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BC webmail will move to Google Apps

BY ELEANOR HILDEBRANDT News Editor By fall 2013, Boston College webmail will have transitioned entirely to Google Apps for Education, a free platform that includes, in addition to email, a web-based calendar, documents, and Google Drive.

“A committee was formed a couple years ago to look at student email,” said Julie Gillis, director of technology implementation and communication at BC. “We were well aware of the limitations of the current system, particularly the space quota.” That committee, the Student Email Project, consisted of 14 administrators, including Gillis, and seven student representatives, all but one of whom graduated within the past two years.

“The process was a real collaboration,” said Scott Cann, technology director for ITS Support Services. “We looked at peer institutions … we had students participating, faculty participating, and staff participating. We wanted it to be a real group decision.”

Gillis also said that, in switching from an internal email system, BC is following in the footsteps of other institutions. In the process of finding a new platform, the University looked at various options, including Microsoft and Google, for outsourcing webmail, and talked to faculty members and students about the transition. Gillis noted that over 60 percent of students said that they already forwarded their BC emails to another account, and 76 percent of those students chose Gmail.

“We’re really excited that students will not only have 25GB for email and docs,

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EMILY FAHEY / HEIGHTS STAFF

On Monday night in Robsham Theater, five finalists for Boston College’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship were honored. Voices of Imani (above right) performed.

BC awards commemorative King scholarships Clayborne Carson speaks at annual MLK Scholarship ceremony; students honored

BY BRIAN THUROW For The Heights The audience in Robsham Theater was tense Monday night as five finalists for the 31st annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Scholarship awaited the award presentation. The scholarship, which is funded and presented by the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Committee, awards $20,000 to the Boston College junior who has demonstrated

superior academic achievement, extracurricular leadership, community service, and involvement with the African American community and African American issues both on and off campus.

The selection process is rigorous—of this year’s 22 applicants, only seven advanced to the interview stage, and only five were chosen as finalists: Steven Jefferson, A&S ’14; Patrick Williamson, A&S ’14; Kayla Mendonca, A&S ’14; Natali Soto, CSOM ’14; and Philip McHarris, A&S ’14. Before

the winner was announced, however, a number of speakers and performers took the stage.

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Committee is a faculty organization at BC that has been awarding scholarships to students since 1982. Monday night’s ceremony started off with a short video detailing the committee members’ personal appreciation for King and how his achievements inspired the scholarship.

The video was followed by a performance

by Voices of Imani, BC’s gospel choir.

They sang “I Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around,” a triumphant song written about King. Last year’s recipi-

Black History Month kicks off

BY QIAN DENG Heights Staff Rayana Grace, A&S ’13, and Sandra Dickson, CSON ’13, are both busy individuals, serving in leadership positions for many clubs and service opportunities. What brought them together recently is the desire to make this year’s Black History Month (BHM) the best ever at Boston College. They took the first step in achieving this goal by making speeches to convince the BHM Planning Committee that they were the right people for the task.

Perhaps one reason they were so persuasive is their genuine stake in the issues at hand. “My elementary school was very much educational about black history,” Grace said. “We watched civil rights videos, we learned Negro spirituals, and we read Harriet Tubman books in first grade.

That’s always something that’s been a part of me, that my family really embraces.”

As she grew older, Grace noted a “separation” between American history and black history, and soon realized that,

Athlete speaks about the dangers of contact sports

BY CONNOR FARLEY Heights Editor

ed, Liptak talked about Fisher v. University of Texas, a case involving two white college applicants who were allegedly denied admission because of affirmative action admission policies.

“What the University of Texas does is admit about 75 percent of its students on what they call the Top Ten Program. All you have to do is graduate in the top 10 percent of any high school and you get into the University of Texas.”

Liptak said. “And that, in Texas at least, generates very substantial diversity, because Texas high schools are largely segregated.”

The Supreme Court’s decision regarding the legality of this policy will help set the legal understanding of affirmative action going forward, and more generally, the attitude the Supreme Court has concerning race.

The second major issue confronting the Supreme Court is the future of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, in the case, Shelby County v. Holder.

Terry Long, Andre Waters, John Grimsley.

The list goes on—all former NFL players, all committed suicide before the age of 50.

“I’m going to talk to you tonight about the concussion crisis,” Chris Nowinski said in Gasson 100 on Tuesday night. Nowinski, a nationally recognized expert on concussions, co-founder and executive director of the Sports Legacy Institute (SLI), as well as the co-director of the Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy at Boston University (BUCSTE), was hosted by the Winston Center for Leadership and Ethics to speak about the troubling and largely disregarded statistics behind head injuries in sports.

Nowinski played football at Harvard and later went on to a short-lived professional wrestling career for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Known as “Chris Harvard” among the WWE community, he made a prominent career for himself, even meriting the WWE title of “2002’s Newcomer of the Year”—but that all ended after a performance gone wrong in 2003. After sustaining a severe injury to the face as a result of a gaffed stunt, Nowinski was forced to reevaluate his standing on head injuries. Like most diehard athletes, Nowinski generally shrugged off substantial injuries even when “seeing stars,” “blacking out,” or experiencing extreme disorientation, but long-term effects led him to take initiative toward his own wellbeing.

The wrestler found himself “unable to last in the gym for even five minutes” and experi-

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EMILY FAHEY / HEIGHTS EDITOR

‘NYTimes’ writer Adam Liptak talks Supreme Court

BY GIANNI MATERA Heights Staff On Wednesday, New York Times reporter Adam Liptak gave a talk reflecting on his experience covering the United States Supreme Court. He also reviewed the upcoming controversial cases that will be addressed in the coming months. The event was sponsored by the Quality of Student Life Committee and was entitled “The Roberts Court in 2013: A Reporter’s Reflection.”

Liptak gave a brief background of the nine sitting justices of the Supreme Court, including facts related to their racial diversity, academic background, and religion.

“For the first time in history there are three women on the court,” Liptak said. “The court has a black member, Justice Clarence Thomas, only the second black member of the Court … and Justice Sonia Sotomayor is, of course, the first Hispanic member.”

He mentioned that all nine justices attended either Harvard or Yale Law School, and that

there are six Roman Catholic members and three Jewish members of the Court.

With this context, Liptak then conducted a thorough overview of the hot topics that will be addressed in the upcoming months in the court.

“We’re going to have decisions this term in major, major cases on affirmative action in higher education admissions, in the future of the Voting Rights Act and in same-sex marriage,” Liptak said.

On the topic of affirmative action in higher-

ALEX GAYNOR / HEIGHTS EDITOR

Supreme Court journalist Adam Liptak talked to a crowd in Devlin 101 on Wednesday.

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Nowinski discusses head injuries

“It’s not that people don’t want to learn; it’s that they never had the chance to,” so she aspired to provide more individuals with such a chance. “We’d like to share the figures and events that might not be as talked about, in a way that people have never approached before.”

A resident of New Jersey, Dickson prefers to identify herself first and foremost as “originally from Ghana,” where she was born. This will be her third time co-chairing the celebration.

Before arriving in the U.S. 13 years ago, Dickson said, “I don’t think I was ever exposed to the tension. Race really wasn’t a factor. We had people of different backgrounds, but we didn’t look to anybody as superior or inferior. Then, coming here, where it was really very pervasive, I was forced to understand this culture.”

Similar to Grace, Dickson said she “was fortunate

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ent of the scholarship, Sandra Dickson, CSON ’13, then took the stage. Dickson has worked up an impressive resume since receiving the scholarship—she co-presented at the National Black Nurses Convention, worked at a health clinic in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and acts as co-chair for BC’s Black History Month committee. She encouraged this year’s finalists to bring issues of social injustice to light, inspire others, and act as a role model for their peers. Dickson then ceded the stage to the evening’s keynote speaker, Clayborne Carson.

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CSA KSA Culture Show

Today Time: 4:15 p.m.

Location: Thompson Room, Burns Library

The Instutute for the Liberal Arts and the BC Libraries are sponsoring a lecture by the editor-in-chief of the Perseus Project at Tufts University, Gregory Crane, on digital technology and the humanities.

William McDowell

Friday Time: 7:00 p.m.

Location: Robsham Theater

The Chinese Students Association and the Korean Students Association are collaborating in a culture show that will take place at 7:00 p.m. in the Robsham Theater.

Saturday Time: 6:00 p.m.

Location: The Plex

As a part of the Office of AHANA Student Programs’ Black History Month celebrations William McDowell is coming to the Plex for a gospel concert sponsored by the Multicultural Christian Fellowship.

FEATURED STORY

Russell discusses challenges, successes of writing

BY MICHELLE TOMASSI Heights Editor “The question I get asked most often boils down to, ‘Why do you write such weird stuff?’” Karen Russell addressed this question to a room of literary enthusiasts in Gasson 100 on Wednesday at the second lecture in the Lowell Humanities Series, this semester.

Russell has wasted no time making a name for herself—her debut novel, Swamplandia!, was a finalist for the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and her prizewinning short story collection, St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised By Wolves, was featured in The New Yorker’s debut fiction issue and its 20 Under 40 list. Russell also received the 5 Under 35 award from the National Book Foundation in 2009, and three of her short stories have been chosen for the Best American Short Stories volumes.

After an introduction by Robert Chibka of the English department, Russell began by describing her love for the imaginary and the texts that inspired her throughout her college career. While she is currently recognized for her stories that delve into alternate realities and explore various possibilities, her sense of creation did not always come easily. Referencing classics such as Anna Karenina and The Great Gatsby, Russell discussed the process of trying to find her own voice under the pressure of trying to emulate such widely acclaimed novels.

“I was trying so hard to get the facts

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Karen Russell lectured on her writing as a part of the Lowell Humanities Series. right that these stories lacked any sense of effervescent creation,” she said, referring to some of her early work in short story writing. After learning about authors that strayed from the traditional and embraced a different kind of architecture in writing, Russell attempted to write without limits rather than spend time doing research. She soon realized, however, that having background knowledge was sometimes necessary to have a sense of direction.

“I was writing stories that were completely insane,” she said. “I was like a tourist myself in these stories. I didn’t understand their laws or customs.” She looked to writers such as Italo Calvino and Flannery O’Connor for encour-

agement, and eventually came to realize the key to effective storytelling.

“You need to have something at stake in your story, whether it’s set in New Brunswick or the surface of Jupiter,” she said.

Russell then discussed one of her favorite writing methods, the “fish-slap-to-the-face” technique, which she described as “unapologetic strangeness frontloaded in a text.” To support this definition, she provided readings from some of her favorite openings that demand readers’ attention, such as Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis, which she personally believes to be one of the most skillful openings in the realm of literature.

POLICE BLOTTER

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Friday, February 1 6:00 p.m. - A report was filed regarding an actual fire in Lyons Hall. There was no damage or fire department response.

11:23 p.m. - A report was filed regarding medical assistance being provided to a BC student in Rubenstein Hall.

11:35 p.m. - A report was filed regarding a BC student who was transported to a medical facility by ambulance from Gonzaga Hall.

who was transported by ambulance to a medical facility from Voute Hall.

1:37 a.m. - A report was filed regarding medical assistance provided to a BC student who was transported by cruiser to a medical facility from Campanella Way. 2:00 a.m. - A report was filed regarding a subject being placed into protective custody in Cushing Hall.

11:24 a.m. - A report was filed regarding a miscellaneous traffic incident in the Lower Lots.

Saturday, February 2

Sunday, February 3

12:28 a.m. - A report was filed regarding medical assistance that was provided to a BC student in Cushing Hall.

12:27 a.m. - A report was filed regarding medical asistance provided to a BC student in the Mods.

1:02 a.m. - A report was filed regarding a BC student

12:34 a.m. - A report was filed regarding two suspicious persons off campus.

College Corner NEWS FROM UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY

BY ANDREW SKARAS Asst. News Editor On Jan. 17, a former ColumbiaJulliard student, Oren Ungerleider, filed a lawsuit against Columbia University and Continuum Health Parnters, the parent company of St. Luke’s Hospital, for being unwillingly committed to the hospital and kept there against his will for 30 days in December 2010. The lawsuit says that four doctors involuntarily medicated him during his hospitalization.

According to Ungerleider’s report, this began after he cursed at his Spanish professor because he received a low grade on his final project. Although he later emailed an academic dean to apologize, he was direct to see a psychologist.

The complaint says that the dean then requested the director of residential programs to visit Ungerleider’s dorm room. When she did so, accompanied by campus security

She ended her lecture with a reading from the title story of her newest short story collection, Vampires in the Lemon Grove, followed by a question-and-answer section with the audience. When asked about her own inspirations and her perception of short-story writing in today’s world, she pointed to widely-read authors such as Junot Diaz as testaments to the ever-changing and always exciting world of storytelling.

As a young writer herself, Russell could only advise aspiring authors to keep doing what they love, and to never give up.

“It would be great if there was some better advice, but I think it’s just not to get discouraged,” she said. “I think it’s easy to lose faith.” Russell also tried to assuage the fears of budding writers who are concerned about the planning of a story. “It’s really rare that I know exactly what’s going to happen going in,” she said. “And I think that’s a good thing.”

Russell concluded by explaining the reasoning behind her affinity for short stories, since she can take more risks and experiment with unique formal styles that are difficult to sustain in a longer novel.

The writing process is by no means easy, Russell explained, but she noted that there is a certain way to recognize when a writer is on the path to success.

“If there’s not something a stake for me, or something that scares me, I can’t write it,” she said. “When you’re writing like the way a reader reads, when you want to know what happens next, I think that’s a good place to be.” 

officers, the report says that he resisted and the NYPD was called and he was taken to the hospital.

According to the lawsuit, he was interviewed by psychiatrists and forcibly injected with Haldol, an antipsychotic drug. In the report, it says that one of the psychiatrists described him as delusional and illogical. Over the course of his hospitalization, he claims that he was not allowed to leave, even when his twin brother tried to check him out of the hospital.

When Ungerleider was released from the hospital, his report claims that he was not allowed to return to Columbia. He currently attends Ohio State University and studies information and computer science.

Ungerleider’s lawsuit asks for $10 million in compensatory and punitive damages, but Ungerleider’s lawyer said that it could take a long time for the case to be resolved. The defendants have not responded to the complaint. 

11:52 a.m. - A report was filed regarding alarm activations in the Upper dorms.

9:48 p.m. - A report was filed regarding medical assistance provided to a BC student in Gonzaga Hall.

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CORRECTIONS

Monday, February 4 1:20 a.m. - A report was filed regarding graffiti found in Hardey Hall.

4:10 a.m. - A report was filed regarding found property turned into the BC Police Department headquarters and later returned to the owner.

—Source: The Boston College Police Department

The following corrections are in reference to the issue dated Feb. 4, 2013, Vol. XCIV No. 5.

The article titled “Men’s hockey: defrosting for the Beanpot” should have stated that the Feb. 8 hockey game is at home, not away.

The article titled “Asian Caucus relaunches magazine” should have stated the name of the editor-in-chief of ASIAM as Lucilla Pan, not Pam.

VOICES FROM THE DUSTBOWL “In a movie about BC, who would you have play Fr. Leahy and why?”

“Michael Caine, because he seems wise.”

—Rachel Zacchea, A&S ’15

“Morgan Freeman, because Fr. Leahy is basically God.” —Joan Chung, A&S ’15

“Morgan Freeman, because I’d want him to be president of my university.”

—Sarah Padial, A&S ’16

“Liam Neeson, because he’s a badass.”

—Jon Boudreau, A&S ’16

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Moving at a BC student shares UN experiences glacial pace

By Clara Son

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grams for the semester with a discussion featuring Loughrin, where she shared her unique experiences working with the UN. Loughrin explained that she faced challenges from the start of her experience. As the selfdescribed “guinea pig” of the youth observer position, she felt tremendous pressure to make her voice heard, Loughrin said.

The novelty of her role required that Loughrin demonstrate that a youth representative was a legitimate addition to the U.S. delegation, not just a symbolic member. “The first thing I had to do was build the confidence of the people who actually determined whether this role even exists,” she said.

To build this confidence, Loughrin attended the hearings of the UN’s General Assembly, and even spoke before the entire international delegation.

In addition to her speaking role, Loughrin’s responsibilities extended into the realm of social media, requiring her to update the Youth Obser ver blog on the U.S. United Nations Association website, as well as her Twitter account @ USYouthObserver, to document her experiences for the general public. “We just recently got

At the age of 20, Brooke Loughrin, A&S ’14, has a resume that could fill 20 pages.

From her first experiences at age 12 working for the Fabric of Life Foundation, to her numerous roles within the Boston College community, she has always Matt Palazzolo had a passion for improving the “Everyone is so polite!” One of lives of people around the world. my professors made this surprising At BC, Loughrin is a political epiphany in class a few days ago. science and Islamic Civilizations He commented that, unlike at other and Societies double major, vice universities where he previously president of the Iranian Culture taught, students and faculty at BosClub, Editor-In-Chief of Alton College rarely overtly criticize Noor, member of the Presidenthe administration. At Cornell, for tial Scholars Program, and an example, he explained that students undergraduate research fellow and even professors routinely lamfor Ali Banuaziz, all in addition bast the university leadership in the to her extensive participation in student newspaper or in class. BC is community service and world the one exception. travel.

At first, I was proud of my This past fall, Loughrin acprofessor’s observation. I absolutely cepted an honor that would despise the toxic cloud of rhetoric overshadow the rest of her that envelops Washington D.C. outstanding accomplishments. politicians routinely compare each On a late September afternoon, other to Hitler, question their opshe received a call informing her ponents’ patriotism, and lob other that she had been selected to personal attacks via MSNBC and accompany the U.S. delegation Fox News. BC, on the other hand, to the United Nations General maintains a refreshing air of civility.

Assembly as our country’s first The Heights in particular resembles ever youth observer. a peaceful marketplace of ideas and On Wednesday Feb. 6, the compromise. Newswriters report the Boisi Center kicked off its proUniversity stance through front page articles, students respond through letters to the editor, and the paper itself comments through editorials.

Personal attacks are the exception rather than the norm in the student faculty relationship.

By Qian Deng success in a nation where less However, this initially positive Heights Staff than 5 percent of attorneys are view melted away when I examined African American. progress on student proposals while Despite his own intentions, When querie d ab out this at BC. Undergraduates have been Dean Vincent Rougeau is an number, Rougeau said, “Obviclamoring for a student center since anomaly. When appointed to ously I’m sorry that it’s so low. I the dawn of time, yet it hasn’t mate- head the Boston College Law hope that we can increase it, at rialized. Medical amnesty, a widely School in July of 2011, he became least to a number reflective of the supported policy at numerous unithe law school’s first African distribution of African Ameriversities across the country, remains American dean. This year, he cans, but for various reasons it’s only partially implemented at BC, was named for the second con- been a very slow process to bring despite years of student lobbying. secutive time to On Being a Black more African Americans into the Finally, Students for Sexual Health’s Lawyer’s (OBABL) annual list of profession.” demand for reforms as basic as free the country’s 100 most influential Rougeau remains optimistic, STI testing has been continuously black attorneys. however. “I think it’s getting betrejected by University leadership.

Representing various career ter,” he said, “And I hope that BC Glaciers move quicker than student- paths ranging from government can be one of the places to make initiatives at BC. to academia, the list honors black it happen.”

Universities have long been lawyers who have achieved great His actions have certainly associated with student dissent. UC Berkeley’s Free Speech Movement in 1964 is arguably the most famous.

Thousands of students occupied Sproul Hall on campus to protest the school’s restriction on political speech. However, even BC has a history of conflict between students and the administration. In the early 1970s, members of The Heights published the supposedly confidential transcript of a Board of Trustees meeting, fired the newspaper’s managing editor who was suspected of leaking information to the administration, and subsequently lost its University funding. More recently, in 2005 BC infamously cancelled a GLBTQ Aids Benefit dance because it conflicted with Catholic doctrine.

Hundreds of students gathered in the Dustbowl (may it rest in peace) to protest the administration’s decision.

The dance fiasco in particular brought concrete change. The student body mobilized in protest, and the University responded by adding sexual orientation to its non-discrimination clause. Yet photo Courtesy of bc law website medical amnesty, basic sexual health resources, and the fabled student Dean Rougeau was named one of the 100 most influential black attorneys. center remain tantalizingly out of reach. Does politeness undermine an argument? Can the administration keep teasing us with unfulfilled promises, knowing we are too polite to put up a fight?

Paul Valery, a French philosopher, once said that, “politeness is demonstrate that Greece could organized indifference.” The BC

By Katerina Katsouri not be defined by the failures of student body’s overly civil attitude For The Heights the few, but the achievements of toward student initiatives suggests the many. We need to rebrand that we don’t care strongly about Last Wednesday, the Hellenic our countr y, attract foreign them. What should we choose as a Society of Boston College wel- investments, tourism, and enreplacement for politeness? Should comed the “Repo(we)r Greece” hance bilateral relations.”

Students for Sexual Health occupy team, which aims to educate By highlighting “result-oriGasson? Should The Heights publish on the exact status of the Greek ented perceptions,” this proposal political cartoons caricaturing crisis and methods to move the aims to exhibit a different side of University President Rev. William country forward. Traveling all Greece that will both confront P. Leahy S.J., or expose secretive the way from Athens, profes- misperceptions and motivate the Board of Trustees meetings again? I sor and founder of Repo(we)r Greek morale. It is a platform for don’t think so. I believe that there is Greece Alexandros Costopoulos great change and growth. a middle ground between politespoke about his effort to redefine Over the last decade, Greece ness and rebellion: a way to treat Greek credibility both at home faced a grinding recession that the administration with respect and abroad. came crashing to an end in late while forcefully advocating student “Repo(we)r Greece started 2009. Unemployment has risen proposals. BC’s motto demands that about 18 months ago, when we above 25 percent, social unrest we set the world aflame, so why not felt that we should do some- has decimated the government, start right here on campus? thing,” Costopoulos said. and billions of dollars have After playing a short video been poured into bailout plans.

Matt Palazzolo is a staff columnist concerning Greek heritage, Cos- According to Costopoulos, the for The Heights. He can be reached topoulos briefly stated the orga- crisis is primarily societal rather at news@bcheights.com. nization’s mission. “We want to than economic, however. Af-

into quite a debate about quotas for women in the legislature of a variety of countries, and so I sort of sparked a Twitter controversy after we talked about that,” she said.

Throughout her experience, Loughrin stressed her desire to establish a permanent future for the position of a U.S. youth delegate, in order to ensure that the voices of the younger American generation would be recognized in international diplomacy. “More than half of the population of the world is under 30” she said. “I hope that my role in some ways can provide access for young people in the U.S. to the UN.” For three weeks Loughrin worked with 40 other youth delegates from countries including Norway, Thailand, Rwanda, and Kenya discussing topics ranging from climate change to social welfare issues . During that time, Loughrin also observed ways of improving U.S. youth representation in international affairs. For ways to improve youth representation, Loughrin pointed to the Australian youth delegation, which participates in a national tour to include the opinions of young people around the country, thereby adding a democratic element

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Loughrin served as the first U.S. Youth Observer at the UN General Assembly. to the youth delegate role.

Loughrin expressed her interest in making this a part of the future duties of the U.S. Youth Obser ver when she argue d

that the listening tour element would make “young people in the U.S. feel like this is a role that represents them and their interests.” n

Rougeau recognized as influential black lawyer by OBABL been true to his words, despite limited funds. Though Rougeau has not been at BC long enough to meet the entire faculty of the law school, he has already gone to numerous job fairs and other events around the country on its behalf.

“We know we have to do the work. When I travel, I’m trying to reach out as much as I can to the broadest range of communities, and also by going to parts of the country where there are more minority students, and let them know what a great place BC is.”

Drawing his optimism from admissions figures , Rougeau said, “Although applications to law schools have been declining, applications from AHANA students have been stable, so I’m hoping that means we can soon get them to increase again.” One strategy includes identif ying those students and understanding why they chose BC, in order to garner interest from other similar students.

“We’ve done a lot of work with traditionally black colleges and universities, but that’s just part of it, because many students of color are elsewhere—state schools, different regional schools,” Rougeau said. The admissions office is able to draw common conclusions about what motivates them to apply and enroll, but it also recognizes the diversity of their educational backgrounds.

Speaking highly of the education at these various institutions despite their sometimes lesser renown, Rougeau said, “Sometimes people forget just how diverse the country is, often in places people don’t think about.”

Having used the word “AHANA,” Rougeau said that “traditionally underrepresented groups

would be more precise, but it’s a mouthful,” while “AHANA” was “a creative, positive way that the community has come up with” when identifying difficult issues.

“It’s not just about black and whites, or Asians—it’s much more complex,” he said.

His praise of the term is in line with the macro trends he believes have been shaping recent history.

“The biggest change I’ve seen in my own life is the recognition of the complexity of people of color.

Initially, it was just important to break down barriers, the basic ‘How can we get more blacks,’ ‘How can we get more Asians.’

That’s a good step to begin with, but most of us don’t view ourselves in quite that simplistic way, and it’s taken a while for our diversity of voices as people of color to really come out.

“Now, people are able to talk about their life experiences as people of color not simply in these baskets: black, Asian, Latino, because that’s really not enough,” Rougeau said. “It was a sign of good progress that other aspects of their stories no longer took a back seat to just basic racial justice issues.

“Als o, I think there is a strength in the interactions of people of color. My membership in a particular group informed me in so many ways, but one of the things I benefited from is that we’re in a much better dialogue with all of our fellow students and faculty. As a community, we speak much more authentically across boundaries,” he said.

Still, not everything has been positive. “I still encounter struggles, although less so, that many people don’t have to deal with to the same degree, and it’s hard to explain how you’re walking into a

situation, knowing that people see you, but with something else external about you that immediately starts the wheels turning, and as soon as you open your mouth, they’re like, ‘Wait a minute!’

“I crave the opportunity, one day, to walk into a room and just be you, where my engagement with people is based on broad human minds, not stereotypes and assumptions,” Rougeau said, “but I guess that’s just the way life works—we’re always tr ying to make assumptions about people.”

Despite obstacles, Rougeau has achieved significant individual success, publishing multiple books and serving previously as a professor of law and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Notre Dame. He graduated magna cum laude from Brown University in 1985 and received his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1988.

When asked to give advice to students hoping to learn from his achievements, he said, “Work as hard as you can. Do not doubt yourselves . You have what it takes to reach your goals, because there’s never been a better time for people of color to reach their goals and dreams, when so many barriers have fallen away.”

Due in part to de facto segregation, the environment where Rougeau grew up offered much fewer resources, particularly in terms of mentors, a deficiency for which he now works to make up for in the lives of others. “We don’t know everything, but we can at least share what we’ve learned.

Sometimes students underestimate just how many people are available to them.” He urges all to take advantage of the unique opportunity that their time at BC presents. n

Alexandros Costopoulos presents Repo(we)r Greece talk ter being highly scrutinized by other Eurozone countries, Greece negotiated a landmark debt reconstructing deal in March 2012.

Costopoulos then called attention to the current misconceptions created. As a social grassroots campaign, Repo(we)r Greece aims to eliminate these errors at their core. “We need to restore our credibility. Many are extremely committed to move for ward and discover the power of collaboration. We are not in a warlike situation,” Costopoulos said. These views and stereotypes came from a biased media that needed facts to attract attention. “They came from people who actually new Greece,” he said.

On the flip side, Greece has accomplishe d many things , particularly in the areas of agro-

business , renewable energy, information and technology.

The country ranks No. 5 in the global increase for solar power.

Last year, exports grew by 15 to 20 percent and successful projects, such as the luxurious resort at Costa Navarrino, gear toward drawing elect tourists.

Even though this initiative depends on individuals, “obviously we need political leaders that will continue the structural reforms,” Costopoulos said. The country must create a renewed system of institutions to address the bio products of the crisis.

The European Union should also solve those inherent problems that directly affect Greek citizens. Otherwise issues of xenophobia and riots will continue to amount.

“Opportunities are probably the only positive thing this crisis

brings about,” Costopoulos said.

This may be Greece’s last chance to rebuild a society based on a system of priorities, values, and morals. For the first time, citizens unite together in order to build their own life that will not be based on past mistakes.

“From Athens to the remote villages in Crete, we see alliances of teachers and parents. They want to educate the youth and provide the kids with necessary tools to reconstruct society,” Costopoulos said.

The only way to break stereotypes is by presenting the other side of the spectrum. “You have Greece everywhere in front of you ever y day,” Costopoulos said. “It’s equally important— everyone must contribute in this process. Through consistency and determination we can change the Greek image.” n

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By Brigid Wright Heights Staff Travis Roy, former Boston University hockey player and author of Eleven Seconds, spoke about his remarkable story of recovery and resilience to students and members of the community in the Murray Function Room on Tuesday night. Roy spoke of his devastating injury and incredible physical and mental recovery, reminding students to set goals and never stop making new ones.

Roy, a Maine native, explained how hockey was his passion, and all his goals leading up to his freshman year at BU revolved around accomplishing those goals.

“For me, hockey wasn’t just a goal, it was a passion, and I was willing to do everything and anything I could to cross off my goals,” Roy said. “I was going to show everybody that I had it in me. This little kid from Yarmouth, Maine could and would do it.”

Roy explained that he focused on his hockey skills as well as keeping a strong academic record in order to accomplish his goal of being recruited to play Division I college hockey. He committed to doing whatever it took to accomplish his goals. His dreams were realized when he received an offer from BU, as well as being contacted by many other schools, including University of Maine and Harvard.

“When you find yourself on a threshold, about to make a change in your life, your ca-

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reer, to take a chance that could change your life, don’t ever be afraid to make that leap,” Roy said. “You know what happens when you don’t take that chance, if you don’t take that leap? Generally nothing.”

Roy made a new goal after joining the BU hockey team, and that was to play in the first game of the season. He was selected out of six freshmen on the team to be in the lineup of the first game and his goal was met, but a new challenge was presented to him at the same time. During the first 11 seconds of the game, Roy went into the boards headfirst and cracked his fourth vertebrae.

“I had made it,” he said. “I stepped out on the ice for a Division I college hockey team, and nobody can take that away from me. I accomplished one of my goals, my dream.

It may have only been 11 seconds from the time the referee dropped the puck and blew his whistle, but … I had beaten the odds.

I had chosen this challenge and I made it … but at the same time, the challenge had chosen me.”

Roy spent the next four months in a hospital bed as doctors prepared him for his new reality as a quadriplegic. After those four months, he went to a rehabilitation facility in Georgia, where he learned how to use his wheelchair and began physical therapy.

“There were times where I wondered, ‘Is this what the rest of my life is going to be like?’ It’s that feeling inside that all of us have at one point or another, where you just can’t

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Former BU hockey player Travis Roy spoke at BC on Tuesday night. Roy was paralyzed during his first game on the ice and now helps raise money to help those with spinal injuries. take anymore,” Roy said. “But we can. Each one of us, we have it in us to dig just a little bit further. It’s an inner spirit that’s capable of doing things we could never imagine. It’s a matter of sheer will.”

Roy went on to explain that he needed to make new goals, like returning and finishing school, and completing rehab. He also explained the importance of his family, and how love in general helped him through his difficult recovery.

Roy started the Travis Roy Foundation, which has raised more than $4.5 million over 15 years, to help people with spinal cord injuries and to sponsor research for a cure.

“I’ve seen and I’ve proven firsthand what

can be done when you have the right technology and the right support. It’s been a goal of my family and I to try and provide those same opportunities for other people.”

Roy finished his talk by explaining how his life now revolves around his family and his lifestyle is more difficult, but still normal.

“Times together with my family are my highest points now,” Roy said. “No, I can’t do the physical things that I used to, but I can still laugh, I can still cry … and you tell me, what’s more important than that? I hope that by hearing my story you can see that who you are at the core is really what’s going to get you through life’s challenges, whether you chose them or they chose you.” n

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BHM, from A1 enough to attend a predominantly black middle school, where African American history was taught, so I was exposed and I understood slavery and all, but when I went to prep school, there was no African American history taught.

Even here at BC, it’s a choice, not something that fulfills the history core.

“Whether I like it or not, when people first meet me, they will think I’m African American. As a Ghanaian, I don’t want to get rid of my culture, but to intertwine and integrate it into another culture is something everyone can do. Everyone should be open to learning, and acknowledging their ignorance, instead of just looking at something ‘AHANA’ and thinking of it as a separate group, when it’s actually an acronym for empowerment—an opportunity to learn, not a reason to further segregate the community.”

The pair’s sincerity paid off, as Wednesday’s kickoff event saw a packed Corcoran Commons, with many students racing to answer trivia questions relating to African American history.

Of course, these questions, including “In what year did Martin Luther King, Jr., make his ‘I Have a Dream’ speech?” (1963) and “What was the name of the movement protesting segregation that involved taking long bus rides together?” (Freedom Riders), were raised with the promise of reward: $25 restaurant gift cards.

According to the two organizers, the goal is to “showcase who we are as a culture and educate the rest of the BC community. The question, then, is whether the organizers can go beyond bringing iconic parts of black culture to the BC community’s attention, delving from these often familiar symbols to more introspective reflection.

“Today is for festivities,” Dickson said. “The more serious events will come later on in the month.” For that reason, the formal dinner and keynote speaker routine traditionally carried out for the opening ceremony has instead been reserved for the closing, where Deacon Arthur Miller of the Black Catholic Ministries has been invited to give a motivational speech.

The committee has also planned two panels, “Battle of Complexions: The Significance of Skin Color in the Black Community” and “Why Can’t I say the N Word,” to initiate a factual and ideological exchange between students and faculty.

The committee is also collaborating with culture clubs and other organizations on campus to put on musical events, documentaries, an open mic night, and even a “dating game show,” in order to have enough variety to appeal to all students.

Dickson added that beyond the physical forms of the events, the idea of Black History Month should in itself hold universal significance. “It’s not exclusive to African American students, or even just AHANA students,” she said. “Our history, though not always a positive one, has always been a significant part of American history. It’s monumental in how we have all progressed as a society.

“The reason we picked the theme of ‘Ever progressive: A Sesquicentennial Celebration of Black History’ is that 150 years ago, people at BC were all Irish white men, and look how far we’ve come.” n

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David M. Cote (left), Chairman and CEO of Honeywell International, spoke yesterday on the national debt at a luncheon sponsored by the Boston College Chief Executives’ Club of Boston. “For political leaders, the risk of doing nothing [to fix the debt crisis] has to be greater than the risk of doing something,” Cote said to over 250 attendees. “There’s no way around working together.”

Liptak previews big Supreme Court cases Liptak, from A1 “[The Voting Rights Act] is the most important legislative achievement of the civil rights era,” Liptak said. “People bled and died to make sure that there was a civil rights law that allowed blacks the freedom to vote in the South.”

Even though the Supreme Court has upheld the Voting Rights Act over the years, including its extensions, Liptak thinks that this time the outcome may be different. The issue is over the legality of Section V of the act, which requires federal approval of all state mandated changes of voting procedures. It was originally

intended to protect the voting rights of African-American citizens in the South and it was only put into effect for certain states. Liptak thinks it is unlikely that the pre-existing “coverage formula” would be upheld, since the political landscape has changed so drastically.

The third hot issue is same-sex marriage. There are two cases in this issue—the first has to do with the legality of the Defense of Marriage Act and whether legal same-sex couples have the right to be federally recognized.

“The other same-sex marriage case is potentially much, much bigger, much more consequential, and much more interesting,”

Liptak said.

That case has to do with the constitutionality of Proposition 8, a law passed in California that stated, “only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California.” Those opposing the law are trying to establish a constitutional right to same-sex marriage.

Before covering the Supreme Court, Liptak practiced law for 14 years, the last 10 of which were in-house in the New York Times Company’s legal department doing mostly First Amendment-related work.

Liptak credits his law experience for providing him a solid foundation for effectively covering Supreme Court proceedings. n

Former wrestler talks concussion research Nowinski, from A1 enced unstoppable sleepwalking for over three years—after his first honest consultation with a doctor, he was diagnosed with having undergone multiple untreated concussions.

With new perspective on the long-term effects of sports-related traumatic head injuries, Nowinski launched his investigative career on the previously overlooked truth behind concussions. His research revealed deeply unsettling patterns between NFL legends suffering from unbearable symptoms of depression, dementia, short-term memory loss, abusive behavior, and a lengthy list of other life-threatening manifestations of repeated head injuries. The NFL, however, was reluctant to connect the dots between concussions and their long-term effects—as recently as 2009, the NFL’s research committee on head injuries touted evidence that refuted all claims of a causal relationship between concussions and the symptoms Nowinski and his colleagues found, even denying congressional allegations of such a correlation.

It was soon discovered, though, that the NFL hired researchers who had published statistics based on manipulated data and only studied active players for a period of six years—disregarding the long-term effects of

retired players. Their reports concluded that there existed no risk for players immediately being put back in the game or any increased susceptibility to concussions (repeat concussions). These researchers also asserted that concussions posed no long-term dangers for children. Nowinski’s fieldwork held otherwise.

Information gathered through SLI and a network of physicians working with Nowinski showed that concussions inflicted not only physical harm but also an extensive degree of psychological damage.

Mike Webster, considered one of the best centers in NFL history, had reportedly experienced the onset of dementia by his early 40s.

Aside from the acute bone and muscle pain that riddled his body, the former star was also mentally ravaged by depression, squandered his money, and was often incapable of finding his way back to the pickup truck he lived in.

Upon his death, Webster was diagnosed with a neurodegenerative disease called chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a direct result of repeat concussions suffered during his athletic career.

Nowinski started uncovering numerous suicides of former pro-football players who were later found to have had CTE. Former Chicago Bear Dave Duerson’s suicide note

read, “Please see that my brain is donated to the NFL’s brain bank.” A link emerged between concussions and long-term health-deterioration, which led the NFL to change its stance in 2009, and even to become one of the leading forces of research in this field.

Nowinski now heads the movement for studies in CTE and has been featured in multiple ESPN and HBO documentaries for his work. His book, Head Games, details and quantifies concussion-related statistics not only in professional sports, but in youth athletics too, and has been made into a film. He also advocates for enhanced league regulation and a greater focus on the preventative measures that can be taken to minimize head injuries among children. “Most youth leagues have no form of formal training [for coaches] … limited access to health resources in youth leagues also stands out … we miss about 90 percent of concussions.”

He knows the devastation caused by concussions, but also realizes the difficulty in relaying the magnitude of this overlooked phenomenon. “We’re dealing with an invisible problem—an invisible injury—and there’s a lack of understanding of the injury where people don’t comprehend or appreciate its magnitude,” Nowinski said. “It is a slow, tedious process, but a necessary one.” n

but they’ll also have access to the tools of Google Drive,” Gillis said.

She mentioned that, despite enthusiasm about Google’s innovative suite of apps, the University was still careful in its negotiations with Google. “Google Apps for Education is free, and we wanted to see if there was any sort of ‘gotcha’—any chance that we would be charged at a later date—and there really wasn’t any catch,” Gillis said.

Cann confirmed that the switch to Google Apps is free—he noted, however, that the University still had to enter into a contract with Google before the transition could start.

According to Gillis, the transition will begin this March, when a trial group of 1,000 students will be offered the opportunity to switch to the new platform on a first-come, first-serve basis. Once feedback from that initial group comes back, the transition for the rest of BC students will begin. “Assuming that all goes well, which we’re sure that it will, all undergraduates and graduates will move to Google Apps by the end of the summer,” Gillis said. “The new address will be g.bc.edu—it will look and feel like Google, but it’ll be a BC instance of Google.”

“The purpose of the pilot is to make sure we’ve got everything worked out,” Cann said. “I think that it’ll go very smoothly.”

While the webmail URL will change, students’ “@bc.edu” email addresses will stay the same, and they will retain all their old emails. The new platform will also allow students access to the database of internal BC emails that was previously accessible only through BC webmail. In addition, seniors will still have the option, upon graduation, of forwarding their BC email for life—but will only have access to Google Apps for Education while matriculated at BC. For now, only students’ email will be moving to Google Apps. Cann said that, while the possibility had not been ruled out, there were no current plans to move the accounts of faculty members and administrators. n

Students honored with MLK award MLK Scholarship, from A1 Carson’s illustrious career in academia has asserted him as one of the nation’s foremost scholars on King. In 1985, the late Coretta Scott King commissioned him to edit and publish King’s notes and papers.

This spawned the “King Papers Project,” which has since produced six volumes of King’s speeches, sermons, correspondences, publications, and unpublished writings. Carson gave an impassioned speech on the meaning and significance of Martin Luther King Day and how King continues to inspire America toward liberty and equality. He told of his experience at the March on Washington as an eager and naive 19-year-old, and how, to him, the impact and historical significance of the march were “inconceivable” at the time.

Similarly, Carson hopes that the college-age students in the audience can dream futures that, at present, seem inconceivable. He urged everyone to remember that King’s dream isn’t in the past, rather, it is something America is still working for. “Every generation has a new dream,” he said, “but it’s hard to articulate. It can’t be achieved individually because it is defined by the people around you, the people struggling with you.”

After Carson’s speech, the scholarship subcommittee co-chairs, Adrienne Nussbaum and J. Joseph Burns, introduced the five finalists. The finalists’ impressive credentials were supplemented by taped readings of their own application essays, which detailed the meaning of King’s legacy in their own lives. University President Rev. William P. Leahy, S.J., then took the stage to announce the winner. The scholarship was awarded to McHarris, who is a double major in sociology and English with a minor in African and African Diaspora Studies. McHarris is currently studying abroad in South Africa, but was present for the ceremony via Skype. A classmate, Camalae Thomas, CSOM ’14, accepted the scholarship on his behalf with a quick speech written by McHarris in advance.

In his speech, McHarris thanked the committee, his friends, family, and mentors and went on to praise King for inspiring him with the spirit of justice. He ended with a quote from King: “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”

McHarris was not the only one to win a prize Monday night. The other four finalists were awarded with $3,000 scholarships and a $1,000 gift card for the BC Bookstore. n

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Athletics should reform ticketing, student seating After a productive start to his directorship, Bates must now consider pressing needs in athletics Athletic director Brad Bates hosted the second Town Hall for football season-ticket holders last Saturday before the men’s basketball game against Clemson. Bates took suggestions from the fanbase on what Boston College is doing right in terms of gameday experience and where it can improve. He also brought new head coach Steve Addazio to the event, a move that showed the accessibility and approachability of two of the athletic department’s most prominent figures.

The Heights commends Bates for taking in as much information as possible in order to improve the fan experience for next season. We hope that he reaches out to the student body in a similar way. The game experience can be improved not only for alumni ticket holders, but for students as well, and those students who regularly attend the

Our current ticketing system is an archaic one, and unnecessary paper ticketing holds BC back. BC is the only school in the ACC ... that still uses paper tickets for sporting events. football games undoubtedly have opinions on the matter which could be of value to Bates.

Bates has also done a good job supporting all of BC’s athletic programs, shaking the teams’ hands before and after games, win or lose, with encouraging words. He is immersing himself fully into BC athletics and looks to be set on making improvements.

Not all of his moves, however, have been well-received. The football game against New Mexico State, originally thought to be a seventh home game, is actually on the road.

The team is already traveling to California for the USC game, and will be making another long trip in order to play a low-quality opponent. This will also mark the fourth consecutive year that the Eagles will play six home games rather than the typical seven.

We understand that the ACC

put all of the conference schools in a bind by forcing them to schedule an extra non-conference game, but the athletic department should have ensured that there are seven home games on the schedule next season.

On that note, The Heights also suggests that Bates focuses on fixing the student ticketing system and the seating arrangement for men’s basketball games before the 201314 school year begins next fall. Our current ticketing system is an archaic one, and unnecessary paper ticketing holds BC back. BC is the only school in the ACC and one of the only schools in the six major conferences that still uses paper tickets for sporting events. The Eagle ID doesn’t have the ability to merge athletic tickets onto the card, but that isn’t the only option for electronic ticketing.

The athletic department has discussed creating a BC athletics “credit card,” on which student tickets would be stored. This, or a smartphone functionality with tickets, needs to be implemented before football season begins eight months from now. It would not only make it easier to get more students to the game, but it would also make it possible to implement useful rewards programs.

For instance, students that have attended every home hockey or basketball game, which could be tracked electronically, could have priority on Beanpot or Duke tickets. These dedicated fans would be rewarded for fully supporting the team during the season.

This is also an optimal time to fix the student seating at men’s basketball games. The team is expected to make a leap both competitively and in entertainment value next season, and students will be more likely to come to the games if the seating is improved.

The current student section, located back behind each basket, could be moved and replaced with benches for students. With some inversion of where the team benches are located, students could be shown on TV, making noise behind the opposing teams’ players and coaches. They’d also be able to pack together in much better seats than those located behind the basket, a good distance from the court. This move, combined with an improved team, would help solve the attendance and student fanbase problems hurting the men’s hoops program.

Black History Month is a learning opportunity Informative events thoughout February can serve to inspire and educate the Boston College community Boston College Law School’s Dean Vincent Rougeau was recently named to On Being a Black Lawyer’s (OBABL) “Power 100 list,” a compilation of the most influential black attorneys in the U. S. The Heights would like to recognize Rougeau for this honor, and note that within the short time that the dean has been at BC—he came here from Notre Dame in July of 2011—he has already been named to the Power 100 twice—this year, he was one of only 23 deans to make the list. OBABL, founded in 2008 as a resource for black lawyers in the U.S., published its list on Feb. 1 to coincide with the beginning of Black History Month (BHM).

BC’s own celebration of BHM officially kicked off last night in Corcoran Commons. The significance of this month goes far beyond soul food night at the dining halls, however. Rougeau’s work at BC Law is just one example of the varied and impressive accomplishments of members of the black community

at BC—we urge students to devote more than a passing thought or a cursory nod of recognition to these men and women and those who came before them. The Heights encourages students to attend the other events that the Office of AHANA Student Programs, the AHANA Leadership Council, the Black Student Forum, and other student groups are sponsoring throughout the month. A variety of events are planned for the next few weeks—for instance, a panel series titled “Battle of Complexions: The Significance of Skin Color in the Black Community” and “Why Can’t I Say the N Word?” is slated for next Wednesday. Diversity is commonly thought to be an area in which BC is lacking. A change in that situation can only be accomplished if students make the effort to engage with cultures other than their own, and consider not only history but also current events from another perspective.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.

-Maya Angelou (1928 - ), American author and poet

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Letter to the Editor Proposed UGBC constitution is a good move for BC We are writing to support and give clarifications to the new proposed structure of UGBC. For the last several years, the branches of UGBC have made efforts to unify. This was attempted through collaborations and more transparency between the branches in programming and policy initiatives. This year, the executives of UGBC—the presidents and vice presidents of UGBC—came together to continue the efforts of our predecessors by looking at the structure of the undergraduate government. We did so keeping in mind the missions of each branch, and ensuring a system was put into place that allowed the voices of AHANA and GLBTQ students to be heard.

We as the presidents of ALC and GLC, along with our vice presidents, Jorge Miranda and Erica Hendricks, have worked with the president and vice presidents of UGBC and Senate every step of the way, and the eight of us proudly present this new proposed structure. In terms of the missions of ALC and GLC, we have worked to spread these missions throughout the entire undergraduate government.

Our councils, now as Representative Boards, will continue to innovate and continue their own initiatives to “foster community and conduct relevant policy and advocacy work through: targeted social programming, awareness/educational programming, advocacy and promotion.” Our large scale social programming, now a part of the BC Heritage committee under the Vice President of Programming, will maintain its integrity as two members of each of the boards will be chosen and placed in this committee by the chairs of the boards. Further, though our freshman leadership programs will no longer exist in their same form, the missions they

have upheld will be included in the UGBC Leadership Academy. We are currently working to create a curriculum that includes the aspects of leadership, formation, and awareness (on issues like AHANA & GLTBQ). Our councils will still be able to build community among the freshmen and other classes through various means.

Most importantly, the chair of both the ALC and GLC will serve as Senators in the Student Assembly, and the Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion will serve as an ex-officio non-voting member of the assembly. Further, we believe the new expanded assembly creates more ways for AHANA and GLBTQ students to get involved and creates a more representative student assembly in which the student voice is heard. Through this new Student Assembly, we are confident that those issues termed AHANA and GLBTQ issues will now become “BC issues” that are of focus for the entire student government and will be able to properly advocate for and make change on this campus.

We are happy to say that the presidents and vice presidents of UGBC have been able to work together and create this new structure as a cohesive unit. If passed, it is now up to the student body to take advantage of these changes and get involved to make change on this campus. We encourage all students passionate about this campus to get involved, have their voices heard, and make a difference.

Devika Patel President, AHANA Leadership Council, A&S ’13 Joshua Tingley President, GLBTQ Leadership Council, A&S ’13

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Bud O’Hara we heart valentine’s day - Valentine’s Day is approaching, and this deserves a Thumbs Up. No, not because we enjoy basking in the beauty of love that is all around us, but because it means there will be chocolate. All those people who say they hate Valentine’s Day are lying.

How could you when at least half of your friends (and maybe you if you’re lucky) are getting care packages from kind family members that contain chocolate in all shapes and forms: the classic Hershey kisses, brownies, maybe some See’s? It’s delicious, it’s free, and you get so much you can share with everyone you know, making yourself numerous new friends.

We know it’s all a scheme created

by Hallmark to make money, and we thank them for that. let it snow - Word on the street is there’s an actual snow storm headed our way tomorrow! Hopefully we get enough that it stays on the ground for more than a day and a half this time.

We just want the chance to take a plethora of snowy Gassongrams, is that too much to ask? greetings, google, meet bc - BC student email is moving to Google Apps! Finally. We like to look at it this way: Gmail is to Webmail as a rocket ship is to a hot air balloon. UIS is still the equivalent of running off a cliff and flapping your arms hoping to fly, but we’ve pretty much surrendered in that arena.

Do you slurp down Busch Lattes four nights a week before trekking down to a familiar windowless hovel in Cleveland Circle because you’ve reasoned that if enough of the last semester of your college career is forgotten to drunken nights, then the foreboding of graduation may too disappear? Is your June horizon all doom and gloom and dread because the prospects of gainful employment, independence, and all that good stuff are looking ever slimmer? Are you feeling sad and rueful because your liberal arts education appears to have no practical worth?

In response to those first two questions, I’ll say this: too bad, looks like you, along with me, are f—ed. As for that last question however, I think I might be able to offer some words, something constructive, a newish perspective on what it means to receive a liberal arts degree rather than one of those more lucrativeseeming CSOM degrees.

First and foremost, and this will seem obvious, but it must be reiterated, if you enrolled in A&S then you did not sign up for a vocational education. Instead you chose to work towards a bachelor’s degree in a field of study that made no explicit claim on training and qualifying you for a career outside the scope of its study.

For instance, the only occupation that an economics major explicitly prepares you for is this: professional economist. You decided to come to a Jesuit institution that places much emphasis on its students engaging in a broad, interdisciplinary spectrum of scholastic pursuits. Whether or not you were cognizant of it at age 17 or 18, choosing A&S meant chartering a course to explore the scope of academia, to generally hone your sensibilities and intellect. If you enrolled in CSOM or CSON, you decided to study a vocation— you chose to prepare yourself for entrance

into a specific, non-academic industry.

The economic climate that has pervaded our stay here at BC has been marred by a vaguely improving recession and heights in unemployment amongst bachelor’s degree holding graduates. Futures have come to look bleaker than they once may have. Vocational degrees and academic pursuits that groom students for commercial careers and industries have been heralded as wiser choices in this post-recession era. Note that the use of “wiser” here may be understood interchangeably with “safer”—which do not necessarily connote something negative. Culturally, a humanities degree seems to have lost its value. In fact, there now appears to be some movement across the U.S. to urge graduating high school students to consider more thoroughly the choice to enter into academia, or to pursue more vocational, more practical options. Not that that’s a bad thing—perhaps the liberal arts degree really is diluted, and is not for everyone.

But how about your liberal arts degree? What’s it worth? That’s best answered with a question: how often do you find yourself thinking something like: “I hate school. I just want to graduate so I can start making money. This fine arts core requirement is stupid and won’t help me in my chosen career field.” Do you reflect afterwards on these statements? Do you dismiss them as certainties—things you know to be true about your experience of the world? If the latter is the case, then perhaps a liberal arts education wasn’t exactly “worth it” for you. To sternly and automatically dismiss components of your education, is to, at least in part, have missed “the point” of it all.

You may have heard something hackneyed about the purpose of a liberal arts education—something like: it teaches you how to think. While that isn’t untrue, it may be too narrow a message. It seems to me that a liberal arts education does more than simply teach you how to think—it teaches you how to think about what you think. Guiltily, I’m borrowing here from a commencement speech that David Foster Wallace made at Kenyon College in 2005.

I can’t avoid it—the insight is too compelling (please type “This Is Water” into

YouTube and listen for yourself ). We tend to operate under what Wallace calls our “default setting,” this stream of consciousness in which we understand our narrow, individual experience not only as the “correct” way of perceiving the world, but we also consider that individual experience to be at the absolute center of the universe.

Hopefully, what we’ll take away from a liberal arts education, and particularly a Jesuit influenced one, is a greater awareness of perspective—we’ll learn to adapt, adjust, and shift our thinking beyond the lazy constraints of that default setting.

We’ll learn to examine the way that we immediately understand our surroundings, other people, etc. Why this education required us to learn things like French, to perform calculus, to study primary source texts from the Ming dynasty, or to interpret the convoluted meaning of a Jackson Pollock painting is not because these individual facts are imperative for proceeding forth in life, but because each offers a new and different perspective on interpreting, understanding, and expressing our human experience. What you have been learning is how to see the world from a position you otherwise may not have. You learn how to adjust and adapt your own thinking to the everchanging world that we live in. This is the real merit of a liberal arts education, what will carry you through life in a successful, satisfying way—the ability to recognize worldviews external of your own, then to assess and either incorporate or dismiss them.

The aggregate effect of our education is that ours becomes an understanding of a life that is inherently, and perhaps sublimely dimensional. We come to know as truth that there is no one way of seeing, doing, or believing. Accordingly, we are equipped with the capacity to navigate through, and to ultimately choose those avenues for seeing, understanding, and expressing that may best contribute to a fulfilling existence.

Bud O’Hara is a staff columnist for The Heights. He can be reached at opinions@ bcheights.com.

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Yes, we realize there are roads for cars, but that does not give you the right to speed past us when we are walking innocently on the way to class, probably texting or checking Twitter like any self-respecting, instant-gratification-requiring 20year-old should be, and certainly not paying attention to you. So please, check your aggressive Boston driving habits at the gate. grammy dress code - CBS recently sent out an email urging all Grammy attendees to dress appropriately at the ceremony. Where, we ask, is the fun in that? What is an award show without any side boob? Furthermore, the email was just a poor business move. Now we’re not saying we’re in CSOM or anything, but this is the generation of Lady Gaga. Outrageous and inappropriate clothing is the reason most people even tune into that awards show in the first place. Making public the fact that it is being discouraged is equivalent to halving the amount of viewers that tune in. All we’re saying is Do You, Nicki Minaj.

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Evan Goldstein Hi, I’m Evan and I’m a women’s studies minor. I’m a passionate supporter of GLBTQ rights, an actor, and a huge fan of Mumford and Sons. I don’t really enjoy going to the gym, but I do know the words to every song in Les Miserables (actually). While I like watching sports, I don’t know much about them, and I could probably name more members of American Ballet Theatre than the Baltimore Ravens. And I am very much a man.

Do those ideas seem contradictory?

Did you, while reading this, conjure an image very much contrary to what you typically think of as masculine? Probably.

But why? When it really comes down to it, what is it about Broadway songs, disinterest in sports and exercise, and emotional sensitivity that has become incompatible with masculinity in our society? When did we decide what’s manly and what’s not? And why does any of it matter?

I’ve only been at Boston College for a few months, but in that time, I’ve found our culture to be openly hostile to atypical masculinities. In my experience, manliness at BC is strictly defined in terms of trips to the Plex, protein shakes consumed, Mod “conquests,” and numbness to any emotions except anger and aggression. Of course, this is a generalization—there are thousands of men at BC, each with his own definition of what masculinity is, but our culture subtly and sinisterly promotes the aforementioned, conventional stereotype while shaming variants as “un-manly.” Just look at the

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parties hosted by a group I’m in: the girls had a wine and cheese night at the Mods while the guys had a beer and wings football party, despite the fact that there are probably plenty of guys who’d love to chat with friends over wine and cheese (me) and plenty of girls who’d rather eat wings and watch the Patriots. For a guy like me, who’d rather read than work out, who’d rather watch Bridesmaids than Skyfall, it can be easy to get discouraged by the overwhelming machismo that seems to predominate amongst men at BC. But lest it should seem that I’m using my column simply to air my insecurities and grievances with my new school, allow me to arrive at the point. We need to do a much better job of engaging and understanding the complexities of gender at BC as a spectrum of attitudes and behaviors, not a fixed, biologicallydetermined fact. Gender is complicated, and gender stereotypes have a profound influence on individual’s self-perception, behavior, and outcomes. Why else would there be such a gender gap amongst our public officials, despite the fact that women are more likely than men to vote? Why else would men account for an overwhelming majority of violent crime, when women are more likely to live in poverty, which is a strong correlate of criminogenesis? To reduce gender and its implications for identity to a biologically-fixed phenomena is as absurd as reducing Scripture to its text without context or further analysis. Like the Bible, gender should be discussed and dissected, with individuals testifying to its meaning and impact on their lives, and ultimately determining what it means, for them, to be a man or a woman. We should resist attempts to classify things as intrinsically manly or unmanly, masculine or feminine, instead creating an environment in which individuals feel safe to determine for themselves what

their gender encompasses.

To do this, however, we must have a robust conversation. We must actualize the definition of a university that Rev. Michael Himes gave in his speech at freshman orientation: an extended conversation on the great questions of existence at the highest possible level.

We owe it to ourselves and to each other to reject simplistic notions of man and woman, and instead collectively engage in a vibrant discussion about gender and society. This discussion is not an easy one to have—for men in particular, any questioning of traditional notions of masculinity is perceived as itself unmasculine. The effects of this are visible in the vast gender disparity in courses that cover gender issues—for men, to even step into that classroom is a strike against us (see the mockery I’ve gotten from my relatively open-minded friends for taking Women in Politics).

But we should have more courage than that. We must ask the tough questions and answer them honestly, with designs not on validating ourselves as “manly” or not, but rather on creating a community in which masculinity is recognized as encompassing a diverse spectrum of personalities and behaviors. We owe it to ourselves and to the men who will come after us to create a community in which a man can be artistic, emotional, and vulnerable without having his masculinity questioned. Ours is a culture resistant to depth, resistant to change, resistant to differences—that isn’t going to be easy to change. But if we come together, if we’re open, if we’re honest with each other, we can make BC a place where all are welcome.

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

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A Modern Valentine Taylor Cavallo According to a New York Magazine article, on Feb. 15, a 50-meter-wide asteroid will fly past Earth at shockingly close range.

While 17,200 miles may not seem like a hop, skip, and a jump away from us earthlings, NASA’s Near Earth Object Program has “never seen an object get so close to Earth.”

And we all thought Valentine’s Day couldn’t get more stressful.

In the spirit of everyone’s favorite consumer holiday, I recently read an article in The New York Times entitled, “The End of Courtship?” by Alex Williams, which slightly enraged me. Someone should have deleted that intriguing question mark that punctuates the title, as the article emphatically claims that, yes, courtship is in fact dead, and (as Nietzsche would add) we killed it.

No questions asked. The article, which is still worth a read, basically surmises that due to our generation’s technology, lack of moral responsibility, and lazy men, interpersonal relationships, and more importantly a noble courtship process, have been lost.

While I’m the first to stand up about gender inequality, frankly I’m tired of other generations overzealously hating on me and the rest of us ‘millennials’ (a term I absolutely detest) for all our fancy technology and, therefore, the death of the “date.” The two are not necessarily connected. Sorry that we caught the Steve Jobs via Apple take-over.

We weren’t necessarily asked if we preferred iPods to Walkmans, it just kind of happened.

While it does take away some “voice-tovoice” time, just because we usually text to communicate doesn’t mean we’re any less human. Dates are changing, men and women are changing.

I then found myself thinking about the romantic environment in which we are immersed here at BC. While this is undoubtedly a subjective analysis, I quickly had an epiphany: a significant number of my friends are in committed relationships. While this may not be a shocking observation, it was certainly interesting to ponder, as BC is frequently labeled as being notorious for its hookup culture and is not conducive to serious relationships. But then there’s also the campus-famous statistic which claims that 70 percent of BC alums marry other BC alums … the two statements are incongruent to me.

The fact that relationships become more prominent among the BC student body, especially as you reach junior and senior year, is undeniable. It’s easy for people to categorize BC as a school that propagates a culture of alcohol-fueled, no-strings-attached hookups between flaky guys and desperate girls (or vice versa) that usually amount to nothing but an embarrassing story in the end, but I don’t believe it’s that black and white. While these types of situations certainly exist, as they do in any other co-ed school in the country, there is also a hopeful alternative that seems to be fostering inter-Eagle marriages that make little Eagle babies who so eagerly come flocking back to the place where mom and dad first fell in love. It’s a regular Chestnut Hill fairy tale.

Maybe it’s something in the water flowing from that one working fountain at Lower, or the fact that we’re our own little bubble down the B-Line, isolated from those other schools “in the city,” but I’m not shocked that so many BC alums get hitched. BC, for many, is an all-encompassing lifestyle for these four years.

Text messages and Facebook stalking are technological advances that have gotten caught up in dating culture because of their convenience. They are staples of our generation. Unfortunately, that guy you met this weekend who you really hit it off with isn’t going to use a landline to call you and chat about your day for 45 minutes as we see so affectionately described in films and television of the 1950s. But, he may text you and ask you to lunch in Hillside next week. It’s a compromise. Don’t you think the damsels of the 18th century sporting hoop skirts and corsets were sufficiently annoyed when their lovers didn’t pick up their fountain pens to write back to them quickly enough? Or when letters traveled long journeys via boat and weathered storms to reach the hands of your special someone?

Each generation of men and women have problems—each generation can always also just find ways to blame the means of communication as catalyzing those inter-personal problems. If a guy is texting a girl “sup” at 1 a.m. each Saturday night, the problem is him, not the fact that he’s texting. Approximately 150 million Valentine’s Day cards are exchanged between lovers and friends every year. I think that’s a sign that somehow, someway, somewhere, us robotic millennials with our fancy technology are still falling in love.

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

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Boston College 26: More shots taken by BC than Harvard 7: Power play shots attempted by the Eagles 7-6: Final score last time BC and NU met in Beanpot final

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boston college Quinn Smith 2 goals 3 shots +2 while on ice 1st multi-goal game of college career Parker Milner 1 goal allowed 19 saves 6th game allowing one or fewer goals this season

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Smith leads BC’s offensive attack against Crimson Men’s Hockey, from A10 to Smith, who scored the first BC goal of the night from just outside of the crease with less than a minute remaining in the period.

The end of the first left the Eagles up by only one.

Though Harvard had the strong start, the Eagles ended up nearly doubling their shot count by the end of the period. Girard had 14 saves.

It was during the second period that BC managed to exercise some power over Harvard. Though the Crimson continued to have a few chances in the period, they were held to only six shots on goal in a strong defensive effort by the Eagles.

As the period progressed, the action escalated. A surprisingly tough Harvard team was trying to play to one of BC’s weaknesses: its physicality. With just under nine minutes left in the period, a Girard save provoked a scrum in front of the net.

Despite the game’s high intensity level early on, it appeared that the period would end scoreless. Yet, with less than two minutes to go, Smith got his second score of the night with a rebound goal off of Arnold’s cross.

With his first multiple-goal collegiate game, Smith doubled his total scoring on the season.

Less than a minute later, another Eagle goal came from freshman defenseman Michael Matheson, adding to the crop of young players who put up points on the Beanpot’s grand stange. The Eagles ended the period with a 3-0 lead.

In the final segment of play, Harvard came out with more pressure and was able to spend more time in the BC zone toward the beginning of the period, but they struggled to find openings. Over the course of the first 10 minutes, they had only three shots on goal, the third

of which was put on target by Danny Biega and slipped past Milner for Harvard’s only goal of the night.

Yet BC stayed true to its signature resilience. Steven Whitney’s goal solidified the BC victory with just over five minutes remaining.

Though the score did not go in their favor, Girard’s 42 saves were a bright spot on the night for Harvard.

His effort throughout the night did not go unnoticed.

BC head coach Jerry York lauded his performance post game.

“We see some terrific goaltenders,” York said. “It’s never going to be easy to score goals. They make some unbelievable stops, which I think Girard did tonight.

He was really very effective. Probably the most shots we’ve had for a while, but he kept the game right within reach for Harvard.”

York was proud of his team, especially Smith, a young member of the squad whose third and fourth goals of the season put the Eagles in a position to win.

“He’s a meat and potatoes, hard-nosed player,” York said. “You definitely need a lot of those on your team.

You need some real grinders. Every game, he gives an all out effort.”

It was not one player, however, to whom York credited the game.

“I thought our team played well, our PK, our power play, and a nice goal from Mike Matheson,” he said.

With the first round over, York summed up the team’s feelings on the semifinal win. “Were excited about our advancement in the Beanpot and getting a chance to play for the trophy next Monday.”

With Northeastern topping BU 3-2 earlier in the evening on a hat trick from another young player, Kevin Roy, the stage is set for a battle in the final next Monday. n

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Milner only allowed one Harvard goal in the semifinal.

Young players step up to push BC to Beanpot finals

By Pat Coybne Heights Staff Over the past six decades, the Beanpot has become a staple of hockey tradition in the city of Boston. Bringing together the four premier Division I programs from around the city annually, the Beanpot has become an intrinsic part of the winter for each of the teams, as well as their respective schools and fan bases.

Since the turn of the century, the Beanpot’s tradition of excellent hockey and sportsmanship has also coincided with Boston College’s increasing tradition of excellence within its own hockey program. The Eagles have won six of the 13 Beanpot Championships since 2000, and this year the Eagles have the chance to win their fourth tournament championship in a row. With the team’s 4-1 victory over Harvard on Monday night, the Eagles were able to keep that dream alive, and will now face Northeastern in the championship game next Monday night After Northeastern, the team currently sitting in last place in Hockey East, upset No. 13 Boston University earlier in the evening, there was certainly no guarantee that the Eagles would be able to take down the Crimson, who sit at the bottom of the ECAC. Thanks to a combination of strong preparation, however, as well as strong performances on the ice by the younger players, the Eagles earned

themselves the opportunity to play for this year’s championship.

“We weren’t thinking we were going to play anyone else. Harvard was on our schedule,” said head coach Jerry York, following the game, “We knew [Harvard] had beat BU, and we have a lot of respect for [Ted Donato] and his team.”

While this year’s seniors have now improved to 7-0 in Beanpot play, it was the goal scoring of two underclassmen on the team that would prove pivotal in getting them to that point. Quinn Smith, a sophomore who entered the night having scored two goals all season, doubled that total when he scored the first two goals of the game.

When Michael Matheson, a freshman, scored a power-play goal at the end of the second period, Parker Milner only needed to maintain the lead in the third period to secure the victory.

Steven Whitney’s goal with five minutes left in the game not only provided security for the Eagles, who were winning 3-1 at the time, but also demonstrated that while the underclassmen shined during the game, the upperclassmen were determined to do their part, as well.

Following the game, Whitney, Smith, and coach York were all smiles. Though he acknowledged that he never felt safe during the game, York was happy with Smith’s play, as well as the play of the powerplay and penalty-killing units. Smith, who scored two goals in a game for the first time since he played in the USHL, was simply happy he was able to make

such a valuable contribution to the team.

“It means a lot,” Smith said. “You always want to try and help your team win games. We have a lot of kids on this team that can score goals and it just so happened that tonight was my night to get a few and help the team get a victory.”

Whitney also praised Smith’s performance following the game, as well as the spark that it provided the rest of the team.

“Everyone’s happy for him, everyone’s proud of him,” Whitney said. “Part of Quinn’s role is to bring energy to this team, and he does it every night and when he scored two goals tonight it just brought even more energy and was awesome to see.“ Before the game started, York was inducted into the Beanpot Hall of Fame. As a player for the Eagles, York competed in the tournament three times and won it once in 1965. As a coach, he has won six more Beanpot championships with the Eagles and has become a standout part of Beanpot history.

Furthermore, assistant coach Jim Logue has also made his mark on the Beanpot history books.

Logue played in three Beanpots with the Eagles from 1959-61, and won two of them. He was named the tournament’s MVP in 1959, and has now coached with the Eagles for 19 seasons, winning seven more Beanpot titles during his tenure. Logue is also a member of the Beanpot Hall of Fame If the last few years are any indication, York and Logue have successfully passed the torch of Beanpot success to their players. n

Raphael Girard 4 goals allowed 42 saves 60 minutes played

Plays of the game

Quinn Smith’s Game winner Isaac MacLeod took a shot from the point that rebounded and was swept away to Bill Arnold, whose quick cross connected perfectly with Smith for the game winner.

The BC pK allowing only 3 shots

BC spent six minutes in the penalty box but an aggressive penalty kill gave them three short handed shots, equalling the number that Harvard had with the man advantage.

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Students looking to learn more about hockey, outside of just the BC staples, have the opportunity to attend the BU-Harvard game before BC faces Northeastern next Monday.

Take advantage of extra games at the Beanpot Column, from A10 around some defenders, and maybe you’ll even get to see a slightly more unexpected show like that of Quinn Smith on Monday night. Either way, you’re going to see BC hockey.

That’s not to say the games are predictable, but as the season progresses, fans can learn to associate certain plays and styles with certain BC players.

For many, that’s the only hockey that they’ll take in during their time at BC and even afterward. They’ll never get the chance to see different styles of the game played out.

At a tournament with such a strong tradition in this hockey town, it’s pretty sad to see the huge number of open seats, both in student sections and in the lower levels of the Garden, that remain unoc-

cupied as the ticket holder chooses only to see his or her team play. I see that as the biggest improvement both students and regular fans could stand to make.

Though there were BC supporters at the earlier BU/Northeastern game, the section didn’t really fill until the Eagles were due to take the ice.

For that Comm Ave. or Newton bus rider starved for a hockey education, their four-game Beanpot tickets open the door to two games at which a BC hockey fan can see two unfamiliar teams, supplementing their undergraduate experience with a chance to gain a greater understanding of the game.

Here is their chance to watch players whose names they don’t know. Here is their chance to remove any preconceived notions of what a BC hockey game looks like and appreciate the game for the sport and the sport alone.

At BC, we’re busy. We have homework, we have

late classes, and we have extracurriculars that may make it impossible to attend all four Beanpot games.

Yet, you find yourself talking to your friends before the Lowell game this weekend about how you wish you could understand the game a little better, you have a golden opportunity next Monday.

At 4:30 p.m., Harvard and BU will meet in the consolation game. Some “Superfans”—okay, I’ll use it twice—may not think the game is worth their time, but if you mean what you say, if you really want to learn more about the game of hockey, why not catch the D line around then and take in a couple periods of non-BC action?

Marly Morgus is the Asst. Sports Editor for The Heights. She can be reached at sports@bcheights.com.

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Men’s hockey hosts UMass Lowell tomorrow night. Women’s hockey hosts Providence on Saturday. Women’s basketball plays Wake Forest Sunday afternoon at home. The No. 4 Blue Devils will match up with the men’s basketball team on Sunday night.

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Women’s hockey defeated UConn by a score of 6-3. Men’s basketball beat Clemson at home 75-68. The Ravens held back a second-half 49ers comeback to win the Super Bowl.

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On Sunday night, the men’s basketball team will take on perennial powerhouse Duke in its 10th ACC matchup of the season. BC has had a tough time in conference play so far, 2-7 in its first nine outings. On the other hand, Duke has excelled in conference play and is currently second in the ACC standings. The Blue Devils have only two losses against ACC competition, one to No. 8 Miami and the other to NC State. Though the Eagles have also been defeated by both NC State and Miami so far this year, their home matches against those opponents were among their closest losses of the season with final margins of only five and one, respectively.

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Women’s Hockey, from A10 King Crowley. “ You got two great teams out there that battled hard, and I thought it was really a great, great hockey game.”

From the outset, both squads proved themselves worthy of their top-five national rankings with razor-sharp focus and gritty defense. The few offensive opportunities that found their way near either goal were stifled by sound goaltending from BC senior Corinne Boyles and Harvard freshman Emerance Maschmeyer. Despite out-shooting the Crimson 12-7 and creating a viable three-on-two chance, the Eagles’ attack was to no avail.

When the lack of offensive conversion found its way into a scoreless second frame, sophomore standout Alex Carpenter realized that the only way she and her teammates could unhinge an impressive Maschmeyer would be a relentless attack on goal through forced opportunities.

“I think we definitely looked to get more shots,” Carpenter said. “In the first period, it was very much back and forth in the neutral zone. We were definitely working on getting the puck to the middle and just getting some shots to get something going.”

Yet the Eagles’ adjustments did not prevent Harvard from drawing first blood, as the Crimson enacted chaos in front of BC’s goal. A shot from forward Gina McDonald was blocked by Boyles, but escaped the goalie’s reach. Before the Eagle keeper could trap the loose puck with her glove, Harvard’s Mary Parker flicked it into the back of the net with her stick, breaking a scoreless tie less than five minutes into the period.

A dormant BC offense was awakened

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After holding each other scoreless for almost 45 minutes, BC and Harvard exchanged scores in a span of less than three minutes.

Fortunately for Crowley and the Eagles, the momentum sparked by Travigno remained on their side. With under four minutes left in regulation and the game threatening to head into overtime, Bender connected with Wasylk on a scoring play in front of the goal that gave BC a 2-1 advantage that it never relinquished. Boyles and her stellar 40-save performance closed the contest out and preserved the type of comeback victory that has become a signature of this Eagle squad.

“We are a third-period team,” Carpenter said. “We’ve scored most of our goals in the third period. I think we need to work on scoring in the beginning, but I think this is a great momentum boost to go into the next game.”

Yet Crowley embraces BC’s flare for the dramatic as a motivator for lategame success against any opponent.

“When you look at our scoring, we score a lot in the third period,” Crowley said. “I always try to mention that to our kids, and see we have 20 minutes left to win a hockey game, to play for a trophy.

I thought our kids really came out hard and came out strong in that third period. We had to kill off some penalties there, and I just thought they came out fired up and ready to go. I told them, ‘We’ve won games with 20 minutes before, so let’s do it again.’”

Heading into next week’s championship game, BC has momentum on its side as it looks to capture its fifth Beanpot title in program history. Regardless of last Tuesday night’s success against a strong Harvard squad, Boyles and the Eagles realize what it takes to win a tournament featuring three top10 teams.

“It’s super competitive this year,” Boyles said. “Everybody can play, everybody has the chance to win it. We know we have to bring our best.” 

seemed to be in position to grab an offensive rebound when they missed. A Lonnie Jackson 3-pointer pulled the Eagles within 10 at the half with a score of 33-23. The discrepancy on the court seemed to be much greater. As Donahue said, Miami is a very complete team and once they get going, they are hard to stop.

“When you start believing in yourselves, it snowballs,” Donahue said. “You have a team with an incredible amount of confidence. They are talented, they’re older, and there are not a lot of weaknesses.”

The Eagles came out strong in the opening minutes of the second half, scoring a few quick buckets to cut the lead to six and looking poised to threaten Miami with their first loss in ACC play. The Hurricanes responded with a 17-4 run, however, that effectively put the game out of reach. The run centered around the deep shooting of Kenny Kadji, who in the span of just four possessions managed to put up 10 points that included two 3-pointers. Donahue got right to the point when discussing the Kadji’s shots, saying that

they basically ended the game.

“Just, really daggers,” Donahue said.

“At that point we were hanging on. They were physically handing it to us.”

From that point Miami coasted and BC was unable to make any sort of run of their own to bridge the gap. The undersized BC team never got back within single digits and saw themselves fall once again in ACC play 72-50. Sophomore forward Ryan Anderson summed it up best after the game.

“They bring big body after big body,” Anderson said at the press conference.

“That’s where they pretty much won the game—on the glass.”

Olivier Hanlan led the Eagles with 16 points, and Anderson added another 14 to go with his 11 rebounds, but BC shot just 37 percent from the field and just under 22 percent from 3-point range. Freshman guard Joe Rahon was also held without a point and attempted just four shots after scoring 26 over the weekend against Clemson to be named ACC rookie of the week. The Eagles recent struggles from the free throw line also continued, as they shot just 50 percent as a team. They will return to action Sunday at 6 p.m., when they host the No. 4 Duke Blue Devils. 

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Ryan Anderson and the rest of the BC frontcourt struggled with Miami’s size on both ends.

Addazio announces the addition of 17 new members to BC football Signing Day, from A10 out of all the BCS automatic qualifying schools. The 15 incoming freshmen average about two-and-a-half stars out of five on the site. Yet Addazio isn’t concerned with the rating system.

“Sometimes stars can be accurate, sometimes they can’t,” Addazio said.

He went on to say that he’s looking for an “It Factor” with the players he recruits.

He mentioned that guys like Luke Kuechly and Matt Ryan weren’t highly rated players coming out of high school, but went on to be first-round draft picks.

While he discussed this year’s class in detail, Addazio also focused on the class of 2014, which he has complete control over.

“My hope is to bring in a much bigger class next year, and pinpoint some real needs,” he said.

He pointed to the secondary as one key area that needs help through recruiting.

“We’re going to tap into some of the finest football players that are out there,” Addazio said of his recruiting for 2014.

The offensive line will receive a boost with the addition of transfers Louie

Addazio and Matt Patchan. Louie Addazio, son of the BC head coach, is a transfer from Syracuse who enrolled in classes this semester. He did not play at Syracuse due to injury.

In addition to Addazio, BC also added former five-star prospect Matt Patchan,

from Florida.

Addazio called Patchan “a known great player that can come in and help us.”

Another highlight from and late addition to the class is Tyler Rouse, the Gatorade Player of the Year in New York, who Addazio compared to recent Super

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who comes to Chestnut Hill from the University of Florida. Patchan played in 27 games at Florida and made eight starts.

Addazio recruited Patchan when he was an assistant for the Gators. Patchan will be eligible to play right away, joining BC as a graduate student after getting his degree

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Bowl champion Ray Rice because of his size. Rouse, however, was not listed on the major ranking services for recruiting despite his high school accolades.

The head coach said that a key recruiting strategy going forward will be to build a fence around the state of Massachusetts.

“That’s not going to happen,” Addazio said of top-talent leaving the state to play elsewhere. “We’re going to build a fence around a four-hour radius. When we look at tape, we go inside-out.”

Although the coach isn’t focused on the star-rating system, he is still determined to have a competitive recruiting class in the future.

“Our goal here is to have one of the finest recruiting classes in the ACC,” he said.

He didn’t overlook the importance of having the recruits be a good fit for BC beyond football, though.

“You can recruit like crazy to Boston College because it has so much to offer, but in my opinion it takes longer to recruit here,” he said. “It’s very important at Boston College that you have the right fit. There is an academic and character component here.” 

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BC football class of 2013 announced Head coach Steve Addazio brings 17 new players to the Eagle roster for next season

BY AUSTIN TEDESCO Sports Editor

Head football coach Steve Addazio announced the addition of 17 members to the Boston College football team yesterday afternoon in the Yawkey Athletic Center.

The 2013 class of BC football signees included 15 incoming freshmen and two

transfer students.

“I think the most important mandate when I got here is to honor all commitments,” Addazio said.

When Addazio was hired in December, the 2013 class was already full with commitments for the 17 available spots on the roster from former head coach Frank Spaziani’s tenure. BC has a policy to honor

all scholarship offers during a coaching change, and Addazio stuck with it.

“There are some wonderful players and some wonderful student-athletes,” Addazio said of the class.

He said their high character, love of BC, academic record, and on-field success in high school is what makes them a good fit as Eagles.

Rivals.com ranks BC’s class as 87th in the country, ahead of only Addazio’s former school, Temple, and Cincinnati, GRAHAM BECK / HEIGHTS EDITOR

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Steve Addazio discussed the incoming 2013 class of new BC football players yesterday.

BC offense gets back on track

Filling the Garden: the Hockey Core

BY MARLY MORGUS Asst. Sports Editor

From the point, Boston College defenseman Isaac MacLeod fired on net only to be blocked by Harvard’s Raphael Girard, who had already stopped 14 attempts like it.

During the first period, shot after shot went on net to no avail. The BC student section, which had let out a roar as MacLeod’s shot was released, quieted again as the rebound strayed behind the net.

Waiting for it, however, was BC’s Bill Arnold who, bringing it back around in front, crossed the puck to BC sophomore Quinn Smith’s waiting stick. The pass was too quick for Girard to follow, and less than a second later BC’s student section was on its feet again, this time praising BC’s second goal of the night.

Though Harvard came into Monday night’s Beanpot final as the presumed underdog, strong goaltending from Girard managed to stall the BC offense until late in the second period.

The game started off well for Harvard, as the Crimson managed to fire off five shots on goal before BC had its first, and maintained control of the puck for around half of the first period. It took over nine minutes for the Eagles to get their first shot on goal.

It took BC until the 14th minute of the period to even up the shot count.

Despite the Eagles’ sudden signs of life on offense, Girard stayed steady.

A couple big chances came for BC forward Johnny Gaudreau, who leads the Eagles in goals and points so far this season. With six minutes remaining in the period, Girard struggled to hold on to the puck and made himself vulnerable for a rebound, leaving the Harvard goalie sprawled. Somehow, on his stomach, Girard managed to hold on, keeping the Eagles scoreless.

Harvard had scoring chances, but each time the Crimson managed to break through the Eagle defense, Parker Milner was ready for them. Quick responses from the BC offense made the game into a sequence of swift, backand-forth action.

With just over three minutes remaining in the first period, Harvard’s Brendan Rempel was put in the penalty box for two minutes on a holding call, but the Eagles were unable to come away with a power play goal. Seconds after the power-play ended, though, Patrick Wey took a shot from the point that rebounded off of Girard right back

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Late goal sends Eagles to championship

BY CHRIS GRIMALDI Assoc. Sports Editor

As BC’s Lexi Bender corralled the puck near the Crimson’s goal late in the third period, teammate Taylor Wasylk broke through an open lane and toward the crease. A flawless pass and a dramatic score later, the Eagles found themselves soaring to their second consecutive Beanpot championship game.

“I saw an opening and just went to the net and Lexi made an awesome play and hit me,” Wasylk said of her go-ahead

score. “I don’t even think I knew it was coming. It just kind of hit my stick and went in.”

Though a defensive battle left Tuesday night’s first-round Beanpot matchup in a gridlocked score for more than two periods, the Boston College women’s hockey team edged Harvard in a dramatic 2-1 victory at Northeastern’s Matthews Arena.

“I thought that was one heck of a hockey game,” said head coach Katie

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BEANPOT RECORDS Consecutive men’s final game appearances: 6 Senior classes in history to win four Beanpots: 0 Total women’s championships in BC history: 4 Women’s coach Katie King Crowley tourney record: 7-3-1

As the National Anthem rang through the arena, the Boston College student section made their voices heard over the Harvard a cappella group, letting out a roar in reference to the banner that yet waves over center ice as a tribute to last year’s Beanpot champs.

The BC faithful put on quite a show on Monday night in TD Garden.

From the get-go, Eagle fans were ready to show their support, starting as long as half an hour before game time as they voiced their approval to anyone on the big screen wearing maroon and gold.

There were highs and lows for the fans on the night—I like to hear something a little more creative than “Harvard sucks,” but it was nice to see the BC students filling up about five times the space that the Harvard contingent did. Yet there was one area in which “Superfans”—I’ll only use the cliche once—can stand for a big improvement.

This improvement is not a clutch game-time play, but rather one that starts hours before the Eagles take the ice, and it’s not limited to the student section alone.

Reliant as I am on the BC bus system, I overhear a lot of conversations. On Fridays and Saturdays, many a strained dialogue is started with the same question: “Are you going to the hockey game later?”

No matter what direction the conversation takes from there—“No, I think I’ll just hit the Mods after,” or, “Yeah, I’m going to get there a couple hours early so I can get a seat right on the glass behind the opponent’s goalie,” someone involved in the conversation will take the opportunity, when it arises, to say how much they like going to hockey games but how they wish they knew more about the sport.

When you buy a Beanpot ticket, there are four games that you gain access to. At two of them, you can expect to see some familiar elements—Milner will make some big saves, Johnny Gaudreau will deke

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Miami dominates BC on the glass

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The Eagles shot 37 percent against the Hurricanes on Tuesday night in a 72-50 loss.

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A poor shooting night and a noticeable disadvantage in size doomed the Boston College men’s basketball team Tuesday night as they fell to the No. 8 Miami Hurricanes 72-50 in their second of two meetings this season. The Eagles previously lost to the Hurricanes by just one point, but saw this game get out of hand quickly.

Injury continued to plague center Dennis Clifford and he was unable to make as much of an impact in this game

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as he did in the first, enabling Miami to assert its dominance in the paint. The Eagles allowed 14 offensive rebounds and lost the battle on the boards 39-27.

Head coach Steve Donahue was quick to admit his concern about his team’s rebounding ability, explaining that with an undersized team, almost everything has to go right.

“Obviously, our Achilles’ heel is on the glass,” Donahue said in a press conference after the game. “We haven’t done a good job of that recently, and teams realize that. Obviously we talked about it enough, but we didn’t do it and it really

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hurt us. We don’t have a lot of margin for error there with our size.”

Miami opened the first half with some hot shooting and jumped out to an early lead that they would never give up. Playing a tight man-to-man defense, the Hurricanes showed their skill and athleticism on the defensive side of the ball, rarely letting the Eagles get to the hoop and not giving up many good looks from deep.

On the defensive end, BC was unable to do the same. The Hurricanes got to the hoop, hit their open shots, and always

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Super Bowls ads and democracy

Thursday, February 7, 2013

SCENE AND HEARD

BY: SEAN KEELEY

JOHN WILEY November’s primetime election day coverage attracted 67 million viewers. On Sunday, Super Bowl XLVII drew 164.1 million. Hurricane Sandy—the most expensive natural disaster in United States history— sparked around 20 million tweets between Oct. 27 and Nov. 1, the days of impact and immediate devastation. Super Bowl XLVII generated 24 million tweets in one night.

If government exists in the minds of the people, what’s truly governing the U.S.?

Winning an election is expensive. A 2012 victory cost the Obama campaign $985.7 million (and a loss cost the Romney campaign $992 million). Super Bowl advertisements, on the other hand, are relatively cheap. It cost a mere $3.8 million for a 30-second spot this year. Perhaps there is less at stake with a Super Bowl ad than a presidential election, but it’s naive to assume that makes them any less of a political force—Obama can change how the people are governed, but advertisers can change how the people govern themselves.

A silhouette walking through a tunnel, a mother alone at her son’s basketball game, a dinner table with an empty seat, a golden retriever bowing resignedly, smiling children at bath time, a father teaching his son to ride a bike, public schools, churches, a picture of a young soldier on a woman’s night table, a crying mother, a praying child, a soldier returning home from Afghanistan, riding in a Jeep Wrangler. Oprah’s voice, ending her narration with the declaration, “Because when you’re home, we’re more than a family—we’re a nation.”

This two-minute ad, run by the Chrysler Group, LLC, surely wasn’t just saying you should buy this car, but rather Americans should buy American cars. It wasn’t just about the integrity of their brand, but rather what the integrity of their brand could mean for larger institutions: churches, the public school system, and the family. The context is essential. Imagine the soldier returning home in a German-manufactured Mercedes-Benz—this simply cannot be. Suddenly those institutions seem invalidated.

Suddenly the narrative isn’t of the American working class, but rather an aristocracy.

Suddenly, the soldier isn’t a hero; he’s the fortunate one. You see, buying a car from Chrysler Group is a vote for our soldiers, a vote for the family, a vote for education.

In this scenario, a product can make all the same type of promises as a presidential candidate.

The “America is Whole Again” Jeep ad, although perhaps most blunt, was certainly not the ad last Sunday mimicking the political process. Since 2006, Frito-Lay has been running the “Crash the Super Bowl” contest, giving consumers the opportunity to create their own Doritos ad. This year, over 6000 submissions were put up for election, and the two most popular candidates won a 30-second seat at the Super Bowl. These advertisements were elected by the people, for the people, and regardless of the outcome, Frito-Lay is the undisputed winner here.

Still, the foremost end-result is far more enduring than that: the advertisement has established itself as a rudimentary form of government.

Perhaps the most prevailing characteristic of Super Bowl advertisements, in contrast with the commercials usually inhabiting primetime, is their celebrity endorsements. Amy Poehler and Best Buy, Kate Upton and the Mercedes-Benz CLA, Danica Patrick and Go Daddy—these advertisements are modeled after aristocracy, the many ruled by an elite few. In practice, Poehler’s successful comedic career should have nothing to do with the customer service at Best Buy, and yet, simply by her being, a system of power is established.

The advertisement establishes its authority in Poehler’s endorsement, just as aristocratic government establishes its authority through the sovereignty of a privileged few.

A disenfranchised teen, dateless for prom, empowered by the keys to his father’s Audi S6, a heroic arrival, a spontaneous kiss with the prom queen, the wrath of an angry king, a narrow, bruising escape, the contentment of the people—French Revolution anyone? Perhaps arriving dateless to senior prom isn’t quite the Storming of the Bastille, but Audi’s advertising competitively priced luxury automobiles at this year’s Super Bowl? A decisive principle of revolution in effect.

If advertisements are in fact developing relatively refined characteristics of government, there comes the possibility of a people unknowingly living under a tyrant.

Although this certainly can be implicated, I simply cannot see it as true. On the contrary, our democracy is expanded through these advertisements. After all, we choose our president once every four years. We choose our products several times a day.

Who has your vote?

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

1.BEYONCE DAZZLES

Joe Flacco may have won MVP, but Beyonce was surely the most entertaining presence at last Sunday’s Super Bowl. Storming onto stage for the Halftime Show, the artist sometimes known as Sasha Fierce proved that she has earned that last name. “Fierce” was indeed the word of the night, as the black leather-clad pop star strutted her stuff. Beyonce worked through hits like “Single Ladies” and “Survivor” and brought Michelle Williams and Kelly Rowland on stage for a crowd-pleasing Destiny’s Child reunion.

2. SIMPLY UNBELIEBABLE

Justin Bieber resurrected his dormant rapper alter ego, Shawty Mane, this week with an appearance on “Lolly,” a new track by Maejor Ali featuring Juicy J. Beliebers are sure to swoon at their idol’s latest foray into rap, which finds him delivering lines like, “Throwing up a G note, like I’m at a casino / I’m all fancy, yeah I’m popping Pellegrino.” Juicy J was impressed with the young Canadian’s skill, saying, “I love it, man.”

4. ‘GALAXY’ CASTS PRATT

Marvel’s latest effort at a superhero franchise, Guardians of the Galaxy, has a new star: Chris Pratt. The actor, best known as Andy Dwyer on NBC’s Parks and Recreation and his recent appearance as a Navy SEAL in Zero Dark Thirty, has landed him the role of Star-Lord in Marvel’s space epic. Though the series is not as familiar a property as the megahit The Avengers, Marvel is betting that they can fashion another blockbuster out of it. Guardians of the Galaxy, to be directed

by James Gunn, hits theaters in August 2014.

3. RIHANNA SUPPORTS BROWN

5. A NEW ANCHORWOMAN

The never-ending story of Rihanna and Chris Brown’s tumultuous relationship saw a new chapter this week, as Rihanna showed up in court to support Brown. The court date was in regards to allegations that Brown didn’t fulfill his required 180 days of community service agreed on in his 2009 plea deal—a deal resulting from Brown’s 2009 domestic violence toward Rihanna. Nonetheless, Rihanna testified in Brown’s defense and reportedly blew him a kiss before they left the courtroom arm-in-arm.

One of comedy’s most popular stars has signed on to appear in the most anticipated comedic sequel in recent memory. Kristen Wiig of SNL and Bridesmaids fame has officially been cast alongside Will Ferrell in Anchorman: The Legend Continues. No word yet on her role, but judging

by Wiig’s effortless comedic rapport with Ferrel during their Golden Globes presentation, it looks like the Anchorman sequel is in good hands.

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After officially ending their four year hiatus, Fall Out Boy declared it their mission to save rock and roll, but does the genre need saving?

Rock and roll is going down swingin’ MATT MAZZARI Beyonce did an acceptable halftime show. There, I said it. Now buzz off.

We have more pressing matters to attend to. The very future of rock and roll may hang in the balance! This week, Fall Out Boy of “Sugar We’re Goin Down” fame announced that they’re bringing an end to the hiatus they embarked on in 2009. Almost four years of creative constipation has given way to a diarrheic rush of activity, with an album, a single, and an international tour suddenly in the works.

What sets this apart from any other decade-old group reuniting is the bold mission statement the band has declared on their website and with the album’s title: Save rock ‘n’ roll.

To begin with, I’ll just say that I can hardly contain my skepticism. There’s hardly been such a dubious statement made in music since Jesus claimed he was more popular than the Beatles. Seriously, I think Throbbing Gristle has a better chance of saving disco, and half the members are dead or pants-on-head bonkers.

Yet regardless of what a 2001 pop punk group thinks will “save” rock ‘n’ roll, it’s striking that they would even feel the need to pursue such a venture. Does rock need saving? It would certainly seem so, based on the last ten years or so of comments on it. Just recently, Tenacious D claimed to be launching a Bring Back the Rock campaign with their album Rize of the Fenix.

Despite their being chiefly a comedy music group, Jack Black was taking the dearth of quality rock very seriously when he set out to “rescue” the genre. Steven Van Zandt of the E Street Band gave a scathing review of the industry in an interview where he encouraged musicians to go back to their rock “roots” and start playing like back in the Glory Days. Hell, ever since bands started producing music that could be played entirely on the synth and the colored florescent light bulb, listeners have been pronouncing the music of the ’60s and ’70s dead and gone.

But why does this happen to rock?

Why hasn’t L.L. Cool-J come out with “Save Big Band Swing?” Well, first of all, the world isn’t ready. Secondly, no music genre hit the 20th century quite as hard as rock ‘n’ roll. For instance, try finding a legitimate best-ever list of guitarists, singers, and drummers where the top picks aren’t in some way affiliated with Woodstock or the British Invasion. You won’t, because rock ‘n’ roll wasn’t just making young people dance, it was defining a whole generation. The tremendous draw of performers ranging from Chuck Berry to Zeppelin, in addition to the groundbreaking innovation happening for music technology at the time, pretty much guaranteed that all music to come was going to be compared to the stuff being put out from ’63 to ’75. When The Who said “Rock is dead” in ’74, they were pulling the curtains closed on a movement that had left everybody different. Wouldn’t it be

great if we could bring that back? Just have a do-over on the whole thing and forget the ’80s ever happened?

Put simply: no. Well, it would be nice if Hair Metal never was a thing. But, even as much as I personally adore rock ‘n’ roll and Lil’ Stevie, I have to disagree with the folks that want to bring the whole thing back. While it’s a nice and unavoidable sentiment for people to want guitarists like Hendrix and Clapton to come roaring into the current mainstream, it’s just not realistic. Does it surprise you to hear me, of all people, say that? I’ll clarify: I don’t think we can duplicate, even half-convincingly, the sound from that context I’m so in love with. What needs to come back in music today is the ineffable feeling of raw, uncontrollable talent, the poetry and performance those guys effused and revolutionized. As for the music itself, I can still hear The Velvet Underground and Pink Floyd just fine when I put on their LPs. There’ll be no need to go on rock rescue missions if the musicians of our time step up in their own genres and keep the tradition of talent alive.

So, all in all, what I’m trying to say is this: please don’t try to save rock ‘n’ roll, Fall Out Boy. It doesn’t need saving, because it’s still very much alive. In here.

(Now imagine I’m poking your chest with my index finger.) Go. And rock on.

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

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Star Wars Episodes I-III A long time ago (1977 to be precise), in theaters across the country, director George Lucas’ Star Wars franchise established its dominion. After James Bond, Star Wars is domestically the second highest grossing franchise of all time, at an adjusted $4.45 billion. The original trilogy (A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi) followed the narrative of Luke Skywalker and the Rebel Alliance reclaiming the galaxy from the tyranny of the Galactic Empire, established by Darth Vader, fallen Jedi and father of Luke. Beginning in 1999 with The Phantom Menace, a new prequel trilogy did just the opposite, outlining the demise of a benevolent order of Jedi Knights, protectors of the Galactic Republic. Through a clone invasion funded by the Trade Federation, and the betrayal of Jedi Anakin Skywalker (Darth Vader), the Republic falls. Completed by Attack of the Clones (2002) and Revenge of the Sith (2005), the franchise’s revitalization received a mixed critical consensus, but incredible commercial success. Spanning 31 years, the 6-installment story of Anakin Skywalker, the predominant Christ figure of popular film, captured the minds of young and old alike, and created the precedent for the American blockbuster. – J.W.

Star Wars Episodes VII-IX and the Disney Era On Oct. 30, 2012, Lucasfilm, the studio responsible for the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises, passed from the independent holding of director/producer George Lucas to The Walt Disney Company, at a price of $4.05 billion. Although at face a bleeding gash in the integrity of the Star Wars brand, in truth the acquisition is an expensive formality—besides the Steve Jobs estate, Lucas has the largest independent stake in Disney, and Star Wars attractions have been appearing in Disney parks since 1987. Producer Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg’s longtime production partner, is currently being transitioned in as president of Lucasfilm. Director J.J. Abrams (Star Trek) and screenwriter Michael Arndt (Little Miss Sunshine) are teaming together to create Episode VII, the first installment in a new Star Wars trilogy. Original actors Harrison Ford (Han Solo), Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker), Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia), and Anthony Daniels (C-3PO) are all rumored to make a return in Episode VII. Along with the upcoming trilogy, expected to land in theaters in 2015, the production of several standalone Star Wars films has been confirmed by Disney CEO Bob Iger, set to focus on individual Star Wars characters. As the wise Admiral Ackbar once stated, “It’s a trap!” – J.W.

Star Trek The prospect of J.J Abrams resurrecting the Star Trek franchise in 2009 was unnerving for most Trekkies—after decades of ill-conceived reboots, the star-crossed lovers of the franchise seemed fated to be hurt again. But alas, the $140 million film escaped the black hole of commercial destruction, and tactfully expanded the galaxy of a once-collapsing franchise. Through its elaborate plot driven by means of time travel, Abrams’ Star Trek manages to redraft the ailing saga without starting over per se. Star Trek serves as a political metaphor, with Captain Kirk signifying our humanity, brashness, and fallibility, and the Vulcan Spock our idealism, sagacity, and high-minded virtue—the ultimate prescription being both characters are essential to the survival of the Enterprise. Chris Pine, a relatively unknown actor, revived the role of Kirk, made iconic in the 1966 television series

by William Shatner. Zachary Quinto played Spock. This May, Abrams is set to once again strengthen the gravity of the franchise, with Star Trek Into Darkness. The film follows the U.S.S. Enterprise as its crew investigates a violent attack on Earth. - J.W.

Superman “It’s a bird… it’s a plane… it’s Superman!” Comic book fans certainly know who he is, but there’s no denying that the red and blue spandex wearing superhero has been fairly elusive ever since the conclusion of the films starring Christopher Reeve. The character, created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Schuster in 1932, appeared in movies as early as 1951, but when Ilya, Alexander Salkind and Pierre Spengler purchased the hero’s film rights in 1974, the franchise really took off. Though the popularity of the Reeve movies dwindled as they progressed through the ’80s—the third and fourth being notably poor—the series was important in establishing the character’s popularity. For years, film companies and directors seemed to stay clear of the franchise, as if it was kryptonite itself, and it wasn’t until 2006 that director Bryan Singer created an alternate sequel to the last two Superman movies, Superman III (1983) and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987). However, Superman Returns (2006) was just as unsuccessful. Despite the continued failed endeavors, Warner Bros. Pictures, with Zack Snyder (300) and Christopher Nolan ((The Dark Knight Trilogy), is working on a Superman reboot.

Man of Steel will star Henry Cavill as Clark Kent/Superman, and it is set for release in June 2013. Considering Superman’s past, the franchise needs a flying success with Man of Steel,, and hopefully, under new direction, it will get just that. – A.I.

Spiderman The web-slinging and fun-loving friendly neighborhood Spiderman was created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko in 1962 for Marvel Comics. Since the character’s inception, he has starred in five films and has been part of two major series under Sony Pictures Entertainment. Swinging onto screen in 1977 in a pilot feature film released outside of the U.S., Spiderman’s debut didn’t quite catch on at first. It wasn’t until the leading release of Sam Raimi’s trilogy in 2002, that the high school science nerd turned crime-fighting hero became the subject of a markedly lucrative franchise. Starring Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker and Kirsten Dunst as Mary Jane Watson, Raimi’s series went on to become the eighth highest grossing film franchise ever, despite the poor reception of his third and final Spiderman installment. Though rumors for a fourth movie were well founded, Sony decided, instead, to reboot the series with a new director, Marc Webb, after merchandising rights to the character were purchased by Disney Consumer Products in 2011. The Amazing Spiderman was released this past summer, and its sequel is currently in progress. With its new director, new writers, and new cast (including Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone), the Spiderman hybrid will most likely spin a web of success just as the first series did, crawling into viewers’ hearts and pulling them into the theaters. – A.I.

Planet of the Apes When Pierre Boulle published his science fiction novel Planet of the Apes in 1963, it’s unlikely he could have foreseen how popular his bizarre tale of three astronauts crashing on an ape-run planet would be. First came the classic Charlton Heston film in 1968, with its groundbreaking makeup effects and classic twist ending. The movie proved popular enough to warrant a sequel, Beneath the Planet of the Apes, and even though it ended with a nuclear bomb annihilating earth, producers still found a way to crank out three more sequels with a time-travel plot device. The original series spawned two TV series, many comic books, and a 2001 remake by Tim Burton that is generally agreed to be one of his worst movies. In 2011, the reboot Rise of the Planet of the Apes injected new life into the dormant franchise with its tale of genetic modification leading to ape revolution in San Francisco. Much of the movie’s success was due to Andy Serkis’ evocative motion-capture performance as the ape Caesar. Serkis will be back for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes in 2014, setting the stage for a whole new iteration of the Apes franchise. –S.K.

Alien/Prometheus The original Alien (1979) was a low-budget, science-fiction creature feature that was greenlit to cash in on the success of Star Wars and assigned to a theninexperienced director, Ridley Scott. In Scott’s hands, the movie became a classic of the sci-fi and horror genres, shocking audiences with its chest-bursting aliens and grisly carnage. The sequels provided directing experience for up-and-coming filmmakers like James Cameron and David Fincher, but they also inspired the dubious spin-off series Alien vs. Predator. Last year, Scott reclaimed the franchise for himself with Prometheus. A sort of prequel to the original film, Prometheus connects the sci-fi shocks of the original series with a plotline about the very origins of humanity itself and themes of faith and science. For many critics, these two strands—sci-fi horror movie and intellectual exploration—didn’t quite work together, but there was no denying Scott’s penchant for creating vivid sci-fi environments and orchestrating moments of unbearable suspense. A sequel to Prometheus is currently in the works. – S.K.

James Bond James Bond is perhaps the ultimate franchise—how many other film series can claim a five-decade history? Rebooting is built into the nature of the series, with a new actor taking over the role of 007 every few films. Still, the series took a more dramatic turn than usual with 2006’s Casino Royale, the first Bond starring Daniel Craig. After the cheesy kitsch of Die Another Day (with its ice palace and invisible cars), the producers cut Bond down to his basics with an origin story, showcasing Bond as both a cold-blooded killer and a wounded soul with the capacity for love. The more grounded approach to Bond re-energized the series. Unfortunately, Quantum of Solace was a chaotic and forgettable letdown, but Skyfall proved to be Craig’s best yet, delving deeper into Bond’s past while re-introducing many of the familiar elements of the series (especially Q and Moneypenny). Craig is on contract for two more Bond movies. After that, there are rumors that the producers may cast Idris Elba in the role, marking the first black Bond in the series’ history. – S.K.

Batman A rich, debonair bachelor by day and a dark, masked vigilante by night, Batman has become a pop-culture icon. The fictional character was developed by Brad Kane in the 1940s, and since then, his role in the media has steadily increased. Though the character appeared in a couple of feature films throughout the decades, it was in the late 1980s that the Batman franchise truly became a force to be reckoned with. Tim Burton, under Warner Bros. Studios, directed the first two movies, featuring Michael Keaton in the lead role. After Batman and Batman Returns, two other films, Batman & Robin and Batman Forever, were released but under new direction and each with a new Batman. The movies were received differently by fans and critics alike, but as a whole, the series left an ineffaceable legacy, essentially carving out the standards for a newly developing genre. Rebooting the franchise with Batman Begins in 2005, The Dark Knight in 2008, and The Dark Knight Rises in 2012, director Christopher Nolan completely redefined the superhero’s characterization, casting Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman. He created a dark, serious, epic trilogy that centered on the raw, realistic aspects of humanity, branding the films with moral, psychological, and political themes. Part of the fourth highest grossing franchise in North America, Nolan’s trilogy made Batman into not just a hero, but also “a silent guardian, a watchful protector. A dark knight.” – A.I.

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A delicate BBC’s ‘Sherlock’ is both mysterious and comedic ‘House of Cards’ TITLE: Sherlock

YEARS: 2010-present

CREATED BY: Mark Gattis, Steven Moffat

WHY: Despite numerous adaptations, BBC’s Sherlock is a fresh and modern take on the crime-solving classic.

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Beyond the streaming heavy weights of Mad Men, Breaking Bad, and Friday Night Lights lies the one, true pearl of British television, no offense to the dignified disciples of Downton Abbey.

BBC’s Sherlock has been television’s best buddy comedy / crime thriller since its debut in 2010 and is buried within the Netflix vault somewhere between Psych and Law and Order.

The show’s co-stars, Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock Holmes) and Martin Freeman (Dr. John Watson), have finally broken out this past year. Cumberbatch will play the villain in J.J. Abram’s upcoming sequel Star Trek Into Darkness. Freeman, on the other hand, will continue to star as Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson’s Hobbit trilogy.

Are folks tired of Sherlock Holmes and dear Dr. Watson yet? Apparently not. Even after two action packed adaptations from Guy Ritchie, Sherlock still delights. Cumberbatch is no Robert Downey, Jr. He’s better, more eccentric. Freeman turns Dr. Watson’s rigid, dignified post-war posture into an understated art form. This is Sherlock and Watson at their very best, in present day downtown London no less.

Who has time to start a whole new series in the dark depressing month of February, though? Anyone who can spare just nine hours. Sherlock has only produced two seasons, each comprising of three 90 minute episodes. So snuggle under a comforter, flip open a laptop, and start solving some crimes. 

FASHION FORWARD

Dressing appropriately for the occasion Finding a balance between formal preppy and casual cool

ELIAS RODRIGUEZ When I got into Boston College, I thought the campus would be a living, breathing, Brooks Brothers catalogue. After all, east coast schools and universities had been the pioneers of the preppy look. Sure, the schools known for it were the Ivies, but JFK called BC the “Jesuit Ivy,” and if JFK said it, it had to mean something. Upon my arrival I realized that that nickname might have applied in 1956, but it didn’t today, and I had no one to blame but F. Scott Fitzgerald for building me up.

I began to wonder what had happened between then and now. Had we given up? Why else would anyone walk around in flip-flops and basketball shorts if it wasn’t for the fact that they just weren’t trying. I’ve never gone that far, but my first semester I was guilty of donning plain tees, jeans, and Converse (not that there’s anything wrong with Converse—they’re classic!), but it just felt like I wasn’t trying.

In some of my classes—I’m a communications major—my professors would ask what were some words that came to mind when talking about BC students. One of the words to come up, if not at first, was “preppy.” I wanted to ask the people who’d mentioned it where these “preppy” people were, because I, for one, hadn’t seen them. Were they on the Newton campus? I did, however, realize that I wasn’t the only one who had this idea of a Ralph Laurenclad student body. But why, if a lot of us thought the same, were we all in the wrong?

The only excuse I could think of was lack of time. With classes, clubs, and chores, who has time to get all dressed up in the morning?

I myself have a trusty beanie for emergencies (i.e. sleeping through my alarm and having to skip combing my hair). But then something else happened which made me think. I was heading out of my room when one of my roommates asked what was I all dressed up for. ‘Dressed up?’ I thought, ‘I’m wearing jeans and an oxford shirt. Is this what constitutes dressing up

nowadays?’ I then came up with another theory to the casualness of campus: through the years, not caring became cool, and cable-knits and cardigans became collateral damage along the way. As a result, dressing in what half a century ago would have been standard, became effortful—and we got too comfortable.

I’m not trying to advocate for a world where we all walk around like argyle-appareled androids—that sounds like a nightmare. That’s what’s interesting about style—it’s unique. What concerns me is the future. If in 2012 an oxford shirt and jeans pass for dressed up, what will who ever is president in 2060 wear to his inauguration? A sweatshirt and cargo shorts? A jean mini-skirt? And on that note, what is considered casual today?

There’s a reason why different attires are required for different affairs. From pool parties to galas and swimming trunks to tuxedos, each piece of clothing was made for a time and a place. You wouldn’t go to a funeral wearing shorts, just like you wouldn’t wear a tuxedo to the movies—unless “the movies” is code for the Festival de Cannes, in which case, yes, a tuxedo is in order. Overdressing is bad, but not as bad as underdressing, which is what we tend to do. And so, while we wait for Spring Break —is it March yet?—it could be good for us to put a little effort into our ensembles. After all, BC is a reputably respected school and a college education (especially one this good) is a privilege, so we might as well honor that and dress for the occasion. That doesn’t mean we have to go find a cummerbund. It just means favoring some choices over others. Come the end of this hyperborean hell—a.k.a winter—try going for plimsolls or boat shoes instead of flip-flops. If you’re feeling fancy give penny loafers a try—they can take you from day to night, and from casual to business casual (huge difference). Maybe save the shorts for the beach and pool and opt for pants. Bold colors will be back for menswear in spring, and so will color blocking. Play around with bright solids and the results might surprise you. Fashion can be scary sometimes, and it may take some boldness to break out of your strictly-sweats comfort zone.

But once you do, you wont want to go back, unless you have an 8 a.m. class on a Monday—or any other day of the week. In the meantime, stay warm.

Elias Rodriguez is a columnist for The Heights.

He can be reached at arts@bcheights.com.

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Though the time constraints of college often make it difficult to put much time into dressing up for classes, students should take pride in their attire, as it is a reflection of the institution that they attend.

THIS WEEKEND in arts

BY: ARIANA IGNERI | ASSOCIATE ARTS & REVIEW EDITOR

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1. JERSEY BOYS (FRIDAY 2/8 8:00PM)

3. PASSION PIT CONCERT (SATURDAY 2/9 7:30 PM)

A musical about how four blue collar teens went on to become the pop rock sensation known as the Four Seasons, Jersey Boys is a Tony, Grammy, and Olivier Award-winning show. The musical is running at the Citi Emerson Colonial Theatre, and for $29 at the box office, student rush tickets are available.

Passion Pit is playing at the Agganis Arena in their hometown of Boston this weekend. Most well known for hits like “Sleepy Head,” “Moth Wings,” and “Take a Walk,” the band is currently headlining their 2013 tour. Tickets are $49 and are available through Ticketmaster.

2. SIDE EFFECTS (FRIDAY, 2/8)

4. SASA PRESENTS PARAMPARA: “TRADITION” (SATURDAY, 2/9 7:00PM)

5. THIS WILL HAVE BEEN: ART, LOVE & POLITICS IN THE 1980S (ONGOING)

Highlighting the brilliantly vibrant customs of Indian culture, the South Asian Student Association of Boston College is performing their 16th annual culture show this weekend in Robsham Theater. Tickets are $10.

The Institute of Contemporary Art is featuring a retrospective 1980s exhibit. Historically situating the art of the decade, it explains how, at the time, art, politics, and music were undergoing a complex transformation. Admission to the ICA is free with a BC ID.

A psychological thriller starring Rooney Mara, Channing Tatum, and Jude Law, Side Effects recounts the story of how a new drug, with unexpected and serious consequences, influences a New York couple’s relationship.

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SEAN KEELEY For many years, the phrase “straightto-video” has carried a near-certain guarantee of mediocrity. Whether it was a Disney cash-in sequel like The Hunchback of Notre Dame II or a generic Steven Segal action movie, any movie bearing the weight of that phrase was likely to be pre-judged for what, in all likelihood, it actually was: a movie too incompetent, cheap, or just plain bad to justify release in theaters.

On Feb. 1, Netflix took a step to change that, perhaps forever.

Surely no Netflix user has been able to escape the company’s barrage of advertisement for its new series House of Cards. For the past few months, the site has been dominated by the imposing, threatening figure of Kevin Spacey sitting on the Lincoln Memorial statue with blood-soaked hands. It’s no wonder that Netflix is pulling out all the stops with its advertising campaign—there’s a lot riding on House of Cards, which is their first foray into original programming.

How much is riding on it? It’s impossible to say exactly, but considering that Netflix is paying the salaries of such Hollywood heavyweights as Spacey, Robin Wright, and David Fincher, it’s safe to guess that their latest venture is costing them quite a bit.

There’s more at stake here than Netflix’s profit margins, though: House of Cards represents a bold bet on the future of the entertainment industry, and how we will consume entertainment in the years to come. Netflix is clearly taking the first steps to set itself up as a competitor to cable outlets like AMC, HBO, and Showtime—in fact, Netflix outbid all three of those networks to purchase the rights. House of Cards is probably the biggest example we’ve yet seen of big entertainment bypassing traditional modes of distribution to reach viewers the way they want to be reached. Suddenly the straight-to-video model (streaming video, in this case) seems less like a dumping ground for mediocrity, and more like a viable way to give viewers the high-quality entertainment they want in the most convenient format possible.

Key to Netflix’s innovation is their decision to release the entire first season at once, dropping all 13 episodes on the same day. It’s a decision that reflects the shifting viewing habits of recent years, as easy access to past TV seasons on Netflix and Hulu have encouraged “binge viewing” of multiple episodes, even whole seasons, at once. Is this the future of TV distribution? Netflix certainly seems to think so—they’ll be following the same model with the muchanticipated fourth season of Arrested Development, coming in May—and so does House of Cards’ main man, David Fincher. According to Fincher, “The world of 7:30 on Tuesday nights, that’s dead. A stake has been driven through its heart, its head has been cut off, and its mouth has been stuffed with garlic.

The captive audience is gone. If you give people this opportunity to mainline all in one day, there’s reason to believe they will do it.”

All this is well and good, but I suppose the most important question is: how’s the show? Well, on the basis of only the first two episodes—13 at once was a bit much for me—it’s pretty good.

It’s not going to change anyone’s life, and at times the writing feels like a poor man’s Aaron Sorkin, but overall it’s a slick, diabolical portrait of political corruption that is likely to get twistier and more addicting. Spacey delivers his most animated performance in years as the scheming Congressman Francis Underwood, and Fincher’s visual acumen brings a cinematic quality to the series.

The moment that sold me on the show comes at the end of the first episode, when Underwood visits his favorite rib joint after successfully derailing a political opponent. The plot’s machinations, Spacey’s droll line deliveries, and Fincher’s camerawork all combine in a terrific sequence that hints at the show’s great promise.

I’ll be interested to follow the show’s arc to see if it does deliver, and if directors like James Foley and Joel Schumacher can match Fincher’s flair in subsequent episodes. I’ll also be watching to see how Netflix makes out with this. If the show is successful, original streaming content may become the new normal for entertainment. And if it flops, all bets are off, and the whole proposition may come tumbling down like a house of cards.

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

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Josh Groban’s ‘Echoes’ a masterfully soulful album

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BY DAN LYLE For The Heights Josh Groban’s latest solo effort All That Echoes is a well-balanced collection that seems to make grandeur the norm. This guy never has an average day. In an hour he goes from waiting for love, to having a wedding, to waiting again, which leads us into a Stevie Wonder cover to close the masterpiece. Albums with similar breadth typically don’t live up to the high bar, but Echoes sets up an intense emotional tone from the very first track that is consistent throughout.

“Brave,” a quiet crescendo into an upbeat ballad, leads off the album.

The lyrics nobly provide an uplifting call for people to be proactive in the face of hardship, but Groban’s lyrical delivery is the main attraction on display here. The lines, “You wanna run away, run away / And you say that it can’t be so / You wanna look away, look away / But you stay cause it’s all so close” is comparable to Shakespearean couplets—we like it because it sounds good first and makes sense later.

“False Alarms” follows suit, giving off a bit of an ambient, new-age feel that transcends into a bigger sound (a structure which could quickly be deemed cliche-ish on this album, but not here). The song also shows off Groban’s knack for aligned syllables—his crooning, “I can’t cage you in my arms,” and “You can’t tell me not to stay,” again just are so pleasing

to hear however-so-often throughout the song. The sound just makes it much easier for us to get lost in this well-told story of one’s desire to experience true love and steadfast faith that it will arrive at some point.

Following this theme of hope and the lack of desire for settling, Groban sings, “Below The Line”—“Now, I know! / Just what we’re fighting for!”

His big vocals really make you want to break out into song. Sometimes, the song comes off as a bit of a singalong at times, like it will be featured on a musical somewhere. That is not necessarily a bad thing, but here it just makes the sound a bit cheesy at times. The concept of the song is good enough to be an integral piece of this album, however.

More of this properly executed storytelling comes on the more melancholy “The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress.” Whether the song is about a significant other, or the actual moon, it is definitely a moving piece. The vocal performance seems a bit too much in competition with the instruments, however—both combine to give an extremely grand sound. But the nature of the lyrics makes one ponder whether the song could have benefitted from some quieter moments with Groban’s voice featured more vulnerably.

The same rings true for “Happy In My Heartache,” a song about Groban’s faithfulness toward a lover he has been waiting to come around for quite some time. This song has

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the potential to be very heartfelt and passionate. However, the instrumental work on the song forces it into a different type of song than the lyrics suggest. It comes off a bit like a cheap painting that may have been more appealing to look at if kept as a plain beige canvas. The balance between extravagance and subtlety is ignored to the dismay of the track. This is a bit of a contrast to other places on the

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album where the balance is attained wonderfully.

One of these places is without a doubt, “Hollow Talk.” This song does the best job with musical transitions that allow the vocals and the instruments to complement each other well.

As a result, it represents the standard to which all the other songs are compared. The lyrical ideas posed here are superb as well—it really gives

us something to think about. Also, music comes alive toward the end of the song as Groban’s “ooh’s” float above masterfully. In that moment they achieved the perfect balance between Groban’s vocal presence and the music’s presence. With this track serving as proof (and the others being not so far away), Groban may have just successfully pulled off his most ambitious work to date. 

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My Bloody Valentine returns in stunning form with ‘m b v’

BY ALLAN GUZMAN For The Heights As if it weren’t hard enough to top one of the most critically acclaimed and beloved albums of the 1990s—some would say of all time—attempting it 22 years later

makes it exponentially riskier.

But that has not deterred Irish rock band My Bloody Valentine.

The group has taken on the challenge and ended fans’ eternal waiting, delivering only its third LP, m b v, this past weekend.

After announcing plans to

record a new album, details were scant, though the anticipation quickly built and only got larger over time. The band released m b v through its official website on the night of Feb. 2, after which it immediately crashed due to an overflow of traffic. That’s no

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Veteran Irish rockers My Bloody Valentine live up to their legacy on their latest, independently released album.

surprise, considering this marked one of the most awaited returns in recent music history.

Arguably the leaders of the genre that came to be known as “shoegazing,” My Bloody Valentine won the hearts of alternative and indie rock lovers with their unconventional sound during the late ’80s and early ’90s. Their landmark album, Loveless, a brilliant collection of sounds, stands as the band’s masterpiece and is surely its fans’ most treasured possession.

After 22 years of rumors, broken hopes, and recent live appearances, it’s no surprise that a two-decade gap between Loveless and any new material would make devotees both thrilled and apprehensive. Would the band bring back its trademark sound—that otherworldly droning fuzz? Or would they simply feel washed-up, eager to be relevant again? The result is strictly the former. Despite a few modern touches, m b v is a proper blast from the past that’s sure to overwhelm fans with nostalgia.

For those unfamiliar with My Bloody Valentine, it’s easy to be initially put off. There are no catchy choruses or hooking riffs. Rather, what you get is a clash of effects—heavy guitars that weep, wail, and grunt along to delicate melodies. And don’t bother with the lyrics. Vocalists Kevin Shields’—the band’s mastermind—and Bilinda Butcher’s voices drown beneath the coatings of distortion, creating a layered, universal fuzzball sound gelled together by its various components. m b v sounds very similar to Loveless. Tracks like “only tomorrow” and “who sees you” echo the 1991 LP and affirm that the band remains true to its origins. Towards the last third of the album, however, and particularly in its final track, “wonder 2,” the band explores a more modern take on its traditional sound. And not all of the songs feature the barrage of overdriven guitars. “is this and yes” opts for a synthesizer, which, coupled with its ambient vocals, paints an almost sublime picture.

“new you” actually has discernible lyrics, and is the closest thing in the album to a traditional song.

The album, then, is all atmosphere. It’s the kind of record you listen to when lying on the grass at night, staring off into the sky.

And one listen certainly does not do m b v justice. Each song works like an onion: peeling off layer after layer allows you to discover a subtle new sound, producing new feelings. It’s the kind of record that ages better with time and continues to evolve with each listen.

By no means is this an album for everyone, though. My Bloody Valentine’s music may border on the esoteric, but to those who can really get into it, the album is tremendously rewarding, and it makes having waited two decades much more worthwhile. Who knows when My Bloody Valentine will make another record—hopefully the band will be a bit more speedy next time—but for now, m b v packs enough music to satisfy for another 22 years. 

Indie stalwarts Eels return in solid, if not quite ‘Glorious’ form

BY RYAN SCHMITZ For The Heights

The band Eels may not have the most recognizable name in the music industry today, or any other day for that matter, but the music they produce is consistently enjoyable to listen to, with interesting melodies and laid back vocals. Their new album, Wonderful, Glorious is certainly no different, providing an alternative bluesy soundtrack with the same old Eels appeal. While the album is in no way a game changer, each track proved an easy listen with a diverse array of electronic tunes that leave listeners both intrigued and satisfied.

The Eels are undoubtedly not the most experimental band in the alternative scene today, but they are certainly talented enough to make a note of and absolutely worth listening to.

The album opens up with a track called “Bombs Away” an interesting electronic tune with a beat that sounds strangely like a new age version of “Low-rider”

by War. As the longest track of the album at five and a half minutes, “Bombs Away” sets the distorted electro tone for the album’s more heavy tracks. Two tracks later, the album slows down and the recognizable Eels sound emerges with a clean guitar and subdued vocals. With songs like this on the album it is evident that the Eels are not interested in deviating too far from their older music. Once they are finished with the classic Eels theme they return to the fuzzy distorted songs that kicked everything off. For the most part, like with most Eels songs, the vocals on this album sound more like spoken word poetry than singing. Much like the band Cake, Eels singer Mark Oliver Everett does not depend on vocal extravagance in his music. Rather, he tries to work all aspects of the song together in such a way that the listener can truly appreciate the music as a whole and not just one piece of the puzzle.

There are a few truly attention grabbing moments throughout the album. The first of which is

during the distorted guitar solo of the fourth song a pure innocent synthesizer track creating an interesting juxtaposition of melodic beauty with grungy forcefulness. The next interesting moment would come in the sixth track, after two minutes of mellow alternative country with a bluesy twang the music begins to build in both volume and ferocity. This increase in intensity creates a sense of tension in the listener, which is only aided by the repetition of a single line that only seems to get angrier each time it is sung. Finally the music comes to a crescendo and fades out with just the distorted guitar left ringing. The third instance that grabs the listener’s ear would come in the 11th song. The music of this song is by far their most experimental of the album, using strange electronic effects that are reminiscent of a modern day “Money” by Pink Floyd. The last song and title track of the record sounds like it is just another funky tune, however it takes a surprising turn into a beautiful

melodic bridge with by far the most impressive vocal display yet.

The band breaks into a soothing harmony that almost makes the listener wish they had done so more often. Though they may not have saved the best for last, they certainly aimed to impress with a final almost psychedelic track

that harkens back to bands like the Kinks and the Byrds.

At the end of the album the listener can sit back with a few things to think about. This is certainly not the most musically diverse record out there today and the Eels are not the most exciting band. But with a

solid track list and few really standout moments this album is true to the Eels sound and will certainly appeal to their fan base. While nothing glaringly special, Wonderful, Glorious is an enjoyable listen with plenty of catchy songs to keep around. 

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Eels’ latest album provides lots of agreeably catchy songs with occasional experimental elements.

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Billy Ray Cyrus “Hillbilly Heart” This country radio release corresponding with Cyrus’s autobiography is another reason to find the man unappealing. “Hillbilly Heart” takes generic to new worlds with a second verse that self-references a grand total of six times in four lines, approximating an impressive 1:3 “country” to “other words” ratio. Country outsiders will find few redeeming qualities.

Even if you don’t recognize the ‘90s garagehouse genre, you’ll recognize the noise in this electronica track that is simultaneously futuristic sounding and a nostalgic throwback.

A rare example of raw synth done with an interesting flair, “White Noise” has a weird, European vibe that sets it apart from your regular assembly-line Beep-Boop Bop.

Lady Antebellum “Downtown” More of the same from our fair Lady with this track, a slow and pining tune that leans almost entirely on Hilary Scott’s vocals for the verse.

The lax, pop-Country sappiness continues until the chorus when the band uses their tried-andtrue tactics: volume goes up, tempo quickens, acoustic guitar and background singing kick in.

Seriously, you’ve already heard this song.

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Thursday, February 7, 2013

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THIS WEEK IN...

BY RYAN TOWEY | ASST. METRO EDITOR

EDUCATION

POP CULTURE

NEWS

Northeastern University gathered a committee of students and faculty last month to discuss transforming Northeastern into a smoke-free campus, according to BostInno. With 800 campuses already smoke-free, the proposal would follow in well-established footsteps.

Suggestions for a smoke-free campus were met with mixed reactions from the committee and community as a whole. Terry Fulmer, dean of Northeastern’s Bouve College of Arts and Sciences, said that she cares what the community thinks of smoke-free campus initiatives. Some believe that a smoke-free initiative is in the best interests of the community’s health, but others fear that it ostracizes smokers and recommend that other alternatives be explored, such as proposals by the Students for Sensible Drug Policy to create programs to help smokers quit.

Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals, the nation’s oldest undergraduate acting troupe, has chosen to honor Kiefer Sutherland as its Man of the Year. Hasty Pudding celebrated its choice of Woman of the Year, Marion Cotillard, last week.

Sutherland, who played Jack Bauer in the hit television series 24, which ended in 2010, will be celebrated by Hasty Pudding in Harvard Square tomorrow. Afterwards, according to Boston Innovation, he will be roasted in Harvard’s Farkas Hall. A Golden Globe winner, Sutherland now stars in the television series Touch, in which he plays a widower who lost his wife on Sept. 11 trying to raise his mute, emotionally disturbed son. Sutherland takes the title of Man of the Year from Jason Segel, Hasty Pudding’s Man of the Year in 2012.

In a press release from the office of Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino, it was announced that Menino plans to institute new initiatives to better prepare the city for storms like Hurricane Sandy.

“The government and private sector need to be proactive in planning for a future with rising sea levels and future storms like Sandy,” Menino said. “The steps that I am announcing today will help make our waterfront and the rest of Boston better prepared to handle future storms and get the city back in business as quickly as possible.”

Initiatives will include the Boston Redevelopment Authority checking all buildings, including MBTA stations, for storm preparedness, as well the drafting of a Wetlands Ordinance to prepare for rising sea levels. The Office of Emergency Management is to conduct an overarching review of emergency planning.

HAPPY HOUR BUSINESS Banned in Massachusetts since 1984, largely as an effort to reduce the devastating effects of drunk driving, “Happy Hour” was given a second chance in Boston alongside the new casinos preparing for development in the area. According to Boston Innovation, a provision in a state law will allow casino owners to serve free drinks.

Officials considered extending the privilege of selling discounted drinks to all licensed establishments so that smaller establishments would be able to compete with the gambling facilities, but the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission (ABCC) will likely try to stop this movement, for fear that a reinstatement of “Happy Hour” would encourage over-consumption and risky drinking. The ABCC cites the “deterious impact on public safety” that a revamping of “Happy Hour” would possibly bring about.

Twitter bought Bluefin Labs in its biggest acquisition to date, according to BusinessInsider. Bluefin Labs, a Cambridge-based company, is a television analytics company founded in 2008 that uses social media sites to gauge audience responses to advertisements and television shows. Co-founded by Michael Fleischman and Deb Roy, the concept for Bluefin Labs first began developing in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab’s Human Speechome Project. Twitter cites a strong connection between television and discussion on social media sites as a purpose for its acquisition. This is the second Cambridge company that Twitter purchased in recent weeks, with the social media company having purchased Crashlytics last week. Crashlytics is a mobile company that helps prevent device crashes for iOS and Android.

RESTAURANT REVIEW

Discovering a hidden gem

DARREN LEE / FOR THE HEIGHTS

BY NATALIE BLARDONY For The Heights

HOUSE AD

Coffee and tea. Beer and wine. Gelato. Veggie burgers.

They are all served at the quaint, unassuming corner-cafe in Brookline Village by the name of Olea Cafe. Conveniently located right off the Brookline Village D-line T stop, the cafe opened on the corner of Washington and Station Street, replacing the former Sandwich Works. It doesn’t necessarily grab your attention the moment you walk by, but this adds to the eatery’s hole-in-the-wall charm. There is not anything stereotypically flashy or tacky about the above-door signage, but once it is found, it can’t be ignored.

The ambiance has a bit of European flare, adding charm and diversity. When coupled with its Mediterranean inspired menu, its quirky, unique appeal shines. The seating area is not too expansive, but there’s nothing tight or packed about Cafe Olea. It has an open floor plan and can accommodate enough people to create a relaxing place to dine. The vibe is one that invites diners to come, eat, relax for a bit, and then leave—as opposed to the stay-for-several-hours-to-do-homework feel of many coffee shops in the Boston area. The lack of free Wi-Fi supports this notion as well.

That doesn’t take away from Olea’s charm and appeal, however. This is just a different kind of place altogether—one that serves one of the best veggie burgers in Boston. Their selftitled Olea burger would have been great even with meat, but substituted with their organic vegetarian patty, it soared to new heights. The toasted bun added the perfect compliment to its inner components. Fluffy and light, it didn’t crumble or disintegrate when bitten into, and the texture was just the right mix of crispy and soft. There was nothing overwhelming that took the attention away from the burger. Instead, it helped to accentuate it further.

What really grabs the attention of the customer is what’s between the bread. The pesto, mozzarella, onions, and tomato all enhanced the burger’s flavors and sung together in near-

perfect harmony. The spices melded together so well and the freshness was palpable. This revitalized and invigorated my palette, and while this sensory combination is most certainly not found everywhere, it’s sure to be savored when one finds it.

Served alone, the Olea burger begs for nothing more to accompany it besides your hunger, but a side of fries can be added too. Even if they were nothing to rave about, the mediumcut fries were cut well, appropriately crisped, and not overly doused in any oil. Overall, it was a nice, but still average side. Then again,

LOCATION: 195 WASHINGTON STREET CUISINE: Mediterranean SIGNATURE DISH: Olea Veggie Burger ATMOSPHERE: 8/10 AVERAGE DISH: $5-6 OVERALL EXPERIENCE: A

nothing could have topped that veggie burger, so perhaps it is a bit unfair to compare a star with a rock.

Whatever the fries lacked was more than made up for by the warm and friendly service.

Greeted with a smile, the woman behind the counter would answer any and all questions in the most sincerely happy tone, and her smile only further backed up her attitude.

The staff definitely had a “go the extra mile” mentality, as they would offer to refill a pot of tea with more water to get the most out of the leaves. This was as much a surprise as it was a very welcomed gesture.

Combining hospitality with unique flavors, quaint decor and affordable prices, Olea Cafe does something different among the mass of restaurants and cafes by which it is surrounded.

Cafe Olea succeeds not only in standing out, but also by standing far above the rest. 

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BOOKISH BOSTONIAN

Keeping bookstores alive

RYAN TOWEY In the winter of 2009, I lost one of my best friends.

I was a freshman in high school, and Book World, a small bookstore located in the town next to mine, had just announced that it was closing down.

I went through the typical denial, spending several weeks standing outside the bookstore windows, alone, knocking on the glass door and waiting for someone to answer. But once I had finally accepted that Book World was gone for good, I spent a few rage-filled evenings dry heaving into the toilet.

I know what you are thinking. That didn’t happen. And you’re right.

I actually just cried for a few days.

Well, that actually did not happen either, but let’s just say I was pretty upset about it.

Especially throughout the summer of 2008, I took a trip to Book World whenever I was about to finish the current book I was reading. The staff there soon became used to me, and would sometimes even set aside the book for which they thought I would be looking.

Granted, I was a 14-year-old nerd still consistently interested in science fiction series and wasn’t exactly the hardest customer to predict, but still.

My family was also upset about the loss of the bookstore, but some people were sure to remind me that it was “just a bookstore.” Just a bookstore?

Let me tell you something. Book World had been a little home, filled with the character of a 44-year history and a dedicated, local staff. I am not denying the utility of a big name bookstore. I, too, had little choice but to accept going to my local Barnes & Noble once Book World went out of business. But there is something to be said for the independent bookstore, even during an age in which almost any text is available digitally on a Nook.

I know that I am not always the most faithful—after naysaying Nooks for years, I finally succumbed to use one at college—and I feel like I am cheating on real, printed books every time. If I feel bad about it, is it still cheating? Don’t answer that. It’s just that I can’t resist the way those Nooks have the backlight—so useful. (Forgive me, book gods, for I have sinned.)

But the truth of the matter is that every time a person shops at a big name bookstore or downloads a text on a Nook, a disservice is done to the excellent independent bookstores in the area.

Boston is filled with the kind of bookstores that keep nerds like me coming back.

Take, for instance, Commonwealth Books, located on Milk Street in Downtown Crossing. The bookstore’s website lays claim to the possession of over 40,000 titles, including medieval manuscripts. This store is dedicated to a wide antiquarian selection, as well as more recent publications.

Or Trident Bookseller’s and Cafe, which combines eating and reading on Boston’s Newbury Street.

Or Brattle Book Shop on Boston’s West Street, which includes an outdoor area for book shopping, alongside its three indoor floors of texts.

I have every intention of visiting some of these bookstores, and writing about them in the near future as some small tribute to the bookstore I lost in youth.

If you think that small bookstores have no impact, I ask you to remember a 14-year-old me, who could barely believe when his favorite bookstore was gone.

When I turned 18, I overheard my older English teacher talking about how much she missed Book World, even years later, and that she had bought the employees there some gifts when she learned that the store would go out of business. We spent some time talking about our old favorite place.

And if a store can have the same impact on a retiring English teacher as it did on a young boy, I think it’s worth keeping around.

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

Thursday, February 7, 2013

Lorem Ipsum attempts to avoid Feb. eviction Lorem Ipsum, from B10 indiegogo.com. In exchange for various levels of monetary contributions, Lorem Ipsum offered traditional merchandise like books, t-shirts, or the opportunity for a campaign contributor to display his or her photo at the register. Additionally, Mankins introduced more creative packages like annual memberships, the opportunity to add messages to Lorem Ipsum cash register receipts, a one on one course called “Bookstore 101,” and for a heftier price, the potential to become part of the inner team of Lorem Ipsum. While no one chose to partake in “Bookstore 101” or to buy into ownership, the campaign accomplished some of its goals.

“We raised a significant amount of the money required,” Mankins said in an email. In only a few days Mankin’s fundraising effort received $18,415 from nearly 400 different funders. Although they still came up short, the campaign has bought Lorem Ipsum some time.

Describing the current situation, Mankins said, “We have a proposal open with the landlord, and he has given us seven more days while he considers our proposal.” Seven days keeps Lorem Ipsum’s doors open until Feb. 9, and Mankins will try to scrape together the

rest of the money through further fundraising efforts that he describes as “an eBay auction and the potential for some matching contributions.”

Whether Lorem Ipsum Books can be saved remains to be seen, but even if it wins this battle, its future remains less than crystal clear. Having relocated to New York City a few years ago, Mankins is searching for new owners to take over his store, and given that Lorem Ipsum’s sales are down over 50 percent, it seems like the big Internet retailers are poised to claim another independent bookstore scalp.

Mankins, however, is not out of the picture, and he’s not short on ideas.

“We’re still exploring all options. I’m quite interested in a change in our revenue model, but nothing has been finalized.”

Continuing, Mankins said, “also we’re in discussions with some local bookstores, so we’ll see where those conversations go.”

It’s possible to view Lorem Ipsum’s struggle as a potentially futile one, with companies like Borders Books going out of business and with the increasing popularity of e-readers like the Amazon Kindle and the Barnes & Noble Nook, but Mankins remains positive.

“I think there’s a need for third spaces like bookstores, and that that need will

remain for the long term,” he said. Independent retail is a wonderful addition to communities because it enables creativity and distribution of ideas that is lacking in larger stores that have to worry about scale. Bookstores will need to evolve as the publishing industry evolves. It re-

mains to be seen exactly how that evolution will unfold.”

Only time will tell if Lorem Ipsum Books can continue defying book-industry Darwinism, and if it will emerge as a model for struggling bookstores everywhere. 

PHOTO COURTESY OF MATT MANKINS

Bookstore Lorem Ipsum is struggling to make ends meet through fundraising campaigns.

CityGusto holds contest for “Best of Boston” CityGusto, from B10 provides recommendations in the form of “Best of ” lists, rather than ratings and reviews.

“We feel CityGusto is a better resource than a site like Yelp because we make it easy to quickly discover exactly what you’re looking for,” said Matt Zibell, founder of the CityGusto website, in an email. “It answers the questions that people ask their friends when they want a restaurant recommendation.”

The lists on CityGusto, available for each of the neighborhoods of the Greater Boston area, are divided into three categories: Food & Dining, Dating & Ambiance, and Bars & Nightlife.

The site, which is available as an app or a mobile-friendly website browser in order to assist regardless of location, functions as an individual with deep knowledge of the Boston area would.

Its lists are tailored to answer questions one might ask another person, such as, “What’s the best date spot in Allston?” or “What’s the best place for drinks in Brighton outdoors?”

Furthermore, new categories are introduced from time to time, such as the recent additions of Best Charcuterie and Best Bloody Mary. Users on the site decide the lists, and, unlike other lists, which are released once a year, they are constantly updated—voting is year round.

If one does not want to entrust dinner plans by a stranger’s opinion, one can filter results to only include the votes and recommendations of Facebook friends, people one follows on CityGusto, and dining critics and bloggers in the area, called “Experts.” Regular CityGusto users can become “Location Experts,” if their activity suggests that they know a particular area well.

CityGusto also provides a service

called “Event Search,” which enables users to find activities in the area based on a series of preferences that can narrow down their options. If one is looking for something to do, one can simply specify choices for location and time, and then browse by categories such as Music and Performing Arts, which can be further narrowed down by tags such as Jazz, Karaoke, Wine Tasting, Trivia, and more.

Zibell describes the power of the search, which can find a user “everything from happy hour deals, trivia, and tours to live music, theater performances, fundraisers, and much more.”

Although voting for the Greater Boston area is year round, CityGusto periodically holds contests for a set amount of time in which the spotlight is placed on only a few neighborhoods in an effort to draw attention to these areas. For the next six weeks, this spotlight will be placed on Allston, Brighton, Fenway/ Kenmore, and Brookline. In order to vote, people in the area need only sign up for a free CityGusto account and cast votes on restaurants in these four areas.

At the end of the six weeks, results will be announced via social media sites and winners will receive stickers that display their status as number one in a specific category accompanied by the date the contest ends. CityGusto holds contests like this one throughout the year in the hopes that a buzz will surround both the restaurants that come out as winners and the app itself.

After this contest, CityGusto plans to hold an event called Best Tacos & Craft Beer Tasting, which will be free for all CityGusto users who achieve Expert status, as a way of rewarding their contributions to the lists on the site. The event will feature four of the best taco spots in the Allston, Brighton, Fenway/Kenmore, and Brookline, each of them paired expertly with a craft

beer from the selection of Sunset Grill & Tap, which has been named as one of the 100 Best Beer Bars in America

by Draft Magazine. Although the date of the event has yet to be announced, CityGusto has revealed that El Pelon Taqueria, Patron’s Mexican Kitchen, and Dorado Tacos will be included in the event. More information about the

event as it is released can be found at citygusto.com/experts.

A new feature is due to be released in mid-February called “Food Truck Search,” which will enable users to search for food trucks based on how close by they are, what type of food they serve, and whether or not they are currently open. 

PHOTO COURTESY OF MATT ZIBELL

CityGusto allows diners to communicate with other users on favorite local spots.

PERSON TO WATCH BY: By: JACQUELINE Jacqueline PARISI Parisi| HEIGHTS | HeightsSTAFF Staff

Kevin Coughlin graduated from Boston College in 2009 with a B.A. in Political Science. While at BC, he participated in Model United Nations and the Fulton Debating Society. He also studied abroad during the entirety of his junior year at the London School of Economics.

Since graduating from BC, Coughlin has been working extensively in the field of education. Coughlin’s interest in education reform was sparked initially during his high school years. In fact, during his senior year of high school in 2005 in Hamden, Connecticut, Coughlin remembers spending much of his art class helping one of his peers with math homework.

“It was math that I had done in seventh grade, and this kid was supposed to get the same diploma as me, and it just showed that the education system had just failed him,” said Coughlin according to a Hamden Schools Beat blog post.

“I think it’s important to have an environment that encourages you, and an environment that supports

you. I think when you’re in a school that doesn’t have that environment, you have to do that yourself, and I think that’s a very tall task for any teacher.

Following this passion, Coughlin received his masters in education from Fordham University while volunteering with Teach for America. In this capacity, he taught 7th grade social studies for two years in South Bronx, NY. He also worked at an afterschool tutoring program and coached the school’s floor hockey team. During the 2010 election season, he worked on congresswoman Carolyn Maloney’s re-election campaign as a Deputy Field Director. He also briefly served as a researcher at Excel Bridgeport, a movement to ensure that all children in Bridgeport, Connecticut have an opportunity to attain a world-class education that prepares them for college by collaborating with students, parents, teachers, community members, and policy makers.

In October 2011, Coughlin joined Students for Education Reform (SFER), a nonprofit whose goal is to empower students as stakeholders in the education system and connect them with tools to advocate for change. SFER supports college students who wish to create universitysponsored student groups to bring awareness o f th e i s sue to their respective

campuses.

He served as the Connecticut Program Director from October 2011 to November 2012. In this role, he facilitated the SFER chapter leaders coordinate their efforts around the state while connecting them with stakeholder groups in Connecticut that are working towards similar WHO: Kevin Coughlin, BC ‘09 WHAT: Works with Students for Education Reform, a non profit organization dedicated to changing styles education for the benefit of students WHERE: Connecticut Program Director, SFER WHY IT MATTERS: Coughlin is aiding students seeking reform for their own educational benefit, supporting those students fighting for a voice in their school systems. goals in education policy.

“Despite being home to some of the best public schools in the country, our state has the largest achievement gap in the United States,” said Coughlin in a blog post on conncan.org. “As the Connecticut Program Director for SFER, I support the impressive student leaders at the helm of our Connecticut SFER chapters as they elevate student voice.”

The Heights

Thursday, February 7, 2013

B9

Boston judge to decide Obama fate

Mind Yo’ Business

The art of climbing the charts

Obama Deportation, from B10 driving charges. He then entered into a plea agreement and was sentenced to a year’s probation after acknowledging prosecutors and admitting to evidence that was sufficient for his conviction. In November, the Board of Immigration Appeals granted Obama a new deportation hearing on the claim that his former late lawyer was ineffective.

As Obama faces the possibility of deportation, attorney Bratton has made sure to point out that his client has lived in the U.S. for almost 50 years, having immigrated in October 1963 to attend Buckingham Browne & Nichols, an elite boys’ school in Cambridge, at age 17. His immigration to the U.S. was part of the late Kenyan politician Tom Mboya’s Airlift Africa Project, through which Kenyan students were flown to the U.S. to study at American educational institutions. Federal records, however, reveal that Obama was supposed to have left the U.S. by Dec. 24, 1970.

Just before President Obama was inaugurated in 2008, his aunt, Zeituni Onyango of Kenya, was revealed by the media to be illegally living in Boston public housing.

Veteran immigration judge and Republican-appointee Judge Leonard Shapiro also handled Onyango’s deportation hearing in 2010 and granted her asylum partly due to the media exposure of the case.

Despite his outstanding deportation order, he was released from immigration detention immediately after his arrest, causing some critics to wonder if Obama has received special treatment. Obama had also received a federal work permit and a Massachusetts state hardship driver’s license, allowing him to return to his managing position at the liquor store, though his own license was temporarily revoked as a result of the DUI charges. While in custody for the charges, Obama famously told Framingham police, “I think I will call the White House.” Yet the White House reported that President Obama was not aware of the illegal status of his uncle, and consequently would not intervene on his behalf. Regarding the deportation of the president’s uncle, White House spokesman Jim Carney said in a statement in September, “We expect it to be treated like any other immigration case.”

Onyango Obama is the half-brother of the president’s father, who was killed in a car accident in Kenya in 1982. The president is reportedly not close with his father’s side of the family.

Since immigration court files are unavailable to the public, Obama’s immigration history is not clear. Earlier judges’ decisions that had been reported to The Boston Globe dictate that Obama was first ordered to be deported in October 1986 on the basis that he had no connection to the U.S., such as U.S.-born children, thus providing no legal grounds for him to remain in the country.

Any details about what the hearing may entail have not yet been released. n

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In light of the recent spout of robberies on the nearby BU campus, the BCPD has increased security at BC and around Newton.

BU police and BCPD expanding coverage BU Robberies, from B10 security cameras to identify the subjects and then staked out the assailants home before arresting them Thursday, two days after the attack.

BU Police Chief Thomas Robbins stated to BU Today, “We [BU and Brookline police departments] are assigning our regular patrol officers on every shift to provide expanded patrol coverage to the North Brookline area along with Brookline Police. We have also assigned officers to be solely focused on the area.” The increase in patrols, a combination of both uniformed and plainclothes officers, will last into the foreseeable future as police address the recent spike in crime.

With the number of crimes, such as assaults and robberies, increasing this year on the BU campus, BU Police Chief Robbins commented to BU Today, “These assaults are our highest priority, bar none … I’ve been

here six years, and this kind of activity is very unusual in the area of North Brookline. Last semester and this semester, we have seen this pop up, and it’s something that we are prepared for. We are gathering statistics and focusing resources in hot spots, both with investigation and protective patrol measures.”

Crime, however, is not occurring only near BU along the green line. In January, two armed robberies were committed in offcampus areas surrounding Boston College, occurring at the intersection of Reservoir and Lee Road in Newton and 200-222 Lake Street in Brighton. The robberies did not involve members of the BC community.

In light of the recent wave of crimes, BCPD’s Sergeant Jeffrey Postell to The Heights, “In addition to the standard information sharing and communication [with local authorities], we have increased our uniformed presence both on and off campus in the immediate surrounding areas, as well as our

at Harvard. If administrators did not punish as many students as they did, as harshly as they did, this form of testing would immediately appear to be a lesser form of testing than in class exams and would, therefore, allow students to believe that they can collaborate on take-home exams in the future.

The punishments affected the athletes involved more than the non-athlete students because of the rules surrounding how many years of college sports an athlete is eligible to play. At most Division 1 schools, the athletics make the school, or at least make the school more appealing. Athletes, especially Division 1 athletes, are under much tighter media watch than non-athletes. Although all students represent their schools, athletes do so in a much more public manner. Many often forget that these idolized athletes are, first and foremost, students of the university at hand. Harvard administrators needed to punish students the way they did.

The many athletes involved should not have received different punishment than any other student at the university. If Harvard allowed athletes to get away with the cheating in this scandal, it would reflect poorly on the university and on student athletes everywhere.

I take the Billboard Hot 100 seriously—sometimes too seriously. The 55-yearold popularity chart measures the success of songs released by modern musical artists. Similar to the way in which a young sports fan cheers for the team with the most wins, as a child I supported the artist with the most hits on the Hot 100. I recall badgering my mother while waiting for the R train in Brooklyn, begging her to purchase a copy of Billboard magazine from the newsstand so I could assess the weekly charts. Because of my obsession with song success at such a young age, I have grown into a hub of Hot 100 Singles information.

Unfortunately, most people are unaware of the factors that compose Billboard’s weekly calculations. People are trained to nod their heads and express satisfaction upon hearing that their favorite artist just scored a number one, but many probably have no idea how a “number one” is even attained. The most important elements include digital sales, physical sales (which are almost nonexistent), radio airplay, and on-demand songs. The latter was recently added to the weekly calculation given the rise of music streaming devices like Spotify.

More than ever before, fans are in control of their favorites’ success—every time you play a song on Spotify, you are supporting a specific artist’s rise on the charts.

The most significant underlying factor throughout the entire charting process is the promotion of the artist by the label.

The “artist development” sect of a music label plays the largest role in determining whether a singer is dubbed as a “one-hitwonder.” Booking performances, signing radio airplay deals, and making commercials are all key components in artist promotion. I recall hearing “Born This Way”

by Lady GaGa on the radio almost every 10 minutes back in February 2011—by no means is this because the “Express Yourself”-knockoff is actually sweet on the ears, but rather because GaGa’s label paid radio stations loads of cash to play the new single.

The single largest form of promotion is, by far, the Super Bowl Halftime Show.

For this reason, performers are not paid to take the stage. With over a third of the country tuning in for the game, an artist is given the opportunity to promote old, unpopular, and brand new material. Because it is nearly impossible for Beyonce to deliver a legitimately poor performance, I had high expectations for last Sunday’s show. Unfortunately, she chose to provide us with a chunk of unpopular songs with a speck of old hits.

Instead of taking advantage of the largest promotional platform in America, she served us with recycled dance moves from previous performances, the usual screaming that fans mistake for singing, and an outfit that not even Forever 21’s sale rack would entertain. The highlight of the entire spectacle was most definitely the entrance of Kelly and Michelle, the lesser members of Destiny’s Child; yet, barely two songs were performed from the group’s remarkable catalogue. Furthermore, their microphones were set at a far lower volume that was all too obvious next to Beyonce’s howling.

Despite the performance’s flaws, Beyonce’s song and album sales inevitably skyrocketed given that 108.41 million people tuned in, as reported by the Nielsen Company. Even more noteworthy was the increase in Destiny’s Child’s album sales, as Billboard.com stated, “Industry sources suggest that in the week ending Feb. 3, Beyonce’s digital album sales jumped by over 230 percent.

Meanwhile, those of her group Destiny’s Child soared by more than 600 percent.”

Considering both of these impressive statistics, one can only wonder how extraordinary the sales of Beyonce’s new single could have been.

It is my belief that artists nowadays need to take more control of their careers, since music labels have been consistently exposed for lack of suitable management. After all, artists that have spearheaded their own promotion are the only ones with visible longevity.

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

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

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In 2011-12, Newton was ranked the fifth safest city in America for its size range of 75,000 to 99,999 by CQ Press, a ranking that the group conducts annually. In 2003 and 2004 Newton was ranked number one.

Students may interpret Newton’s safety as a sign that the area surrounding BC is relatively safe. Postell alluded to this perception when he said, “While infrequent, crime can and does occur. Prevention begins with the individual, and understanding that it only takes three things for the commission of a crime to take place; opportunity, ability, and desire. So by reducing the opportunity and ability, we increase our chances of not being victimized.”

In the midst of the increase in crime, Brookline Police Chief Daniel O’Leary told BU Today, “Students shouldn’t be walking in fear, but they shouldn’t walk around oblivious to their surroundings either.” n

Special election to take place for Senate seat Sec. of State, from B10 for Patrick. A close friend of the governor, who served as Cowan’s mentor when they were both lawyers, Cowan gained prominence in the Boston legal community as a mentor to young black professionals and scout who has frequently helped diversify the city’s institutions.

Despite former U.S. Representative Barney Frank actively lobbying for the position, Patrick eventually placed his confidence in Cowan, and said, “The people of the Commonwealth have benefited from his wisdom and good judgment during his time in our office, and will again in the Senate.”

Cowan, who lives in Stoughton, will be the first African-American to represent Massachusetts in the Senate since Edward Brooke served from 1966 to 1978. Speaking at the news conference announcing his appointment, Cowan told the governor, “You and the Commonwealth should be assured that I now go to the nation’s capital ever mindful of what matters to the people of Massachusetts.”

While Cowan takes over temporarily, those who hope to fill Kerry’s seat long-term have begun to declare themselves as candidates in

the special election. Cowan himself has said that he was not running for office and was not a “candidate today or any time in the future.”

On the Democratic side, current U.S. Representatives Edward Markey, BC ’68 and BC Law ’72, and Stephen Lynch, BC Law ’91, have both announced that they will seek their party’s nomination in the April 30 primary.

Markey, who has been in Congress since 1976 and is the longest serving member of both the Massachusetts and New England House delegations, has Kerry’s endorsement as well as that of many other prominent Democrats.

Born and raised in South Boston, Lynch has a background in representing unemployed workers and labor unions and is considered conservative by Massachusetts Democratic standards.

More uncertainty surrounds the Republican nomination in the wake of former Senator Scott Brown’s announcement that he will not run. Potential GOP candidates such as former Governor William Weld, former Lieutenant Governor Kerry Healey, and even Tagg Romney, son of former Governor and presidential candidate Mitt Romney, have all said that they will not seek the nomination.

The party was given a boost on Tuesday, however, when state representative and former Romney aide Daniel Winslow, BC Law ’83, announced that he has formed an exploratory committee and is “99 percent certain” he will run, according to The Boston Globe. Winslow is a self-proclaimed social moderate and advocates for bipartisanship in Washington.

“The only way to break the stalemate is to send a Massachusetts Republican, somebody who has a record of working across the aisle ... the truth often is in the middle,” he told reporters.

Winslow’s candidacy does not necessarily help solve the GOP’s problem of putting forth a high-profile candidate, as he does not have much name recognition outside his district.

Still, Republicans are not worried about their chances, despite the belief by many that both Markey and Lynch would have a significant financial advantage over any Republican challenger.

“We are not scrambling to find someone,” said Kirsten Hughes, the newly elected chairwoman of the Massachusetts GOP. “I feel confident we will have a great candidate stepping forward.” n

THE ISSUE:

Of the 125 Harvard students accused of collaborating on a take home final exam last year, more than half were forced to withdraw from the university indefinitely. Harvard’s Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Michael Smith said in an email that the remainder of the cases were dismissed. The results have faced criticism from faculty and students alike since the announcement last Friday. Does the punishment fit the crime?

Policies need clarification Punishment sets example Brenna Cass The gray area that exists in the Harvard cheating scandal is too big to have had any of the students withdraw from the university because of it. The lack of clarity in the schools’ policy on collaboration definitely caused confusion among students in the class. In addition, the investigation of cheating is difficult, yet the punishment is very severe.

Before Harvard can condemn the students for cheating, the university needs to streamline their policies about what falls under “collaboration” and what falls under “cheating.” With a take-home final, instructions from professors and teaching assistants can often be vague about how much students are allowed to use input from other students in completing the assignment. Though blatant cheating, such as submitting identical answers to an essay question, should always be condemned, the university needs to determine how much leeway there is in collaboration so that there is no confusion among students when they are going into a take-home final or homework assignment.

Some Harvard students have pointed out the fact that not allowing collaboration at all would ruin part of the essential college spirit of a shared living environment in which ideas are shared among bright young minds. Forcing withdrawals of students who

have collaborated could stop students from working together in any environment for fear of disciplinary repercussions, and end a culture of shared ideas that is as old as the institution itself.

The range of punishments for the students involved in the cheating scandal is also a difficult issue. Some students were forced to withdraw while others were put on disciplinary probation and still others were not punished at all. Though the school completed a thorough investigation of the students in the class, it is difficult to decide how much one person has cheated in relation to another. Perhaps one group of students that worked together could have been better at disguising their collaboration than another group. Though the difference in the cheating could have been minimal, the difference of punishments between having to withdraw from a university and being placed on disciplinary probation is huge. Being forced to withdraw can have a dramatic effect on a student’s life, especially at a school as prestigious as Harvard. The fine line of cheating and collaboration is one that needs to be better addressed at all educational institutions and made more clear to the students who are most affected by it.

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

Meghan Kelleher Many would argue that the punishments surrounding the Harvard cheating scandal were too extreme. Because such a large number of students, many of whom were athletes, were involved, it would be easy to blame the wrongdoing on unclear expectations or instructions by the professor. This class was apparently known for being an easy class on campus. This laid back feel of the class probably led students to believe that their actions in collaborating on material would be ignored. However, Harvard’s disciplinary punishment for academic dishonesty has asked students to withdraw for two semesters, and if this case was not approached the way it was, Harvard would be making cheating more acceptable. At what is supposed to be the most prestigious university in the country, academic dishonesty should always be taken as seriously as possible. If Harvard is supposed to be setting the tone for our academic standards, the administrators at the university should do all that they can to promote individual work and to punish cheating in any way possible.

The scandal tainted Harvard’s reputation for academic excellence, but if Harvard did not respond harshly, the lack of reaction would have reflected even more poorly on the university. The scandal surrounds a take-home exam from last spring semester

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Breaking Boundaries

Tradition triumphs Tricia Tiedt

Ladies and gentlemen, today marks the day: we are officially at the halfway point.

The halfway point between two of the best Boston College hockey games of the regular season, that is.

In fact, it’s no question that the Beanpot is, every year, the most beloved series of hockey games played throughout Boston.

Deemed “the social event of the winter season,” students from all four schools competing in the tournament—BC, Boston University, Harvard College, and Northeastern University—invade the TD Garden in Government Center.

Now, let me make something very clear: nothing about the Beanpot is convenient.

At BC , tickets are sold on a first come, first serve basis to those avid Eagles fans who hold season passes. Too bad the first come, first served process starts at 7:30 a.m. On a Tuesday. In January. The games themselves take place on two separate dates. Both Monday nights. In downtown Boston.

But you all do it. Students wait in the cold, buy tickets to all four games [when each team only plays two], and, better yet, are not guaranteed to see their school represented in the championship game. BC students “storm the T,” even though everyone knows that the B line is the least efficient way to get virtually anywhere on time.

Why? Because it’s tradition.

The Beanpot epitomizes three of my favorite things in life: hockey, Boston, and tradition. Since 1952, these four iconic schools have been coming together to crown the Beanpot champion. Sure, there’s a trophy—but the real victory lies in the bragging rights. For the last decade, BC has done the bragging more often than not.

And rightly so. The Eagles have won the Beanpot the past three consecutive years [and four out of the past five years total]. In a recent interview with The Boston Globe, Harvard Men’s Hockey Coach Ted Donato recently referred to BC as the “Goliath” of college hockey. Superfans pack the TD Garden and are known to show more school spirit than all three other schools combined.

Over 17,000 fans were in attendance for Monday night’s win over Harvard—and more are anticipated for next Monday’s championship game against Northeastern.

While this column is about Boston as a whole, I can’t help but be biased. The Beanpot exemplifies tradition, yes. But, that element is best manifested in our very own school, student body, and hockey legends.

Nearly 50 years ago, BC sophomore Jerry York scored an overtime goal that would put a new record on the board for the Eagles: three consecutive Beanpot titles. York, now the winningest coach in NCAA hockey history, seeks to lead BC to its fourth consecutive win on Monday against Northeastern.

This win would not only break another record—it would also mark the graduating class of 2013 as the first senior class to win the Beanpot title all four years they spent on the Heights. York was inducted to the Beanpot Hall of Fame on Monday evening, and will be celebrated on home ice tomorrow night in Conte Forum to commemorate his now 928 wins.

Now, if that’s not a legend, I don’t know what is.

The Beanpot symbolizes what college hockey in Boston is all about: camaraderie, good sportsmanship [inappropriate cheers and jeers aside], and a love of the game. As a self proclaimed “puck bunny,” I could praise York’s team for days—but the Beanpot encompasses more than BC’s winning seasons.

The tournament represents the “bigger picture,” if you will. The city of Boston houses some of the brightest minds and best college hockey players in the world—and the Beanpot finds a way to bring them all under one roof. Not to mention, the Beanpot embodies a facet of Boston that makes this city such a gem: Tradition will always triumph convenience.

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

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John Kerry appointed Secretary of State, leaving a legacy in the Massachusetts Senate

By Julie Orenstein Heights Editor

massachusetts interim senator current candidates for kerry’s senate seat

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“Everything I do will be focused on the security and safety of our people,” said United States Secretary of State John Kerry, BC Law ’76, as he addressed State Department employees Monday.

Kerry, appointed by President Barack Obama to succeed former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, paid tribute to his predecessor immediately upon arriving at his new post, joking, “I have big heels to fill.” He also acknowledged how Clinton and her staff “tirelessly advocated the values of our country and pushed for the accomplishment of any number of things to advance the interests of our nation.”

The son of a diplomat, Kerry has foreign service in his blood, and he has already proven himself to be one of Obama’s most trusted advisors on foreign relations. He has negotiated with Pakistan on behalf of the Obama Administration and is expected to continue his work in the Middle East as the nation’s top diplomat. Focusing on Afghanistan and Pakistan, Kerry pledged to renew efforts for a peace settlement in the region.

Kerry was also a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for 28 years, serving as chairman from 2009 until his resignation as Senator of Massachusetts to assume his new role with the State Department. Becoming Secretary of State was a longtime ambition for Kerry, who faces mounting global challenges in

the form of a bloody civil war in Syria, a precipitous nuclear situation in Iran, and difficult relations with both Russia and China.

He hopes to make global warming a centerpiece issue during his tenure, and has already begun reaching out to world leaders from nations such as Israel, Japan, South Korea, and Turkey, among others, in the name of pursuing peace.

“Here [at the State Department], we can do the best of things that you can do in government. That’s what excites me,” Kerry said in an address to the employees of the State Department. “We get to try to make our nation safer.

We get to try to make peace in the world, a world where there is far too much conflict and far too much killing. There are alternatives.”

As Kerry begins the next phase of his political career, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts now looks ahead to a special election to fill his vacant seat in the U.S. Senate. Until the election, set for June 25, Governor Deval Patrick has named his former chief of staff and chief legal counsel William “Mo” Cowan as interim senator.

Cowan, a native of North Carolina and graduate of Duke University and Northeastern University Law School, practiced civil litigation and made partner at a politically linked Boston law firm Mintz Levin for 12 years before going to work for Patrick. A close friend of the governor, who served as Cowan’s mentor when they were both lawyers, Cowan gained work

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Judge sets hearing for Obama’s uncle

By Lauren Totino Heights Staff Boston Immigration Court Judge Leonard I. Shapiro set a deportation hearing for President Barack Obama’s uncle, Onyango Obama, 68, to determine if he should be forced to move back to his native Kenya. The Dec. 3, 2013 date that will determine whether Obama can stay in the United States was set during a brief hearing in a Boston immigra-

tion court where Obama joined just over 30 other immigrants facing hearings of deportation to Guatemala, Pakistan, and Uganda.

The hearing comes only a day after President Obama called for broad immigration reform that would involve a pathway to U.S. citizenship for the 11 million immigrants currently living in the U.S., as long as they do not hold significant criminal records.

A deportation order was initially issued to the president’s uncle in 1992 after he failed

to renew an application to stay, but the Board of Immigration Appeals dismissed Obama’s appeal, remarking that his lawyer did not identify in a meaningful way any basis for the appeal from decision of the immigration judge. Obama stayed in Framingham, Mass. working as a liquor store manager and remaining undetected until Framingham police arrested him in August 2011 on drunk

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Lorem Ipsum struggles against eviction CityGusto

By Connor Mellas For The Heights Lorem Ipsum Books is broke, broken, and staring down eviction—but after surviving 10 years in the amazon.com age, owner and founder Matt Mankins isn’t letting the cherished Cambridge haunt go down without a fight. Located in Inman Square, Lorem Ipsum Books is a paradox. A fusion of old and new, Lorem Ipsum is a real-life, independently owned,

used bookstore built on a model created

by Mankins that embraces the bane of bookstores worldwide—the Internet.

Mankin’s creation has long been a crowd favorite (its glowing Yelp reviews serve as a testament to this) known for its great customer service, excellent book selection and prices, friendly atmosphere, famous chicken machine, and of course, its legendary bathroom. However, despite a technologically savvy business model, a strong online presence, and a unique,

charming, and fun environment, Lorem Ipsum has fallen on hard times. After failing to make a rent payment, Lorem Ipsum’s extended lease was rendered invalid, and Mankins received a note from his landlord demanding rent by Feb. 1st.

In the hole by $23,300, Mankins turned to the Internet for help, sounded the alarm on Lorem Ipsum’s website, and created a crowd-sourcing campaign on

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Photo Courtesy of Matt Mankins

Lorem Ipsum bookstore is striving to stay open in Cambridge, fundraising through online and in-store campaigns since Feb.

app comes to Boston

By Maggie Maretz For The Heights Boston College’s proximity to the many neighborhoods of Boston puts BC students near hundreds of spots that offer a diverse and delicious selection of culinary experiences that go far beyond the dining hall. The problem, however, is sorting through all of them to find exactly the dining experience one is looking for. The solution to such a problem comes in the form of a new website called CityGusto, which is intended to help its users better enjoy their city.

More specifically, it provides its users with a quick and easy restaurant and event discovery search that differs from any other site of its kind in that it

See CityGusto, B8

Boston University robberies spark higher security on campus

By Danielle Dalton For The Heights Two masked men assaulted and robbed a Boston University researcher on January 29 at 8:30 p.m.. The robbery occurred at the BU Medical Campus, located at Browne and Pleasant Streets in Brookline, a residential area approximately a half-mile from the main BU campus. The individual was allegedly

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attacked from behind, before he was thrown to the ground, stabbed, and punched. The victim was treated for non-life threatening injuries at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and released. According to police, a laptop, cell phone, and Apple iPad were stolen from the victim.

In a letter to the Boston University Community after the assault on Jan. 29, BU President Robert A. Brown wrote, “This at-

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tack is especially troubling because it is the first instance in which assailants have actively used a weapon [on a victim] rather than the threat of violence.”

On Jan. 31, Brookline Police reported that the two men connected to the armed robbery and stabbing were arrested. Wallace Vick, 19, of Dorchester and Shaqone Cazeau, 20, of Boston pleaded not guilty the following day to armed assault with intent to murder,

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among other charges.

The combination of an eyewitness providing the police with limited information and the victim alerting police that his credit card was charged for an MBTA CharlieCard led the police to the arrest. After Transit Police traced the transaction to the Jackson Square T station on the orange line, police used

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3. Repeat this phrase: “Only You Can Prevent Wildfires.”

9 out of 10 wildfires are caused by humans. 9 out of 10 wildfires can be prevented.

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