hidden talents
fenway’s 100th freezing over tampa
the scene
metro
sports
Who is really behind some of this century’s biggest hits? C1
The home of the Red Sox gears up for its centennial celebration, D1
BC Hockey defeats Ferris State for its third national championship in five years, B1
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Vol. XCIII, No. 20
Body in Res tentatively identified as Franco Garcia By David Cote News Editor
The body found in the Chestnut Hill Reservoir shortly before 8 a.m. yesterday morning has been tentatively identified by state police as that of Franco Garcia, WCAS ’12, who went missing on Feb. 22 after a night out with friends at Mary Ann’s in Cleveland Circle. Initial observations indicate that the body is Garcia’s, but an autopsy is necessary for confirmation. Shortly before 8 a.m. yesterday morning, a man walking his dog reported a body floating in the Chestnut Hill reservoir 20 feet offshore on the Chestnut Hill Ave. side. State police responded to the scene. “State police detectives assigned to the Suffolk DA’s office are en route to the area
Bob Woodruff will address class of 2012
of the Chestnut Hill Reservoir this morning for a report of a body in the water,” said Jake Wark, Press Secretary of the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, in an e-mail this morning. “Procedurally, the Suffolk County State Police Detective Unit has jurisdiction over death investigations in state waters within the City of Boston, hence their deployment.” The Chestnut Hill Reservoir was the site of numerous police searches in late February after the disappearance of Garcia on Feb. 22. Garcia had not been seen or contacted since then, and the searches throughout the end of February yielded no evidence related to his disappearance. State police investigators photographed
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Divers from the state police recovered a body, which has been tentatively identified as Franco Garcia, from the Chestnut Hill Reservoir yesterday.
campus greets national champions
By David Cote News Editor
Award winning television journalist Robert Woodruff will address the Boston College Class of 2012 at the 136th Commencement ceremony on Monday, May 21. Woodruff made national headlines after sustaining a traumatic brain injury while reporting on the United States War in Iraq. Woodruff will receive an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from the University at the ceremony, which will take place in Alumni Stadium at 10 a.m. More than 4,400 total students will receive degrees at the ceremony. Woodruff, an alumnus of Colgate University, joined ABC News in 1996. He covered major stories for the network, including the attacks on Sept. 11, the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the 2004 tsunami, and Hurricane Katrina. After 9 years at the network, he was named co-anchor of ABC’s award winning news show World News Tonight in December 2005. The following month, in January 2006, Woodruff was injured by an improvised explosive device while reporting on U.S. security forces in Iraq. At the time of the attack, he was traveling to Baghdad with the U.S. 4th Infantry Division in an armored vehicle. After his evacuation, Woodruff was treated extensively in Germany and then moved to Bethesda Naval Hospital in Bethesda, Md. He was kept in a medically induced coma for 36 days. Upon his recovery, Woodruff returned
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The Boston College men’s ice hockey team returned to the Heights with their newest hardware Monday. The NCAA national championship was celebrated with a parade and ceremony.
NCAA Division I Men’s Ice Hockey National Champions honored with ceremony at O’Neill Plaza By Greg Joyce Heights Editor
It was a picture-perfect setting to celebrate the men’s hockey team on Tuesday afternoon at O’Neill Plaza. As the sun shone down on the center stage, the Boston College community welcomed back its players, who brought with them a new piece of hardware: the National Championship trophy.
Just three days after winning the title, the team began the parade in front of Conte Forum in trollies that were decked out in BC garb. Led by the BC marching band, a convertible, and a zamboni, the trollies then took the players and staff around Campanella Way and up Commonwealth Avenue, before turning down Linden Lane. Hundreds of students, family members, and staff members met the team in O’Neill Plaza. “I’m so excited to be here and look at the setting, it’s
almost surreal,” head coach Jerry York said to the large crowd. “We’re all here celebrating something that Boston College has achieved. We’re just very, very excited to share it with everybody.” Reid Oslin served as the voice of the ceremony, as he began by welcoming the special guests, which included University President Rev. Wiliam P. Leahy, S.J., U.S.
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Namib Beetle Design wins BCVC pitch competition By Sara Doyle For The Heights
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Television journalist Bob Woodruff (above), will be the 2012 Commencement speaker.
Namib Beetle Design, a startup company dedicated to finding a way to collect water sustainably, won the Boston College Venture Competition (BCVC) last night. The startup received $10,000 to invest in their business. The company based their design on the namib desert beetle, which lives in arid climates and collects water on its back to drink. Green Lightning Surf, a company that produces eco-friendly surf boards, won the second place prize of $3,000. The third place team, Maji Bottles, a company that sells water bottles to help end the world’s water crisis, won $2,000. BCVC is an annual business plan competition, currently in its sixth year. The competition is designed to promote en-
trepreneurship among students at BC and foster constructive competition. Students work to develop as leaders in the business world throughout the year. Other programs that occur during the academic year include the first two month accelerator program, in which each of the top five teams was given $1,000 dollars and legal, accounting, and one-on-one mentoring by people from the industry in order to realize a business goal. Throughout the year, over 40 teams participated and 25 final submissions were received. The final competition, which took place yesterday in the Fulton Honors Library, featured five finalist teams, who were each given 20 minutes to present their ideas in front of a panel of six judges, consisting of members of the business community. CJ Reim, CSOM ’13, chair-
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Student startup Namib Beetle Design won $10,000 in the BCVC pitch competition last night.