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HEIGHTS

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THE

The Independent Student Newspaper of Boston College

established

1919

Monday, February 3, 2014

Vol. XCV, No. 5

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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

See Chebator, A4

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,

See Drizly, A4

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

See Emery, A4

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE OFFICE OF NEWS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS

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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