on the sidelines because they can’t predict the future. Additionally, the editorial claims it would be “irresponsible to encourage students to vote for a particular team.”

This implies that a Heights endorsement will have a significant impact on the election, yet poll after poll has proven that endorsements rarely influence

voters’ decisions. A Heights endorsement would merely present the paper’s position to the student body, not sway hundreds of votes. With great power comes great responsibility, but in UGBC elections The Heights has neither.

Finally, The Heights characterizes its non-endorsement as superior to “a simple choice between two options.” To state the obvious, every representative democracy is based on choices between two (or more) options. No election has an obvious answer; voters often have to choose between two equally qualified candidates, or even the lesser of two evils.

The U.S. electoral system would collapse if every citizen abstained from voting because they couldn’t make up their mind. One could argue that The Heights’ refusal to endorse is acceptable as long as its members vote themselves. However, The Heights has endorsed candidate teams in previous UGBC elections. Suddenly refusing to endorse this year is a flimsy cop-out at best, and a dereliction of journalistic duty at worst. As a former board member myself, I will always love The Heights, but I expected more of you during this election cycle.

Matt Palazzolo A&S ‘13

The following letter is in response to the Letter to the Editor “The search for faculty governance continues...” by Susan Michalczyk, originally published on 4/8/13:

Administration is open to prospect of faculty senate I’m writing to address two errors in Dr. Susan Michalczyk’s letter to The Heights that appeared in the April 8 issue.

In May 2010, Dr. Michalczyk wrote to the Office of the Provost expressing a desire to re-establish a faculty senate at Boston College. Our office responded with detailed suggestions as to how this goal could be met in a letter that included an offer to present a proposal for a senate to the Academic Affairs Committee of the Board, and then the full Board at a subsequent meeting. There was no response to this letter. Thus, Professor Michalczyk’s statement that “In recent years, it has been argued that the administration actually usurped the Trustees prerogatives by denying them the possibility of designating an existing faculty body as the statu-

tory University Faculty Senate as provided by the statutes” is inaccurate.

The second correction relates to the letter’s assertion that “The administration’s decision to restrict part-time faculty to teaching only two courses per semester eliminates benefits and job security …” Part-time faculty who have taught two courses per semester, i.e. four courses per year, for five years, and who continue to do so, have long been eligible for medical and dental benefits at BC, benefits obviously then not “eliminated” by restricting part-time faculty to two courses per semester.

P atricia De Leeuw Vice Provost for Faculties

The following letter is in response to “Show some respect” by Kristy Barnes, originally published on 4/8/13:

This University belongs to each member of the BC community

Congratulations to Kristy Barnes for expressing her honest opinions and beliefs in her most recent opinions column “Show Some Respect,” but as a Boston College student I was personally taken aback by the tone and implications of her message.

Her excessive use of the word ‘my’ throughout the column in the phrases, “my school,” “my University,” and “my community” was honestly arrogant. While of course, she does belong to this community, so do the rest of us. It does not exclusively belong to her because she happens to be on board with the teachings of the Catholic Church. I agree with Kristy that BC embodies all of the wonderful things she lists in her column, but they are not accredited exclusively to the Jesuit tradition. The value and beauty of this institution is a result of the diversity of the intelligent and motivated student body. With large communities, such as the undergraduate population of BC, there is bound to be a difference of opinions, beliefs, morals, and religions. A person who does

not believe the teachings of the Catholic Church, a Muslim, a Buddhist, a member of BCSSH, or a Scientologist also has the right to claim that this is in fact their university as well.

It is unfortunate that you were handed a condom while with your parents, but adults are aware that sexual activity exists on campus. Whether you choose to take advantage of the resources available through BCSSH is your personal choice. If I, and every other person on campus who considers themselves Pro-Choice, can walk by the BC Pro-Life Club’s pictures of fetus sizes at various months in the Quad, quietly criticizing and implicitly urging the community to not exercise their right to choose to have an abortion, others can walk away from condom distribution and choose to ignore it.

Taylor Cavallo A&S ’13

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Hey BC, wanna go thrift shopping?

Eleanor Sciannella You’ve got Mail! - Thumbs Up the all caps words PACKAGE RECEIPT NOTIFICATION. We thumbs down lots of emails from various departments at Boston College (sorry BC Parking and Transportation and Professors and Pastries), but the aforementioned subject line always brings a smile to our faces. Even though half the time it’s just our Psych text book that we bought used off Amazon.com for literally 20 percent the price we would have paid at the BC Bookstore, that email still fills us with hope that it’s a gift from Mom or some cookies from Grandma, so we rush off immediately to the mail room, rendering that 14-day return notice (that few people probably even make it to reading) utterly and perpetually pointless.

Stokes Lawn Shortcut - Not only is the utter absence of snow a wonderful thing because it means that we have finally reached spring, we can now expose our skin to the much less harsh elements, and we can spend breaks from class lounging on the grass, on top of all that, we also have found that being able to cut right across Stokes lawn has significantly cut down on travel time from Eagles’ Nest to Lower. First, because the distance is simply shorter (some Pythagorean theorem for ya) and because the availability of this alternate route greatly decreases the potential for a traffic jam. It’s slightly ironic/frustrating that now that we finally actually want to spend time outside, it suddenly takes us far less time to travel between buildings, but it’s a small price to pay.

You Know what Monday Is - Marathon Monday is just around the corner. First off, congratulations to everyone who is running. You are amazing, and we will scream our asses off for you, regardless of whether or not we know you, because you go to BC and therefore we love you. Besides the runners, there are too many good things about this day to fit in one Thumbs Up blurb: First, this Monday off means that we have only one more full week of school between now and the end of the year.

Which is good, because the whole Monday-Friday thing is getting pretty old. Also, since this day is technically Patriot’s Day, we get to have a giant, school-wide (or city-wide, for that matter. Essentially, Greater Boston area-wide) party in celebration of America. And, what’s better, we all get to spend Marathon Monday Eve watching the Masters. So it’s a sports-filled weekend we have ahead of ourselves (albeit perhaps two of the world’s most opposite sports).

Match Made In Heaven? - So, word on the street is P Diddy and Kate Upton are dating. Who is the lucky one in this situation? Is it P Diddy, who has snagged for himself the most renowned pair of boobs on the planet?

This could be the case, although there is also the fact that Upton simply forgot whether or not she participated in a Vogue cover shoot this month (her publicist said she did, but she claims that she takes it one day at a time, and therefore doesn’t recall if she will be on the cover of June’s Vogue). Or is Upton the lucky one, to have snagged the man Wikipedia describes as “American rapper, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur.”

The very same man we all got to know and love via Making the Band. Maybe they’re both lucky, to have found true love. The real question, though: what do they talk about?

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In Peter Singer’s “The Life You Can Save,” he argues that spending your money on anything but charity (besides one’s basic necessities) is immoral. He says that if donating to organizations like UNICEF will save someone’s life, then spending money that could be donated is comparable to walking past a drowning child and not doing anything to save him or her.

While this may seem extreme, especially in a society that sees giving to charity as doing extra good, there are some interesting parts of this position I would like to explore.

One is the role that brands play in our choices as a consumer. Why is it that a certain label makes an item so much more expensive? Brands are an important part of how we define ourselves and measure our success. We don’t just want the suburban house and the white picket fence, we want our kids to have The North Face backpacks, we want the Mercedes Benz.

Having money is very much a part of the American idea of being successful. There is an entire market for imitation brands made to look like expensive brands at cheaper prices because people are trying to acquire that status without the price tag. These high-status brands don’t have classic competition to drive their prices down. Lowering prices would be detrimental to the profits of these companies because it would compromise how the quality of the product is perceived, especially when people are willing to pay for this perceived quality and exclusivity. The ads these companies produce supplement the idea of how these brands might make you look successful according to popular standards. In middle school, clothes from Hollister, American Eagle,

and Abercrombie and Fitch were what you aspired to own. I wanted these clothes because girls who were older and cooler than me had them, and I wanted their ‘cool-factor.’ Their clothes were the most obvious way to get that. The models those companies used to advertise their clothes mainly supplemented ideals of being thin, tall, at the beach, and surrounded by other beautiful people.

Macklemore’s song “Wing$,” about getting air Jordans as a kid, exemplifies the same thing. He uses a metaphor of flying to compare how his Jordans made him feel “cool.” Being an owner of a pair of Jordans was exclusive—he was “consumed” by the Jordan’s movement. He talks about how a friend got shot for his pair of Jordans, and that in the end, they’re just shoes. That’s what “Thrift Shop” is all about too—rejecting the $50 t-shirt and being “tricked by a business” into buying expensive clothes. As a young person, being “cool” was the status we were trying to attain, but as adults, economic prosperity becomes the goal.

Singer would have us buy fewer, cheaper items so that we could donate our excess money to an organization that provides care to impoverished populations around the world. What if instead, we spent more money on necessary goods, but only on things that did not promote the slave labor of people in third world countries? There is an app called “Good Guide” that gives companies a rating based on how environmentally friendly and “socially moral” they are. Patagonias are at the top of the list. (Shout out to Patagonia lovers of BC, apparently you’re doing it right.) My PULSE professor calls this “commodifying social responsibility.”

If we used our wealth to buy hybrid cars, and products from Whole Foods, other companies would scramble to clean up their business practices to keep our business, right? There are a few problems with this assumption. Toms gives away a pair of their shoes to people in need with each purchase, but I have reservations about calling it a good company. What is the

social impact of the production of Toms themselves? Do they pay their workers living wages? (Good Guide is not coming up with any results on their societal impact—we’ll have to do some more research on this one.) If their workers are not paid enough money to support themselves or their families, then Toms is just contributing to the poverty of the people that their company says they want to help. How effective is their form of charity? I wore my pair through in about a year. Granted, I wore them almost every day, but so do people in under developed countries who don’t have any other shoes. Are they so successful as a product because of the perceived good they do or because they are in style? The problem here is that buying socially responsible products becomes a symbol of status and people with fewer resources are still stuck without access to that status. If there are still people who cannot afford to buy from socially responsible brands, then the non-fair trade companies will still flourish, because their cheaper options cater to people living with a tight budget.

So yes, supporting fair-trade companies is an important priority, but real change for impoverished people around the world will occur when we invest in fair trade labor laws. Living in a capitalist system requires that companies do whatever they can to get the best prices, and although capitalism is the best system we have so far, that is no excuse for taking advantage of the poverty of other nations.

These are shortsighted solutions for increasing profits that are doing long-term damage to resources and people. So my only alteration to Peter Singer’s position is that instead of (or in addition to) spending our money on charities that address the immediate needs of people affected by unfair labor practices, we should support politicians and government decisions that support fair-trade policies.

Eleanor Sciannella is a staff columnist for The Heights. She can be reached at opinions@bcheights.com.

BCSSH stands for Catholic values

Evan Goldstein I stand with Boston College Students for Sexual Health. Over the past few weeks, this statement has been met with various responses, from enthusiastic respect and solidarity to disdainful, condescending scorn. Most have fallen somewhere in the middle, but I think that students around campus are still asking themselves the question, “What does it mean to stand with BCSSH? Who are you people and what do you want?” As a new member of BCSSH, I’ve asked myself similar questions as my involvement with the group progressed.

There have certainly been articles or segments that portray us as extreme or anti-religious, but exaggeration is a natural consequence of intense media scrutiny, and this discussion deserves more than pithy sound bites. Still, despite what people may read in the newspaper or hear on the radio, I firmly believe that standing with BCSSH means standing for comprehensive access to sexual health information and resources, and not standing against BC or the Church. Indeed, BCSSH stands for Jesuit values, strengthening the vibrant dialogue that is essential to caring for our souls.

Our broader mission is, to me, best summed up as follows: We believe that BC should be, “an incomparable center of creativity and dissemination of knowledge for the good of humanity … dedicated … to the education of students who freely associate with their teachers.” At a Jesuit institution, “discourse is central to the life of the university. To forbid or limit discourse contradicts everything the university stands for.” These important and eloquent statements are not, however, our own words: the first comes from Ex Corde Ecclesiae, a 1990 apostolic constitution of Blessed Pope John Paul II on Catholic universities, and the second from Rev. James Walsh, S.J., a faculty member at Georgetown.

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The role that BCSSH plays, then, is one that is essential to the intellectual and spiritual life of a Jesuit university. Indeed, the mission of BC is not to inculcate students with religious values, but rather (as Fr. Leahy puts it), “[to be] committed to the discovery and transmission of knowledge … to both inform and form its students.” BCSSH seeks only to participate in that dialogue, to work with the administration in pursuit of informing and forming students, to make the community we all cherish that much more vibrant. In this sense, we view our mission as not only consistent with, but essential to the Jesuit heritage of BC. But let’s face the elephant in the room: Catholic doctrine has long taught that the use of contraception is immoral (a teaching, interestingly, that even Pope Paul VI “anticipated that perhaps not everyone will easily accept.”).

As such, the administration has decided that the public distribution of condoms is a “mockery” of Catholic values, and has thus threatened students whose rooms serve as sources of sexual health information and condoms with disciplinary action. And let’s be clear: Safe Sites are the main aspect of BCSSH’s operations that the administration has taken issue with. Media reports have been scattered with sound bites from University Spokesman Jack Dunn about distributions on Ash Wednesday, or a student offering him a condom, or “public” distribution, but that isn’t what the letter from Dean of Students Paul Chebator and Director of the Office of Residential Life George Arey took issue with.

Humanae Vitae teaches that the use of contraception is immoral, yes. But BC cannot threaten students with disciplinary action simply for doing things that don’t comport with Catholic doctrine—we all signed a contract to respect Jesuit ideals, not to follow them. Moreover, it is obvious that Safe Sites are a critical part of BCSSH’s educational programming, and thus its contribution to student formation. As The Boston Globe wrote in an editorial urging the administration to withdraw its threats, “more than contraception, condoms are a means of preserving public health.” The media has treated our distribution of condoms as separate from our educational efforts, when in fact we only offer

condoms when they are taped to a sheet of sexual health information. We want to give students information about the full range of safe sex options and practices, not simply hand them a condom and send them on their way. Our mission is not simply pro-condom, but rather pro-health, and any implication to the contrary is not supported by the facts.

Most disappointing to me, however, is the idea that BCSSH is some kind of anti-religious group, seeking to disrespect or subvert the Church—nothing could be further from the truth. Our vice-chair, one of our key liaisons to the administration, is a theology major (as am I), and our leadership has made it clear to us that disrespect to the Church has no place as part of our group efforts. Moreover, our mission statement explicitly frames our goals in the context of sacred Catholic values: BCSSH exists “to engage with the health of the whole person—emotional, social, environmental, physical, spiritual and mental,” as well as to “contribute to the treasury of human knowledge,” as Blessed Pope John Paul II wrote in Ex Corde Eccleseiae. Our mission, in that sense, is deeply Catholic, appealing to a broader understanding of what it means to be a woman or man for others. As such, I think it’s wrong to frame this debate as sexual health versus the Church—both BCSSH and the administration value sexual health and we both value the Church, and those positions need not be in conflict with each other. The only question is how we chose to promote sexual health. Will we provide students with a comprehensive range of information and resources, and then let them make their own private decisions?

Or will we, as The Globe put it, “deprive them of services and information delivered in a peer setting?’ We have no problem with the administration promoting its opinions on sexual health, and we accept that they may not agree with ours. All we ask is that our views be respected, and that we be allowed to serve our community as we’ve done for years, working to promote a healthier, safer BC through care of the whole person.

Evan Goldstein is a staff columnist for The Heights. He can be reached at opinions@bcheights.com.

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Gunning for control Ryan Giannotto While we are all familiar with the adage that has received the universal scorn of leftists, that “guns don’t kill people; people kill people,” our Fearless Leader seems to have evolving thoughts on the matter. With his attempts to implement gun control floundering before the national audience, he has resorted to a usual move from his repertoire, to impose people control.

While what occurred at Newtown, Con. was indubitably heartbreaking, it is striking to observe the dynamics behind the public response, particularly with how politicians from a certain unnamed party capitalized upon the event. Out of spontaneity, a chorus emerged for “commonsense reform,” but this cause du jour proved as fickle as any other. Even as the immediate shock fades from national consciousness and a measured tone is adopted in lieu of a more visceral reaction, liberal politicians are unyielding in their desire to implement gun control. The obvious question is why have the Democrats not realized that advocating for gun control is now old-fashioned, that it is now trendier to be outraged at something else? I refuse to believe veteran politicians are motivated by emotion; the statists merely seek further government control as part of their vision.

The Democrats insist that if even one life can be saved, gun control laws must be passed as a matter of urgency, no discussion necessary. The issue is thus framed in the lens of safety, but if safety is the real priority, a certain incoherency, if not hypocrisy emerges, as far more deaths are produced by other causes that do not attract even the slightest concern. Emotion, however, must have its say of course.

The Centers for Disease Control, for instance, estimates that over 75,000 people are killed each year as a result of alcohol abuse, more than nine times as many deaths as from firearms and 90 times as many deaths as from so called “assault weapons.” Not only is every one of these alcohol abuse deaths entirely preventable, but no one would ever suggest that “alcohol control” be imposed.

Consider the very absurdity of the liberal argument when it is applied to its most final extent in the context of alcohol control. Imagine the public response to a law that required individuals to register for an alcohol consumption license and to be subjected to a comprehensive background check at every purchase.

It certainly goes without saying that high capacity drinks would necessarily be outlawed as well, as they allow for individuals to become intoxicated too rapidly without having to stop to reload their glass. Given the menace that guns are to our society and that alcohol causes nine times as many deaths, we simply cannot wait any longer for “commonsense reform” with alcohol. Congress must act now!

If a liberal reader has made it thus far, and has resisted the urge to tar and feather me, I humbly submit the example of the former Soviet Socialist Republic of Vermont as a counterpoint to their argument. Despite the presence of the most open gun laws in the country, making it nearly impossible to prevent others from hunting in my own backyard, I kid you not, crime is virtually unknown. The only exception of course was last summer when a disgruntled farmer ran over half of Orleans County’s police cruisers with his tractor, yet no calls have been made for restrictions on the purchase of John Deere tractors. Imagine that. While not suggesting that an absence of gun laws causes low violence rates, Vermont certainly demonstrates that gun liberties are compatible with low rates, much as the case of Chicago illustrates that even the harshest of gun laws are fruitless at preventing violent crime. Indeed, emotion has yielded to rationality on the issue of gun laws, as they prove astoundingly ineffective at their intended purpose, even when banning the ever-demonized “assault weapons.”

In light of the limited utility of such laws, the infringement on the Second Amendment is entirely unwarranted, as one should never needlessly forfeit their rights as citizens.

Perhaps most ironic is that the very factions of America that protested the potential violation of the Fourth Amendment for terrorists under the Patriot Act, now advocate vociferously for gun control that violates the Second Amendment rights of over 80 million law abiding gun owners. I must admit, I openly laugh at this.

Despite its ineffectiveness and the violation of civil liberties, gun control remains a foremost priority of Obama, who continues to resuscitate the lost cause amongst His followers. Notably it is now just the politicians who advance the cause, not the people. Indeed, just Monday, Air Force One landed in Bradley International, with I91 closed down during rush hour just so the puppet master could appear for his latest photo shoot in Hartford.

The Boeing 747 is an amazing machine, but it cannot achieve the political miracle Obama so frantically desires.

Ryan Giannotto is a staff columnist for The Heights. He can be reached at opinions@bcheights.com.

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Lacrosse grinds out close win

By Marly Morgus Asst. Sports Editor

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Johnny Gaudreau put off signing with the Calgary Flames in favor of returning to BC for a third season. Arnold, Hayes, and Matheson are also set to play another season for the Eagles.

Underclassmen set to return for another season

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Heights Senior Staff If he wanted to, Johnny Gaudreau could likely be making his NHL debut with the Calgary Flames next week.

After the sophomore forward led Boston College in scoring this year, the 2011 fourthround draft pick of the Flames had a decision to make—either to sign a professional contract or to come back to BC. On Monday, Gaudreau announced that he wants to be an Eagle for at least one more year, as he will return to Chestnut Hill to play out his junior season.

During this season, Gaudreau had been in touch monthly with a player advisor for Calgary, but talks picked up after the Eagles bowed out of the postseason. Gaudreau did a lot of consulting with his parents and advisor (who was talking directly with Calgary) about the decision, but ultimately it was up to him.

“Calgary, they weren’t really pushing either way, they said ‘whatever you feel is best for you. We’ll let you come in if you want and if you want to stay another year at BC, you can,’” Gaudreau said.

Gaudreau was under the impression that had he signed, he would have gone directly to Calgary to play with the Flames.

“My advisor said I’d be going right to Calgary and get a chance to play up there with their team for the rest of the season,” Gaudreau said. “But it’s a business out there.

You never know what’s going to happen if you end up going out there.”

The decision came down to three major factors: education, the chance to play with his brother Matthew, and one more shot at

playing for a national championship.

“I knew if I left early, it would be a lot harder to get my degree here from BC,” Gaudreau said. “I knew three years here would be a lot better than two years and I’d get a lot more classes done.“ Matthew Gaudreau will enroll at BC as a freshman next year, and Johnny couldn’t turn down the chance to play with his brother. The two have only played on the same team once, in high school when they reached the state championship before losing.

“We both committed here to play at Boston College together,” he said. “I really wanted to get a chance to play with him. He’s a really fun player to play with. We’re really close together, so I think it’ll be fun to be around him and be on the ice with him.”

Lastly, Gaudreau wasn’t happy with the way this season ended, and wanted another year to help bring his team back to the Frozen Four.

“It was pretty upsetting we didn’t get to go back to the Frozen Four,” Gaudreau said.

“I really wanted to get another chance to do that.”

Gaudreau will have some help around him trying to pursue that goal, as Bill Arnold, Kevin Hayes, and Michael Matheson will all be returning as well. Those three players had let Gaudreau know they’d be coming back, and that factored into his decision making process.

“They all told me pretty early that they were coming back, and I always gave them the idea that I was probably coming back,” Gaudreau said. “I didn’t know 100 percent what I was doing, but all them coming back was another big push for me to stay, because those guys are really talented. Getting to play

another year with them is just going to help us get even further next year.

Arnold, also property of the Flames, was named an assistant captain for BC last week, and has decided that he will not yet join the professional ranks.

Hayes will also be back for his senior year instead of signing with the Chicago Blackhawks, in part due to the season-ending injury he suffered in February. He likely could have signed with the Blackhawks following his junior year and joined them this summer, but a late-season injury gave him no other option but to stay at BC. Hayes will be rehabbing his leg injury over the next three months in order to be a force again for the Eagles next season.

Matheson, a draftee of the Florida Panthers last year, will play his sophomore year with the Eagles next season, returning on the blue line. His presence will lessen the blow of losing two senior defensemen in Pat Wey

and Patch Alber.

The Eagles had been in danger of potentially losing all six of their top scorers from the 2012-13 season, but will now be only losing two to graduation (Steven Whitney and Pat Mullane), as Gaudreau, Arnold, Matheson, and Hayes will all be back skating at Conte Forum next fall.

While he won’t be there with all of his teammates like last year, Gaudreau is leaving today for the Frozen Four in Pittsburgh, where he will attend Friday’s announcement of the Hobey Baker Award. He is one of three finalists, in addition to Quinnipiac goalie Eric Hartzell and St. Cloud State forward Drew LeBlanc.

“It’s going to be not as fun because you’re not there with your team in Pittsburgh,” Gaudreau said. “But it’s going to be a good experience and we’ll see how it plays out. I’m not really sure how it’ll go. It’s exciting with all this stuff coming around.” n

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The return of four underclassmen softens the blow of the departure of the class of 2013.

Riding the momentum of two big conference wins over the University of Virginia and Duke, the BC women’s lacrosse team traveled to Durham, N.H. on Wednesday to face the University of New Hampshire Catamounts. There, they met another close matchup — their second straight game decided by one goal — and triumphed once again when an overtime goal from Sarah Mannelly vaulted the Eagles past their opponents in a 10-9 finish.

Emily Mata started in goal for the Eagles and stayed in net for the Eagles for all 66 minutes of play, recording her seventh win of the season.

It was UNH who scored first, though the first offensive strike came late, more than 15 minutes into the first half. BC answered shortly thereafter with a goal from Kate McCarthy, but the Catamounts regained the lead just three minutes later.

Freshman Kara Magley managed to tie the game for one last time during the first half with her first career goal, but that was the last offensive impact for the Eagles of the half, and they finished the first frame of play under a 4-2 deficit.

UNH continued its unanswered streak with the first two goals of the second half, but it was then that McCarthy and the rest of the BC offense turned on. Three straight for the Eagles, two from McCarthy and one from Covie Stanwick, pulled the Eagles within one.

Sensing trouble, UNH’s top performer of the game, Jenny Simpson, scored two of her three goals in quick succession. A third unanswered strike from Amber Caslano found the back of the net putting a more comfortable cushion on the Catamount lead with just under nine minutes remaining to play.

This time, it was another high performing Eagle that made the first move toward a BC scoring run. Mannely scored two goals in the last nine minutes of the game, including one with just over a minute left, and efforts from McCarthy, whose fourth goal of the game set a new career high, and Stanwich helped her to bring the game to a tie at the end of regulation.

During the first half, the team recorded the same number of fouls, but as the urgency heightened for both teams, UNH felt the pressure and committed twice the number of violations that BC did in the second half, allowing the Eagles to take the scoring edge.

With three minutes remaining in the overtime period, Mannely struck again clinching the seventh win of the season for the Eagles.

The close decision was the third straight win for the Eagles, putting them over .500 in the ACC with a record of 3-2, 7-6 overall. n

Eight outstanding performances come from all over BC athletics A blur

Chris Grimaldi A legend On a night in Minneapolis during last December’s Mariucci Classic, men’s hockey head coach Jerry York placed a capstone atop a long list of accolades and accomplishments. A 5-2 victory over Alabama-Huntsville marked the 925th of his prolific coaching career, catapulting York over Ron Mason to capture college hockey’s all-time wins record. Away from the fanfare that would have ensued had the record been broken in Conte Forum—fanfare that a team-first York has always shied away from—BC’s legendary head coach treated the game simply as another step forward for the Eagles.

A fire A shot from behind the arc swishes effortlessly through the net. A ferocious drive to the rim ends with a strong finish. Both of these scenes were put on repeat during a first-round conference tournament game featuring BC and Georgia Tech. Yet the same culprit is responsible for single-handedly befuddling an entire defense and catching college basketball’s attention—freshman Olivier Hanlan. In a day for the record books, the point guard notched 41 points—the most ever by an ACC freshman—on 14-of-18 shooting and an astounding 10 three-balls. Hanlan’s scoring barrage, which included 12 straight field goals, kept BC’s season alive and solidified his role as a duel-threat catalyst for the program’s path back to prominence.

In a year marked by on-field disappointment for the BC football team, a quick-footed receiver sprinted past adversity and ACC defenses to etch his name in school history. With 78 receptions and 1210 yards, junior Alex Amidon came out of nowhere to tally two program records and play his way into discussion for a Biletnikoff Trophy nod. Perhaps Amidon’s star never shined brighter in 2012 than it did during the Eagles’ home matchup against Clemson last September.

With eight receptions for 193 yards and two touchdowns, the wideout brought a title-contending defense down to the wire in a 45-31 BC loss.

A triple threat Making her mark on the Heights as a sharpshooter from behind the arc, women’s basketball captain Kerri Shields made her way into the record books in a fitting fashion—by draining a 3-pointer.

The guard positioned herself as the program’s all-time three-point field goal record with 252 made attempts. It was no surprise that Shields notched her 1,000th career point against the Maryland Terrapin defense using her signature weapon of choice.

A thriller If any BC rookie has a true flare for the dramatic, it might very well be Derrick Boateng of the men’s soccer team.

The Eagles were faced with a three-game September losing streak as they squared off against the University of San Francisco at home. Deadlocked in a 1-1 tie in the last minute of a second overtime period, the freshman who earned the nickname of “Nana” received a pass from Charlie Rugg off of a turnover and sent a floating shot into the back of the net.

With 11 seconds left, the rookie had steered BC back on track with a “golden goal”—the first of his promising career.

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York’s record setting 925th win was among the top performances of the year. By the end of the season, that record was extended to 935.

A champion BC enjoyed its share of formidable athletic success on land, but few of its terrestrial feats can compare to the accolades that freshman sailor Erika Reineke earned on the water. This past November, Reineke captured the ICSA Women’s Singlehanded National Championship in California, as she outshined 17 other of college sailing’s top athletes.

A leader On Sept. 15, the women’s soccer team

captured a commanding 8-1 road victory over Harvard. Yet the match’s underlying significance rested on the shoulders of one soaring Eagle—senior midfielder Kristie Mewis. The BC veteran’s first career hat trick brought her past the school’s all-time record for points scored, marking another accomplishment that earned her recognition as a Hermann Trophy semifinalist.

Appearances thanks to prolific goal scoring. Considering her uncanny ability to maneuver past Hockey East defenses and dominate near the net, it was no surprise that Carpenter broke BC’s single-season point record at Providence with her 50th career goal and 64th point of the 2012-13 campaign.

A scorer In only two years at BC, Alex Carpenter has led the women’s hockey team to back-to-back Frozen Four

Chris Grimaldi is the Associate Sports Editor for The Heights. He can be reached at sports@bcheights. com.

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Standings

Baseball hosts NC State in a three game series on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Softball takes on Virginia Tech for a series of their own.

Women’s Tennis is at Wake Forest on Sunday. Women’s Lacrosse travels to Providence for a game at Brown on Sunday. The Masters are this weekend at Augusta National.

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Clemson swept baseball in three games. BU topped BC 3-1 in softball on Thursday. Women’s lacrosse pulled an upset over Duke 10-9.

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BY CHRIS GRIMALDI Assoc. Sports Editor

Taking the field against Massachusetts on the road, the Boston College baseball team looked to make a dent in the first round of the Beanpot tournament yesterday afternoon.

An offensive outburst during their first turn at-bat staked the Eagles to an early four-run lead, but pitching woes allowed the Minutemen to battle back and take control in an 11-6 BC defeat. The loss marked BC’s 26th in 32 games, while dashing any hope head coach Mike Gambino’s squad had for clinching their second two-game winning streak of the season.

After pounding Dartmouth pitchers for nine runs and 16 hits a day earlier, the Eagles picked up against UMass and starting pitcher Conor LeBlanc right where they’d left off.

Freshman Joe Cronin sparked the inning with a walk before advancing to second on a base knock from sophomore Blake Butera. A wild pitch advanced both runners into scoring position.

Senior captain Matt Pare’s groundout and captain Tom Bourdon’s bases-loaded fielder’s choice threatened to stall the Eagles’ rally, leaving freshman Logan Hoggarth to bat with three men on and two outs. The rookie outfielder ripped a two-run single to give BC an early ad-

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This weekend, the Hokies head north to meet BC in a three game series consisting of a double header on Saturday and a Sunday matinee. The Eagles had an ACC win over the University of Virginia last weekend, but it was their first of the season and they have dropped eight other games to conference foes. Virginia Tech has a better ACC record at 3-5, and has seen more success outside of the conference allowing them to maintain a record of 23-9. BC, on the other hand, has struggled so far this season with only nine wins compared to 22 losses. Both teams will be hoping to improve on their shaky ACC records moving into the later part of the season.

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Though the Eagles took an early lead, they failed to hold of the Minutemen’s advances. vantage before classmate Stephen Sauter plated another runner with an RBI base knock of his own. When the dust cleared, BC had tacked on another run off of a passed ball and took a 4-0 lead into the bottom of the frame.

Yet the Minutemen began to chip away at junior starting pitcher Matt Alvarez and the Eagles’ lead in the bottom of the second inning.

John Jennings drew a bases-loaded walk to put UMass on the scoreboard. Later in the inning with the bases still loaded, Vinny Scifo singled and Rich Graef walked to pull the home team to within one run of BC. The tenuous, two-run Eagle lead fell once and for all in the bottom of the fourth inning with BC freshman reliever Jesse Adams on the hill in place of Alvarez. UMass’s Adam Picard came through with a bases-loaded triple off of the centerfield fence after BC’s lefty surrendered a single and issued two walks.

Although the Minutemen pounced on

Adams to claim a 6-4 lead, their successful fourth inning was only a precursor to the damage they caused at the plate during the fifth inning. UMass efficiently tagged relievers Austin Solecitto and Nate Bayuk for five runs on five hits, as a Bryan Dionico two-run hit capped the onslaught and stretched the home team’s lead to seven runs.

After scratching away at UMass’s late-game advantage with a couple of runs, the Eagles mounted one more attempt at a comeback in the seventh inning. An RBI walk from Hoggarth left the bases loaded with BC down by five and the potential game-tying run in the on-deck circle. Yet UMass reliever Aaron Plunkett came in to record the final two outs and seal BC’s fate.

Gambino’s Eagles will have the opportunity to rebound on their home field from an early Beanpot exit, as they’ll host NC State in a weekend set starting on Friday. 

The Boston College baseball team was in desperate need of a win Tuesday afternoon. After losing a tight series to Clemson last week, the Eagles soundly defeated the Dartmouth Big Green 95, becoming the first non-conference foe to beat Dartmouth at home since 2008.

BC’s victor y demonstrated consistent offensive baseball. The Eagles scored in every inning except for the first and the ninth. Senior Matt Pare led the team, batting 3-for-4, earning an RBI and a run, in addition to being struck by two pitches. Sophomore Blake Butera and Gabriel Hernandez both surpassed their season averages, batting 3-for-6 and 2-for-5, respectively.

One of many encouraging outcomes of Tuesday’s game was freshman righthander John Nicklas earning his first collegiate win. Nicklas tallied the win in two innings of relief, allowing only one run on one hit, while fanning one Dartmouth batter.

The Eagles began their steady flow of offense in the second inning when Hernandez snuck a line drive past the outstretched Dartmouth third baseman, allowing freshman Logan Hoggarth to score from second base. After allowing one run in the third and fourth inning,

Dartmouth responded with three runs on five hits, tying the game in the bottom of the fourth.

The young Eagles were never phased

by Dartmouth’s surges, always finding ways to score. In the top of the fifth, BC regained its three-run lead with contributions from freshmen and seniors.

Freshman first baseman Stephan Sauter singled to center and senior Matt McGovern used a keen eye to draw a walk.

Freshman Gabriel Hernandez delivered at the plate again, driving in both with a double to right field. Freshman Joe Cronin then snuck a hit through Dartmoth’s right side to score Hernandez.

Never ceasing, BC added another run in the sixth as junior infielder John Hennessy scored on Sauter’s single just inside the left-field line. The Eagles exhibited solid defense but they were not able to slow down Dartmouth infielder Matt Parisi. Parisi earned an RBI with a triple in the bottom of the sixth, giving the Big Green their fourth run.

In the top of the eighth inning, senior Matt McGovern all but sealed the game with his first home run of the 2013 season, giving BC their ninth and final run. In the final half inning, sophomore right-hander John Gorman allowed a solo homer to the persistent Matt Parisi, but Gorman collected himself and stymied any chance of a Dartmouth comeback. 

Minutewomen slide past Eagles in Shea Field home opener

BY MARLY MORGUS Asst. Sports Editor

As soon as the ball was hit , C J Chirichigno took off running toward the left side of the field into foul territory, her arm extended. As a final effort as the ball was about to drop, she laid out, stretching as far as she could only to have the ball fall just past the tip of her glove, failing to secure what would have been a spectacular catch.

This was the story of the day in the Eagles’ home opener on Tuesday against the University of Massachusetts Minutewomen. Despite significant efforts, the team would fail to capitalize on the opportunities that presented themselves and they fell short to steady Massachusetts play in a 7-4 loss.

BC started the game on defense with Stephanie Lord taking the mound for her third straight start. The Minutewomen started off strong on offense, however, posting six hits and three runs before the end of the second inning and ending Lord’s time on the mound.

On the offensive end, BC was quick to respond to the Massachusetts threerun effort in the top of the second with a run of their own in the bottom of the same inning.

When UMass retired the side, the Eagles came back out for the top of the third with a new pitcher, Chelsea Dimon, on the mound. With a shaky start, Dimon walked the first three batters and later hit a batter with a pitch, forcing in UMass’s only run of the inning.

Head coach Ashley Obrest knows how frustration of not hitting the zone

can weigh on a player, but she stayed positive with her team.

“We had a couple long innings, just our pitchers struggling with hitting their spots,” she said, “but we just have to be mentally tough. We just have to relax and just trust how we throw certain pitches and what spots we throw to.”

The bottom of the third brought better fortune for the Eagles as both Megan Cooley and Chirichigno scored, but their offensive effort was not enough to overtake the Minutewomen who finished the inning with a one run lead.

The top of the fourth saw more pitching difficulties as Dimon struggled to find the strike zone and allowed two runs without a single hit. There were bright spots on the defensive end for the Eagles, though, as they retired the side with a strike out and then smooth fielding for the final two outs.

The bottom of the fourth saw the last offensive impact from BC in the form of a single run homerun by Jessie Daulton that soared out over the left field wall.

Hers was the only hit of the inning that ended with a 6-4 UMass lead.

The next three innings saw a total of only five hits from both teams, as Dimon and the UMass pitcher Caroline Raymond, who pitched the entire game, battled on the mound against swirling wind and determined batters. Both teams’ defenses managed to read the wind and only one more run was scored in the final three innings in the top of the sixth, off of the Minutewomen’s first hit since the second inning that left the final decision at 7-4.

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day when they headed north to Hanover, NH for what was supposed to be a double header against the Dartmouth Big Green.

Though the second game of the day was canceled, BC made a statement in the first outing with an explosion of offense that earned a 19-6 win in five innings as the eight run mercy rule was enacted.

The win was a true team effort with each of the nine players in the lineup recording at least one RBI. Among the greatest performers was Maria Pandolfo,

who batted in five and went 3-3 on the day. Alana Dimaso also stepped up with three hits and two RBI’s.

Dimon pitched all five innings for BC and allowed nine hits and four home runs. She also contributed on the offensive end with a home run in the third inning.

This commanding win was a quick change of tone for the Eagles as they head into one more regional match against Maine today then a competitive AC series against Clemson this weekend. 

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Obrest was sure to comment on the positives of the game, taking an attitude that every outing has something to take away from it.

“We got so many runners on base,” she said. “We just didn’t come away in clutch situations, and that hurt us a little.”

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jerry york The legendary BC hockey coach set the all-time career wins record against AlabamaHunstville in December, surpassing Ron Mason’s 924 wins. He finished the season at 935.

Receiving yards on 78 catches

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A model of consistency, Amidon hauled in 78 catches for 1,210 yards last fall, both of which broke school records.

Against No. 17 Clemson, Amidon had two touchdowns and 193 yards.

Hanlan hit his last 12 shots, including eight 3-pointers, in the opening round game of the ACC tournament against Georgia Tech for a freshman record 41 points.

Erika Reineke

Following in the footsteps of three-time champion Annie Haegar, freshman Erika Reineke brought home BC sailing’s fourth Women’s Single-Handed Title, and 12th national championship.

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Shields capped her senior year by notching 1,067 career points, 756 of which came behind the arc. She led BC to a victory over UVA in the ACC Tournament with a 16 point effort.

Kristie Mewis Mewis finished her career as an Eagle with the all-time BC record for both points and goals. Her team highlighted the season by defeating No. 1 Florida State 3-2 at home.

Nana Boateng With less than 30 seconds left against USF, Boateng scored a golden goal earning an overtime win for BC. The freshman was second on the team in 2012 with nine points.

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The sophomore forward totaled the most singleseason points in BC history in 2012-13 with 32 goals and 38 assists, and helped spark the Eagles to another Frozen Four appearance.

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How to be SCENE AND HEARD an artist

BY: BERNADETTE DERON

JOHN WILEY I don’t know how to be an artist.

To be clear, I can’t even quite say what it means to be one—I’d like to blame primary school for that. From kindergarten up, my education only committed itself to loose talk of vocation. It likely began with the class sitting on a carpet—as most good stories do in kindergarten—and a teacher shuffling through a deck of flashcards, holding up a colorful assortment of pictures to the sea of disinterested booger-eaters. And included in that deck was a doctor in a long white coat, a firefighter in a dapper red hat, a businessman in a black suit, a teacher with an apple, so on and so forth.

The deck was unimaginative, crude and casually laced with nearly every stereotype those five-year-olds would later come to know. And yet, it was the only glimpse of the future a formal education would afford that class, and I dare say most people never leave that carpet. Most people never look away from those cards. Perhaps if someone warned us then we’d be playing with that deck for the rest of our lives, we would have asked a couple questions.

Somewhere in that deck was the artist—likely a mustachioed Frenchman, wearing a black beret, striped shirt, holding a paintbrush, standing in front of an easel. This character held no great command over the others. He was not exalted, and he was not cast out—only later would we be told that the artist fell into a special category of “hypothetical” careers, that there’s more chance of finding Sasquatch than a well-paid artist in Manhattan, that the actors, writers, and artistic figures intimately made a part of us were in truth apart from us all along.

And it would seem the story ends here. We aren’t artists, however hard we try. We leave beside our high school musicals, our foolish artistic ambition, our misshapen hopes of grandeur. We move into the real world. We buy big person clothes, and get the fun job of finally picking out one of those cards for ourselves. We play doctor. We play fireman. We play businessman. We play teacher. For the rest of our youthful lives, we commit ourselves to the game, until story time is over and nap time begins, or as working people call it, retirement. It isn’t an especially happy story. It isn’t an especially sad one, but it does get us from point A to point B, and that’s what a story is supposed to do after all, right?

I don’t know how to be an artist.

To be clear, I can’t even quite say what it means to be one. But it seems to me the first step in becoming an artist is to stop trying to be an artist, at least what you believe an artist to be. Intuition tells us that painters, dancers, directors, photographers, actors, architects, writers, and musicians are all artists, simply for reason that it’s difficult to imagine these careers without an artistic flare. But they are careers nonetheless, and a career is a path from point A to point B. A career cannot promise anything better—it can only promise something different.

Art promises something better.

Artists don’t move from point A to B. To commit art is to commit fraud, to cheat a person of the world they knew that morning. For this reason, there can be dull painters and artistic accountants, lifeless dancers and vibrant doctors. An artistic existence certainly isn’t limiting. The artist never belongs in a deck, and neither do we.

We begin to meaningfully speak of vocation when we stop thinking strictly of careers. This has two immediate implications—having a job doesn’t fulfill anyone and not having a job doesn’t fulfill anyone. The venture capitalist and alleged starving artist are not staked against each other, but in fact suffer the same deficiency if their career or lack thereof serves purely as distraction—going somewhere and going nowhere are equally meaningless to a man who can’t enjoy where he is.

We become artists when we stop moving from A to B, and instead move from A to A, returning to where we started knowing something different.

I don’t know how to be an artist.

John Wiley is the Asst. Arts & Review Editor for The Heights. He can be reached at arts@bcheights.com.

1. RUSSELL BRANDS THATCHER

Another famous Brit has commented about the death of Margaret Thatcher. Russell Brand expressed that “You could never call Margaret ‘Mother’ by mistake; for a national matriarch, she was oddly unmaternal. I always felt a bit sorry for her biological children Mark and Carol, wondering from whom they would get their cuddles,” in an article in the Huffington Post. Brand went on to say that there are some who are sad by her loss, namely the rich that got richer under her office.

2. RAY J’S REVENGE Ray J really doesn’t have much going on right now.

He doesn’t have a show, not much is left of his former music career, and he has no girl. So what else is a celeb seeking attention to do? Release a single about how he was with Kim before Kanye.

That’s right, folks, “I Hit It First” is Ray J’s anything but subtle new track. The album artwork even features a pixelated photo of Kardashian. Is this what D-list celebs have to resort to—really?

4. SNL HITS THE TARGET

Saturday Night Live has been on the weak end of nighttime entertainment nowadays, but they finally got it right when Melissa McCarthy hosted this past weekend. Their “Coach Sheila Kelly” skit makes former Rutgers basketball coach Mike Rice look like a softie—and it was nothing short of perfection. In the skit “Coach Kelly” throws a toaster at one of her players, and when asked why she states, “When someone blows by you you’re toast. And when you’re toast, you get hit with a toaster.” Genius.

3. RUBIO’S BEYONCE BEEF

Who runs the world? Jay-Z and Beyonce. Well, they don’t technically run the world, but this dynamic duo has enough power to stir the emotions of GOP Senator Marco Rubio. As photos surfaced of Jay-Z and Bey on vacation in Cuba, Rubio has demanded that the POTUS himself give an explanation. Rubio claims that tourists have been abusing Obama’s “People to people” cultural exchange program, and that they don’t care about Cuban peoples’ freedom. The couple has yet to comment.

5. JUSTIN & JESSICA TAKE D.C.

Jessica Biel and hubby Justin Timberlake pay a visit to the White House for an interactive student workshop “Soulsville, USA: The History of Memphis Soul,” which was hosted by Michelle Obama in the State Dining Room. Since JT is a Memphis native, naturally he was there. Meanwhile, Biel was clearly having the time of her life as she tweeted, “I hugged POTUS. I hugged POTUS. I hugged POTUS.” Again for the people in the back, Jessica: what did you do?

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‘Accidental Racist,’ a new collaboration between Brad Paisley and LL Cool J, is an awkward and mediocre attempt to talk about race issues.

Paisley’s accidentally awful new song MATT MAZZARI One note before I begin: it’s been brought to my attention that my column has a reader. This revelation has done a major number on my mental health. You can’t imagine my surprise upon learning that, rather than my aimless rants about music being printed directly into the unforgiving void, I’ve actually been ranting at someone!

Who knows, maybe even two people! I feel as if I should apologize. That said, you totally bring this on yourself. You lovely human being(s), you.

Ahem. Alright, now let’s deftly segue into the intriguing problem country star Brad Paisley encountered upon the release of his latest album, Wheelhouse. The troublesome track was “Accidental Racist (feat. LL Cool J),” which opened a whole new barrel of worms for the “Southern pride” heavy country-genre by grappling with its less-than-stellar track record for political correctness.

Not a can of worms: a barrel. I meant what I said, reader.

Anyway, the song moves at a ballad tempo, as Brad Paisley flounders to explain why he isn’t a bigot for wearing a Lynyrd Skynyrd shirt boasting the Confederate flag.

It starts off as an address to the “man that waited on [him] in the Starbucks” and then transitions to a dialogue between Paisley and Cool J. The rapper/actor confronts “Dear Mr. White Man” with random Civil War trivia before finally deciding, “If you don’t judge my gold chains, I’ll forget the iron chains.” The “Ebony and Ivory” of our

generation then crescendos into a final refrain where Paisley mentions, yet again, how he can’t help being a “white man from the southland” as LL Cool J provides intermittent commentary with his trademark lukewarm delivery.

Are we all nice and uncomfortable now?

Fabulous.

Frankly, the lyrics themselves aren’t that offensive, though they tend to hang rather on the tactless side. The real “controversy” should be just how badly this song sucks.

The rhythm drags, the guitar work is lame, and the lyrics are cheesy to the point of chronic constipation. That said, Paisley brings up a note-worthy issue regarding the racially polarizing effect of country-pop.

Though I question his phrasing, I respect that he feels the need to protest the “white trash” label he and his country colleagues are frequently slapped with by the mainstream. As the song not-so-delicately points out, many Americans associate the self-described “Southern Rebel” with the intensely undesirable worldview that still refers to the Civil War as the “War of Northern Aggression.” For instance, the Nashville country group Lady Antebellum has been criticized for its un-ironic name, which hails to the “Antebellum Period” in the South where slavery was still very much a thing. Like the hapless Paisley being shunned for the “red flag” on his shirt, country artists suffer several preconceived notions about their opinions that may be plain untrue.

Can we demand that country-pop artists tone it down on the Southern pride? Is that even fair to do? It’s highly dubious that the overwhelmingly Caucasian fan-base

would change very dramatically if country was more PC. Country listeners are one of the most loyal music demographics in America, with over 25 percent claiming they listen to country and nothing else.

When your foundation is that hard-fast, your best bet is just to keep with the formula, which country singers thus far certainly have. Yankees often joke that the only topics in country songs are booze, women, and being from the South, but it isn’t really a joke: Southern pride is a staple for country just like gangster-dom is a staple for hard rap, wobble-bass is a staple for dubstep, and desperation is a staple of that guy at the party playing acoustic guitar.

There’s one issue in question, however, where I will take a stand: Brad, please don’t wear your Confederate flag to the Starbucks anymore. We aren’t saying you can’t be proud of where you’re from, but to people all over the country, that flag symbolizes a pro-slavery agenda. Seriously, you can look it up. The reason that flag exists is because the South in 1860 tried to form its own nation rather than renounce a state’s “right” to buy and sell black people. That is a mega no-no, dude.

I’ll also say that, before we get to dissecting, projecting, or disaffecting an artist’s sociopolitical agenda, the primary concern should always be whether or not their music is any good. Because, like racism, mediocre music just sucks.

Matt Mazzari is a staff columnist for The Heights. He can be reached at arts@bcheights.com.

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“Spring is such a tease. Thank God it’s here . . for now.”

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“If you have to think about your outfit for too long, it’s probably not the outfit you want to wear. Nice outfits are chosen in a few seconds.”

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“Spring, I think you should wear brighter colors, because obviously it’s lighter out— flowers and things like that.”

What do I have to say about my shoes? They make me happy.”

Good Day, Sunshine “I

think the sunshine makes everybody’s days much better,” said Rainey Kelly, CSOM ’16, as she laid on the Stokes Lawn, sprawled out in a whimsical blue sundress covered with seashells and mermaids. Tuesday marked the first “true” day of spring as far as fashion is concerned—or “Skirt Day” as some affectionately call it. It was a daylong armistice between Boston College wardrobes and Boston skies, an agreement exchanging brutal winds for high-

Visit The Heights’ Facebook page for more Spring fashion. minded fashion. By the next morning, the Chestnut Hill campus sank back into a drizzly stupor. Wednesday was a pounding hangover of raincoats and yoga pants. But that first day of spring would play on repeat in our heads.

On Tuesday, I set out with a camera and a recorder, on an attempt to capture the ever-elusive face of BC. I took the common notion of a campus content with conformity, and pushed it aside for a day. What I

discovered in its place was a campus genuinely concerned with expression, certainly not without a general sense of what springtime at BC should look like—pastels and floral prints seemed the day’s stylistic mantra. At the end of the day, I captured no single face of BC. Rather I captured many, all commonly joyful, but proudly different. I found myself in the midst of a celebration, a campus trapped in the magic, caught in an endless day of spring. — John{Wiley

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A French surrealist masterpiece of youthful misadventures Roger TITLE: A Town Called Panic YEAR: 2009 DIRECTED BY: Stephane Aubier STARRING: Stephane Aubier WHY: Colorful and playful, A Town Called Panic is a French foreign film that is both witty and entertaining.

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Too many people pass up a great foreign film out of fear that reading will ruin the cinematic adventure. The perfect remedy? A Town Called Panic, a 2009 French film that features stop-motion animation, an hour and 15-minute run time and some of the best absurdist exposition since the golden days of ’90s cartoons.

Following the misadventures of Indian, Cowboy, and Horse, the film does not hold back on its absurd nature and it delivers nonsense throughout its witty dialogue and colorful storyline. Wishing only to provide Horse with the best birthday present they can think of on a moment’s notice, Indian and Cowboy land the three of them at all ends of the world trying to reclaim their stolen house from a band of underwater critters.

All the while, Horse only wishes to have a date with his piano teacher and new-found girlfriend, Madame Longree, and is foiled, time and again.

The movie is a visual playground, with toys and clay standing in as the characters and set. The stop-motion animation is flawlessly done and only serves to add to the silly nature of the film. Conversations and story alike are hysterical, and never once does any of it make sense but it doesn’t matter anyhow. So … What’s your excuse now? 

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Sophisticated 1960s style in ‘Mad Men’ Bold and classic, vintage fashion influenced by AMC’s drama

TAYLOR CAVALLO I anticipated April 7 quite eagerly. No, not because I particularly love the first Sunday in April, but because of the Mad Men season six premiere on AMC. I am crazy for the show, and have been since I watched all four seasons during a four-week period during the summer after my sophomore year, when I believed that it was okay to occasionally opt out of beach days, as the drama between Don and Betty was much more important. I still stand firmly by this belief.

What I love about Mad Men, other than its amazing writing and character development, is the fact that each episode is, quite simply, a work of art—a 45-minute film. The cinematography is striking, but one of the most prominent features of the show’s aesthetics is, obviously, the fashion. It’s hard not to long for the sophistication of ’60s style while being immersed in each episode’s twisted and intriguing plot. While the fashion statements are secondary, they are very necessary, creative expressions of each character and the decade in which they live.

Mad Men fashion has been another way to market the show in an interesting way. As viewers have certainly not let the beautiful fashion go unnoticed, it’s been another outlet for AMC to construct another facet of a fan base for the show. Banana Republic released a Mad Men collection for their Spring 2013 season that was wildly successful. The collection gave the shift dresses, bold, psychedelic prints, and sexy, curve-hugging silhouettes a modern twist, but it also remained true to the generational ethos that the clothes were trying to embody, and fans of both the show and the store loved it.

While I’m not in any way saying that we should revert back to this level of commitment to fashion, it’s an undeniable appeal to the show for a lot of viewers. To put it plainly, it’s interesting to see what the characters on the show wear each week—it’s like looking into a time capsule of how men and women in our country used to look.

The feminist movement going on during

the late ’60s and early ’70s was great. I’m extremely thankful that they made it acceptable for women to wear whatever they want, and hey, even those gals without bras during the time were doin’ their thing. I’m all for it. But there is something undeniably alluring about the fashions that Don and Betty sport that hypnotizes me (Betty doesn’t really ever get the no-bra, unshaven armpits memo). Imagine wearing a sundress and heels every single day, with a face full of perfect makeup, while cooking dinner.

For the men out there, imagine wearing a suit and tie to any event, no matter how casual. While of course there is a certain amount of restriction implicit in this cultural standard that demands people to constantly look their best, there is also something special about it. It’s almost as if every day, every occasion, demands the best.

In my mind, the fashion icons of the show are Betty (pre-season five), Joan, and Megan, each of them representing a different aspect of fashion during this time. Betty, the show’s loving yet tragic housewife for four seasons, sported simple yet classy housedresses, bright sundresses, and evening gowns. Betty embodies a true woman of the ’60s, yet in many ways she is the woman of that decade who is stuck in the more simple ’50s past.

Joan is everyone’s favorite curvaceous redhead and a woman in the workplace. In the first five seasons, she struggled to be taken more seriously in the office, and clearly her ridiculous good looks get in the way of that. Her clothes still allow her beautiful body to shine through—however, her dresses and skirts are by no means scandalous. Her striking, solid colors, namely forest green, bright lipstick red, and sunflower yellow, are reflective of her bold personality.

And then of course there’s Megan. While I struggle with her constantly, (as I hate her character) she is bringing the youthful fashion back into the show and by the end of season five was slowly pushing us forward into the ’70s and all its fashion glory. Even though there has only been one episode so far this season, the influence of the new decade is already evident in Megan’s new colorful printed sheer bathing suit color, and of course, Pete Campbell’s sideburns.

I’m sorry for all you Peggy fans out there— she has no style.

Can’t wait to see what the ’70s has in store for us and the Mad Men crew.

Taylor Cavallo is a columnist for The Heights.

She can be reached at arts@bcheights.com.

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Entertaining not only for its suspenseful plot, ‘Mad Men’ is appealing also for its characterized display of authentic ’60s fashion trends. Whether it’s a clean suit and tie for men, or a bright, floral dress and red lips for women, ‘Mad Men’ reflects fashion standards of elegance and simplicity.

THIS WEEKEND in arts

BY: DAN SIERING | HEIGHTS SENIOR STAFF

Friday

Saturday

1. IRISH DANCE CLUB’S “STRIDE” (FRIDAY, 4/12 7:00PM)

3. MY MOTHER’S FLEABAG SPRING SHOW (FRIDAY 4/12, 8:00PM; SATURDAY 4/13, 7:00 & 10:00PM)

Fresh after ALC Showdown, Boston College’s Irish Dance Club hits the Robsham Theater this Friday with their 6th annual spring performance. The show, which also features campus dance groups F.I.S.T.S. and Masti, portrays the club’s combination of classic Irish step dance and modern musical numbers.

Tickets are $10 through the Robsham Box office.

2. MUSE CONCERT (FRIDAY, 4/12 7:30PM) The English trio makes a stop in Boston during their world tour this weekend. Promoting their sixth studio album The 2nd Law, the infamous electro-pop band will display its distinct sound and pyrotechnics at the TD Garden. Tickets are still on sale through the TD Garden website.

BC’s oldest comedy group has its annual spring show in the O’Connell House this weekend. Each of the three performances of the show, titled “Birds of Pray,” are free for admission so make sure to get there early to ensure yourself a good view of the entertainment.

Sunday

4. 42 (SUNDAY, 4/12 ONGOING) The much-anticipated Jackie Robinson biopic, written and directed by Brian Helgeland, opens nationwide Friday. Starring newcomer Chadwick Boseman and classic vet Harrison Ford, the film tells the story of the professional athlete’s perilous feat of breaking the color barrier in major league baseball. 42 will be playing at both the Regal Fenway and Loews Common theaters throughout the weekend.

5. PLEXAPALOOZA (SUNDAY 4/14, 9:00PM)

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Headlined by Bingo Players, the annual spring dance party lands smack dab in the middle of Marathon weekend this year, as the Dutch electro duo will take over the Plex this Sunday night. Tickets are $22 through the Robsham box office website.

Ebert’s life at the movies

SEAN KEELEY The news overwhelmed Twitter last Thursday afternoon with the sudden force of a tidal wave: Roger Ebert, the beloved film critic, was dead at 70. For his many fans and followers, the news was almost impossible to believe, for Ebert seemed like a man who could weather any storm that came his way. Diagnosed with cancer in 2002, he underwent several botched surgeries in 2006 that cost him his lower jaw as well as the ability to eat, drink, and speak.

Two days before his death, Ebert announced that new health troubles would necessitate a reduced workload, or as he called it, a “leave of presence.” But there was no sense that he would retire because of his health woes—the post spoke of future plans, including a new web site and the return of his TV show. His sign-off? “I’ll see you at the movies.”

The following week’s ongoing outpouring of grief—from filmmakers, critics, celebrities, and even President Barack Obama—testifies to Ebert’s unique stature. Quite simply, there has never been a more well-known and beloved film critic, and there probably never will be. Ebert attained a national audience through his TV show with Gene Siskel, bringing the world of criticism to the entire country. The show was famous (and often criticized) for its “thumbs up/thumbs down” verdicts, but those simple judgments were never what mattered.

It was all about the debate, the ideas sparked between Ebert and Siskel, and the way they brought a national spotlight to overlooked movies. Even after the TV show ended and Ebert lost his voice, he found a new one online.

With his blog and Twitter account, he reached out to a whole new generation, disseminating his writing about movies, politics, science, and, as his memoir put it, life itself. The man was nothing if not versatile.

Ebert left behind many legacies: he was the first film critic to win the Pulitzer, the first to bring criticism to TV, and a pioneer in the use of blogs, Twitter, and social media to spread his love of movies. Yet all these prestigious accomplishments obscure Ebert’s true gift: his ability to penetrate to the emotional core of movies, revealing them as reflections of the world around him. When Ebert wrote about movies, he was really writing about life.

I discovered this for myself when I received a copy of his book The Great Movies on Christmas Day 2008. Inspired by Ebert’s prose, I made it a goal to see every movie in that book—all 100 of them—by the end of 2009.

While revisiting classics like Star Wars and Citizen Kane, I was also exposed to the 1919 silent drama Broken Blossoms, the Apu Trilogy from India, and The Decalogue, a 10-part Polish series inspired by the 10 Commandments.

Ebert’s gift lay in his ability to reveal such initially foreign, forbidding films as inviting, vibrant, living works of art. That’s not to say he limited himself to so-called “art” films—he could write eloquently about The Seventh Seal and Groundhog Day and see greatness in both.

His writing—concise and conversational but never condescending—provided me the perfect entry into a whole new world of cinema.

His writing was also a treasure in itself, because he poured so much of his own experience into it. Reviewing Synecdoche, New York and The Tree of Life—two eccentric and divisive films which he unapologetically championed—he channeled his own experience growing up as a child in the Midwest, his own philosophical musings, his own lifelong curiosity about the way the world works. Ebert once stated, in a formulation of characteristic eloquence, “We live in a box of space and time.

Movies are windows in its walls.” He spent his life opening those windows to the world.

One such window, one that I thought of as soon as I heard of Ebert’s death, was Ikiru, a 1952 Japanese film I may never have encountered without his guidance. The movie focuses on Watanabe, a depressed, lonely government bureaucrat who attempts to do something meaningful with his life before his cancer claims him. His ultimate gift to the world is cleaning up a local dumpsite and turning it into a park for children—a small gesture, perhaps, but one that takes on enormous importance for him. The night before his death, Watanabe is seen in the park on a snowy night—smiling and singing and gently going back and forth on a swing set, finally at peace with his place in the world.

Considering the film in 1996, six years before his own battle with cancer began, Ebert wrote, “The older I get, the less Watanabe seems like a pathetic old man, and the more he seems like every one of us.” It’s a typical Ebert statement: generous and insightful and idealistic, encouraging viewers to believe that movies could be more than just temporary distractions—they could be profound reflections of the world we live in. Spreading that message was Ebert’s life work. I like to imagine that he is in his own snowy park somewhere, swaying and singing and smiling, content in the knowledge that he succeeded.

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

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‘Overgrown’ haunts with poetic and musical complexity

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BY AUSTIN TEDESCO Heights Editor There has to be a better way to time these things.

The beautiful spring weather is here, beckoning people outside into its warm graces, and all James Blake wants to do is suck everyone back into his wintry abyss. On his new album Overgrown, Blake shakes and stirs through his expansive, unique form of dubstep for 10 incredible tracks. He entrances the listener, disguising his heavy and emotional heart behind dubiously catchy beats.

It’s this creative distance that makes Overgrown so good.

Left alone, Blake’s lyrics can stand as minimalist poems, but the words carry even more effect as he repeats the lines, contorting his execution through layered synth and electronics. It builds and then it falls and it builds again.

On “Life Round Here,” Blake laments that he’s waited too long to pursue his love, and now he’s back at square one. He drives this point home by encapsulating the song in a chronic circle of repeated drops that pick up as the song goes on. He doesn’t need more than a few lines, which he creatively finds different ways to show how he has come all the way back to where he started.

His real strength as a producer shows on “Take A Fall For Me.” RZA carries the song, but Blake caters the

background perfectly to RZA’s voice and flow. More hip-hop artists are going to hop on the James Blake train, as he allows his counterpart to shine.

It’s a level of rapping that couldn’t be achieved with a typical rap beat. In a way, Blake is on one side using his production as a challenge to RZA, asking the hip-hop legend to answer in a way he’s not used to. This brings out the best in both of them. Blake carries a steady influence of R&B throughout Overgrown, but he turns it into a majestic and solemn version of the genre.

Blake doesn’t need any help to succeed himself, though. The lead single, “Retrograde,” is a swirling masterpiece. Blake withholds any serious emoting throughout most of the album by his own voice, allowing his production technique to handle the highs and lows itself, but he breaks character on “Retrograde.”

As he sings, “Suddenly I’m hit,” the beat kicks in further and he belts out the final words, allowing his voice to sway and rock.

The album carries an overarching theme of lost love from start to finish. Blake’s short and sweet lyrical composition doesn’t allow the whole story to develop fully, but that strengthens the album’s effect.

Each song stands on its own while also contributing to a larger, abstract form. It’s easy to lose track of when one song ends and another begins, as Blake filters in and out so smoothly.

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With its poetic lyrics and hip-hop influences, James Blake’s ‘Overgrown’ is a solid follow-up to his 2011 debut.

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He sucks the listener in to a love that ran away or a love that never really was.

On the final song, “Our Love Comes Back,” Blake describes his dreams of having this love come back. There is a haunting final two minutes as he simply repeats, “Our love comes back in the middle of the night,” and then, after six repetitions, eventually trails off—allowing the

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album to end.

While the rest of electronic music is busy having as much fun as possible, Blake is using the medium to share entirely different emotions, and he does it beautifully. He brings in a member of the Wu-Tang clan and gets him to riff two incredibly vulnerable verses about how much a woman means to him.

There’s a time and a place for the

electronic party anthems, but those can’t be found here. Blake has even scraped away the lighter innocence found on his first, self-titled album.

Overgrown is both heavier and more complex in theme and execution, but Blake pulls it off with his production talent and his sincere delivery. The sun may be shining outside, but James Blake just wants you to step into his world and escape. 

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Paramore struggles with a new identity on self-titled album

BY BRENNAN CARLEY Heights Senior Staff

We live in a world populated by bands that exist as mere shells of their former selves. Guns N’ Roses is now the Axl Rose Experience, the Smashing Pumpkins essentially boils down to Billy Corgan and whoever isn’t pissing

him off at the moment, and now, poppunk early aught-staple Paramore is merely lead singer Hayley Williams with the help of the newly recruited Jeremy Davis and Taylor York.

Having hobbled along subsisting on one-off Twilight and Transformers soundtrack singles and the occasional award-show red carpet appearance,

Paramore emerges relatively unscathed from its awkward transitional phase.

Produced by longtime Beck and M83 collaborator Justin Meldal-Johson, Paramore is an experiment in reinvention. Chalk the improvement up to the effusive Williams, whose vocals have never been this pleasing to the ear.

Think of her fourth album sonic trans-

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One of this year’s several anticipated pop-punk comebacks, Paramore finds themselves lacking musical cohesion.

formation as that of a more jaded Best Coast, poppy and instantly recognizable while still maintaining its elusive distance from longtime listeners.

It’s an album packed with potential, and with potential singles as well, especially disc opener “Fast In My Car,” a song that sounds exactly like you think it might but still manages to trump fellow driving songs like Rihanna’s insipid “Shut Up and Drive” or Train’s bland “Drive By.” More often than not, Paramore’s rock roots find themselves twirled around of-the-moment electronic intonations, a surefire sign of a heavy-handed label. This isn’t the band’s sound, no matter how much change has occurred behind the scenes—it’s a step backward, using pop power as a crutch rather than a launch pad. Songs like “Daydreaming” and the simple, gorgeous, “Last Hope” manage to shake those constraints adeptly, proving that the band is capable of something more flexible than four-onthe-floor manufacturing.

There are, it should be noted, some serious snoozers littered throughout the album, signifying a lack of clarity and direction in an effort that easily could and should have been shortened by four or five tracks. “Grow Up” is a one-note Maroon 5 b-side that

should’ve been scrapped and offered to whatever the next High School Musical the Disney Channel is currently concocting. On “Ain’t It Fun,” Williams’ chorus tries to break out of a song otherwise muddled by dull bridges and otherwise uninspired refrains.

The interludes: oh the interludes, the three album-halting, brief displays of ukulele-laden “quirky,” just playing around, anything-can-happen-inthe-studio trifles that scream label interference. It’s easy to imagine a Fueled by Ramen exec pulling his hair out at a lack of musical cohesion on the album and demanding some interludes to cluster sets of songs—loosely—by theme. It doesn’t work, and it insults an audience by supposing that listeners are too dumb to sort their own way through an LP’s intricacies.

Lyrically, Paramore doesn’t offer anything hefty to write home about.

Williams certainly lashes out at her former bandmates through songs like the first single “Now,” demanding of her target, “don’t try to take this from me / don’t try to take this from me now.” There are glimmers of a literary evolution on certain songs—indeed, Williams herself has always had a quick tongue, bending lyrics around a chorus, bending her tracks to the whims of

whirly vocal inflections and rat-tat delivery. “What once was blazing light / now there’s a tiny spark,” the ravenhaired singer muses on showstopper “Part II,” a complex and oh-too-brief snippet of a Paramore that easily could have been on this reinvention effort. It shows flashes of the Strokes, snippets of the Police, hell, even some Bruno Mars realness on its chorus, and it’s destined to be overlooked by radio in favor of the more “approachable” (read: dumbed down) songs. Don’t ignore it.

As a culture, we need more “Part II” and less Katy Perry copycat “Still Into You” coming from our ear buds.

There’s something to be said about this year’s surprising and not particularly desired comeback of pop-punk acts like Paramore, Fall Out Boy, and to some degree, Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Ten years ago saw the thriving of acts like Eminem, the Dixie Chicks, and other like-minded “angry” acts who tried to buck the system. Bands like Paramore and Fall Out Boy came out of that era like Kidz Bop versions of their elders, trying to diffuse the same kinds of anger into prepackaged bites for a younger, more marketable generation. Now that these angst-rockers are restringing their guitars, a question remains: what’s there to be so angry about? 

Paisley embraces and distances himself from country status quo

BY RYAN DOWD Heights Staff

Brad Paisley has little left to prove in the world of country music. He has been one of the genre’s most consistent forces throughout much of the 21st century. With his clever tongue and smooth guitar, Paisley has been the soundtrack to many a Friday night in rural America.

In Wheelhouse, Paisley’s 10th studio album (excluding his Christmas and top hits albums), Paisley churns out songs right in said wheelhouse—country anthems to keep his cowboy and cowgirl crowd content—but also tries to examine, earnestly though not always in the most subtle fashion, issues of race within country music as a whole.

Throughout his 17-track album, Paisley unleashes another round of dirt road, windows down, soon to be country staples. Things kick off with his first single “Southern Comfort Zone,” a winding, melodic tune about leaving his south. The track exemplifies the line Paisley tries to draw in Wheelhouse, with Paisley

as some sort of mediator between country music—more generally the American South—and American culture as a whole.

Paisley knows his audience (young folk) and plays right to them in his third track “Outstanding in our Field.” Dierks Bentley, Roger Miller, and Hunter Hayes all add their voices to the track. Paisley shouts, “But if you want to throw a party in the middle of nowhere / We’re outstanding in our field.” And that’s just what young folk will do to this song—party in the middle of a field.

Paisley still has a couple more anthems to deliver. “Mona Lisa” and “Runaway” are both hits in the vein of “Southern Comfort Zone”.

But with “Karate” in the first half of the album and the now controversial “Accidental Racist,” Paisley begins to switch things up, in style and subject.

With “Karate” Paisley tells the tale of a woman who learns karate to combat her abusive, alcoholic husband. It’s Paisley channeling his inner Carrie Underwood. The track has a vibrant melody and

clever lyrics. “Karate” is catchy to a fault, almost too catchy for a subject like domestic abuse. But “Karate” works because the style is right in Paisley’s wheelhouse.

Now with regards to the Paisley, LL Cool J collaboration “Accidental Racist.” The track specifically references the disconnect between the white deep south and AfricanAmerican community. Paisley insists he’s “just a white man coming to you from the southland.” He admits he’s “caught between southern pride and southern blame.” Then LL Cool J hits the stage and things get, well, even more overt.

Mr. Cool J says, “Dear Mr. White Man, I wish you understood / What the world is really like when you’re livin’ in the hood / Just because my pants are saggin’ doesn’t mean I’m up to no good / You should try to get to know me, I really wish you would / Now my chains are gold but I’m still misunderstood.”

He goes on, but I shall not subject you to it. A refrain of “Oh Dixie land,” previously heard in Paisley’s celebratory tune “Southern Com-

fort Zone,” appears again. The touch brings “Accidental Racist” full circle and puts Paisley’s album in a grander context. Paisley laments as the track closes, “I’m a son of the new south / And I just want to make things right / And all that’s left is southern pride.”

Paisley understands where he

has come from and caters to it with tracks like “Southern Comfort Zone” and “Outstanding in Our Field.” But Paisley directly, some will say too directly, confronts country music’s great conundrum—its sometimes southern exclusivity. Both Paisley and LL Cool J come from a place of under-

standing, with good intentions, but the track labors through almost six minutes, and unlike “Karate” it just doesn’t sound very good.

Paisley’s album comes at just the right time. He gives his audience new tunes to blast through unrolled truck windows and maybe even something to think about. 

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Paisley releases another string of summer anthems but comes up short with a lame LL Cool J collaboration.

SINGLE REVIEWS BY MATT MAZZARI Avril Lavigne “Here’s to Never Growing Up” How many times will recently-irrelevant 28-year-old musicians try to fit in with party-hardy singles before it’s just sad? Lavigne pulls a P!nk with “Here’s to Never Growing Up,” a track so trite you’ll forget why she was hip in the early 2000s. Seriously, someone explain why she was so popular?

Selena Gomez “Come & Get It”

Luke Bryan “Crash My Party” People were caught off guard by this Disney child going risque for Spring Breakers, but “Come & Get It” takes the cake. It opens with a sobering Bollywood chant, which recurs between pseudodubstep and the teeny-bopper’s upbeat nana’s. A head-scratching new take on Baby’s First Club Pop.

Another shocking development from modern country-pop: a young male vocalist with evident-but-still-tolerable hillbilly twang sings about his girlfriend over three cleanly-strummed acoustic chords. What’s hilarious is the song’s unintentional passive aggression, as Bryan declares his baby can “wreck his plans” anytime.

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THIS WEEK IN...

BY RYAN TOWEY | ASST. METRO EDITOR

EDUCATION

POP CULTURE

BUSINESS

Boston University’s I n t e l l i g e nt M e c h a tronics Lab is trying to teach robots how to react to visual clues, not just verbal ones, according to Boston Magazine. An example of this is the way in which people interact through dance, as most of dancing occurs through visual cues. By examining the way people interact visually, professor John Bailleuil and others working at the lab hope to create teams of robots that can work together using motion sensors to complete tasks—even those of greater gravity than dancing.

“There’s a great deal of interest in having mixed teams or teams of robots that go out and do tasks such as performing rescue when a nuclear power plant gets into trouble,” Bailleuil said in a video.

“There are things you don’t want to have humans do.”

Academy Award winning actress Jenn i f e r L aw r e n c e i s spending her spring in Boston for the David O. Russell film about a 1970s FBI operation.

Perhaps more interestingly to fans of the Hunger Games trilogy, however, a tweet from Production Weekly indicated that filming for the second installment of the Hunger Games movie trilogy, Catching Fire, will begin on Sept. 16 “with locations in Atlanta and Boston.”

According to Boston Innovation, Lawrence has been spotted dining in the North End. Although filming in Atlanta is not unexpected, given that the first movie was filmed in Georgia, any filming of Catching Fire in Boston comes as a surprise to many. As yet, there has been no information regarding what kind of set Boston may provide for the film.

At a m e e t i n g last Friday, it was announced that the 28 pushcart vendors that operate out of Downtown Crossing will be able to maintain their business through the remainder of the year, though 2014 may force the vendors to find a new location. The Downtown Boston Business Improvement District, presided over by Rosemarie Sansone, had originally proposed ending the current pushcart program when licenses expired in March to make room for other projects. For the pushcart vendors, being able to stay throughout the rest of 2013 is an improvement. Mayor Thomas M. Menino has expressed support for the pushcart vendors, as he told the Boston Business Journal in March that he wants “to take care of the vendors who kept Downtown Crossing alive in the difficult times.”

MUSIC MBTA Massachusetts native Colleen “Cosmo” Murphy has returned to Boston and is bringing Classic Album Sundays with her. A radio broadcaster and DJ, Murphy wants listeners to appreciate an album in its entirety, the way it was intended to be heard. Murphy, therefore, created the idea that an album be focused on monthly by a gathering of people. After a presentation regarding the social climate in which the album was created, the album is listened to from beginning to end with the lights dimmed and other distractions are stopped. Classic Album Sunday is also present in cities such as New York and was created by Murphy in London. The first Classic Album Sunday took place this past Sunday at Meadhall in Cambridge, where the album of focus was Remain in Light by The Talking Heads.

Protestors gathered outside the Massachusetts State House on Monday to express concern regarding increased MBTA fares for public transportation and a desire for cheaper transportation options for both the elderly and the disabled, according to Boston Magazine. Some protestors stood on Beacon St., blocking the passage of cars until police removed or detained them. Protestors also expressed concern regarding increased fees for THE RIDE services, designed to help those eligible for door-to-door assistance when they cannot travel on the fixed routes of busses or trains.

Some of the protestors were themselves disabled, and argued that they would be stranded at home without lower fees for public transport. During the protest, the police made four arrests when protestors did not comply with demands that they clear Beacon St. and move onto the sidewalk.

RESTAURANT REVIEW

A refreshing French experience

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Newbury St. is one of Boston’s “must see” attractions for many reasons. This quaint street, always popular among visitors and locals alike, puts one’s resistance to indulgence to the test. While the impressive variety of boutiques and stores usually supply the initial motivation behind a trip to Newbury, one should not overlook the extensive eateries along the street. Unfortunately, many of the restaurants in this area are uninspiring and overpriced.

Due to the popular location, restaurants can afford serving average food at high prices, so finding a satisfying meal can be trickier than imagined. The gems along Newbury St., however, truly stand out and make the hunt worthwhile.

La Voile, located on 259 Newbury St., offers delectable French food. The authenticity of this restaurant stems uniquely from its original location in the South of France. Everything from the tables and chairs to the staff came from the 1947 original location to the Boston location. The decor transports its customers to the French Riviera in a homey, minimalistic manner. The chefs, Maitre D’ and waiters all come from a French background.

Head chef Chistophe Santos, and sous chef Raphael Lambert boast impressive experience from various Michelin three-stars restaurants, and their expertise translates clearly onto each plate.

La Voile may be slightly beyond the average college student’s budget, with starters ranging from $9 to $15 on average, and main dishes can run anywhere between $25 and upwards of $40+.

The lunch menu, however, offers a more widely affordable selection. Lunch specials are available, in addition to a pre fixe lunch menu of two courses for $19 or three for $25—the three-course dinner menu is $45. At an even better deal, their Restaurant Week menu offers a two-course lunch for just $15.13, or three for an additional $5.

La quiche Lorraine stands out among the Restaurant Week lunch menu starters. A slice of warm pie filled with egg, bacon, onions, and Swiss cheese is accompanied perfectly with a small salad of mixed greens. The fresh salad adds lightness to the savory, decadent quiche. The crust is perfectly flakey and the flavors from the bacon and cheese are

boldly mouthwatering. One of the other options, cold tomato soup, tastes good but lacks any defining or unique flavors. From the selection of lunch specials, the smoked salmon with creme fraiche, comes highly recommended ($12). Two generous portions of smoked salmon are laid on top of toast and topped with French sour cream and salmon roe. The soft, almost velvety texture of the salmon, juxtaposed against the crunch of the toast creates a dynamic yet simple appetizer. The salmon roe adds an additional touch of flavor and another dimension to the textures. This starter is also served with a small side of mixed greens.

LOCATION: 259 NEWBURY STREET CUISINE: FRENCH SIGNATURE DISH: La Quiche Lorraine ATMOSPHERE: 9/10 AVERAGE MAIN DISH: $25-40 OVERALL EXPERIENCE: A Among the main dishes offered in the Restaurant Week lunch menu is Les crevettes. Two jumbo sauteed shrimps are served over saffron and pea risotto filled with chopped Spanish chorizo. While risotto can be heavy due to its creamy nature, this is a balanced dish and well portioned. The risotto is firm and the shrimps are pink and juicy. For those who are either more adventurous eaters or familiar with French cuisine, try the escargots bourguignon ($12). While snails may not appeal to everybody, the garlic-herb butter sauce is undeniably delicious.

The chefs of La Voile mastered the art of pairings—from the quiche served with mixed greens to the escargot served with plain toast, each accompaniment complements and enhances the main point of the dish. These details display the thought and care put into each dish. La Voile is one of many restaurants in the area. The quality of the food, however, greatly surpasses many of its competitors.

For a day of shopping followed by a sophisticated meal, visit La Voile on Newbury St. 

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What left was not really lost

RYAN TOWEY A lot has been leaving Boston lately.

The past two covers of the Metro section have been dedicated to farewells, one to The Boston Phoenix and last week’s to Mayor Thomas M. Menino. It is often said that losses come in threes, and I believe that the first of this series of Boston’s losses came this past summer, when William Corbett and his wife, Beverly, left their residence at 9 Columbus Square.

Living in Boston’s South End since 1969, the 2012 departure of Corbett marked the end of his home as a literary hub and the end of an era for Boston’s literary scene. Corbett’s poetry was said to be steeped in the influence of jazz and modernism, and he brought his skills as an educator to Harvard, MIT, and Emerson during his career.

Corbett moved to Brooklyn with his wife in order to be closer to their children and grandchildren. While it may at first appear like treacherous behavior for two such influential Bostonians to defect and become New Yorkers, part of Corbett’s heart always lay with New York, as it did with many cities across the nation. In 1998, for instance, Corbett released New York Literary Lights, a book that traces the highlights of New York’s historic literary scene. New York is, after all, a city vibrating with the presence of what seems like the world’s greatest population of the literati—a population, I feel, that may appear somewhat larger as a result of misunderstood teenagers trying to pretend they belong in the big city. Girls who care more about the coffee in their hands than the Vonnegut book they are pretending to be reading, I’m looking at you. (I know, I know. I write a column dedicated primarily to the arts.

What could be more presumptuous? But I digress.)

Corbett’s actual residence may now sit in New York, but the indelible effects of his labor have clearly gone to Boston.

In a way, he gave himself the harder job—that of lifting poets and writers out of the woodwork of Boston, a city where good pens are sometimes hard to find outside of Greater Boston’s universities.

I feel that his dedication to this city is made clear by the title of one of his books of poetry, Boston Vermont, published in 1999. More than his written words, however, Corbett’s actions placed him at the center of Boston’s literary scene for decades.

Corbett welcomed poets and artists into his home, where he and his wife generously hosted open discussion over dinner, offering an event that became both a privilege and a pleasure for writers to attend. (I’m sure that a free dinner also wasn’t too shabby for the occasional starving artist, but, again, I digress.)

Corbett helped to set up poetry readings around Boston and established Press Wafer in 1999 to publish an assortment of writings out of his home. He also was the founder and editor of several literary magazines. Despite this, Corbett did not receive much of his own renown.

Rather than spending his time taking a slice of New York’s literary scene, potentially achieving greater fame within the broader literary community, Corbett opted to remain in Boston, pulling poets and writers out of the woodwork, working for the written words that he loved, because Boston was his home.

Many who knew Corbett believed his departure would leave Boston poorer, devoid of a place for those that need a guiding hand over their pens, devoid of a place for the literati to congregate and discuss their craft.

But people who react this way, I feel, have missed the idea that what leaves is not lost, in the same way that what one leaves is not lost.

There is a fair chance that I, like many college graduates, will one day leave Boston for other places. But I am confident that its mark will remain with me, written on the palms of my hands, just as Corbett will remain with Boston, written on the pages of those he inspired.

Ryan Towey is the Asst. Metro Editor for The Heights. He can be reached at metro@bcheights.com.

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Dissertation focuses on Boston dating scene Dating Dissertation, from B10 Wood said she has “no theoretical reason to decide who she wants to talk to.” Her only qualifications are that her subjects have graduated college, are 25 to 35, and live in the Boston area.

Gender and sexual orientation are not taken into account when Wood is finding her subjects.

She is conducting preliminary interviews now and will interview them again in six months. This allows her to get the full history of her subjects’ dating lives and then find out what they do in a six-month period. On her researching methods, Wood said, “I don’t know if this the right way but it’s better than what we have.”

In her preliminary research, Wood has found that men and women approach the adult dating scene differently.

“Men need feel like they are sufficiently adult before they take relationships seriously,” she said. “Then they start looking actively for partners. Women don’t have nearly as rigid standards.” She has found

that women wanted the Boy Meets World story; they want to grow up with someone. Whereas men want to grow up and achieve all the things they have to achieve first, then it’s like a switch goes on and they want to find a mate.

Wood believes this study will provide valuable insight for both 20-something men and women. She thinks it is especially valuable to undergraduate students as well, however. Both men and women are putting dating farther and farther off.

Wood said young people seem to think they just meet someone without dating. When she asks her undergraduates when they want to be married by, Wood said she often gets responses like “Oh, as long I’m married by 30 I’ll be fine.” At this point, she begins posing questions about how her subjects intend to reach that married state.

“The hookup culture does not end after college,” Wood said. She also noted that there is no dating scene in college.

If people end up in relationships it is because they were friends first. Many people try this after college but, as Wood pointed out, a friendship network

quickly runs dry.

In her preliminary research, Wood has found that men and women approach adulthood and dating differently.

“There needs to be some clarification for younger adults what’s going on.

There are a lot of assumptions going on,” Wood said. A lot of this can be traced back to preconceived notions of gender roles in relationships.

This generation of young women is still considered to be one of the first to have a definition of adulthood beyond moving from father’s house to husband’s house and having babies. “The scripts we inherited are from a very patriarchal time. We haven’t changed the scripts,” Wood said. Her research is revealing a hidden power struggle in modern relationships—women are afraid to assert themselves because they do not want to be labeled as “ring happy” or “baby crazy.”

She noted that this is not a new question for the homosexual and open relationship communities. Because of their lack of traditional roles, they do not

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have gender scripts on which to fall back.

These communities that do not define themselves as heterosexual have been tackling some of the same questions as Wood is currently tackling for years.

Wood is giving voice to a feeling many young, single people in Boston have. Not all men are jerks and not all women want to get married, but why do these stereotypes persist?

Wood hopes to demystify the mindsets of both genders. “Men and women assume they are on the same page” she said. She also wants there to be more societal sympathy for those who are single. Wood notes that right now there is a large amount of social pressure on women over 28 and men over 30 to be in a relationship. Through the simple concept of dating, Wood is revealing social issues and is tapping into a concern about which many people care.

“People criticize me for this being ordinary,” Wood said. “This is dating. This isn’t going to solve the urban poverty or the hunger crisis in Africa, but this is what the majority of college educated people are going through.” 

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Crimson criticizes FAS dean for privacy violation Dean Hammonds, from B10 Hammonds not only had two specific deans’ emails searched again, but also that the search delved into the messages themselves, contradicting her previous claim that only the subject lines of messages had been viewed. Hammonds’ actions—both the first and now second revealed searches—have been confirmed as a direct violation of the FAS email privacy policy.

Student reactions to the news of Hammonds’ privacy violations have b e en dra stic and demanding . On Thursday, The Harvard Crimson, the Cambridge school’s one and only student newspaper, printed an editorial calling for the resignation of Hammonds, whose actions come as “shocking, disappointing, and disheartening

news to the Harvard community.”

The editorial continued to criticize Hammonds actions: “Nearly a year after the now-infamous Government 1310: ‘Introduction to Congress’ final exam took place, the University community continues to receive news of missteps that threaten the trust essential to an academic environment.”

While T he Cr im son st af f do e s acknowle dge the go o d intentions of Hammonds, they reprimand her disregard for protocol and lack of appropriate permission to enable any investigation involving the faculty.

“The manner in which these searches were conducted damages Harvard as an institution and as a community.

Harvard should be associated with great research, talented professors, and the highest level of academic excellence. Instead, these new revela-

tions keep the focus on the cheating scandal and its regrettable aftermath.

Although only a handful of people’s accounts were searched, the nature of the searches and the failure to adhere to policy damages all of us. Students and faculty must have confidence in their administrators, and in the case of Hammonds, we do not,” The Crimson wrote.

Other student organizations are taking action: on Sunday, the Undergraduate Council (UC) of Har vard voted to express “tremendous concern” regarding the email searches. In a unanimous decision, the UC passed legislation calling for the clarification of the email privacy policy for both the FAS and students alike.

According to The Crimson, the recent allegations in what started as a case about academic integrity have

left students anxious about their own privacy.

UC President Tara Raghuveer addressed concerns at a meeting on Sunday. “With emails, the [faculty and student] policies are very intertwined,” Raghuveer said in her introductory remarks. “If a student is emailing a resident dean or faculty member, obviously if any of those emails can be searched, it’s a problem that affects all of the involved parties.”

The le g i sl ation re que st s to b e more interactive in conversations with Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust that would ultimately lead to an entirely new email privacy policy to be completed by the end of the calendar year.

As to whether or not Hammonds will heed calls from The Crimson for her resignation remains to be seen. 

Midnight Ride draws crowd prior to Marathon Monday Marathon Preview, from B10 take the train, which is what happened last year. “We didn’t realize how far it spread via word of mouth and online,” event organizer James Cobalt said to Boston Magazine. “Basically, twice as many people showed up as we were expecting, and our estimate was a high estimate.”

Greg Hum is the mastermind behind the Midnight Ride and its development into a yearly event. Hum’s brainstorming began in 2009 when he was a student at Boston University, where he heard fellow students discussing plans to run the full 26.2-mile route prior to the official marathon. As an avid biker inspired by late-night summer bike rides on the “quiet and serene” roads, Hum thought that this same kind of adventure could apply to cyclists as well. Hum expected only about a few dozen riders to join him in the first year of the event, but the amount of attendees greatly surpassed his estimate and continues to increase each year. Hum attributes the unpredictable but continuously growing number of midnight riders to the fact that Boston “is definitely one of these cities with a strong community feel,” where people

are eager to participate in new ideas and latch onto them, which paves the way for new traditions.

Hum describes the experience as hectic at first, before the riders spread out and find their own pace, and deems the scene “a bit post-apocalyptic” because of the lack of cars and other activity on the roads. Those interested in joining the ride are free to ride anything from unicycles to Hubway bikes, both of which have actually been seen in the past. Hum reports that all riders complete the route 95 percent of the time, and that the organizers linger toward the back of the pack to make sure everyone gets back to the city.

The main event, the marathon itself, will once again bring world-class athletes to Boston. One of the Marathon’s biggest names and a surefire local favorite this year is Shalane Flanagan, who placed 10th in the 2012 London Olympics women’s marathon. She will be running the Boston Marathon for the first time. Before making it to the U.S. Olympic trials, Flanagan had been a cross-countr y star at Marblehead High School, about 40 minutes north of Boston. Flanagan will be joined by fel-

low marathon Olympian Kara Goucher, as well as Olympic swimmer Summer Sanders, who was one of Team USA’s most decorated swimmers in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.

Former Patriots linebacker Eric Alexander will run to raise money for the New England Patriots Charitable Foundation, while the father and son Boston Marathon legends Dick and Rick Hoyt

return in their inspirational quest to raise money for the Hoyt Foundation, whose purpose is to help integrate disabled people into everyday activities.

Dick Hoyt, 72, will push his 51-year old son Rick, a non-verbal quadriplegic with cerebral palsy, in a wheelchair for every step of the marathon route, which they hope to complete for the 31st time. 

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Runners will complete the traditional 26.2 miles of the Marathon this Monday.

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MBTA seeks budget while Youth Way protests high fares Despite the MBTA’s debts, protestors strive for youth pass

BY DANIELLE DALTON For The Heights With 1.3 million trips every weekday, the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) could be considered the lifeline of Boston. Yet the transportation system is threatened by an operating budget gap of $140 million. While the MBTA considers ways to reduce the budget gap, the Massachusetts House now debates a politically charged $500 million tax increase transportation bill that would invigorate the Commonwealth’s transportation systems with additional funds.

Those that oppose the bill claim that it does not provide a long-term solution to the system’s troubles and instead recommend a larger proposal of nearly $2 billion.

Youth Way on the MBTA is a grassroots organization in opposition to a

proposed, budget-reduction motivated fare increase by the MBTA. Founded in 2007, the youth-sustained organization is devoted to pursuing youth transit justice by improving the affordability, quality of service, safety, and respect for youth riders on the MBTA. The group’s allies include Alternatives for Community and Environment, the Boston Youth Organizing Project, the T Riders Union and the Roxbury Environmental Empowerment Project partners.

On April 3, the Youth Affordabili(T) Coalition, a subsidiary of Youth Way on the MBTA, led a “March for Equi(T)” from the Green Line’s Boylston T stop to the Massachusetts Department of Transportation Building. With signs advocating for “Accountabili(T),” “Mobili(T),” and “Opportuni(T),” the group, composed mostly of students, rallied against fare hikes and reductions in service, while promoting a Youth Pass.

The Youth Pass is a proposed $10 monthly transit pass for those between the ages of 12-21. The pass would not be limited to weekdays or restricted to certain hours, unlike current student passes available through the MBTA. Boston,

where, according to the U.S. Census, 21.2 percent of residents lived in poverty in 2010, is home to many low income youth who rely on public transportation to access school, jobs, extra-curricular activities, and appointments. The pass is designed to make public transportation more affordable for lower-income youth, who tend to rely heavily on the MBTA. Featuring the stories of five Boston youth who benefited from public transportation and the survey results of over 4,000 youth, a report released in June 2011 by Youth Way on the MBTA commented on the youth riders’ crisis of affordability.

In an interview with a Roxbury based G.E.D. program administrator, Youth Way on the MBTA reported that in a 25 student G.E.D. class at least one student would be absent each day due to lack of transportation funds. Davonte Jordan, 17, of the South End, attested to the prohibitive cost associated with attending school in the report, “I left high school last year because I had to help my mom with my little sister. She was too young for daycare and my mom was trying to get into school or job training. Just before I left, I was missing two or three days a

week … because I didn’t have money to get on the train or the bus…”

In a September 2010 interview with Adolescent Clinic Advocate, Youth on the Way discovered at least 10 patients each week cancel appointments at Boston Medical Center’s Adolescent Clinic because of the inability to afford the transportation costs. Eric Dejesus, 18, of West Roxbury commented on the financial struggle of accessing medical care via the MBTA in the report, “I was diagnosed with diabetes at the age of two … I also have to make bimonthly visits to the doctor. To get there, I ride the 34 and 39 [buses]. When I don’t have money for the T that day, I have to cancel and reschedule.”

The Youth Pass, which has been turned down by the MBTA in the past, would cost the cash-strapped transit authority an estimated $27 million annually. Youth Way on the MBTA hopes to continue discussions with lawmakers to advocate for the pass. Regardless of the outcome of this week’s debate surrounding the two transportation bills, the MBTA must approve a balanced budget by Apr. 15. 

hesitancy among citizens and officials about approving the final project. The biggest concern is that there would be an increase in traffic entering the Cleveland Circle intersection, which already experiences traffic back-up during rush hour due in part to the bus pick up and drop off location at the Reservoir T stop.

The proposal calls for improvements to be made to the traffic light which currently allows C-line trollies to access the MBTA rail lot by changing the normal sequence of the timing of the traffic lights and lengthening some of the left turn lanes.

Many residents are still concerned that these improvements are based on flawed data and traffic analysis done by the Boston Development Group. The group assured residents that the data was collected carefully and correctly.

The hotel will also have significant signage which will encourage drivers to drive slowly and safely, especially around the access road to the development. The access road will cut through the Waterworks at Chestnut Hill condominiums, located across from the Reservoir.

This road was used as an access road when the Cleveland Circle Theater was still operational, but residents of the 112-unit complex are concerned

that the increase in traffic will be potentially dangerous and will lower the property values of the neighborhood.

The project has been proposed by the Boston Development Group or BDG, under project manager John Meunier. The group has developed properties in and around New England for over 50 years.

The company specializes in “renov ating , restoring and re v itali z ing existing properties,” according to the mission statement on the company’s website. The renovation of the property in Cleveland Circle and especially the abandoned theater certainly fits in well with this mission. Past BDG projects have included the Hammond Pond

Maggie Burdge is an editor for The Heights. She can be reached at metro@bcheights.com.

Jacqueline Parisi is a staff writer for The Heights. She can be reached at metro@ bcheights.com.

Mayor Thomas M. Menino has decided not to run for a sixth term to govern Boston. As he has been Mayor for 20 years, few know the city as well as he does, leaving many wondering if he will endorse a candidate. Should Menino endorse a candidate, or would this election be better for Bostonians to decide on their own?

MAGGIE MARETZ Although Mayor Thomas M. Menino declined to run for his sixth term as mayor of Boston, his contribution while in the position was extremely valuable to the city, and he held it for the longest amount of time of any mayor in the history of Boston.

He served us well and therefore his opinion is a valuable and necessary one—even if his time has come to pass the torch, we still should have a chance to hear who should receive it from the man who held it for so long.

The mayor, who had a majority approval rating of 72 percent at the conclusion of his fifth term, is 70 years old and has recently fallen ill to a degree that will hinder his ability to attend the number of community events and be as overall involved as he was in the past. But while he clearly is no longer healthy enough to do the job himself, it is clear the public still respects his opinion, and although he has not said whether he will officially endorse a specific candidate for the upcoming race, he should.

It is only appropriate that such a powerful influence over Boston has an according influence over the election that dictates its next leader so that

Menino’s legacy continues. Specifically, he should support candidates who will advocate for the causes he feels strongly about, such as racial integration within Boston, economic growth and implementation of technology for jobs and innovations, and development in education and opportunities for youth. These goals are highlighted in the early outlines of the campaigns of candidates such as Martin Walsh, Will Dorcena, Felix Arroyo, and John Connolly.

While right now it may be a bit early to make a decision, Menino stands to benefit from getting to know each of the candidates vying for the position he currently holds, and gaining a sense of their priorities and plans if elected. He worked too hard in the past 20 years working tirelessly to better his beloved city to pass it along without at least attempting to sway the voters in a direction that he believes to be the right one. And after gaining the trust of the public, it is reasonable to assume that whatever endorsement he might make will carry quite a bit of weight.

Maggie Maretz is a staff writer for The Heights. She can be reached at metro@bcheights.com.

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Let the Bostonians speak MAGGIE BURDGE As mayor of the city for 20 years, it is clear that Mayor Thomas M. Menino knows what he is talking about when it comes to Boston.

Menino’s resignation will leave big shoes to fill for the mayoral position, yet also brings a great opportunity to reshape the city. The question is: who will do it?

This is a question for the residents of Boston to consider. Voters will read up on the competitors, take into account their public and private pasts, and consider platforms, but what of Menino’s position? It is time for Menino to retire, as he has already done, and with that, step out of the race.

This also includes stepping away from endorsing a candidate.

Though Menino clearly knows Boston, and surely has its best interest at heart, as a political figure he should remain objective and remove himself.

No matter what Menino chooses to do, at this point, it is still in the capacity of the mayor. With this, any endorsement he makes is, by nature, on behalf of the entire office of the mayor, an overarching statement that he should not try to make purely on his own behalf.

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More importantly, an endorsement by Menino would have a lot of say in Boston, possibly too much. As he has been mayor of the city so long, Menino feels as though he controls the city—in ways, rightfully so. Because he has had such an influence, many Bostonians would simply trust his endorsement without considering the issues. Instead of a chance to objectively consider all candidates and their platforms, the race would become a popularity contest with Menino’s favorite shooting to the top of the pool. There is a good chance that with the respect he has in this city, many citizens will take his word for law rather than adding it to other knowledge about the candidates.

In a perfect world it wouldn’t matter who Menino endorses because citizens would critically consider all candidates anyway, but when it comes down to it, his sway will absolutely seal some voters’ choices. Citizens of Boston should consider all candidates in the race and make an informed decision, regardless of an endorsement. Many candidates in the race will have strong points, backgrounds, and campaigns and those should be the voters’ concern, not simply what Menino says.

Parkway Townhouses in Newton and a revival of the Piccadilly Square area in Newton Center.

Because the Cleveland Circle area straddles the town of Brookline and the Boston neighborhood of Brighton, the developmental group needs to gain approval from officials in both Brookline and Boston. Pending this approval, the group hopes to start the construction as early as the fall of 2013, and it is projected to take about 18 months to complete.

The project will certainly change the landscape and use of the Cleveland Circle area and will draw more young professionals and visitors to the Chestnut Hill area. 

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Science is not the only concern

On Mar. 28, close to 200 people headed to the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School to show their support for the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) roundtable discussion. Mayor Henrietta Davis hosted this event and it was the first of its kind in the nation. Some notable attendees included State Treasurer Steve Grossman and the Cambridge City Manager Robert Healy.

The city of Cambridge also teamed up with the White House, Microsoft, and America21 Project, a nonprofit organization whose goal is to promote STEM education by piloting partnerships to emphasize this type of education in public schools.

The event’s turnout was very impressive, to say the least.

“People voted with their feet just by attending,” Davis said in an article on Wickedlocal.com.

According to Dean Blase, the goal of this partnership is to allow every student some kind of STEM. experience to relate to what they are learning in the classroom with the aim of inspiring students to consider potential STEM. related careers. For example, Microsoft will be lending its computer scientists to assist Cambridge Ringe and Latin School teachers in implementing the first Advanced Placement course in computer science.

“If these scientists can take the students’ curriculum and apply it to real-life examples, that’s really exciting,” Blase said.

The justification for a movement of this nature comes from statistics claiming that the U.S. is producing a mere 47 percent of the computer science jobs necessary to meet the demand of hightech firms around the U.S. Additionally, according to Jan Cuny of the National Science Foundation, “The fact that computer science is not taught in school disproportionately affects minorities and girls. They enter high school thinking science is for geeky white guys. They enter high school thinking that computer science has no vital benefits, and they enter high school thinking there are no jobs in computer science because they’ve all been off-shored. Those aren’t true, but they leave high school thinking that because there is no one telling them different.”

Personally, I think that this movement is remarkable. It could introduce some students to careers in fields relating to math, science, technology, and engineering when they never would have originally been exposed to such disciplines. There is no denying the fact that these careers are in demand, and I admire the push to ignite an increased interest in these fields among the female student body. I think that’s awesome.

However, that being said, I am wary that such an increased focus on math and science will threaten other disciplines that do not directly relate to technological innovation such as English, music, or theology. I certainly do not think that promoters of the STEM movement intend for this to happen—however, with Obama claiming in his 2011 State of the Union Address that this is our generation’s “Sputnik moment,” it is a very real possibility that disciplines other than math and science will take a back seat, which would be a shame.

Granted, I am an English major and a French minor so I admit to having a lot of bias on this issue, but I truly believe that in order for the next generation of students to truly make a lasting difference in the world, they need to be well-rounded individuals. Although knowing how to derive formulas and execute scientific experiments and whatnot is invaluable, if students are not well versed in other disciplines and cannot effectively communicate their ideas or write coherently, the benefits of their contributions will be greatly mitigated.

Being “well-rounded” is the buzz phrase around campus and in the work field now for a reason—it holds a lot of merit.

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Breaking Boundaries

Cheer on a legend

Time for a Change

Tricia Tiedt First and foremost: a big thank you to the weather gods for the sunshine and warmer temps that graced the city of Boston this week. Spring has officially arrived in New England—and it couldn’t have come at a better time.

With the Boston Marathon just four short days away, the weather looks promising for both runners and those standing on the sidelines. And while you will, of course, be cheering on your fellow Eagles as they approach Mile 21, I’d like to dedicate today’s column to a stranger worth watching. In my opinion, he’s one of the most dedicated marathoners in the world, and certainly impacts those who see his stride.

This year, 72-year-old Dick Hoyt will complete his 31st Boston Marathon, pushing his son Rick across the finish line. Due to a lack of oxygen to the brain at birth, Rick was diagnosed as a spastic quadriplegic with cerebral palsy. Although advised to have Rick institutionalized, Dick was dedicated to giving his son as normal a life as possible. After Tufts engineers created an interactive computer that allowed Rick to communicate (his first words were “Go, Bruins!”—talk about a true Bostonian), the wheelchair bound teen was finally admitted to public school. He attended Boston University, graduating with a Special Education degree in 1993.

With the help of his father, Rick also superseded his physical disabilities. After a charity run in 1977, Rick told his father: “Dad, when I’m running, it feels like I’m not handicapped.” Now, of course, Rick meant when his father was running: Dick pushed Rick in his wheelchair all five miles of that race. Dick had dedicated his life to his son’s well being the day he was diagnosed. Now, that vocation took a new step. Now, Dick would run.

And thus began the first of over 1,000 races—the 2009 Boston Marathon marked the 1,000th finish line this father and son team (appropriately deemed ‘Team Hoyt’) would cross. Dick has taken his son through marathons, decathlons, triathlons, and Ironman competitions. According to Hoyt’s personal website, they added a major milestone to their achievements: “Dick and Rick biked and ran across the U.S. in 1992, completing a full 3,735 miles in 45 days.”

But of all the races to run, the Boston Marathon is Team Hoyt’s favorite. In fact, if (hypothetically) forced to choose just one race per year, Rick would choose the Boston Marathon. This year will mark the team’s 31st start in Hopkinton, the 31st fight up Heartbreak Hill, and the 31st finish line on Beacon St. Lucky for us bystanders, we get to watch the Hoyt family make history once again.

And now, dear reader, I must pose a question. In the marathon that is your life—the day in, day out struggles and hardships and first world problems—who pushes you? Who guides you up the hills of Heartbreak? Of papers, and parents, and obligations? Who is by your side at the finish line? Better yet—who is by your side at the starting line? Don’t get me wrong: 26.2 miles is an amazing feat, and those who will be running on Monday should be congratulated on their major accomplishment.

But as students, we run every day. Some days, we are invincible. Other days, we run around like chickens with our heads cut off.

On those days, who’s with you? Who is by your side, every day, no matter what?

Rick Hoyt once said, “The thing I’d most like is for my dad to sit in the chair and I would push him.”

On this glorious long weekend, as we celebrate one of Boston College’s favorite days of the year, keep the legendary Dick Hoyt in mind. Be thankful for those who push you, and remember Rick’s testament: in return for their support, push your friends through their own marathon as well.

Tricia Tiedt is the Metro Editor for The Heights. She can be reached at metro@bcheights.com.

Proposal to bring major alterations to Cleveland Circle may soon take effect B y B renna C ass For The Heights The landscape of Cleveland Circle will likely be undergoing some major changes in the near future according to the project proposal by Boston Development Group announced on Wednesday, Apr. 3. They plan to renovate the Cleveland Circle Theater and develop the property around it into new multi-purpose buildings. The plans have been in the works for the past few years but have not been met with full support from the residents of Brookline and Brighton.

The proposed plan consists of two multi-use buildings that would be built on the property that currently contains an Applebee’s and the Cleveland Circle Theater, which has been out of business since 2008. The five-story buildings would cost approximately $80 million for the Boston Development Group to build, and would serve many purposes for the surrounding area. The first building is slated to contain a Hilton Garden Inn with 196 hotel rooms.

There is also room intended to serve as medical office space. On the ground floor of the building, there would be space for restaurants and retail stores.

The second building would contain 74 upscale apartment units.

Attached to the building would be a parking garage that will contain 126 parking spaces and there would be 77 spots in a parking lot that would be behind the building as well. Many residents expressed concerns in the community meeting on Wednesday that the medical office space and hotel in the building would bring more cars to an area that already struggles to provide enough parking to residents and visitors.

Re sident s have b e en ske ptic al of many aspects of the project, and many of the issues were discussed on Wednesday. Most of them had been raised originally when the project was first proposed in 2012, including the

building’s look and issues of traffic and parking. The Boston Development Group attempted to remedy these issues in their most recent proposal.

The exterior of the building has been redesigned to look more like the other buildings in the Cleveland Circle area so that it will not stand out among the other local developments. The edge of the building, which faces the Cleveland Circle intersection, has been changed from a sharp right-angle to a gradual corner that orients the building more toward the street.

Though most residents are now in support of the new proposal, there are some problems that have not yet been addressed and this is causing

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Sociology student to research dating scene Wood collects data on twenty-somethings

By Maggie P owers Graham Beck / Heights Editor

The 117th Boston Marathon this Monday will be preceded by a biking version of the run.

Both runners and cyclists prepare for marathon race

By Lauren Totino Heights Staff Boston is buzzing with excitement and anticipation for one of the city’s most celebrated traditions, the 117th annual Boston Marathon on Monday, Apr. 15— but before the marathon even officially kicks off, hundreds of cyclists will take their turn enduring the 26.2-mile route the night before Marathon Monday.

In the fifth annual Midnight Marathon Bike Ride, hosted by BostonSOS, cyclists from around the city will meet

at South Station at 10 p.m. on Apr. 14 and ride a commuter rail train with their bikes in tow directly to the start of the marathon route in Hopkinton, Mass.

MBTA officials have confirmed that they are planning accordingly in order to meet the large number of people expected to crowd the train for their one-way trip to the start line. Event organizers are hoping that planning in advance will reduce their chances of being caught off-guard in case close to 700 riders show up to

See Marathon Preview, B8

Heights Editor “I’ve had every terrible date you can imagine,” said Holly Michelle Wood during a phone interview on Monday.

This is no surprise in Boston, home of thousands of 20-somethings and a huge dating scene. Holly is a 27-year-old graduate student studying sociology at Harvard’s school of Arts and Sciences, writing her dissertation on the modern trials of being single in the city of Boston.

This project stemmed from an “academic break down” while Wood was getting her masters degree. She was studying inner-city housing decisionmaking. “I am a very short white girl and I was in the inner-city neighborhood in Baltimore,” she said. Holly is a qualitative researcher, which means she does her research herself, and does not use data from outside sources. She wondered if there was anything she could study with equal fervor and the

resounding answer from family and friends was that she was “obsessed with people’s dating life and love.”

From there, Holly realized that there is very little sociological research on how people meet their partners during what she calls the “post-graduate to pre-marriage” time period. “We know a lot about college hookups, how people act when married and cohabitate, but we don’t know the in between.” She made it her mission to find out.

Wood collects her data in a semistructured interview format with key questions. Some of examples of these are things like how much time her subjects spend on dating effort, if they feel adult, what defines adulthood, their sex lives and whether or not they feel the dating scene is fair. She also gets a complete past history of her subject’s dating lives because, according to Wood, “A lot of the studies assume that people have never been in a relationship or [the studies] don’t look at the long term effects of being in a relationship and having it break and how that affects their dating now.”

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Harvard dean urged to resign after email searches B y T ricia T iedt Metro Editor It’s the story that won’t stop—further developments have caused Harvard students to take action due to the investigation following what has become the largest cheating scandal in the college’s history.

Harvard administrators apologized to faculty on Apr. 2 for what was revealed to be a second round of unauthorized searches of email accounts that were previously unacknowledged.

In this announcement, the administra-

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tion revealed that Evelynn Hammonds, Dean of the College, authorized this p re v i o u sl y u n d i s cl o s e d ro u n d o f searches in order to discover who was responsible for leaking information to the media.

Nearly one year ago, a take-home final was administered in Government 1310: Introduction to Congress. In what was deemed unsuitable collaboration, almost 70 percent of the students involved were forced to resign from Harvard. And they say one bad test won’t stick with you.

The knowledge of an additional

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round of secret searches came about when Hammonds contradicted herself in last Tuesday’s faculty meeting.

Originally, Hammonds and Michael D. Smith, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), had released a statement acknowledging a search of the email accounts of 16 resident deans, all of whom are members of the Administrative Board responsible for the disciplinary actions of the Government 1310 case. Dialogue at the administrative meeting, however, revealed that

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