The Heights January 26, 2017

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In a 2-1 victory, men’s hockey scored both of its goals in the first 88 seconds of the game.

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EagleEats allows students to view which dinings halls are open, the daily menus at each, and the nutritional facts and ingredients of the items being served. The app also uses the user’s location to determine which dining hall is closest, allowing the user to view that menu with a single tap. Users can add certain items as “favorites” and the app will notify the user when the item is available at any of the dining halls.

Students can tap on a food item and see when and where it will be served in the next two days.

Dauti and Bauer, who were room-

mates sophomore year, came up with the idea for the app separately. One day, Dauti approached Bauer with the idea, to which Bauer replied “I had the same exact idea. I was going to ask you to work on it!”

When Dauti entered BC as a freshman, he did not know what each dining hall had to offer. It was much later when he discovered that BC Dining had a website with an updated menu each day, but he found this site hard to find and difficult to navigate.

“It is not user-friendly whatsoever, and it is very hard to look at,” Dauti said.

Bauer thinks the app has the potential to change the way students experience BC Dining. Instead of going into the nearest dining hall for their convenience, students can view food options ahead of time and go to the dining hall that they know has the meal they want to eat.

Although Dauti and Bauer were excited to develop the app, they were burdened with classes and summer internships, which led them to push off the development. In December, Dauti created web scrapers that collected data from the BC Dining page and copied them onto his server. He then began to

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After half an hour of taking questions, Martin O’Malley, former mayor of Baltimore, former governor of Maryland, and 2016 Democratic presidential candidate, pulled off his suit jacket and rolled up his sleeves.

“I’m so glad you asked,” he said.

He was about to respond to three questions from a writer for The Daily Wire: “Why did you compare Trump supporters to Nazis and the KKK?” “Why did you back down from ‘all lives matter’?” and “Why did Baltimore get worse under Democratic rule, with poverty and unemployment and illiteracy rates being higher than average?”

In his response, delivered after the sleeve-rolling, he cited an article by Boston College theology professor Stephen Pope, who wrote that now is “not the time for reconciliation” with Donald Trump and that “Bonhoeffer did not reconcile with the Nazis, Romero did not reconcile with the Salvadoran oligarchy, and King did not reconcile with the KKK.” O’Malley said that he used that argument when talking about what should be done in the current political

situation and added, “That is not to say that everyone who voted for Donald Trump is an El Salvadoran oligarch.”

He then explained that when he said “all lives matter” at a forum in Phoenix, he did not realize that people would be offended and that he apologized in response to the offense. And finally, he defended his record as mayor of Baltimore and governor of Maryland, citing various aspects of his time in office, including crime reduction, majority proficiency in reading and math for grades one through five when he left office, raising income taxes on the top 5 percent of earners, and more.

These questions and answers came after O’Malley’s lecture “Restoring Integrity to Our Democracy,” one of a series of talks and panel discussions O’Malley will give this semester as the Rappaport Center for Law and Public Policy’s distinguished visiting professor.

O’Malley began his lecture by saying, “We’ve all heard long sermons on the beauty of democracy and the brilliance of our constitution—this is not one of those talks.”

He went on to talk about the political and economic challenges facing the United States, mentioning issues such as income inequality, job loss among Americans with only a high school diploma, and a general lack of hope.

“Our democracy is in trouble,” he

said. “We have become bored with our own politics, so bored in fact that most of us would rather be entertained by it than read about it. We would sooner protest than take part in its healing.”

From this claim, O’Malley laid out five “things we must do”: developing an opposition to “Trumpism” and promoting economic opportunity for all; adding a constitutional amendment that guarantees the right to vote; combating the corruption of Democratic institutions by “big money;” ending gerrymandering through the institution of nonpartisan districting commissions; and individuals taking action to rebuild the Democratic Party and reputable news organizations.

In speaking about opposition to Trump, O’Malley mentioned women’s marches around the country this past Saturday, which he said represented all of us.

“Trumpism, like other brands of elected fascism before it, can only succeed, in fact, in an atmosphere of economic desperation,” he said.

He went on to argue that the economy is not about money, but people, and emphasized the importance of good jobs and rising wages.

Moving on to his second point, he said that America is the “only advanced democracy that is actively making

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Boston College reported a slight increase in sexual assaults between 2014 and 2015—from 23 to 27—according to statistics released last fall under the Clery Act, which requires the annual disclosure of certain crime statistics and campus security policies. The increase follows a rise from 11 reported assaults in 2013 to 23 reported in 2014.

Katie Dalton, director of the Women’s Center, said in an email that they believe the increase is in reporting, rather than in-

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cidences of assaults, as the Women’s Center continues outreach and education around sexual violence prevention and response.

That has included the hiring in 2014 of Rachel DiBella as assistant director of the Women’s Center to work specifically on sexual violence response services.

As part of her role, DiBella has professionalized the Sexual Assault Network (SANet), the University’s confidential resource for reporting sexual misconduct, and worked on bystander intervention education—which all freshmen have received in their residence halls starting in 2012.

She has also worked on a sexual violence prevention program that launched last year called the Bystander for Student Leaders presentation, which is aimed at athletes and students whose high social influence gives them the responsibility of making BC

a healthy environment.

“Rachel is a trauma-informed social worker who has developed a strong reputation across campus for her work with survivors,” Dalton said.

Catherine Larabee, BC ’16, said in September 2015—around the time the crime statistics for 2014 were released—that as awareness grew of resources available to survivors, the number of reported incidents would ideally increase, and then eventually level off as bystander education became universal and was applied by students.

DiBella said in an email that BC offers an array of options in terms of reporting sexual misconduct. Privileged resources, which include professional or pastoral (religious) counselors, are not required to disclose a sexual misconduct report from

a student without his or her consent, according to the University’s Student Sexual Misconduct Policy. Privileged resources may be required to report to non-BC entities for separate reasons, including if there is the threat of imminent harm to self or others.

Confidential resources include SANet and licensed clinicians in University Counseling Services, and they also are not required to disclose reports at the request of the student, barring some legal or ethical obligation to do so.

DiBella said that most University employees are considered “Responsible Employees” under Title IX, which means they are required to report what they learn about an incident to BC’s student Title IX coordinator, Senior Associate Dean of Students Carole Hughes. DiBella said that

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BC’s resources align with what is required under the Clery Act and Title IX. BC does not notify the University community of a sexual assault unless BCPD determines there is an ongoing threat to campus safety, in which case it can release a safety notice, Hughes said in an email.

BC only publishes total statistics, not a breakdown of off-campus vs. on-campus assaults or locations on campus.

In December, The Boston Globe published a review of sexual assault reports at area universities that found that reporting has become more common at BC and other schools. On its Charles River campus, Boston University reported 12 assaults in 2014 and 17 in 2015, according to its Clery Act disclosures. Harvard University reported 54 assaults in 2015, up from 43 in 2014 and 40 in 2013, according to its disclosures.

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The Civic Engagement Committee will host a discussion about the Electoral College that will feature three Electoral College members, including The Honorable Paul Yorkis and The Honorable Cheryl Cummings. The event will take place tonight in McGuinn 121 at 6 p.m.

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Jim O’Connell will speak to students about his work with homeless people and his experiences as the founding physician of Boston Health Care for the Homeless. The talk is a part of the Park Street Corporation Speaker Series and will take place tonight at 7 p.m. in Gasson 100.

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Alumni are invited to an evening at Fenway Park with the Boston College baseball community to hear from Dave Dombrowski, president of baseball operations for the Boston Red Sox. Silent and live auctions will be available. The event is tonight from 6 to 9 p.m.

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:JFE .'k_ 8ee`m\ijXip By request of Cardinal Richard Cushing, archbishop of Boston, the Connell School of Nursing at Boston College was founded 70 years ago, in 1947.

This Friday, CSON will be celebrating its 70th anniversary.

From 3 to 6 p.m., CSON will host a celebration in the conference center in McMullen Museum of Art. CSON, which started with a class size of 35 students, has now educated more than 10,000 nurses in its 70 years of operation.

“This birthday celebration is a time to pause and reflect on what the school has brought to nursing over the past 70 years,” Dean of CSON Susan Gennaro said to The Chronicle.

With the highest-ranked graduate nursing program in Massachusetts, CSON was also the first full-time undergraduate program at BC to begin accepting women.

CSON invites all to its open house birthday celebration, where James O’Toole, Clough Professor of History, will present a brief history of the nursing school. Various nursing objects from University archives—uniforms, yearbooks, photographs, and more—will be on display during the celebration.

“BC nurses truly are different,” Gennaro said. “They are truly skilled, compassionate, well prepared critical thinkers who ensure that their patients receive stellar care. But even more than that they are leaders whose values make them essential at this time of rapidly changing health care.”

E\n :XkXcpk`Z JkiXk\^p A team of researchers from Boston College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has developed a new approach to tackle preparation of compounds that are crucial to drug discovery.

The team’s new catalytic strategy, which used ring-closing metathesis to take advantage of carboncarbon double bonds, was used to prepare an anticancer agent called pacritinib. Pacritinib is now being used to treat lymphoma and myelofibrosis within advanced clinical trials.

BC’s Vanderslice Millennium Professor of Chemistry Amir Hoveyda is a lead researcher on the team, along with MIT’s Keyes Professor of Chemistry and 2005 Nobel laureate Richard Schrock.

For 20 years, Hoveyda and Schrock have collaborated on catalyst research, and finally set a precedent for their new catalyst approach five years ago.

“What led us to this approach was the result of years of trying to understand how this important class of transformations, called olefin metathesis, really works,” Hoveyda said to The Chronicle.

“It was based on the knowledge gained from such investigations that we were eventually able to solve this problem.”

Along with Hoveyda and Schrock, BC’s post-doctoral researchers Xiao Shen and Alexander Speed, two graduate students, and undergraduate research assistant Dongmin Xu, MCAS ’18, were co-authors of their report to the journal Nature.

Many people try to find a balance between work and life. But according to Tom Coburn, it’s impossible.

The digital marketing startup he founded, Jebbit, runs his life, but in a good way.

Speaking at the most recent Lunch with an Entrepreneur event, sponsored by the Shea Center for Entrepreneurship, Coburn shared his story of starting as a biology and theology double-major on the pre-med track to ending up as the CEO of a Boston-area startup.

Coburn would have graduated in 2013, but he chose to leave Boston College three months before his expected graduation.

“From my way of looking at it, it wasn’t dropping out,” he said. “If the company made it, great, I would keep doing it. If the company totally tanked, I’m just back at school. My friends thought it was a risk.”

Upon entering BC, Coburn was determined to enter medical school and become a doctor like his uncle and grandfather. Initially, Coburn intended to earn money in preparation for medical school. Coburn’s career outlook took a drastic turn during his college years.

During his freshman year, he and his roommates attended the Student Involvement Fair where they learned about BC Venture Capital (BCVC).

BCVC, now a program under the

Shea Center, hosted an annual venture competition with a $10,000 grand prize. Coburn and his friends made it a goal to win the competition by senior year.

The three roommates formed a team and spent four hours each week on the fifth floor of O’Neill Library developing their business idea. Before deciding on the ad-tech idea that has since evolved into Jebbit, the team tested out four other ideas, some of which were science-based.

Coburn came up with Jebbit’s product while watching a TV show on Hulu at the airport. He realized that the way companies advertized themselves online was ineffective.

Inspired, Coburn pitched the idea to his team of developing a new ad marketing solution.

During Coburn’s sophomore year, his team achieved its goal two years earlier than expected when their submission, an early version of Jebbit, won first place. Feeling optimistic after their triumph, the team participated in Highland Capital’s Summer@Highland program the following summer. Coburn and his roommates received funding, mentorship, and resources such as office space to work on Jebbit. At the end of the summer, the company had signed only one client. When the three co-founders returned to campus in the fall, Coburn recruited freshman interns for Jebbit in the hopes of growing the company’s exposure.

The initial idea was to attach

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Tom Coburn, CEO of Jebbit, spoke to students about his experiences as an entrepreneur on Wednesday. questions with the ads so viewers would need to pay attention to the video. This pitch evolved to include a monetary incentive. Viewers would be paid a small amount for each question answered. After facing difficulties acquiring clients, Jebbit shifted its focus and changed its pitch by rebranding itself as a marketing tool companies could use to target college students.

Using BC students as a sample, the interns promoted the monetary incentive on campus. Jebbit launched its website in the fall of 2011. Within 43 seconds of the launch, 150 students signed up, causing the website to crash. The website developer forgot to integrate the site with PayPal, so Coburn had to withdraw $3,000 in $20 bills. After answering the questions on Jebbit, student participants were

asked where they were on-campus and interns would hand-deliver the $20 cash incentive.

“All of a sudden, the next day, it was all the buzz across campus,” Coburn said. “Students from other schools started emailing us being like my friends at BC told about this Jebbit thing. When are you going to launch it at my school?”

Before he left BC, Jebbit had received $500,000 from investors and Coburn had already been accepted to Tufts University School of Medicine. Coburn felt miserable during his senior year as he struggled to balance promoting Jebbit, achieving good grades in his pre-med classes, and spending time with his friends. In his opinion, taking a year off from school would allow him to dedicate his time to Jebbit. At

the time, it was unknown whether Jebbit would be a success.

Four years later, Coburn does not regret his decision. “What’s going to make me excited to get up every day?” he asked himself.

Coburn emphasized the importance that resilience, resolve, initiative, and optimism play in success in startups.

Today, Coburn is named on Forbes 30 Under 30. He and his eighth-grade science teacher founded Enjoy Life Leadership Education, which hosts a week-long summer leadership academy. Coburn also co-founded Soaring Startup Circle, which gives BC students an opportunity to work on their business ideas.

“This experience is a what-youput-in-is-what-you-get-out type of thing,” Coburn said.

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Lucy Hovil, managing editor for the International Journal of Transitional Justice and a leader in the International Refugee Rights Initiative, presented her research on Wednesday.

After six years interviewing over 1,100 refugees and migrants in eastern Africa, Hovil witnessed the resilience of migrant populations largely marginalized in society and the myriad of ways in which they work around restrictive policies to more quickly become permanent residents.

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Hovil identified two themes of a refugee’s experience in a new country. First, they strongly dislike being isolated from the general population upon entry. Second, they are actively seeking an end to their marginalization. Refugee camps are not a permanent solution in the effort to naturalize migrants moving to new African and European countries. One of the issues with the camps stems from a lack of education for the children of migrants, Hovil said.

How can the youngest generation naturalize and grow up in a society that does not teach them?

Even when policymakers claim that refugees are free to leave camps to find work and housing, often such necessities are difficult to access.

Hovil mentioned that Uganda, a country lauded for its accepting immigrant policy, still physically isolates immigrant townships that it claims are unrestricted.

“Mobility [for refugees] is possibly one of the most unpopular notions and ideas in the world

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psyches of immigrants can create dangerous individuals out of an amiable and hopeful population.

“The more you exclude them, the more they become a potential security threat,” Hovil said.

In the Q&A session, the feasibility of true integration was questioned. Even if governments stopped regulating immigrant shelters and put naturalization programs in place, would it do any good? Hovil acknowledged that this still largely relies on the whims of society. Even if they are given official citizenships, those seeking jobs still rely on the keenness of employers to hire.

Racism against immigrants of color, especially the darker-skinned expats from eastern Africa, Hovil said, is one issue with no real solution. Additionally, even if the refugee obtains the resources to buy a house, the local community must sanction the purchase. This obstacle confines many to ethnically divided living spaces, further limiting the possibility of pure integration.

To combat the limitations, immigrants are making active efforts to learn what rights they have and how they can leverage them in the pursuit of freedom. According to Hovil, one of the main threats for governments detaining refugees has been the internet. As we advance further into the tech age, it has become much easier for migrants to become educated on their civil liberties, Hovil said.

There are also some communities, especially on the Sudanese border in Hovil’s study, that have made strides in fully integrating desperate travellers. They largely look past where the person comes from to if they pay taxes and contribute positively to local society.

In these types of environments, where just a sliver of an advantage presents itself, there lies much promise for intelligent and motivated refugees.

“Despite the policy environment … refugees show incredible resourcefulness in finding solutions,” Hovil said.

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today … and yet it is an absolutely critical coping-mechanism, particularly for people fleeing from conflict,” Hovil said.

If mobility and inclusion are critical for immigrant naturalization, why do countries isolate them? As a result of radical terrorist groups, and other migrants from war-torn African countries, restrictive policies for refugees often arise from fear of the unknown. In response to the national security threat posed by potential criminals, Hovil said that dangerous migrants will carry out their missions whether or not they were initially detained in an encampment.

She went on to argue that more time spent in camps increases anger and possible violence in innocent minds. Also, when men and women of age go looking for work, they often must leave the families that rely on them behind. For women left behind to care for children, there is a greater chance of becoming victims of sexism or sexual violence.

The tension this can create in the

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The idea has been in the works for a while, according to Joseph Du Pont, associate vice president for Student Affairs and the Career Center. The agreement came out of conversations with students, employers, alumni, and staff members.

“The genesis of this is to help students put themselves in the best position to do well,” Du Pont said.

Although they are a small percent of the student population, some students miss appointments or interviews with employers. This not only reflects badly upon the student, but also upon Boston College, Du Pont said. Students who miss appointments often don’t realize that they have taken a slot from one of their classmates and wasted it.

Social responsibility agreements through career centers are common among universities, Du Pont said. It is unclear, however, how many other universities put contracts in place for

students to sign.

The policies outlined in the BC Career Center agreement include providing accurate information to employers and letting the employers and the Career Center know if the student is cancelling an appointment with two business days’ notice.

The Career Center has maintained these policies before, but this document is a way to put them in one place and formalize them.

“We just wanted to put it out there and say, as a community, this is who we are [and that] we have our own set of shared values that are in there that we hold ourselves to,” Du Pont said.

The agreement also includes a clause about students representing themselves well on social media. It states that students must “monitor publicly available content by and about [them] including content and photos on Google mail, personal blogs and social networking sites, and make reasonable efforts to remove material that professionals may deem inappropriate or unprofessional.”

It is very common for employers to check social media profiles, Du Pont said. He believes students should be careful when they post things to social media, as employers could potentially see something that reflects badly upon the student and BC. The document is not about penalizing students for doing the wrong thing, Du Pont said. It serves as a reminder for students to conduct themselves with professionalism and put their best foot forward.

“It’s about career education,” Du Pont said. “It goes back to that Jesuit piece of having a conversation about things and reflection on what you’re doing.”

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The 14th Amendment guarantees equal protection under the law, he said, but does not explicitly guarantee the right to vote, as his proposed constitutional amendment would.

“You shouldn’t have to stand on your head, gargle peanut butter, spit nickels, and whistle ‘Dixie’ in order to register in the United States of America,” he said.

Overturning Citizens United and enacting publically-funded campaigns were two steps he proposed to fight the corrupting influence of money in politics. He quoted a television interview of a blue-collar Trump voter who said “Our country’s got cancer, and Donald Trump is just the chemotherapy we need.” This attitude, according to O’Malley, is a backlash against the “self-dealing greed of elites.”

For his point about gerrymandering, O’Malley mentioned the 2010 redistricting process he headed while governor of Maryland.

“But that doesn’t mean that the antiquated partisan redistricting process … is good for our country as a whole or

good for our country’s future—it’s not,” he said.

He then promoted non-partisan districting committees and a ranked voting system, which would allow voters to vote by ranked preference, instead of only voting for one candidate. Referencing the Electoral College, he called it “a relic of the colonial America” and said that it was “time to throw it away.”

In his final point he argued for the importance of rebuilding the Democratic Party and promoting “objective truth” through media organizations. He mentioned the media’s role in Trump’s election and pointed to the frequent coverage of Trump rallies without fact checkers and Trump’s placement in the center of the debate stage. To combat this in the future, he said that people need to subscribe to reputable news organization, in order to support good journalism.

At the end of his talk, O’Malley harkened back to the cancer metaphor of earlier.

“Now it’s January 2017 and the unthinkable has happened,” he said. “The one candidate Hillary Clinton could beat instead beat her, as too many Americans concluded he was just the chemotherapy we needed.”

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Roose stressed that most of the His decision to enlist in the military college environment.

He encouraged forming a buddy sys- major leaguers he knows are ordinary days after the attacks of Sept. 11 taught tem, which could be as simple as texting people. him to have a purpose in life, he said.

“At the end of the day, they just know While serving abroad, Roose began a friend to go to the gym.

Roose sees that same spirit and ca- how to throw a baseball really well,” he to spend his free time between missions working out in the weight room. maraderie among athletes and coaches, said. “There are way more important When he returned from overseas, where teasing is commonplace, even on things in life.”

The players he loves to work with this new passion gave him a sense of a pro team.

If someone misses a workout, “we’ll stay humble despite their fame. direction, and he decided to become a “David Ortiz saved more kids’ lives text each other, ‘where the frick were strength coach.

Roose said that the Major League you, man? You frickin’ let us down,’ and [through his pediatric health foundation] than he hit home runs,” he said.

Baseball players he coaches share this hold each other accountable,” he said.

He advised students to find a purAthletes such as Red Sox right fielder motivation.

“Every single one of them has a Mookie Betts and catcher Christian pose for their lives, no matter what it driven purpose about their life,” he said. Vasquez also display that relentless drive. is, and to remember that even small Betts told Roose he never thought goals can lead to great achievements “They’ve decided in their mind and in their hearts, ‘I’m going to be the best he would be successful. His doubts and and impacts on society.

“You gotta have a reason to get out of failures, however, never stopped him baseball player I can be.’”

Throughout his career, Roose set from showing up and pushing his team- bed,” Roose said. “We have a very short time here, so find it. Whatever it is, find specific goals for himself and his team. mates to practice.

Betts’ teammates would insist “This it and take advantage of it.”

As a minor-league coordinator, he decided he wanted his team to be the best-ranked team in the league, but also continued to re-evaluate their next steps after they reached that ranking.

Roose also offered advice on how to stay healthy and active during students’ crucial college years. He emphasized the importance of nutrition and said he regretted his own unhealthy habits in college, which earned him the nickname “Pizza Kid.” “If it comes from the Earth or if it has a mother, it’s good for you,” he said.

He also told students to include variety in their athletic routines and not criticize a sport until they tried it.

“If you think yoga’s stupid, go do some yoga,” he said.

Finally, Roose acknowledged the difficulties of staying active when tran-

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The nationwide day of action was created by the Divestment Student Network, a group that coordinates peaceful student rallies calling for divestment, and 350.org, a group founded by activist Bill McKibben that works to build a movement for climate justice.

Dean of Students Thomas Mogan worked with C JB C to register the

event, which was held in the Heights Room in Corcoran Commons. He also attended.

Michelle Kang, MCAS ’18, spoke about Trump’s denial of the impacts of climate change and what his general actions as president could mean for the climate movement and the country. She called climate activism a war on “cowardice” and “corporate greed,” and mentioned that once Trump took office on Friday, an Obama administration webpage on climate change was replaced with an anti-regulatory energy plan.

“Trump is using his position of power and privilege to spread misinformation,” Kang said. “This means that our children will have no choice but to constantly fact-check the government.”

Kang then pointed out that Trump’s company applied in May 2016 for a permit to build a wall to protect its seaside golf resort in Ireland from the effects of global warming.

“He knows this is real but he just doesn’t care, because he knows that rich people like him will be the last to

be affected,” she said. “When our air is dirty, our children can’t breathe, our water is poisoned, and our crops don’t grow, it doesn’t matter whether you vote red or blue.”

Some speakers also criticized BC, like Robert Ryan, BC ’66, who lives in the area and said he has been involved with CJBC since about 2013. He said that if CJBC is judged on whether it has achieved its stated goal of getting BC to divest from fossil fuels, it would be perceived as a failure. He, however, considers it a success. He mentioned Pope Francis’s climate change encyclical “Laudato Si” in appealing to BC’s Jesuit identity.

Joan Hwang, a member of CJBC who left BC after last semester, said BC’s administration “[tries] to shroud things in mystery” to make divestment seem complicated.

“If my logic serves me correctly, yes, to be invested in fossil fuels is to be invested in violence,” she said. “Fossil fuel money is blood money, absolutely and certainly, and a university that invests in fossil fuels has blood on its hands and must be held accountable.”

AMELIE TRIEU / HEIGHTS EDITOR

Robert Ryan, BC ’66, appeals to the University to divest from fossil fuel holdings.

Mogan said that students who are concerned about divestment can look for other goals around environmental issues, including making BC more sustainable, and said that he thinks BC is doing a lot on that front.

University Spokesman Jack Dunn said in an email that the University’s position is that the most effective way to limit climate change is for BC to take

active steps to reduce energy consumption and improve sustainability.

“That is why the University has aggressively pursued sustainability efforts that range from extensive energy conservation programs that have been embraced by faculty, students and administrators, to the construction of LEED-certified buildings on campus,” he said.

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When it comes to protecting your family and your property, home security systems can be expensive and impractical. Blink, a Boston-based startup, is looking to change that.

In January of 2016, Blink introduced a home security system based around affordable, batteryoperated cameras that connect to the users’ smartphone. There is no monthly subscription service either, setting Blink apart from traditional home security companies.

Blink’s selling point, however, is the cameras. Running on two AA batteries, the motion activated cameras can run for up to two years without running out of juice.

“This is one of the things that makes us very unique,” said David Laubner, Blink’s head of digital marketing & e-Commerce.

Each of Blink’s cameras has two lenses, one for taking video, and the other for detecting motion. Working under the principle that a homeowner doesn’t need to watch their empty house all the time, the cameras are only drawing power and taking video when they detect motion in the room, which is another unique factor of Blink’s product.

This means that, although Blink’s cameras only draw power from a small battery source, they can extend that battery life by drawing virtually zero power when dormant.

Blink is not alone in the battery operated camera market, but it stands alone when it comes to the nature of recharging their devices. Other companies on the market today sell cameras with

rechargeable batteries, yet they require constant recharging.

“The analogy we use is, if you had to get a ladder out and change your smoke detector battery every two months, you just wouldn’t do it,” Laubner said, implying that the same principle would apply to rechargeable cameras. “I’ve personally been running a camera for a year and it still shows full power.”

This innovation stems from Blink’s roots, which began about six years ago. All of Blink’s founders are alumni of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and formerly worked on projects developing chips for use inside technological devices, including cameras like the ones Blink now sells, that have a significantly improved ability to draw power.

The founders then decided to cut out the middleman and sell the cameras directly to consumers.

Blink launched a massivelysuccessful Kickstarter campaign, raising more than $1 million to build their business. “We were extremely well received from the crowdfunding community,” Laubner said. “We’ve found a good, receptive community that has been willing to work with us.”

In fact, Blink has since doubled the size of the company, and the numbers are looking good for 2017. This, Laubner said, could be a reflection of the positive startup community in Boston.

Growing Blink has not been without its challenges, however.

“Boston is very heavily focused in other industries,” Laubner said.

“What people don’t know is there is a large consumer market out there.”

Another challenge Blink has faced is its geographical location.

Located near Andover, Mass., at-

tracting business from the Boston interior has been difficult. The online market, however, is the equalizer in this startup’s back pocket. Facebook, a non-traditional business tool, has actually been one of Blink’s biggest assets when it comes to acquiring new customers.

Blink has focused hard on transitioning its business to the ever-growing online market, meaning that it has had a large culture shift within the business.

Dealing in the aforementioned chips, Blink’s founders were forced to make the transition from selling to businesses with specific needs to consumers over the internet. Blink’s customer base quickly went from the low hundreds to the low millions.

“For us, it’s been about the transition from the chip manufacture business to the consumer business,” Laubner said. “We’re talking about marketing to millions of people here, and that’s just a completely different environment.”

Despite these cultural shifts and transitional difficulties , Laubner is optimistic for Blink’s future. With plans to build its customer base and its business, Blink has several ideas as to how to remain a unique business while breaking further into the home security market. With the further implementation of smart technology, Blink is looking to usurp other, more established companies like ADT by creating other services besides its wireless cameras.

Those plans are further down the road, but as Laubner says, that’s the name of the game. Blink is a fast growing company with a plan for the future to continue providing affordable options.

Dress codes are funny things. Some people love them for the same reason that they love uniforms—it takes the thinking out of getting dressed and paves a clear path toward visually fitting in. But for others, they’re confusing and ambiguous, creating gray areas in the land between business and business casual. For others, these dress codes are not confusing as much as they are irritating and confining. The audacity of a higher power controlling what you wear is enough to send an outraged shiver down your spine.

But even if you fall into the latter two categories (and most of the time I would think that I do too), once in a blue moon there are situations where— dare I say it—you might be glad to hold on to the guiding hand of a dress code.

And one of these situations might just be a protest.

Over the past few months, Boston has seen its fair share of well-attended protests.

Marches, rallies, and other gatherings have filled the city streets. Now a protest is definitely not like a party, but in a weird way, the two gatherings have a similar backbone. At a fancy party in high society (I would imagine) you are there to see and be seen, and at a protest, you are not only there to be seen, but to make your voice heard by anyone who will listen.

At both, you are there to make an impression, and the impression that you make is contingent on how you present yourself to those around you. And a big part of your presentation, especially when you only meet someone for a passing moment, is how you are dressed. Some people resist this way of thinking, but the

clothes that you chose to wear, when you have a choice, are a valuable indicator of your inner workings—your confidence (or lack thereof ), your interests, your opinions, your creativity.

An article of clothing is wearable self-expression, and a protest is an act of selfexpression, leaving me to wonder: what is the dress code for a protest? What could you possibly wear to something like this?

At these places where you have photographers and news outlets swarming around you, how do you present yourself to the world? For all you know, you could be the face of the next movement. The pressure is almost too much.

So, let’s start with the basics.

Unlike a party, where you squeeze yourself into a suit or dress to meet beauty ideals, a protest is not about perfection.

A protest is about changing a world that you see as imperfect, so you wear that imperfection on your sleeve. Wear something that you’re not afraid to get a little messy, something that you can run and jump and yell in.

Sneakers are probably a good call, although Rihanna might disagree.

But after comfortable and imperfect, you must focus on the message that you want to send. And this is where the search for a dress code breaks down, because the possibilities are endless. Maybe the right search is inspiration.

First, there are the simple options. Maybe you just want to wear all black—ripped jeans and a plain tee-shirt—because you know that the dark color hides stains like nothing else.

But just as much as you’re afraid of stains, you’re afraid of being too boring. Fear not, for this color in and of itself sends a powerful message: you’re in mourning for the cause that you’re still fighting for.

You could also wear your fighting words emblazoned right across your chest in the form of a graphic tee.

MADELEINE D’ANGELO/ HEIGHTS EDITOR

One protest idea: wear your words.

This choice is the most straightforward and effective, making your message immediately clear to anyone who sees you.

If you don’t have a strongly-worded shirt, never underestimate the power of duct tape. With a DIY spirit and the patience to write a sentence out with pieces of duct tape, your message can be applied to any article of clothing.

Simplicity, however, might not be what you’re going for right now. This is your moment to make the world listen to you, so you chose a costume. Maybe a suffragette, or a character that puts your current situation in conversation with the past and makes those around you think.

But maybe the question that is even more important than what you wear to the protest is what you should wear the day after. When you lose the protective bubble of loud and like-minded people shouting around you, will you still stay true to your cause once the moment has passed? Will you still wear what you believe in on your sleeve, or on the back of your coat?

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Earlier this month, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum welcomed the installation of Ambreen Butt’s, a Pakistani artist, latest piece of work, “I Need a Hero,” on the museums façade.

The piece is an extension of a series of the same name—a collection of miniature paintings depicting a female heroine—that she completed in 2005.

Butt’s vision for the façade was clear. It would feature a powerful female warrior standing proudly, making a statement. Butt created a mixed-media image overflowing with vibrant colors and textures crafted with impeccable detail to communicate her powerful message.

The towering façade piece illustrates a clash between the tenacious female heroine against a dragon and a monkey.

The action takes place against the backdrop of a dollar bill, a reference to the global economy.

While the piece is open for interpreta-

tion, Butt’s work is known to examine the ways women grapple with the use of their power.

As an artist well-versed in miniature paintings, Butt said that traditionally these paintings portrayed the role of a female through the gaze of a male artist. This female figure appeared seductive, calm, and serene.

Butt, however, felt the need to create a female heroine which had never been previously depicted.

“There had never been a female heroine in the work of traditional miniature painting,” Butt said. “There were lots of illustrations of male heroes, but never female.”

Butt’s inspiration for her work became Mukhtar Mai, a young Pakistani woman who was raped after speaking out against her culture’s archaic codes of justice.

Despite the hardships Mai faced, she became a spokesperson for women’s rights.

Butt admired Mai’s courage to come out and fight a system that is notoriously oppressive toward women.

When Butt was asked to create a piece

for the museum’s façade, it came at a time of an increasingly-heated political climate where offensive rhetoric was being used toward women.

Therefore Butt felt that it was an oppor-

“Especially in these difficult times, I want this piece to be seen.”

—Ambreen Butt, Pakistani artist tune time for her female warrior to make a return.

“I named the title, ‘I Need a Hero’ because there was a need for this female hero at this time,” Butt said. “My goal for this piece is for it to be a gesture of hopefulness and inspiration.”

While describing her artistic process, Butt revealed that she prefers to take her time when creating her artwork.

In this instance, the work on the façade

took two months to put together.

She hand-painted several images and scanned them to be refashioned digitally through photoshop.

When the piece was complete, she sent it to the museum who transformed it into a 16-by-36 foot image which was installed by the entrance of the museum.

As a former artist-in-residence at the Gardner 18 years ago, Butt feels that it is fitting for her work to be showcased there. Butt admires the work of the museum’s founder, Isabella Stewart Gardner, who she believes was radical and different for her time.

“This piece is very up in your face,” Butt said. “I think she would have liked that.”

For eight years Butt worked tirelessly with the heroine figure—so much so that prior to the façade piece, she began working on a new project highlighting text collages.

She decided to deviate from the figure in order to see if her work and talents had survived.

But she could not separate herself too much from the heroine, as she felt it was important for her new work to retain the

essence of her character from the miniature paintings.

After earning her MFA in painting from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Butt hoped her work would inspire the young artists studying in Boston. The Gardner is surrounded by many of the art schools in Boston, including the Massachusetts College of Art and Design and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts.

Butt praised the museum for retaining the essence of Gardner and keeping up the spirit she left behind.

She noted that the museum remains traditional, yet manages to survive in a contemporary sphere.

With the Gardner being one of the most visited museums in Boston, Butt recognizes that her work will be viewed by many.

She hopes, however, that those who see her work will be able to take something from it and evoke careful thought. Butt values her artistic platform as it is her way of making her voice heard.

“Especially in these difficult times, I want this piece to be seen,” Butt said.

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As Flannery got older, however, she realized that the ice cream she loved so much was making her feel sick. She had to face the fact that she was lactose intolerant.

According to Gwen Burlingame, its other co-founder, Flannery searched for ice cream alternatives, including sorbet, as well as ice creams made with coconut, soy, or almond milk.

Flanner y not only found these alternatives unsatisf ying, but also frustrating.

Her friends still preferred traditional cow’s milk ice cream, leaving her no one to share her indulgence with.

W h i l e w o r k i n g a s a nu r s e i n Boston, Flannery spent her days off experimenting with creating lactosefree ice cream made from real dairy.

Burlingame explained that, Flannery

used her personal ice cream maker in her home to craft recipes using the lactase enzyme, combining her healthscience training with her culinary interests.

This process lasted a few years until Flannery attended the Ice Cream Short Course at Penn State University, whose alumni also include the famous Ben and Jerry.

“Finally, Katy had an ice cream that friends and family were willing to enjoy with her,” Burlingame said. “No one had to compromise.”

Flannery and Burlingame began their business out of Commonwealth Kitchen in Dorchester.

This incubator kitchen allowed the two partners to experiment with new flavors and recipes.

Although the two first considered launching Minus the Moo in New York City, they realized that Boston is an ideal location for startups due to its depth of resources.

Flannery, who describes Boston as the land of “American innovation,”

decided to trust that the city would support her new business venture.

Burlingame described the startup process, one characterized by passion a n d d i f f i c u l t y, a s a n “e m o t i o n a l rollercoaster” and a “day-to-day learning curve.”

But Burlingame credits Boston’s startup network to giving her and Flannery advice and encouragement in their endeavor.

Burlingame and Flannery tested their ice cream at SOWA Market in Boston’s South End during the summer of 2015.

By April of 2016, they had successfully launched their products in stores.

Since then, the company has grown into 23 points of distribution both in and around Boston, including the Whole Foods in Newton.

The team also won the Sam Adams Brewing the American Dream National Pitch Room Competition, and received $10,000.

“The mission of Minus the Moo is really to change the mindset about a

lactose-free diet and provide lactoseintolerant consumers the same great tasting ice cream they might remember as a kid or wish they could have,” Burlingame said.

Wi t h s u c h a u n i q u e p r o d u c t , Burlingame explains that Minus the Moo hopes to not only attract lactoseintolerant ice cream lovers, but also their friends and family “Because [the ice cream] match[es] the taste and texture of traditional, high-quality ice cream, those tolerant and intolerant of lactose can enjoy it together,” Burlingame said.

Grace Jarmoc, MCAS ’18, enjoys a bowl of ice cream once or twice a week during the summer, but sometimes feels that it upsets her stomach.

Although not diagnosed as lactose intolerant, she does feel the adverse effects of it. As a result, she often shies away from it.

Jarmoc is interested in finding an ice cream alternative so that she can enjoy the ice cream she loves, without feeling sick afterwards.

Jarmoc noted that if she could enjoy the same lactose-free ice cream as her lactose-tolerant friends, she would be more inclined to eat it.

“I would be very interested to try it and see what it’s all about,” she said.

“It would be nice to have an ice cream option that tastes great but also does not upset my stomach.”

Currently, Minus the Moo is available at 13 Whole Foods Markets, as well as Amazon Fresh.

Minus the Moo currently offers five flavors: vanilla, chocolate, espresso, mint chip, and sea salt chocolate chip, which was discovered accidentally from the use of salted butter, but has become the company’s most popular flavor.

In accordance with the company’s mission of bringing lactose tolerant and intolerant friends together through ice cream, they plan to expand to the rest of New England by the end of this year, and eventually reach the national markets.

“We hope to grow nationally to reach more lactose-=intolerant consumers and their families,” Burlingame said.

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9: ;`e`e^ J_flc[ Nfib N`k_ <X^c\<Xkj A new and innovative application called EagleEats was released on the Apple App Store on Monday. The app allows Boston College students to view campus dining halls’ menus and nutritional information. The app was created and published by Sazan Dauti, MCAS ’18, and Joseph Bauer, CSOM ’18, and is available for anyone to download for free. The students created the application by scraping information readily available via BC Dining Service’s website, and organizing it into a more user-friendly and efficient interface. It has received over 700 downloads from the App Store as of publication.

EagleEats features a sleek design and several useful features. The home page of the app has a button that allows the user to view the current menu of the dining hall closest to them based on their location on campus and the time of day. Users can also create a list of their favorite menu items, and receive notifications when those items are being served. Clicking on an item allows the user to view the schedule for that menu option, and when else in the week it will be served and where. Furthermore, students can easily browse the nutrition facts for each item on the menu, including serving size, calories, allergens, and a full list of ingredients.

Prior to the release of the application, Dauti and Bauer were not in communication with BC Dining Services. This is similar to the founding of the popular application EagleScribe, which allows students to search through course listings and receive notifications when a spot in a full class opens. The creators of this free application worked independently of ITS, taking information contained in the UIS program.

Both EagleEats and EagleScribe show the potential for undergraduates to contribute to student life on campus. The creators of both applications recognized an inefficiency within the technological services of the University and successfully addressed the respective issue through innovation.

Based on the acclaim of EagleScribe, which according to its founders has more

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than 4,500 registered users, and the potential popularity of EagleEats, the administration should seek to work with its students when they show initiative to help develop the University’s technological services. It is evident that there are exceptional and creative minds throughout campus, and the University should take advantage of the intellectual resources at hand as demands for new services arise.

BC Dining Services can take this step by acknowledging and endorsing EagleEats.

Although it may have been more productive for EagleEats to confer with BC Dining before advertising its launch with posters that included the Dining Service’s logo, BC Dining would benefit from working with Dauti and Bauer. The service provides intelligent, efficient, and, most notably, free marketing for campus dining halls.

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I\Zf^e`q`e^ ;`m\ij`kp `e D\ekXc @cce\jj Jg`e\c\jj DXpfi NXcj_ I8:?<C CFFJ MARCHING ON - Optimism is a powerful thing. Outlook is everything. The phrase “Yes we can” is overused, but it is especially relevant. The rivers of pink hats that flowed through the streets of major cities around the world last Saturday ushered in a new climate.

I wouldn’t label it a resistance.

Sure, one could view these massive demonstrations as movements against the actions and rhetoric of Cheeto Supreme, but, to me, they feel more like a redirection.

A person could say that women were equal in America prior to his election, but then they would be absolutely wrong and probably a sad 33-year-old man in a basement somewhere answering a poll on Breitbart.com. On Saturday, every person who gave their time knows this. Prior to the ascension of the ironic Lorax incarnated, the country was not on a path to equality.

But now, the tracks are shifting.

This movement is not a knee-jerk response to the coronation of a demagogue, but rather the rightful seizing of an opportune moment to promote change that is long overdue. For those who might’ve said they cared about women’s rights before, but evidently care enough now to actually make their voices heard, are marching among people who have been marching their entire lives. And march on they will.

“Crazy people. My biggest fear would have to be crazy people,” my friend commented as we sat on the stairs outside our high school one afternoon. Our conversation had drifted from topic to topic—from “Sexy Mike,” her latest upperclassman crush, to our dance teacher’s awful new haircut, and, eventually, to our biggest fears in life. I swallowed the lump in my throat, hoping she had a good explanation. Back then my biggest fear was people finding out that I was “crazy.”

Eliminating the stigma around mental illness is a hot topic at Boston College and at universities across the country.

Student organizations continue hosting events to promote mental health discussion, and my college-age Facebook friends regularly share Buzzfeed articles about how mental illness is treated differently than physical illness, or cartoons that “perfectly illustrate what it’s like to live with depression.”

There is certainly a movement to destigmatize mental illness and normalize the discussion of mental health. And I don’t doubt that this movement has had profound effects, including allowing many people to vocalize their struggles, fostering a greater understanding of mental illness, and making it easier for people to recognize symptoms in friends or in themselves and reach out for help.

It is fantastic that our generation is slowly recognizing mental illness as a medical issue, and as an acceptable discussion topic. But I have noticed that, in the move to remove the stigma around and promote awareness of mental illness, attention tends to focus on disorders like anxiety and depression. When I was a freshman at BC, I attended the UGBC event BC Ignites, where a keynote speaker and BC students spoke about their first and secondhand experiences with mental illness. Again and again, I

heard speakers reference “mental health disorders like depression and anxiety.”

Another event that comes to mind is UGBC’s What I Be Project from last year, in which photographer Steve Rosenfield photographed students with their insecurities written on different body parts in Sharpie. Searching through the 80 photos, I found just a single image that referenced a mental health disorder other than depression or anxiety. Although this campaign was not solely focused on mental health awareness, and it is important to normalize the discussion of our own self-doubts, I wish I had seen more diversity in terms of mental illness.

At age 16, a few months before the stoop-side conversation with my friend, I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. In addition to depression, I had experienced periods of mania, an elevated, agitated state, during which I spoke more quickly, went on runs in the middle of the night, and periodically lashed out aggressively at my friends, family, and even strangers.

After a series of increasingly dangerous episodes involving theft, drugs, law enforcement, and a lot of deception, my mother forced me to get help. My mental state does not excuse my behavior, but it is a good example of how mental illness can influence people to manipulate and compulsively hurt those they love. This is the side of mental illness that is still heavily stigmatized and discussed so infrequently.

I have concluded that people feel more comfortable discussing depression and anxiety disorders because, for someone who has never suffered from a mental health disorder, these illnesses are comparatively relatable. Everyone has felt sad or nervous at some point in their lives. Not everyone understands what it is like to hear voices or act impulsively and irrationally, driven by paranoia and boundless energy. That would be crazy.

Believe it or not, you probably know someone who suffers from bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, OCD, or borderline personality disorder. These illnesses don’t exclusively afflict homeless people who scream at passing cars, or the residents of horror movie insane asylums. And while people are beginning to understand

that the behaviors resulting from mental illness are not dictated by choice, not all are perceived equally. I see compassion when someone struggles with depression or anxiety, but the empathy vanishes when people start acting “crazy.”

Let’s say I am feeling ill and I can’t come to class. Which email to my professor would be met with more compassion?

“Hi professor, I am feeling depressed. I spent the entire day crying in bed” or “Hi professor, I am feeling manic. I spent the entire day carving cryptic messages into bathroom stalls and believing my roommates were conspiring to murder me?” I know from experience that one statement would incite sympathy, while the other would cause scorn and fear.

Part of this double standard comes from a misunderstanding and oversimplification of illnesses like bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, OCD, or borderline personality disorder. It could also be that fewer people suffer from these illnesses than from anxiety or depression. But I believe one of the most significant causes of this disconnect is that people with the “crazy” illnesses are not as vocal about their struggles due to fear of stigmatization and differential treatment. Even I am worried what will happen if my future employer ever stumbles upon this column.

In removing the stigma around mental illness, we need to emphasize that all disorders deserve the same compassion and recognition. The next time a BC organization holds a mental health event, I would like to see illnesses beyond anxiety and depression represented. The next time you talk about someone’s “psycho ex-girlfriend,” think about the people at BC who have suffered from psychosis.

Think about me the next time you use the term “bipolar” to describe someone who is moody or indecisive.

Maybe if we all stopped to educate ourselves and sought to understand the numerous and varied kinds of mental illness, I wouldn’t have to be afraid of being labeled “crazy.”

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:_`eXËj KiflYc`e^ <Zfefdp “ALTERNATIVE FACTS” - I must admit I am a little bamboozled. In an almost comical fashion, a top adviser to the President recently claimed that spreading lies to the public is okay if they come in the form of “alternative facts,” a poorly worded disguise for the more suitable and historically acceptable term “lie.” In an era of fake news and misinformation, what does one make of a person in high office blatantly stating that the White House will promulgate factoids that are just plainly not true? The irony of Donald Trump accusing publications like The New York Times of misreporting information and then his surrogates, and at times himself, literally mouthdumping lies to the public on national television and in the White House Press Room is almost too much to bear. To try and fathom the unbelievable hypocrisy, one must put on Trump’s average sized shoes. If you were President, and were planning on doing a number of terrible things to the American people, the economy, the state of global politics, the environment, and Alec Baldwin, wouldn’t you lie about it too? You wouldn’t want people to think you were, you know, completely sinister and without good-intentions. No, that would make your job too hard, and if you were to fail, big business would come for your toupée head faster than your approval ratings are plummeting.

“WE CAN DISAGREE WITH FACTS” These words needed to go in print.

Facts are not partisan. Facts are not up for debate. Facts are not subjective. Facts are not conjured up and made real by the stature of a person’s office. Facts are facts, and it needs to stay that way.

Otherwise, we all might be in for a rough ride.

I<9<::8 DFI<KK@ It seems like we’ve been hearing a lot about China recently, and not just in YouTube videos of Donald Trump repeating the word “China” ’til kingdom come. We’ve heard that China is stealing our jobs, is the next global superpower, and that we should all learn Mandarin before the Englishspeaking world spontaneously combusts.

But how much is truly understood about the internal workings of this vast country? An idea I’ve heard touted recently by some Western academics and journalists proposes that the Chinese people now endure political oppression voluntarily in exchange for economic well-being. In other words, the ruling communist party has successfully preserved its power by adopting free-market economic policies that, by opening up and growing the economy, have improved the lot of all Chinese citizens.

According to Chinese scholar and journalist Rowan Callick, “the party ensures steadily improving living standards for all, and, in return, the Chinese people let the CPC rule as an authoritarian regime.”

Sure, they may be lacking basic liberties like freedom of expression, but now they’ve got McDonald’s, Wal-Mart, and money in the bank to spend. Essentially, this concept states that freedom can be “traded” in return for economic prosperity. But this assertion that the Chinese are actively letting themselves be oppressed doesn’t sound right to me.

I’d dare to challenge this argument and posit that China is not in fact an accurate example of this trade-off, if such a trade-off exists. I am neither denying that China’s economy has grown impressively over the past decades, nor that the poverty rate has been reduced through the adoption of more liberal economic policies. I am challenging this argument, not to be a contrarian, but because I believe the implications of this line of thought, if correct, are

significant for humanity as a whole.

The idea that a people will willingly forgo basic freedoms in return for greater economic prosperity, though certainly plausible, is a dangerous one, and sets a questionable precedent for the political development of both free and unfree nations. So, are the Chinese willingly pawning political freedoms for greater purchasing power? Maybe, but most likely not. The real reason why China hasn’t liberalized politically is not, as some would hold, that the majority of Chinese people are now sufficiently satisfied with a growing economy.

Rather, China’s political climate hasn’t changed because its ruling party has just as much influence and power to oppress today as it has always had.

Optimism that Chinese economic liberalization would eventually lead to democracy has fallen over the years, and more intellectuals have turned to the conclusion that an open economy does not always lead to an open political system. Current President Xi Jinping has used the communist party’s all-encompassing influence to drastically constrain civil society and freedom of speech. Just last week, China’s Chief Justice Zhou Qiang rejected the concept of an independent judiciary, fervently denouncing “Western ideologies” such as constitutional democracy and the separation of powers.

Seen from the outside, these disheartening proclamations and policies have led many Westerners to conclude that China’s economic prosperity has actually increased the possibility for political oppression.This conception, though plausible, suggests that popular satisfaction with Chinese economic growth has allowed for continued political oppression. This seems false for a few reasons.

Evidence suggests that China’s economic liberalization has benefitted mostly a small segment of Chinese society: the party elites. To say that the majority of Chinese are better off now than they were during Mao’s time, though true, isn’t really saying all that much. Sure, they’re no longer living under a ruler that, through mass starvation and political violence, caused the deaths of over 45 million of his own people, but

again, that’s not the best starting point for measuring living standards. Today, China has one of the world’s highest levels of income inequality, with the richest 1 percent of the population controlling over a third of the country’s wealth, while the poorest 25 percent control a measly 1 percent of China’s GDP. Further evidence indicates that the income gap is actually growıng, though widespread corruption makes it dıffıcult to make precise estimates. While urban income appears to have risen rapidly, rural income is lagging far behind. More than 80 million people in China still live below the poverty line of $1 a day. While China ranks first in terms of national GDP (PPP), its GDP (PPP) per capita is much lower and ranks around 90th in the world.

The Chinese economy, though in certaın aspects open, is still ultimately controlled and desıgned to benefit the communist elite. China’s economic liberalizatıon is more easily understood as a form of crony capitalism, rather than a truly liberal economy wıth far reaching benefıts. People aren’t trading their freedom for economic prosperity, because many are still far from prosperous.

Other authoritarian governments currently seeking to replicate this so-called “China Model” are not doing so to enrich their people and soothe popular discontent, but rather to benefit themselves. In fact, if China was somehow able to liberalize politically, it is extremely likely that innovation and growth would accelerate. Though the ruling party would lose its tight grip over the country, a free China would almost certainly gain a more prominent economic and political role on the world stage.

The emergence of a politically liberal, democratic China in the future appears unlikely to me. But not because the Chinese have accepted political repression in exchange for economic prosperity. They “accept” political repression and corruption because they are forced to accept it, just as they have been for most of their history.

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I tend to think of Mayor Martin J. Walsh, WCAS ’09, and Governor Charlie Baker as America’s second biggest bromance, after Barack Obama and Joe Biden. Together, these two have done a lot of great things for the city of Boston.

Many homeless people have come off the streets, crime rates are down, the unemployment rate has decreased by 2.4 percent, and a number of new companies, like General Electric, Reebok, and New Balance, have invested in Boston. Walsh even had the gall to veto the Boston Olympic bid when they were making outrageous demands of the local government, despite his desire to bring the competition to the city. Times of prosperity, however, do not reveal a man’s true character, and when it came down to it this election season, only one of these two men exhibited courage.

Ballot Question No. 2 in Massachusetts proposed allowing more charter schools to open up in Boston and across the state. For those of you who are not familiar, a charter school is a publicly-funded school that is established by a “charter.” The school’s charter outlines the school’s specific goal in helping the community.

Some focus on science and technology education like AMSA (Advanced Math and Science Academy), others focus on disadvantaged and marginalized populations, and many just try to provide a unique and high-quality educational alternative to students that might otherwise be forced to go to a low-performing district school. If a charter school does not fulfil its charter, it will be promptly shut down by the state.

For years, Walsh has been a strong advocate for charter schools. He was a founding board member of the Neighborhood House Charter School (NHCS), and once proposed state legislation to expand the cap on charter schools. That should sound familiar, because that is exactly what the state ballot question was about.

Baker made the bold move to support the ballot question. He spoke on television in support of the initiative and even went door-knocking in Dorchester to ask people to support charter school expansion. As the most popular governor in the United States, choosing to be so involved in what turned out to be a very controversial issue was a bold move. It took political courage, especially with his re-election in only a few years.

Baker stood up for what he believed in, even when he was under intense pressure from a lot of special interests.

Walsh did exactly the opposite. He knows what good Massachusetts charter schools do for minority communities.

He is the founding board member of the Neighborhood House Charter School which serves 81 percent minority students and 67 percent low-income students. He knows that, after 20 years, charter schools have helped improve these marginalized communities drastically and have achieved more than regular public schools have in 200 years.

There is an abundance of evidence that demonstrates the superiority of charter schools for low-income students, English language learners, minority students, and special needs students alike. Despite all of this knowledge, Walsh inflicted a decisive blow to the proposed legislation with an influential op-ed he wrote in The Boston Globe in October urging voters to strike down the ballot question.

Working with the Question 2 campaign, I personally spoke to a lot of voters. Many of them referred to Walsh’s op-ed as the reason they were going to vote “NO.” The mayor’s endorsement carries significant weight, so why would he condemn the same type of bill he himself had proposed in the past?

Teachers’ unions. They contribute more money to politics than even the NRA. They run Massachusetts politics and pose a huge threat to any politician who is willing to stand up to them. Case in point: Walsh, who is about to face a difficult race for reelection against fellow Democrat Tito Jackson, knows that he needs all the support he can get.

It is sad to think that the acclaimed mayor of a proud city would give up fighting for what is best for the community because of special interests. Walsh apparently wants to win even if it costs him his morals and the city its social progress.

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During long and grueling school days, the only thing that gets me through the week is the anticipation for the weekend.

While many like to stay on campus— watching sporting events or hang out in their dorms—I prefer to explore different parts of Boston and eat out in restaurants with friends.

Having been brought up in Asia, I’ve become accustomed to many different cuisines and have grown to love them. Over the course of my life, food has become one of my passions, and I’m always on the lookout for the best soup dumplings or bowl of ramen in town.

Returning to Boston after the break had me immediately nostalgic for Asian food.

Luckily, Boston’s vibrant food scene has an abundance of restaurants from which to choose. In this instance, my friends and I decided to head to Chinatown to indulge in one of our favorite Japanese hot pot—the perfect hearty meal on a cold, dreary, winter night.

Surprisingly, after living in Boston for close to five months, it was only my second visit to Chinatown. This time, I instantly felt at home walking through the crowded streets, taking in the familiar sights and smells.

On a Friday night, Chinatown is reminiscent of the bustling streets of Hong Kong, lit up by radiant neon signs and glowing lanterns suspended above the roads. Diverse crowds overflow from tiny milk tea joints and lines accumulate outside the neighborhood’s most notable restaurants.

The densely-populated area is the thirdlargest Chinatown in the country. It’s not only a tourist hotspot, but a go-to destination for many international students from Asia desperate to get a little taste of home.

Chinatown does not disappoint, offering authentic food from all corners of Asia.

My first visit to Chinatown was unexpected. I went to visit a friend from home, who lives off-campus in a luxury, high-rise apartment building with a concierge, fitness center, and heated indoor pool.

The building towers above the narrow and winding streets of Chinatown, located minutes away from some of the best restaurants Boston has to offer. The modern condo features sleek floor-to-ceiling windows with sprawling views of the city—a far cry from a cramped freshman dorm on Upper Campus.

Walking through the opulent lobby, it became clear that the majority of the building’s occupants were affluent international college students. The young residents moved in and out of the building dawning designer clothes and carrying Barney’s shopping bags.

I was immediately taken by the lavish lifestyle. Who wouldn’t be? I began to imagine life without communal bathrooms and cafeteria food. I wouldn’t have to worry about waking up my roommate in the morning when I’m cramming an essay or be conscious about my tidiness. Instead, I would be surrounded by the cuisines I love within walking distance from Newbury Street and the Common.

Yet when I returned back to campus, I realized that my desires were not entirely realistic. Not only would it be unlikely for my parents to fund my off-campus endeavors, but I would be doing myself a disservice by residing off-campus. I would be missing out on impromptu antics with friends and restrict myself from meeting new people.

Despite the appeal of having this cosmopolitan lifestyle, I realized I was better off following the traditional housing route at BC. Living off campus so soon would be going backward. It dawned on me that I needed to embrace my new surroundings and overcome my own personal issues with living on campus.

For anyone, going to college is a once in a lifetime experience. Living in a dorm builds character. It teaches you lessons as you learn to live with people who you won’t always get along with. More importantly though, it would be a shame to not take advantage of the spirited campus lifestyle that many would be so grateful to have.

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In the Cat House

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But what makes PURR Cat Café so special isn’t exactly the food that it will serve, but the furry residents that will hang out there all the time.

Diane Kelly first heard of the idea of a cat café when she was on her way to North Carolina where she was studying to open up a dog grooming business and was immediately smitten.

On her ride home, Kelly visited two cat cafés: Crumbs in Georgetown, D.C. and Meow Parlor in Manhattan.

“I was really interested in the concept,” Kelly said. “By the time I made it home, I said ‘I’m not going to do dog grooming: I’m going to open a cat café.’”

Kelly has been working to open her very own cat café since that snap decision in 2015. She spent two months researching cat cafés that were already open to make sure this was what she really wanted to do. Kelly had quit her job in the medical field to pursue her lifelong dream of owning her own business, and wanted to be sure a cat café was an appropriate investment of her money and energy. After contacting the owners of other cat cafés, she found that they could be surprisingly profitable.

From that moment on, her first obstacle was the most difficult to overcome. Technically, cat cafés are illegal in Massachusetts since one can’t make food around animals. But, as Kelly explained, persistence was key in obtaining a permit from the city. After meeting with the Boston Public Health Commission three times, Kelly gained the support of the commissioner and his team, as well as the support of Mayor Martin J. Walsh, MCAS ’09, who sent representatives to community outreach meetings to support the c a fé ’s co n cept. By partnering with a local business—a business yet to be finalized—that will prepare the future food and drinks served, PURR was finally given the permit.

Kelly was also required to

hold meetings where members of the Brighton community close to the current PURR location could voice their concerns. Given that cat cafés are still such a novel concept, the idea was very well received by the community.

Kelly was originally looking for a location near Kendall Square, but finding a landlord that would permit about 20 cats in their building was yet another obstacle in her path.

When she found one in Brighton that would let her, she jumped at the opportunity. Kelly also suspected that the café’s close proximity to Boston College would be an added benefit, as the customers of the other cat cafés that she studied have largely been students.

Kelly intends to take full advantage of PURR’s proximity to BC, drawing students with future two-for-one deals and discounted four-

Kelly believes that all of the effort that has gone into this café will benefit the community of Boston and many cats.

“I want the community to enjoy the cats,” Kelly said. “I know a lot of people in Boston can’t have pets in their apartments. One of the things we’re going to do with PURR is we’re going to do community education. If you have a cat or dog, you need to be responsible and think about taking care of it permanently.”

And this message is the underlying one driving PURR. All of the cats present at PURR will be up for adoption. Kelly has partnered with Boston Forgotten Felines (BFF) to bring their cats to the café and help them get adopted there. BFF, which lacks a physical shelter and instead runs on a foster-home system, finds feral felines on the streets, traps and neuters them, and then finds foster parents for the domesticated cats.

Kelly also revealed that PURR already has a collection of eager people ready to volunteer to help the company. At some point in the near future, Kelly will invite anyone interested in volunteering and host a meeting. There, they will discuss what role the community could play in their mission. The meeting time has not been decided yet, but these volunteers will be vital for Kelly, and her general manager Sarah Dellea. “[Dellea and I] both love cats, but we haven’t worked with cats,” Kelly said. “We’re trying to have our team do educational lectures about cats.”

In the coming week, Kelly will start the construction and interior design of the PURR space. Kelly will start an Indiegogo campaign to help raise money for this final step—a tool that other cat cafés in the past have used very successfully.

Kelly admits that this operation of trying to get PURR to become a reality has been exhausting to her both physically and f inancially.

But these burdens have not stopped Kelly from making her dream come true.

“It’s just a new experience,” Kelly said. “It’s so nice to know I’m going to be working for myself and saving animals.”

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Kelly is also planning many cat-centered events at PURR, including speed dating, movie nights, and painting nights. Kelly also plans on launching yoga with cats, and arts and crafts with cats in hope of attracting the café’s current followers—85 percent of which are women.

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There will be more updates coming to the app in the future, Bauer said. The two are in talks of expanding it to other universities to allow students to view the menus of their dining halls and track

nutritional information.

“We haven’t really looked too far into that yet, but if everything takes off, then potentially we would be able to do that,” Bauer said.

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Alexander McQueen. Chanel. Kate Spade. Michael Kors. Céline. Alaïa.

These are the names of the top high fashion brands named as favorites by officers of the Fashion Club of Boston College (FCBC). But these are not simply clothing brands or a name plastered on the tag of an amalgamation of fabric. In the eyes of those responsible for creating and facilitating the FCBC, these names represent an artform that BC has yet to appreciate.

“There is this debate whether fashion is art or not, but I really think it is,” said FCBC President Greta Quintini, MCAS ’17, as her ring gilded fingers pushed back her sleek, dark hair.

Her off-the-runway, thick charcoal eyeliner jutted out from either side of her eyelids, jumping to and fro as she smiled and laughed. She constantly shifted her Michael Kors purse closer to and farther away from her body and twiddled with her monochromatic black ensemble. She exuded style and fashion.

From Rome, Italy, Quintini began her collegiate fashion journey in her freshman year at BC, when the club was founded. Beginning as the FCBC Freshman Representative, she worked her way up the ladder to become the club’s president this year. Quintini has watched FCBC grow and has been a living, breathing example of the club’s mission.

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FCBC is still striving to make sure this mission is heard. Prior to this year, FCBC held networking events with department stores Bloomingdale’s and Saks Fifth Avenue as well their own annual fashion show amid the fluorescent lights and linoleum flooring of the Rat. The 2015 FCBC Fashion Show featured brands such as Vineyard Vines, Daisy Spade, Duchess, and Clear Classics, as well as dramatic and artistic student designs from the Grecian era.

The list of this year’s events and guest speakers spans name brands and companies that BC students sport everyday without knowing their connections to this up and coming organization. This past November, McEdward Laguerre, Adidas’ leader in talent acquisition, BC ’13, spoke to students in Gasson Hall about his experience working at Adidas and with Kanye West for his Adidas line.

In October, British online fashion and beauty store ASOS held a pop up event giving away 10-percent discounts at their store and free, printed, customized tote bags. But FCBC wants to expand beyond this and push the envelope even further—garner more attention for their

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events and create a club that not only covers the trends, but also makes them. Th e best way to make this happen is to continuously advertise and broadcast FCBC’s ongoing efforts to bring high fashion to BC. Eva Valcic, PR Director, CSOM ’19, and Coco Hayes, Event Coordinator and Head of Instagram, MCAS ’18 find this to be their main priority. FCBC usually advertises their events and meetings through their newsletter and listserv which is broadcast to 350 BC students.

But this outreach is not exclusive to BC. “I am also in charge of facilitating relationships with outside representatives to set up event logistics if someone is coming to BC,” Valcic said. “I also regularly communicate with the rest of the E-Board and attend weekly meetings.”

What is important about fostering these connections between brands and BC is the “X-factor” about Boston and BC’s campus that may drawn them in.

“BC students as a whole take pride in the way they present themselves, whether it be on campus or off campus,” Valcic said. “This passion for self expression is definitely noted and appreciated by brands and vendors who seek out BC.” Aside from events and lectures, the FCBC plans to draw students in with their annually printed fashion magazine, Icon. Previously known as à la Mode, the magazine is a student produced publication that features on- and off campus trend coverage, feature stories on fashion internships, and photoshoots modelled for and shot by BC students.

Flipping through the pages of 2016’s Icon and 2015’s à la Mode, it is hard not to be impressed by the level of passion, effort, and skill put into every article, photograph, and layout design.

The word “sophistication” instantly comes to mind while reading the high fashion trend coverage featured that is reminiscent of Vogue and Elle magazines.

Past stories include a feature about a student f a shion internship entitled “My Life as an Intern at Seventeen” by Jennifer Suh, MCAS ’17, a Boston street style piece photographed by former officers, and a piece all about Paris Fashion Week Fall 2015 entitled, “Paris is Always a Good Idea.”

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their past issues and reaches a larger audience than ever before. Bree especially noted the need for improvements for the magazine in order for this to happen.

“Definitely involvement and efficiency. That was an issue last year. It was supposed to be published at the end of the year but it wasn’t actually published until September or October of this year.”

These kinds of bumps in the road are no surprise, though. Having just been founded four years ago, FCBC is successfully pushing through the early kinks that any club experiences at the start.

What truly ties the organization together and separates them from the rest, though, is their demand for BC to foster a fashion-friendly environment.

FCBC is a budding group of fashionable students yearning for campus coverage and the chance to blossom into an unavoidable school force. The only key component of the equation missing is BC itself.

There are no current classes offered that touch upon the field of fashion.

When asked whether they would be interested in taking fashion oriented classes, such as fashion merchandising or the history of fashion, all of those interviewed instantly smiled and nodded with excitement. Studio art or art students in general could also benefit from fashion photography or design classes.

German fashion designer, artist, and photographer—and the current head designer and creative director of the fashion house of Chanel—Karl Lagerfeld is a name that came up a lot throughout many of the interviews conducted. Lagerfeld once said, “Fashion is about two things, the evolution and the opposite.”

FCBC is already in the beginning stages of its evolution. Their annual fashion show should be exp e cte d around February and the next issue of Icon is sure to hit the BC campus this spring. The opposite that the club requires is the help of students who are interested more in the business side of fashion—those who will be excited to listen to lectures from brand names and fashion company networking opportunities.

One lesson learned from sitting down with many of the FCBC officers, especially Quintini, is when in the FCBC, do as the Romans do—or namely, one Roman. It is exciting to see the start of something special. BC’s fashion underdogs, those who are trying to bring high fashion to the Heights, are embarking on a journey to mark territory on campus that hasn’t been discovered yet.

Each member’s unique sense of style, passion for fashion, proclivity for leadership, and desire to reach out to other is what is making the Fashion Club of BC the most exciting one to join.

The latest addition to the decrepit halls of movies based on video games, Assassin’s Creed, might be the final nail in the coffin.

For those like me, who love both video games and movies, this trend has been very disappointing. Every time a video game movie hits theaters, it seems to inevitably fail. The movie has been panned by critics and audiences alike. Hardcore fans of the particular series have come out in full force to defend this, the latest foray of video game culture into cinema, claiming, “It makes sense if you’ve played the games,” or “The movie didn’t stay true to the game.”

And yet, video game movies continue to be made. I imagine it always starts with something like, “Hey everyone likes [insert popular video game franchise here] games, why don’t we make a movie out of it?” After draining millions on each failed attempt, we invariably end right back where we started.

So why does this keep happening?

First, every video game that studios have tried to make movies from are not video games that would translate well to movies. Let’s take Assassin’s Creed for example. Assassin’s Creed II has about 15 hours of play time with its main story. And for the most part, the stuff that happens in the main story contributes to the plot and the overall experience. So it’s very difficult to condense a story that long into a twohour movie. The writers of Warcraft (the movie) had countless hours of playtime and extensive lore at their disposal. But in order to squish it into two hours, so much has to be cut out. Audience members who were unfamiliar with the game did not understand the motivations or backstories of most of the characters in the movie.

This strategy alienates the general audience, where all of the money comes from, and every critic who hasn’t played the game, where all of the reviews come from.

If translating a story that is already popular among fans is impossible, then writers have to make up their own story within the world. Assassin’s Creed had to create its own story. The movie spent most of its time in present day with brief cutaways to the Spanish Inquisition. The time spent in present day is the most boring part of the movie, just like in the games, and yet the movie was forced to do this in order to have a cohesive story that jives with the video game world.

Condensing only works to a degree with books. While a book might have six hours of time spent reading, much of it can be shown on screen instead having to be described with words. A book like Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix has 766 pages. It obviously takes more than two hours and 22 minutes to read.

But the movie Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix only takes two hours and 22 minutes to watch, and I consider it the best movie in the series. Of course scenes have to be cut, but the entire process is much easier. The countless movies based on books across the millennia can attest to this success. Video games, however, are at a disadvantage. Video game movies are new and Hollywood has clearly not had enough time to get them right yet.

There is a potential solution to the “video game problem.” We’re in a golden age of television, and I think the industry can use this to its advantage. HBO and Netflix have the ability to create content outside the boundaries of network television. Keeping with the example of Assassin’s Creed, I think that a series version of about 10 hours of television per season is a better way of going about creating something people will enjoy—and will be successful. Assassin’s Creed could spend time in the present day as well as in the distant past. This way, the story wouldn’t have to suffer, and the show could really explore itself over the course of a season. There is already a wildly successful television show based on a video game. That show is called Pokemon (along with all of its iterations).Obviously, Pokemon is very different than a Netflix or HBO show would be, but it demonstrates the fact that there is a market for this type of media. I think in terms of quality, the future of video games lies in television and not the silver screen.

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Often debated is where exactly to draw this line, and in whose territory does it intrude.

It’s not hard to find modern day morality driven criticism of depictions and discussions of sexuality in films, art, and music. What is shocking, however, is the continued disapproval of the female nude form outside of media. Artistic expression seems to own the license for the human form, while women in their everyday lives are still shamed for showing theirs.

The act of breastfeeding in public is the most recent example of this. Models can book topless or nude photo shoots in the name of artistic integrity for high fashion brands or lingerie companies and no one bats an eye. But when the same woman decides to nourish her child in public with a blanket over herself—or not—she is condemned.

Candice Swanepoel, best known for her work with Victoria’s Secret, has felt both blades of this double-edged sword.

For example, over a month ago, Swanepoel posted a close up of her son breastfeeding on her Instagram account.

“Many women today are shamed for breastfeeding in public, or even kicked out of public places for feeding their children,” Swanepoel wrote in

her caption on Instagram.

“I have been made to feel the need to cover up and somewhat shy to feed my baby in public places, but strangely feel nothing for the topless editorials I’ve done in the name of art …

Breastfeeding is not sexual, it’s natural.”

Even opening up the picture on Instagram on my laptop while sitting in the Chocolate Bar made me feel uncomfortable. I trepidatiously looked around to see if anyone was looking at my screen. After doing so, I wondered why I cared and that there was nothing wrong with Swanepoel’s picture.

This was the exact point she was trying to make. It is that type of self-consciousness and shame that is attributed to graphic, sexual images that has become tied to a natural phenomena.

This controversy can also be seen in the war between “Body Positive” photos and pornography.

When Kim Kardashian “broke the internet” with her nude 2014 Paper Magazine cover, those on each side of the sexuality vs. sleaze issue were pitted against one another. Those who lauded her cover photo related the artistic expression to some of singersongwriter Grace Jones’ album covers—all of which celebrated the beauty of the naked, female form. Others were not as pleased.

According to E! Online, actress Naya Rivera, best known for her role in Glee, slammed Kardashian’s photo in the comments section of Instagram when it was posted. Rivera wrote: “I normally don’t. But ... you’re someone’s mother ... ” Disregarding other scandalous covers or acts that Kardashian has done, what did this magazine cover have to do with her ability to parent her children?

This kind of uncorrelated backlash resurfaced when Kardashian posted a censored, nude

selfie on her Instagram in March 2016 captioned, “When you’re like I have nothing to wear LOL.” Actresses such as Chloe Grace Moretz and Bette Midler immediately took to Twitter to express their criticism.

Midler tweeted: “Kim Kardashian tweeted a nude selfie today. If Kim wants us to see a part of her we’ve never seen, she’s gonna have to swallow the camera.”

Moretz retweeted said tweet and quipped with: “I truly hope you realize how important setting goals are for young women, teaching them we have so much more to offer.”

It is not wrong to encourage young girls and adult women to have dreams, set goals, and achieve them, but when does expressing love for ones body discredit women as a whole?

Embracing your sexuality and body image and showing your pride in the same vein of artistic integrity is not owned by magazines, websites, or even your partner. The way a woman wishes to celebrate her body in no way sheds light upon her intelligence or capability to lead a successful life.

In saying that, women do in fact have more to offer the world than our bodies.

We have strong opinions, innovative ideas, and harrowing stories to be told, but we should not have to sacrifice a love for our bodies or the comfort of carrying out natural duties, such as breastfeeding, in public for the sake of success. Being a mother, a model, or a CEO does not bar you from appreciating the human form.

If the artistic world is allowed to use the female form however it chooses, then women themselves should not be ashamed for embracing their figures.

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Gasson 100 was buzzing with anticipation for the arrival of author and journalist Krista Tippett.

Many lined the walls and sat on the radiators to hear her speak about “The Adventure of Civility.”

Tippett’s accomplishments and the timely theme of the talk drew a richly cross-generational audience. In such a highlycontested time from such a valued voice and eloquent speaker, it was worth it to stand or sit without a chair.

“Life on this planet seems like new territory,” she said.

Tippett spoke of how American culture has narrowly equated public life with political life and how she is interested in public life.

She stated public life is common life, something bigger than politics and that the question of democracy opens up the question of what it means to be truly human and what our purpose is in the world. At this point in our history, she believes we are in a reformation in all of our disciplines and institutions.

In her opening remarks, Tippett discussed some of her interviews with guests.

She referred to an interview with Frances Kissling in which the political activist spoke of her lesser-known experiences and of giving herself over to what it meant to be in a real relationship with her political opposites.

Tippett noted that one has to approach it with the understanding that there is good in one’s political opponents, but also that it is easier to preach to the choir, those with whom you agree, because the choir is already there.

Tippett gave two encourage-

ments to the audience in her talk that seem simple on the surface, but can be especially challenging in practice. Tippett described how the words we use shape how we understand ourselves and to caution our use of them because the same word can hold more than one meaning. Tippett used the example of the word tolerance. The second encouragement Tippett gave was to rediscover listening.

“We have been trained to be advocates for what we care about, but it can get in the way … Listening is not primarily being quiet, it’s about curiosity,” Tippett said.

“We must look for the humanity of the words of each other.”

In addition to her encouragements, Tippet discussed “being in touch with intentionality.”

Tippett mentioned how whenever someone walks into any question, they walk with their whole life as their response—as does the person who posed the question.

This is often why people get so invested in their answers.

Because of this, Tippett noted, it is important to have intentionality behind our questions and that, while it can be difficult to transcend a combative question, it is also hard to resist a generous question. Tippett made the point of seeing people giving up on a civil dialogue and that we cannot hand our deliberation to those polarizing voices.

When asked about how Tippett would apply these principles to journalists that don’t have the luxury of time that she has, Tippett responded that “facts have never been enough to tell the stor y of us complicated, illogical creatures … the facts took us a long way, but they have stopped.”

Tippett also proposed a phrase that could have really helped during this election cycle.

“Tell me what you mean with that word when you use it,” Tippett said.

Tippett stated that in order for this proposal to work, one must genuinely mean it.

Referring back to a previous point, Tippett mentioned that just like one brings their life experiences into answering and framing questions, certain words mean different things for different people.

Tippett continued by discussing the relaxing nature of a conversation in which you feel comfortable.

One piece of advice Tippett offered in achieving that comfort is to ask questions that the person would find interesting.

In doing so, Tippett stated that the interviews become less of a Q&A format and more like a conversation.

Tippett ended the talk by informing the audience of one question she likes to begin her interviews—a technique from the Benedictines. It includes taking up a burning issue and having people answer it through the story of their life.

Tippett utilizes this technique by asking about the spiritual background of one’s childhood.

Tippett noted that the response people gives her for these questions is a starting point.

Where one starts is extremely important.

Tippett pondered what would happen if people who voted for Hillary Clinton in this election and people who voted for Trump got together and talked about why they voted for who they voted for through the story of their lives and really listened.

Tippett argues that it would profoundly impact the way we see our fellow Americans.

“Conversation conducte d with openness and civility can be transformative,” Tippett said.

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Get off campus and head to the Museum of Fine Arts this weekend to be part of the last weekend in the Iranian film festival. Look out on Sunday for A Dragon Arrives! In this experimental film, a political prisoner’s apparent suicide leads a Chevrolet-driving detective to a desert island in the Persian Gulf. Directed by one of Iran’s most exciting and idiosyncratic directors, Mani Haghighi, the film is a pays homage to the Western genre while bringing a unique and complex flair that is sure to leave its mark on Iranian cinema in the years to come.

Get ready for American hip hop trio Migos’ second studio album Culture to drop Jan. 27. The same group who brought chart topper and Donald Glover favorite, “Bad and Boujee,” is set to make sure their sophomore album meets the level of excitement and hype surrounding the project. The album will feature artists DJ Khaled, 2 Chainz, Travis Scott, and Lil Uzi Vert.

“The new album title is about the culture of hip-hop music,” group member, Offset said. “It’s time to let the culture be known. It’s time to claim it. Migos is the culture.”

Out in select theaters this Friday, Jan. 27, The Salesman is my go- to weekend pick .

Originally titled Forushande, The Salesman is an Iranian-French film directed by Asghar Farhadi. The film tells the story of a young couple, both actors, who are performing Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman. The stress and emotion of the play begins to take its tole on their relationship.

The Salesman has already won multiple awards across the world. Notably, the film has been nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Foreign Language Film Category.

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This common saying gets tossed around often, but in the face of the largest gold find of all time, it is sometimes easier to not ask any questions—a problem that arises in the new film, Gold.

The film opens with a flashback to 1981, with a Matthew McConaughey character that feels familiar. Kenny Wells is good looking. He presents his beautiful girlfriend, Kay (Bryce Dallas Howard), with an expensive watch, and his father, Kenny

(Craig T. Nelson), makes him the pointman for their company’s massive prospecting project. In other words, everything is looking golden. But when the plot truly begins, just a short seven years later, we see McConaughey looking quite different. Gone are the six-pack abs and lush mane of hair—in their place is a beer belly, a balding hairline, and an addiction to alcohol. Not only that, the economy struggled during the interlude and so did his business.

Once run out of a large office, he now conducts business in a bar, and lives in Kay’s house.

Wells still believes in his com-

pany, and after having a drug-induced dream of gold in Indonesia, he pawns off the last of his possessions and takes a flight out to meet with a geologist named Michael Acosta (Édgar Ramírez).

Once thought to be the golden boy of prospecting, Acosta is hungry to prove himself. Together, they throw themselves into the search for gold. After weeks of no luck, Wells contracts malaria and is out for weeks. When he wakes, Costa tells him the samples aren’t good—they’re great. They have the biggest gold find of all time.

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ter people in the business world.

Huge companies are begging to get in on the rush, and they are being treated like royalty. Wells and Acosta open for IPO and are set to make millions. Through this process, however, there is one question that no one asks: is this rags to the riches story too good to be true?

The genre of the film takes a pivot about midway through— transitioning from gold hunt to crime thriller. It turns out the first part of the film was all being narrated by Wells to an FBI agent, in attempt to explain his side of the story. This plot device suddenly changes everything, and we no longer know what to believe and who is telling the truth.

The acting in this movie is noticeably impressive, starting with the lead, McConaughey. The toll he put on his body for the role shows his commitment, and it paid off. He delivers a riveting performance of a man pushed to the edge by an obsession, and refusing to give up his dream at any cost. His chemistry with Ramírez is instantly apparent as the two bond over their common dream of gold and redemption. The differing styles of each create great humor. For example, after a long monologue by Acosta, Wells responds by asking “Do you always

sound like that? Like a book on tape?” But the real scene stealer of the film is Bryce Dallas Howard, who plays Wells’ long-time girlfriend, Kay. She is one of the few who stuck with Wells during his hard years, and yet she starts to get pushed out by him once the gold starts pouring in. The pain and love Howard conveys in her scenes create a deeper emotional texture to the film.

While set in Indonesia, the majority of the filming took place in Thailand, and the scenery is breathtakingly beautiful. The lush, expansive jungle provides the perfect backdrop for the film.

It captures the feeling of the gold rush, awe-inspiring, but at the same time, dangerous and risky.

Another element that truly stands out in the film is the soundtrack , particularly the original song, “Gold,” by Iggy Pop. The song appears twice in the film, and the haunting vocals over a simple guitar track pack an emotional punch on both appearances. It also marks Iggy Pop’s first Golden Globe nomination.

Gold is a good film, but a great story. The filmmaking does not try to push the boundaries in anyway, but the story is a thrilling narrative that keeps you guessing past the very last frame.

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“Moving On and Getting Over” is a punchy, undulating song that speaks to getting over a relationship.

The song touches on how the titular ideas of “moving on” and “getting over” are separate endeavors. The lyrics speak to these difficulties while conveying these thematic elements through the song’s structure.

Much of the song reassures listeners that the singer is, indeed, moving on, conveyed through more inde-

pendent guitar licks and grooves. In particular, the separation between words is the most prominent in the lines: “But I still can’t seem to get you off my mind / And I do believe I feel you all the time, all the time.”

This kind of articulation is used to reinforce a moment of weakness, as the thoughts of an old lover beats down mental barriers to resurface in one’s thoughts. Additionally, this kind of movement is reminiscent of a heart beat, again pointing listeners toward the singer’s desires and his conflict between heart and mind.

Hitting a completely different feel than the previous song, “Changing” is a uniquely moving piece that opens with Mayer on piano. Though the piano chords progress simply, the coupling with Mayer’s voice complements the sincere message of the lyrics. Repeating the notions of change, Mayer notes how both he and the world are changing, often at a rate too fast to see. These kinds of ideas are manifested through the descriptive verse: “I see the sky changing / Reminds me of my changing / Wish I could tie me a rope ‘round the sun / ‘Cause I am not done changing.”

“Love on the Weekend,” which was released as a single, is a soft and dreamy love song that details yearning for weekend merriment.

Mayer adopts a tone that is reminiscent of a country song. The airy

guitar, which fades in and out, and the wistful overtones of the song are distinctly not country, but Mayer’s vocal machinations are slightly drawn out like a drawl.

Perhaps this is also due to the subject material, referencing cars, driving, weekend frolicking, and girls, which are standard tropes in the country genre.

The song, “You’re Gonna Live Forever in Me,” is extremely quaint, vivid, and touching. This is the most picturesque song on the EP thanks to Mayer’s earnest and descriptive lyricism. The whistling at the be-

ginning of the song acts as guide, holding listener’s hands from verse to verse. At the halfway point of the song, violins quietly swell in the background, emotionally augmenting Mayer’s transition into whistling and the latter half of the song. Upholding themes of progression and moving forward, Mayer speaks of the ephemeral nature of everything, including relationships. But, as is the caveat in the title, one may find a certain level of immortality in the hearts of those who know or knew you. Recounting some of the lyrics would fail to capture the potency

rendered by Mayer’s singing.

The Search for Everything: Wave One is diverse in four songs and attests to the ability of Mayer to bring simple, yet important ideas to the forefront of his music. Though ideas of change, moving on, and progress are not ground-breaking or grandiose, they are often overlooked because of their simplicity.

In today’s climate, simple ideas may be ones we can all agree on.

If there are subsequent waves to come in this series, one can be certain that fans will wait impatiently at the shoreline.

Unfortunately, The Frontier doesn’t really push the boundaries of television, especially by Netflix’s standards.

It is a collaboration between Netflix and Discovery Channel (Canada), and it is the first scripted television series ever produced by Discovery. Set in 18th century North America, preRevolution, the show’s main premise is the fur trade that exploded in that

area during the time period.

The first episode of the show struggles under the weight of its expositional burden and a large number of clichés. It opens on Declan Harp (Jason Mamoa), an outlaw fur trapper, cutting the throats of British redcoats. The audience learns that Harp is looking to seize power from his enemy and previous employer, the Hudson Bay Co. Meanwhile, Michael Smyth (Landon Liboiron) and his two friends

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other characters live in and where the setting of the show will take place.

Smyth went to sleep after experiencing what was probably the worst night of his life. His friend was brutally murdered in front of him.

Then, Dolan, the girl of his dreams, was arrested and taken away. Finally, Smyth himself had to hide or be killed. Not one of these things is conducive for a good night’s sleep. He continues to sleep peacefully when the ship is leaving port, so he has no choice but to participate in the plot of The Frontier. Coincidence is not an original or interesting means of moving the plot forward (i.e. A Tale of Two Cities). While Smyth hides amid the barrels and crates, two soldiers walk by. They just happen to be discussing the attempted theft that occurred the night before. They just happen to be talking about Smyth’s love interest, and they just happen to say exactly what happened to her, down to the very name of the prison to which she was taken. Now Smyth has his motivation because The Frontier pounds him in the face with it.

The show then jumps to a scene of Dolan being locked away in prison by two guards. She struggles and is

sexually assaulted by one of the men.

This is another tiresome cliché. Every time a movie or show wants to make sure the audience knows a certain character or person is evil, they turn them into a rapist. It’s very unpleasant to watch, it further objectifies the female characters, and is a very black and white approach to creating a “bad guy.”

Fast forward, the audience meets the main antagonists, Lord Benton (Alun Armstrong) and Captain Chesterfield (Evan Jonigkeit). The audience learns of their villainous roles early on in the show when they, that’s right, sexually assault women.

At this point, The Frontier is done setting up its story and has wasted most of the first and second episodes on “setting the scene.” The show does begin to get better from here on, but after all of this it’s difficult to say if it’s worth the time and energy. Mamoa (the “big name draw” for the show) doesn’t really do much besides grunt and raise his eyebrow accusingly.

Overall, The Frontier is a decent show to binge on Netflix between releases of good shows like House of Cards and Black Mirror, but would be hardly worth it if it was released from week to week.

With nine million views and counting, Ed Sheeran has a hit on his hands with his latest music video, “Castle on the Hill.” “Shape of You” and this piece are the latest sounds listeners have heard from the singer since 2015. Creating anticipation back in December on Instagram, fans were given clues about Sheeran’s upcoming album, Divide. If the reaction to these two songs are any indication of how the remainder of the album will go over with fans, Sheeran seems to be looking at a successful 2017.

The lyrics of the song fondly look back on the singer’s younger years. Even without the video, one can picture the scenes through his distinct descriptions. One of the reminiscent verses is, “I’m on my way, driving at 90 down those country lanes, singing to ‘Tiny Dancer.’”

Throughout the verses Sheeran embeds similar representations of his childhood that are sure to resonate with listeners.

The video brings these lyrics to life, alternating between the musician returning to his childhood home and flashbacks of the artist and friends growing up and trying to figure out their lives. He recounts, “These people raised me and I can’t wait to go home.” The piece pairs the passionate vocals of the singer with an upbeat tempo, allowing listeners to hear and see the soul of the performer. To top it off, the creators of the video found a teenage actor that looks identical to Sheeran, making the story feel even more genuine.

This nostalgic piece is sure to bring viewers back to times of uncertainty and possibility, where imaginations run wild and people dream. Sheeran isn’t interested in the latest trend or mania when he makes his music. His powerful words and voice leave a lasting impression that urges listeners to come back for more.

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As chilled out as ever, Real Estate returns with jangling guitars and absolutely no trace of anxiety. New guitarist Julian Lynch is a great addition. In “Patience,” frontman Martin Courtney intones throughout the song, which is exactly what we need while waiting for Real Estate’s upcoming album.

Recently knighted Ray Davies teams up with folk legends, The Jayhawks— continually treading water within his longtime obsession that began with his brother Dave in The Kinks (US). “Poetry” is no exception and is a beautiful pastiche of Americana folk.

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BC fought back to a 15 point deficit, then a 10 point deficit, then a 5 point deficit. All of the momentum was going its way, and it got a few lucky breaks too.

The lucky breaks culminated with nine seconds to go. After Robinson drained a 3-pointer to bring the Eagles within three, they desperately needed a steal to stay alive. And they got just that.

With six seconds to go, Chatman snatched the ball away from Reed—BC had possession again.

The ball ended up in the hands of Bowman. He was fouled. And

he went 1-for-2 from the free throw line.

B owman misse d the fre e throw in the final seconds, but he wasn’t the only one to miss free throws on the day. BC converted on 10 of its 15 attempts—66.7 percent—and any one of those shots could’ve sent the game to overtime, while any two could’ve won the game for the Eagles.

Miami, meanwhile, shot 75 percent from the line. Its accuracy from the charity stripe ended up being its salvation in the game.

It was almost a successful comeback for the Eagles. It was almost a victory on the enemy’s

home court. But “almost” only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.

With home victories against Syracuse and NC State, BC has shown it can compete against conference teams at home. But the Miami loss represents just another in a long line of road conference losses for the Eagles.

In fact, the last time BC won an ACC game on the road was March 2, 2015, against Virginia Tech. Until the Eagles can prove they can compete against conference teams on the road, they will find it hard to call themselves a legitimate threat in the ACC.

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“He probably cost us a couple of points tonight,” UConn head coach Mike Cavanaugh said of Woll’s performance. “He’s a World Junior caliber goaltender. He was big, he was strong, and we just had trouble putting pucks by him.”

Jerry York agreed with his former assistant’s sentiment, likening Woll’s performance to a “pitcher throwing a shutout in a pennant race.”

Throughout the game, UConn (9-10-6, 5-6-2 Hockey East) forced Woll to his backside with heav y pressure. In the first, Maxim Letunov tried to swallow up a rebound, but Woll recovered handily. He snatched puck out of the air with the collection of a senior. Many of his rebounds could be pushed to the side without much fret.

He continued his magic on a BC (16-9-2, 11-3-1) power play late in the frame. Connor Moore attempted a big shot from the blue line, but it was stolen by Corey Ronan. The third liner dashed down the ice, 2-on-1 with Brian Morgan, with Woll left out to dry.

Yet the goaltender stood on his head for one of his many amazing stops. When Ronan dished it late to Morgan, Woll was there to push it out to the

far boards. The save forced Woll far out of the crease, allowing Ronan a wraparound chance on an empty net. But, aided by David Cotton, Woll recovered in time to keep the puck out of the net.

Unlike Friday’s game against Massachusetts, the Eagles’ defensemen routinely got burned in the second period. Michael Campoli—in place for an injured Jesper Mattila—and Luke McInnis often allowed UConn’s first line to dance around them in the frame. The miscues left Woll on an island, especially following a silly too many men on the ice penalty by BC. On that one, Woll got burned by Tage Thompson, one of the conference’s best goal scorers, who was left all alone for a power-play goal.

Yet following the Thompson goal, Woll’s defense began to stand up for him, too.

In the third period, the Eagles’ three best for wards—Austin Cangelosi, Colin White, and Ryan Fitzgerald—each took penalties, calls that York referred to as “marginal.” But instead of needing to make big saves, BC’s penalty kill did a superb job preventing “Grade A” chances. In particular, Graham McPhee and Julius Mattila stunningly kept the puck away in the neutral zone and away from the Huskies’ attack—they were particularly solid on a 6-on-4

attempt with the empty net and under two minutes to go. And, though UConn outshot BC, 4326, only three of its attempts came on the power play.

Woll’s performance isn’t to say York was pleased with his team’s effort. BC began with that hot start, as only 54 seconds in, Michael Kim received a feed from Moore at the right circle. The defenseman went high to the left on UConn’s Rob Nichols for the game’s opening score.

A mere 34 seconds later, J.D. Dudek took advantage of a lazy change by the Huskies, getting what ultimately became the game-winning goal.

Yet from that point on, the Huskies took over possession.

Even on a 5-on-3, the Eagles couldn’t gain anything more than one solid chance from Casey Fitzgerald. York believes that those goals may have been just too quick.

“We got a great start, but sometimes that backfires. It kind of affected our play a little bit.”

Still, UConn’s “58-minute hockey game,” as Cavanaugh put it, was enough for the impeccable Woll.

And if the freshman from the Midwest can continue to put up performances like Tuesday night’s, the Eagles will run away with points even on their worst days.

Defense Struggles, from B8 game away a minute into the second period, when he turned it over while taking a pass at the blue line on said power-play unit.

Huskies’ speedster Corey Ronan burned by the freshman and McInnis had to take his second penalty just eight seconds into BC’s man advantage.

“They’re playing their hearts out,” York said of his four freshmen defensemen in McInnis, Matilla, Michael Campoli, and Connor Moore. “It’s a big jump for all of them. … But you can play forward in this league as a freshman and it’s difficult, but defense, that’s the biggest jump of all. We make mistakes but our hearts are good and we work really hard.”

McInnis wasn’t the only one to turn it over or take a penalty,

as there were enough mistakes made by all to add up to those 70 attempts. Yet there were some bright spots among the defensemen, highlighted by Campoli cutting off a burgeoning breakaway attempt by UConn’s second-leading scorer Maxim Letunov a little later in the second stanza. With BC dressing five freshmen or sophomores on any given night, York is banking on a steady rate of improvement like Campoli showed in just his ninth game of his collegiate career.

“I think they’ve shown some really good improvements as the year’s gone on,” York said.

“And our older guys, [sophomores Michael] Kim and [Casey] Fitz[gerald], they’re still learning too.”

Along with giving up 23 more shot attempts than it took, BC was even more fortunate in this

win because the first line of Matthew Gaudreau, Colin White, and Ryan Fitzgerald was held off the board again. Though that line generated the most consistent offensive pressure of any Eagles’ unit, they just couldn’t connect on time for many prime looks at the UConn net.

Their best look came with a few minutes left when Huskies’ goalie Rob Nichols flashed the leather and gloved White’s pointblank wrister, and then White couldn’t even bury an emptynetter in the game’s final minute.

Other than opposing teams’ keying in on that line, there isn’t much rational explanation for why those three aren’t finding the twine of late. Though hockey is peculiar like that, it’s not so strange that such a trio won’t snap out of it soon and start scoring some goals.

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Joseph Woll faced a flurry of UConn attackers on Tuesday night, turning away 42 shots on goal on his way to a magnificent performance that lifted the Eagles over the Huskies for their second-straight win.

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The Eagles will travel to

Dekalb, Ill. to take on Northern Illinois in the first week of the season, Friday, Sept. 1, before beginning their ACC and home slate in the second week of the season when they welcome Wake Forest to Alumni Stadium.

BC will host non-conference opponents Notre Dame and Central Michigan in September, as well as take a trip to defending champion Clemson.

In October, BC will play con-

ference foes Virginia Tech and Florida State at home, and will travel to Louisville and Virginia.

The Cavaliers are the Eagles’ rotating Coastal Division opponent in 2017, similar to Georgia Tech last season.

The Eagles will open November on the bye week, before playing North Carolina State at home on Nov. 11. BC will then take on Connecticut at Fenway Park, before rounding out the

season against Syracuse at the Carrier Dome on Thanksgiving weekend.

The Northern Illinois game will be played on a Friday, as will the home game against Florida State.

It is the third consecutive year that the Eagles will play the Seminoles on a Friday night. All other games are scheduled for Saturdays.

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Tech at BC Saturday, Oct. 14: BC at Louisville Saturday, Oct. 21: BC at Virginia Friday, Oct . 27: Florida State at BC Saturday, Nov. 11: NC State at BC Saturday, Nov. 18: BC at Connecticut (Fenway Park) Saturday, Nov. 25: BC at Syracuse

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“We haven’t played a game yet this season where we haven’t gotten a penalty,” head coach Katie Crowley said regarding the team’s three penalties of the evening. “If we’re going to play hard we have to be able to kill off those penalties and that’s obviously a big deal.”

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sent into the box for the second time for hitting from behind 14 minutes into the period. The Warriors had another chance to close the gap and tie the game.

While Merrimack wasn’t able to find the back of the net, BC nabbed a second shorthanded goal of the night when Keller passed the puck to Andie Anastos who was able to get behind the defensemen and sneak the puck past Ridgewell’s legs. The Eagles headed into the second break with a solid 3-1 lead on the Warriors.

After two penalties in the second period, BC wasn’t looking to get any more disadvantages, and Merrimack didn’t want to give the Eagles any kind of leg up either. Both teams were able to keep all players out of the box, and the entire period was played with five-on-five hockey.

BC wasn’t satisfied with only a two-point lead on their opponents, and Makenna Newkirk took a calculated but fast shot from the left circle and the puck sailed past Ridgewell’s arm, increasing the lead to a three point

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deficit with ten minutes left in the game.

The Warriors were unable to respond, and fell to the Eagles for their sixth consecutive loss.

On the two impressive short handed goals of the night, Crowley said the team was vigilant.

“I thought today we were really good at just reading opportunities where we could get going and get actual scoring opportunities off of,” she said.

With the win, BC also clinches home ice advantage for Hockey East playoffs.

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BC may be catching the Irish at a good time when they visit Kelley Rink on Saturday. In its last five games, Notre Dame is a mediocre 2-2-1, with losses to Merrimack and Michigan Tech. Meanwhile, the Eagles have built up a little momentum with wins over UMass and UConn, putting their pair of losses to BU behind them. The student section should come out in full force this weekend, and BC will ride its energy to a close win.

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And the Super Bowl birth of BC alumnus and current Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan serves as a perfect reminder.

Ryan himself was once just a three-star recruit. Coming out of William Penn Charter High School, Rivals.com ranked him as the 25th best pro-style quarterback in the 2003 recruiting class. That placed the 6-foot-4 gunslinger behind JaMarcus Russell (sixth), Brady Quinn (10th), and Matt Flynn (16th).

Yeah, those three.

Russell’s legacy is set—he will forever be known as one of the NFL’s biggest busts, who floundered in free agency, taking the figure of a defensive tackle.

Quinn is famed for his draftday freefall, which landed him with the Browns, a virtual death sentence for quarterbacks. And Flynn relied on one 480-yard, six-touchdown performance to extend his journeyman career far longer than it probably should have lasted.

None of them have played a down in the NFL since 2014.

But Ryan’s ranking might have been justified at the time— he was by no means a superstar.

In his senior year of high school, the Philadelphia native threw for just 1,048 yards. Not to mention that his completion percentage hovered over a mere 50 percent during his three years at the helm.

Ensuing his arrival to BC, Ryan was redshirted and remained a backup until his sophomore season. But once then-head coach Tom O’Brien gave Ryan the nod in the fourth quarter of the Eagles’ loss to North Carolina, he never gave the starting role back.

In what was BC’s inaugural season in the ACC, Ryan piloted the team to wins in each of its final three games, capping off the season with a victory over Boise State in the MPC Computers Bowl.

Yes, Ryan’s play provided optimism, but that was secondary. His final push propelled the Eagles to a No. 18 ranking. One year removed from the Big East, and the team was already in striking distance of the conference championship—atypical of teams making the leap to the Power Five.

For instance, take Rutgers, BC’s former Big East rival.

After leaving the conference in

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2014, the Scarlet Knights have mustered just four Big Ten wins in three years. Call it what you want, but Ryan set a precedent for BC athletics. There wasn’t a rebuilding period. There weren’t any excuses. Amid Ryan’s tenure, all that existed was a winning culture.

And in his junior season, the ascension continued. Despite a sprained ankle in the season opener and a broken foot at mid-season, Ryan refused to let injury disrupt a year filled with career-highs. Leading the ACC in passing yards, he ultimately guided the Eagles to a 10-3 record and another bowl victory.

Ryan decided to return for his senior season, and it paid off.

He aired out for 4,507 yards— more than Aaron Rodgers and 28 other starting NFL quarterbacks threw for in 2016—and 31 touchdowns. Entering November, the Eagles boasted an undefeated record and a No. 2 ranking. After overcoming backto-back conference losses, Ryan and the Eagles found themselves in the program’s first ever ACC Championship game. In a losing effort, BC made a name for itself on the national stage, all thanks to Ryan.

The four-year BC signal caller would go on to beat out Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow for the Manning Award—crowning him as the nation’s best quarterback.

But, like all Eagles legends, Ryan maintained the ideals of a BC student. By working hard in the classroom and developing on the field in front of the eyes of Superfans, classmates and alumni were able to connect with Ryan. He was their hero, but also their peer.

Earlier this year, BC retired Ryan’s jersey during halftime of the Eagles’ matchup against Connecticut. The game was a lousy one. UConn’s subpar defense made BC’s 127th-ranked offense look like a second coming of Ryan’s. Nevertheless, the student section was crowded with anxious fans—comparable to the turnout when BC played the eventual National Champion Tigers.

They weren’t in Alumni Stadium to see BC defeat a pitiful Huskies team, they were there to get a glimpse of their idol.

As soon as “Matty Ice” walked out onto his former playing ground, the “Fire Addazio” chants immediately grew quiet,

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and students erupted in cheers.

These are kids that were 9-12 years old when Ryan played his final season at BC. You can assume that most of them never watched his thrilling fourth-quarter comeback win over then-No. 9 Virginia Tech.

Regardless, he walked the same campus, ate at the same dining halls, took the same classes as every other BC student. In this token, they feel as if they are tied to him.

When family members make the unoriginal and obnoxious comment about how BC sports aren’t “doing so hot” lately, students are quick to throw in Ryan’s name in defense. His success legitimizes the program and, more importantly, provides hope.

The fact that a three-star recruit from Exton, Pa. could become the face of college football is very real for BC fans.

If it could happen once, it can happen again.

Ultimately, it all comes down to coaching. In 2015, SB Nation traced the origin of the past decade’s non-blue chip first round draftees. BC headlined the list with six.

But Addazio didn’t recruit any of them. Again, we return to O’Brien.

In 2004, he plucked another diamond in the rough: B.J. Raji.

Besides BC, only Wisconsin and Rutgers extended offers to the former Green Bay Packers’ ninth overall pick. He was overlooked by countless schools. Once he arrived at BC, he proved them all wrong.

And that’s what BC needs to pitch again. Look at men’s basketball head coach Jim Christian. He discovered Ky Bowman and Jerome Robinson. The backcourt duo was neglected by numerous schools, even those in their home state of North Carolina. Both of the underclassmen were bypassed by every ACC program within the Tar Heel State. By coming to BC, they were given the opportunity to play against the best teams in the nation—the ones that never gave them a chance.

Addazio can even use Ryan, the most prominent of BC’s fabled players, as a talking point.

But with a history as rich as the Eagles’, there are several routes that the fifth-year head coach’s can take.

Doug Flutie’s last-second prayer of a deep ball that mi-

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ANNABEL STEELE

Assoc. Sports Editor

The Eagles need a statement victory. Sure, they’ve won their past two games, taking down Connecticut and Massachusetts in the process, but the memory of the tough loss to Boston University must still be fresh. Defeating Notre Dame will provide much-needed motivation and positive energy heading into the Beanpot. It will be a close game, but I have a feeling BC will have a power-play goal in the third period to secure a win.

PREDICTION Boston College 2 Notre Dame 1

ANDY BACKSTROM

Asst. Sports Editor

Saturday ’s matchup marks the Eagles’ final Hockey East regular season game against the Fighting Irish, as Notre Dame will join the Big Ten next season.

In the teams’ Dec. 10 meeting, head coach Jerry York’s crew tallied two power-play goals in a losing effort. Look for the Eagles to try to capitalize on special teams once again. One game removed from a careerhigh 42-save night, goaltender Joe Woll will do just enough to prevent the Irish from capping off a season sweep.

PREDICTION Boston College 3 Notre Dame 2

BC 44 | DUKE 67 1/22

BC|HUGHES 14 PTS DUKE|BROWN 22 PTS

BC 3 | UVM 0

Boston College 4 Notre Dame 2

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BC|BOWMAN 33 PTS UNC|JACKSON 22 PTS CHESTNUT HILL, MA BC|FLANAGAN G UVM|LITCHFIELD 29 SVS

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raculously landed in the hands of wide receiver Gerard Phelan, forever credited the Eagles with the famous “Hail Mary” playcall. Mark Herzlich, one year removed from his ACC Defensive Player of the Year campaign, battled Ewing’s Sarcoma—a rare form of bone cancer—en route to an inspiring return to Alumni Stadium for a delayed senior season. Luke Kuechly set the BC and ACC record for tackles in just three seasons of play before leaving for the NFL. With every NFL touchdown pass that Ryan throws or every tackle or interception that Kuechly makes, the yearning for the next Chestnut Hill great increases. So now that Ryan is knocking on the door of his first Super Bowl ring, this craving is at an all-time high.

All signs are pointing to redshirt freshman Anthony Brown taking over as BC’s next potential savior. The dual-threat quarterback is poised to be the Eagles’ first long-term solution at the position since Chase Rettig’s three-year campaign (2011-13).

Brown is also a three-star, redshirt. Hey, that’s a start.

If Ryan outduels Tom Brady in Houston, BC fans will share a part of the Lombardi Trophy with their former quarterback.

It will also serve as the pinnacle of Ryan’s development—something he started when he put on the maroon and gold.

It’s fitting that Under Armour serves as BC athletics’ sponsor. This fall, at the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit in Laguna Niguel, Calif., Under Armour’s senior vice president of global retail, Susie McCabe, explained how the company selects which athletes and teams to promote.

“The biggest thing we look for is character,” McCabe said.

BC may never compare to state schools as a football power and may never pull in five-star recruits. But it will always be the home for transformational players—guys that use doubt for motivation. Guys that have character. Guys like Ryan.

For all we know, the next BC football legend could be just a season away.

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BC 2 | CONN 1

BC|WOLL 42 SVS CONN|THOMPSON G

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W. HOCKEY

BC 4 | MC 1

BC|KELLER G MC|BOECKERS G

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M. BASKETBALL BC 77 | MIAMI 78 1/25

BC|ROBINSON 27 PTS MIAMI|NEWTON 23 PTS CORAL GABLES, FLA

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

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He went through his motions again.

He shot again.

And he missed.

Boston College men’s basketball was now down 76-74 with five seconds to go in the game. Bruce Brown secured the rebound. A.J. Turner fouled him. Brown sank both free throws.

The Eagles were now down 78-74 with four seconds left.

BC inbounded the ball to Jerome Robinson. He took off up the court, pulled up before the 3-point arc, and drained a buzzer-beater trey.

Too little, too late.

At the conclusion of a roller-coaster game, Miami barely held on for a 7877 victory over the Eagles. With the win, the Hurricanes (13-6, 3-4 Atlantic Coast) officially became 12-1 this season in games they led at halftime, and the Eagles (9-12, 2-6) dropped their fourth straight game.

It was a tale of two halves, with a slow, unexciting first half followed by a thrilling end to the game. In the first half, BC jumped out to an early lead thanks to Ky Bowman, who opened up scoring with a 3-pointer a mere 15 seconds into the game. But before long, Miami had tied the game, and then taken a 5-3 lead of its own. After this point, the Hurricanes led for the rest of the game, although BC clawed

back from several significant deficits to almost tie the game.

For several minutes in the first half, the Eagles kept it close. But with just under 11 minutes to go in the half, Miami began to pull away for the first time.

Robinson fed the ball to Nik Popovic, who went up hard in the paint to bring the score to 18-13, a manageable fivepoint deficit. From there, Miami had an offensive flurry to widen the gap, pushing the lead to 28-13 within a few minutes. The Eagles managed to somewhat cut into the deficit before halftime, entering the locker room trailing by eight points with the score at 30-22.

Although Miami has dominated this season in games it has led at the half, the second half opened with a promising run for BC. The Eagles relied on

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Bowman and Turner at the start of the half. Turner opened scoring for BC with an offensive rebound and a put-back.

Seconds later, Bowman sank a three.

All of a sudden, BC trailed by only five points, and the energy on the court began to change.

Over the next few minutes, the Eagles attempted to claw back and tie the game, but Miami stayed just out of reach. Mo Jeffers went 1-for-2 in one trip to the free throw line. Connar Tava went up hard for a layup and made it to bring the Eagles within six. Turner stole the ball and took it down the court for a statement dunk. But after each basket for the Eagles, the Hurricanes scored again—ensuring that BC could come within a handful of points, but never actually reach them.

BC’s fortunes changed for the worse with 12 minutes to go in the half.

Miami’s Huell Dewan snagged the ball away from Jordan Chatman and took it down the court for a monster dunk.

Seconds later, Robinson lost the ball to Kamari Murphy, who found teammate Bruce Brown down the court for a fastbreak layup.

From there, the Hurricanes built up a sizable lead, and it seemed as though the once-close competition would turn into a lopsided game that BC could not recover from. With just under nine minutes to go, the Eagles trailed 61-44.

But the Eagles had one last comeback attempt in them. It just wasn’t enough, in the end.

See MBB at Miami, B6

MEN’S HOCKEY

8E;P 98:BJKIFD As soon as Hunter Renfrow hauled in the game-winning pass of this year’s College Football Playoff National Championship game, the tide turned. Clemson had just knocked off Alabama—a team that hadn’t lost a national title game in the Nick Saban era.

The rematch between the Tigers and Crimson Tide was decided with just a few seconds remaining in the 2016-17 college football season. But the ACC overtook the SEC, a conference that has won eight of the last 11 national championships, long before the two-yard touchdown toss.

Deshaun Watson’s final drive was simply a culmination of the entire season, a year in which the conference won nine bowl games—three more than any other conference in college football.

But such a coup doesn’t guarantee the best recruits. In fact, according to Rivals.com, Clemson’s 2017 recruiting class is estimated to come in 11 spots lower than last year’s. Even with this year’s National Champion and Heisman Trophy winner, the ACC still falls short of the SEC and Big 10. And it’s pretty simple.

Many of the country’s finest high school football players have their eyes on an NFL career. In year last year’s NFL Draft, a combined 98 players from the SEC and Big 10 were selected— that’s more than the Pac-12, ACC, and Big 12 combined. So, it was no surprise when 28 of this year’s top 50 ESPN 300 recruits committed to play for SEC and Big 10 schools.

As long as these two conferences produce NFL talent, there’s nothing the ACC can do. A fortune that is especially problematic for its bottom feeders—schools like Boston College.

Despite bouncing back from an embarrassing 3-9 campaign and earning its first bowl victory in nine years, the Eagles’ accomplishments continue to be outweighed by their conference foes’. At the end of the day, BC still finished last in the Atlantic Division.

Following the Eagles’ dismal 201516 season, Rivals.com reported that BC brought in the ACC’s weakest recruiting class. Head coach Steve Addazio could not coax a single four-star recruit to come to Chestnut Hill. Of the 17 recruits, 15 were scouted as three-star prospects.

On Feb. 1, BCEagles.com will broadcast a National Signing Day Show, revealing the Eagles’ 2017 recruiting class. BC is projected to jump from 82 to 57 in the rankings. Regardless, the Eagles will never stand atop the recruiting podium. It’s hard to convince an 18year-old that Commonwealth Avenue is more desirable than South Beach.

But it doesn’t matter, because all it takes is one player to define a team.

Some football schools are known for consistently dominant teams and unprecedented dynasties. Others, like BC, are remembered for fostering players that are immortalized on the field.

See Matty Ice, B7

INSIDE

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LIZZY BARRETT / HEIGHTS EDITOR

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Woll, however, wasn’t convinced. He called on the referees to review the goal. Sure enough, they agreed. The zebras determined that Kasper Ojantakanen had interfered

with Woll, knocking him onto the ice and out of the way. That hit gave Naas, his celebration now for naught, the window through which he could score.

But, truth be told, pushing Woll out of the way was the only way the Huskies had any chance at all.

The freshman from St. Louis, Mo. put together his most masterful performance of the season on Tuesday night against the Huskies.

Anchored by two goals in the first 88 seconds of the game, Woll survived three third-period UConn power plays. And, with 42 saves, the Eagles escaped with a 2-1 midweek home victory.

See MHOK vs. UConn, B6

9P D@:?8<C ?F== ?\`^_kj JkX]] Connecticut ripped off 70 shot attempts on Tuesday night, and 43 of them were on net. Even with a goalie like Joseph Woll, teams rarely survive that kind of defensive leakage. Though Woll and Boston College pulled it off against the Huskies, BC’s young and thin defense prevented the team from putting Tuesday’s game away.

After the Eagles took an early 2-0 lead, they were generating some rare zone time in UConn’s end about halfway through the first period. The puck got back to freshman defenseman Luke McInnis, but he let it bounce over his stick,

leading to a Huskies’ rush the other way and eventually forcing him to commit his first penalty of the game. UConn didn’t convert on the ensuing power play, but it gave the team some much needed life.

McInnis is in an abnormally large role for a first-year defenseman. He plays with top blue liner Casey Fitzgerald and mans the point on BC’s second power-play unit along with fellow freshman Jesper Matilla, whose quad injury left Jerry York’s defense corps thinner than usual against the Huskies. At the risk of picking on the Hingham, Mass. native, McInnis partially stymied another chance to put the

See Defense Struggles, B6

WOMEN’S HOCKEY

Knf J_fik$_Xe[\[ >fXcj C`]k 9: Fm\i D\ii`dXZb 9P E@:FC< GC8 ?\`^_kj JkX]] Syllabus week has come to an end, and while many students are just getting back into the swing of things, Boston College women’s hockey has been busy on the ice. With an 11-0-2 record in their last 13 games, the Eagles have the longest winning streak in college hockey.

Heading into their game against Merrimack College, they were not only looking to add to that streak, but add to another one as well. In the five total games that BC and Merrimack have played one another in program history, the Eagles have never lost.

This game at Kelley Rink was no different, and the Eagles (19-3-4, 152-2 Hockey East) skated away with a

4-1 victory over the Warriors (8-17-3, 4-14-0).

With mostly freshmen in the starting lineup, head coach Katie Crowley gave the younger players a chance to get on the ice. Minimal calls were made, making the first period a very physical one.

The only penalty of the period came at the hands of Bridget McCarthy, who was called for slashing after trying to force a turnover just three minutes into the game. With an advantage on the ice, the Warriors were looking to create an early lead, but the Eagles weren’t going to let the penalty phase them.

With 30 seconds left before the power play expired, Kristyn Capizzano regained possession of the puck when the Warriors overshot a pass and skated unopposed towards the

net. The only player standing between her and the twine was goaltender Samantha Ridgewell—and to Capizzano, it was like she wasn’t even there. From the circle, she whipped the puck past Ridgewell to notch her 12th goal of the season, giving the Eagles an early lead of 1-0 despite the 5-on-4 disadvantage.

For the Eagles, a one-goal lead just wasn’t enough. Capizzano again gained control of the puck and headed toward the net to increase the lead, but the net was better defended this time.

With a slew of players and Ridgewell ready, Capizzano couldn’t get the puck past the line, but Megan Keller was patient.

After Ridgewell deflected the puck, Keller was there to sneak the rebound past her outstretched legs and bring the Eagles lead to 2-0 into the locker

room.

The second period started out much more aggressively, with Merrimack’s Allison Sexton sent into the box only two minutes in for slashing. Despite keeping the puck in Warrior territory and taking four shots on the goal, the Eagles weren’t able to capitalize on the power play.

Determined to make sure the game wasn’t a complete shutout, Annie Boeckers pushed the puck behind the line and gave the Warriors a point after a crowd near the net left Burt tied up in front of the goal.

The overcrowding led to BC’s Serena Sommerfield being sent into the box for hitting from behind, and the Eagles were again one player short. BC was

See WHOK vs. MC, B7

FOOTBALL: Full Schedule Announced

WOMEN’S HOCKEY: BC Downs Warriors

SCOREBOARD............................................ B7

The ACC’s announcement includes an early home game against rival Notre Dame and a trip to Clemson..................B6

The Eagles handed Merrimack a 4-1 loss, scoring two goals while down a man due to penalties.........................................B7

EDITOR’S PICKS..................................... B7