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Boston College has undergone an extensive amount of transformations over the last 35 years. What was once a mediocre regional college comprised mostly of Irish-Catholics from the Northeast has been transformed over the last few decades into a world-class national research university that draws students from all around the world. Paul Chebator, who will be stepping down from his post as the Dean of Students at the end of this academic year after 34 years at the University, has seen many of the changes take place from his vantage point in that office. Chebator came to BC as an assistant dean in the office after working at Bunker Hill Community College, which he described as “a good place to cut [one’s]

teeth.� He said that Bunker Hill had a completely different environment than BC—students went there for only two years. The student body was diverse and varied, and a fair percentage of students were older than he was. “At BC, it is a very different student body [than Bunker Hill],� Chebator said. “It had—and still does have—a very traditional student body. Most are in a very different place financially. It was nice to come to a place where I could work with people for four years.� The office at which Chebator arrived in 1980 had only four employees and was run by Rev. Edward J. Hanrahan, S.J., who had served in that role since the office was created in 1967. That office was responsible for student behavior, off-campus students, alcohol and drug education, and students in crisis. “Over the years, the office morphed,�

Chebator said. “At one point, if you go back eight or 10 years ago, the office had grown to 22 people and had responsibilities that were much broader than that. Since then, it has been scaled down again, so it is literally back to what it was when I first came here.� After serving for seven years as an assistant dean, Chebator was promoted to associate dean. He served two stints as acting Dean of Students in the last 15 years before being appointed to the position permanently. One of the aspects of BC that Chebator said remained consistent throughout his entire time was the collegiality that he found at the University. In a number of his roles in the Dean of Student’s Office, Chebator has been responsible for crisis management. In that capacity, he

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EMILY FAHEY / HEIGHTS EDITOR

Dean of Students Paul Chebator will retire at the end of the semester after three decades at BC.

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;i`qcp _`kj k_\ jki\\kj n`k_ )%),D `e i\Z\ek j\\[ ]le[`e^ 9P :FEEFI =8IC<P E\nj <[`kfi It all started with a text message. Nick Rellas, BC ’12, was sitting in his dorm room in Ignacio Hall when the thought occurred to him. Upon reaching for a beer only to find an empty fridge, the then-senior sent his friend and former classmate Justin Robinson, BC ’11, a text. “It was late one night, sitting in my dorm in Ignacio,� Rellas said. “I sent Justin a text message and it was, ‘Hey, man. Why doesn’t alcohol deliv-

ery from your smartphone exist?’� Rellas had transferred to Boston College from Rochester Institute of Technology, doublemajored in finance and corporate reporting and analysis in the Carroll School of Management, and graduated in the Class of 2012. While studying at BC, Rellas also worked parttime at New England Coffee—one of the top five roasters by volume in the country. “That was really where I got the framework for what I call an obsession with the fact that technology has been unable to implement itself into these regulated industries,� he said.

Rellas recognized the space for technology within an industry comprised largely of unchanged and outdated methods of providing customers what they want—in the case of New England Coffee, beverages. “You see these incredibly antiquated, fragmented industry structures that make an awful lot of money—up to tens or hundreds of billions of dollars a year—but seemingly haven’t moved, haven’t changed as we’ve seen the advent, frankly, of the phone or mobile phone, cellular, Internet,

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9\k_ <d\ip X[aljkj kf ifc\ Xj [`i\Zkfi f] 9: ;`e`e^ 9P ALC@< FI<EJK<@E 8jjfZ% E\nj <[`kfi While working for the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Beth Emery realized that she was passionate about food and people, not the clinical side of her nutrition field. Emery, the new director of Boston College Dining Services (BCDS), has spent 25 years in food service particularly focused on higher education. Before arriving at BC in November, she most recently served as a territory manager for professional services provider Aramark, managing dining services for multiple small colleges in the Boston area. The position at BC, which was vacated in the fall when former director Helen Wechsler resigned to fill a similar role at Google, interested Emery due

to the University’s reputation and the singular focus of the job. “The opportunity to come to one campus and focus my energy on one place was really attractive, and that was one of the reasons that this position was appealing,� Emery said. Three months into her new role, Emery is making strides to address what she sees as BCDS’s biggest challenge—communicating its initiatives and programs to the BC community. “One of the things I noticed right away is that the department does really great things, but we don’t always tell everybody about them,� Emery said. Emery said a major goal for BCDS is to improve its social media presence and publicity efforts. To facilitate this goal, the department hired three BC

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Emery, named BCDS director in November, joins BC after 25 years in food services.

The international student and faculty population at Boston College rose for the sixth consecutive year to the highest level ever recorded, according to data recently released by the Office of International Students and Scholars (OISS). The statistics, released every year by OISS, break down the population by region, country, class year, and field of study. Including dependents—spouses or children who relocate with their family member—the international population at BC is 1,974, a 16 percent increase from last year. Undergraduate and graduate students make up the bulk of the population, accounting for 65 percent of the total. In addition to undergraduate and graduate students, the numbers also include faculty and research scholars and students who are in practical training programs—typically one-year employment programs that students who have already graduated participate in. Exchange students—who come to BC for a studyabroad program—are also included in the numbers. Asia, where 57 percent of the international population comes from, is the most represented region. Europe is second, accounting for 20 percent of the population. Among the 645 undergraduate international students, economics (103) is the most popular major, followed by finance (73), and communication (49). Undergraduates from abroad make up 7 percent of the total undergraduate student population at BC. The steady increase in the international population is due in part to a number of new programs oered by the University at the graduate level, said Adrienne Nussbaum, director of OISS. “Over the last number of years, there have been grad programs that have been added that really have attracted international students,â€? she said. “So, for example—it’s been a couple of years now—but when BC acquired the School of Theology and Ministry from Weston [Jesuit School of Theology], a lot of the students in that school are international and from countries and continents that weren’t represented before.â€? Currently, 64 international graduate students are enrolled in the School of Theology and Ministry (STM), which was acquired by BC in June 2008. Approximately 270 full-time and 90 part-time students are enrolled in the school.

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Major/Minor Fair

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Agape Latte

Tuesday Time: 4:30 p.m. Location: Gasson 100

The Academic Advising Center and UGBC will cosponsor the annual major and minor fair, in which faculty and student representatives from various academic departments are available to provide information for students choosing their areas of focus.

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Lowell Humanities Series

Tuesday Time: 8 p.m. Location: Hillside Cafe

Rev. William Neenan, S.J., vice president and special assistant to the president, will be featured in the talk entitled, “It’s Not All About Me.” The Agape Latte series focuses on topics related to life and faith and offers free coffee and desserts.

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Wednesday Time: 7 p.m. Location: Gasson 100

Award-winning author Tracy Kidder will speak in the first event for the Lowell Humanities Series this semester. Among his prominent works is Mountains Beyond Mountains, a biography of Partners in Health co-founder Paul Farmer.

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McMullen exhibit to display interwar photography BY CONNOR FARLEY News Editor Starting Feb. 15 and continuing through June 8, the McMullen Museum of Art will transition into its next exhibit, “Paris Night and Day: Photography between the Wars”—a collection of images taken by Paris-based photographers between 1918 and 1939. The diverse arrangement of postWorld War I Paris photographs was the result of the photographic technology of the time beginning to take form, which allowed users to capture moments of spontaneity in daily Parisian life. Others within the 20th-century Parisian context used advanced equipment to capture moments of nightlife, expanding their photographic reach to night clubs, dancehalls, and theaters. The exhibition’s featured artists include Henri Cartier-Bresson, JacquesHenri Lartigue, Ilse Bing, Bill Brandt, Dora Maar, and Man Ray—the American modernist photographer who made notable contributions within the fields of Dada and Surrealist art. All of the photographers used their artistic abilities through darkrooms and innovative techniques to depict subjects in an unprecedented way. “The McMullen is pleased to present the research undertaken by Ash Anderson and his students on the superb photographs from the collection of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg,” said Nancy Netzer, professor of art history and director of the McMullen Museum, in a statement to the Office of News and Public Affairs. “The collection includes several master prints: the best examples of well-known and celebrated 20th-century

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The McMullen exhibit featuring post-World War I Parisian photography will run through June. photographs.” Comprised of more than 100 original pieces, the exhibition is largely from the private collection of Michael Mattis, a former lab physicist-turned full-time art collector, and his wife, Judith Hochberg. Part-time history of photography teacher in the fine arts department and exhibition curator Ash Anderson will also be leading students in research on the photographs that will be presented by the McMullen Museum throughout the exhibition. The structure and layout of the exhibit,

organized by Anderson and his students, also shapes the way viewers pace the gallery by being categorized into nine sections: Setting the Stage; New Visions; The Theater of the Street; Something which is not in the Louvre; The Avant-Garde Circle: Artists before the Lens; Seeing Photographically; The Manipulated Photograph; Paris at Night; and Camera as Voyeur: Looking behind the Scenes. “This exhibition offers the rare opportunity to consider both canonical and rarely seen photographs from this unusually rich period in the history of photography,”

POLICE BLOTTER

1/29/14-1/31/14

Wednesday, January 29 9:28 a.m. - A report was filed regarding medical assistance provided to a non-BC affiliate in McElroy Commons. The individual was later transported by ambulance to a medical facility. 2:54 p.m. - A report was filed regarding a fire alarm activation in 90 St. Thomas More Road Hall. The Boston Fire Department responded. 10:27 p.m. - A report was filed regarding a motion alarm activation in Botolph House.

assistance provided to a BC student in Vanderslice Hall. The student was later transported by cruiser to a medical facility.

to a motor vehicle on College Road.

10:19 a.m. - A report was filed regarding lost property in McElroy Commons.

12:08 a.m. - A report was filed regarding an underage intoxicated BC student in Vanderslice Hall. The student was later transported to a medical facility.

3:15 p.m. - A report was filed regarding a larceny in Corcoran Commons. 4:22 p.m. - A report was filed regarding a suspicious circumstance on Lower Campus.

Thursday, January 30

4:40 p.m. - A report was filed regarding a suspicious circumstance off campus.

12:49 a.m. - A report was filed regarding medical

10:48 p.m. - A report was filed regarding vandalism

College Corner NEWS FROM UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY BY JULIE ORENSTEIN Assoc. News Editor Fresh off a high-profile performance at the Grammys with husband and rapper Jay-Z, singer Beyonce is becoming the focus of not only music critics and fans, but students in a university classroom as well. According to Rolling Stone, Rutgers University is currently offering a course called, “Politicizing Beyonce,” which will discuss American race, gender, and sexual politics through the lens of the singer’s career. Coursework will involve comparing Beyonce’s song lyrics and music videos with central works from the Black Feminist movement. Kevin Allred, a Ph.D. student at Rutgers who also lectures in the department of women’s and gender studies at the university, will teach the course. He told Rutgers Today that the class will not simply look at Beyonce’s political involvement, but will delve further into the significance of her

Anderson said in a press release from the McMullen Museum. “These pictures illustrate a complex evolution in the ways photographers defined themselves in relation to art. “We see them simultaneously looking to photography’s past for inspiration and playfully testing the limits of their medium,” he said. “We are delighted to feature some exceptionally beautiful examples of these photographs.” Anderson defines much of the inspiration of the artists as being derived from a desire to take more risks. The museum recognizes the works of the featured photographers as a separation from a time before the First World War—a time when artists could utilize original methods of capturing modern subjects. “This period is one in which the photographers took real risks in their effort to produce modern images,” Anderson said in the museum’s press release. “In the wake of World War I they had an opportunity to break away from tradition and redefine photography’s relationship to art, and they did so with a combination of enthusiasm and endless experimentation.” “Paris Night and Day” marks the museum’s second major exhibition of the 2013-14 academic year and the 55th since the museum’s inception. The exhibited artwork is underwritten by Boston College, the patrons of the McMullen Museum, and the Newton College Class of 1964. Admission to the gallery is free and open Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The museum will host a public reception on Monday, Feb. 17 from 7 to 9:30 p.m. in Devlin 101, and prospective visitors can visit www.bc.edu/artmuseum for further information. 

presence in American pop culture. “She certainly pushes boundaries,” Allred said. “While other artists are simply releasing music, she’s creating a grand narrative around her life, her career, and her persona.” Allred went on to specify some of the issues the course will cover, which include “the extent of Beyonce’s control over her own aesthetic” and “whether her often half-naked body is empowered or stereotypical.” The course is not the first at Rutgers to focus on a musical icon, and other universities have recently offered classes that use prominent figures in the entertainment industry as vehicles to study greater cultural themes. Rutgers also has a theology class examining Bruce Springsteen’s lyrics, while Georgetown University offers a course entitled, “The Sociology of HipHop: The Urban Theodicy of Jay-Z.” In recent years both the University of South Carolina and the University of Virginia have run courses about sociology related to Lady Gaga. 

Friday, January 31

5:08 a.m. - A report was filed regarding found property in Stuart Hall.

—Source: The Boston College Police Department

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VOICES FROM THE DUSTBOWL “Who would perform at your ideal Super Bowl halftime show?”

“Beyonce and Bon Jovi.” —John Stathopoulos, A&S ’16

“Definitely not Bruno Mars.” —Rob Ruggiero, CSOM ’17

“Aerosmith.” —Jack Hodgens, A&S ’17

“Spice Girls.” —Callen Anthony, GCSOM ’16

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Authentic Study finds signs of depression in abused caregivers lifestyle By Carolyn Freeman Heights Staff

Adriana Mariella Boston College is a school that likes reflection and talking about reflection. Lately, our campuswide reflection has been focused on authenticity. Perhaps this is because we attend a school where authenticity requires a constant evaluation of our real selves against what we’re told is homogeneity at its best, or perhaps it’s because we live in a society that still hasn’t accepted the elasticity of the concept of “normal.” Either way, the question of authenticity is one asked a lot here. We are constantly being asked to reflect on our true selves. I do this kind of reflection well (often at 10:15 p.m. mass), checking in with myself to make sure I’m doing what I love and tackling what I fear, that I have friendships that matter, and that my behavior matches the kind of woman I want to be. It seems problematic to me, though, that the experience of others’ authenticity is so unusual for us that we’re only comfortable with experiencing it in the mediated forms of Facebook pages and published reflections. And when we do encounter someone brave enough to reflect on him or herself, he or she becomes a kind of unicorn. I bring this up not to disparage any writers’ reflections, but to bring into focus a discussion that’s rarely had about authenticity: the unfortunate need to defend our decision to be authentic. Authenticity, to me, is less about proving that my complexity as a female can exist within fixed descriptions of femininity (or that my being a human who fails and who doubts can also fit in with the description of a BC student), and more about rejecting the notion that femininity implies one thing or another or that a “BC student” implicitly means something more than simply a person who attends BC. None of us should have to defend our choice to be our authentic selves, nor should we have to prove how we fit into the molds of femininity and masculinity or the mold of the “BC student” or the mold of “normal.” Although having the courage to reflect on those selves publicly is always positive and gives others the guts to do the same, we cannot ignore that the viral popularity of those reflections shows us just how unfortunately rare they are. Authenticity isn’t about how well you break the BC stereotype, and it isn’t about how well you fit it, either. Authenticity is the understanding that you need no apology or explanation of how you fit into an image of what we’re supposed to be. If we really listen to what our school encourages us to do, the only stereotypical BC student will be one whose authenticity is paramount, regardless of what he or she wears or what he or she does. Too often we decide who we are by our set of likes and dislikes, the clubs we’re a part of, the books we read—but authenticity is more than that. It is having the courage to make that set known and accepting the beautiful vulnerability that accompanies showing our authentic selves. Making the leap from promoting the same reassuring BC buzzwords to embracing the “un-BCified” stories of those with whom we share a campus is the first step in accomplishing this. The second is recognizing that our job isn’t finished until we no longer need formal efforts at promoting authenticity. Until then, efforts at authenticity must be at once what they are and a meta-discussion on the state of authenticity—we must notice moments of authenticity while simultaneously noticing their standard absence. Only then will we realize that breaking our own stereotype will require more than insisting that people wear something other than pastels and J.Crew.

Adriana Mariella is a senior staff columnist for The Heights. She can be reached at news@bcheights.com.

Boston College doctoral student Jooyoung Kong, GSSW ’16, recently published a study, “Caring for My Abuser: Childhood Maltreatment and Caregiver Depression” in The Gerontologist, a bimonthly journal of the Gerontological Society of America, and it has been making headway in the field of studying childhood maltreatment. The study focuses on depressive symptoms among adults who provide care to formerly abusive or neglectful parents. The study also examined coping mechanisms these adult survivors used in working as a caretaker—Sara Moorman, an assistant professor in the department of sociology, co-authored the study. Kong, who is a third-year doctoral student in the Graduate School of Social Work, decided to study this topic because it has not been examined closely in the past. “I came up with the idea that those who experienced abuse or neglect from their parents during childhood—it might be particularly difficult to care for their parents because they basically have to deal with their former abuser,” she said in an email. “However, I also assumed that these people cannot just walk away from the situation because it is their parents who need their support. I was very fascinated by this topic, which didn’t show much research in the aging literature.”

The number of caregivers who were maltreated in childhood is surprising, Kong said. About 20 percent of caregivers reported physical, sexual or emotional abuse, while about 10 percent of caregivers reported neglect. “This was beyond what I expected, and it made me wonder even more why the caregivers choose to care for their parents despite abuse/neglect in childhood,” she said. “I speculated that these caregivers choose to provide care to their parents because they want to live a good life, which is different from their parents. They may take appropriate moral actions based on filial responsibility.” The study concluded that persons who had a history of abuse who are now caregivers for aging parents had significantly more depressive symptoms than those who were not abused by their parents. This trend was also true for those who reported childhood neglect—those who were neglected had higher rates of depressive symptoms than those who didn’t. She also concluded that this group uses their emotions as a coping mechanism through avoidance, disengagement, or denial. “For the abused/neglected caregivers, the use of emotionfocused coping was associated with more frequent depressive symptoms,” she said. “This may imply that difficulties in emotional regulation may negatively impact interaction with their parents; however, it is also important to note that emotional regulation deficiencies are one of the pos-

sible consequences of childhood maltreatment.” Kong moved to the United States from Seoul, South Korea five years ago to earn her Master of Social Work degree at Washington

“Being exposed to the issue of trauma, which was new to me, actually broadened my perspectives and allowed me to link issues in the two different fields: trauma and aging.” - Jooyoung Kong, Student in GSSW University in St. Louis. She became interested in social work because her father, who is a Presbyterian pastor at a church in South Korea, runs a temporary residence for runaway children. Kong’s parents take care of the needs of these children, who have nowhere to go. “I grew up watching my parents take special care of these vulnerable children and provide for their needs,” she said. “After realizing I inherited the same heart and vi-

sion of my parents, I decided to enter the field of social work.” Kong came to America to earn her doctorate and to become a scholar in social work, especially in the field of gerontology. She began the doctoral program at BC immediately after finishing the program at Washington University. She is especially interested in issues relating to older people, such as parent-child relationships and problems with caregiving. Kong conducted her study using the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study, which was a random sample of 10,317 high school graduates in Wisconsin. The study surveyed the respondents and their family members periodically between 1957 and 2011 and garnered a massive amount of information about their family background and social relationships, among other things. Kong used a sample of 1,001 caregivers who provided care to their parents from the 2004 to 2005 wave of surveys. The project took her about one year to complete. Kong spent one semester drafting the study and one semester polishing it to fit with the standards of the journal. She first began to think of the idea for the study during her second year of the doctoral program, because she needed to write a publishable paper and a dissertation to fulfill the course requirements. She originally wanted to focus on the general topic of “coping in later life.” While in the brainstorming process of the study, she began to work on a research project about the long-term effects of sexual

abuse in male survivors. This project sparked her interest, and she then came up with the idea of abuse survivors caring for their parents and the ensuing effects. “Being exposed to the issue of trauma, which was new to me, actually broadened my perspective and allowed me to link issues in the two different fields: trauma and aging,” she said. While conducting the study, Kong was fascinated to come across different perspective on human behavior and motivation. She speculated that the abuse survivors might still care for their abusers due to a feeling of responsibility to their family. Moorman, however, argued that they are probably forced to do it or no one else will, Kong said. “I am sure there will be hundreds and thousands of different stories and interpretations related to the issue, and I wish to come up with a theory that can best explain this particular phenomenon,” she said. Kong hopes to continue research on parent-child relationships throughout their lifespans. She also wants to create a social work program for these previously abused caregivers in order to lessen their burden and stress and to help with their caregiving duties. “I believe that social work research has its meaning when it is tightly linked with social work practice and our clients,” she said. “I would like to continue my endeavor to bridge between research and practice.” n

Professors ranked as top national scholars By Daniel Perea-Kane For The Heights

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Students attended a discussion facilitated by BC professors about the roots of contemporary social issues in the U.S.

Panelists discuss poverty issues By Emily Gutelius For The Heights

On Wednesday, the issue of poverty in the United States was addressed in Stokes 195S by three Boston College professors in a panel called “The War on Poverty: A Hand Up or a Handout?” Professors Charles Derber, Marc Landy, and Richard Tresch represented the sociology, political science, and economic departments, respectively, in an event centered on American poverty. The panel was co-hosted by the American Enterprise Institution (AEI) on Campus and UGBC. AEI on Campus connects college students with AEI regarding ideas, research, leadership, and community, while promoting conversation on campus about expanding liberty and strengthening free enterprise. Tresch discussed the policy in place in the U.S. and the development of social welfare before and after the times of President Lyndon B. Johnson—initially only three populations qualified for aid. “The idea was you had to be poor and something else, and the something else was society assuming that you weren’t in a position to help yourself,” Tresch said. The programs were designed to aid the elderly, the blind, and dependent children in what became known as the widows’ program. Later, in the 1950s, citizens with disabilities were added to the main programs. “When Johnson declared war on poverty, he also pushed through with his legislative skills the Great Society program,” Tresch said. In 1965 Medicare and Medicaid began. Medicare, which was under the social security system, provided the elderly with hospitalization, and,

for a small premium, physician’s services as well. In 2006, prescriptions were added to the program as well. Medicaid was not considered a new program and instead was established to take the medical payments out of the other four original programs and put them under a uniform branch as an administrative action. Over time, Medicaid underwent significant expansion, and is now larger than all the other public assistance programs combined. “We hardly ever talk about poverty anymore,” Derber said. “Since the war on poverty, we’ve either waged a War of Indifference—they are erased off the map, the poor—or we’re waging, in my view, a kind of war on the poor. We’ve moved from a war on poverty to a war on the poor.” Derber illustrated the prevalence of poverty in life everywhere with the story of an adjunct professor, Margaret Mary Vojtko, from an article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. She was living in extreme poverty, as most adjunct professors have no job security, no benefits, and a salary of about $3,000 to $3,500 per course, despite professors not typically being considered impoverished. “I raise her as an example for two reasons,” Derber said. “One, poverty is not very far away from anyone. And, two, I think that this woman presents part of the new face of poverty.” Derber also said power needs checks and balances. Countervailing power—power exercised by ordinary people—is declining and cannot counter big corporations as required. To solve the problem, Derber said, is to end the war on the poor, to change the language and image around poverty to include people like Margaret Mary, and to

restore countervailing power. Landy discussed the historical mood surrounding the poverty program’s initial needs to be understood. The urban rioting of the 1960s revealed that there were a number of serious pathologies within the poor that needed to be addressed. “Whole sections of virtually every city erupted,” Landy said of the riots. “It was very powerful, this notion that a city could kill itself. What was saddest about the riots was that it was poor people destroying themselves.” In order to fight poverty the program aimed to force these poor areas to operate at a high level of democracy through community action programs, Landy said. The community would vote on local representatives to allocate the money coming from the federal government. These community action efforts failed. The people would not vote, and the level of corruption and thievery of the councils elected became daily scandals. The stigma toward poverty programs stems from this good-hearted yet erroneous way of distributing money through a community action plan. Concluding the panel was a question-and-answer session moderated by Matthew Alonsozana, UGBC executive vice president and A&S ’14. Questions on the current strikes of fast food workers, possibility of achieving low levels of poverty, and the place marriage has in fighting poverty prompted debate on poverty and moral obligations. “This is fundamentally a decision to be made by society,” Derber said on the elimination of poverty. “I think that if our society were to say it’s unacceptable for children to be poor, I think that you could wipe out child poverty.” n

Boston College professors Andrew Hargreaves and Marilyn Cochran-Smith were recently listed on a ranking of the top 200 universitybased education scholars based on public influence. Educator Rick Hess of the American Enterprise Institute developed the metrics for the ranking. Hargreaves, the Thomas More Brennan chair in the Lynch School of Education (LSOE), was ranked 12th. Cochran-Smith, Cawthorne Professor of Teacher Education for Urban Schools in the LSOE, was ranked 45th. The metrics for the ranking consists of Google Scholar score, number of books published, rank of their bestselling book on Amazon, mentions in education publications such as Education Week and The Chronicle of Higher Education, blog, newspaper, and Congressional record mentions, and finally Klout score—a calculation based on an educator’s Twitter account. “[This ranking] is an honor, of course,” Cochran-Smith said. “The list is particularly about those who have an impact on the current discourse about education. There are so many controversial aspects of education reform at this point in time, so having a voice that has an impact on discourse related to policy and research is an important thing.” Hargreaves also offered his thoughts on the ranking. “A ranking reflects an individual, but it also reflects an institution,” he said. “It’s impossible to get a number like [12] unless you have really good people to work with and you can create an outstanding impact together.” Like Hargreaves, CochranSmith received a boost in her ranking from her Google Scholar score, a search engine repository of scholarly articles on education. “I assume that the ranking meant that people are reading my work, which is, of course, very gratifying,” Cochran-Smith said. Both also offered their critiques of rankings in general. Hargreaves focused on metrics, while Cochran-Smith paid attention to Hess’ political bias. “When you look at these things, they’re a very rough indicator,” Hargreaves said. “I’m sure if you played around with the numbers, there would be more than two on the list. I don’t think it helps me at all, but it’s one of things that help Boston College [because] it shows to people in a concrete way what we’re able to do.” “While these rankings are in-

teresting and can give educational issues larger visibility, as far as I know, how to actually calculate this ranking was decided by one person—Rick Hess at the American Enterprise Institute,” CochranSmith said. “And he has a very specific political viewpoint.” Cochran-Smith joined the faculty at BC specifically because of the institutional commitment to social justice in both the LSOE and the University at large. “To be at a place where there really is a commitment and not just lip service to this idea is great,” she said. Hargreaves also focused on social justice and how it is related to his position as the Thomas More Brennan chair. The family that endowed this chair had a son who died on the 104th floor of the World Trade Center. The mission of the chair is to promote social justice and connect theory and practice in education. “I probably already had some of the things that this metric is supposed to value before I came, but my job is to balance the kind of work we do within [the LSOE] and the world outside it,” Hargreaves said. Currently, he is working with school administrators in California, where education reform is a high priority. Cochran-Smith said that her research in teacher preparedness and teacher quality makes it more prominent at this time. “In almost every country, there have recently been major changes regarding how teachers are prepared and how every country can assure teacher quality for students in elementary and secondary schools,” she said. “The shared assumption is that in any given country, the quality of the nation’s teachers and the health of the economy is connected.” Hargreaves also commented on why he remains at the University rather than looking for work at an even more prestigious school of education. He was attracted in particular by the mission of BC to promote what he termed “social justice, disciplined inquiry, and service to others.” “I think we attract a lot of students who could go to Harvard or Stanford, but choose to come here because of the mission and sense of community that Boston College has,” Hargreaves said. “I’m really grateful to Boston College for bringing me here, and I’m really grateful for all the time I have had to spend with people in the community.” n

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The office of the VPSA will conduct a national search for a new DOS after Chebator steps down.

Chebator to retire from post as Dean of Students Chebator, from A1 said that the atmosphere he has seen at BC is very impressive. “I know that, at 3 a.m. in the morning, if there is a crisis on campus I can pick up the phone and get virtually anything I need,” Chebator said. “Whether I need dining services to open up a dining hall because kids have been burnt out of a building or whether we need six staff psychologists on campus to help process a situation regarding a tragedy, or call the chief of police at home, I get 100 percent cooperation and response. And that’s what’s really been a hallmark—and one of the reasons that I’ve stayed here—is that sense of collegiality that seems to be ingrained in the culture.” Over the course of his many years at BC, Chebator came back to a few experiences that have continually been the most rewarding. He said that the gratitude of former students—whether at graduation or when returning to BC years afterward—was something that gave his job meaning and purpose to his job. For the last 10 years, he has taught a section of Courage to Know—a class meant to help freshmen transition into college and find their bearings at BC. This opportunity to work with students at the beginning of their college experience in a classroom setting was another aspect of his work that Chebator cited as personally satisfying. Within his office, Chebator has overseen a number of changes that have been transformative in the extent and manner of its operations. One program that he started is the Sexual Assault Network (SANet), which is now run by the Women’s Resource Center. “It was a recognition, maybe 25 years ago, that we needed to do something more for victims of sexual assault,” Chebator said. “We created that program and trained adults to respond 24 hours

a day on campus, should there be sexual assault, to help the survivor.” Another project of Chebator’s creation is the case meeting, which is a weekly gathering of relevant individuals—such as representatives from BCPD, counseling services, and the DSO—to discuss students on their radar who may be having difficulties, and to develop a plan to help those students. “These are students who may be having emotional issues, may be hospitalized,” Chebator said. “We began that program here 25 years ago and now it is actually being mandated by the federal government for universities after Virginia Tech. Because, what happened in a situation in Virginia Tech, is that a number of people were having different interactions with the student but no one was talking about it.” Across all of his time at BC, Chebator said that any student deaths were unquestionably the most challenging cases with which he has had to deal. He found that the effects of them were particularly difficult to handle because of the closeness of the BC community. In addition to being concerned with providing resources for students, Chebator also said that worrying about the impact on the staff was a further complicating factor. Considering his career at BC, Chebator said that, recently, there have been numerous catalysts for reflection. Concerned with the health of several friends, he said that he plans on moving into the next phase in his life. He plans on spending the next fall in Italy with some friends before returning to live in Vermont, volunteering, and possibly teaching a once-a-week section of Courage to Know. He is not involved with the search for the new dean, which he said the office of the Vice President for Student Affairs is handling with a national search. 

New director of BCDS aims to develop University dining Emery, from A1 undergraduate communication majors as interns, and they are assisting with launching a Twitter account, creating a new Facebook page, and updating the BCDS website. Another facet of the department’s outreach efforts is seeking more feedback from students and the greater campus community. “We want to try to solicit more feedback so we can continuously improve,” Emery said. This includes establishing a baseline survey for the entire community and gaining the ability to receive more feedback through enhanced social media outlets. The Featured Chef Series in the faculty dining room is one program that Emery specified would be the focus of increased publicity. The periodic dinners featuring special menus inspired by famous chefs’ cuisine were popular last year, she said, but recorded low attendance during the fall semester. Emery said she also hopes to publicize more clearly the monthly nutrition focus of the Nourish program, BCDS’s collaboration with the Office of Health Promotion. Emery noted that BCDS student employees are an important source of feedback for the department. “I was very happy to see that BC has lots of student employees, and I believe that it makes the program that much stronger,” Emery said. “You have somebody right there working with you that has their roommate’s and everyone on their floor’s feedback that they can then share with their manager.” She emphasized the overall value that student employees bring to the department. “Everyone loves having the student employees, and they’re the ones that

often come up with the better way to do things, in terms of process,” Emery said. With regard to new ideas the department is developing for on-campus dining halls, Emery said it is always looking to keep up with the latest popular trends in food. She gave the example of different types of pizza that are being tested, as members of dining services are shopping around at local pizza restaurants, talking to students, and will be holding focus groups to determine which types are best received. Emery said that BCDS continually looks to compare what it offers with what other colleges, as well as off-campus dining locations, offer to remain fresh and competitive. “We always constantly have to make sure that we’re as good as when you go off campus,” she said. The same concept applies to comparing local convenience stores with products and prices in the On The Fly mini-marts. “We look at what [convenience stores] are promoting and what their product line is and we do our best to think about what makes sense on campus,” Emery said. “It’s not always the same customer that they may be targeting, so we have to think about what makes sense for a student environment.” The team at BCDS, Emery said, is dedicated to concentrating on improving variety and she noted the “incredible culinary talent” that is present on the BC campus. “The commitment in terms of quality, food safety, and service is really strong, and there’s a huge commitment at all levels,” Emery said. “There’s no question that the pride the whole team takes in food and service is impressive, so the most important pieces—the quality, food, and service—are there.” 

and now smart phone,” he said. As they mulled over the fact that there was no convenient system to provide alcohol to consumers, Rellas, Robinson, and third Drizly co-founder Spencer Frazier, BC ’11, dug deeper into the potential of creating one themselves. “Alcohol just had a really interesting appeal to me—not so much personally, just in terms of the fact that it was so open in terms of technology,” Rellas said. “The liquor store experience is something that fascinated me, thinking about the fact that it just hasn’t changed in 80 years—since Prohibition ended.” It was then that the BC senior, alongside Robinson and Frazier, thought of developing a mobile application that would enable small businesses to grow revenue through increased deliveries. Still considered one of the company’s co-founders, Frazier developed the prototype app in conjunction with a friend of his at USC, but left Drizly to pursue other interests. The Boston and New York Citybased Drizly has since pursued the dual goals of maximizing convenience for consumers while simultaneously increasing sales for local liquor stores. With Drizly, customers can order alcohol to their doorstep within 30 to 60 minutes without paying any more than they would if they had gone to the liquor store themselves. Drizly is neither a sale nor delivery service, and instead acts as a modern middleman between local liquor stores and individual patrons throughout Boston and New York via its iPhone-based app. The app allows users to order any combination of beer, wine, or liquor they choose and have it delivered to their household or business, all without Drizly ever touching a bottle or driving a car. Knowing that delivery options from liquor stores have existed for years, Rellas and Robinson were not looking to alter the alcohol distribution industry, only to enhance it for both providers and consumers. The company makes its profits by charging local distributors a fee for joining its network of listed alcohol providers—the more providers, the broader the range of deliverable alcohol. The increased delivery requests liquor stores receive through partnering with Drizly exceed the fee, therefore benefiting both the purchaser and the local business. Given the potential legal issues surrounding the process of delivering alcohol on a mass level, Rellas and Robinson made it a point to become fluent in all state regulations regarding alcohol policies to ensure that local stores would be willing to partner with them and that the company could operate in compliance with the Massachusetts and New York State Liquor Authorities. “The first thing that stores appreciate and the most important thing in this state, and New York, and anywhere else, frankly, is being responsible and fully understanding all of the regulation that goes into it,” Robinson said. “The way Drizly is set up was intentional—we don’t take any money from a sale, we don’t do deliveries,” Rellas said. “So as far as the State Liquor Authorities are concerned both in Massachusetts and New York, we don’t have any part of the process, we’re just the software

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middle man—a 21st century fax machine, as far as they’re concerned, in large part because of the tools we’re giving the stores.” Those tools, Rellas and Robinson said, are based solely on helping businesses witness incremental revenue through ushering the outdated liquor store experience into the modern era of technology. Regarding its hand in the process, Drizly is not seeking to uproot or overhaul the existing structure of the alcohol industry, but is only trying to utilize its current system to help all aspects of the industry grow. “You’ve probably seen me say it a lot: we don’t try to disrupt this industry,” Rellas said. “We’re not coming at this like Uber, trying to go at regulators, trying to go at lawmakers, saying, ‘We want change the way we’re doing this.’ It’s just not how we want to run the business—not that it’s better or worse, it’s just different.” “We’re not only doing [business] correctly, but we’re empowering each tier of this process,” Robinson said. The alcohol industry is divided into a three-tier system of three main actors: suppliers, distributors, and retailers. State laws prevent any participant within the alcohol industry to engage in more than one tier at the same time. Drizly, however, does not directly fall under any of those tiers and still allows each one to expand. “We think that there’s plenty of opportunities to work within the three-tier system, and we’re committed to doing that,” Rellas said. “We’re not only complying with those regulations, but also empowering all tiers, all steps of the process with technology, data, et cetera, that no one has ever seen before,” Robinson said. After making deliveries themselves as employees of liquor stores in the early stages of developing the company, Drizly began establishing a network of local stores and cultivated a following of early app users that attracted a wide circle of fundraisers. From there, investors began pouring in. “It takes a village, and we’ve got a pretty great village around us helping us grow the business,” Rellas said on the process of fundraising. Although the two did not have much of a background in raising capital prior to Drizly, they depended on their extensive knowledge of the business and their ability to navigate the structure of the alcohol industry to convince investors of the app’s potential. “It was the first time, for both of us, ever fundraising, and I will say nothing really prepares for this type of a process,” Rellas said. “You’re talking to very seasoned, professional investors. So, for these guys, it’s about capital preservation and about capital appreciation. You have to really have a framework for what your company is, who you are, how you expand, how you grow.” “In terms of preparation, I think it was a year of not only crafting the right strategy, but also having traction with the correct people in the industry and making it happen,” Robinson said. “Again, that BC sort of well-rounded overall mentality certainly helped craft that a bit.” To minimize risk associated with

delivering to anyone with an iPhone, Drizly uses a unique electronic identification system to verify purchaser age and identity upon delivery, which local stores are encouraged to use. Only once the ID is scanned and facial recognition is complete is the sale final. Drivers also have the right to withhold alcohol if they feel uncomfortable with the circumstance of the delivery—an added security measure Drizly introduced to ensure investor confidence in the delivery process. With Drizly’s recently announced $2.25 million in seed funding from top venture capital firms like Atlas Capital, Continental Advisors, and Fairhaven Capital, and veteran entrepreneurs such as Lars Albright, Ty Danco, and T.J. Mahony among an lengthy list of others, the company has no plans of slowing. “The answer is yes,” Rellas said when asked about plans to expand beyond Boston and New York. “I won’t say more than that—you’ll hear it from us about that pretty soon. “I think also our users are using Hotel Tonight, they’re using Uber, they’re using Amazon Prime—so they have a desire for a really incredible, delightful experience, and we’re going to spend a lot of time putting in some features that really change the way you interact with your local liquor store in a way that’s just never happened before.” Drizly is now one of numerous startups created by BC graduates that have received sizable funding, including California-based WePay, founded by Bill Clerico and Rich Aberman, both BC ’07, and Jebbit, founded by Tom Coburn and Jeb Thomas, BC ’12. Rellas and Robinson attribute much of their success to their time and formation at BC, and they acknowledged that some of Drizly’s earliest supporters were professors within the BC community. “Professor [John] Gallagher was one of the very, very first people, and instrumental in helping us kick this off … he’s a huge asset to the [BC] community,” Rellas said. “Entrepreneurship at BC is definitely something new and growing … This is something that’s happened, I think, in spite of whatever support you want to say, that people are focusing on this in as big of way, it sounds like, as the Big Four, accounting, consulting—it’s something that’s great and we try to shine more light on it.” Robinson also noted that the array of student interests and the holistic approach of the University’s teachings helped shape the careful and analytical approach both he and Rellas have taken to build Drizly. “I love BC first and foremost because of the people,” Robinson said. “You have a bunch of people who are well-rounded, some are athletes, maybe not, you have smart people that do well in school and still like to have fun—it’s a type of person that is entrepreneurial to begin with. It’s an awesome community.” With an Android platform in the works and intentions to move beyond Massachusetts and New York, the lean, 15-employee operation continues to devise strategies for expansion and for enhancing its services to all involved in the industry. “We think that we sit at a pretty interesting crossroads for an industry,” Rellas said. “So we’re going to continue to work on growing our network of stores and growing our audience.” 

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International student body growing at BC OISS, from A1 At the graduate level, foreign students are attracted to a number of programs geared toward international students. The law school offers a masters program for foreign lawyers; the masters in accounting program in GCSOM has a large foreign representation; and the Graduate School of Social Work has an international Ph.D. program. “Part of our increase is just the cumulative affect of new programs at BC that attract international students.” Nussbaum said that the increase in Chinese students at BC in the last three or four years has largely been responsible for the increase in the number of foreign undergraduates. Currently, 366 Chinese students are studying as either undergraduate or

graduate students at BC, making China the most represented foreign country at the University. “China has always been the No. 1[represented] country for many years, it just was always at the graduate level,” Nussbaum said. “And now we are really seeing that at the undergraduate level, as well,” Nussbaum said. Typically, undergraduate students are recruited by the Office of Admissions, most apply to the University, and, if accepted, are assisted by the OISS during their time on campus. The office, which Nussbaum has worked in since 1987, offers immigration information and services, programming, and course advising to international students. The international population at BC is growing at approximately twice the national level, when compared to the most current

data released by the Institute of International Education (IIE), a nonprofit organization that works to advance international education. According to a November article in The Wall Street Journal, which summarized IIE’s annual report, in the 2012-13 school year, 819,644 international students studied in the U.S. The number, which includes both undergraduate and graduate students, represents a 7.2 percent increase in the international student population from the previous academic year, making the 2012-2013 academic year the seventh consecutive increase in foreign students studying in the U.S. At BC, since the international student population first exceeded 1,000 in the 2003-04 academic year, it has increased by 83 percent. 

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QUOTE OF THE DAY If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too. -William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965), English playwright, novelist, and short story writer

A higher representation of faculty and students from abroad marks University’s prestige, appeal Boston College’s international student and faculty population has reached its highest point yet, according to figures recently released by the Office of International Students and Scholars (OISS). Following six years of continuous growth, the international population—including matriculated and exchange students, graduate students, those in training programs, and faculty and research scholars, along with any associated dependents—has reached nearly 2,000 for the 2013-14 academic year, a 16 percent increase over the 2012-13 academic year. The growing number of international students at BC is encouraging for a number of reasons. A continual increase in foreign students, faculty, and staff who come to BC—at a rate outpacing the national trend—is indicative of the University’s growing prestige abroad and the respect

that BC’s academics and research garner. It is also heartening that BC is increasing its connections with other countries—one of the ways in which universities can expand the breadth and depth of their students’ experiences is to welcome and engage with other cultures. Drawing faculty and scholars from other nations also expands the pool of knowledge upon which the University can draw, helping to keep its curricula and research relevant. By expanding its representation of other nations, BC is also developing a broader network of alumni and colleagues both in the U.S. and abroad—a trend that can only benefit the University going forward. To further this goal, the University must ensure that the OISS’ resources expand as needed so that it can continue to support BC’s international population, as it continues to grow.

Chebator’s retirement caps impressive career Current Dean of Students developed DSO, connected with students over 34 years of service

Dean of Students Paul Chebator has recently made it public knowledge that he plans to retire at the end of this semester. This marks the conclusion of a 34-year career working in the Dean of Students’ office, where he began his Boston College career in 1980 as an assistant dean. During his time at the University, he has consistently striven to make life at BC better for students, often going above and beyond the call of duty. BC has changed immensely as Chebator has worked to transform the Dean’s office—and, through i t , th e s tu d e nt- a d m i n i s t r ato r relationship—with the developm e nt o f n e w re s o u rce s , s u ch as the Sexual Assault Network (SANet), to help students in crisis. He also developed the use of case meetings, in which prominent University officials meet to discuss potential problems with particular students, emphasizing

BC has changed immensely as Chebator has worked to transform the Dean’s office— and, through it, the studentadministrator relationship—with the development of new resources, such as the Sexual Assault Network (SANet), to help students in crisis. preventative rather than reactive measures. As Dean of Students, Chebator has been responsible for running an office that oversees the conduct policies of the University, assists students who deal with various disabilities, provides resources for students living off campus, and responds to students in crisis. His office had an even wider reach up until revisions about seven years ago, as the then-Office of the Dean for Student Development was responsible for managing the Office of International Programs, the Office of Graduate Student Life, the Student Programs Office,

crisis management, the Alcohol and Drug Education program, a n d v a r i o u s o th e r l e a d e r sh i p programs. While in the Dean of Students’ of f ice, C heb ator w a s re sp onsible for its expansion from four people to 22 that brought those aforementioned programs into the scope of his office. He subsequently oversaw divesting many of those programs in order to give them greater autonomy and independence. Among the many changes that Chebator supervised, the recent revision of the school’s alcohol and disciplinary policy that his office began has been especially relevant to current students. These policies affect many students every year and concern a significant percentage of the student body. Chebator’s work in this area last semester gave administrators and resident directors more leeway to shape their responses to particular students, rather than imposing unilateral sanctions regardless of circumstance. Even after the changes that the conduct process underwent in the fall, Chebator’s office remains committed to continuing to review and revise it as necessary. While many administrators do not often interact directly with students, Chebator went out of his way to work with as many student s a s p ossible, whether through holding office hours or his teaching. For the past 10 years, Chebator has taught a section of Courage to Know, the freshman seminar designed by the Office of First Year Experience to help new students acclimate to college life and think reflectively about their BC experience. A significant number of students return, whether at graduation or years down the road, to thank him for the influence that he had on their lives—an indication of his genuine connections with undergraduates. The office of the Vice President of Student Affairs has begun a national search to find a new Dean of Students. Finding a qualified candidate who fits with both the University’s Jesuit, Catholic mission and the department itself will be a difficult task. In light of Chebator’s years of service and his commitment to developing meaningful relationships with other administrators, faculty, and students, finding someone to fill his shoes will be an even more challenging endeavor.

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Letter to the Editor The following letter is in response to “What the Campus School move really is,” a letter to the editor from Adam DeMuro, originally published on 1/30/14:

Criticism of Leahy is unwarranted

I read Adam DeMuro’s letter [Heights, Jan. 30] with a combination of surprise and disappointment. Surprise, because I taught Adam many years ago, and had no idea he was still following the latest campus news and controversies. But, as I said, I also read the letter with some disappointment. I admired Adam during his undergraduate years for his sharp intelligence, his wit, and his impressive desire to do good, to help those less fortunate than himself. And his letter demonstrates those qualities. Some of his barbs, especially those directed at the way Jack Dunn has publicly expressed himself concerning the future of the Campus School, seem (to me, anyway) to have found their target with devastating accuracy. But I also know Fr. Bill Leahy. We’ve lived in the same community for almost 20 years. And I know him as a decent man, a man who does believe in the Jesuit ideal of men and women for others, of living the faith that does justice. So, when his spokesman speaks crassly or misleadingly, I know that this does not reflect the man. And when his representatives say that no decision has yet been reached regarding the Campus School, I simply have to believe them.

Fr. Leahy himself told me that he wants to do what is best for the children of the Campus School. To borrow Adam’s use of caps: Fr. Leahy is NOT the sort of person who would lie about something like that. So I say to Adam, if you read this: Brother, do NOT give up hope. This is NOT the time to point any fingers of shame at Boston College. There really has been greater understanding reached between those of us who love the School, who want it to continue here, and the administration in whose hands the decision finally rests. If you still pray, Adam, then please pray for the Campus School and the children it serves. And I say to Fr. Leahy, if you read this: My brother, please take a close and steady look at the beautiful, vibrant Jesuit Mission that for the past 43 years, day in and day out, in our very midst, has been doing the Truth in love—the Truth that you believe in, that calls us to be men and women for others. Please let the Campus School continue.

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In defense of concrete

Nate Fisher Puppy Bowl - Between the numerous college bowl games, the Super Bowl, the Pro Bowl, and the bowls in which we ate our cereal this morning, one would think that America would feel like there are enough bowls to last a lifetime. In the past couple of years, however, it has become clear that that is not the case. Although there is nothing that can reach the storied heights in which the Super Bowl is esteemed in Americans’ minds, there has been in the recent past one bowl that has captured the hearts and minds of the American people, and that is the Puppy Bowl. What is not to love about the Puppy Bowl? It’s a bunch of adorable puppies playing around in a tiny stadium.

Super Bowl Monday - While there is nothing quite like the Super Bowl to bring people together over wings, beer, and American football, the day after the Super Bowl is often a day most would rather forget. Often considered Hangover Monday, it is a day that really ought to be a federal holiday. So, federal government, if you’re out there listening to us, please make today a federal holiday because we really don’t want to be in class right now. Phillip Seymour Hoffman - Before anyone gets his or her knickers in a twist, don’t worry, we are not Thumbs Downing Philip Seymour Hoffman, we are Thumbs Downing his death. Over the past two decades, Hoffman has established himself as a truly impressive actor. Even more impressive than the acting itself is the fluidity with which he has been able to move between the media of the stage and the screen. It is rare in this day and age to see someone skilled and driven enough to establish himself as a serious player in both arenas, but Hoffman showed time and time again that he was the man to do this. Nothing makes it clearer than the fact that he won both an Academy Award for Best Actor and three Tony Awards nominations for his acting performance on stage. What also worries us is the famous “Curse of Threes” that has shown us that the famous die in sets of three. We don’t want to know who will be next. Email Fail - You want to know what really grinds our gears?—People who struggle with responding to emails. Now, there are two different categories into which these people tend to fall. The first is by far the worst, but the second is close behind. The first kind is the group of people who simply take forever to respond to an email. You email them, wait for a response, and, by the time you hear back from them, you’ve forgotten that you emailed them in the first place. Here, the problem is how difficult it is to schedule and plan when you simply don’t know. The second group is those with whom you have a back and forth correspondence and then, all of a sudden, nothing. They just drop off the face of the earth, and you don’t know what happened. And that, well, that is just plain annoying. The Rain - Yesterday was the first of several Admitted Eagle Days on the Heights. Rather unforunately, it was also overcast and raining for much of the day. While that is to be expected from New England in February, it is also a case of really poor timing. We want our potential new Eagles to be impressed by BC and really enjoy their visit so that they make the right decision and come here in the fall. There is nothing that puts a damper on one’s mood—and one’s opinion of a school—quite like visiting in poor weather. We hope they don’t think too much of the weather when making their decision in a little while.

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Our time at Boston College is defined by construction projects—Stokes Hall, St. Mary’s, Shea Field, and many others. Before my time, Higgins, and after my time, the new Plex. No two BCs look the same. For alumni and current students, the universal characteristic of their various campuses is a constant state of flux. Most freshmen will have no frame of reference when I extoll the virtues of the “old” Quad, and I never knew the Dustbowl. But these changes happen for a reason. The old Quad and the old O’Neill Plaza were working fine—BC changed them on purely aesthetic grounds. It seems the administration is never content with how the campus looks. Maybe nothing will measure up to Gasson (not even Gasson itself, as recent renovations would indicate), or maybe there’s been a big shakeup at the top about what looks good for BC. Wherever that restless desire came from, construction projects at the very least look good for an admissions tour. Construction equals new buildings equals state of the art equals what have you built lately, Harvard? BC has that Brand New Thing that will give my child the most advanced College Experience technology, why don’t you? The University has an unappeasable obsession with how it is seen by the outside world. Such is even the case with our Plex-bound, weather-be-damnedthis-outfit-looks-great selves. Constructing, redesigning, and renovating one’s exterior appearance is hard-wired into our identity. BC double-majors in design. Our time at Boston College is defined by construction projects. This column is about design, in particular why the current designs of O’Neill Plaza and the Quad demand more scrutiny than they’ve had up to this point. Somebody designed them this way as opposed to that way, and those designs impact our lives. There’s a bit

more grass now, but was it worth sacrificing the old designs’ virtues? Conventional design of public space won big on the new O’Neill Plaza. Finally, grass! Trees! “It actually looks nice now!” “It feels like there’s life in it!” The old plaza couldn’t claim to have any Instapretty qualities. It came with the library, living in the (literal) shadow of a Brutalist building that positively reeked of modern art. Cue shudder. But the modern feel of the plaza tied together all of the buildings around it. The library opened up effortlessly into the old plaza, which was just modern-looking enough to make the library seem like it was actually a part of campus, and more approachable because of it. The new plaza, with its apologetic trees lathered over the facade of the library, tries to hide the library, acknowledging its ugliness and blocking the walkway in front of the library from the plaza, and therefore renders it less functional. The building feels less a part of the campus, and its ugliness becomes more pronounced. The apology trees’ effect is the opposite of their intention. The modern “concrete desert” of the old plaza also served the plaza’s function as a space to walk through. By keeping the material uniform throughout, the plaza could be crossed from any point at any angle. Not so with the grass. The plaza couldn’t be all grass for fear of it quickly turning into mud, so the University cut a jagged diagonal swath through it, effectively telling you how it should be walked through. And having this mix of concrete and grass also makes it more difficult, or at the very least less natural, for the plaza to serve as a place for student functions, which it used to do very well. Students would often sit on the wide tier stairs at functions, giving the plaza the feel of a Greek amphitheater. In those moments, the plaza felt like a central piece of the University. And the old plaza was always covered in chalk advertisements for various functions, an ingenious and colorful tribute to BC’s many student organizations and the vitality they bring to our campus. That made the plaza feel more alive than the new plaza’s shrubs, which scream “sidewalks outside of an office

complex,” ever could. Where the student body cheered the old plaza and its scary modernity being burned at the stake, reaction to the new Quad was a bit more negative. “If they put the trees back, I’d be okay with it.” It’s certainly easier to walk through now, but so many of the qualities that made it a good fit were lost. It no longer feels old, the lumpy brick replaced by impersonal sidewalk. Modernity worked with the old plaza, but shouldn’t the center of a 150-yearold University feel 150 years old? It used to have dips and bumps and sloped down and had a little wear and tear to it, but gosh it felt like home. Now the trees and benches we hung out around have been spread out to the point of uselessness. The Quad feels less like a space to meet with other people and more like an anonymous space to walk through (that weird fountain-y thing is gone too, which I’ll miss.) In a way, it feels now like people used to feel about O’Neill Plaza. Uniqueness replaced by sterility. But hey, there’s a good deal more grass, which is always a good thing. The major victims of these architectural projects are student organizations, true campus treasures BC loves to claim they help. Between the administration’s plopping sheets of grass onto the plaza and pulling the trees out of the Quad, student organizations lost two extremely efficient ways to advertise. Don’t you dare try to hang any banners between what trees and lampposts are still on the Quad; someone will be by to cut it down dutifully within the day. Whether this was their intention or not, the administration has effectively found a way to severly limit student organizations’ capacity for expression and speech. The human presence in these spaces is gone by way of the student groups effectively being muscled out. And to replace it came an insidious kind of ugliness, a faux-pretty one that’s sterile, impersonal, and dead. Forget scapegoating the lifeless O’Neill Library, there’s an embalmed corpse with caked-on makeup lying in its front lawn.

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

A case for Australia

Mary Kate Nolan When I first told my brother I was going abroad to Australia, he looked at me and replied, “That won’t look good on a resume.” I received similar feedback from professors and faculty I had confided in last year. “Why don’t you go to somewhere more exotic?” “What’s wrong with Europe?” One rude parent even commented, “Do your parents know they’re paying for you to party on the beach all day?” Their voices echoed in my head as I submitted my study abroad application for the University of Queensland in Brisbane. Sure, Australia is not the most culturally unique country in the world. It is not the home of the Mona Lisa, Machu Picchu, or the Great Pyramids. Nevertheless, when I received my acceptance, I boldly decided to explore Down Under. During the next five months I completely forgot about the Australia stigma back home. Instead, I learned about its history and politics. I discovered the music, art, and spirituality of the Aboriginal population. I witnessed a demonstration for land rights and equality. I read about Parliament and the upcoming election. I saw Tony Abbott usurp Kevin Rudd’s position as Prime Minister. I took a class on Australia’s marine environment and studied the diversity fragility of the Great Barrier Reef. My professors preached environmental sustainability to protect the marine wildlife. I realized that the Boston College faculty was wrong about Australia—it has a unique culture unlike anywhere else in the world. I left for my semester abroad in midJuly. The unusual timing made it particularly hard to say goodbye to my family

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and friends. Nevertheless, I embarked on a 24-hour plane ride and arrived on the other side of the world two days later. I moved into an apartment with five new roommates—none of whom were from BC or America. Disheveled, hungry, and jetlagged, I explored the streets of Southbank, my new neighborhood. To my disdain, I discovered that nothing was opened past 6 p.m. on a Sunday. I couldn’t buy shampoo for a shower or grab a snack at the corner store. My new roommates were of little help. I resorted to the vending machine only to realize I had no Australian coins. I begged the doorman to make change of my $50 bill and scarfed down a bag of honey soy chicken-flavored potato chips. They were disgusting, but I ate the whole bag. The next day, I had to wake up at 9 for orientation. Luckily, it was 7 p.m. New York time, so I had no trouble getting out of bed. In fact, I had been up since 4! I took this opportunity to search for food. Again, everything was closed. A second round of honey soy chicken chips were calling my name. I succumbed to my hunger, then decided to go for a jog to loosen my joints after the seemingly never-ending plane ride. I rounded the corner of my apartment and found a street lined with swanky restaurants, most of which were out of my budget range. I turned down another block and saw a beautiful archway entwined with brilliant fuchsia flowers that extended for about a mile. I read a sign that labeled it the Southbank Parklands. The pathway ran adjacent to the Brisbane River. I decided it would be a nice shady spot to avoid the harsh “winter” sun during my morning exercise. I followed its trail and noticed palm trees littered with Rainbow Lorikeets, iconic Australian birds with brilliant colorful feathers. The smell of chlorine led me to a manmade beach that offered spectacular views of the city skyline. I must have stopped every 100 feet to take photos. It was a city unlike any I had ever seen before. There were about three bridges in

eyesight that connected Southbank to the central business district, and bright yellow ferries were transporting a few early morning commuters. The Brisbane River, from which the city gets its name, hugged the city’s twists and turns, offering a stunning reflection of the cloudless sky. I refused to stray too far from the path, wary of getting lost before my first day at Uni. I walked back toward my apartment and noticed some of the restaurants opening their doors for early morning customers. I had my first full Australian meal at a coffee shop called Saj Grill. I made friends with the barista, who was enthralled with my American accent. Every morning when I walked past the cafe, I would be greeted with, “Good morning, American girl!” I never learned his real name, but was comforted by his friendly demeanor. Later, I was exposed to activities I never even considered while living in New York or Boston. I was able to dive in the Great Barrier Reef, go camping on Fraser Island, and see a play at the Sydney Opera House. I wandered the streets of Melbourne, took surfing lessons in Noosa, and sailed around the Whitsunday Islands. I went bungee jumping in Cairns and skydiving in Byron Bay. I tasted kangaroo, emu, and crocodile. I learned how to play the didjeridu and hugged a koala. I developed a soft spot for Summer Heights High, Nicole Kidman, and Empire of the Sun. Also, I studied at a university that ranks among the top 40 in the world. I stopped thinking about how I would validate my study abroad destination in an interview and embraced the fact that I was in a foreign country with a unique history and culture. It is time for professors, employers, and judgmental older brothers to stop writing it off as a study abroad destination for slackers and start appreciating all of the unique attractions Australia has to offer.

Mary Kate Nolan is a staff columnist for The Heights. She can be reached at opinions@bcheights.com.

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What is love? Kimberly Crowley With Valentine’s Day creeping up on us, my friends recently devised an interesting challenge—we each agreed to write speeches about what love means to us. In thinking about what I wanted to say, I realized that there are plenty of people who are willing to try to explain love in definite terms. Love is patient, love is blind, love lifts us up, all you need is love … the list goes on—as anyone who reads my columns can probably guess, however, I’m not going to make overarching claims. Instead, I’m going to admit that I can only try to interpret what love means based on how I’ve experienced it. In my childhood, I was lucky. Love was always family. Love was the relationship between Mom and Dad; love was visiting my cousins; love was the birth of my baby sister. Moreover, I was lucky enough to meet a girl when I was eight who quickly taught me that love could and should be friendship. Love was admitting boys might not have cooties. Love was hours on a swing set. Love was sharing. Unsurprisingly, when I began “falling in love,” love became more complicated. The first time I fell, love became sacrifice. Love was letting him pull me down as he pulled himself up. Love was letting him blame me for his depression. Love was being there through his fight anyway. Love was helping him get better as I got worse. When I fell in love the second time, love was healing. Love was being accepted in all my broken glory and being put together again with respect. Love was the boy who wanted so badly to be enough for me. Love was wishing I could be that girl for him. Love was learning I was worth love and yet temporarily incapable of it. Fortunately, by the time I fell in love for the third time, love was finally balance. Love was caring for someone as much as he cared for me. Love was dependability. Love was stability. Love was mutuality. And, sadly, love was learning that sometimes these things just aren’t enough. In the absence of having someone to focus on as the primary figure of love in my life since the end of my last relationship, I have had to come to recognize love in less distinct forms. Fortunately, this ambiguity has inspired reflection during which I’ve noticed one commonality—namely, that throughout my life, love has always been one thing—vulnerability. Honestly, the realization is a terrifying one, since, in my mind, accepting vulnerability is accepting that someone will see me in my entirety—my good and my bad. Nevertheless, I cannot ignore that it has been the most salient factor in moments I have learned the most about love. There was vulnerability in realizing I’d been hiding from my best friend for years because I didn’t believe I deserved love; in the moment I surrendered to my own need for co-dependence and told her everything; in realizing I could be imperfect with her. There was vulnerability in the moment I opened myself to someone I was afraid to trust; in admitting to him I hated myself; in letting him show me I could be more. There has been vulnerability in the decision to let people into my heart more willingly every day since. I don’t pretend to know what love means for everyone. My friends set this challenge because they recognize that everyone is going to have a different answer and that the important thing is to know your own definition. For me, love has become the very idea of living vulnerably for the sake of others and having faith that this vulnerability will open the door to honesty, acceptance, and caring. Only through vulnerability have I come to learn what true sharing, sacrifice, healing, balance, and surrender look like; only through vulnerability have I come to experience what true connection and heartbreak feel like; only through vulnerability have I come to know truly both shame and empathy; and only through vulnerability have I come to accept the beauty not only in others, but also in myself. At the same time, I recognize that many people will probably see this as foolish, and maybe it is. I’ll be the first to admit that this faith has not always been rewarded and that vulnerability has been a major source of hurt in my life—however, this challenge helped me to realize that I think this hurt is worth it, because I see the vulnerability that precedes it as crucial to my relationships. Thus, with Valentine’s Day approaching, it might be a good time to consider accepting my friends’ challenge and take a moment to consider what love means to you. Perhaps you’ll agree with me about vulnerability, and perhaps you won’t. It honestly doesn’t matter. The important thing is being able to define what love means to you. Only then can you be sure you’re working toward the relationships you envision, sacrificing only what you are willing to give, and not letting something meaningful pass you by.

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

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Hudgens struggles to convince in drama ‘Gimme Shelter’ BY CAMERON HARDING For The Heights

Ron Krauss’ Gimme Shelter is tragic in both content and execution. Based on a true story, the film follows Agnes “Apple” Bailey (Vanessa Hudgens), a pregnant teenager on the run from her crackhead mother and abortionpushing father and stepmother. Finding refuge in a shelter for young mothers, Apple—with the help GIMME SHELTER of Father Ron Krauss McCarthy (James Earl Jones) and Kathy (Ann Dowd)—overcomes her circumstances and finds meaning in her life before the film’s happy, schlocky conclusion. Despite such a gritty premise, Krauss’ work falls flat. This compelling and heart-wrenching story manifests as a simplistic mess plagued with cartoonish characters and lackluster writing. Gimme Shelter’s failures are largely due to its one-dimensional characters and inconsistent acting. Despite an admirable effort, Hudgens alternates between decent and unconvincing (though certainly not terrible). Apple’s mother June (Rosario Dawson) has one interesting scene that hints at some depth,

but is otherwise the crazy, daughter-stabbing antagonist who is mildly overacted by Dawson. Apple’s estranged millionaire father Tom (Brendan Fraser) looks confused, annoyed, or just plain awkward the entire film. His wife Joanna (Stephanie Szostak) is especially ridiculous, depicted as a Disney-esque wicked stepmother. When Jones first appears in the film, there is the tantalizing hope that the film can be saved. Unfortunately, even he can’t pull off Krauss’ abysmal dialogue. The script bounces between generic blathering and corny, absurd metaphors involving pinwheels. More than anything, Gimme Shelter is exasperatingly rushed. Ironically, the opening caption: “based on a true story” fades until only “true story” is left lingering on the screen, as if to emphasize how truly “true” this true story is. Regardless, too many elements of the film feel woefully unconvincing. For example, Joanna, the uptight stepmother, is appalled by Apple’s intrusion into her luxurious mansion. She abandons Apple at a local hospital, tries to manipulate Tom into getting rid of her, forces her into an abortion clinic, and is then absent for the rest of the film. During the ending, Joanna magically appears as a loving and compassionate person. Gimme Shelter

consistently offers similar disconnects. Relationships in the film are rushed and devoid of substance. We never get a concrete sense of the history between Apple’s biological parents, let alone how one ended up as a Wall Street millionaire and the other a green-toothed junkie. Tom and June share one scene—Tom awkwardly asks, “Is that you?,” June leaves, and that’s about it. Another problem is that Krauss focuses solely on Hudgens, to the point of detriment. Upon entering the shelter, Apple encounters the first good thing in her life, a sanctuary filled with people who care for her. Regrettably, the bonding between these girls is flat. All Krauss contributes to this critical development is a couple of corny scenes and one instance where the girls read each other’s background files for two minutes. There’s no real intimacy with the other girls, and by the end of the film, it’s difficult to remember any of their names. Consequently, when the group hugs and cries at the end of the film, it all feels embarrassingly anticlimactic. One of Gimme Shelter’s few redeeming qualities is that while the film is noticeably pro-life, this isn’t shoved in the audience’s face. Given the nature of the story, a pro-life undertone is quite reasonable. After all, Apple

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Despite its compelling premise, ‘Gimme Shelter’ disappoints with dull writing and poor acting. and her baby endured abhorrent circumstances and still eventually found happiness. The ending feels so much like an unrealistic fairytale, however, that Krauss does his own politics a disservice. All of Apple’s problems are vaguely attributed to “the system,” but any insightful depth or elaboration is completely absent. It also felt odd that Ronald Reagan is randomly mentioned in awkward juxtaposition to Mother Theresa in the film, although the implication is probably unintentional.

Indeed, to suggest Gimme Shelter had political subtext may be giving Krauss too much credit, considering his film resembles a sloppy MTV special or an after-school program addressing teen pregnancy. This movie may be enjoyable if you turn your brain off before watching it, but otherwise it’s a clear flop. While Gimme Shelter isn’t really terrible enough to be offensive, the real “Apple” Bailey, and every young woman in a similar position, deserved a better movie. 

‘Labor Day’ breaks from commonality

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While different from his prior work, Reitman’s ‘Labor Day’ adaptation is a successful break into the romantic drama genre for the ‘Juno’ director. BY CATHERINE GIZELIS For The Heights

With the media promoting Labor Day as a sweeping love story akin to a Nicholas Sparks adaptation, Jason Reitman’s latest feature may have certain viewers getting into something they hardly bargained for. Yet, when given the chance, Labor Day, starring Josh Brolin and Academy Award-winner Kate WinLABOR DAY slet, proJason Reitman vides a beautiful and at times heart-wrenching look into the complications of a love unasked for. The film—based on the novel of the same name by Joyce Maynard—follows the five-day journey of Adele Wheeler (Winslet), a depressed single mother, and her 13-year-old son Henry (Gattlin Griffith) during the Labor Day weekend of 1987. Adele, who struggles to leave her house for menial tasks and errands, relies greatly on Henry. When Adele and Henry make their monthly trip to the supply store, they meet Frank Chambers (Brolin), an escaped convict who forcefully insists that the Wheelers take him back to their house, where he plans to hide until morning. As he waits for the trains to run during this holiday weekend, Chambers slowly begins making himself a part of Adele and Henry’s world. Despite the ever-present television news reports that warn of Chambers’ escape and of his dangerous nature, the three of them bond

over cleaning, handiwork, and the baking of a peach pie—a scene that is perhaps one of the most memorable in the film. In a series of flashbacks, the audience learns more about Adele and Chambers, and about the events that have led them to the places they are in their lives today. As Adele and Chambers slowly fall in love, they begin to imagine a life beyond hiding out from neighbors and cop cars. Those expecting Labor Day to be similar to Reitman’s prior work—most notably, Up in the Air, Juno, and Thank You for Smoking—might be surprised. Aside from a few moments, the film generally lacks the snappy sarcasm often found in Reitman’s other features. Reitman’s foray into this type of drama is not without its faults—at certain times the film borders on melodrama, if only for its slightly predictable plot. The strong leads seem to bolster the directing, though, as Winslet and Brolin each shine in their roles. They easily hold the audience’s focus on the emotional core rather than on what’s coming out of their mouths. Winslet is no stranger to playing characters like Adele—she takes an introverted character and makes her come alive through moments of both pain and love. The sadness in her face is undeniable and forms a direct connection with the audience. It is Winslet’s performance that guides the film, carrying the audience along on Adele’s emotional journey. Brolin’s presence in the film is also strong. He is commanding enough to convince the audience of his convict status, yet

gentle enough to fall for. Although Adele’s son Henry may seem like he holds a limited part—the majority of his scenes involve watching his mother and Frank fall in love— Griffith carries the role well and brings to the table exactly what was needed. One of the strongest parts of the film lies in the flashbacks of Adele’s and Chambers’ respective lives before their falling in love. Specifically, these flashbacks follow Adele as she struggles with moments in her previous marriage and give reason to Chambers’ imprisonment. These scenes are carefully constructed and speak well to the work of writer/director Reitman, as well as editor Dana E. Glauberman, who has frequently worked with Reitman. The flashbacks merge seamlessly with the present-day storyline and provide insight as well as emotion. Although the film blindly follows some of the conventions of a stereotypical romance, those flocking to this movie with the expectation that it will warm their souls and be a perfect date night film will likely struggle to see the beauty behind Labor Day. It is unfortunate that media promotion has spliced the majority of the romantic scenes into one trailer and put it on display, as it will undoubtedly change the overall expectation of the movie for many. The emotion behind Labor Day is not necessarily going to appeal to mass consumers, but will affect those who can appreciate poignant acting and a film that is willing to challenge the viewer’s emotional expectations. At base, Labor Day is a film that forces viewers to consider a love of rare form. 

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Cats, chairs, and comedy: Sundance shorts showcase variety BY ANNE DONNELLY For The Heights

THE DATE “The Date” by Jenni Toivoniemi tells the story of a young boy, Tino, the owner of Diablo—a prize-winning stud cat—who must entertain a cat breeder and the owner of the female cat meant to be Diablo’s mate. With a Finnish cast, the film is almost amusing in the way it contrasts the heated passions of the breeding cats with the polite civilities of the two owners and the cat breeder. Tino makes coffee and toasts sweet buns for his guests, trying to ignore the hissing and screeching and thumping coming from the two amorous cats in the other room. He sits awkwardly while the young girl (owner of the TUFFI FILMS female cat) jumps at every bang, at one point turning to Tino, exclaiming, “What is that brute

doing to her!” The loud mating of the cats and the awkwardness between the two owners brings out the sexual tension between them. Tino consoles the girl, saying that Diablo always treats his women well. At the end of the film, one feels almost as if the date was between the two owners instead of the cats. WHIPLASH Great music comes in bursts throughout director Damien Chazelle’s “Whiplash.” The short is about a young boy who aspires to be a drummer in an elite jazz band—led by the proverbial director from hell. The abusive rants from the director as he chews out one particular boy for simply being out of tune, lambasting ever ything from his weight to his musical talents, leaves one BLUMHOUSE PRODUCTIONS alarmed and nervous for the fate of the new drummer. When it is his turn in

the spotlight, despite many encouraging words from the director, the main character feels the heat as well. The director’s vicious insults whip a group of college-age boys into docile sheep. The music ties “Whiplash” together well, coming in and out as the director stops and starts the group, usually pausing to chastise one of the players. The loud, brassy, and jazzy feel to the song as it stops and starts builds up the tension until one fears every pause means the director is about to lash out, with his every insult worse than the last. IRISH FOLK FURNITURE “Irish Folk Furniture” by Tony Donoghue is an endearing, sweet stopmotion animation about the process of repairing old traditional furniture. The film uses real subjects, but the frameby-frame stop animation gives it the choppy, patched together feel typical of this brand of animation. As proud owners describe the significance attached to their chairs, cupboards, or flour bins in

their lilting Irish accents, the film shows the worn-out furniture’s travels across green fields and country roads to the barn of the man who repairs them. As the director interviews the various owners and the repairman, new life is slowly brought to these well-loved objects. They are sanded down, given new varnish, re-painted, and then finally IRISH FILM BOARD shown in their old homes again, in many cases serving the next generation who will come to love the furniture like their parents and grandparents did. Donoghue does an excellent job of showing the loving relationship between owner and possession and the adorable personalities of the old folk, reminding us of the affection we feel for our own cherished heirlooms. K.I.T. (KEEP IN TOUCH) Director Michelle Morgan’s “K.I.T.

(Keep In Touch)” is a refreshing and funny short about the ridiculous restraints society imposes. A well-meaning, wealthy girl is very upset to hear the kind, quirky checkout girl is leaving the local grocery. Determined to keep with her promise to “keep in touch”—a nicety most people just throw out because it’s polite—the wealthy girl makes every effort to get together with the former grocer. The meet ups get more and more awkward, with the girl obsessing about them in her spare times, worrying that she was too mean or LAUREN SCHNIPPER to o fake. It reminds one of all the social constructs that we follow not because anyone necessarily wants to, but because it’s simply what is done. Seeing this girl trying fervently to be so considerate and polite is both hilarious and prompts introspection. 

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DOBC presents showcase in Robsham, featuring Fuego del Corazon ‘Reign,’ from A10 ticulously executed “Young and Beautiful,” choreographed by Abby Chaffer, LSOE ’16, to an upbeat tap routine set to Phillip Phillips’ “Gone, Gone, Gone,” choreographed by Kiera O’Dwyer, A&S ’14. The first half of the performances also included a thumping, energetic dance to the tune of Disclosure’s “Latch” (feat. Sam Smith) choreographed by Nan Localio, A&S ’14, followed by a beautifully delicate dance to Passenger’s “Let Her Go,” choreographed by Brianna Dougherty, A&S ’14. Reign featured an eclectic soundtrack, including songs old and new, some popular

and others less mainstream. Going for a more classic appeal, Caitlin Rixey, A&S ’15, choreographed a smooth, mellow routine to the Beatles’ “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” and Jenni Mannion, CSOM ’15, put together a fun, fast-paced dance to Queen’s “Another One Bites the Dust.” As for more current sounds, the dancers ended the first half of the show with a routine by Dougherty and Taylor Ross, both A&S ’14, titled “Justified”—the performance was set to a compilation of Justin Timberlake’s music, featuring “Senorita,” “Rock Your Body,” and “My Love.” The jazzy, contemporary performance featured Andrew Troum, A&S ’16, and a number of the female dancers from DOBC.

Mixed with the more modern routines were two classical numbers. “Be Kind,” choreographed by Lorditch, featured the soothing instrumentals of composer Max Richter’s “Infra 5.” Dancers travelled fluidly across the stage in long, flowing dresses, creating an eerie feeling throughout the number. Lorditch paired the performance with projections, one quote reading: “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” Nadya Karpova, A&S ’15, contributed another instrumental routine, titled “Inspired,” featuring “Winter” from Antonio Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. The dance moved more quickly, and the message was more uplifting for this routine. These two instrumental routines

allowed for the dancers a lyrical role in the performance, and they shone brilliantly through the music. Of course, two of the most vivacious performances of the night came from Fuego del Corazon—BC’s Latin Dance Team. The group’s two numbers—“Magalenha” and “Amor y Pasion”—featured the music of Don Omar, Juan Luis Guerra, Daddy Yankee, and Proyecto Gotan, and they were packed with sensual partner routines and fast-paced steps. The eclectic vibes of act two led up to a finale featuring the entirety of DOBC. “A Tribute to Queen Bey” was choreographed by the officers of the organization, and paid tribute to the songs and styles of Beyonce,

with takes from across her career, including “Halo” and “***Flawless.” The performance also payed tribute to the contributions of the four class years represented in DOBC dancers. The freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior classes were each given an individual song and stage time in the final dance. This last performance, appropriately titled “Reign,” lent itself well to showing the specific capabilities of dancers at all levels of the organization—many of whom were involved in multiple of Reign’s routines. This final number honored the hard work put into Reign, and made it clear that without the whole of DOBC, the entire night wouldn’t be possible. n

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That awkward season: months of mediocrity in motion picture releases Ryan Dowd I have a habit of obsessively watching movie trailers. This isn’t a plea for help, and I think I generally practice sound mental health. It’s just fact: I watch a lot of movie trailers. It’s fun knowing the general movie forecast before the lay viewer, and I enjoy sounding clever and informed at family gatherings. Trailers also require less of an emotional commitment than television shows, but this column isn’t about my capacity for emotional commitment, and frankly, I may not have the capacity to commit to such an emotional column. No, it’s our capacity for emotional commitment at stake here, as another winter season of great movies ends and the longer season of sequels begins. That Awkward Moment came out this weekend, and well, it’s not very good. You can slide over to Rotten Tomatoes to get a sense of how the film fares: That Awkward

Moment garnered praise from 23 percent of critics and 58 percent of regular viewers. That’s better than writer/director Tom Gormican’s last project, though. Gormican worked as a co-producer on the star-studded but scatterbrained Movie 43, which earned a whopping 4 percent of critics’ approval. If you’re unfamiliar with its premise (good for you), That Awkward Moment follows the “broship” of three young professionals played by Zac Efron, Miles Teller (The Spectacular Now), and Michael B. Jordan (Fruitvale Station). According to the trailer, delightful little awkwardness ensues. Zac Efron gets intimate with a woman, Jordan accidentally tans his male organ, and Teller gets hit by a bus. To my begrudgingly honest chagrin, I remember watching the trailer for That Awkward Moment, shrugging, and saying to myself, “I could see myself paying 10 bucks to see that.” I could hang out with those guys for an hour and a half. I have an Entourage

poster. I had thought the movie might be another Pitch Perfect or Warm Bodies— which came out on the same weekend last year—but apparently it won’t. That Awkward Moment is just another bad movie. Getting hit by a bus isn’t awkward. It’s funny, sure, but not awkward. Making a pact to stay single, as the guys do in the movie, and then meeting a girl you like and ditching those friends isn’t awkward—that’s life. Owning an Entourage poster and really liking Pitch Perfect isn’t awkward, because I won’t allow it to be. You know what’s awkward? Walking out of a bad movie. It’s that awkward moment when you pay 10 bucks for a movie and walk out with regret. It’s awkward when I sit down at my desk fully committed to spending the next two hours watching movie trailers and realize that I’ve seen all these movies before. Another vampire movie? Didn’t everyone from 300 die? Do we really need more Marvel movies? Don’t mistake my confusion for ap-

athy. I’m admittedly excited for The Amazing Spider-Man 2, the second installment of the second Spider-Man series. I’m excited to see another city completely neutralized by a giant monster in Godzilla, because there’s no way we didn’t see that last summer. This is awkward. We just had three whole months of creative, artistic movies. American Hustle, Wolf of Wall Street, Her, and Frozen were all original, organic works of art. And this summer, we’ll have three months of sequels, all of which will climax with the same city-crushing, guns-blazing shootout. And we’ll flock to theaters across the country, and we’ll forget about American Hustle, Wolf of Wall Street, Her, and Frozen, because the explosions have such pretty bright lights. What’s awkward isn’t that these movies are that bad. It takes a certain amount of talent to make many of these films look so spectacular—and the visuals are objectively spectacular. It takes a certain amount of talent to make stilted dialogue sound com-

pelling, because the giant monster is coming to destroy the city and we have to stop it! It’s all very awkward, because for a few months every year Hollywood makes great movies. Then, for the rest of the year, they trot out more Adam Sandler and Michael Bay movies. Watching giant robots fight giant robots is usually fun., but it’s not the same as watching Leonardo DiCaprio snort cocaine off a stripper or Joaquin Phoenix fall in love with Scarlet Johansson’s voice. Maybe it comes down to our not having the emotional capacity for a whole year of deep, meaningful movies. So I guess we’ll keep giving Disney billions of dollars, because it’s easier to pop into the theater for two hours and then continue on with our day than it is to really care about what we’re watching.

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

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After appearing in last semester’s production of ‘Three Sisters,’ Kearnan is making her directorial debut in Bonn Theatre two weeks.

Acoustics, “Uncharted,” the Dynamics, “Under the Bridge” and “Royals,” (Jason Mraz, Sara Bareilles, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Lorde, respectively). Against the Current raised the crowd with an amazingly energetic and vocally stunning ”Shake it Out” by Florence and the Machine, which featured some spectacular solo work. The Bostonians riled up the crowd with a humorous and energetic performance of “P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing),” and the group kept with this playful spirit, performing “Eye of the Tiger” by Survivor. There were also many traditional

songs, representative of the heritage of several of the culturally focused performance groups. Shaan, BC’s South Asian a cappella group, introduced traditional South Asian sounds and styles into the concert. Against the Current performed a vitalized hymnal that powerful captured the atmosphere of love and family echoed in the anecdotes of the campus volunteers throughout the night. Overall, the night was a powerfully executed benefit for a worthy cause. The spirit of the Campus School’s mission was alive and well in the work of the evening’s many musical acts represented at the event. n

Kearnan to direct ‘Circle Mirror Transformation’ ‘Circle Mirror,’ from A10 much anything as long as it’s a theater game and informs what they’re doing on stage. It’s really meta, and what I’m doing is what Marty’s doing in the class, which is why sometimes I ask Alex Lewis, who’s playing Marty, to lead a game or lead a warm-up. It’s kind of great to do it that way, because the way I structure rehearsals informs everything that they’re doing on stage. When we first started rehearsing, they’re coming into this process and they don’t know each other that well, and they don’t know what to expect from this process, which is the same way these people are coming into acting class. The Heights: Coming into this process as an actor, how is directing different? Kearnan: The first three or four rehearsals, it was like I don’t know why they’re letting me do this, and it’s different mostly just to be in charge and to have to set up a rehearsal plan for everyone. As an actor, you just show up when they tell you to, and you do what they tell you to. To have to make decisions and know two weeks in advance what I’m going to do on this rehearsal is kind of like being a teacher.

The Heights: What’s it like working in the Bonn? Kearnan: The Bonn is more of an intimate space. You’re right near the audience, and I like it better, especially for this show. I wouldn’t have ever directed this show on Main Stage, and that goes along with why we chose the thrust setup for this instead of the classic proscenium—to bring the audience closer. This play is so much based in realism, and the action of the play is based on the people that are there and the characters. Because these people are meant to be so real, I feel the audience needs to be as close to that as possible. I love it, because I can put tiny little moments in there that mean something, but would never come across on the Main Stage. The Heights: Did you know you wanted to focus on theatre coming into BC? Kearnan: I didn’t expect to become a major, and I don’t ever remember having that decision to become a major. I just kind of stayed here. The Heights: Why do you think theatre matters at Boston College? Kearnan: It’s a reflection of life. In my mind, there’s no better way to explore life and to see

it right in front of you. A lot of the shows we do here, we try to make them accessible to the student body, and relevant. The Heights: What would you say was the most special moment in this directing process so far? Kearnan: I don’t know if this is the most special, but we do this thing at the end of rehearsal. Everybody just lies down on the floor, and we turn off the lights, and somebody will play a song at the end of pretty much every rehearsal. We were in the Slice before—the game room in Vanderslice—we were rehearsing in there while Clean House was in [Bonn], and the heat doesn’t work in there. So it was really cold one day. It was like 10 degrees outside, so it was 20 degrees in the Slice, so we all were in our coats, and I was running around with a blanket on. That day, instead of lying around separately on our spaces on the floor, we all made a little cuddle pile when we listened to the song. So now, every time we listen to the song, we make a little cuddle pile instead of spreading out on the floor. This kind of represents the show for me, and when you’re working with good people, it makes the process so much better. I am really thankful for this cast I have and the community we have together. n

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Shaan (above) was one of seven a cappella groups to perform at Thursday’s concert.

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Challenging first impressions

ARIANA IGNERI First impressions are often the worst impressions, especially when it comes to art. “I want you to look at these paintings and tell me how you feel,” urged my professor during class all last week. He presented slide after slide after slide of art, pressing us to recognize and identify the particular emotions evoked by each one. We stared at the projections, then we stared at him—the autumnal red, yellows, and greens of Monet’s Japanese Bridge reflected in the pupils of 16 pairs of confused eyes. “I don’t like it,” said someone impulsively. Disliking something, though, is not a feeling, my professor told us, asking us to look harder, past the simplicity of our initial positive or negative reactions. A long pause pervaded the dark room. “It makes me feel … stressed,” said that same student, trying again. When questioned about why he felt the way he felt, he didn’t know. No one did. In retrospect, our class’s anxiety was probably a result of our not understanding the painting—of our not understanding the method’s Monet was using to pattern our emotions. Our professor explained, starting with definitions: perspective, composition, and texture were a few of the terms he told us to take note of. Equipped with a toolbox of vocabulary, we looked a second time at Monet’s work. And in the end, we realized the warm colors and their vivid hues were meant to make us feel alive and energetic, the short brush strokes were supposed to incite a sense of wild excitement, and the parallel composition of the painting was intended to illustrate the sky’s reflecting in the water beneath the bridge, provoking thoughtfulness. Monet didn’t mean to frustrate viewers with his painting. He wanted them to experience a kind of spirited curiosity. He meant, as in the rest of his work, to push people to reexamine their premature judgments. Like Monet, Impressionist artists in the 1800s had this same purpose. They broke conventions and encouraged people to reconsider their understanding of art. Critics and the public were originally opposed to the French artistic movement because the Impressionists approached art differently than their more traditional predecessors. So while artists before them generally portrayed the precise details of a subject, they represented feelings, recreating sensations through visual effects. Free, thick, and broken brush strokes took priority over strict lines and contours, and intense, unmixed colors replaced smoothly shaded ones, among other things. Just as my class last week came to appreciate Monet’s Japanese Bridge, the world eventually learned to accept the style of the Impressionists. In both cases, it came down to reassessing opinions and becoming more educated about techniques. After we studied that first Monet piece, it became a lot easier—and more enjoyable—to work through the remaining paintings in my professor’s slideshow. The Bedroom by Van Gogh was no longer a befuddling portrayal of a bed, night table, and chair arranged completely out of proportion. Now, it was study of perspective, maybe meant to make the viewer feel young and experience things as a child would. No more were Cezanne’s still lifes boring, mundane representations of oddly sized fruits and pitchers on wrinkled tablecloths. They were, rather, experiments in dynamics and dimension, inspiring the viewer to value the vitality in the quietest moments of day-to-day life by feeling aware. The first Impressionist exhibit I saw was one displaying the work of Degas at the MFA a few years ago. While I contemplated the gallery’s collection, I tried as best as I could to comprehend it on a deeper level than simply calling its pieces “pretty.” I knew Degas’ ballerinas made me feel strong and beautiful, and I knew his infamous nudes made me feel vulnerable—but I didn’t know why. I didn’t know how the artist made me feel what I felt. I wish I knew then what I know now. First impressions are often the worst ones, not because they’re wrong, but because they’re incomplete. They’re more like a starting point, a shallow, surface-level understanding expected to develop into a more profound, fulfilling one. Whether it’s a work of art or anything else in life, consistently reevaluating it is the only way to really appreciate it—to paint the truest picture of what it is and what it means to you.

Ariana Igneri is the Assoc. Arts & Review editor of The Heights. She can be reached at arts@bcheights.com.

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BY KATHERINE THIBODEAU For The Heights After being advertised around campus all week—on posters, cards, and by the dancers themselves—Reign, presented by Dance Organization of Boston College (DOBC), proved worthy of all of the hype. The show included a great diversity of dance, music, and costumes, not to mention two spicy performances by BC dance group Fuego del Corazon. Number after number, the dancers of DOBC dazzled on stage and left the crowd entertained throughout

the entire two-hour show. Reign featured 23 crowd-pleasing performances choreographed by over 15 of DOBC’s choreographers. The styles included tap, jazz, lyrical, and hip-hop, all interspersed throughout the night, and each dance managed to stand out as unique from the others. Alex Lorditch, DOBC’s director and A&S ’14, described Reign as “our uninhibited selves and the culmination of our creative collaboration.” The creativity of all of the members of DOBC is indeed what stood out most about the show. The choreographers ranged in class year and—as dancers themselves—plenty of

heart and careful design could be seen in the execution of each number. Reign began with a spirited dance to an a cappella version of Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance with Somebody,” choreographed by the officers of DOBC and performed by all of DOBC’s talented choreographers—most of whom have been dancing since childhood. The rest of the performances from the first half varied greatly, ranging from sultry and graceful to intricately detailed. It featured everything from a me-

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Senior Maggie Kearnan discusses directorial debut in Bonn BY JOHN WILEY

Arts & Review Editor Annie Baker’s Circle Mirror Transformation is slated to open at the Bonn Studio Theatre in two weeks, running Feb. 20 through Feb 22. The show will be the directorial debut for Maggie Kearnan, A&S ’14. Kearnan has been involved in the theater department throughout her four years at Boston College, most recently appearing as Olga in the Robsham Main Stage production of Three Sisters in November. The Heights: Describe Circle Mirror Transformation in brief. Kearnan: It’s about five people who are taking a summertime adult acting course together. It’s taught by Marty, and most of them don’t know each other. Marty’s husband James is in the class, but the other three are strangers to Marty and James and to each other. Over the course of the play, they’re just playing

theatre games mostly, and the character of Lauren, who’s 16 years old, is expecting—you know, she signed up for an acting class—to be handed a script basically, which I love, because sometime I think an audience going to see a play on an acting class, that’s what they expect to see, but it’s theatre games. They’re all lying around on the ground and counting and walking through the space and playing different tableau games and reenactment games. It’s how we learn about those people through those games, and what they learn about themselves, and how they change—if they change. The Heights: Has there been difficulty in rehearsal for a show that’s itself about an acting class? Kearnan: I wouldn’t say difficulty—it’s interesting. It opens up all these opportunities in the rehearsal process, because we can do pretty

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‘Circle Mirror Transformation’ director Kearnan (right) joins her cast for warm-up exercises.

Campus School’s annual benefit concert becomes emotional occasion BY LOGAN WREN For The Heights

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The Dynamics performed ‘Under The Bridge’ by Red Hot Chili Peppers and ‘Royals’ by Lorde.

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L ast Thursday, over a hundred people—students, parents, and faculty members—gathered in the Rat for the Campus School’s annual a cappella concert, a music fest featuring seven of Boston College’s talented singing groups: the Sharps, Shaan, Acoustics, B.E.A.T.S., Dynamics, Bostonians, and Against the Current. The Campus School, founded in 1970, is a publicly-funded private school at BC that educates and assists students with severe mental and physical disabilities. It provides education, healthcare, and therapeutic services to children aged 3 to 21. Some 400 BC volunteers that aid the organization in some way, serving through the Campus School Volunteers of BC (CSVBC), the PULSE program, Creative Kids, and work-study programs. This is the third year that the CSVBC has set up the concert, and, as in previ-

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ous years, it turned out to be a great success. All of the groups performed well with a mix of popular and classic songs, the atmosphere was set with Christmas lights, and the entire room smelled of baked goods as CSVBC ran a bake sale out in the hall. During the event, many volunteers shared some of their thoughts and experiences with the Campus School between group performances, and the powerful messages centered around two words: home and family. A slideshow presentation ran during all of the performances on a projector screen— pictures from past Campus School events—daily images of picnics, games, families, smiles, triumphs, camaraderie, and overwhelmingly, community. The seven a cappella groups involved in the concert performed some impressive renditions of popular songs. The Sharps sang “I Won’t Give Up,” the

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CONNOR MELLAS The Super Bowl—despite what the NFL, ESPN, CBS, and FOX talking heads want you to believe—is not the greatest event in sports. Contrary to its ever-exuberant and always-exhausting billing, it’s not really the once-a-yeartraversable gleaming peak of American sporting awesomeness. At the same time, though, the Super Bowl—despite what many random crusading blogs on the Internet would likely want you to believe—is not the worst thing in sports, either. That title is still protected under lock, key, and guard by Alexi Lalas’ deceased mustache. In actuality, the Super Bowl is roughly a 15-minute hype-blanketed game of football between the two best/serendipitous/hottest teams for the Lombardi Trophy and the chance to spend a few weeks on the talk show circuit. There’s a real game with real players and real stakes being played, but it’s a contest that can’t possibly live up to the two weeks of nauseating hype, hot, hotter, and hottest takes, and stupidly engorged narratives forced on it. On Sunday night, the great unstoppable offense vs. the immovable defense narrative went to hell as the Seahawks buried the Broncos 43-8. Amid a sea of insurance, car, and beer commercials and other 30-second spots averaging $3.7 to $3.8 million apiece, a game was played—albeit one virtually unwatchable to non-Seattle residents. After weeks of nation-wide anticipation and an unholy amount of bulk Tostitos and Bud Light purchases, the spectacle of the alleged greatest event in sports came and went, and as it seems to do every year—despite the six tons of wings and chips I devoured—it left me with an empty feeling after. The best part of sports—the thing that makes them so weirdly and ridiculously special and important to millions of people across the world— does not come from the over-arranged, uber-anticipated hyper-commercialized moment that is the Super Bowl. Rather, the greatest part of sports is born from the unpredictability and rawness of the moments, however small they might be. On Friday night, I watched an Aggie Vision-esque live stream of the Boston College vs. Providence College men’s hockey game. Thatcher Demko had been standing on his head all night. The freshman goaltender was already well on his way to a 30-save shutout—his first as an Eagle. There was action in the crowded crease, and a Providence player skated into Demko, brushing him back. It was nothing huge, not at all a grave offense, but in a split second, Mike Matheson reacted and stepped in.

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In recent years, the first Monday in February has marked more than the first leg of the Beanpot. It’s also meant that Boston College is a week away from bringing cherished Boston bragging rights home to the western border of the city in Chestnut Hill. The Eagles have won the tournament the last four years and five out of the last six. Head coach Jerry York’s program is the preeminent one in the country, let alone the city. BC is the clear favorite Monday night at 8 p.m. against BU, and should the Eagles beat the Terriers for the third time this season, BC will be favored against either Northeastern or Harvard next Monday night, regardless of how long senior winger Kevin Hayes’ hip injury keeps him in the press box. Trophies are the standard for the BC men’s hockey team, and excluding a national title and the Lamoriello trophy, none is more important than this one. Given the nature of the sport, the format of the tournament and the intensity of the rivalries involved, though—nothing

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is guaranteed when Northeastern, BU, Harvard and BC overtake the TD Garden. Those factors combined make for an atmosphere that can render any records, rankings, or prior matchups irreverent. Surely, York’s players will be ready tonight for a hard-fought primetime bout between the bitterest rivals in the area, in the region’s biggest college hockey stage. “We’re not concerned about recent records, it’s how you play [that] night,” York said prior to the most recent game between the Commonwealth Ave. rivals. “The team that plays best [that] night will win 95 percent of the time. Some nights there are crossbars and posts. But it’s not how we played last week or how BU played last week but it’s how each team plays.” On the surface, York was right. The Terriers, ranked No. 46 in Division I and crippled by injuries and a defi-

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With less than 30 seconds left in overtime and the game knotted up at 73 in South Bend, there was little doubt who would be receiving the final shot for the Irish. Eric Atkins, the 6-foot-2 senior from Maryland, dribbled the ball at the top of the 3-point line while staring down his defender, Olivier Hanlan, and let the clock run. Putting his head down, Atkins drove to his left for a few dribbles and pulled back quickly, giving himself space by forcing Hanlan off balance. Atkins pulled up for a contested and high-arcing 3-pointer with only a few ticks left on the clock. Splash. Game over: Notre Dame 76, Boston College 73. Joe Rahon accepted an inbound pass with .8 seconds remaining after Atkins’s clutch shot and heaved a desperate 80-footer to no avail. Atkins carried the Irish down the stretch

scoring 24 points, 12 of which came in the last 10 minutes of play. He provided the offensive spark that the Irish needed after only tallying 26 points in the first half and trailing 35-26 with 18 minutes left in the second. Freshman V.J. Beachem was also an important contributor for Notre Dame in the game’s closing minutes, scoring 10 points despite averaging only about one point and seven minutes per game going into today’s contest. The game consisted of many small runs and quick changes in momentum. It had the makeup of a classic rivalry game, with neither team letting the other take complete control. The Eagles led for much of the second half and had a four-point lead going into the final minute of play. Having less than 10 seconds to tie the game and down three points, Notre Dame knocked down a mid-range jumper to cut the lead to one and then fouled reigning ACC Rookie of the Year Olivier Hanlan to send him to the free throw stripe for a oneand-one.

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Hanlan front-ended the first shot and Notre Dame retrieved the rebound. In the final possession with five seconds on the clock, Atkins sprinted down the floor, and picked up his dribble just inside the 3-point line, and tried to throw up a decent shot. BC’s aggressive defense smothered Atkins’ weak attempt, but the referee’s whistle blew just before time expired, with less than one second left on the clock. Hanlan had slapped Atkins while reaching for the ball. Atkins converted on the first of the one-and-one but misfired on the second, sending the game into overtime. In overtime, the Irish grabbed a fourpoint lead but BC stormed back and tied the game before Atkins delivered the dagger in the waning moments of overtime. For Notre Dame, 12-10, 3-6, this was a much-needed win after dropping three straight and going 3-7 in its last 10 games.

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Freshman Kelly Hughes put up a big effort for the Eagles against Virginia Tech, notching a career-high 22 points.

BC continues skid at Virginia Tech By Johnny Carey For The Heights

The Eagles traveled to Cassell Coliseum in Blacksburg, Va. on Sunday, looking to snap a four-game losing streak against ACC foe Virginia Tech. In their only prior meeting against the Hokies this season, the Eagles emerged victorious with a victory in Chestnut Hill thanks in large part to superb performances by senior Kristen Doherty and sophomore Nicole Boudreau. Despite a strong effort by the Eagles, they were not able to complete the season sweep of the Hokies as they fell in a tightly contested game, 70-63 in overtime. Freshman Kelly Hughes was the story for the Eagles. Hughes led the way, contributing 22 huge points. The game’s leading scorer knocked down three 3-pointers in the first half, and she provided a major boost off of the bench for Boston College. The Eagles jumped out to a strong start in the first half. Following a Nicole Boudreau layup and Lauren Engeln free throw, Hughes really opened the scoring for the Eagles, hitting a 3-pointer early. This quickly became a theme for the Eagles as the team shot 5-10 from downtown in the first half. Following another Hughes 3pointer, BC saw itself holding an early 11-3 lead on the road. Tech proved

perseverant, as senior Monet Tellier put up six of the Hokies’ next seven points, making it a three-point game. After two more 3-pointers, the Eagles entered the locker room with a hard fought 34-29 halftime lead. In the second half, BC’s 3-point prowess went cold. After beginning the game shooting 5-10 from three, the team only shot 2-16 from deep for the rest of the game. Virginia Tech, capitalizing on the Eagles’ shooting struggles, began the second half on a 12-2 run and gained its first lead of the afternoon. Virginia Tech appeared to have control of the game until Hughes once again took over. Hughes scored the game’s next six points, reclaiming the lead for BC. The seesaw battle continued to rage late into the second half, as Virginia Tech held a one-point lead with 21 seconds remaining. With 10 seconds left in regulation, Boudreau was able to force a rare trip to the freethrow line, and she knocked down both clutch shots to give BC a 56-55 lead. Virginia Tech was quickly able to tie the game, however, with a free throw of its own with four seconds remaining. Once overtime rolled around, Virginia Tech cruised. The Hokies took a stranglehold on the game, beginning overtime on a 10-0 run, due largely to five points from Australian freshman

Vanessa Panousis. While BC chipped away at the lead a bit, the final result was never truly in jeopardy. The Eagles had no answer for Panousis, who finished the game by scoring all of Virginia Tech’s final eight points. In a game where one team holds the advantage in overall field goal percentage, 3-point percentage, and rebounding, it is expected that a win should follow. This was not the case for the Eagles on Sunday, however. Foul trouble cost BC immensely. While the Eagles’ .727 clip from the line trumped Virginia Tech’s .697, they were only able to reach the charity stripe 11 times throughout the entire game. Quantity won out over quality as the Hokies were able to capitalize on their 33 chances at the free throw line just enough for a victory. While a few of these chances were the results of desperation fouls at the end of overtime, this large disparity in free throw chances was undoubtedly the undoing of BC. The loss dropped the Eagles to 11-12 on the season, as well as 2-7 in ACC conference play. BC is also now below the .500 mark for the first time since early December. The Eagles will continue their ACC schedule and look to end their five game losing streak at 7 p.m. on Thursday in Conte Forum as they take on the University of Virginia. n

Haley Skarupa receives a pass on the left wing, darts around defenders with skill, drives inside, and fires the puck into the back of the net to put the No. 7 Boston College women’s hockey team ahead 1-0 against the Providence Friars early on in the game. Skarupa netted two in the Eagles’ 5-0 win against the Friars at Kelley Rink on Saturday. It was the sophomore forward’s first game back from an injury that forced her out of the last four games. It was a dominant Eagles performance from the outset, which BC head coach Katie King Crowley dubbed “a complete team game.” “We did a great job of the things we’ve been working on all week long,” she said. “They really came together today.” Skarupa’s goal was the only one in a first period that was defined by BC’s efforts on offense. The Eagles managed to control the tempo of the game, taking 22 total shots, while goalie Corinne Boyles was only forced to make seven saves. The second period proved to be

a bit different, as BC scored three goals, despite the fact that Providence seemed to step up its play. Emily Field scored the goal of the night with a dazzling solo effort. She received the puck in the middle of the ice, split two defenders, deked to the left, moved to the right, and placed a backhanded shot past the goal line to seal a highlight reel worthy effort. In doing so, Field recorder her 100th career point. Then Kate Leary recorded the third point of the afternoon, by deflecting a long shot into the goal. Even with three goals against them in the second period, Providence appeared more confident, possessing the puck and creating a few good opportunities. Friars forward Janine Weber had Providence’s best chance, a breakaway with only Boyles to beat. She tried to shove it off to the left side of the goal while going right, but Boyles didn’t bite and made the save. Skarupa closed off the scoring for the period with a poacher style goal, hitting a rebound shot into a wide-open net. “She just knows how to play the game,” Crowley said of Skarupa, who recorded her 16th goal of the season, leading the team. “She’s

a great player, and she is able to find the openings, find the holes, and hit the net.” BC’s last goal came on a power play during the third period, as Dana Trivigno scored on a diving effort, coming in off of the left side of the goal and throwing the puck toward the net. The puck got jumbled in among the defense and managed to slide past the goal line, lighting the lamp. The Eagles had the chance to capitalize off of three separate power plays in this period, even going 5on-3 with around five minutes left in regulation. Next, BC heads into the Beanpot with an 8 p.m. game against Boston University on Feb. 4 at Kelley Rink. “I think our kids are playing well, and it’s always good to be rolling when you go into these Beanpot games,” Crowley said. The team is riding on a six-game win streak going into the tournament and possesses the second highest national ranking of the four Boston area teams, two places behind No. 5 Harvard. “We’re pretty excited about it,” Crowley said. n

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Junior Emily Field scored during the second period to earn her 100th point as an Eagle against Providence.

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Women’s tennis registers two wins on weekend to remain undefeated

By Marly Morgus Assoc. Sports Editor

SPORTSininSHORT SHORT SPORTS

On Saturday, the Boston College women’s tennis team competed in two matches against the University of Albany and Georgetown, emerging victorious from both to improve to 4-0 in the young season. Lexi Borr, Jessica Wacnik, and Katya Vasilyev all won their singles matches against Albany, Borr playing in the first spot, Wacnik in the second, and Vasilyev in the third. Their individual performances were backed up by a couple of doubles wins by the No. 2 and No. 3 pairs. Those wins were enough to clinch a win, but the Eagles had a buffer with singles wins from Heini Salomen, Emily Safron, and Sarah Dalton. That afternoon in the Georgetown match, all three BC doubles teams topped the Hoyas, and the top three singles matches, as well as the fifth, went in the Eagles’ favor to

clinch the second win of the day. The men’s tennis team was also in action on Saturday with matches against the University of Hartford and Southern New Hampshire University. Both matches were successful for the Eagles as they shut out both teams, neither opponent managing to take a single win on the day. In Providence on the same day, the men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams were taking on the Friars. Once again, both sides came out with the win, the men finishing off Providence by a score of 164.5116.5 and the women putting the Friars away 170-99. Top performers for the Eagles included the men’s 200-meter medley team of Andrew Stranick, Daniel Kelly, Josh William, and Sean Murphy, who won their event. Kelly also finished first in the 50-meter freestyle and 100 meter freestyle. Murphy and Stranick went first and second in the 100-meter breaststroke

to complement their relay win. On the women’s side, Kathryn Oskar took a first place finish in 1 meter diving, and Maddi Mailliard took first place in the 200-meter backstroke, 200-meter backstroke, and the 200-meter freestyle relay alongside teammates Gracie Kunkel, Emily Downs, and Maureen Barron. The women’s track team rounded out a busy day of BC athletics at the Harvard Invitational. Molly O’Dea took third in the 400-meter dash, followed by Christina Zelenoy and Jacqueline Hannon in 10th and 11th, and Ashlynn Fields and Camila Isern in 13th and 14th. In the 800 meter run, Claudia DiSomma took fourth place, and Jordan Kristin had a top ten finish, coming in ninth. Carly Daniel was the only top-10 finisher for the Eagles in the 200-meter dash, and she finished in sixth place with a time of 25.78. The 4x400 yard relay team came in third place. n

Women’s Hockey East Standings Hockey East Standings

Team Team

Conference Overall Conference Overall

14-1-1 Boston College 11-6-1 Boston College 11-5-0 Boston University 10-5-1 New Hampshire 8-6-2 Northeastern Boston University 10-6-1

19-4-3 14-7-2 18-8-1 15-6-2

10-10-4 12-13-4 14-7-2 11-18-0 10-10-5 9-16-2 9-12-2

Connecticut Vermont

8-6-3 8-7-1 8-6-2 6-10-0 8-6-2 4-9-2 6-9-1 4-10-1 4-9-4

Northeastern Maine Maine

4-10-3 3-10-3 3-9-4

7-12-3 5-16-5 7-14-4

Providence Vermont UMass Lowell Providence Merrimack New Hampshire Massachusetts

12-12-2 13-9-1

7-19-2 7-13-4

Numbers to Know Numbers to Know

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Thatcher Demko’s goals-against average in conference play,the which The number of losses that men’sleads Hockey Easthas goaltenders hockey team since the start of January.

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The number of women’s basketball The average final deficitdouble-digit that the players who average men’s basketball team has suffered scoring this season in ACC play. Before Saturday, that number was 3.5.

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The number of blocks men’s basketball The number games that the women’s had against Virginia Tech ice hockey team went unbeaten before losing to Mercyhurst on January 19.

Quote of the Week Quote of the Week

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The Beanpot: A Brief History 2011

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Goals scored in two career Beanpot games by Kevin Roy Goals scored by Johnny Gaudreau in four Beanpot games

The number of tournament sellouts in a rows Times BC has finished fourth in the Beanpot under York

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Seeking a half-decade of dominance The Eagles have won the past four Beanpot Tournaments, beating BU and Northeastern twice each in championship games. The last time a team coached by anyone other than Jerry York won was 2009, when the Jack Parker-led Terriers beat Northeastern 5-2.

Memorable Play

BC fans exploded in joy as Bill Arnold dove headfirst onto the ice, tossing his stick and windmilling his arms with excitement. The then-sophomore forward had just netted a last-gap wrister with 6.4 seconds left in overtime to defeat BU and bring home the 2012 Beanpot.

Returning mvps IN MONDAY’S MATCHUP

Johnny gaudreau As a freshman, Gaudreau had two goals in BC’s 7-1 win over Northeastern and an assist against BU in the final to lead the Eagles on their third straight Beanpot-winning campaign and gain the MVP award for himself.

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Johnny Gaudreau Alex Gaynor / heights senior staff

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Johnny Gaudreau and Kevin Roy have both been catalysts for their respective teams, with Gaudreau scoring 51 points and Roy racking up 31 of his own.

Last year, Roy became the fifth player in Beanpot history from a losing team to win the MVP award after he scored five goals in the tournament —three in the opening round and two in the final.

The yearly battle for Boston hockey bragging rights begins again at TD Beanpot, from B1 ciency in skill, were one last-minute goal away from sending the game to overtime before Eagles forward Johnny Gaudreau’s empty netter sealed the win. A closer look at that game, though, underscores the real difference between the two clubs. BC took six penalties and was winning for the majority of the game and still outshot BU 44-27. BU goalie Sean Maguire let in five goals, but his stellar play kept the game from blowout territory. Eagles goalie Brian Billett’s shaky play let BU back in the game, and he hasn’t played since. Freshman Thatcher Demko has started the last four games for BC and looks to be the entrenched starter. Demko now has several impressive road wins on his resume, including rock-solid performances at UNH, Penn State, Providence, and BU back in November. That game was more indicative of how these teams match up. BC led the entire game, took seven penalties, and still outshot BU 40-23, and it showed on the scoreboard that time with a 5-1 win. As York said, Demko was “outstanding,” and only let a fluky power play redirect behind him. This game was also before BC’s power play production matched its

talent, a unit that was “the difference” in the second game, according to BU head coach David Quinn. That conundrum seems to have been solved, and Quinn now has to worry about the nation’s best offense at all times. Quinn was encouraged by his team’s effort in the latter matchup, though, saying it was “a step in the right direction.” Yet the Terriers continue to struggle. BU has only won one out of its four games since it played BC and suffered a demoralizing tie to Hockey East bottom-dweller UMass on Friday due to a blown lead late. Worse, the Minutemen outshot BU 49-22. If a pattern isn’t clear yet, it should be: BU gets outshot a lot, by a lot, and its puck possession woes lend to its 18-2 record since the start of December. Losing its best player, defenseman Matt Grzelcyk, early in January didn’t help, but with or without him, the Terriers see too much rubber going the wrong way. Per Weei.com’s Scott McLaughlin, the Terriers get outshot by over 10 shots each game. Near them in those shot differential rankings are American International and Alabama-Huntsville. Yes, Alabama-Hunstville has a hockey team. Unless those crossbars, posts, and

the ghosts of Jack Parker and Mike Eruzione intervene, BC should advance to the final against either Northeastern or Harvard, who play the earlier firstround game. BC swept Northeastern in an early November home-and-home and clobbered Harvard 5-1 on the road later that month. Aside from a sleepy start to the second period by the Eagles and a garbagetime power-play goal from Harvard, the gulf between the Crimson and BC was obvious in November, and it likely would be again should 43rd-ranked Harvard get by Northeastern and meet the Eagles in the final—assuming BC makes it that far. Harvard’s overall record is 6-11-3, and the team has just nine conference points in 15 league games. Head coach Ted Donato, now in his 10th season in charge at Cambridge, brings in quality recruits but hasn’t produced in recent years. Donato’s career winning percentage with the Crimson is .472. “I think we are capable of making a pretty big jump soon,” Donato told CollegeHockeyNews.com. “We have showed signs and we have played in spurts pretty well.” Donato could take that “big jump” in this tournament by capturing the first

Beanpot title for his alma mater since just after he left campus for the NHL. Harvard hasn’t won the late game on the second Monday in February in 21 years, and the last time it played in that game was 1998. One of Donato’s prominent recruits is now Harvard’s leading scorer Jimmy Vesey. Vesey is a third-round pick of the Nashville Predators and commands the attention of whomever Harvard plays. Another thing to watch for in a potential Harvard-BC matchup is that the last time these teams met, Eagles senior Bill Arnold took a a game misconduct in the third period and the whole team racked up eight total penalties. Northeastern would present a greater challenge. The Huskies made BC earn its 4-3 OT win at Matthews’ Arena like few opponents have. The Eagles rallied from a two-goal third period deficit and had to fight for everything they got. Head coach Jim Madigan’s team has since rocketed to No. 10 in Division I and is tied with UMass-Lowell for second place in Hockey East, behind BC. Northeastern has its own possession issues, though. According to McLauglin, only BU is outshot on a per-game basis more than Northeastern in Hockey East (5.42 shots per game). Unlike BU, North-

eastern has a game-breaker and a goalie that can bail out the rest of the team. Last year’s Beanpot MVP, now-sophomore Kevin Roy, can fill up box scores as well as anyone in the conference who isn’t on BC’s top line, and senior goalie Clay Witt is tied with Demko for the lead in conference save percentage at .953. The likely final is the Huskies and the Eagles, and if that occurs, Witt and Roy would probably need to be the best players on the ice that night if the Huskies were to have a good chance of winning, because the TD Garden won’t mimic Matthews Arena’s raucous student section that hangs over the ice in the century-old layout of Northeastern’s home rink. Anything can happen in two hockey games, especially these particular two. But BC hasn’t lost in the past 12 games for a reason, and it’s the same reason it hasn’t lost at this tournament in four years: the Eagles are the standard for college hockey in this area. Because of that standard and the one they set for themselves, York’s team is the overwhelming favorite to win its second trophy of the season. This one would probably feel a little different than the Three Rivers Classic cup, though. It is the Beanpot, after all. n

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Women’s basketball’s woes continue at Pitt By Jim Hill

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Emily Fahey / Heights Editor

Kristen Doherty finished with 12 points in BC’s 67-65 loss to Pittsburgh on Thursday.

The Boston College women’s basketball team lost an away game against Pittsburgh this past Thursday, 67-65. The defeat, a collapse, was BC’s fourth consecutive and the team’s sixth overall against a conference competitor. The contest itself was decided in the last three seconds of play. With time quickly winding down, Pittsburgh guard Brianna Kiesel gave her squad the final two-point lead, sidestepping BC’s Lauren Engeln, dipping into the key, and making a runner. BC was unable to respond with a score, as a desperate 3-pointer from Engeln clattered off the back of the rim. In the end, Pittsburgh seized victory in the Iron City with a gentle floater. Although Pittsburgh ultimately won the game, BC had held the advantage through most of the contest. With 13:29 remaining in the first half, senior forward Kristen Doherty made a layup to take the lead for BC, 12-11, and until the tying shot before the game winner—another teardrop from Kiesel with 45 seconds left—the lead was not relinquished. For a solid 32 minutes and 44 seconds, the Eagles were ahead. The lead was maintained for so long mostly because of consistent shooting from both the field and the foul line. In the first half, BC was dominant in both categories. The team made 11 of 21 shots and 11 of 11 free throws. As a result of this shooting expose, BC led Pittsburgh 37-27 by the conclusion of the first 20 minutes. After halftime the quality of the team’s

shooting declined, but the drop in production was truly minimal: BC made 21 of 44 total field goals and 15 of 16 total free throws by the end of the game. Among the top contributors to these first and second half totals was sophomore guard Nicole Boudreau. Boudreau, who had made only six of 32 shots in the previous three games, delivered a tremendous offensive performance. The guard made three of six 3-pointers and was perfect from the foul line, collecting four points. Still more offensive contributions came from other members of the starting lineup. While Boudreau threatened from the perimeter, Doherty and Engeln provided support from within the arc. Doherty made three of nine shots, six of seven free throws, and notched four assists, and Engeln made six of 12 shots and dished three assists. Additionally, junior starter Kat Cooper made an impact early in the game—making a 3-pointer and two free throws, between 8:45 and 8:16, to give the BC squad its first double-digit lead: 25-15. Players off the bench generated even more offensive activity. Foremost among these playmakers was freshman guard Kelly Hughes. The 3-point specialist put on an exhibition of her shooting prowess during the game—making arcing shot after arcing shot. Of her six attempts from outside, she made four. Although the BC squad was able to perform well offensively, issues arose that prevented the team from maintaining the lead and earning the win. BC struggled with turnovers throughout the game.

Largely due to miscommunication and some shoddy passing, the squad lost possession of the ball 20 times—seven more times than the opposing team. Pittsburgh remained tough throughout the game, challenging the BC squad consistently and determinedly. This toughness was demonstrated in the final moments of the second half, when, with 34 seconds remaining in the game, guard Loliya Briggs drew a charge from Doherty, giving her team possession of the ball and an opportunity to take the lead. Additionally, Pittsburgh’s offense proved difficult to stymie. Bruising forward Asia Logan led both teams in scoring during the contest with 24 points—nine coming at the foul line. Starter Ashlee Anderson contributed 11 points and four assists, and Kiesel, who scored two points in the first half, sparked the team’s second half surge, scoring 14 points in the contest’s final 20 minutes. The performances of these players significantly limited the point differential between the two squads, and ultimately enabled Pittsburgh to defeat a competitive BC team. “I am very, very proud of this team. … [Kiesel] is patient, she passes the ball … and she picks her moments—and none bigger than tonight when she hit the game winner,” said Pittsburgh head coach Suzie McConnell-Serio. “When they keyed on her, Asia Logan had the opportunity to step up and have a tremendous game tonight. “Every player made plays … It was just a great team effort, and I couldn’t be more proud.” n

Fighting Irish, Atkins outlast Eagles with an overtime buzzer beater Men’s Basketball, from B1 Due to academic issues, Jerian Grant, Notre Dame’s star guard who averaged 19 points and six assists this season, has been dismissed from the team until next season. Notre Dame also has been without 6-foot-9 forward Austin Burgette. On the other hand, the Eagles, 6-15, 2-6, have now lost nine games by a differential of 10 points or fewer and continue to struggle executing down the stretch. Ryan Anderson, Joe Rahon, and Lonnie Jackson led the Eagles with 49 combined points including a stellar 15-16 from the charity stripe. In his first return to South Bend since leaving Notre Dame after his sophomore campaign, Alex Dragicevich had a solid performance, contributing seven points while also picking up a steal and two blocks. BC improved greatly on its defensive play and built off its solid performance against Virginia Tech. The Eagles totaled five steals and six blocks. Head coach Steve Donahue instituted many effective low post traps in order to prevent the Irish from taking advantage of BC’s small lineup. There was also a noticeable increase in physical play for the Eagles, who pressured Notre Dame on the perimeter and forced difficult shots when the Notre Dame guards drove to the paint. Despite the many positives from this game for BC, rebounding lingers as the team’s primary problem. Notre Dame outrebounded BC 36-27 and obtained 15 boards on the offensive glass, giving it many second-chance opportunities to convert. Although the Eagles have dealt with many crushing losses this season, today’s may sting the most since BC held the lead for much of the game and controlled the tempo. They show the ability and talent of a solid ACC team, but their window is closing to prove their many doubters wrong. Having only a month left in the regular season, the Eagles must turn the corner quickly before going into the ACC tournament if they wish to salvage their season. n

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No. 25 Joe Rahon had a team-high three steals and 13 points in the Eagles’ overtime defeat.

The authenticity that makes sports great is buried beneath the hype Super Bowl, from B1 Headlocking a Friar with one arm and wrapping up another Providence player with his other arm, Matheson did everything he could to drag the pair of Friars out of the crease, struggling to keep them away from Demko until the skirmish came to an end. It gave me chills. There was nothing that looked malicious about Matheson’s actions—he was unquestionably, uncalculatingly, protecting his goalie and standing up for his teammate. It was raw, it was exciting, and it felt genuine. A brief 20-second stretch in which a player threw his body on the line to back up a teammate without the slightest hesitation reminded me of the brilliant authenticity and raw emotion that lurks beneath the silky-smooth, PR-approved, Papa John’s-sponsored exterior of our sporting landscape. I’m not saying these moments don’t exist in the Super Bowl or other professional sports—I’ll never forget my sheer elation after Eli Manning’s desperate, awkward scramble and last-ditch hurl to David Tyree for the helmet catch in Super Bowl XLII, and Greg Campbell’s broken-leg penalty kill against the Pittsburgh Penguins was downright awe-inspiring and indicative of everything great about

hockey—but they seem to get smothered by the hype and production. Tonight is the first round of the Beanpot, which, as far as tournaments go, is one of the most fun and exciting in all of sports. The premise is simple: the same four teams—BC, Boston University, Harvard, and Northeastern—battle year in and year out for the Beanpot Trophy. This year, the narratives and storylines are just as simple as the tournament structure: BC and Northeastern are good, Harvard and BU are not—but as my mom would tell me immediately before I would lose another middle school soccer game: any given team can win on any given day. While the Beanpot may not be the flashiest or most spectacular tournament around, thanks to the rivalries and constantly simmering passions of the teams playing, it unfailingly turns out great hockey and incredible moments. Two years ago, one of those moments made me a hockey fan. With 6.4 seconds left in the overtime of an incredible battle with BU—and every soul in the building mentally preparing themselves for an imminent and bloodpressure spiking second overtime period—Bill Arnold ripped a shot past Kieran Millan’s glove, dooming BU to a sudden death loss.

Sprinting as much as he was skating, Arnold took off, racing past the boards toward center ice. He tossed his stick and dovehead first into a penguin slide, waving his arms like a face-first snow angel, and then the rest of the Eagles caught up, crushing the beaming goal scorer beneath the energy of a raucous dog pile. Above the ice, the TD Garden’s upper bowl transformed from nervous tension to joyous pandemonium as every BC student in attendance went absolutely wild, mobbing anyone within hugging distance. There were no stakes, no legitimate season consequences hinging on that game—when it comes down to it, the Beanpot is worth nothing but bragging rights. It felt like it mattered a whole lot, though. It was spontaneous, it was exciting, and it connected people through the raw emotions of uncontainable joy and inconsolable misery. It was a moment that will never be forgotten by anyone in attendance. And believe it or not, it wasn’t wrapped in 60 minutes of commercials.

Connor Mellas is the Sports Editor for The Heights. He can be reached at sports@bcheights.com.

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Peyton Manning and the Broncos were obliterated 43-8 in a completely one sided game.

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2013 nfl defensive player of the year: Luke Kuechly BY ALEX FAIRCHILD Asst. Sports Editor Drew Brees handed the ball off to Mark Ingram. The Heisman Trophy winning tailback busted up the middle, but was met by a face that had plagued his offense the entire game. Waiting behind the line of scrimmage was a 6-foot-3, 235-pound linebacker ready to pounce. As Ingram looked to break through his offensive line, the defender moved to his right and met the running back, who was just yards away from putting his team ahead. The 2012 Defensive Rookie of the Year powered through Ingram with a bit of help from his teammate, defensive tackle Kawann Short. By bringing down Ingram, former Boston College star Luke Kuechly tallied his 24th tackle of the afternoon against the New Orleans Saints. With just over seven minutes remaining, he was one tackle shy of tying the NFL record for tackles in a single game. It was a career day for the second-year linebacker out of Cincinnati, OH, who at the age of 22 nearly tied the mark set in 2006 by Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher. Even considering his career at BC, where he averaged 15.9 tackles per game in 2011, his 24 tackles were a personal record. His career high as an Eagle came when he recorded 23 stops against Duke. Performances like that one against the Saints earned Kuechly the 2013 Defensive Player of the Year award on Saturday. He beat out the likes of Robert Mathis of the Indianapolis Colts and Earl Thomas of the Seattle Seahawks for the honor. With 156 combined tackles, Kuechly placed fourth in the league in that category, while defending seven passes and intercepting four as well. His second season in the NFL was highlighted by his Week 16 performance against the Saints, but also by his putting up double-digit tackle numbers in matchups with five other teams, including the New England Patriots. During games in which

Kuechly tallied more than 10 tackles, the Panthers went 4-2. Kuechly has carried his reputation as an excellent all-around linebacker from college to the professional ranks. His pass coverage was solid throughout the season and his four picks tied him for third most among NFL linebackers. Against the Saints, Kuechly even picked off Brees to help the Carolina Panthers earn a 17-13 victory. The list of quarterbacks Kuechly has rattled with an interception includes Russell Wilson of the Seattle Seahawks and BC alum Matt Ryan of the Atlanta Falcons. Kuechly is not the league’s top pass-rusher, and he is rarely at the line to thwart a running play. Most of his tackles come as a second-to-last resort for the Carolina defense. He keeps rushers and tight ends running routes close to the line of scrimmage from getting into the Panthers’ secondary, especially after the catch, and he can help out in coverage as well. It is the middle linebacker’s ability to track down opponents between sidelines that remains his greatest attribute. Kuechly uses speed as a weapon to hunt down opponents. His 4.58 time in the 40-yard dash placed him fourth among those at his position at the 2012 NFL Combine. His defensive work has contributed to dramatically improving the Panthers’ defense. In 2011, the defense ranked 28th in yards allowed per game. Last year, in the team’s first year with Kuechly, the Panthers finished 10th in that category before coming in second this season. 

Total Tackles

Assisted Tackles

Bills

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7

49ers

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Saints

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Shutout from Demko boosts BC past Friars in fifth straight win BY MARLY MORGUS Assoc. Sports Editor

Brendan Silk acquired the puck in the neutral zone and went charging down the ice toward Jon Gillies in net, flanked by Patrick Brown. As Silk coasted in, he waited patiently for his moment against one of the nation’s top goaltenders. Just as he was exiting the left circle, he saw his chance and flicked his shot up glove side, beating Gillies and putting the game’s first tally on the scoreboard. Silk’s goal came more than 30 minutes into Friday night’s top-10 showdown of B oston College vs. Providence College in Providence’s Schneider Arena, an evenly matched game with very little scoring and strong performances in net on each side. In the end, it was BC that would emerge with a 2-0 victory, Silk’s goal coming as the game winner. The Eagles started off the first period strong, immediately turning on the offense to take a lead in the shot count, but none of their efforts could get past Gillies, who has a season save percentage of .927 and was the starter for team USA in January’s IIHF World Junior Championships. Midway through the period, Providence kicked into gear, bringing the shot count even, but the Friars were met by a strong presence in net, this time by BC’s Thatcher Demko. “I thought Thatcher played extremely well in goal for us,” said head coach Jerry York after the game. “I mean, he’s just getting better and better as he gets more exposed, more games, and he gained some experience. For an 18-year-old player, he’s a pretty special player, so I thought he was pretty outstanding.” The freshman goaltender has started the last four games for BC, helping to carry the Eagles on the current 12-game unbeaten streak. Demko stayed steady through the entire first period, and the

teams headed into the break in a deadlock—just one shot separating their totals, as well. The second period started out with a much stronger offensive coming from the Friars as physicality increased with the tie remaining unbreakable. Part of the Friars’ domination on offense could have been due to the absence of BC’s Kevin Hayes, who sustained a hip injury during the first period and did not return for the rest of the game. “It was a hip pointer,” York said. “He took an awkward fall there, probably will be pretty tender for a few … I probably shouldn’t say. I don’t know how long.” Austin Cangelosi moved up onto the Gaudreau-Arnold line to fill Hayes’ spot, and York said that he thought the freshman did well in the transition. On several occasions during the second period, especially during shorthanded situations for either team, plays would end with tussles in front of the net as frustration mounted. “It was a hard, hard game to play,” York said. “There was a lot of physical contact, a lot of scrums.” York said that the Eagles will be dealing with more close games of this sort as the season comes to an end. “The crowd was, they were out there to support their Friars pretty well so it was a good atmosphere to play in,” he said. “It did have kind of a playoff type atmosphere, you know, one-nothing through two periods.” Th e n , j u s t o v e r h a l f w ay through the second period, Silk finally managed to beat Gillies and was assisted by Brown and Steve Santini, giving BC the 1-0 lead, even as the Eagles were being far outshot during the first half of the period. Spurred on by Silk’s goal, BC managed to put up more offensive efforts, but once again, Gillies maintained his composure, keeping the Friars’ deficit at one.

Demko shined during the second period, especially during the first half when seemingly all of the offensive chances were being produced by Providence. While giving up several dangerous rebounds and getting into trouble in the crease a couple of times, the freshman managed to rally each time and avoid a Providence score, making 12 saves in the second after a 10-save performance in the first. “He’s a mature kid,” York said of Demko. “He’s played at the [National Team Development Program,] that level, he’s gone from San Diego to Boston for school, and he’s got a lot of maturity for a young kid.” The Eagles came back out for the third period clinging to their one goal lead, but with Demko finishing off his shutout with eight more saves in the final frame, the slim margin would have proved to be enough. BC didn’t settle, though, as Johnny Gaudreau had unfinished business. Just minutes after a shot from Quinn Smith rang off the crossbar and the play was reviewed and confirmed as no goal, Gaudreau made a mark of his own on the scoreboard with an unassisted goal just at a little more than 14 minutes into the third period, extending his point streak to 21 games and giving BC a bigger cushion over the Friars. Providence would take three penalties during the final frame, but BC failed to capitalize on any of them, and both teams would finish the night without a power play goal, the Eagles going 0-for4, the Friars finishing 0-for-4. It was Demko’s first shutout of his career, coming just as the Eagles head into the Beanpot. York, however, did not say whether Friday’s performance would cement Demko as the Beanpot starter. “I’m just worrying about getting on the bus here,” he said. “I’m not going to … But he’s playing very well for us.” 

The Heights

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Monday, February 3, 2014

HEALTH&SCIENCE

Another kind of drinking problem

JOSEPH CASTLEN There are 60 minutes in an hour, 24 hours in a day, but it still seems like there is never enough time to do everything we need or want to do. We often find ourselves having to make time in order to stay healthy, whether that means waking up early to go to the Plex or staying up late to avoid the midday rush. There is one basic health necessity, though, that many people forget about, and that requires only a few seconds to address: staying hydrated. Dehydration occurs when the amount of fluids the body passes out, mainly through sweating and trips to the bathroom, exceeds the amount of fluids taken in through food and drink. According to the Mayo Clinic, dehydration can cause headaches, fatigue, and dizziness in more severe situations, and it can occur even when you don’t feel thirsty. The chemical formula of water is “H2O,” but there is more that goes into what you drink than just the dihydrogen monoxide (read: water) that we know and love. F, Na, Cl, K, Ca, and Mg are just a few atomic symbols for what are called “electrolytes.” When you dissolve salt in a glass of water, you get sodium (Na) and chloride (Cl) ions floating around in the water—these are electrolytes. These electrolytes are crucial to muscle and brain functions, and shortages can cause cramping. Electrolytes are lost through perspiration, as exhibited by the Gatorade commercials that show athletes sweating out fluorescent green, blue, and orange liquids. This is why sweat tastes so salty—this is the sodium and chloride in particular. While the average person only produces about one gallon of sweat per day, it is possible for some people to produce over three gallons of perspiration in a single day—add this to the amount of water lost in trips to the bathroom, and you’re pretty short on electrolytes and water. Fortunately for most people (and unfortunately for sports drink producers), electrolytes are abundant in many foods, so unless you are in the “Three Gallon Club,” then Bobby Boucher is right, Gatorade isn’t better, and you are probably fine ditching the Gatorade. The classic health advice for staying hydrated is to drink eight glasses of water per day, or one gallon of water. According to the Mayo Clinic, the actual amount of water needed to replenish the average amount lost per day is a little higher, and any fluid, not just water, can count toward your daily total. Some ingredients in popular drinks, however—namely, caffeine and alcohol—can increase the total amount of fluids a person loses, and therefore the amount they need to drink. These two chemicals are called diuretics, which means that they cause you to make a few more trips to the bathroom than if you hadn’t ingested them. Even when it comes to choosing where to get your water, there are decisions to be made. Is bottled water more pure? Do you buy a Brita filter, or just drink your water straight from the tap? The short answer is that no commercially available water is going to land you in a hospital, but there are subtle differences that can make some options more attractive than another. Bottled water is not always subject to the same scrutiny as tap water, which means that it theoretically is more prone to containing contaminants. Additionally, most tap water contains the American Dental Association-recommended amount of fluoride (F), an electrolyte that fortifies the same tooth enamel that the acid in coffee and soda breaks down, while bottled water does not always contain fluoride. As far as Brita and other similar water filters go, they don’t remove the fluoride put into tap water by local municipalities, and they claim to cut down on the chlorine taste that comes from the process used by water companies to purify water. The filters themselves, however, do not kill viruses or bacteria, and only filter out heavy metals like lead that are already filtered out of tap water. So while filtering tap water doesn’t hurt, it also isn’t clear how much it actually helps. Regular tap water, though it sometimes gets a bad rap, is safe to drink, guaranteed (in most places) to have fluoride, and depending on the natural water source, could contain calcium and magnesium, two more (you got it) electrolytes that your body needs. The age-old adage of “Everything in moderation” applies to more than just smoking, drinking, gambling, and the other typical vices. It can be applied to one’s diet—specifically, one’s choice in beverages—just as easily. Water makes up about 60 percent of the human body, so drink up, and keep it that way.

Joseph Castlen is an editor for The Heights. He can be reached at features@bcheights.com.

B7

CWBC teaches women how to create a personal brand CWBC, from B10 didn’t start there when you started thinking about your career plans, that’s where I want you to start.” Students then had the opportunity to ask questions to a panel of four BC alumnae—Erin Barrett BC ’11, Melanie Toner BC ’11, Minela Gacanovic BC ’11, and Amy Calhoun BC ’10—who advised students on how to make the most of the college experience to prepare for a career. “The point of this—the journey—is that we’re trying to allow people to gain the skills now, so that when they are a part of the alumni network, they are contributing members in whatever profession they do, which is why we have these representatives [at the event] from not just certain business professions, but also careers that apply to A&S, education, nursing—all of the careers that eventually Boston College students will take on,” said Erin Cullen, vice chair of the student advisory board and CSOM ’15. The main focus of the event was the presentation by Alesia Latson of The Personal Brand Company. Latson, who is an expert on leadership and organizational development and a coauthor of More Time for You, spoke to students and alumni about “Managing Your Personal Brand.” Latson emphasized that everyone has a personal brand, which is what comes to mind when a person’s name comes up. The personal brand has two parts—the brand within and the brand without. Latson taught students how to manage personal brands with intentional outcomes through examples

and demonstrations. “The brand within is who you say you are,” Latson said. “It’s how you constitute yourself to be. It’s your personal constitution, so it includes your values, your vision, your personal energy and style, your sense of authenticity—all of that is who you say you are. “And you get to say what that is. The brand without is how you are actually experienced by others. It’s how you land in the hearts and minds of others. “What managing your brand is all about it is—it’s about creating alignment between how your intending to show up and how you’re actually showing up,” she said. Latson’s presentation was followed by a quick lesson on transferrable skills by Gallanar. Students then practiced what they had just learned about the personal brand and transferrable skills by networking with alumni and peers at the event. Students were able to put the ideas of Gallanar and Green into action while making connections with several prominent alumnae. Perhaps just as importantly, students were able to connect with fellow students they may not have met otherwise. “The CWBC is a huge advantage for all female students to know about, because it’s a great opportunity to network once you leave BC,” Cullen said. “We want people to be aware of the council and the work that they’re doing, so that once they are eligible to be members, they are ready to go—ready to put forth their own ideas and own energy and kind of invest back into the school, and that’s what we’re hoping

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CWBC provided students with an interactive panel of alumnae to teach marketing skills. that—as you learn about it more as students—you’re ready to do that when you’re alumni.” An up coming C WB C e vent in April will feature Career Exploration Days. On these trips, 12 to 15 female undergraduates will travel to companies in the greater Boston area where executives will provide advice and discuss “career opportunities and what they’re looking for in recent grads,”

Gallanar said. “Your goal isn’t to go there and apply for a job. It is to learn more about the company and the industry,” Green said. “It’s a great way to get a group of students into a business, versus being here at BC,” Gallanar said. “Being at the company location provides a richer experience to see the employees in action in their own environment.” 

AIDS Awareness Committee aims for more participants AIDS Awareness, from B10 founder of Partners in Health, an organization created to bring top-notch healthcare to the developing world. Due to his schedule, unfortunately, Farmer was unable to commit to a visit this semester, but Bodair and Daugherty say that everything is set up in order to get Farmer to BC at some point within the next year. “We’re kind of luring him in,” Bodair said. “He has a new book he wants to promote.” The AAC holds their general meetings once a month in various locations, but Bodair, Daugherty, and Shah have informal meetings among the three of them almost every day in the room they all share in Ignacio Hall. “We’ll be having dinner in our common room, and we’ll just bring it in to conversation, talk about what we’re

going to do,” Shah said. The three pre-medical seniors have lived together every year of college, except for their junior year when Daugerty and Bodair moved off-campus. The three have been close since their freshman year, when they shared a triple on Upper Campus. “It’s actually a funny story,” Shah said. “They’re both from the Pittsburgh area, so they both requested each other, looking for a double. I just requested a triple on Upper, and ended up being put with them. So, they knew they were living together and then found out, ‘Oh wow, there’s another roommate.’” Shah and Bodair also work in the same lab on campus under Burdo and Ken Williams. They are both contributing to a study examining the neurological implications of HIV/AIDS, such as neuropathy and dementia. This experience opened their eyes to side effects

of the disease that are not necessarily treated by current HIV medications. At the end of last year, after working in the lab for several months, Bodair approached Brian Stamm, BC ’13, then president of AAC and his good friend, looking to get involved with the organization. Stamm asked him not only to join but to take over the club for the coming academic year, and Bodair recruited Daugherty and Shah to help him turn the organization into a prominent club on campus. That task has become a little easier this semester with the return from sabbatical of their faculty advisor, Founders Professor in Theology Rev. James P. Keenan, S.J. Keenan, who has devoted much of his life to researching and writing on the ethics of HIV/AIDS, has been able to connect AAC with organizations in the community with similar goals. Bodair hopes that these connections

will lead to a greater service component in the AAC and therefore greater interest in general from the student body. “We’re hopefully going to draw a lot of pre-medical students who are looking to get experience working with patients, and people that want to work with public health issues,” Bodair said. In five years, Shah hopes to see this aspect of the club playing a much more significant role than it does today. Bodair agreed, adding that he wants to see two major fundraisers each semester. “I would like to see 100 active participants,” Daugherty said. “I’d like to see it be established enough to where it gains consistency, with consistent leadership and a consistent membership. But for right now, we want to keep it as open as possible and allow everybody an opportunity to really get involved.” 

CLUB SERIES FEATURING BC’S STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS

BC’s chapter of To Write Love On Her Arms focuses on mental health, community BY CAROLINE KIRKWOOD Heights Staff

Mental illness is often a topic brushed aside on college campuses, as students often hear that these years as undergraduates are supposed to be the happiest times of their lives. The Boston College chapter of To Write Love on Her Arms (TWLOHA-BC), started this spring semester, aims to break the stigma associated with mental illness and create a community that fosters dialogue regarding the topic. TWLOHA-BC is one of the university chapters of this national nonprofit organization. “TWLOHA is a national organization that focuses on helping people find treatment, recovery and spreading this message of hope for those struggling with any form of mental health issue or even anyone who is struggling in day to day life and doesn’t want to call it a mental illness,” said Cassidy Gallegos, TWLOHA-BC president and LSOE ’16. “Everyone can relate to having a friend or family member, someone close to them that’s suffering, if not themselves personally,” Jackie Garrahan, TWLOHA-BC vice president and A&S ’16 said. During her freshman year, Gallegos said she saw a real need for an

organization like TWLOHA at BC, inspiring her to bring a university chapter to campus. “I personally experienced and saw other friends really struggling with depression and anxiety—not feeling like they could be honest about it and putting on this fake mask of everything is perfect,” she said. In deciding to found TWLOHABC, Gallegos hoped to create a more discussion of the topic of mental illness on campus. “I decided that it was something really beneficial to the community because these topics are not talked about openly,” she said. “People don’t know how to talk about mental health or how to be supportive of themselves and their friends who are struggling. We exist to start that conversation that is so heavily stigmatized.” Once TWLOHA-BC was sanctioned as an official club on campus, the founders received great support from BC students who were excited and ready to promote this organization’s message on campus. “The response from students has been awesome,” Gallegos said. “We have gotten a lot of students who have heard of the organization and want to be involved…[and] people who haven’t heard of it but like what we are about and the message of what To Write Love on Her Arms

wants to do.” TWLOHA-BC meets every Sunday at 5 p.m. in Stokes 103N to discuss varying topics regarding mental health in a safe environment. “Every week focuses on a different ‘heavy topic,’” Gallegos said. “We have subjects like self-injury, suicide, addiction, and eating disorders.” The club members realize the how difficult it can be to openly discuss these topics and therefore do not go into this discussion unguided, Gallegos explained. “We have some really heavy topics that are hard to talk about, so we have professionals or professors in those specific fields that will be leading the discussion,” she said. The club encourages its members to take this knowledge that they gain from these meetings and spread it to the larger community. “The whole point of those meetings is to educate the members about what is this specific mental illness and how can we support someone who is struggling with it, in hopes of them then being able to help us further this message on the whole BC campus,” Gallegos said. To raise awareness and funds regarding the organization, TWLOHABC will be hosting a “Hope ’N Mic Night” on March 13 which is open to all students.

“We are going to be hosting a whole bunch of performers in a community event that is centered around hope, support, and moving towards recovery,” Garrahan said. “We want to continue the conversation on mental illness but we want to have it in another way,” Gallegos said. “Therefore allowing people to creatively express themselves through written songs, playing an instrument, spoken word poetry, really anything that will help share their story to the group that also correlates with the message of hope or healing.” T W LOH A-B C hop e s to have student recognize that this message of hope, healing, and struggle is truly something that everyone experiences in one way or another. “I think my favorite part about To Write Love is once you explain it to someone they get it,” Gallegos said. “It is very relatable and people really understand it. I think this is probably why is has potential to be successful on campus.” “Everybody knows what it is like to struggle with something,” Gallegos said. “It doesn’t have to be depression or self-injury, but everyone knows what it is like to go through a really hard time and need some form of support or community. We want to make sure to get that message of relatability across.” 

THE HEIGHTS

B8

AN OPEN LETTER

Rekindling a Plex relationship CAROLYN FREEMAN

Dear Plex, I’ll be the first to admit that I think we’ve been growing apart lately. We haven’t been seeing as much of each other as we used to. Gone are the days when we used to while away hours together first semester. Before exams, and homework, and exhaustion really hit, I felt like I could lie on the mats doing ab workouts (aka texting) forever. But now, I feel like I spend more time in Bapst instead of in your hot, cramped arms. I won’t lie to you—I’ve spent time with your tiny little brother, the Hut. But this isn’t what I want from our relationship! I remember when I saw you for the very first time. I was on a campus tour during my senior year of high school when I spotted you from the top of the Million Dollar Stairs. You looked like a distant mountain range, and I was immediately intrigued. I saw you and I remembered you. You seemed smelly and stuff y and not nearly as nice as my old gym back home, but your cinderblock walls and industrial ceiling held a certain appeal. You seemed like someone I wanted to get to know. I was so scared the first time I went to work out by myself—just a little first-semester freshman. New places are definitely daunting at that point, especially when they’re filled with huge, hulking boys and upperclassmen girls in coordinated head-to-toe Lululemon. But then I started going to some spin classes and yoga classes and I felt more at home. I even started looking forward to coming to see you. When I went home for the first time for Thanksgiving break, the unexpected happened. I had been so excited to go to my gym back at home, where attendants come around with towels when I first begin to sweat and the people at the front desk know my name, that I hadn’t realized I would actually miss you. Working out just isn’t the same when I’m surrounded by hip, in-shape moms instead of people my own age. It’s not nearly as much fun trying to avoid my next-door neighbor as it is trying to make eye contact with the cute boy who may or may not be in my econ lecture. There’s something particularly charming about your smell and sweat and overwhelming number of perfectly fit students. There’s something you have that a lot of other gyms don’t—at the Plex, we’re all in this together. Unfortunately, the basketball court is filled with boys trying to impress the girls on the way to spin class instead of Troy Bolton and his crew, but the general attitude still applies. We’re all working on our fitness together. The Plex is maybe the only place on campus (besides, like, the Mods) where you get to see students from all grades and all majors sweaty and often vaguely unhappy-looking. No one’s ever smiling on the treadmill, because truth be told, Plex, the treadmill sucks. Working out isn’t always fun. But what makes it more fun is that every Plex-goer on campus is doing it together. Often, it’s a little too close for comfort, considering the limited number of mats. But one thing I’ve noticed—everyone at the Plex always looks a little stressed. I mean, I get it. I should probably be doing my history reading on the elliptical instead of watching HBO’s Girls, but the beauty of working out is that we can feel accomplished without having to study. Plex, you provide an environment to let loose for a little bit and escape the depths of Bapst, O’Neill, or the Hardey study lounge. So, I wanted to thank you for that. Thanks for always being there and for thanks for keeping the freshman 15 at bay. As much as I complain and whine and moan about walking down the Million Dollar Stairs to hang out with you, I never regret it once I get there. I don’t think we really had the best first impression of each other. I was a little scared and intimidated at first. Also, it took me until last week to find the water fountain, so I might still need to work on some things. But for the most part, I’ve really grown to care about you. I’ll be honest—I missed you over Thanksgiving break and Christmas break. I might just go into withdrawal during my upcoming Appa trip. But I know you’ll always be there to welcome me back into your often-putrid, but loving arms.

Carolyn Freeman is a contributor for The Heights. She can be reached at features@bcheights.com.

Monday, February 3, 2014

HE SAID, SHE SAID This semester I am one of a few people in my friend group with a meal plan. At first, I was happy to pay for my friends’ meals since they had paid for me plenty of times before, but when I recently checked my balance I realized I can’t afford it anymore. How can I tell my friends I have to kick them off the gravy train?

College students speak many different languages, but everyone speaks money. I often find myself asking my friends to pay for my meals at Boston College, but I am never dependent on them. I am fully aware of the fact that they reserve the right to spend their meal money as they see fit and that I should not take advantage of their generosity. I imagine that your friends also do not feel entitled to your meal plan. I advise that you inform your friends that you cannot MARC FRANCIS pay for them anymore before you go to the dining hall, or at least before they decide on their orders. Delivery is the key to successfully communicating your feelings and beliefs to friends, family, business partners, and just about anyone else. You do not want to come off as aggressive and offensive when approaching your friends. Play the “poor college student” card. Explain to your friends that funds are tight and you cannot afford to deplete your meal plan money. They will understand your concerns, because there is a very good chance that they are also in need of cash—otherwise, they would not be mooching off your meal plan. Express your gratitude for all the times they paid for you, but explain that you are not able to offer up your money anymore. Striking a balance between generosity and self-preservation is a difficult task. We want our friends to like us and value our company, even if that comes at a monetary cost—but it is important to keep tabs on our own personal welfare. Overall, tactful honesty with your friends should solve your issue. As your friends and fellow college students, they will definitely understand your circumstance.

After being on a mandatory meal plan for two years, it’s no wonder that your friends automatically head to Lower instead of the grocery store. That being said, your meal plan is your meal plan. You have no obligation to buy anything for anyone—even if you seemingly have the ability to do so (because really, you don’t). It seems to me that there are a few solutions to friends mooching your meal plan, TRICIA TIEDT ranging from subtle to downright aggressive (I’ll leave the degree of bluntness to your choosing). If you’re trying not to rock the boat, simply start to suggest other places for you and your friends to grab food. Gather in someone’s common room and order in—Grub Hub is my personal favorite food delivery site, and they have promotions nearly every weekend. You can even strike a deal: every time you pay for their dinner at Lower, they pay for your takeout—that way, you’re not spending meal plan money and the money (somewhat) evens out. If you have a little time on your hands, challenge your friend group to be domestic. Make a dinner menu, pick a kitchen, divide up the ingredients, and go shopping. If no car is available for your use, the BC grocery shuttle runs every Sunday to the Star Market on Beacon Street. Finally, don’t be afraid to just say no. A Flex plan is easy to get and fiscally responsible—the more meal plan money you buy, the more you save. Tell your friends to recognize that you’re a dinner companion to hear about their day—not provide their daily bread.

Marc Francis is an editor for The Heights. He can be reached at features@bcheights.com.

Tricia Tiedt is an editor for The Heights. She can be reached at features@bcheights.com.

PROFESSOR PROFILE

Haskin uses history of literature to delve deeper into texts BY CORINNE DUFFY

WHO: Dayton Haskin

Heights Editor After eighth grade, Dayton Haskin commenced what he referred to as his “rebellion” against his parents: the adamant pursuit of an expensive, Jesuit education. Haskin, a professor in the English department, was determined to attain this costly instruction, working throughout the four years to pay tuition and trekking 10 miles to and from high school every day—intellectual curiosity and academic interests in tow. Originally from Ann Arbor, Mich., Haskin and his family then moved to a farm in Ohio, where he spent the majority of his childhood with his brother and sister. From high school on, he knew he wanted to teach. His interest in English and literature did not develop until the end of college, however, when he took a course on major British writers. “When I read Milton, I fell in love with the music of his poetry,” Haskin said. Preceding this, Haskin studied a great deal of Latin and Greek, and had great passion for biblical literature, the Reformation, and history of the 16th and 17th centuries. He obtained his B.A. from the University of Detroit in 1968, and he then went on to teach at John Carroll University during the early 70s. Subsequently, in 1975 Haskin earned a degree in religious studies (B.D.) from the University of London. When Haskin was pursuing his Ph.D. from Yale University—which he acquired in 1978—literary theory was dramatically transforming how individuals approached studies in English. Reconstruction and feminism, among many other areas, were evolving, gaining greater attention, and growing in significance within the world of literature and analysis. Haskin therefore considers this time in his English education and discipline to have been especially influential, given that some of his current

TEACHES: 17th century and comparative literature EXPERIENCE: A degree in religious studies from the University of London and Ph.D. from Yale

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research at Boston College pertains to the early development of English instruction. Haskin became a professor at BC in the fall of 1978, directly following his graduation from Yale. Here, he specializes in 17th century—with particular emphasis on Milton and Donne—and comparative literature, and he currently teaches classical and biblical backgrounds of English literature, which juxtaposes Greek, Latin, and Hebrew works in translation to follow literary progression and discern possible correlations. “I like to make it available for students, and it’s fun—I get to read a lot of great work,” he said. Additionally, Haskin is teaching for the first time London: A History in Verse, a course that explores and analyzes British poetry from roughly six centuries. “It is very exciting, I’m constantly improvising, figuring out what to do next in class,” Haskin said. “I love having to think about my students. It is a teacher’s role to be the mediator, to make literature accessible and enjoyable.”

Haskin is currently researching the early history of English studies, with special attention to the implementation of Shakespeare’s works and analysis in American colleges. It was not until the late 19th century that studying literature in the vernacular at the collegiate level became prevalent. During these early, transitional phases of literary examination, the teaching was exceedingly rudimentary, Haskin said. “The professors didn’t know what they were doing much more than the students did, really,” he said. Haskin therefore visits prominent collegiate archives all over the country to determine how it was that administrators created the very first English curricula. “My favorite things to find are old notebooks—rare, but very interesting,” he said. Haskin’s research unearths a lot of mediocre writing, casual grading, and lack of feedback from instruction within these preliminary stages of English curriculum development. He asserted that the teaching and educational programs are far more

FUN FACT: Currently researching the early history of English studies sophisticated today, and through his work he attempts to explain how and why most curricula advanced and expanded. “Harvard, for example, has fabulous archives because of their awareness of what they were doing … they began systematically to buy books and specialize,” Haskin said. These extensive archives proved an especially influential aspect of the greater Boston and New England areas in initially persuading Haskin to relocate to the east coast. Boston, America’s Athens in terms of academia, was particularly attractive to Haskin due to the Harvard library. “It has been a large part of my life ever since … despite the Internet, there are just so many unique materials there,” he said. For Haskin, the archives nearby are not the sole benefit of teaching at BC, however. “English professors often live in kind of a ‘dog eat dog’ kind of world, but not here,” Haskin said. “It is a wonderfully supportive department to be a part of. There are so many great colleagues so devoted to teaching, and I love recommending them to my students.” 

The Heights

Monday, February 3, 2014

Iconic eagle statue’s legacy still uncertain Eagle, from B10 front of Gasson Hall. A 1956 Heights article reported that the 30-foot column on which it now rests stood in front of South Station in Dewey Square for years before the Central Artery project required that it be removed. While this prompted many people to call it the Dewey Memorial, the column was not actually installed to commemorate anyone. South Station’s builders, the article reported, simply saw a similar piece of architecture while on a trip to Europe and admired it so much that they had a copy made and shipped over to decorate the square. Its four lamps, which rested on marble-carved ships facing in four directions and jutting out from near the base of the column, burnt out in 1955. Rather than replace the lamps and reloacte it on South Station’s property, its owners donated the column to BC. “This object d’art in front of Lyons Hall has been accused of being a Danish god of the sea, a flagpole stand, and two Norse ships immediately after a collection,” the article reads. Once it was decided to move the statue in front of Gasson, the column and its strange ships were separated. The latter half rested in BC’s Quad near Gasson until last year, when the Quad was renovated and the ships mysteriously sailed off to an unknown location. Until then, however, many 21st century students also questioned the origins and meaning of the strange, carved ships on the lawn. In the years since its placement there, the iconic eagle has come to represent BC. As a result, it became the target of many a rival school’s prank, when, before big sports games, students would attempt to climb the column and re-paint the symbol of BC in their own school’s colors. “One of the more recent occasions the eagle defended itself by cutting the hand of a paint-brush-armed attacker so severely that he required medical attention,” a 1962 Heights article reported. “Since this battle, there have not been any further attempts to deface the monument.” It’s no surprise, then, that when the eagle vanished in 1993, most students suspected that a successful kidnapping had taken place. Thankfully, however, the eagle was in good hands: those of a restoration specialist in Woburn, Mass. University caretakers had noted that the eagle was not looking like its usual majestic self. After a thorough inspection, it was determined that the statue had been poorly cast and was therefore more easily worn down by the harsh weather than previously expected. “This problem allowed water to leak into the statue, creating cracks in the wings, neck, and body,” a 1993 Heights article reported. The damage was pronounced irreparable. Rather than permanently remove the eagle that had come to define campus, however, BC sent the statue to a restoration studio used by the Museum of Fine Arts, where the cracks were repaired before an exact replica was made. There is no documentation on where the original eagle has been kept since then. The gilded eagle has had no major milestones in its long life on campus since then, and so it, like the rumors surrounding its origins, remains a permanent facet of life at BC. n

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The Heights throughout the century MLK’s legacy at boston college

Despite his affiliation with BU, MLK made a lasting impact on BC’s campus By Daniel Perea-Kane For The Heights Although Mar tin Luther King, Jr. is the pride of rival Boston University where he received his doctorate, he has had a long history of coverage in Boston College’s newspaper of record, including The Heights’ reprinting one of his articles in an issue from the ’50s. In the April 9, 1968 issue after King was killed, The Heights ran a front-page editorial beginning, “There is darkness in this country. It has begun to grow and permeate beyond the separation it defines between the races of the American nation. Its power has been displayed in the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.” Campus faculty and administrators were unsure of how to respond to the assassination. Re v. C harle s D onov an, S .J. opposed the idea of cancelling classes “because he feared giving an impression of panic” according to the article from that issue. Finally, after meeting with students, faculty, and administrators, Donovan decided to cancel classes. Rev. F.X. Shea, S.J. had marched in Selma with King and held a mass to eulogize him, afterward telling the congregation to attend a demonstration in Boston, proving his effect on not only students but also adminstrators at BC. In a letter to the editor from 1981, Michelle Ilene Osterfeld criticized the lack of attendance by students and administrators at a memorial event for King. Osterfeld described signing a petition for a national holiday at that event. “But as I did, I shunned to think that all another holiday means (no matter how profound the cause) is a sale day at the great American department stores,” she wrote. On Feb. 1, 1983, BC held an ecumenical service in honor of King. The dinner speaker at this event, the second annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Celebration, was Rev. Robert F. Drinan, S.J., BC ’42, at that point a former congressman. The following week , The Heights ran an article detailing a speech by then-trustee Wayne Budd, BC ’63, who is now a senior vice president and general counsel of John Hancock Financial Services. Budd warned that the pendulum was swinging away from the gains made by civil rights legislation in the ’60s and ’70s. “One does not hear talk of discrimination these days,” he said. “Instead we hear of re-

verse discrimination. Was all of Martin Luther King’s work in vain?” An event listing from the Feb. 3, 1986 issue describes Al Eaton recreating the speeches of King in “One Man Play of the Life and Times of Dr. Martin Luther, King Jr.,” which was held in Robsham Theatre. The production was sponsored by the Black Student Forum, and tickets were sold for just $2 each. In the Jan. 17, 1990 issue, Heights news editor Bill Murphy wrote a commentary entitled, “King’s dream lives on to the ’90s.” The commentary focused on how King would be concerned with issues of three million homeless people in the U.S. at that time, the escalating arms race, and continue d racism during the ’90s, including in the controversial Charles Stuart case of that time. An ar ticle f rom Jan. 19, 1995 focuse d on the life of King in recognition of the fact that some students may have forgotten the reason behind their extra day of winter break that year. Sometimes a standalone photo was enough to tell the story of King’s legacy. There is a photo from the April 6, 1998 issue of The Heights detailing a gathering of students and faculty for a memorial in the former Dustbowl to commemorate the 30th anniversary of King’s death. Six years ago, in 2008, the department of Campus Ministry hosted “Rise Up,” a gathering on Jan. 21 of that year to honor King with performances from musical groups such as Against the Current, the Liturgy Arts Group, and Voices of Imani. Recently, King’s name came up when students discussed an annual scholarship given in his name at the University. According to a 2002 article about that year’s recipient, Rufus Caine, BC ’03, “every year the award is given to an African-American junior who ‘exemplifies the ideals of Dr. King through academic excellence and community service,’ according to Rev. Walter Conlan, S.J., cochairperson of the MLK Memorial Committee.” In 1983, the Jesuits at BC made a $20,000 donation to the scholarship’s fund. “The generosity of the Jesuit community cannot be over-emphasized,” then-AHANA Director and Co-Chairman of the King Scholarship committee Donald Brown said. “One might say that this event has opened a new chapter in the relationship that exists between the Jesuit and AHANA communities.” n

We’re three weeks into the new semester and, as I’m sure it’s safe to say, Boston College students are “back in the swing of things.” Between adapting to new classes, getting comfortable with the workload, figuring out which professors are “good” and which unfortunately aren’t, and restarting or joining clubs, jobs, and volunteer positions, the first few weeks of the new semester have, essentially, been spent adjusting to a new schedule. Students have been forced to break their eating, workout, study, and sleeping habits from last semester in order to accommodate new course times and extracurriculars. It’s not just your schedule that has changed, but also the schedule of every single student here, leading to this semester’s new “regulars.” You know these people well. These are the people you seem to see on a regular

same people. Another common place to see the “regulars” is the Plex or running around the Res. People tend to work out at the same time and, furthermore, they tend to do the same workouts. Same with the library. The people you always see camping out in Bapst or the fifth-floor of O’Neill are creatures of habit, just like you are. One of the best parts of getting to know this semester’s new “regulars” is when you start to see someone who reminds you of a happy time in your past at BC. For me, it’s the girls I’ve started to see from my Studies in Narrative class last year, reminding me of my favorite course at BC, so far. Maybe you now see someone from your 48 Hours group in Mac every Wednesday, or you’ve noticed someone that lived on your floor sophomore year as you head back to your new dorm on Monday nights. These are the best types of “regulars,” the ones that remind you of some past happiness at BC—because in the midst of having

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to adjust to a new schedule, it’s nice to be reminded of times past. Having a new group of “regulars” can also allow you to spend more time with people you weren’t able to see as much last semester. Your schedule probably allows you to eat lunch with friends who had class during your lunchtime in the past. Take advantage of these changes, and reunite with people you haven’t spent as much time with as you would have liked, spend more time with your good friends, and get to know people you’d like to be better friends with. “Regulars” add a sense of habit to what can be an otherwise crazy, jam-packed schedule. These “regulars” are going to be a part of your life for the next three months, whether you’re aware of them or not. And it’s kind of nice to bear in mind that you are someone else’s “regular,” too.

Caitlin Slotter is a staff writer for The Heights. She welcomes comments at features@bcheights.com.

Samantha Costanzo is the Asst. Features Editor for The Heights. She welcomes comments at features@bcheights.com.

‘Regulars’ help students settle into new semester basis, the people whose schedules happen to align with yours, the people who, upon noticing them, you say, “Oh, I always see him/her at (insert location here)!” Maybe it’s the boy you see at Lower every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday getting breakfast before a 9 a.m. class, who was in a class with you first semester freshman year. Maybe it’s the girl with the blue backpack who happens to pass you in the Quad every Tuesday and Thursday as you race to your 3 p.m. class in Gasson. While you may still need some time to figure out who this semester’s “regulars” are and to get used to seeing them on a routine basis, you’ve probably already started to notice them. The most common place to see these regulars is your breakfast and lunch locations of choice. With such fixed course schedules and little time between classes, students tend to dine at either the Rat, Eagle’s Nest, Mac, or Lower at the same times between classes, maybe even with the

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of drunkenness

I didn’t even think about drinking alcohol in high school. Most of my friends weren’t into it, and for a long time the concept of drinking kind of freaked me out—it was something that belonged in movies and on the Facebook pages of the too-coolfor-school kids I knew. I’m turning 21 at the end of February, though, so I’ve suddenly been thinking all about the drinking scene—the glamorous, grown-up, legal one that probably exists only in my head. What’s it like to be in a bar? What’s the protocol for even ordering a drink at said bar? Do martinis actually taste good? Why is this whole drinking thing even such a big deal in the first place? That last question has been stuck in the back of my head lately. Every other one has an answer, but why do I even ask them? What’s the big deal with going out for a drink, after all? Maybe it’s a big deal simply because we’ve turned it into one. The Social Issues Research Centre (SIRC), based in Oxford, England, did a global study in which researchers looked into how different countries perceive alcohol and how those perceptions affected the drinking culture in each. Unsurprisingly, every country had a slightly different attitude toward drinking. It’s considered akin to a drug and connected, at least in people’s minds, to violent behavior in the U.S. Most Mediterranean and European countries, on the other hand, generally attach an often peaceful connotation to alcohol. It’s interesting, then, that the U.S. has higher rates of alcohol-related problems, while countries like Ireland—long considered the home of the perpetually tipsy—have fewer issues. So is drinking really only an issue because we make it one? I wouldn’t be surprised. The Italian side of my family drinks homemade wine with lunch and dinner every day. To them, that’s normal— they held onto a part of Italian culture in which drinking isn’t a big deal, but rather, something to do with family and friends when you’re eating together or just hanging around. A drink has a much different place in most of American society. Every semester, Boston College students who come back from studying abroad in the UK remark on how differently students there treat drinking. Sure, they say, every once in a while someone gets a little too wild. Most of the time, though, it seems like the Brits can hold their liquor—because they don’t drink a whole lot of it to begin with. So drinking in general might be this hyped-up, taboo thing simply because we as Americans have decided that it is precisely that. Then what’s the story on our fascination with bars? If any underclassman can subvert the system by having a complaisant 21-year-old friend buy him or her some cheap booze, what’s the allure of having to dress up and leave the comfort of your dorm for a drink? As it turns out, the only thing that SIRC study found in common across all countries is that it’s socially unacceptable to drink alone. Whether you’re drinking a cocktail or a beer, you’re supposed to be drinking it with friends, or at least in a public place. It’s weird to mix yourself a rum and Coke if you’re not mixing one up for someone else as well, but in a bar, it seems like you can waltz in and order one of the very same thing without suffering strange glances from everyone else there. That’s the thing—there’s someone else there, whether you know him or her or not, who is sitting there drinking “with” you. It creates a social connection. It also seems to go without saying that bars—places whose sole purpose is to sell alcohol and make you stay in the building to drink it—are just as mysterious. You can party with your friends whenever, but you can only party in a bar if you’ve reached the right age. It’s grown-up, mature, and puts you on a completely different level than your 20-and-below peers. Do we really have anything to fear when it comes to alcohol? Chances are that most BC students would probably say no. With proper education and a change in attitude, alcoholic drinks could be no more threatening than sodas. Is all the hype about the bar scene worth it? I’ll have to get back to you in March about that one.

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Caitlin Slotter

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FEATURES THE HEIGHTS

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SECRETS OF THE STATUE SAMANTHA COSTANZO | ASST. FEATURES EDITOR

Rumors have been swirling about the origins of Boston College’s famous golden eagle statue almost since the day it was brought to campus. Some say that it came from Japan. Others insist that it’s not an eagle at all. In the early ’90s, campus legend even held that the statue would fly away if a virgin ever graduated from the University. While that’s certainly untrue, other bits and pieces of so-called rumor do in fact have a grain of truth in them. One part of the eagle’s history is certain: it lived in Massachusetts long before it made its way to Chestnut Hill. The eagle came from the Brookline estate of Larz and Isabel Anderson, which they purchased from Isabel’s cousin shorty after their marriage in 1899, according to the now-museum’s website. Larz, who was raised in Cincinnati and moved to Brookline after he married local socialite Isabel Weld Perkins, began his diplomatic career in 1891 as a secretary in U.S. embassies in London and Rome. Eventually, he worked his way up the ladder, and from 1912 to 1913, Larz served as the U.S. ambassador to Japan. Inspired by the architecture there, the Andersons used part of Isabel’s fantastic fortune—according to the Society of the Cincinnati, the $17 million she inherited on her 21st birthday in 1897 made her the richest woman in America—to recreate a Japanese garden on their Brookline estate. “They spent the most amount of their time here,” said Andrew Newton, director of education at the Larz Anderson Auto Museum, which is housed in the Andersons’ carriage house on the former estate. Naturally, then, this would be the place on which to spend lavish amounts of money—and to keep the eagle, likely a memento from their time in Japan. “I certainly think he would have gotten it in Japan,” Newton said, echoing the commonly accepted idea that the eagle resided in front of the American embassy in that country before Anderson brought it with him. “But it’s entirely possible that he got it after.” The latter is also a compelling explanation, especially because of a tradition of military service in Larz’s family. He was the son of a Civil War general and could trace his lineage back to a Revolutionary War Lieutenant, a connection that allowed him to become a member of Washington’s Society of the Cincinnati. Larz himself volunteered for service in the Spanish-American War in 1898, according to the Society’s website. It is likely, then, that the eagle was purchased before the Andersons’ year in Japan as a symbol of American pride. For decades, the eagle—which is, according to the museum’s website, made of bronze and gilded with gold—stood watch over the Japanese garden. “It was kind of an American symbol in this very authentic Eastern setting,” Newton said. After Isabel died in 1948, the estate went to the town of Brookline, he said. “The house was torn down, and the gardens have become other things,” he said. “The town couldn’t afford to keep it up.” As a result, Newton speculates that the eagle could have been donated to BC simply because it had nowhere else to go, much the same way that the Andersons’ prized bonsai trees were relocated to Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum. BC’s Burns Library exhibition, however, tells a different story about the eagle’s flight to campus. Betty Riley, whose father, Gus, had lived and worked on the Andersons’ estate since he was born, said in 2005 that her father somehow came into possession of the large statue. It was displayed in front of his house until 1954, when Gus, a fan of BC sports, donated it to the University, according to the exhibit, after which it stood in front of Alumni House for several years. It didn’t take long for the eagle to fly off to its current roost in

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Revitalized AAC plans 5K, concert BY MARY ROSE FISSINGER Special Projects Editor When Ayman Bodair and Shane Daugherty, both A&S ’14, took over the AIDS Awareness Committee (AAC) in the fall as president and vice president, the listserv they inherited had no current students on it. For the previous few years, the club had been “non-functioning,” as Bodair put it, and he and Daugherty, along with treasurer Neal Shah, A&S ’14, began the school year looking to breathe life back into the AAC. “We were in over our heads at first,” Daugherty said. “We had no idea what we were doing. It was a completely dead organization. We had no membership. We basically had to start from scratch.” They spent last semester doing just that: building membership, establishing goals, and planning events. The AAC now boasts between 30 and 40 active participants, according to Bodair, and has held or is in the process of planning several events that each work toward achieving one of their four goals: service, outreach to community groups with similar missions, increasing awareness on campus, and fundraising. Their first event of the year was a panel held at the end of October, which featured biology professor Tricia Burdo and School of Theology and Ministry professors Andrea Viccini and Mary Joe Iozzio. Bodair and Daugherty considered the event a reasonable success, but hope to draw a much larger crowd to the benefit concert the ACC will be throwing on Feb. 20. L argely organized by Shah, the concert will take place at 7:30 p.m. in McGuinn 121 and feature several a cappella groups as well as the musical group Jammin’ Toast. All proceeds will go to Camp Amerikids, an organization that hosts summer camps for children with HIV/AIDS. “Usually, when you go to camp, you have to go through medical processes, and once they find out you have HIV/ AIDS, they will deny you from going to that camp because of the danger for other kids,” Shah explained. “So this is a place where the kids who have HIV/ AIDS, they can go to this camp, feel comfortable, and feel a part of something that normal kids do growing up.” According to Bodair, Amerikids is underfunded, and the leaders of the organization were pleased to hear that the AAC is planning to donate all proceeds to them. They are also short on volunteers, and Shah said that the AAC is hoping to put together a group of their returning members to help at the camps this summer. In addition to the concert, Bodair, Daugherty, and Shah hope to hold a 5K in the spring to raise awareness and money for a to-be-determined organization. To further increase awareness, they are planning another panel for this semester, this time drawing faculty who deal with HIV/AIDS from a variety of different disciplines, such as biology, sociology, and theology. They had hoped to bring to campus this semester Paul Farmer, the

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CWBC promotes connections between alumnae and undergraduates Preparing for the Journey program aids women through self-marketing strategies BY JENNIFER SUH For The Heights Female undergraduates at Boston College have more resources than ever in their career search, thanks to the Council of Women at Boston College (CWBC). Founded in 2002, the CWBC is made up of more than 140 alumnae and works to increase the involvement and influence of women at BC. “[The CWBC] is a great way for women alumnae to stay involve d with the University and give back to a school they love and to the students,”

said Diane Green, CWBC member and BC ’82. “In turn the students will want to give back to the Unversity after they graduate.” One of the w ay s in which the C WB C supports young women is through the Preparing for the Journey program. The CWBC also has other programs, including Beginning the Journey, Continuing the Journey, and Refining the Journey. As a part of these programs, the C WBC organized an event, called “Preparing for the Journey: What’s Your Brand?” Over 100 female under-

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graduates from all four years registered for event, held last Tuesday night at the Cadigan Alumni Center. “The goal of this event is to help current students think about how they enter the job market, help them with interviewing—what are the skills that they can bring to an organization—and help them develop their network. We focus on interview skills and what students should do while at BC to facilitate the transition to the workforce,” said Kathleen Gallanar, CWBC member and BC ’86. Gre en and Gallanar co-hoste d and moderated the event, which was attended by students and alumni, as well as 16 members from the CWBC student advisory board, the liaison

through which the CWBC connects with BC students. “The Student Advisory Board members helped promote the event for us,” Green said. “In addition, they helped tailor the event so that it met their needs. For example, the students told me that the past panels have focused solely on business majors. For this event, our panelists were a chemist, a nurse, a law student, and a businesswoman. It is important for us to listen to the students and address their needs.” When the Preparing for the Journey program first started, it was directed toward upperclassmen, but now the CWBC encourages underclassmen to attend its events. “We found freshmen coming and

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really getting a lot out of [Preparing for the Journey] and thinking about it, because our topics such as personal brand apply throughout your college experience, so now we’re targeting any undergraduate women,” Gallanar said. The event began with an introduction by Janet Costa Bates, associate director at the Career Center. “When you’re starting out the process, or if you’ve started the process but didn’t start at this point, here’s what I want: I want you to start first with yourself,” Bates said. Stating the three questions mentioned in Rev. Himes’ famous talk, she said, “What do I love? What do I do well? And what does the world need? If you

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