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The Organization of Latin American Affairs held its 12th annual culture show in Robsham this weekend, B7

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Vol. XCVII, No. 12

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CXXjk# BXc\ _fjk \m\ek ]fi XYflk (,' 9: Zfddle`kp d\dY\ij 9P JFG?@< I<8I;FE 8jjfZ% E\nj <[`kfi About 150 students, faculty, and staff gathered around round tables in the Murray Function Room in Yawkey Center on Thursday night for a town hall meeting hosted by Afua Laast, Undergraduate Government of Boston College vice president of racial diversity and inclusion and LSOE ’16, and James Kale, chair of the AHANA Leadership Council and LSOE ’16.

The pair put the event together last-minute to educate members of the BC community on how the University currently supports students of color, what some of UGBC’s proposals for improving these institutions have been, and

how the administration is responding to these proposals.

“We want to make sure this is a University conversation and dialogue,” Kale said.

On each round table, there were notepads, post-it notes, markers, and pens for audience members to take notes during the presentation.

Kale and Laast hope to expand the conversation going on between UGBC and the administration about diversity on campus to include the entire community.

“The purpose of this forum is to inform the campus body of the ongoing discussions around racial equity on campus and to garner feedback to plan next steps in the most inclusive way possible,” Kale said.

Laast said that she also hoped the audience would help to plan UGBC’s next steps.

“This is not a concrete draft,” she said. “This is still a work in progress, so if you have any information that we don’t and you just want to chime in, please do. None of us up here are experts.”

Laast and Kale started out the presentation with a timeline that showed the ways in which BC students have been calling for racial equality. The timeline began in 1968, the first year black students attended BC. The Black Talent Program, established in 1968, Family in Struggle Together, established in 1995,

See UGBC, A3

On Saturday evening, the Boston College Graduate Student Association welcomed Tina Tchen, assistant to the president of the United States and Chief of Staff to First Lady Michelle Obama.

Tchen, who is also the executive director for the Council of Women and Girls and previously the Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement, spoke about several key progressive and social issues that are currently unfolding inside the White House under the Obama administration.

Tchen prefaced her talk on workplace flexibility, domestic abuse, and women’s equality with a brief personal history about how she went from growing up as a child of Chinese immigrants born in Ohio to working in President Obama’s cabinet.

Upon graduating from Radcliffe College—the former all-women’s college in Cambridge—Tchen worked on the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) of 1972 and soon after graduated from law school at Northwestern University. Tchen then went on to work as a litigation partner for several different law firms in Illinois, and also served on the Illinois Bureau of the Budget.

Along the way, her “extra-curricular” moments in Illinois—working on PACS to help get Democratic women elected in government—led Tchen to cross paths with

Barack Obama.

“I met the president long enough ago that neither of us know how we met,” Tchen said.

Whether it was working on the ERA or pushing for women in government positions, Tchen emphasized that her advocacy and active experiences have galvanized her efforts to improve workplace conditions.

As Tchen explained, the U.S. is the only industrialized country without national paid leave—in other words, if somebody misses a day of work, he or she do not necessarily get compensated. According to her numbers, 44 million workers are without paid sick days. Perhaps worse is that missing work because of illness could mean losing one’s job, Tchen said.

Embarking on policy for paid family leave is not only important to Tchen and her progressive cohorts, but also to Republicans. Tchen claimed that 70-80 percent of Republicans think this is a government issue.

Tchen asserted similar passion and a call to action over sexual assault, something she has worked on her entire life.

According to Tchen, one in five female students will be sexually abused during their four college years. Tchen championed the “It’s On Us” campaign in her speech, an awareness movement that hopes to prevent sexual assault on college campuses nationwide.

“It’s on us to create a culture where sexual assault is not accepted,” Tchen said.

“And you are leading it.”

BC, as well as the entire Atlantic Coast Conference, has pledged support for the

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Voices of Imani performed in the Walsh Function Room for 150 community members to mark the conclusion of Black History Month.

Boston College’s celebration of Black History Month concluded Saturday night in the Walsh Function Room with music, dance, and motivational speaking.

The evening, organized by the Thea Bowman AHANA and Intercultural Center, which also put together the month’s other events, opened with a dinner and performances by music groups Voices of Imani and B.E.A.T.S. and dance group Sexual Chocolate. Voices of Imani is a gospel choir, and B.E.A.T.S. stands for Black Experience in America through Song.

The main event was a keynote address

by Thaly Germain, executive director of the Lynch Leadership Academy, a BC program established by a grant from the Peter S. Lynch Foundation that trains urban leaders to handle and lead major educational shifts.

Germain talked about authenticity and knowing oneself, particularly right now, in

a time she said is a landmark moment for questions of race and equity.

“Every day when I’m on this campus, I see me in you, and I see you in me, and I’m going to tell you why that’s true,” Germain said. “Being true to who you are will move you forward in ways you can’t possibly imagine.”

Germain came to the United States from Haiti, where she, her mother, and her younger sister lived through a violent coup.

Eventually, the situation became so dangerous that one day, when she was 10 years old, Germain’s school bus was involved in a military assault, with bullets flying into the bus through the windows. Before she knew it, her mother had uprooted their lives for Brooklyn. Germain didn’t speak a word of English when she arrived in the U.S. In New York, Germain grew up in a one-bedroom apartment, sharing a bed with her mother and sister. Her mother made $600 a month.

“My mother was a single mother, and she worked really hard to make sure we never knew we were poor,” Germain said.

“Break [$600] down in Brooklyn talk, that’s like four Jordans.”

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Leslie Jamison, a New York Times bestselling author whose most recent book, The Empathy Exams, explores medical acting, ultra-runners, parasites, silver mines, gang tours, and the possibilities, texture, and limits of compassion, will be speaking in Gasson 100 on Wednesday at 7 p.m.

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On Monday, Michael Perry, Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Law at Emory University, will speak about his upcoming book, A Global Political Morality: Human Rights, Democracy, and Constitutionalism. The event will be held in the Barat House at 12 p.m.

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On Wednesday, Henry Braun, Boisi Chair of Education and Public Policy at the Lynch School, and Irwin Kirsch, director of the Center for Global Assessment, and Educational Testing Services, will present on education policy in the 21st century in Campion Hall 139 at 12 p.m.

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Over Winter Break, Branick Weix, CSOM ’19, traveled to Costa Rica to help researchers track endangered sea turtles.

His startup company, SkyLink Productions, which produces marketing materials for realtors, schools, and golf courses, teamed up with Seeds of Change to use drones to track the nesting turtles.

The drones were helpful because many of the remote beaches they surveyed would have taken researchers a day to reach and survey themselves.

The machines also had infrared cameras on them, allowing researchers to watch the turtles come ashore at night to lay their eggs.

Weix first used a drone two years ago to help make a marketing video for the golf course where he worked. From this project, he started SkyLink and was hired by Spacecrafting Photography, the largest real estate photography company in the Midwest, for which he is now creating an app.

“Throughout grade school, middle school, and high school, I always had an interest in business and had seen businesses around me,” Weix said to the Office of News and Public Affairs. “My dad started his own business and my grandfather did too. A few of my friends in high school and I started random little businesses. We’d always brainstorm ideas—text each other in the middle of the night—‘What do you think of this or that?’”

The researchers, who were happy with the outcome of Weix’s project, talked about using the drones for other projects, such as studying crocodiles, migrating birds, rainforests, and even active volcanoes in the area.

“There’s tremendous application for drones and a lot of people know this,” Weix said.

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“I have a lot of pride in my country,” he said to WEEI. “When people ask me where I’m from and I always say I am Canadian, but I’m also Tunisian.”

If he is drafted, he will be the first Tunisian to enter the NFL. Abdesmad stands at 6-foot-7 and plays on the defensive line. He chose Boston College after receiving offers from Baylor University and the University of Connecticut because it was closest to home.

In 2013, he tore his patellar tendon and needed a second surgery in 2014. Steve Adazzio, head coach of BC football, set him up with the Patriots’ team doctor for his second surgery. As a result of his injury, Abdesmad only played in 11 games while at BC, making 49 tackles and 5.5 sacks.

“I didn’t play that much my whole five years, so practicing more and with more coaching, I think the sky is the limit with me,” Abdesmad said.

Anyone who walks into Devlin 108 between Feb. 6 and June 5 will find an artistic representation of the 1916 Easter Rising.

The Boston College McMullen Museum of Art presents an exhibit called, The Arts and Crafts Movement: Making it Irish. The display contains a collection of medieval-influenced metalwork, textiles, stained glass, furniture, and more. As a whole, the accumulation of artistic works creates a visual representation of the Irish revolution.

The exhibit commemorates the 1916 Easter Rising. The connection between the displayed pieces and Ireland’s transition to an independent nation was further recognized in an event on Saturday, Feb. 27.

Fintan O’Toole, a Princeton professor, columnist, editor, and author, spoke that afternoon on the subject.

His talk was titled, “Culture and Society in Ireland, 1916: Contexts for the Arts and Crafts Movement.”

O’Toole was born in Dublin, and attended University College Dublin before moving to the United States.

“I feel a slight twinge of jealousy, being from Ireland, that there are national treasures here,” O’Toole said.

“Irish national treasures.”

He explained his desire to illuminate how the exhibit speaks to the broader expectations that accompany the Irish identity. He began his presentation by giving some background on the uprising of nationalists.

O’Toole discussed how the British rounded up these nationalists, and held them in prison camps in which

Journalist Jose Antonio Vargas recognizes himself as someone who loves the United States, wants to contribute to it, and calls America home. He said, however, that he is one of thousands of undocumented immigrants who are now waiting for their country to recognize them in return.

Vargas, who will speak at BC for the Winston Center for Leadership Ethics’ Chambers Lecture on Mar. 1, is a Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist and filmmaker. “[In] the Winston Center, we’ve got these different lecture series,” Monetta Edwards, assistant director of the Winston Center and the Corcoran Real Estate Center, said. “For the Chambers Lectures, I’m trying to change the direction to where we focus on people who’ve faced adversity and overcome it and are working through it in their lives.”

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Princeton professor Fintan O’Toole spoke on Feb. 27 about artwork that commemorates the 1916 Easter Rising. the revolutionary movement was born. He read a passage that was written by Joseph O’Connor, an Irish novelist, about what this experience would have been like for a prisoner. According to O’Connor, some of the men would spend their time playing sports, while others partook in “arts and crafts.” Essentially, the men were attempting to recreate ancient Irish artwork.

It was at this time that O’Toole recognized their lack of sophisticated tools made it more difficult to complete the task, however it served to more deeply connect them to the realistic experience of how these Celtic creations were originally constructed.

O’Toole spoke more about the specific differences between Ireland and England prior to the revolution, and the issues that arose from them. He also discussed,

ca—Vargas is also the founder and editor of #EmergingUS, a digital magazine focused on race, immigration, and identity in a multicultural America.

“I just think he brings so much more than just the immigration topic and there’s so much more to him. [...] He says he’s a Filipino gay undocumented immigrant, and that is his identity,” Monetta said. “That’s what he puts out there. And I just think that it was just very important for his message.”

Vargas also produced and directed a documentary called White People on MTV, which focused on what it means to be young and white in contemporary America.

Monetta said that Vargas is a good person to have visit because the college campus environment makes conversations about undocumented immigration more common. Vargas’ visit is about putting a face to the issue.

In the past, the Chambers Lectures Series has featured people like Carey Lohrenz, the first female fighter pilot in the U.S. Navy, and Lara Logan, chief foreign affairs correspondent

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however, the problem of Ireland and England’s being too similar in certain ways. O’Toole expressed his understanding that the causes of revolution generally involve religion, land, and poverty. Yet, by the time of the revolution, it would appear that these were no longer prevalent issues.

Catholicism was being successfully integrated into society, the number of laborers who owned the land they worked on was increasing, and the poor were disappearing. The problem, he explained, was not the result of any of these common factors.

“So then, what’s your revolutionary force?” O’Toole asked, posing the question to the audience.

He waited a moment, then answered it himself, revealing that the force was culture. He discussed how Ireland and England

were becoming so similar that the revolutionaries felt the need to establish the differences between Irish and English culture.

“It is a preservationist idea,” O’Toole said. “But it is a preservationist idea that comes under an enormous force of pressure.”

After finishing his brief history of the Easter Rising, he presented the crowd with pictures of several pieces, like the Ardagh Chalice, a silver, two-handled cup. He used it as an example of how certain aesthetic features influenced the future replications and cultural associations.

He also recognized the sophistication of technique that exists in the chalice.

“If you talk to contemporary goldsmiths, they will tell you, ‘I don’t know how to do this,” O’Toole said.

for CBS. The lectures are structured almost like a conversation with the speaker. This conversation with Vargas is particularly important in the midst of the presidential election, Monetta said.

“Because of the elections that are happening, the immigration aspect is going to be something he’s going to be talking about,” she said. “I mean, he’s definitely going to be drawing from all the debates, so it’s going to be very current. And he’s going to give us a narrative of his life and tell us who he is and why he considers himself American and why he has a right to be here.”

The question-and-answer portion of the lecture will allow the audience to interact with Vargas and actually involve and immerse itself in the conversation that these lectures aim to create within the BC community.

“At BC, we are trying to get a more diverse population and we have people coming in from all different parts of the country that are bringing different experiences,” Monetta said. “And I think that for us, for anybody, it’s important to hear about

other people’s backgrounds and experiences to make you a more aware person.”

The Winston Center was created in 2006 and has focused, in the spirit of a true Jesuit education, on educating the whole person. The Winston Center focuses on three areas to fulfill this mission: speaking programs, student leadership and development programs, and research programs.

The Chambers Lecture Series , along with the Clough Colloquium, falls within the speaking programs category.

The center is also responsible for on-campus programs like Lunch with a Leader, the Jenks Leadership Program, the Brennan Symposium, and the Ambassador Program.

“It’s really important to bring these people that come with different perspectives and are able to challenge us to get out of the little bubble that we live in, and so I hope that the Winston Center is contributing to the conversation in bringing in these speakers that can help in that knowledge and learning,” Monetta said.

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CORRECTIONS

In Thursday’s issue, a photo of Congressman Richard Neal was incorrectly identified as Boston Mayor Marty Walsh.

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Wednesday, Feb. 24

Thursday, Feb. 25

10:48 a.m. - A report was filed regarding a fire alarm activation in Edmond’s Hall.

9:14 a.m. - A report was filed regarding a suspicious circumstance at the Brighton Campus Library.

12:38 p.m. - A report was filed regarding medical assistance provided to a Boston College student who was transported to a medical facility from Flynn Recreation Complex.

4:38 p.m. - A report was filed regarding a traffic accident on Campanella Way.

8:19 p.m. - A report was filed regarding medical assistance provided to a Boston College student who was transported to a medical facility from Bapst Library.

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James Kale and Afua Laast spoke at UGBC’s town hall meeting, which discussed the efforts that UGBC has made to promote diversity and inclusion.

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Obeying No Establishment, established in 2004, and the Black Student Forum, established in 2014, are a few of the groups that have been created at BC since 1968, Kale said, all of which have had the same goal of bringing racial equality to campus.

The event was focused on what UGBC is doing to promote racial equality, Laast said, but she recognized the fact that the University needs to support gender equality and equality among students from various socioeconomic backgrounds.

Last fall, Laast said, a group of UGBC students began to com-

pare BC to other universities of similar size and ranking.

“It was just a group of students in UGBC thinking about what do we see on campus that needs to change,” Laast said.

The group came to the conclusion that it wanted the University to realize the existence of systematic racism in higher education, and it set out to work with the administration to bring about tangible outcomes— something that the previous racial inclusion groups failed to do, it said.

“The University was going through the 10-year plan, so we wanted BC to start thinking about diversity and inclusion on

a bigger scale, and as well as to commit to and publish a timeline benchmark,” Laast said.

The group put forth a request that the administration create a plan for addressing racism on campus by Jan. 19. Over Winter Break, however, a group of students worked together to discuss what its course of action would be if the administration did not put forth a plan.

No plan was announced Jan. 19, so the current proposal set forth at the town meeting is the draft the students came up with over Winter Break. The proposal sets out tangible goals for the University to achieve with regard to combating racism and

focuses on making changes in academics, the campus climate, and education.

The first aim of the proposal is to get institutional support, Laast said.

“In order to get anything done, we don’t work in groups—I just can’t have UGBC propose all of these things and the next day it’s going to happen,” Laast said.

“We need the whole institution on board with this because it is an institutional problem.”

The plans included the implementation of an online cultural diversity forum that would be similar to the Alcohol Education program and bystander intervention course that all fresh-

men at BC take, Laast said. The administration responded to this request by establishing a training program that UGBC members, as well as resident assistants and faculty, have taken.

“It’s just a really cool time to sit and reflect and talk to the people around you about diversity and how you can actually have an impact on campus,” Laast said.

This program will be extended, Laast said. There is a contract currently under negotiation that will establish the training for the next three years, with the pilot program starting in the 20162017 academic year.

UGBC has also called for more funding and resources to go toward the Thea Bowman AHANA and Intercultural Center and Learning to Learn, which provides aid to low-income, underrepresented, first-generation, or disabled students.

Laast said that last semester when she walked into a class on the first day, she was surprised to see that her professor was black.

This surprise, she thought was concerning, she said, because she’s currently a senior.

“Having more AHANA faculty on campus and just having people—administrators, students, faculty— will help expand the fact that people look like you so you can actually go further in life with your endeavors,” Kale said.

BC’s administration, Laast said, responded that it is working on increasing AHANA faculty on campus and learning more about

why departing AHANA faculty choose to leave BC. It did not release an exact goal, given the difficulty of guaranteeing the hiring of an exact number of AHANA faculty by a certain date.

Laast and Kale also called on the administration to revitalize the core curriculum for undergraduates. They want to see a stronger cultural diversity component, because they believe that as it currently stands, students just take a class to get it over with.

This year, however, hybrid courses that satisfy both the cultural diversity core as well as another core requirement were introduced for freshmen. The courses, Laast said, attracted a large number of students and were successful in promoting conversation on diversity.

“It’s really important not to just clap diversity into things,” Laast said.

For the upcoming school year, the University plans on doubling the number of hybrid courses offered.

This fall, UGBC hopes to implement a “Conscious Week” that would be similar to Love Your Body Week but would promote racial inclusion on campus.

Laast said she would like to see diversity as ingrained in the BC identity as community service.

“You cannot be on BC’s campus for a day and not know that service is a big part of who we are,” Laast said. “And I think with that, also knowing that diversity and inclusion is a big part of who we are is really important.”

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But Germain said that even though her mother didn’t make much money, she felt rich. She said that she only realized she was poor on the first day of college at Bryn Mawr, which is located in a wealthy area just outside Philadelphia.

“Just to show you how wealthy they were, there were no sidewalks,” she said. “So if there are no sidewalks, what’s the implication? Everybody drives.”

Germain found that she was unprepared both for the academic rigor of her new surroundings and the social capital that everybody else seemed to acquire with such ease. Germain said that the point was that her story doesn’t really make sense.

“I’m telling you this because I want you to understand that while we’re celebrating Black History Month, anything is possible,” she said, explaining how her story is atypical of the immigrant experience. She talked about how the prevailing social pressure is to be somebody else, and that she uses some slang in meetings because it reminds people to be authentic.

In her role with the Lynch Leadership Academy, Germain had the opportunity to eat lunch with President George W. Bush and investor Peter Lynch, which she said is a reminder that bringing a different perspective is not only a right, but a duty for anybody interested in having an influential voice.

“I want you to recognize that your voice is critical because you get to reach another demographic, and that matters,” she said. She argued that Drake and Beyonce received such attention at the Super Bowl, appearing in a T-Mobile ad and the halftime show, respectively, because the event’s organizers were trying to reach a black audience.

She read a quote from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” that says, “Whatever affects one directly affects everyone indirectly.” “ Think ab out B altimore, think about Ferguson,” she said.

“I know it feels far, until it happens to you. […] Education is a Civil Rights Movement of our time.”

Citing statistics on lifetime earnings by educational attain-

ment, Germain explained why she thinks access to education is so critical: people with college degrees stand to make over $1 million, and people who don’t graduate high school stand to make less than $50,000. Germain thinks education is a key to fixing racial inequality.

Other events held during Black History Month included a discussion about African tradition on Feb. 4 and the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Breakfast, during which Chiamaka Okorie, CSON ’17, was given the award.

Cai Thomas, last year’s MLK Scholarship recipient and MCAS ’16, helped organize the events this month and said that she was excited by the speakers who visited campus, including New York Magazine writer Rembert Browne, and the collaboration between BC and people at schools like Boston University and Harvard University.

“They’re such important figures in black thought, especially in this digital age,” she said. “I know [Germain] wants to be a resource for students and I’m just happy with how the month turned out.”

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The Thea Bowman AHANA and Intercultural Center has hosted events over the last month to celebrate black heritage.

KZ_\e fe <[lZXk`fe Tina Tchen, from A1 “It’s On Us” campaign. For Tchen, this is the sort of progressive action that is great to see.

“It all brings me so much optimism,” Tchen said, addressing the crowd of both undergraduate and graduate students. “You are going to lead us to change.”

Social change is something that Tchen has been working relentlessly toward through her Let Girls Learn initiative. She and Michelle Obama have championed this worldwide effort in order to show that girls are equally as valuable as boys. As they witnessed during their travels to Japan and Cambodia, other countries and other cultures do not always provide equal opportunities to women.

“Educating a girl is like watering your neighbor’s lawn,”

said Chen, repeating an African saying.

62 million girls worldwide are not in school, cited Tchen. If Let Girls Learn initiative is successful, highlighted Tchen said, then GDP will go up 3 percent and national security will improve.

Although the Obama administration will come to an end this year, Tchen recognized that we must still care about these issues in order to see real change.

Tchen concluded her speech by laying out plans for a United States of Women summit in order to celebrate the progress women have made and what the future looks like.

Overall, Tchen preached to those in attendance to stay involved.

“Only way things change is to be at the table, and when you’re at the table—speak up,” Tchen said.

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The Nurse Will See You Now: Inside the Connell School of Nursing 9P B8PC8 =<IE8E;F 8jjk% =\Xkil\j <[`kfi Cushing Hall is quiet now. Though the crisp, white nursing uniforms that once dominated the building have become ghosts of the past, they remain an integral part of the rich history of the Boston College Connell School of Nursing. CSON’s relocation to its new home in Maloney Hall after 55 years in Cushing Hall marks a new era for the school as it adjusts to the changing nature of nursing in the 21st century. While the building and facilities may be new, CSON has made a point to commemorate its past as it progresses toward the future.

The story of CSON begins in the 1940s, when high school graduates who wanted to become nurses earned a nursing degree in three years from a hospital school and gained clinical experience by doing patient rounds in the affiliated hospital. If they wanted to, nurses could return to college to pursue a bachelor’s degree.

BC’s School of Nursing opened in Feb. 1947 with a class of 35 to accommodate the nursing education system at the time. Though the school was originally based in Newbury St. on Boston, nursing students had to commute to the Chestnut Hill campus for some classes and labs while gaining clinical experience working in Boston hospitals. After completing hospital school, students could enroll at the School of Nursing and receive a bachelor’s degree in nursing in two years.

Enter Archbishop Richard Cushing, voicing the concerns of the Archdiocese of Boston on the nursing shortage in its network of Catholic hospitals. Cushing was involved in the planning and development of the new building on the Chestnut Hill campus that would eventually bear his name and become the new home for the School of Nursing. The school’s integration into BC’s main campus with its relocation to Cushing Hall in 1960 was a reflec-

tion of a larger movement in Boston’s Catholic community, as an increasing number of Catholic colleges were establishing nursing schools on their own campuses to attract students. This marked not only a change in nursing education, but also a new chapter in BC’s history.

The first women to enroll at BC were all nursing students, making the previously all-male BC a co-educational university. The change, however, was not without its obstacles—vastly outnumbered by their male peers, the nursing students were initially not welcomed and were subject to harassment from other students.

Undeterred, the nursing students forged on, and the reputation of the BC School of Nursing grew over the next several decades and encouraged more women to enroll at the University.

In 2003, the School of Nursing was renamed to honor businessman William F. Connell, a member of the BC Board of Trustees and a major benefactor of the school. In 2015, CSON relocated to occupy the second and third floors of Maloney Hall and underwent a complete renovation to accommodate the current 411 undergraduate and 276 graduate nursing students.

Nursing remains one of the most popular majors at BC, a sign of the strength of the programs offered at CSON. In addition to offering bachelor’s degrees in nursing, CSON offers many graduate degrees, including a master’s degree developed specifically for students who do not have a previous nursing degree.

Students in CSON must complete 79 credits in the nursing major, in addition to the University’s core curriculum and optional electives. First-year students spend most of their time in theory classes and lab courses learning the fundamentals of human anatomy and physiology. In the second year, students begin to take science classes related to clinical practice such as pathophysiology, the study of the development of disease. Simulation labs begin to play a larger role in their coursework, in which students can apply

what they have learned in lecture by working with computerized simulation dummies. Small class sizes and several lab instructors ensure that the students benefit from the hands-on experience as much as possible. Upperclassmen take even more specialized courses but spend as much time gaining clinical experience from patient rounds in their placements, as often as they are in the classroom. Nursing students also have the opportunity to conduct independent research or work with a faculty member. By the time they graduate, nursing students have at least 800 hours of clinical experience learning to deliver patient care in different settings.

Graduating classes from the 1980s up to the Class of 2018 have taken classes on either the Track A or Track B system, with the former evenly distributing nursing classes over the student’s four years and the latter accelerating the first two years of the curriculum to offer a flexible semester in his or her junior year. This “flex” semester can be used to enroll in prep classes for standardized tests, pursue other academic interests, apply for internship opportunities, or study-abroad experiences. CSON’s administration has recently changed the nursing curriculum by abolishing the track system in favor of offering all students the “flex” semester in their junior year.

For clinical experience, BC nursing students are assigned to a placement in one of over 150 partner hospitals and clinical agencies in the Boston area. At their placement, the nursing students are assigned one patient to work with for the day. Clinical instructors inform the students beforehand about the patient’s current health and important medical information, and encourage independent research online or in their pathophysiology textbook to gain a better understanding of the patient’s condition. Nursing students collaborate with the nurses on duty, but eventually learn to work independently to provide the best care for their patient for the duration of their clinical round.

countless learning opportunities, as well as a greater appreciation for life.

Marooney notes that the patients are often excited to meet CSON ’18 the student nurses since they know that the students are only focused on them. Nurses are usually assigned to several patients at To her own and her family’s surprise, Regan Marooney, CSON a time—as a result, they can only afford to spend a few moments ’18, raised her hand on a whim on a tour of BC when a tour guide with a patient before running off to the next one. Like the other asked if anyone was interested in nursing. nurses on the floor, it is “[Nursing] just kind of fell her responsibility to keep into my lap,” Marooney said. the patients comfortable “I never really knew what I throughout their treatwanted to do, but I just love ment, even if it just means people. I love listening to talking to them. While people’s stories, talking to the patients may seem people, and making people unruly at times, they soon happy. I didn’t really know realize that the students how to turn that into a caare genuinely interested reer.”

—Regan Marooney, CSON ’18 in knowing about them It took a while for Maas people. rooney to realize that nursing “A person is so much was the perfect career choice more than the disease or for her, as she was able to use illness that they have,” Marooney said. “You spend more time her love of socializing with others to serve a greater purpose. with the patient rather than diagnosing the disease—you’re more Marooney does clinical rounds at Tufts Medical Center in the focused on the well-being of the patient and really get to learn nephrology unit, and plans to specialize in pediatric cardiology. about them. That’s the best way to heal someone.”

She believes that nursing is a rewarding career that provides

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ever, caused her to re-evaluate her academic choices.

“I realized that if I wanted to go back to Nigeria one day and help people like my family, I couldn’t do that through politics the CSON ’17 same way I could through nursing,” she said.

Okorie spent a summer working with the Ghana Health and When she is not busy as an RA or a trip leader as part of Jamaica Magis, Sonia Chiamaka Okorie, CSON ’17, can be found working Education Initiative as a volunteer by collecting data about the epidemiology of a local village. She incoron global health projects in various porated her volunteering experience African communities. Her cominto her independent research project mitment to service stems from her that explored the correlation between inherent passion for learning about educating mothers on prenatal care and different people’s perspectives. Her the use of bed nets to prevent malaria. efforts have not gone unnoticed, and She strove to educate new mothers and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memoprovide them with necessary materials rial Committee has named her the —Chiamaka Okorie, CSON ’17 to put those preventive measures into newest MLK Scholar. practice.

“The MLK Scholarship is interOkorie plans to pursue a global nursing esting because you don’t really apply for it—your entire college experience leading up to junior year is career, using her experiences and abilities to provide her patients your resume,” Okorie said. “That journey for me was more about with the necessary emotional support system to supplement their finding my place at BC and really getting to know the people medical care.

“There’s no right way to be a nurse,” Okorie said. “Nursing around me and empowering them in any way I could. That’s what led me to do service trips, be an RA, and even what led me to is the right fit for me because the qualities that I developed as a person and the things that I value in other people are all part of nursing school.”

Okorie originally came to BC as a political science major with nursing. There’s a unique power to being a nurse—no one else plans to become a diplomat. A trip to visit family in Nigeria, how- can really play the role that [they] play.”

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of patients with different ailments. The copious amount of previous preparation in CSON came in handy—being assigned to a general admission floor has allowed her to use all of the skills from CSON ’17 theory classes and simulation labs in a real-world environment, Nurses are heroes in the eyes of Ashley Bowman, CSON ’17. and also speaks to the versatility that is required of nurses.

To Bowman, knowing a patient’s life story is just as important After spending her junior year of high school in and out of the hospital receiving treatment for a brain injury, she realized that as knowing his or her medical diagnosis. While the patients themselves may vary, the purpose her nurses were the ones of her clinical rounds is who made all the differalways the same: companence during her recovery. ionship. Spending the day Her experience inspired her with only one patient fosters to become a nurse herself a special bond between the and specialize in pediatric student and patient and oncology. adds a refreshingly human “The nurses were the element to health care. ones who were really tak“It’s about curing the pering care of me,” Bowman —Ashley Bowman, CSON ’17 son, not the illness,” Bowsaid. “They were there for man said. “Your number me to talk to them. [They one job is your patient—it’s weren’t] just helping me to make sure your patient is physically, but also helping me mentally and emotionally, and I want to be able to do that for okay at all times and as comfortable as possible. That’s a big part of the healing process.” someone else.”

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As the days grow longer and the sun shines more brightly in the sky, it seems an inopportune time to be discussing rumors of ghosts and murders that took place many years ago. Yet the Tudor mansion that is Upper Campus’ O’Connell House will not let those rumors rest even amid the charms and beauties of early spring—and, as twilight falls, the wind whistles through O’Connell’s tall windows, wailing like the cries of dying men.

O’Connell is the building where even “Upper kids” rarely go. It is so imposing, so Gothic, and so incongruous with the modernist buildings that surround it that it is by far the most fitting setting for a ghostly tale, with the similarities to both Shirley Jackson’s “Hill House” (close to Boston, according to the book) and Walt Disney World’s “Haunted Mansion” adding to the effect.

The house was built in 1895 by the Storey family, who based the ivy-coated, red-brick architecture on Wales’ Gwydir Castle. In 1916, it was purchased by Boston drugstore baron Louis K. Liggett, who incorporated it into his massive, sprawling estate that extended the length of what is now Upper Campus. Liggett’s desire to build his own personal Xanadu meant covering the lavish grounds of his palatial estate with gardens and fountains, only a few of which have

not been replaced by the parking lot that now surrounds the house.

In 1931, Mrs. Liggett died—the New York Times obituary states that she passed away in Plymouth, yet, curiously, there is no cause of death given (besides a statement that she had been ill for some time), and rumor has it that she was in fact murdered in what is now O’Connell House. The story goes that she was stabbed near the ornate main staircase, screaming for help and managing to crawl to a second-floor bedroom, now room 207, where she died. Her ghost, it is said, still haunts the mansion. The story could not be confirmed or denied at press time, but believers may point to the tale’s odd number of specific details (e.g., Rm. 207) to bolster their case, while skeptics may conclude that the Times obituary completely debunks the myth.

Either way, in 1937, Liggett donated his entire property to William Henry Cardinal O’Connell, archbishop of Boston, who in 1941 himself donated it to Boston College, his alma mater. Film producers were so impressed with the house that they used it for 1946’s 13 Rue Madeleine, starring famed actor James Cagney. After that, however, the school didn’t know quite what to do with it, using it for a variety of functions, and even considered its demolition in the early 1970s. Thankfully, the house received a $1 million renovation project instead, serving as the student union building since 1972.

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A problem with identifying O’Connell’s definitive ghost story is that there does not seem to be just one. There are so many conflicting and at times contradictory reports that one does not seem to know where to turn. Besides Mrs. Liggett’s, three stories pop up again and again in the archives with surprisingly little variation: a young boy who drowned in the pool near the solarium, a woman who is heard opening all doors and windows, especially in the third-floor attic, where, strangely enough, all the windows are sealed

shut, and a dog, seen and felt by O’Connell residents over the last 30 years.

According to Moriah Billups, a current graduate assistant at O’Connell House, several residents have had possibly supernatural experiences this year. Billups said that graduate assistant Morgan Blumefeld has heard the ghostly dog near the attic staircase on the staff-only side, but the dog’s barking stopped the moment that Blumefeld opened the door.

She also saw an apparition on the staircase, telling Billups that, to

think of the apparition, one would have to imagine “if wind had a color.” If that weren’t enough, Billups’ completely closed door has opened when there was no wind, and female sighs have been heard in the staff kitchen.

As you can tell, the stories and legends of the grand, now-incongruous mansion on the hill have not died down even yet—nor, it seems, will they ever. Its mysteries and ghosts, perhaps infused in the house’s very wood and stone, have not left it. And, on dark nights when the moon shines her pale

effulgence onto the lawn, and we stop for a minute to forget our humdrum comings-and-goings and reflect on our spirits and our human quest for the numinous, we can be thankful that we still have O’Connell House, where we are never quite sure what might be there to meet us just around the corner—and where we, once creatures of the twilight, now so content in the materialist beat of the everyday, may think of the other, far more unknown side of life just long enough to consider not turning the light off in the night.

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I caught Professor Kerr y Cronin at a bad time last Monday. When I walked through the doors of her expansive office on the second floor of Bapst Library, she was “in between two projects”—her words, not mine.

I quickly offered to reschedule.

She waved off that idea and told me to sit. I thought I might be able to get a 10-minute interview with the busy, well-credentialed academic in front of me. I was there for an hour, much of which was spent talking about myself instead of her.

Cronin has a reputation for pulling personal stories out of students. Her “dating talk,” held once every semester, is one of the most well-attended events on campus every year. And even in those packed lecture halls, she’ll question individuals on their love lives. “When was the last time you hooked up?” she’ll casually ask former Perspectives students—a freshman course she teaches every year.

For a professor as busy as she is—serving as associate director of the philosophy research center, The Lonergan Institute, and being a well-sought-after speaker

at universities across the country—she’ll always emphasize the importance of slowing down.

Molly Rafferty, a former student of Cronin’s and MCAS ’18, doesn’t go to her office hours as much as she used to. But when something pressing is on her mind, Rafferty knows where to find advice.

“You can tell that she just knows how to validate your feelings,” Rafferty said. “She’s just so empathetic and always understands exactly what you can’t put into words.”

“She’ll set up appointments for 10 minutes, but they go for an hour,” said Rosie Walsh, one of Cronin’s former students and MCAS ’18.

Cronin grew up in Hartford, Conn., and became a double Eagle with a B.A. and master’s in philosophy from Boston College. She taught junior high for fi ve years at a Catholic school in South Boston—the place, she claims, taught her how to teach.

When she came to work for the Lonergan Institute, Cronin was supposed to be at BC for two years. Twenty years later, she has become a long-standing pillar of BC’s philosophy department and an instrumental part of

Perspectives’ Living and Learning Program.

She refers to her freshmen as having the perfect combination of enthusiasm and desperation.

“They’re desperate to figure out how to get an A, how to find out who they are, and how to fit in,” she said of the 18- to 20-year-olds that frequent her office hours. “They’re really eager to find out what life has to offer them.”

It’s that transition period into college, Cronin thinks, that is essential to the success of the Living and Learning Program, which assigns students in one Perspectives class the same residential building. Forming intellectual friendships early, she said, makes students who have yet to experience those relationships think, “Wow, I really want that in my life. I’m going to search for that purposefully in my life.”

And Cronin is all ab out meaningful relationships. She is single-handedly tr ying to break down the “hook-up culture” plaguing college campuses across America with her dating assignment—a list of requirements tasking students with asking a peer on a proper, daytime, level-one date.

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Professor Kerry Cronin’s role extends well outside the classroom into the love lives of her students.

The assignment is not about romance—though Cronin mistakenly thought it would be at first. She quickly learned, however, that it’s about social courage. It required so much courage, it turned out, that the fi rst year she assigned it, only one of the 15 students in her class completed it.

“I thought, ‘Oh, students aren’t dating, but dating still exists,’” she said. “I didn’t realize that dating didn’t exist, and that the social script was lost.”

So, she wrote the script.

You have to ask in person.

Th ey must know that this is a date. It has to be daytime. It has to be in a public space—White Mountain Creamery is a popular choice. It has to last between 45 and 90 minutes. If you ask, you pay—“Girls, get over it.” It can only end in a hug.

Rafferty described the assignment as a chance to get to know and acknowledge another person outside of the context of a party and without the mask of alcohol.

The reason this project is so nerve-racking for BC students, Cronin said, is the uncertainty.

“There is not an obvious correlation between the effort you put in and the success,” she said.

“And [BC students] are the kind of people for whom that is just scary because you are the ‘Effort’ kids.”

While the dating assignment is what Cronin is known for around campus, and what has given her national attention, it’s not what her Perspectives students admire her most for.

“She does get famous for the dating assignment,” Walsh said. “But, what we saw of her is an incredibly smart and caring and dedicated person who gives of herself so generously to students. I think that’s also what she’s doing with the dating assignment.”

“That is the least of her,” Rafferty added. “Her lessons on theology, and philosophy, and justice in life. Those are why I love her. Just the way she got me to think about life. She just is so smart, and so wise, and so compassionate.”

The most notable impact on students, Walsh said, is made in the classroom. Walsh wished all of her classes could be as impactful as Cronin’s.

An interesting phenomenon has developed since implementing the Living and Learning Program five years ago, Cronin said. Students always came to

her thinking about transferring from BC. The Living and Learning Program, however, has given more of her students an almost unified reason as to why they are not happy at this school.

“It is almost entirely, ‘I love this school—from Monday to Thursday,’” she said. “‘And from Thursday to Sunday, it’s the most shallow place ever. And I don’t understand that, because I’m having these great experiences, and these great conversations, and wouldn’t it be fun to have a beer and have those great conversations.’”

Cronin ended our interview in the fashion I excepted—asking me about my love life. While I reflexively dodged the questions as best I could, her ability to get answers from reluctant students was too well-practiced.

And while I was too closeminded to delve into the conversation she was looking for, I walked away understanding something about the professor that Walsh put to words later on: “She’s a person who has a meaningful impact on people’s lives in the smallest of ways. It isn’t anything dramatic that she did, but it’s more her style of teaching—how she treats every person.”

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L>9: Kfne ?Xcc D\\k`e^ ;\dfejkiXk\j KiXejgXi\eZp This past Thursday, Feb. 25, Undergraduate Government of Boston College members Afua Laast, LSOE ’16, and James Kale, LSOE ’16, held an open meeting with students and faculty in the Murray Room in the Yawkey Center.

Any interested undergraduate could attend this meeting. They discussed the work UGBC has been doing this past year, including the proposal on racial issues that failed to pass administrative approval. They outlined their various attempts to bring about change and explained what they were trying to accomplish.

This included an explanation of their current situation and how the administration has or has not responded to them.

After the presentation, they held break-out sessions in which people could discuss and propose their ideas. There were also white boards set up for students to write down their proposals.

Many UGBC initiatives, such as the free speech proposal and initiative for racial diversity, have not been fulfilled this past year, as members have been unable to receive approval from the administration.

This lack of success has perhaps led to some apathy and disengagement from the student body.

The Town Hall meeting was a step away from that, an important moment of progress for the student government.

The event was heavily attended, even to the point of needing to bring in extra tables and chairs. The audience, however, was largely composed of faculty.

This is a positive development because it demonstrates faculty interest in UGBC affairs and support for its efforts, but more student interest in this event would show the degree of investment the student body has in the proposals. When students attend events like these they show support for UGBC and for the goals it has set out to accomplish.

Increased transparency for students

Monday, February 29, 2016

“I do not fear to be alone or to be spurned for another or to leave whatever I have to leave. And I am not afraid to make a mistake, even a great mistake, a lifelong mistake and perhaps as long as eternity too.”

-James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

outside of their circle has always been an important goal for UGBC. It is good to see that this is actually being done.

This event opened up UGBC to the entire student body and explained exactly what has been done and what is being worked on, as well as why various proposals did not receive administrative approval.

Hopefully this will continue in the future, with UGBC opening up its processes to interested students.

By doing this, UGBC gains increased student support and increased power as a legislating organization.

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Events like these are the outlets through which UGBC can have a strong voice at BC. The students that attended this event deserve commendation for showing an active engagement with how their student government operates.

UGBC also deserves some commendation for organizing this event and pursuing issues that interest students. Now that this has been accomplished, UGBC should continue to take advantage of the exposure it has achieved and actively pursue the issues it is talking about.

While generating interest and listening to students is a good step, it is equally, if not more, important to accomplish goals and produce results.

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The Boston College Graduate Student Association (GSA) brought Tina Tchen, assistant to the President of the United States and chief of staff to First Lady Michelle Obama, to BC Saturday to speak about her views and experiences.

Tchen spoke about women’s equality, with an emphasis on education as well as a call for national paid leave. She also recounted her personal story of having grown up as a child of Chinese immigrants and achieved success as a member of Obama’s cabinet.

This is one of the highest profile speakers at BC this year. The GSA demonstrated good organization and work in securing Tchen as a speaker. One important aspect of this is the fact that Tchen is a very successful woman of color.

By bringing her to campus, the GSA is introducing increased diversity into the speakers offered at BC. Student effort is always admirable in situations like this, and this effort is a good sign of an active attempt to bring the benefit of these speakers to the students of BC. The administration has also taken s te p s to w a rd i n c re a s e d d i v e r s i t y i n speakers. Jose Antonio Vargas, a Filipino undocumented immigrant and PulitzerPrize-winning journalist, will be speaking at BC on Mar. 1 as part of the Winston Center for Leadership Ethics Chambers Lecture series.

Adding this high-profile speaker to one of the most visible event series on campus takes a good step toward legitimizing diversity in the guests and events BC offers.

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This is a trend that should continue. As student groups consider possible speakers, they should keep in the mind the importance of diversity and the impact that a successful speaker such as Tchen can have on those who attend her talk.

The administration should also continue its trend of inviting diverse speakers to campus.

The Ta-Nehisi Coates talk last semester and the Vargas talk this semester are both good examples of this, and should be expanded in the future.

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Monday, February 29, 2016

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D8KK?<N 9<;L>E@J GOOD GRADES - You flip to the final page of your paper and find the grade you’ve always wanted. For once you’ve actually managed to succeed. Now it’s time to turn it all around, to live the life you were meant to live, to make your dreams come true. Laughing victoriously, your face flush with freedom-fire, you strut out of the classroom and accidentally trip on your untied shoelaces and fall into the hall and then hit a passerby and then fall the other way into a water fountain and then break the water fountain and then slip in the puddle of water and then have hot coffee poured all over you by some guy with hot coffee who tripped in the gigantic puddle of water and then get a phone call from your mom that says your hamster choked to death on a jellybean and then destroy your phone by dropping it in the puddle of water.

Life is good.

JAMES JOYCE - There exists a picture of James Joyce in which he is wearing a suit, sitting in a field with his head in his hands, sporting an undercut and an eyepatch. In the background three people frolic merrily, while Joyce stares at the ground. For this picture alone, the man deserves a thumbs up. Also, it’s always fun to carry a copy of Ulysses around and stare down your nose at everyone.

DINING HALL CEREAL - Filling up a small plastic dish with seven different brands of cereal always give us a sick thrill. We giggle like wee children as we spin the little cereal dispenser wheel, watching with rapturous delight as cereal pours forth.

When we walk over to the counter, we like to do a little jig and laugh our merry heads off. Then we sprint off to a secluded corner, hunch over the bowl like a goblin, and shove cereal down our throats with our bare hands.

Massachusetts has a sickness. The Commonwealth finds itself slowly succumbing to a drug epidemic that seems to have no end in sight. Not far from the peaceful streets of Chestnut Hill, communities all across the state are struggling to contain the spread and usage of opioids. Unlike the drugs we might be accustomed to seeing abused on college campuses, such as Adderall, these opioids are far meaner beasts.

They have the power to ruin, and in even more unfortunate circumstances, end lives. Four people die every day in the Commonwealth from opioid overdose, and the total number of deaths per year has more than doubled in the past five years.

Outside of the bubble of BC’s campus, it’s not difficult to see the effects of the epidemic. My hometown of Weymouth is a hotbed of heroin abuse, and my commute to campus every day takes me through Quincy, another city struggling with addiction. It’s not uncommon to see someone “napping out” from heroin use on the Red Line or discussing a big score with a companion. Even my street in a quiet little seaside community has had its fair share of ambulances and firetrucks responding to overdoses. I grew up watching neighbors less than a decade my senior struggle and succumb to drug use. Their transformations from bright-eyed students and budding athletes to withered, itching husks were always profoundly disturbing. Sometimes they would disappear for months at a time, only to later reappear looking fresh and healthy.

Maybe they had finally gotten cleaned up and found a good job. Maybe this time would be the last time. It swelled one’s heart with hope to see, only to watch that hope disappear behind the doors of an ambulance or squad car some weeks later. This rhythmic, seemingly unstoppable cycle gave me

THE HOUSING LOTTERY - It’s that time of year again. If you listen closely you can hear the sounds of weeping freshmen coming from Upper.

It sounds as though ninth friend was just put down like Old Yeller.

College Road awaits, my brothers and sisters.

BIRDS POOPING ON YOU - It’s like a sign that the universe hates you.

What did you do to deserve this?

You’re a good person. You sometimes hold the door for people and occasionally do … good stuff for service and stuff. And now you’re walking around with a big ol’ smear of bird doo-doo on your face like some kind of chump.

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and disenfranchised. Opioids serve as a sort of narcotic hope, a replacement for and escape from the prospects people find themselves lacking. For an answer I look to the men and women, ancestors of those now struggling with opioid addiction, who built the City of Boston.

They were far from perfect and can’t be idealized because they certainly had their own fair share of demons. But it’s unquestionable that these immigrants had more difficult lives than we do today, yet somehow they persevered and more importantly, prospered. They were sustained by the hope that, however grueling their lives might be, their children’s would be better. Our generation is the first to be told that the quality of our lives won’t be better than that of our parent’s lives. This doesn’t excuse opioid abuse, but it does help to explain the despair which forms the impetus of addiction. Our generation was sold the world, but when a disadvantaged kid graduates from Weymouth High and has the choices of a life at a minimumwage job or a trade that will destroy his body like it did his great-grandfather’s, it becomes a simpler choice to pick up that needle or pill bottle and chase an escape from reality.

As a student at a Jesuit university, I am called to compassion and prayer for my fellow man’s suffering. As a citizen, I hope that we find a way to restore the sense of optimism and community that sustained our forefathers. I believe it starts by being accountable to and for our neighbors, not by asking the state to fix our mess. The speed of the digital age has made us feel more alone than ever, severed from the communal bonds that once rooted us. Healing starts with individual families’ taking greater responsibility for the next generation. If those families are truly incapable, it falls to the rest of the community to keep an eye on the children and impart to them the values that once made us great. I don’t know if it takes a village to raise a child, but it will certainly take one to fix this mess we have made.

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RAPTUROUS DELIGHT - What a fantastical phrase. It makes anything you do sound goofy and vaguely British.

Try it. That trip to the bathroom filled me with rapturous delight! See, works like a charm.

ROCKING BACK AND FORTH WHILE HOLDING A PILLOW - Sometimes it’s the only way to handle life. “Go to sleep, you little babe,” you whisper to the pillow, your eyes bloodshot and crazed.

perspective on the tragedy of addiction.

The bliss of salvation measured by the despair of eventual relapse. The impact only continued to grow as I watched members of my own extended family fall to addiction.

We find ourselves stuck in a game of societal hot potato to determine who’s left holding the responsibility for such cancerous abuse. Is it the Commonwealth for not taking more drastic measures sooner? The health care industry for advertising and pushing opioid prescriptions on limp-wristed and profiteering doctors? The justice system for punishing instead of rehabilitating addicts? The difficult truth is that no particular one of these groups hold the blame alone–they all share responsibility. In cases like this, people usually look to the most powerful shareholder of the blame to fix the mess. Often I hear citizens crying out that “the state has to do something about the opioid crisis.” But though it may have mismanaged it, the state didn’t start this crisis—we did. And however valiant Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker’s staunch determination and commitment to passing legislation that seeks to control the Commonwealth’s epidemic, I don’t believe we can legislate our state’s evils back into Pandora’s Box. We can target the tools of addiction, the drugs themselves, and the ease of acquiring them, but in doing so we hurt law-abiding citizens. Recently I watched a family friend struggle with the pain of an oral surgery to the point of nausea and tears because she was only prescribed Tylenol and Advil to treat her pain. It enraged me in ways I cannot even begin to speak. A standout student from a solid home, this person was forced to bear the sins of her fellow citizens. While I realize this medical dependency is a path through which many find themselves enslaved to drugs, I don’t believe it represents the common root of the problem.

Opioid addiction is built on escapism. It’s no wonder drug abuse is so rooted in the marginalized portions of our communities. While there are certainly cases of well-off or upstanding citizens getting addicted, in my experience, opioids target the weak

B8I<E :?F@ When I was younger, being Chinese was something I was never especially proud of. I grew up in a predominately white community that I wanted to fit in with more than anything. I relished comments such as “You’re not really Asian, though” or “You’re a banana— white on the inside and yellow on the outside,” foolishly believing them to be compliments, that I had accomplished something through self-suppression.

Regrettably, my parents were major sources of my shame. The brokenness of their English—the omitted vowels and unnatural dips in their pronunciation—compelled my insides to squirm every time they tried to communicate in their second language. At home, I corrected them with the utmost disregard, rolling my eyes and jeering at them for being so impossibly forgetful when it comes to pronunciation. I believed that the imperfections in their speech reflected the quality of what they said.

I would like to admit that I grew out of this mindset in my time at high school, but that simply was not the case. I was less disdainful toward my parents, which was an improvement.

But shame continued to motivate my refusal to speak Chinese at home and my embarrassment at their blaring Chinese music with the car windows rolled down. This internalized racism was more than an ideology created by my sense of shame, for it was something that propagated a pattern of self-loathing and self-invalidation that I had unconsciously put myself through.

Looking back at this self-loathing creature, however, I realize that it’s funny what a 10-mile separation between

home and college does to one’s perspective. Since coming to Boston College, I have never missed the rich aromas of Chinese food at my home more. I miss the comforting sounds of my parents speaking in their native tongue, family gossip and workplace stories serving as the soundtrack to my homework sessions in the kitchen. I miss the calligraphy paintings of delicate lotuses on the walls of my living room. I even miss opening the refrigerator and coming face to face with my dinner (usually a fish, complete with eyes and scales, from a Chinese supermarket). My family’s culture has had a grip on me that I was not even conscious of until I came to college.

Over the course of my first semester at BC, I felt this intense desire to make up for the sheer amount of self-loathing and discrimination that I had buried within myself for so long. As an overwhelmed freshman during the activities fair at BC, my initial feeling was that I needed to join every Asian-American organization, build an extremely strong intra-race network, and celebrate a beautiful culture that I had severely underappreciated.

As the flyers for different AsianAmerican clubs piled up in my hands, I began to wonder about whether my guilt was a valid enough reason to allow my culture to completely dictate where I belonged on campus. Was my guilt going to help me find my niche? Or was it going to limit me to a non-holistic expression of my identity? As I continued along the different booths, dodging some overly eager upperclassmen, I found myself drawn to music clubs, volunteer organizations, and newspapers, adding yet another mountain of flyers to my growing stack. These were activities I had been enjoying long before I came to BC, but now, they would have to compete against these cultural clubs for space in the rather chaotic schedule of a college student.

So what did I do? I overlooked the

guilt. And before you accuse me of not having learned my lesson about internalized racism and not appreciating my culture, hear me out.

My culture is something that I closely associate with my family. My mother, my father, and my family history and customs have informed much of how I see my heritage today. Its beauty and traditions never cease to astound me.

My family is my culture. My family is also only a part of my identity. I realized that settling into racially segregated social groups outside of class does not necessarily lead to a holistic appreciation of my identity.

No one is a purely racial being.

Through making all sorts of relationships, we can let our diversity—cultural, religious, or intellectual differences— fracture the natural social segregation on our campus. By not letting guilt inform my decisions about which clubs I should be participating in, I realized that my own appreciation for Chinese culture has developed in a much truer and unforced way. Some of the best weekends I have had at BC are ones in which I was able to return home to steaming plates of bok choy or celebrate the Lunar New Year with my family and relatives. The most authentic way that I have celebrated my culture is through a transformation of the way I connect with my family.

In my time at BC, I have learned that despite the pressure to find organizations that help us freshmen plant our feet in this disorienting college world, it’s important to join clubs that are representative of many aspects of our identities. Ultimately, I realized that cultural organizations are only one path to expressing this identity and forging friendships. I still take part in cultural events, but my involvement is just part of my place on campus.

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When I watched video footage of Donald Trump entering the lobby of his 5th Ave. building via escalator, with Neil Young blasting in the background, I was entertained.

When he took the stage at the first few Republican debates and turned them into roasts, I was entertained. When I heard his list of utterly ridiculous policy proposals and his methods for funding them, I was still entertained. But when I watched him win three of four state caucuses and amass 81 delegates, I was no longer entertained.

His candidacy has been amusing, his brash style a comedic respite from the tedium of the nomination process, but it has gone on long enough. He has become a serious candidate for the Republican nomination, and it is time for the joke to end.

His success thus far has already reshaped the political scene. He has single-handedly removed Jeb Bush, the establishment favorite, from the presidential race, and he has done so not by effectively combating Bush’s policy ideas or his political principles, but by verbally bullying him into submission on national television. This has set a dangerous precedent for future candidates: to run for president, you do not need to have any eloquence or knowledge of policy, you only need to land enough high-profile insults on your competitors to destroy their images.

He has achieved massive success without any reasonable policy proposals, preaching to an angry niche section of the American electorate. All Trump is doing is furthering a great illusion, allowing many of the nation’s voters to live a political fantasy in which the system is turned upside down by a bold outsider. His followers clamor for change, but what they do not understand is that Trump cannot possibly bring it. Change in the American political system comes via compromise and nonpartisan dialogue. Yes, the system is ineffective in its current state of gridlock, but does anyone truly believe that Trump as president would change that? He has already isolated the entire left and much of the established right. Without their support, what monumental change could he be able to legislate unto desperate America?

Trump’s supporters are setting themselves up for another four years of anger. If he is not elected, they will return to their homes and quietly stew in distress, waiting for another audacious outsider to run for president and promise them the same deliverance.

On the other hand, if he does win, they will be stuck with an unqualified, legislatively impotent president whose inevitable failure in office will leave them more outraged than before. It’s time for the Trump fantasy to be broken, before it gets any more dangerous.

It’s time for another candidate to step up and slap some sense into the Republican primaries. Ted Cruz’ campaign is fizzling out—he has failed to win the evangelical voters that make up the core of his supposed support—and Ben Carson has neither the popularity nor the eloquence to stand up to Trump. This leaves Marco Rubio. His practical fiscal policies give him enough appeal to the center-right, and his anti-amnesty stance resonates with grassroots conservatives and reduces the amount of crucial ammunition he can provide for Trump’s insults. He has been extremely sharp in debates, with the exception of his brief humiliation at the hands of Chris Christie, and is certainly witty enough to go toe-to-toe with Trump. He has just begun this fight, and he must continue it until Trump is exposed to his own followers for what he is—a celebrity with a head for flashy insults and no realistic political potential.

What should not be overlooked is that Trump’s supporters are not wrong to be angry. It is perfectly reasonable of them to want change in a system that they believe has done them wrong. But they should place their trust elsewhere, in someone more electable. They are living an implausible political delusion, not understanding that a vote for Trump is a vote for a divided Republican party, a scary standard for presidential qualification, and four more years of disappointment.

The time for entertainment is over. Rubio needs to get serious about taking down Trump. To do so, he should pursue him directly on the matters of policy, and attack the elements of Trump’s character that would make him an ineffective president. He should wake up Trump’s supporters. They have been dreaming for too long.

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THE HEIGHTS

A8

Monday, February 29, 2016

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In his response, Manning playfully cooperated and granted us exclusive permission to speak with Emily, adding on behalf of he and his wife that, “she’s pretty much the boss so we do what she says.”

For those who are unaware, this past November the number of occupants in Walsh Hall increased by one, and the average age dropped disproportionately.

Lower Campus’ most popular new resident is Emily Manning, the newly arrived daughter of Patrick and Margaret Manning of Walsh Hall.

Much like many other of her fellow college-aged residents, Emily spends her time sleeping, eating, and tweeting.

“Apparently before she was born people were kind of talking about her saying, ‘Did you know there’s a Walsh baby coming?’” Margaret Manning said on the popular name that gave rise to the infant’s popular and highly active twitter handle, @walsh_baby.

Being raised in a college dormitory is surely not considered a traditional early upbringing, but being raised in a hall with a reputation such as that of Walsh, one would assume, is a story of its own.

Unsure at first about the new housing arrangement, Patrick and Margaret approached Danny Zapp, the previous resident minister of

Walsh Hall, for guidance. Patrick said he and his wife was largely unaware of the culture of Walsh Hall when he was invited to take the position.

Despite the building’s party-hardy reputation, however, the Mannings decided to go forward and, perhaps to the surprise of some, have found the living situation to be a positive experience.

“There is definitely plenty going on in the weekends,” Patrick acknowledged, “but it’s actually not terribly noisy for us. We’ve loved it, both of us really like working with college students,

ResLife and the building staff.

“We just felt like so many people were looking out for us,” Patrick said, reflecting on the first days back after Emily’s birth. “The folks in ResLife and Facilities—even last semester when Margaret was pregnant—now that Emily is here, they’ve been absolutely wonderful at taking care of us. If ever we need something, they’re right on top of it.”

Among the most amusing parts of the experience thus far, Patrick and Margaret have become highly aware of the popularity of babies

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the RAs have been so great, and we’ve met a lot of great students in the hall, so it’s been a lot of fun.”

“It’s been a blast,” Margaret added.

Though this is their first year living in a residence hall, life on campus has actually prevented more headaches than it has caused, according to Patrick, who also teaches an undergraduate Perspectives course. The lack of a long commute and the proximity to potential babysitters are a few of the perks of on-campus life—as well as a massive amount of cooperation on the part of

on college campuses, which often surpasses even dogs and free food as fascinations of universityaged students.

“You don’t expect to see a baby in Lower,” Patrick laughed, “so stuff like that has been pretty fun.”

“Wherever she is, people come around,” Margaret continued, noting the infant’s important role as a facilitator for bringing people together.

Though not completely intelligible—and therefore, unfortunately not quotable—Emily

had plenty to say throughout the course of this interview.

Her occasional giggles and outbursts of incomprehensible mumbles (as well as a few sneezes) let her bright and easygoing personality shine through, which, Margaret thinks, has been a positive product of the attention she has received while living in Walsh.

“We’ve already kind of seen the benefits of being in a dorm because she’s very comfortable in crowds,” Margaret said. “I think her easygoing personality is part of being in a busy place where she can just roll with the punches.”

“She’s also learned to sleep through lots of noise,” she added half-jokingly, “so I think it’s a good environment to expose her to lots of new faces.”

Going forward, the duration of Emily and the Manning family’s stay in Walsh has yet to be determined, but they maintain that the support of the Walsh community and the role that they hope to play in the lives of their residents keeps them wanting more.

“Our hope with having a baby here is to model a good family and a good marriage for the students,” Margaret said. “We enjoy talking about relationship issues and things like that, but also Emily is just a great community-builder.”

As far as her future status as an Eagle is concerned, Patrick and Margaret offered that, at a minimum, her infant history in Walsh would make for a great would-be fun fact at freshman orientation.

At the conclusion of the discussion, I asked if the Mannings had any family-raising advice to offer to Emily’s fan base. Their response was appropriate.

“When they get married and have a baby, they should live in a dorm.”

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“The students are learning the essentials of a practice profession,” Sean Clarke, associate dean for undergraduate programs at CSON, said. “We’re laying that foundation.”

These upgraded facilities provide a more conducive environment to perfecting various nursing skills before the students even begin clinical rounds and

provide the basis for being able to collaborate with other health care professionals in the future.

Five exam rooms, exact replicas of those found in hospitals and clinics, are used for examinations and private consultations. Here, nursing students learn how to perform physical examinations and interview patients. Outside each exam room is a computer station connected to an online database of patient records.

The Brown Family Clinical Lab consists of 12 hospital beds separated by curtain dividers and replete with standard medical equipment. Nursing students undergo task training in the clinical lab, learning how to take vitals, prepare injections and IVs, and dress wounds on simulation dummies.

“They learn basic skills in a lab setting and can then take those skills on the road,”

Clarke said, explaining how the clinical lab exposes students to a wide range of health ailments and hospital scenarios.

While the students mostly practice on simulation dummies, children and expectant mothers sometimes volunteer to be patients.

By far, the two simulation labs are the crown jewels of the school. One simulation lab is composed of three different rooms that are connected via live video feed. Here, students are presented with a medical scenario and evaluated on their performance as they treat the patient. The main simulation room resembles a standard hospital room, complete with a bed, monitors, and a computerized simulation dummy as the patient. The room conditions and dummy are controlled by the instructor in the adjacent control room, where the instructor can observe the

students either through a one-way mirror or by watching several video feeds from cameras placed around the room. Other students can sit in the nearby conference room and see the same video feeds from the cameras in the simulation room on a TV. Afterward, the students and instructors can then review and discuss the scenario and how to handle similar situations in the future.

The simulation labs are valuable learning tools that expose the students to a wide range of medical scenarios. They emphasize teamwork and help prepare the students not only for what they may face during their clinical rounds, but also for what they can expect in their professional careers.

CSON’s mission is to keep up with the changing face of health care and the roles nurses play in society. Hospitals have

expanded outside of major cities by establishing satellite campuses in an effort to bring health care closer to the patient—as a result, nurses have begun to work more in these community clinics. In the past, 80 percent of nurses worked in hospitals—the number has since decreased to 60 percent with these new changes. Nevertheless, nurses have and will always play vital roles in health care as key liaisons among patients, their families, and other health care professionals.

“We’re going to see a lot more nurses working outside of those traditional places and those traditional roles—a lot of nurses in the future [will take] more of a leadership role in delivering care,” Clarke said. “We’re really trying to get our students ready for a future that will allow them to make use of the skills we’re giving them.”

SPORTS

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2016

MEN’S HOCKEY

TOP DOG(S)

JULIA HOPKINS / HEIGHTS EDITOR

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Hockey East Standings Overall

Conference

1. Boston College

15-2-5

24-5-5

5. Boston University 12-6-4

19-10-5

9. Vermont

2. Providence

16-3-3

25-5-4

6. Northeastern

10-8-4

16-13-5

10. New Hampshire 4-12-6 10-18-6

3. Notre Dame

15-5-2

19-8-7

7. Merrimack

5-10-7

11-16-7

11. Maine

5-15-2

8-22-6

4. UMass Lowell

12-6-4

21-8-5

8. Connecticut

6-12-4

11-19-4

12. Massachusetts

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LOWELL, Mass. — Someone finally figured out how to slow down Boston College men’s hockey.

The Eagles, who Boston College 1 were riding high afUMass Lowell 3 ter Friday night’s 3-1 victory against the University of Massachusetts Lowell clinched the top seed in the Hockey East Tournament, came up short in every way. They couldn’t convert on any of their four power plays. They struggled to keep the

River Hawks from applying consistent pressure. And, perhaps worst of all, they failed to create virtually any legitimate chances of their own once they fell into a deficit.

Not the best way to close out the regular season.

After remaining undefeated through the first two months of 2016, No. 2 BC (24-5-5, 152-5 Hockey East) hit a roadblock at the Tsongas Center. No. 11 UMass Lowell (21-8-5, 12-6-4) came out strong with an aggressive forecheck

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All season, Jerry York has been unenthused by the many wins of Boston College men’s hockey. He doesn’t care that the Eagles ran through 1 UMass Lowell their biggest riBoston College 3 vals—Boston University and Providence—unblemished, or the two unbeaten streaks that have reached double digits. All he cares about is coming out on top when his favorite time of year rolls around: trophy season.

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Well, coach: two down, two to go.

By beating No. 11 UMass Lowell, the Eagles will proudly bring the Bertagna Cup back to Chestnut Hill after a one-year hiatus. Regardless of what happens tomorrow at the Tsongas Center against the River Hawks, No. 2 BC (24-4-5, 15-1-5 Hockey East) will be the top overall seed in the Hockey East Tournament. The 3-1 victory, BC’s 15th-straight game without a loss, also clinches at least a share of the Hockey East

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D@:?8<C JLCC@M8E Don’t be fooled by the pathetic state of Boston College basketball, both for the men and women: this is an exciting time.

Stay with me now. Think about the nonprofit sports, like the soccers, field hockey,

and lacrosse. Or how baseball is looking up, likely en route to its first postseason bid in the Mike Gambino era.

Or, more importantly, how the Eagles are the favorites to win not one, but TWO national championships.

The boys who create the PairWise Rankings for the USCHO.com poll may not agree with me, but it’s without question. As the calendar turns to March and playoff season begins, BC men’s and women’s hockey are in prime position to make the nation (or, at least, this athletic department) completely

forget about the failings of BC’s other three profit sports.

An argument for the women is an easy one. To do that, let’s take a look at the only group that comes close to them.

Katie Crowley’s crew is only the second team in women’s college hockey history to make it through 36 games without a loss.

The other team that accomplished this feat, Brad Frost’s 2012-13 Minnesota team, finished the season raising a trophy. So how do these two match up?

The Golden Gophers led the nation in

Connecticut Whale, amassed 33 goals and 49 assists as a freshman. Her 82 points are among the highest for a single season in the sport’s history.

Yet she wasn’t even the best on her own team.

Minnesota boasted the 2013 Patty Kazmaier Award winner, Amanda Kessel.

She became only the fourth player ever to surpass 100 points in a single season—46 goals and 55 assists. And Kessel is often

both goals scored (5.27) and goals allowed per game (0.88). They had a dominating goaltender in Noora Raty, who now lives in between the pipes for the Finnish national team. Raty, by far the best netminder in the sport that year, led the nation in save percentage (.956) and shutouts (16), and was second in goals against average at 0.964.

Offensively, they outscored secondplace BC by almost a full goal, and had a cripplingly dangerous top line, featuring two superstars. Hannah Brandt, the No. 2 overall pick in the inaugural NWHL draft by the

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Small crowds of parents, children, and students surrounded the innermost ring of seats at Kelley Rink. In the back rows in one of the corners, Boston College’s pep band sat, readying itself for 1 Maine what, it likely gathered based Boston College 5 on women’s hockey’s success this season, would be many rounds of “For Boston.”

Once again, as they have all season, the Eagles required that.

BC (36-0-0, 24-0-0 Hockey East), the nation’s top team, defeated the University of Maine, 5-1, on Saturday night, punching the Eagles’ ticket to North Andover, Mass. for the Hockey East Semifinals. It was a clean sweep for BC after a 5-2 victory the night before against the Black Bears (10-23-2, 6-17-1).

Early in the first period, Alyson Matteau tripped Dana Trivigno. The result sent Trivigno flying into the goal and crashing into the boards. What could have been a penalty shot for the Eagles only ended up being a power play, as Matteau was sent for two minutes in the box.

BC, a team that usually can convert easily with the man advantage, failed to capitalize. Seconds in and down a player, Brooklyn Langlois slapped the puck from past the blue line, a shot that seemed almost unmissable for Burt.

It bounced on the way to the goal, and the puck snuck past her, giving the Black Bears a 1-0 lead.

When Matteau landed back in the penalty box for another tripping call, the Eagles did what they couldn’t do earlier. Haley Skarupa shot high, in between the post and Maine goaltender Meghann Treacy’s right arm, evading her grasp. After the equalizer, the period continued with a

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Alex Carpenter raised her hands in anger.

The superstar of Boston College women’s hockey had been mobbed all game by defenders for the University of Maine. Sometimes, they 2 Maine poked their sticks through Boston College 5 the legs of the 2015 Patty Kazmaier Award winner to try and block her on breakaway attempts at goaltender Meghann Treacy.

Other times, the Black Bears simply brought her to the ice in a desperate attempt to stop the fastest player in the sport. With each moment of contact, Carpenter shot a menacing glance at the indifferent referees, partially in frustration that she couldn’t find the net, but also to beg for a call that never came.

Other teams might roll over when their superstar is

neutralized. But no team is as deep as the Eagles. And when you have the supporting stars that Katie Crowley has, you can afford to have an off day from the best player in women’s college hockey.

In the opening round of the Hockey East Playoffs, the No. 1 Eagles (35-0-0, 24-0-0 Hockey East) rode a threepoint day from senior captain Dana Trivigno to take the first game of their series with the Black Bears (10-22-2, 6-17-1), 5-2, at Kelley Rink.

The Black Bears started off slow in the first period.

Maine forgot that ice was slippery, as many of its defenders fell while trying to pick up BC’s speedy forwards. The Eagles, however, came out just like an elite team should.

Sophomore Kristyn Capizzano opened the scoring five minutes into the frame, catching Treacy selling out too far to her right by slotting a backhander up high.

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Baseball: Keep On Keeping On

Men’s basketball: Just Another Day

Birdball still hasn’t lost, winning another three-game set to improve to 7-0....B2

BC couldn’t buy an ACC win on Saturday afternoon, falling to Georgia Tech, 76-71..B4

TU/TD...................................B2 Sports in short............................B2 Women’s basketball..................B4

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Monday, February 29, 2016 BASEBALL

THUMBS UP SB3  Sammy Barnes-Thompkins made five shots—all 3-pointers—in BC men’s basketball’s 76-71 loss to Georgia Tech. His performance couldn’t offset a 33-7 free-throw disparity in favor of the Yellow Jackets.

COMEBACK QUEENS  The undefeated women’s hockey team isn’t used to losing. So how did the Eagles respond when they fell into a 1-0 hole early in Saturday’s Hockey East Quarterfinal matchup? By scoring five straight goals to advance to the next round of the tournament, of course.

BEST START EVER - Birdball picked up its seventh straight win over the weekend—the best start in program history—behind a fivehit day from Jake Palomaki. After 12 innings of back-and-forth scoring on Sunday, the Eagles escaped with a 11-10 victory.

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It is said in baseball circles that good pitching will always beat good hitting. Boston College baseball has had to use both to open its season at 7-0, its best start to a season since 1974 when records started being kept. So far, Birdball’s season has featured a 2-1 pitching duel and a 17-0 blowout, but its last game at the Snowbird Classic in Port Charlotte, Fla. against Villanova was new territory.

The Eagles (7-0) beat the Wildcats (1-5) 11-10 in a 12-inning slugfest that featured a combined 29 hits and 14 different pitchers. It was a back-and-forth affair, as both teams found themselves ahead, tied, and behind. The starting pitchers for both teams were out by the third inning, and the relief pitching was key to the Eagles’ success, as it did not allow a run in the last four innings.

Sophomore Jake Palomaki went a perfect 5-for-5 with three runs batted in and three runs scored, scoring his first run in the first inning off of a Gabriel Hernandez double to get BC on the board. The lead was short-lived, as Villanova responded with three runs off of two hits and two walks. The Wildcats tacked on another run in the bottom of the

second, and scored three in the bottom of the third to chase starter Jesse Adams from the game.

BC responded in the fourth inning, roaring back to score four runs and tie the game off four straight hits and a wild pitch. In the top of the fifth, catcher Nick Sciortino singled to right field to score Dominic Hardaway and take an 8-7 lead.

The Eagles held Villanova scoreless for three straight innings, until the seventh inning, when the Wildcats scored on a sacrifice fly to tie the game again.

In the eighth inning, both teams scored twice to keep the game tied.

Palomaki drove in Hardaway on a single to center field, and Sciortino scored on a throwing error by the Wildcat shortstop. Villanova scored two unearned runs in the bottom of the eighth to keep the game tied, and the score remained 10-10 for the ninth, 10th, and 11th innings as both team’s relief pitchers shut down the opposing offenses.

The Eagles finally broke through in the top of the 12th. Sciortino started off the inning with a two-out walk, and advanced to third on a single to center by Mitch Bigras. The Villanova pitcher then threw a wild pitch, allowing Sciortino to score an unearned run and put BC in the lead 11-10. Villanova almost made a comeback, getting two runners on

with a double and a walk, but senior right-handed pitcher John Nicklas got a strikeout looking to finally end the game.

On Saturday, the first day of the Snowbird Classic, the Eagles offense continued to stay hot, beating Indiana State University, 5-3.

BC jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead, scoring runs in the first and second innings. Junior Johnny Adams scored on a single by Donovan Casey, whose hit streak reached 12 games, and Logan Hoggarth scored in the second on an RBI groundout from Palomaki.

Indiana State came back to tie the game in the second inning after two walks and a two-run double, the first earned runs that a BC starter had given up this season.

Right-hander Mike King was able to settle down after this, and went 6 2/3 innings, retiring the next 10 batters after the double.

BC took the lead back the next inning, plating two runs on a bunt single and a groundout. In the fourth, Palomaki ripped a one-out single to right field and then scored on a single by junior Michael Strem to make it a 5-2 game.

In the seventh inning, a tremendous BC defense was able to keep the Sycamores from crossing the plate. King allowed an infield single and a walk before freshman Dan

Metzdorf came into the game. The pinch hitter hit a single to center, but before the runner at second could score, Strem’s throw to Adams was relayed to third base to get the out and end the inning.

The Sycamores got one run back in the top of the ninth, but it was not enough to stop a potent BC offense, which racked up 14 hits, and strong pitching and defensive efforts.

On Saturday, BC continued its red-hot five-game win streak with a 7-1 victory against Chicago State.

While the Eagles only racked up five hits throughout the game, they took advantage of costly errors by the Cougars, and the offense came through in key spots to break the game open in the bottom of the fourth.

The game was close for the first four innings, with both teams showcasing strong pitching performances. The Eagles went into the bottom of the fourth tied with the Cougars 0-0, but not for much longer. Their five-run inning began with senior Joe Cronin’s walk, and his subsequent steal of second.

Freshman Gian Martellini then ripped a 3-2 pitch to left center to bring home the first run of the game.

Hoggarth grounded to the shortstop, who could not field it cleanly.

Palomaki hit a sacrifice fly to right field, allowing Martellini to score.

Hernandez walked to load the bases, and with two outs junior Michael Strem hit what should have been an inning-ending fly ball to right center.

Instead, the right fielder and center fielder collided, allowing the fly ball to drop and the bases to clear.

The Cougars were able to get one run back in the top of the fifth, scoring off of a throwing error from senior Stephen Sauter, but could only muster four hits off of freshman right-hander Jacob Stevens. BC tacked on two more runs—Hernandez scored on an error in the sixth inning and Cronin on another Martellini single—to seal the game.

Stevens went six innings and picked up his second win of the year, only allowing one unearned run and four hits to go along with six strikeouts. He retired the first six Cougars of the game, and the first 11 of 12 batters he faced. Through the first five games, BC starters did not allow an earned run. Bobby Skogsbergh, Kevin Connor, and Jack Nelson all pitched scoreless innings in relief.

Casey also extended his career-high hitting streak to 11 games.

The Eagles will hope that their own good hitting can go against the tide and beat good pitching, as they face the Boston Red Sox in their annual spring training game on Monday.

WOMEN’S HOCKEY

9: ;\]\Xkj DX`e\ ]fi *,k_ :fej\Zlk`m\ M`Zkfip THUMBS DOWN SHARING THE CROWN - Men’s hockey suffered its first loss of 2016 on Saturday night to UMass Lowell, breaking a 16game unbeaten streak. But at least the Eagles clinched the No. 1 seed for the Hockey East tournament on Friday night, and earned a share of the regularseason title with Providence.

ZEROES ALL AROUND - Down by four points with less than two minutes remaining, the Eagles gave the ball to Eli Carter to finish the comeback and steal their first ACC win. He was blocked on two layup attempts.

Jim Christian needs A.J. Turner to return A.S.A.P. if he doesn’t want his team to lay an egg in conference play.

SUNSHINE STATE? - BC baseball’s extra-innings bout on Sunday afternoon went over schedule, forcing everyone to switch to a field with lights as the sun set in Florida. Here’s an idea: Start the game on a field with lights in the first place!

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WHOK vs. Maine Fri., from B1 It wouldn’t be long until a fired-up Maine squad, fighting to keep its season alive, would strike back. After whiffing on a wide-open look in front of BC’s Katie Burt, Nicole Arnold ate up a juicy rebound off a shot from Eve Boissonneault to tie it at one.

Again, BC showed what separates it from the rest of the pack in Hockey East. Less than 30 seconds later, Tori Sullivan cleaned up on a shot from Meghan Grieves to give the Eagles a lead heading into the

locker room after the first.

Richard Reichenbach’s team wasn’t done just yet. Catherine Tufts went coast-to-coast, flying down the ice before finding Victoria Hummell on Burt’s left.

The sophomore beat Burt over her right shoulder to briefly give BC a scare. At the same time, Maine’s defenders were stifling Carpenter. Crowley, however, wasn’t surprised.

“I think Alex has that target on her back every game we play,” Crowley said. “Now that we’re in the playoffs, teams are going to get even more physical.”

She placed the onus on her

a good forecheck in the right corner, allowing the defense to pounce on her while Trivigno created space in front of Treacy.

Newkirk then bounced the puck out and, while Trivigno noticed the defense going the other way, she put up a shot on Treacy, hoping for a rebound. But the goal squeaked through the five-hole, giving the Eagles the cushion they needed to cruise to a victory. Newkirk’s empty-net goal, assisted by her center linemate, only punctuated BC’s 35th consecutive victory. When Trivigno’s line can click like it did on Friday, she believes it’s unstoppable.

“If you look at most of our points, it’s mostly line goals,” Trivigno said. “It goes from me, to Andie, to Makenna, and our successes are coming from us working together.”

As for the Black Bears, they’re still trying to fight to keep their season alive, if only to give their seniors one more opportunity to play college hockey at a high level.

If there’s any consolation for Reichenbach, however, to see his seniors move on, it’s that Carpenter will be joining them, too.

“I’m not going to be upset when she graduates,” he said.

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On a sunny Saturday afternoon, No. 14 Boston College lacrosse took part in an intense ACC showdown in Boston College 6 LouisLouisville 7 ville, Ky. against the No. 13 University of Louisville Cardinals. The game was another test for BC (2-2, 0-2 Atlantic Coast), which looked to notch its first conference win of the season. After a tough loss to Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind., BC looked to bounce back and gain some traction for the tough ACC slate that lies ahead.

There were frequent momentum swings in this hard-fought battle, which went to overtime. An excellent performance by the BC

defense, led by junior goalie Zoe Ochoa, stymied Louisville (5-0, 1-0) for most of the game, but it was the Cardinals that walked out of U of L Lacrosse Stadium with the last laugh.

A couple of late BC penalties in overtime ultimately proved too much to overcome, as a lastsecond Louisville shot handed BC its second loss of the season by a score of 7-6.

The game was the second played between these two schools, and the all-time record is now 1-1.

BC defeated Louisville last season on a shot that came with six seconds left in overtime. This was the first time this season that BC has played an overtime period.

The scoring began almost four minutes into the game, with Louisville drawing first blood. BC

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other players to contribute when the top line of Carpenter, Haley Skarupa, and Kenzie Kent cannot. Fortunately for her, she has college hockey’s most electric second line: Andie Anastos, Makenna Newkirk, and, of course, Trivigno.

Treacy botched an easy deflection off a shot by Anastos, allowing Newkirk to gather the puck easily on an open net halfway through the second period.

And after missing a couple of clear looks, Trivigno made a SportsCenter Top 10-worthy play.

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responded shortly afterward with Sarah Mannelly’s fifth goal of the season. Kate Weeks and Sam Apuzzo scored two quick goals to give the Eagles a 3-1 advantage.

BC would go on to score one more goal in the half, courtesy of Mannelly, while Louisville would add two more, leaving a halftime score of 4-3 in favor of BC. In the second half, the Cardinals struck quickly, scoring three goals to reclaim the lead at 6-4. The BC offense would muster two more goals from shots by Caroline Margolis and Weeks, tying the game up at six with time running short in regulation. After the regulation period, BC got its first taste of the new “sudden death” overtime rules.

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to its own defense to make one more stand with two minutes left in overtime. Louisville changed tactics, and had its goalie come out to near midfield to run down the clock, ensuring that its possession would be the last of the period.

After breaking into the BC defensive zone, the Cardinals gained a free position shot with 12 seconds left after a late BC penalty.

With a clear shot on net, Louisville’s Hannah Koloski capitalized on the opportunity and sealed the victory for the Cardinals. The overtime loss overshadows a performance by BC’s Ochoa, who had a career-high 13 saves on 20 shots in the loss.

In addition, Mannelly’s assist on Apuzzo’s first-half goal moved her into a tie for fifth place in BC’s career assists record. Freshman

Brooke Troy made her first start for BC as well, and picked up three ground balls and forced three turnovers.

The loss leaves BC on a twogame losing streak and winless in ACC play. The Eagles will need to focus on finishing games as they go forward. BC will play some outof-conference games until midMarch, in which ACC play will resume. BC will look forward to coming home and playing at home for the first time this season when it faces off against the University of Massachusetts in early March.

For Louisville, this was a great way for to start off its 2016 campaign in the ACC. While still new to the conference, it has shown that it can play with the best, and will be a strong competitor going forward.

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9: N`ej J_Xi\ f] ?<8 I\^lcXi J\Xjfe K`kc\ N`k_ Gifm`[\eZ\ MHOK vs. UML Sat., from B1 to knock off the Eagles, 3-1, on its own senior night.

With the victory and Boston University’s 1-0 loss to Notre Dame, the River Hawks earn the fourth seed and an all-important bye in the conference playoffs. On the other end, after Providence’s win over Massachusetts, the Eagles will have to be content with a share of the Hockey East regular season title—they will, however, still be the No. 1 overall seed by virtue of their 1-0-1 conference record against the Friars.

The Eagles couldn’t get out to a good start in the first period against Norm Bazin’s crippling defensive scheme. BC managed just five shots on goal in the opening frame, only one of which—a botched turnover reeled in by team captain Teddy Doherty that UMass Lowell goaltender Kevin Boyle stoned—was a legitimate scoring attempt.

On the other side, Lowell kept consistent pressure on Thatcher Demko. A mere two minutes into the game, Connor Wilson rung a shot off the post that was nearly mishandled. The BC goaltender couldn’t stay perfect for much longer, though. Midway through the frame, A.J. White spun off Demko after a deflection from Michael Louria’s shot. He sniped it just as Demko’s left leg was coming down to give the River Hawks an early 1-0 lead.

For the remainder of the first, the Eagles’ defense stood tall. BC survived a scary Lowell offensive stretch where both Michael Kim and Ryan Fitzgerald were missing sticks, while Steve Santini and Casey Fitzgerald expertly poked a few shots away during a power play as time wound down.

In the second, Demko showed why he deserves to be (at least) a Hobey Baker Award finalist. The Vancouver Canucks prospect knocked away several superb attempts by Lowell forwards. In one of his most notable, Demko went into a full split to kick away a shot

by Ryan Dmowski. He then came back up into position to snag Dmowski’s snipe off his own rebound.

BC’s offense repaid Demko for his service, courtesy of its most dangerous line. Zach Sanford skated down the far side, deking the puck back and forth to draw three defenders on him. While he did, Casey Fitzgerald created space, allowing Sanford to dish the puck back to his defender at the point. Fitzgerald spun around and beat UML’s John Edwardh, feeding Alex Tuch at the bottom of the circle to Boyle’s right. The sophomore rocketed the puck past a diving Niklas Folin to

tie the game up.

Still, the Eagles couldn’t get any consistent offensive pressure. BC managed a mere five shots in the frame—the goal among them—while Lowell kept the heat on Demko. Following the game, Jerry York lamented the lack of flow among his forwards.

“We weren’t sustaining our offense as much as we’d like to,” York said.

By the third period, BC’s already lackluster performance devolved into a complete disaster. Instead of coming out of the locker room in full force, the Eagles fell flat.

Gifted with a power play off of a charging call on Folin, BC seemingly couldn’t handle the fresh ice.

Lowell’s Tyler Mueller found a hole in the BC defense, taking advantage of a defender who fell down. He skated down and slotted the puck past Demko for a shorthanded goal. It was Mueller’s second of the season, and only the first BC has allowed all year. Five minutes later, Edwardh put the River Hawks up by two. The fourth-line forward received a feed off the deflection from a diving C.J. Smith before eyeing open air on Demko’s right.

For the remainder of the period, Lowell pushed back into Bazin’s patented punishing defense. The River Hawks skillfully slowed down BC’s game, using the forecheck to crush any offensive chances.

“If you come out of your zone clean, you have a chance to come out on the attack, but their forecheck prevented us from coming out smooth,” York said.

In the end, one team had more to play for on Saturday night. The River Hawks wanted the extra week off, while nothing the Eagles could’ve done tonight would have made their run for a sixth national championship any easier. And if it’s any consolation to the BC faithful, BU now won’t have any time to rest and must prepare for (an admittedly pitiful) UMass Amherst team next week.

Now it’s up to the Eagles to use the next 11 days of practice smartly and creatively. They must get healthy, and fast. Colin White sat again with a shoulder injury, Chris Calnan is still dealing with ankle issues, and Miles Wood spent some time in the locker room. If nothing else, it’ll give Demko some time off—the goaltender, fresh off double hip surgery in the offseason, has rarely gotten a chance to sit.

Because, if they have more performances like they did Saturday night, there won’t be many more games left in this season for BC.

MHOK vs. UML Fri., from B1 regular-season title.

The Eagles got off to a hot start on senior night at Kelley Rink. A mere four minutes into the game, Matthew Gaudreau skated down toward River Hawks goaltender Kevin Boyle. His shot deflected high off the goaltender’s pads, perfectly for Ryan Fitzgerald to take a baseball-esque swing at it into the net.

Six minutes later, the hole for UMass Lowell (20-8-5, 11-6-4) only deepened.

Alex Tuch gave a juicy rebound up for senior captain Teddy Doherty, who slammed it home to put BC up 2-0. After the goal, Doherty raised his arms and leg, mimicking the typical celebration of his linemates, Tuch and Zach Sanford, before welcoming a mob around him in front of a screaming student section. Many SuperFans behind the UML goal held signs honoring the teams’ four seniors—Doherty, Travis Jeke, Brendan Silk, and Peter McMullen—and following the game, York commented on how much Doherty’s goal meant for the Class of 2016.

“It’s a small senior class, and they haven’t played a heckuva lot through their four years, except for Teddy,” York said, “but they’ve contributed in a lot of different ways, so I feel really good about it.”

The River Hawks swung the momentum back their way to close the first period. Austin Cangelosi committed a poor turnover deep in BC’s zone, allowing the puck to find its way right to Lowell right winger Adam Chapie. The senior wristed it past Thatcher Demko to cut BC’s lead in half.

But that would be the last time Demko allowed himself to be beaten. The Eagles struggled to stay out of the penalty box for much of the second and third periods, yet each time, Demko stood on his head. The Vancouver Canucks prospect made save after save, often when forced out of position

by Lowell forwards drawing him to a particular side. On one of the more impressive sequences, Demko went into a full split on what was essentially a four-minute power play—Sanford and Casey Fitzgerald earned minors one after the other—stuffing a UML player’s shot.

“Our goaltender, Thatcher, was very instrumental in the win,” York said. “We got some great

saves by [him].”

He did it all without receiving any help. The Eagles struggled against Norm Bazin’s notoriously tough defensive system. Their best chance was during a 5-on-3 late for 1:15 late in the second period. But River Hawks defenseman Tyler Mueller stuffed Adam Gilmour on the best look of the night, spreading out with his stick while Boyle sold out too far to the left to keep it a onegoal game.

Through much of the third, the Eagles played back, trying to clinch the game without selling out too much offensively. But as it turned out, Lowell would simply hand it to them in the third period.

With a little over three minutes remaining, Cangelosi went to the box for a face mask, giving Lowell a prime opportunity to tie the game.

But Bazin, frustrated with what he saw from his team against BC’s stifling power play, rolled the dice and pulled Boyle to give the River Hawks a 6-on-4.

His gamble failed.

A mere 20 seconds after the power play began, Demko fed the puck quickly to Ian McCoshen.

The defenseman got it over to Ryan Fitzgerald, who notched the dagger—a shorthanded emptynetter for his 20th goal of the season. Following the game, Bazin was ready for a question he knew he was bound to face, reacting to the fact that his team was not only 0-for-7 on the power play tonight, but 4-for-40 since the beginning of 2016.

“You gotta go with your gut sometimes,” Bazin said. “You got to try something, because to wait with one minute left, you might not get a power play. […] I was hoping we could generate more with a two-man advantage.”

With a victory and another trophy, you might expect York to be in full celebration mode. But the head coach takes no comfort from his team’s accomplishment, at least not yet. After all, the Eagles only have a share of the title. They control their own destiny to win it outright, with a tie or win against Lowell on Saturday, or a tie or loss by Providence against UMass. And York, a notorious competitor, does not like to share.

“That’s our task tomorrow night,” York said.

“It’s not to celebrate that we’re going to possibly share a title. We want to win it.”

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“We battled that first period,” BC head coach Katie Crowley said. “They got a sneaky one on that long shot.”

The beginning minutes of the second period would offer no comfort. The Eagles and Black Bears traded shots, to no avail. With 10 minutes left in the second, Trivigno finally shot one high past Treacy, giving BC its first lead of the game. She lifted her leg up in celebration and body-slammed the glass. Trivigno has been on her A-game in the latter part of the season, earning 12 goals and 13 assists since a Jan. 15 game against Merrimack. “[Trivigno’s] a great player, and is I think

sometimes overlooked when you have other people in your class like Haley Skarupa and Alex Carpenter,” Crowley said. “She’s done a phenomenal job this year as a leader and in the last month, scoring goals and putting pucks in the net.”

Trivigno’s celebration lit a fire under the Eagles, with BC notching another goal shortly after. A few minutes after the goal, Audra Richards got called for hooking, offering up another power-play opportunity for BC. Amid the traffic of several Eagles and Black Bears, Kenzie Kent pushed the puck past Treacy on the left side of the goal. With the goal, the Eagles have notched 41 power-play goals this season, a new program record.

Minutes later, Meghan Grieves replicated Trivigno’s shot—high up, over the shoulder— but from the opposite faceoff circle. Suddenly, BC was up 4-1.

What a difference 20 minutes makes.

Makenna Newkirk opened up the third pe-

riod with a goal of her own just three minutes in, hurling the puck from the faceoff circle. It was the freshman’s 21st of the season.

Though by the halfway mark of the third period the game was mostly out of reach, tensions still flared on the ice. After a shot

by Catherine Tufts, the forward crashed into Burt. The blow knocked Burt over, and groups of Eagles avenged the fall, throwing punches and pushing against Maine players. Four players were sent to the penalty box. Trivigno made her second trip of the night, this time for roughing, and slammed her stick against the glass as she sat down. After some deliberation by the zebras, Toni Ann Miano joined her in the box, also for roughing. Black Bears Brooke Stacey and Catherine Tufts landed in the box for roughing and charging, respectively. With both teams down two, they were still playing at even strength.

As the seconds wound down in the third period, the Eagles knew that nothing could be

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Kristyn Capizzano (7) had a superb weekend, including a goal in Friday night’s game. done against them. BC players rushed over to goalie Burt and gave her hugs, and Kaliya Johnson slammed her stick on the ice to the beat of the pep band playing the Fight Song one last

time. With one more step closer to winning it all, the Eagles had something to celebrate.

“It’s exciting to move on to the semifinal game,” Crowley said.

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Now compare that to BC’s squad from this season. The Eagles top the country in scoring at 5.42. That’s more than the 2012-13 Golden Gophers, though the margin between them and second-place Minnesota is only half a goal. Like Minnesota, BC has a shining top line led by women’s hockey’s version of Jordan and Pippen. Alex Carpenter, the 2015 Patty Kaz winner, is on a torrid pace again with 77 points—second-best in the nation with 38 goals and 39 assists—while her partner, Haley Skarupa, is right behind her at 30 goals and 38 assists.

But unlike that Minnesota team, which had the core of scoring solely around Kessel and Brandt, these Eagles are deep. Eight other players are on the top 75 in the nation, including senior captain Dana Trivigno, freshman sensation Makenna Newkirk, and the country’s leading scorer among defensemen, Megan Keller.

BC doesn’t lead the nation defensively, but its goaltender is no slouch. The Eagles rank “only” third in GAA at 1.12, but Katie Burt has still been fantastic this year. She has a .944 save percentage (fourth), 12 shutouts (third), and a 1.17 GAA (third). Though Burt hasn’t faced many shots, it shouldn’t be a problem. She has been anchored by

a phenomenal defensive corps headed by Keller, Lexi Bender, and Kaliya Johnson that stifles offensive opportunities before opposing teams can even muster them.

Only two teams could stand in BC’s way: Wisconsin and this year’s rendition of Minnesota. But neither have the overall fortitude of the Eagles. The Badgers have the country’s best goaltender in Ann-Renee Desbiens, who has allowed a mere 0.72 goals per game. While their offense is strong, scoring 3.89 goals per game, they only have one real threat: sophomore Annie Pankowski. The Golden Gophers are the opposite. They’re still strong at scoring: Brandt is still around, newcomer Sarah Potomak is making waves as an upand-comer, and Kessel has returned from a two-year hiatus caused by concussion symptoms. But goaltender Amanda Leveille isn’t as elite as Burt. And Minnesota’s defense isn’t as strong.

Okay, it shouldn’t have been hard to convince you that the women can finish the mission they started last year. But the men’s case might seem a little more shaky. After all, BC isn’t the top team in the country, and a lot of teams surround it at the top of the rankings. But it’s actually just as strong.

Unlike the women, the men’s field is slightly more open. Any of the top six in the PairWise Rankings should be considered a “favorite.” That includes, in order as of Feb.

28: Quinnipiac, North Dakota, St. Cloud State, Providence, BC, and Michigan. But, even with the Eagles in the five-spot of that group, they’re still the safest pick.

Michigan has all of its strength up front, touting the nation’s highest-scoring offense at 4.73 goals per game. Kyle Connor leads the nation in points, Tyler Motte in goals, and J.T. Compher in assists, not to mention a punishing defenseman in Zach Werenski. Yet the Wolverines play in the Big Ten, one of the country’s worst conferences. They’ve eaten up the weak like Wisconsin and Ohio State, challenged only by teams on the fringes of NCAA Tournament contention, like Minnesota and Penn State. And goaltender Steve Racine is one of the worst in the sport. He gives up a whopping 2.77 goals per game, 50th (50th!) among qualifying goalies. If the Wolverines run into a hot goaltender (read: Demko, Thatcher), there’s no chance Racine will stay strong enough to win a low-scoring affair.

Quinnipiac also fails the difficulty test.

The ECAC, while not as easy as the Big Ten, WCHA, and AHC, doesn’t match up to Hockey East and the NCHC. Quinny’s most impressive wins, a sweep of St. Cloud State, came way back in October. The Bobcats’ ability to grit out wins is impressive, but let’s not overlook the facts: NINE of 14 games since 2016 have gone into overtime.

They’ve got a couple of dangerous scorers

in Sam Anas and Travis St. Denis, but their depth isn’t as strong as a team like BC. And goaltender Michael Garteig, though fourth in goals against average, is down to 18th in save percentage. This isn’t a team that BC should fear.

And how can BC realistically worry about Providence? Just take a look at the last time the two teams played. The Eagles crushed Nick Ellis for five goals on 18 shots in the Friday game, forcing him to the bench in a 7-3 win at Kelley Rink. On Saturday, the Friars appeared to return the favor by getting out to a 4-1 lead at Schneider Arena.

But the Eagles stormed back, scoring the final three goals to earn a hard-fought tie on the road against the then-No. 3 team in the nation. And lest we forget that it was Ian Milosz in goal for the first two games of his collegiate career, not Demko.

That leaves North Dakota and St. Cloud State. But neither has all of the benefits that BC does.

St. Cloud State’s Charlie Lindgren can’t match up to Demko and NoDak’s Cam Johnson in between the pipes. The latter two are second and third in goals against average and save percentage, respectively, while Lindgren is in the middle of the pack.

And Demko has proven he can control a game better than anyone else—his nine shutouts lead the nation.

And no team can match the depth of BC. If healthy—and that’s a big if, with

Colin White and Chris Calnan nursing injuries—no team has the scoring capability across four lines quite like BC. Providence might come close, but it lacks what BC has plenty of: star power. White, Miles Wood, Alex Tuch, and Zach Sanford all profile as future NHL heavyweights. And each can take over a game with ease on any given night.

BC is also by far the hottest team of this bunch. Take a look at each team’s games since 2016 rolled around—all six are hot, but BC has been the best. BC is 11-1-4, followed by Quinnipiac (8-1-5), Michigan (10-2-2), North Dakota (11-3-1), Providence (12-4-1) and St. Cloud State (11-4-1).

Oh, and Jerry York. I don’t really need to explain that one.

Not convinced? Well, take a look at the three places BC will end up in the playoffs.

The Eagles will either play their regional in Worcester, Mass., or Albany, N.Y. If they make it through there, BC will advance to the Frozen Four in Tampa, Fla. At Worcester’s DCU Center, the Eagles have a 12-1 all-time record. Meanwhile, BC has won national championships at the Times Union Center and Tampa Bay Times Forum.

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G e o r g i a Te c h 76 Georgia Tech waltzed into Conte Boston College 71 Forum boasting two impressive wins over No. 19 Notre Dame and a difficult Clemson team in the past seven days. And the Yellow Jackets didn’t cool off against the Eagles, starting 9-of-10 from the field and finishing the first half shooting at a 72 percent clip. Not to mention, BC’s 13-point halftime deficit looked even worse against the backdrop of a season’s worth of second-half collapses.

But the Eagles (7-22, 0-16 Atlantic Coast) showed life in the second half against Georgia Tech (17-12, 7-9), opening the final 20 minutes on a 11-4 run and pulling within a possession of the lead late in the game. Unfortunately for head coach Jim Christian’s squad—which is still seeking its first ACC win—foul trouble proved to be BC’s kryptonite once again, as a 33-7 free-throw disparity ultimately killed its chances of an upset in a 76-71 loss.

After a dismal first half in which Sammy Barnes-Thompkins’ barrage of 3-pointers was the only thing keeping the Eagles afloat, Christian made defensive alterations coming out of the intermission that stifled the Yellow Jacket offense. Garland Owens and Dennis Clifford led a rejuvenated defensive front that held Georgia Tech to 6-of-18 shooting and forward Nick Jacobs (10 points in the first half ) to only one basket in the second half.

“We adjusted some things to take away some of the post, we doubled a little bit more,” Christian said. “They’re a hard team to double, because Marcus Georges-Hunt is such a good driver and Adam Smith is such a good shooter.”

Two things didn’t change after halftime, however: turnovers and foul trouble.

Following a first half in which BC ceded 17 free-throw attempts, the injury-ridden group gave the Yellow Jackets another 16 free throws in the second half. Couple that with Eli Carter’s 10 turnovers, and it’s easy to see that the Eagles shot themselves in the foot for their 16th consecutive loss. Is it fair to start pointing fingers?

“There are no quick fixes in the ACC,” Christian said. “This is a very difficult league to rebuild in. Period. It doesn’t happen overnight.”

One of the best models for rebuilding a team in the ACC may have been right in front

of Christian’s eyes on Saturday.

“I’ve been through it,” Georgia Tech head coach Brian Gregory said, whose 2014-15 team finished 3-15 in the ACC. “When you have a young team in this league, […] you’re gonna get your brains beat in. During the rebuilding process, you get knocked down all the time.”

This year, Gregory’s Yellow Jackets have racked up seven conference wins behind stellar play from Georges-Hunt, who Gregory noted had to suffer through several painful losing seasons before finally seeing success this season as a senior. Georges-Hunt finished with 23 points on a perfect 7-for-7 shooting day.

“The next step is being competitive in every game,” Gregory said of the rebuilding process. “And then you got to learn how to win those.”

If the Eagles were going to steal their first conference victory, they needed top-notch outings from their two senior leaders and at least one standout performance from a role player. Surprisingly, they got exactly that.

Carter totaled 25 points on 10-for-18 shooting, and Clifford added 17 to go along with four rebounds, a steal, and a block.

Barnes-Thompkins was red-hot from behind the arc, sinking five 3-pointers. Carter also pitched in nine assists to somewhat offset his double-digit turnover count.

But today, BC missed the injured freshman duo of A.J. Turner and Jerome Robinson more than ever. Christian was forced to rely on guys like Owens, Darryl Hicks, and Matt Milon for big minutes when, ideally, these players should be given playing time in smaller doses while they continue to develop. In the final minutes, the Eagles made the necessary defensive stops, yet seemed to run out of options on offense when they needed them most. Carter had two layups blocked in the last 90 seconds, and the rest of the lineup wasn’t creating much of anything else.

Christian is skeptical that Robinson will come back anytime soon, but entertained the possibility of Turner returning for Wednesday’s matchup at North Carolina State.

At this point, BC is one of just a handful of teams in the ACC not competing for a berth in the NCAA Tournament. It’s playing for pride. But even one victory in the Eagles’ final two conference tilts would mean the world not only to the two senior leaders, but also to the herd of freshmen that will be tasked with carrying the torch—now dimmer than ever—for the next years of the rebuilding process.

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Offensive Boards: Georgia Tech outrebounded BC overall, 27 to 23, but the Eagles’ offensive boards helped them cut into the lead. Dennis Clifford and Garland Owens each contributed two offensive rebounds as the Eagles tallied 10 overall. One of Clifford’s rebounds proved especially important, as it resulted in an Eli Carter jump shot to pull BC within four points of the Yellow Jackets. The offensive boards allowed the Eagles to score 13 second-chance points on the day, keeping them in the game and allowing them to give Georgia Tech a real scare.

Heart: There’s something to be said for heart and hustle. Just two games ago, BC had an absolutely dismal performance at Wake Forest, showing no desire to be competitive and scrape out a win. Today, the Eagles refused to quit. Starting in the second half, they never stopped fighting and never allowed the Yellow Jackets to settle in with a comfortable lead. An initial run in the second half cut Georgia Tech’s lead to 56-54. Almost immediately, the Yellow Jackets started to pull away again. It would’ve been easy to give up, but the Eagles didn’t back down. They continued to play tough and chip away at the lead, resulting in another run to bring them within four. It didn’t go without notice.

“We played a team that, especially in the second half, played extremely hard and did a

lot of good things against us,” Georgia Tech head coach Brian Gregory said. “They really gave us a lot of problems.”

Three Down Eli Carter: There were some bright spots from Carter today. He totaled 25 points, nine assists, and four rebounds. But he also committed 10 of the team’s 15 turnovers on the day. Two of his turnovers came before he scored, and one of them came after he dribbled the ball off of his own foot. At various points, Carter tried to force passes to heavily defended teammates, resulting in more turnovers. He also seemed selfish at times, forcing up shots instead of kicking the ball out to open teammates. He went 3-from-8 from beyond the arc on the day.

Carter took responsibility for his sloppy play after the game.

“I just got careless with the ball,” he said.

Defending the Post: Georgia Tech overpowered BC in the post, especially early in the game. The Yellow Jackets’ big men—Nick Jacobs and Quinton Mitchell—powered down and controlled the lane, where most of Georgia Tech’s early points came. Christian discussed the defensive weaknesses after the game.

“Obviously in the first half, defensively, we did a really poor job of one-on-one defense, especially inside,” he said. “We adjusted some things to take away some of the post. We were going to double the four-man and let Dennis play down there but Jacobs was a really good player in the first half.”

Jacobs finished with 12 points on the day. His early dominance in the lane helped Georgia Tech jump out to an early lead that BC would scramble to close for the rest of the game.

Fouls: The Yellow Jackets went 27-for-33 from the free throw line on the day. By contrast, the Eagles went 5-for-7. Nobody can win a game if he only gets seven free-throw opportunities while giving his opponent 33 chances. While some of the Eagles’ fouls were smart plays, especially toward the end of the game, many were unnecessary. Furthermore, some BC fouls came at crucial moments.

When Georgia Tech led 63-58, a Clifford foul sent Quinton Stephens to the line for two.

Stephens drained both free throws to build the lead back up for the Yellow Jackets.

Christian emphasized the importance of drawing fouls after the game. “They were doing a much better job at getting fouled on very similar plays,” he said. “We have to get fouled to keep that number more than 33 to seven.”

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Boston College women’s basketball had high hopes this season. After going 11-1 in its non-conference slate, the team’s goals of being competitive in the Boston College 58 ACC and making Notre Dame 70 it to the NCAA Tournament seemed within reach. After entering ACC play and being plagued game after game with turnovers, fouls, and missed baskets, the team’s dream became impossible to achieve.

But the Eagles never stopped fighting. During their final regular-season game, the Eagles hoped to steal a little luck from the Fighting Irish to end the season on a high note.

The Eagles had the tools to pull off the unlikely upset with their inside-out game that highlights 3-point superstars Kelly Hughes and

Nicole Boudreau and a standout freshman at the post, Mariella Fasoula. But BC needed more than skill: it needed luck. The Fighting Irish, however, kept all the luck to themselves. The Eagles (14-15, 2-14 Atlantic Coast) lost to the No. 2 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (28-1, 16-0) in a respectable 70-58 defeat.

Throughout the first quarter, BC struggled to contend with a powerful ND team. With a sellout crowd behind them, the Fighting Irish had a commanding 22-4 lead at the first media timeout. But the Eagles were not discouraged.

BC managed to cut the lead to 25-12 after one quarter behind the efforts of Fasoula, and it did not stop there.

With a jumper, a few free throws, and a 3pointer by Hughes, the Eagles managed to get within 10 points of the Fighting Irish and only trailed 32-22 halfway through the quarter. In the final four minutes, however, ND went on

an 8-0 run before heading into the locker room at halftime with a 42-24 lead.

The Fighting Irish came out cold, and the Eagles took advantage, going on a 6-0 run to decrease the lead to 42-30 in the first three minutes of the half. With the crowd demanding a timeout be called, ND did everything it could to end BC’s momentum. The Eagles’ defense crumbled under pressure and allowed the Fighting Irish to go on a run of their own, increasing their lead to 49-30 with less than five minutes left in the quarter.

With Fasoula on the bench with four fouls, the Eagles struggled on both ends of the court.

BC continued to miss shots and commit fouls, handing the Fighting Irish a 55-35 lead going into the final quarter. If the Eagles could not have ND’s luck, they were borrowing some of the team’s fight.

Hughes and Martina Mossetti had a com-

bined five points in the first half. BC needed to fight on the offensive end to get back into the game. To open the quarter, Hughes and Mossetti worked the ball around the arc, trying to get the Fighting Irish’s zone defense off balance.

Mossetti saw a hole and took advantage, firing a long-range two. But ND continued to fight back. The teams battled back and forth as the Eagles tried to slowly chip away at the Fighting Irish’s lead.

With 5:54 left in the game, the Irish were up 62-45. The Eagles took a huge blow when Fasoula was called for her fifth and final foul. As she walked back to the bench, the Eagles’ disappointment was evident, but they kept fighting.

Mosetti and Hughes continually worked the ball and set up their teammates in order to give the Fighting Irish a run for their money.

Senior Boudreau scored her first basket of her final regular-season game as an Eagle

with less than four minutes left to make it a 64-50 game. But by then, the game was already decided. BC played without fear because a loss was inevitable. This allowed the team to successfully play offensively for the first time all afternoon. Led by Hughes and Mossetti, who scored 21 points collectively in the second half, the Eagles walked away with a respectable loss against the top-ACC team.

Although the Eagles did not achieve their goals, this is a game to be proud of. They may have had 17 turnovers and 19 fouls, but they also had 30 rebounds and eight steals. Whether BC was down by 10 or 22, the team never gave up the fight. It may not have been the ACC upset the team was looking for all season, but a 70-58 loss to the No. 2 team in the country is not too bad. And, it should give the team positive vibes heading into the ACC Tournament in Greensboro, N.C.

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Don’t get the wrong idea. I didn’t kill anyone or rob any local banks. In fact, I’m changing my name because of something I’m not personally involved with at all. With Netflix’s Fuller House available to the public, I can no longer carry on the great name Fuller without a serious sense FULLER HOUSE of shame.

Netflix Comparing this blasphemous sequel to the epic ’90s sitcom, Fuller House looks like garbage-bin graffiti, while the cheesy yet adorable Full House now seems like it came straight out of Masterpiece Theater.

It’s a sad thing to say that the best things to come out of Fuller House are the Carly Rae Jepsen cover of Full House’s theme song and knowing that Jodie Sweetin recovered rather well from her crack addiction. This might

all sound overly critical, but when you get just a whiff of the pile of trash that is Fuller House, you’ll understand where this hatred is coming from.

Fuller House is Full House. It does nothing to show that it’s its own piece of art with unique messages for an audience or concepts at play. Each plotline of the 13-episode season has been virtually lifted out of Full House and placed into Fuller House. Fuller House’s creators and writers, on the other hand, checked the compassion that exuded from Full House at the door when they came together to make the show. Instead, they brought along social media and Donald Trump references, forcing characters that fans knew and loved to appear as overdone caricatures of their former selves, shoved into an era that no one ever wanted to see them in.

In this farce of a show, D.J. Tanner moves back to her dad’s house with her kids in the wake of her firefighter husband’s death.

Stephanie Tanner is now a world-famous DJ (aptly calling herself DJ Tanner) and Michelle is running her fashion empire in New York.

This last point is delivered to the audience

in a horrendous moment of self-indulgence.

Danny Tanner tells Stephanie where Michelle is, then the entire cast turns to look directly in the camera for about 10-15 seconds.

These pitiful seconds are the quintessence of Fuller House—a self-serving reminder to the rest of the world that Full House existed and that John Stamos and Lori Loughlin actually look pretty good for 50.

About the only thing Fuller House can do is remember the past. Each episode is laced with around 30 excruciatingly direct references to an episode of Full House. “What should D.J. and Stephanie talk about with these two men they meet at a bar?” the writers asked themselves. “How about that time they put a hole in the wall and tried to hide it from their dad?” Yeah, that’s real attractive, real necessary. About every five minutes you’ll hear Stephanie’s famous “How rude!” or Michelle’s “You’ve got it, dude!” with a vigorously stuck-out thumb. It’s baffling to think about how they did this. Michelle’s not even on the show, and her quote was said more than it probably was in any season of Full House.

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To put it bluntly, Fuller House is terrible.

It actually went so far as to produce the opposite effect of what it was going for. It wanted to remind people how much they loved Full House. Instead, it just showed audiences how self-obsessed these actors are. It brought out and emphasized the bad qualities of its predecessor, bringing nothing new to the table except cell phones and Trump’s candidacy.

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The 1975’s new album has a crazy and stupid title: I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful, Yet So Unaware of It. Two commas, count ’em. Few other album names are complete sentences, and pretty much none are as long.

The band’s 2013 self-titled debut followed four EPs, self-released in 2012-13 after the band spent 10 years—since lead singer Matt Healy was 13—trying and failing to get signed.

That first album hit No. 1 in the UK, launching The 1975 to a semi-stardom that inspired much of the new material here. The group spent a couple years touring, soaking in a new fandom that seems to both inspire and terrify Healy. Then it took the spring of 2015 off to record in LA, and here’s the result, nearly a year later.

In theory, this band should be annoying.

Healy seems like kind of an uber-narcissist, the type of guy I LIKE YOU WHEN who uses YOU SLEEP tons of The 1975 big words in interviews.

He’s the kind of artist who thinks his music is a gift.

Sometimes he refers to The 1975 as “I,” dissingbut-not-really his bandmates George Daniel, Adam Hann, and Ross MacDonald. Every show, he strolls onstage with a bottle or glass of wine, visibly drunk, maybe high, too. It’s possible he wants everybody to think he’s being ironic: “Yeah, they know I’m just messing with them!” A recent profile in British music mag NME seemed to take his word for it, arguing that he’s acutely aware of his flamboyance and

absurdity. This could be true, but it’s hard to buy completely—he literally said that he thinks the world “needs this album.” Ironic or not, he is super into himself.

Nevertheless, it’s also true that Healy is a seriously gifted frontman, talented but magnetic, transparent, and erudite, too. He’s a lyricist in conversation and in his songs, and though some of his answers meander, he is often frighteningly thoughtful, spending lots of interview time poking fun at fame and questioning his fans’ craziness—“I don’t have a 1975 tattoo, and I am The 1975.” That sort of thing. And there’s also this: The 1975 is probably the future’s biggest band.

Sleep opens up with “The 1975,” just like the first album. At first it seems like the band might’ve just slapped the same song on this second album, but then it switches it up and comes out hard with a gospel choir. Clearly a big shift from the emo, moody vibe on the first record.

The build-up to this album was all about how Healy was channeling the ’80s by putting together a big lineup of synth-pop jams.

There’s ridiculous groove—“UGH!,” “She’s American”—and some stripped-down R&B noir featuring a clarinet and some harp, straight off a remixed jazz-gospel album, on “If I Believe You.” “A Change of Heart,” one of the best songs on this album, is basically the love child of Berlin’s “Take My Breath Away” and Genesis’ “Throwing It All Away,” both from 1986, with its earworm backtrack and sad-ish topic. But the line “Your eyes were full of regret / As you took a picture of your salad and put it on the Internet” probably could’ve used a re-write.

A couple weeks ago on Zane Lowe’s Beats 1 radio show, Healy said one of the things he loves about this album is all the references to the band’s earlier work planted in it are little

nuggets for longtime fans: “She’s American” starts with almost the same guitar riff as “Settle Down,” the album opens with the same lyrics, if a different sound, on “The 1975,” and “Lostmyhead” is a clear sequel to “Facedown,” a breathy, ethereal affair off of an early EP that’s been turned into a pop/rock fusion with some white noise.

There are also back-to-back tracks, “The Sound” and “This Must Be My Dream,” that are aggressively radio-friendly. “The Sound” is backed by a children’s choir and a bananaspredictable ’90s Euro dance-pop piano riff that sounds like it was stapled onto the final track. “This Must Be My Dream” is way better, a sparkly but low-key jam that finally features the Big Sexy Sax Solo everybody expected.

But even that is middle-of-the-road material here. Lots of good car radio songs dot the beginning, and then “If I Believe You” to “The Ballad of Me and My Brain” is an 18-minute lull, largely too moody and slow or too noisy and fast to be listenable. But when you arrive at “Somebody Else,” that seems almost intentional, like the band had to be straightforward at first and then slow things down a little.

“Somebody Else” is the pinnacle of the record, a smash, a synth-pop masterpiece exhibiting groove, feeling, and thoughtfulness. It’s gorgeous, it’s smart, it’s new.

After that, the mood shifts. The subject matter is still dark—drugs, sex, break ups, depression—but excluding “The Sound,” which is out of place, the aura is stunning. The title track on Sleep is a six-and-a-half-minute instrumental lullaby. And it ends as the first album did, with something completely different, “She Lays Down,” with just Healy and his guitar. It seems like it was done in one take. “And that was it,” he says at the end. Fade out.

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I’ve Made, will prove much more difficult to defend. In reality, criticisms regarding Macklemore’s authenticity or genuineness are misplaced—he has existed in the underground for over a decade, addressing similarly goofy and uncomfortable topics long before he became infamous for it, showcased most notably on his solo debut The Language of My World.

But album number two for Macklemore and Lewis falls flat artistically, its sprawling diversity a diluent and a weakness this time rather than an asset.

In all fairness, cohesion is clearly not the aim here. Conceptually, it is nearly impossible to dream up anything more disparate than the self-aware confrontation of racial issues on “White Privilege II” and the “deez nuts” joke in “Brad Pitt’s Cousin.” If both offbeat humor and overwhelming sincerity are the two definitive sides of the Macklemore coin, that is perfectly fine, and both personas have a few effective moments, but when sharply juxtaposed, they generate a scattered inconsistency that’s ultimately distracting and a frustrating listen.

Perhaps it comes down to the album’s sequencing. In “Kevin” and “St. Ides,” the listener is pelted with two consecutive intense tracks

addressing substance abuse, and not long after, “Dance Off ” and “Let’s Eat” occur backto-back, two songs addressing, well, dancing and eating. The listening experience becomes akin to being smacked around in a confusing, never-ending pinball machine.

The crying shame of it all is that many of these tracks function well on their own. The Chance the Rapper-assisted “Need to Know” is the obvious standout, a little ditty about selfcensorship in which Mack and the Chi-town youngster assure us that “the truth would be too much.” Macklemore’s guest outshines him with a verse that manages to slip in an off-thewall reference to Kanye West’s “George Bush doesn’t care about black people” incident. The aforementioned “Kevin” is an impassioned, thought-provoking tirade against the pharmaceutical industry’s complicit role in substance abuse. The album is also bookended by the excellent “Light Tunnels” and “White Privilege II”, the former a vivid first-person narration of Macklemore’s Grammy night experience, the latter a bold examination of a white rapper’s role in the Black Lives Matter movement.

The misses occur more often on the silly songs, like the insufferable “Dance Off ”

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Emotionally polarizing lyrics make for tonal discord throughout the duos’ sophomore collab. and “Let’s Eat,” the latter featuring blatantly unfunny body image gags (“I want to be like Hugh Jackman/You know, jacked, man”). The one instance during which he does effectively sell playfulness is on lead single “Downtown,” in which Mack’s nimble delivery in the verses sits perfectly over Lewis’ quirky instrumentation.

But when the solemn moments come back around, Macklemore is especially tough on himself. Many of album’s serious cuts (“Light Tunnels,” “Need to Know,” “St. Ides,”“White

Privilege II”) contain such an abundance of ruthless self-loathing that there ends up being very little in the way of entertainment. A majority of the time, it is utterly suffocating.

This Unruly Mess I’ve Made is a formidable challenge to the phrase “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.” In the case of Macklemore and Lewis’ sophomore effort, its eclectic ingredients clash in truly exhausting fashion, rendering the LP’s overall message incomprehensible and convoluted.

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The widespread reputation of My Mother’s Fleabag as the upper crust of comedy troupes on campus naturally leads to high expectations. The cast itself proclaims this aspect of its ingenuity repeatedly throughout the show, a pride which could toe the line between feeling like an impressive reminder or a crutch for the hit-or-miss nature of improvised comedy, compared to pre-planned sketches. Yet as the show went on, it was clear the praise had been well-earned. Off-the-cuff stunts or silly storylines that might’ve fallen flat when juggled between ad-libbing actors of lesser confidence are elevated to something energetic and unique when performed by this cast of students, who show their support for one another in their unending commitment to the bit at hand.

Some of the best moments in the show are the most innocuous. Low-brow jokes find their own niche in the scenes,

but it is the unpretentious gags that draw a genuine laugh from the room. The middleschool chess rivals Gary Fitzpatrick and Shannon Roberts hashed out their grudges in a tournament that fluctuated between Fitzpatrick’s guileless eagerness, Roberts’ absurdly false deep voice, and the complete lack of knowledge in chess shown by one actor who steps into the role of tournament commentator. It’s a simple shtick done well and with heart, and the same feeling can be seen in the absurdities of games like “My movie, my movie, my movie” or “185.” Each one hits its stride in the organic nature of the pursuit of a laugh, whether it is over the staging of a film titled Latvian Brotherhood or the search for the perfect punchline of a joke beginning with “185 flowers walking into a bar.”

It is amid the sublime of stupidity that the cast’s natural chemistry shows through best. The lack of script offers the repeated opportunity for cast members to come to one another’s rescue at any opportunistic lull in the rapid-fire comedy. Rather than feeling stilted or rocky, a moment of pause often pivots the gag into new territory as the actors gain momentum off the unwieldy audience participants or each other. A game involving a volunteer coming out of the crowd to manipulate the paralyzed body parts of two actors on stage leaves viewers ready to cringe of secondhand embarrassment, but the performers keep the ball rolling with a well-orchestrated

and elaborate search for an imaginary ping pong ball. In a bit involving a barbershop straight out of a nightmare, one of two hostages attempts to make a phone call out for help, only to falter on her cries for assistance. But all is soothed, to the sound of an enthusiastically approving audience, as her fellow captive reminds her with perfect timing that she has to dial a number first.

The games are not polished or perfect, but even the moments of true awkwardness or stumbling do little to faze the actors involved. At all times there is a level of self-awareness that keeps missteps from becoming uncomfortable, despite the number of attentive eyes aimed eagerly at the front of the room. No trick better demonstrates this mastery than “Bing,” a game involving one actor cast as the director of a scene in which the others perform. This coordinator has full veto authority over his companions, “bing-ing” the actions or words they choose to use in order to force them into resourceful creativity. The results can be hugely entertaining, and allows the troupe to clearly and definitively edit its own performance in the moment for maximum payoff.

To reduce My Mother’s Fleabag to its unscripted nature is a disservice to a hardworking and creative group. Yet its in-the-moment cleverness and familiarity with one another’s strengths are truly what makes the performances memorable, and if not always smooth, an entertaining ride.

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My Mother’s Fleabag came together with its usual collection of games including ‘Bing,’ ‘185,’ and ‘My Movie, My Movie, My Movie.’

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The CSA and KSA co-hosted their annual Culture Show this weekend in Robsham.

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CSA and KSA members showcased their martial art adeptness with graceful Kung Fu choreography and a high-tempo Taekwondo show. With each wooden board broken, the audience’s cheers swelled to an even higher volume than before.

In order to properly balance elements of traditional East Asian culture with contemporary art, “Night at the Museum” brought modern music performances to the stage. Student renditions of popular CPOP and KPOP songs, in addition to hiphop and urban-infused dance numbers, intensified the energy and diversified the overall program. Spanning a large portion of the show, this section of present-day dances and songs provided audience members with an in-depth look into the current fads and popular forms of Chinese and Korean entertainment.

Inste ad of de trac ting f rom the overall cultural experience, corny jokes and silly banter delivered by the show’s

three protagonists established a silly and lighthearted tone perfect for breaking up the rather long series of performances. The entertainers modernized their traditional Chinese and Korean crafts by comically incorporating modern lingo and references to today’s viral social movements. For instance, peppered periodically through the performances were phrases like “It’s gonna be lit!” in addition to more than a few imitations of football star Cam Newton’s now-famous “dab” dance move.

As the standout highlight of the night, the Chinese yo-yo performance was an unexpected addition to a song-and-dancedominated show. Tossing the toy around their backs, through their legs and into the air, the performers brought wild yo-yo tricks rarely seen on the Robsham stage.

Artistically interweaving two distinct cultures and styles into one Robsham show, “Night at the Museum” offered its viewers both an enriching artistic experience and an opportunity to learn more about East Asian cultural expression. No children’s movie saga starring Ben Stiller could prepare viewers for this year’s collaborative CSA and KSA showcase, an imaginative clash of cultures that incorporated traditional and contemporary takes on Chinese and Korean art forms.

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stage for about 10 seconds to show off his or her distinct talents. While many of these separate dances meld together in the mind of a casual viewer, it was nice to see BCID put a spotlight on each of its members.

In “Shipping Up to Boston,” the dancers each flaunted a different sports team’s jersey or shirt. “Shipping Up to Boston” was exemplary of the energy that the dancers imbued “Electrify” with and brought out of the audience.

People were clapping to and chanting the Dropkick Murphys’ hit, cheering wildly for BCID. The vitality of the crowd and the dancers was at its peak with this number.

A few guest appearances from Dance Ensemble, Masti, and Sexual Chocolate kept the two-hour set diverse, while also showing how unique a dance style Irish dance is. Compared to these other groups, BCID members are extremely light on their feet. They move across the stage with stunning grace and incomprehensible speed. This isn’t to say that Irish dance is inherently better than the other styles that were displayed, but it’s an interesting sight to see Sexual Chocolate and BCID put together for a dance number. The two styles are completely different, yet

complementary to each other in many ways.

The stage lighting, effects, and props also made for some interesting aspects of the p erformance. The op ening number had the BCID members gloving with LED fingertip gloves, while in many other numbers, the lights would be manipulated so that the audience could only see the dancers’ silhouettes.

In the senior class dance, seniors were given individual time on stage, as they danced in front of photos of them performing Irish dance throughout their lives. If the dancers’ energy wasn’t enough to justify the title “Electrify,” the effects of the program were sure to earn it.

It’s not always easy to put Irish dance into words. To someone who doesn’t practice it, many of the dancers’ moves can easily be lumped together.

Especially with more traditional setlists, it’s easy to get lost in BCID’s sweeping circles, kicks, and jumps. “Electrify,” on the other hand, lived up to its billing, exhibiting the range of songs that BCID is willing to match its craft with.

While Irish dance purists might not be thrilled with BCID’s spectrum of songs chosen for “Electrify,” the diverse setlist kept the show engaging and absorbing to casual viewers and Irish dance fans alike.

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A comparatively contemporary soundtrack kept the BCID performance unique and lively.

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The sonorous, sophisticated sound of a singing choir, each voice in perfect harmony with the others, is a sound likely to send chills down the spines of every listener in the room. The high-arched roofs of cathedrals make for the perfect environment to listen to the echoes of Chorale, which is perhaps what made this Saturday’s Chorale Winter Concert such a compelling experience.

In the warm evening glow of St. Ignatius Church, the University Chorale of Boston College performed a multitude of works from a variety of time periods and composers. Led by conductor John Finney and backed by pianist Darryl Hollister, University Chorale began the night with its rendition of “Tollite Hostias,” a piece by composer Camille Saint-Saens. In the words of Director Finney, the work is the “theme song” of University Chorale, and it made a fitting transition into the beauty of the rest of the performance.

This year’s Winter Concert covered music from a variety of cultural backgrounds.

Italian composers Claudio Monteverdi and Lodovico Viadana were featured.

In particular, Viadana’s “Exsultate Justi” beautifully exemplified the vocal range of BC’s Chorale. From soprano to alto, tenor to baritone to bass, every note sung sounded

perfectly in sync.

Czech composer Antonin Dvorak, author of “Mass in D Major, Op. 86,” was also prominently featured—in fact, this was Chorale’s strongest point of the night.

Excerpts from “Kyrie” and “Credo” perfectly fit the vocal style of University Chorale, making St. Ignatius echo with beauty and solemnity. Closing the night were several hymns by Aaron Copeland, a piece by Irish composer Charles Villiers Stanford, and an African-American spiritual arrangement

by William Dawson. By far, the latter was the most interesting risk of the evening— Dawson’s arrangement fell outside the standard genre of choir music Saturday evening, but was performed wonderfully

by University Chorale.

Even beyond the variety of cultural backgrounds, it was refreshing to see every member of the choir genuinely enjoy themselves as they sang. Smiles dotted the faces of all of the performers, which truly improved the appeal of each song. “Jephte,” performed by the 22 Chamber Singers of University Chorale is a key example—when artists have fun, their art is that much more beautiful.

Most of all, it would be unfair to let the work of John Finney and Darryl Hollister go unnoticed. Hollister, a respected pianist and performer, played alongside University Chorale on piano for the entire evening,

adding a hallowed layer of instrumental accompaniment. He performs often in the Boston area and has been featured at the Festival of African and AfricanAmerican Music in St. Louis, as well as the International Symposium and Festival on Composition in Africa.

Much like Hollister, Finney has an impressive resume of performances. This being his 23rd year of directing University Chorale, he has led the choir to concerts in New York City, Dublin, Barcelona, Madrid, Berlin, Prague, Vienna, and Rome. His work was exemplary Saturday night, leading University Chorale through a notably difficult setlist with relative ease. This, of course, speaks to the hard work of all involved, but would undoubtedly be impossible without the leadership of Finney.

There is truly an aura of spirituality and humanity in the sounds of a highly skilled choir, and it is extremely apparent that BC’s University Chorale is incredibly talented. The Winter Concert is just the beginning of this year’s tour—Chorale still has a Spring Concert in April, as well as a performance at the annual Arts Festival shortly thereafter. Most excitingly, Mar. 4th to Mar. 12th, Chorale visits Budapest, Hungary, and Vienna, Austria, to share its voices with the world. If Saturday night’s concert was any indication, these countries have quite a performance headed their way.

SAVANNA KIEFER / HEIGHTS EDITOR

Boston College’s University Chorale tackled the works of Claudio Monteverdi, William Dawson, and Lodovico Viadana in its Winter Concert.

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And they breed weakness. When I was a kid, half the fun of cartoons was not quite knowing what was going on. Every so often, a line would fly over my head, or I might hear an adult chuckle at something I thought was for kids only. I loved these shows because they were weird, out-there, and often times unabashedly unclean. Most of today’s programming has been censored and corrupted by a dominant cultural shift that demands that children’s shows be free from negative emotions, grotesqueness, conflict, and, consequent of the other three, fun. Adult themes or content are deemed unsuitable for children, effectively neutering children’s TV programming since the mid to late 2000s.

With old reruns of Tom and Jerry, Merrie Melodies, and Looney Tunes, the level of unadulterated violence was as shocking as it was engaging. Though the premise usually remained the same, the inventive presentation of each episode allowed for the same simple idea to manifest itself in provocative and truly captivating ways. Wiley E. Coyote endlessly pursued the Road Runner, but his method and manner evolved, albeit to unsuccessful outcomes. Tom and Jerry’s perpetual game of cat and mouse has taken us to Italy, to France, into opera houses, and onto city streets. The changing landscape brought a sense of adventure to the consistent and simple pursuits of these characters. Much of this was the same in Looney Tunes as well, as the simple ambitions of Bugs and Yosemite alike were amplified by their variety of settings. They were bringing us into real places in the world. The kinds of simple stereotypes they presented, in most cases, were actually intriguing insights into the world. Though these insights were often narrow, their presence was nonetheless felt. The animation reel was a tether to the outside world.

The shows that were more contemporary in my childhood also brought more ideas to the table. Innuendo was sprinkled throughout shows like Rugrats, CatDog, Rocko’s Modern Life, and The Angry Beavers. When watching these shows, sounds emanating from behind closed doors, subtle winks at the camera, and abrupt transitions marked the presence of something out of the ordinary. To the credit of most kids, these things do not go unnoticed. In most cases, small nods to the adult world were harmless enough, but brought a hint of the outside world into play.

So much of today’s TV for kids goes wrong in its complete infantilization of its viewers. Children are the future of our world. In the real world, there is conflict, pain, sexuality, and a host of other things deemed improper for public viewing or conversation. Most kids can handle these small hints at more mature concepts.

Down the line, revisiting old shows we watched as kids, we may come to appreciate that subtle humor more. These additions of adult content prepare children for the real world. In an age when media allows for almost anything to be found out on the Internet, creating pure and completely innocent programming is not representative of the reality children find or will find themselves in. By slipping in nods to a real world, consciously or unconsciously, children will enter into adulthood with fewer surprises.

Now, these more adult concepts in television make for entertaining and insightful programming. In shows like Adventure Time or Gravity Falls, these kinds of sentiments are being kept alive. But more should be done to keep children’s TV out of the hands of puritanical dictators. The real world is harsh. The real world is crude. The real world is violent.

Through the eyes of a child, these things often prove to be self-evident. Adults often times fail to give children enough credit. They are resilient and can handle it. If anything, it makes them stronger.

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dancers twirl to meticulously mapped moves while fan dancers dazzle with colorful fans and in-sync choreography. According to Saturday’s captivating CSA and KSA culture show, “Night at the Museum,” a high-energy presentation of singers, dancers and musicians, the mysterious evening hours transform museums into the perfect destinations for deep cultural exploration.

In lieu of formal emcees used to introduce the individual performances, the culture show followed a humorous narrative involving three characters whose antics and dialogue served as segues from one act to the next. The performance began with Sophia and Austin—two teenagers who have a difficult time deciding what kind of role their Chinese and Korean cultures should play in their everyday lives as firstgeneration Asian Americans. After fighting with their parents about skipping Chinese school and Korean class on the weekends, the friends catch up to discuss their shared experiences and troubles associated with having to establish their own cultural identity.

Conveniently, right as they ponder the purpose and importance of their respective East Asian backgrounds, Sophia and Austin find themselves wandering the hallowed hallways of a Chinese and Korean museum under the protective wing of nightshift security guard and Asian culture enthusiast,

Gavin. Guiding them literally through the museum and figuratively through their individual journeys, Gavin helps the teenagers realize that embracing one’s background through various forms of art can be kind of awesome.

An enthralling Lion Dance performance kicked off the dance portion of the show. A traditional Chinese dance performed in celebration of the Lunar New Year, it consists of animal-like movement inspired by martial arts. Accomplishing impressive feats of choreography—jumping swiftly onto each other’s shoulders while concealed by a tassel-covered lion costume, for example—performers wowed the audience with a truly unbelievable spectacle. Immediately following this lively p er for mance w a s a d a n ce ro u t i n e by a group of dancers wearing Korean Talchum

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Boston College Irish Dance was joined by guests Dance Ensemble, Sexual Chocolate, and Masti in a versatile, vivacious performance in Robsham Theater Thursday night.

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to find it—a Boston College Irish Dance performance.

When one thinks of BC Irish Dance, high-octane energy might not come to mind. Words like “grace” and “majesty” usually fit the group rather well, but last Thursday’s “Electrify” showed that BC Irish Dance isn’t afraid to step out of the bubble it’s usually placed in. Performing 20 dances in two hours, BC Irish Dance sent an overwhelming surge of energy through Robsham.

The night aptly started off with B orns’ “Electric Love,” a stunning

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number that exhibited BCID’s intent to step away from old Irish ballads, at least for a little bit. Many of the songs throughout the night had this same effect, which kept the two-hour performance versatile and engaging.

More traditional, slower Irish songs were peppered throughout the setlist, but generally BCID chose to stick with a more contemporary soundtrack for “Electrify.”

Three numbers act as quintessential moments of “Electrify.” “A Capella” had about half of the dancers performing

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without background music, with only the sound of their shoes providing a sweet, echoing melody. This number actually started off with AC/D C ’s “Thunderstruck,” but just when the verse was about to drop, the sound was cut and the dancers took it from there.

Right before the intermission, BCID took a few minutes to highlight all of its individual dancers. Lining the edges of the stage, each dancer took to center

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