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Last Friday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order barring the entry of Syrian refugees indefinitely, suspending all refugee entry for 120 days, and restricting immigration from seven Muslim countries: Iraq, Iran, Syria, Somalia, Sudan, Libya, and Yemen. While the order has sparked praise from some, many have protested the order around the nation. The vague language of the order and various interpretations of its repercussions have resulted in confusion and fear for many.

That includes Boston College, where a demonstration has been planned for Friday by members of the Muslim Students Association (MSA).

“Detainment and interrogation and discrimination of Muslims has existed for a while now,” said Isra Hussain, director of external relations within the MSA and MCAS ’17. “But having a policy in place like this makes it very hard for our families, cousins, relatives, friends, to stay in the U.S., and live peacefully in the U.S.” The MSA’s demonstration, which will start Friday at noon with a moment of silence and then proceed to include student and faculty speakers, will be about standing in solidarity with those affected by the executive order.

“It’s really hard living your everyday life being a normal student when you have this uncertainty hanging over your shoulder,” Hussain said. “We’re hoping for this event to be a place where people reflect and really breathe together and digest everything that’s happened in unity, and move forward from there.”

In planning for this demonstration, Hussain has been pleasantly surprised by the amount of support that other student organizations have been showing the MSA. From Climate Justice at Boston College to Freshman League and Sexual Chocolate, more than 30 organizations on campus have come forward to collaborate with the MSA for this demonstration.

“We’re just hoping for a place to come together, find that solidarity, and really move forward together to try and get passed this in a very productive way,”

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To celebrate, Addazio posted a video on Wednesday morning of his best “Salt Bae” meme impression, which quickly made rounds on the internet.

While BC’s recruiting class ranks at the bottom of the ACC, there are several pieces worth celebrating. Among the 20

new members of the program are two running backs, two wide receivers, three tight ends, two quarterbacks, two linebackers, and three defensive backs. There are two offensive linemen, one of whom is Alec Lindstrom, who joined his brother, Chris, on the Heights as a mid-year enrollee in January.

“He’s a little undersized,” defensive coordinator Jim Reid said during a special National Signing Day telecast on BCEagles. com. “But he’s been on this campus for two weeks and has already gained 10 pounds.

He reminds us of his brother.”

For many of the new signees, football runs in the family. Tate Haynes, a quarterback for California’s Cathedral Catholic High School who may transition to defensive back for the Eagles, is the son of Hall of Fame cornerback Mike Haynes.

Wide receiver Caleb Stoneburner—who

After only one team turned in forms on time to run for Undergraduate Government of Boston College president and executive vice president, the Elections Committee (EC) extended the deadline to run until tomorrow at 4 p.m.

And now, at least one more team will be joining Raymond Mancini and Matt Batsinelas, both CSOM ’19, in this year’s race.

Sebastian Biber, MCAS ’19, and Davis Pollino, CSOM ’19, decided to run earlier this week, with Pollino for president and Biber for executive vice president. They said in an interview Wednesday that they were initially on the fence about running this year, preferring to run next year after getting another year of experience on campus.

But when they saw that only one team had declared, they decided to take the opportunity and have been preparing it since Monday.

EC rules bar them from discussing specific details of their platform until the campaign kickoff, which will now be on Saturday at 3 p.m. instead of Sunday at 7. They said the roles are stigmatized because of the responsibilities that come with them.

“Everyone I talked to who I tell that I’m running is like ‘Why would you ever do that to yourself?’” Pollino said.

Pollino and Biber aren’t currently involved in UGBC, but they said they don’t think it will hurt to have “outside” candidates in the race.

“I think that as outsiders, it’s actually an important perspective, because what I’ve heard from people in UGBC, it’s a niche in which it’s very much everyone’s own opinion, and everyone’s same opinion, for the most part,” Biber said. “So coming in as outsiders might be a breath of fresh air for the whole organization, I think.”

Mancini and Batsinelas said in an interview on Sunday that they expected the EC to extend the deadline. The EC’s guidelines state that if only one team has entered the race after the deadline, the committee reserves the right to extend the date.

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Sebastian Biber (above) and Davis Pollino are now the second ticket in the UGBC race.

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UCS has continued to see a trend of more student-seeking counseling services in the last year. Over 1,300 students have

visited UCS since September, which is up 8 to 11 percent in the past couple years, according to Director of UCS Craig Burns.

“Some of the increase in ongoing therapy appointments may be accounted for by the fact that we have increased our staffing this year, allowing us to see more people for more sessions than in previous years,” Burns said in an email.

UCS added two new staff members in March, after there was an increase in demand for counseling services on campus.

Burns said, however, that the increase in staff has not played a part in the increase of emergency visits.

“We believe that there is a combination of decreased stigma to seeking profes-

sional help along with an increased awareness of the service, as well as a heightened climate of tension and anxiety both locally and nationally which influences people’s sense of well-being,” he said.

A visit is considered an emergency if the student has an issue that cannot wait until the next available appointment.

Psychological emergency clinicians (PECs) are available all year 24/7 to speak with students who need immediate counseling.

The PECs are located in the UCS office during business hours and are available at the Boston College Police Department or University Health Services offices after hours.

Students who utilize emergency visits

range from extreme cases of psychotic breaks, which are rare, to students feeling acute panic or anxiety that feel that they cannot wait until an appointment becomes available.

When asked if UCS has seen a spike in visitors since President Donald Trump’s inauguration and his executive order limiting immigration, Burns said it has been too short of a window to tell. He has noticed that the political events have been a common topic discussed during counseling sessions.

“Our way of responding to it is being open to all students around any form of distress—whether it’s an emergency or an ongoing consultation,” Burns said.

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Students have been able to borrow bikes through O’Neill Library since September, when the program launched. Students can check out the bikes free of charge after completing a certification class with Bike

BC. The certification programs are led by a biking professional and are held twice a month. Since April, 108 students have completed the certification, according to Ben Li, president of Bike BC and CSOM ’19.

The course teaches students how to obey traffic laws and ride safely in Boston.

After the completion of the course, students must sign a waiver that acknowledges they will take care of the bikes and will be responsible for any damages. Students may then rent the bikes.

Li has noticed that the certification program attracts mostly international students who ride bikes often in their home countries. These students want bike-riding to be a main mode of transportation for

them at BC. According to Li, most students use the bikes to ride between Newton Campus and Main Campus, or from their off-campus houses to classes. Students also use the bikes for leisurely rides, and Bike BC will host group rides in the spring when the weather is warmer.

To rent a bike, students must retrieve a key to the bike lock from the O’Neill circulation desk. The bikes are located on the first floor of the Comm. Ave. Garage.

Each bike comes with a helmet, a lock and key, and a light. Bike rentals last for three days at a time.

When the weather is good, all 10 bikes are rented, Li said. Each bike turns over

twice a week, so most bikes are out for a full six days.

The club has had no issues with bikes being seriously damaged or stolen—they have only seen normal wear and tear. A member of Bike BC checks the bikes to make sure they are in good condition every other day. When a contacts Bike BC to report a problem, a member of the group will fix it immediately.

The group is still working on establishing a greater presence on campus and plans to partner with the Office of Residential Life to have resident directors promote the program to their residents.

Li said he was excited to hear of receiving the Legacy Grant from the University.

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Only 19 grants were given out last year. The grants are awarded to students or groups of students that work on projects that will impact the community at large.

In addition to increasing the number of bikes it has, Bike BC plans to use the grant money to hire a professional bike mechanic to fix bikes at times they need repairs. Li will meet with administrators in the Office of Student Involvement who will make the purchases for the club.

“Instead of taking a bus, biking around cuts down our carbon footprint that we leave to society,” Li said. “That is in line with the vision of men and women for others—that we are serving society by protecting the environment.”

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The Woods College associate dean of enrollment management, Claudia Pouravelis, will be speaking about the Woods College’s undergraduate programs during a virtual information session on Friday. From 12 to 12:30 p.m., Pouravelis will be reviewing the application requirements, the different programs, and the curriculum.

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On Friday, University Libraries and Irish Studies will be hosting Lucy McDiarmid to speak about her recent book about the Easter Rising, At Home in The Revolution: What Women Said and Did in 1916. The lecture will begin at 12:15 p.m. in the Burns Library with a luncheon after the talk in the Burns Library Irish Room.

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For the next two weeks, Agape Latte will have tables set up around campus with Agape valentines ready to be personalized as part of an their Valentine’s Letter campaign. Students can drop their valentines off at the “valentine campus mailbox” on Stokes Lawn. On Feb. 14, Agape Latte members will be delivering the letters.

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While many Bostonians have internalized a love-hate relationship with the MBTA, not many know or think about its origins. Emerging from the late 19th century, America’s cities became increasingly congested, and an alternative for horsedrawn trolleys was necessary.

While many cities toyed with solutions, Boston became the city that constructed America’s first subway.

The film features Frank Sprague, a member of the Navy who designed the first electricpowered trolley cars, overcoming engineering and urban-planning obstacles. He proved their effectiveness through turning Richmond, Va., into the first city to have a transit system powered by electricity instead of horses.

The Race Underground then delves into Henry Whitney, a Brookline real estate mogul.

Sprague’s electric-powered trolley cars caught the attention of Whitney, who had convinced the city of Boston to let him consolidate seven transit companies. The next step was literally groundbreaking—digging up Boston Common and implementing a transportation system underground.

Rossi’s film illustrates how slow and arduous the transit revolution was back then, just as many are looking at ways to improve the MBTA and other infrastructure in Boston.

?fe^ KXcbj JXeZklXip :`kp In an effort to understand what sanctuary cities are and how they work, The Boston Globe asked Boston College law professor Kari Hong, a specialist in immigration, to explain some basics of sanctuary cities.

According to Hong, the term “sanctuary city” falsely implies that cities are providing protection for undocumented immigrants and that immigration laws will not apply or be enforced in a sanctuary city. In reality, sanctuary cities simply mean that federal government will need to enforce the federal immigration laws, instead of the local police.

In November, a group of students launched an ongoing petition that calls for BC to be declared a sanctuary campus.

Hong explains that as a sanctuary college campus, the federal government can ask for the names of the school’s noncitizens, and the campus can refuse. But if the federal government asks with a warrant, colleges that are sanctuary campuses must provide the information.

Hong agrees that a “sanctuary city” is simply a political term, meaning that it is not an “official designation.”

To what extent will Colombia’s peace process result in long-lasting reparation? Co-sponsored by the Thea Bowman AHANA and Intercultural Center and the Organization of Latin American Affairs, “Truth, Justice, and Reparation: Lessons from the Peace Process in Colombia,” provided a space for scholars and students to explore this question Monday night in Devlin 101.

The Colombian peace process refers to the negotiations and November 2016 agreement between Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). The agreement aims to bring an end to the Colombian conflict, the 52-year, asymmetric war fought between the Colombian Government, paramilitary groups, crime syndicates, and left-wing guerilla factions.

Ines Maturana Sendoya, director of the Office of AHANA Student Programs and a Colombian citizen herself, introduced the program.

“This historic agreement gives me hope for something different and better for Colombians,” Sendoya said. “But we must see how this peace process rolls out.”

Robert A. Karl, professor of

modern Latin American history at Princeton University, was the event’s first speaker.

“I want to begin by asking you all a burning question,” Karl said. “How many of you have seen Narcos?”

The wildly popular Netflix show provides viewers with a chronicled look at the criminal exploits of Pablo Escobar, the infamous Colombian drug-lord.

“Everything Narcos has taught you, please forget it,” he said.

Karl went on to explain that the show’s framing of Colombia’s drug economy trivializes the grave and often deadly reality of a nation divided by social hierarchies, violent politics, and illegal exploits. FARC and other factions of the war were funded in part by the drug economy, which diverted parties away from their goals of justice and equality and toward citizen exploitation.

From its founding in 1810, Colombia has struggled to form a unified nation because of its divisive geography. Steep mountains and un-navigable rivers separated the nation into three distinct regions, one of which included the agricultural frontier cultivated by the campesinos, or farmworkers, who planted the seeds of the FARC movement.

Over the latter half of the 20th century, FARC developed from an

agricultural rights movement into the leading left-wing guerilla faction of Colombia’s conflict. On the surface, the group promoted agrarianism and anti-imperialism, and embodied communist socio-political ideologies.

However, FARC resorted to terrorism, kidnapping, and the distribution of illegal drugs in order to gain power in a divided nation.

“We seem to think violence was and is an unavoidable part of Colombian history,” Karl said. “But that’s not true. The original people of the FARC movement sought a place in the nation through civic, democratic organization at the local level.”

After Karl completed his segment, Helena Alviar García, dean of the law school at Universidad de Los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia and visiting professor at Harvard Law School, began her portion of the program. As someone born and raised in the heart of the Colombian conflict, García experienced the terror and backlash of war firsthand.

“I never thought that in my lifetime I would see peace,” García said. “I thought it would never come.”

In contrast to Karl’s historical focus, García emphasized the political logistics and legal ramifications of Colombia’s peace process. To illustrate the nation’s political division, García juxtaposed two images. The

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Helena Garcia spoke about Colombia’s peace process on Monday. first was a photo of Diego Rivera’s fresco mural, “Agrarian Leader Zapata,” which depicts Emiliano Zapata, a champion of agrarian reform, leading a band of rebels armed with makeshift weapons, including farming tools. García utilized Rivera’s fresco to exemplify FARC’s message of equity, concerned with farmer’s rights and food distribution.

Accustomed to the deep political divide between FARC and the government, many Colombians were shocked when peace talks began in 2012. These talks and negotiations eventually came to fruition as a referendum vote for peace in October 2016.

Though widely expected to pass, the peace deal was defeated by 50.2 percent of Colombians. Low voter turnout and a passionate opposition to the deal resulted in defeat.

In November 2016, Colombia’s congress ultimately approved a peace accord with FARC. Within the last week, droves of FARC rebels have been marching to demobilization camps, signaling the beginning of the end of Colombia’s war.

“I don’t like to use the word post-conflict,” Garcia said. “I prefer the term peace-construction, because I hope that we never stop building peace in Colombia.”

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The event was sponsored by the Church in the 21st Century Center at BC and moderated by Michael Sacco, the director of the Center for Student Formation. Featured were Stephen Pope, professor of theology, Mary Troxell, associate professor of philosophy, and Kerry Cronin, associate director of the Lonergan Institute.

Beginning the evening’s discussion, Pope said that while one’s personal conscience is a complicated and fraught conversation topic, it is perhaps life’s most important ethical issue, and doubly in the context of leadership.

Pope proposed two criteria to evaluate a leader’s worth, the first of which he called “efficiency”: the ability to effectively mobilize people to achieve a goal. This quality relies on skill, organization, and a shrewd

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use of relational intelligence, but it does not require virtue. He argued that the popular definition of leadership—mere competence in leading others—is dangerously narrow.

“Most of the world’s greatest evils have come from good leaders,” he said. “Leadership can be constructive or destructive—it can facilitate good or evil.”

The second criterion Pope offered to appraise the worth of leaders is their “trustworthiness,” which must be rooted in firm ethical principles.

“Morally good leadership is made possible by people who are trustworthy,” Pope said. “To have trustworthiness you have to be a person of integrity.”

Ideal leadership is the synthesis of both qualities—competence and conscience—into a fully formed and wholesome outlook, Pope said.

He expressed a hope that, while at BC, students will be enabled to form strong consciences so that in the future, when they have opportunities to lead, they don’t simply conform to what he sees as a conventional drift toward cold, opportunistic, and morally indifferent leadership.

Pope said consciences are formed by communities—by family, friends,

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saying that the “alphabet soup” of BC student leadership programs sometimes prompts her to, half-jokingly, comment, “I’m so tired of leadership programs—I would really like some programs for followers.”

While BC students are generally cut from leadership cloth, Cronin said, it’s also important to think about what being a good follower means, on an individual level, in the face of both good and bad leadership.

Going on to offering her own dual vision for leadership, Cronin said that the two functions of leaders are to “create” and to “heal.”

“Creating is what a leader does when she’s trying to understand what’s worthwhile, and what’s worth pursuing,” Cronin said. “Healing [occurs] when she’s loving what’s worthwhile and worth pursuing.”

Armed with this dichotomous leadership metric, Cronin differentiated between the “good” leader and the “great” leader. While the merely “good” leader fills one of these two roles, the “great” leader will perform both of them well, Cronin said.

Cronin argued that neglecting either role can have serious consequences—a person only focused on emotion is at risk of shallow and

ineffective leadership, while the exclusively rational leader can often be coldly unable to authentically connect with those they lead.

While the first critical leadership quality—identifying and understanding what needs doing, and possessing the ability to get it done—can be learned in the classroom or alone, the second—emotionally connecting with both people and the task at hand—cannot, Cronin said.

“We cannot teach you how to love well,” Cronin said. “You can’t learn it alone; you can’t learn it from a book. You have to learn it in relationships.”

At the end of the evening, in response to an audience question, Cronin said that regardless of the leadership opportunities a person finds in their path, working to become a fully-formed leader is always possible.

“You might not get chosen for a service trip, or a leadership role, but you are a roommate and you are a friend, you are a classmate and a colleague, and you are a sibling and a cousin,” Cronin said. “[These relationships] will grow your capacity to love and have a vision of what is worthwhile to pursue.”

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neighbors, and teachers—and are developed by absorbing their ethical messages, for good or ill. Individuals are powerless to choose their own conscience, or form it themselves— for that, they need the moral osmosis that only a community can provide.

“We have to ask, ‘What communities have formed me to be the kind of person I am, and what communities in the future do I want to be a part of that will help be become the person I want to be?’” Pope said.

In addition to his binary blueprint for good leadership, Pope also offered four specific traits for good leaders to aspire to: profound allegiance to the truth, commitment to justice and the common good, personal integrity, and comprehensive compassion.

Troxell said that the concept of “accompaniment” is an intriguing leadership model. This leader-follower relationship is not primarily founded on traditional, deferential respect, but on a feeling of mutual belonging.

“True service leadership is not about ‘leading from the front,’” Troxell said. “It’s not about ‘leading from behind.’ It’s about leading from the middle.”

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This is the second year in a row that the deadline has been extended, although under different circumstances. Last year, three teams initially declared they were running, but when two dropped out the deadline was extended. Five more teams then jumped in.

Mancini, a current member of UGBC’s Student Assembly (SA), has also cast himself as something of an outside candidate. Together with Michael Proietta, MCAS ’19, he has gained a reputation this year for being somewhat contrarian in

his voting record—in September, the two voted against a resolution calling on the University to establish an LGBTQ+ resource center.

Mancini said on Sunday that he thinks UGBC is an inefficient and ineffective organization, which is the focus of his campaign. He thinks the lack of interest in the race so far is telling.

“I think the fact that they had to extend the deadline solely because of lack of competition is alarming,” Mancini said. “It’s one thing to extend a deadline in high school, but at a university education level, you’d think that the undergraduate student government would be very competitive.”

Casey Doyle, co-chair of the EC and CSOM ’17, said two weeks ago that the EC had adjusted the election

schedule this year to be only 12 days, avoiding last year’s drawn-out process. Despite the extended deadline, this year’s election schedule will be mostly unchanged, Doyle said. With the moved campaign kickoff, the election will now start less than 24 hours after the nomination deadline.

The diversity and inclusion town hall debate, initially scheduled for Feb. 8, has been moved to Feb. 7, according to an updated schedule sent out by the EC. Mancini said that even though the new deadline is close to the start of campaigning, he thinks that there will be enough time to jump into an election.

“It would be nice to have more time, but I don’t think it would be detrimental that we don’t have as much time now,” he said.

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While the speakers have not been finalized yet, Hussain has been in the talks with the Undergraduate Government of BC, the theology department, the LGBTQ+ community on campus, and the Graduate Students of Color Association to find speakers who will contribute to the message of solidarity and unity. Hussain also emphasized that any student, staff, or faculty member who would like to speak is encouraged to step up during the demonstration.

“We’re hoping to get a theology professor … especially being a Catholic university, to understand where Catholic social teaching, where different faiths come into what’s been going on recently, and how faith might help us move forward,” Hussain said.

Following the demonstration, MSA is inviting everyone to join them for their Friday prayer in the Multi-Faith Center. Hussain hopes that students and faculty will take the opportunity to get to know some more people in the community.

“A lot of it was for ourselves, and I know that’s why I want to do it,” Hussain said. “I wanted a way to project all of this energy I’ve had following the immigration ban into something more productive, and I think a lot of people were feeling that BC should come together in some way.”

Sara Elzeini, an active member in MSA and MCAS ’18, originally came up with the idea of holding a solidarity demonstration. As a first generation American and daughter of Egyptian immigrants, Elzeini felt hurt by the executive order and empathized with those who could no longer visit their loved ones.

“My mom was kind of stuck in Egypt for a whole year last year, and I know that feeling of having a family member removed, in a different country,” said Elzeini. “There are families literally being stripped apart because of this, and just creating more of a divide and prejudice against Muslims.”

Upon being granted the permit to demonstrate by dean of students Thomas Mogan, Elzeini began sending emails to various student groups,

receiving only responses of support and excitement.

“It’s honestly been the most supportive time I’ve had at BC so far,” Elzeini said.

Trump’s executive order also applies to permanent residents of the U.S., green-card holders, who were traveling overseas for family or for work. Reince Priebus, the White House chief of staff, however, suggested on NBC’s Meet the Press that the order wouldn’t affect permanent residents going forward, but later appeared to contradict himself in the same interview.

Hussain, as the child of Pakistani immigrants, is fearful that the immigration ban will extend to Pakistan.

She fears that her cousins, in the U.S. on student visas, will not be able to return to America if they visit their families.

“It really gives me hope that my peers have some kind of ‘common sense’ in a way, and know that the only way we can move forward from this grief is if we’re together,” Elzeini said. “My main message is unity and strength and being there for each other.”

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Executive Assistant Now in its fifth year, the Shea Venture Competition is a competition for aspiring entrepreneurs who are students at Boston College.

Formerly known as BCVC, the Shea Venture Competition takes ideas from BC students and puts them to the test in Social Innovation and Traditional Business Tracks.

The top prize for each category is $10,000. This year’s top prize earner in the Social Enterprise Category was Purple Parachute, a company that began after a group of friends started to explore the plights of children involved in the Syrian refugee crisis.

Formed by Megan Greeley and Christina Stellingwerf, both BC ’16, who later roped in MBA student Colleen White, CGSOM ’17, Purple Parachute is based on a buy-onegive-one model.

Purple Parachute is designed as a subscription service that would sell creative play kits to children in the United States. The idea of buyone-give-one is that for every play kit

sold in the United States, similar aid is given to children currently living in refugee camps who have been displaced by war and other factors in the Middle East.

The founders wish to provide opportunities for play and educational growth for children in refugee camps who may otherwise lack the resources to do so. This, Greeley said, could help refugee children continue to experience the beneficial psychological effects of play while they are displaced.

“We started looking at how we might be able to address some of the challenges faced by Syrian refugees,” Greeley said.

The subscription service is designed to deliver creative play kits to homes in the U.S., which are designed to stimulate interest and growth in the sciences and technology. For example, one of the boxes that the founders have developed has kids growing their own geodes and then creating projects with the crystals.

The current business plan is to reinvest 50 percent of the profits in growing the company, while the rest will be donated to organizations that support humanitarian relief efforts for refugees from Muslim-majority nations.

Stemming from a school project in a class on social innovation and entrepreneurship, the women initially

thought to create portable recreation centers for refugee camps, but that idea proved logistically challenging and impractical.

Planning to invest their winnings from the Shea competition, the founders of Purple Parachute have dreams of commercializing their business despite the fact that Stellingwerf and Greeley have graduated from BC and are working full-time.

When asked about the Shea Venture Competition itself, Greeley immediately lauded the efforts of both her team and her competition.

“Every team that competed was incredibly smart and they developed strong business plans,” she said. “We are humbled to have been part of the competition at all. I am so proud of my teammates and the work we have done together.”

Now, Purple Parachute is looking up from here. Using the idea of men and women for others, the founders of Purple Parachute want to make a difference. With a goal of contributing something significant to the mission of educational play, the founders are excited to continue their work.

“I am thrilled to have the opportunity to continue building Purple Parachute,” Greeley said. “The problems we seek to address are happening every day, and we want to begin making an impact as soon as possible.”

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Despite studying political science, Shapiro’s experience with BC’s Tech Trek program convinced him that he wanted to pursue a career in business. After his sophomore year, he secured an internship at A&E Network, but quickly realized that it wasn’t for him.

“I realized that TV was very much an aging industr y,” he said.

Going into the next summer, he was determined to find an internship with a tech company.

After numerous applications, interviews, and rejections, he finally accepted an offer at Cloud Technology Partners. Shapiro did not think that Cloud was a “sexy” product to be in, but as a college student, he took the only job that he received an offer for that summer.

His internship with Cloud, however, became immensely useful. The company was still small while he interned, which gave his role enormous flexibility.

“I entered under a marketing role but ended up doing a lot of sales work as well,” he said. “For internships, I can’t recommend working for a start up enough.”

Since then, Shapiro has used his experience in both sales and marketing at Google. He spoke highly of the unique sales environment at Google and how it allows him to work closely with local companies. He first worked with Google as an Account Strategist for their small business sales.

Because all companies must use Google’s services to succeed, Shapiro acted as more of partner than a traditional salesman.

He helped companies optimize their business, as the more they grew, the more they spent with Google.

“We were really just entrepreneurial consultants, working with the manager of your local pizzeria or the marketing manager of a start-up,” he said.

Since then, Shapiro spent a three-month rotation with Google’s small business marketing team and then moved to his current role as an account manager.

He spoke to the difficulty of marketing within a large company, and how that convinced him to stay in sales.

“In such a huge company it was hard to execute on any marketing campaign because there were so many stakeholders,” he said. “Every single email that had to be sent out had to be approved by the legal team, approved by the creative team, and then actually written and produced.”

Shapiro also praise d the work-life balance and company culture that Google provides.

He particularly values Google’s “20 percent project,” which allows employees to spend 20 percent of their time working on whatever project that they want, no matter its relation to their job title.

This allows employees to explore future roles for themselves in the company. Shapiro’s work

on his 20 percent project led to his rotation in a marketing position. The 20 percent rule doesn’t, however, mean that things are easy, Shapiro said.

“Since everyone at Google is so type A, it’s essentially a 120 percent project,” Shapiro said.

Despite that, he said that it’s still possible to fulfill the job, pursue a side project, and keep the work week under 45 hours.

He advised current students, especially seniors, to remain adaptable as they enter the job market. The skills gained in a first job are more important than the job itself, he said. Shapiro emphasized the difference between the first job and someone’s career.

That mindset becomes especially important if one doesn’t immediately get his or her ideal job. Shapiro noted that he was lucky to get his ideal job and that several companies worse than Google rejected him.

Shapiro also spoke about the importance of soft skills and learning on the job. He said that critical thinking, interpersonal skills, and the ability to work on a team are all essential, maintaining that the technical aspects of the business can all be learned on the job. Because of this, he thought that his political science degree helped set him apart from other applicants.

During a brief Q&A period, several students asked about the start-ups Shapiro worked with at Google and what separated the successful ones from the rest. He said that good start-ups execute well and get things done quickly.

They avoid the red tape and delays of larger corporations. They know their product, who they are marketing to, and how to push it to market.

“No matter what job you do, you are going to have stakeholders, and you will have to win them over,” Shapiro said.

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Secret’s out: poké (poh-kay)—the newest wave in fast, casual food—has finally hit the East Coast, and there’s no sign of it slowing down. Pokéworks is a Hawaiian-inspired, minimalist eatery in Somerville, where guests choose from an array of protein—typically raw fish—to be topped over sticky rice, salad, or rolled in the form of a “sushirrito,” before being thoughtfully mixed with traditional sushi ingredients like pickled ginger and masago.

Situated in Somerville’s vibrant Davis Square, Pokéworks might be harder for Boston College students to get to. But if you’re in the mood to break out of the BC bubble and taste something other than mac and cheese from the Rat, call your Uber and go. The neighborhood is fun to explore and your taste buds will thank you after.

The problem is you’ll probably want to go back for dinner, too.

Pokéworks general manager, Joshua Cast, an Orange County, Calif. native, has 20 years of managerial experience in high-pace restaurants. Even his “all go, no stop attitude” that was instilled in him by his father at a young age was challenged this past weekend with the shop’s official grand opening. The line for Pokéworks’s BOGO poké bowl was maintained at an impressive two and a half hours—and Cast finally had to shut it down at 8:45 p.m. so the team could go home. At below-freezing January temperatures, this is definitely what they

mean by “food craze.”

Once you’re there, you’ll understand why. With the same designers as Shake Shack, Pokéworks gives off a familiar vibe, creating the aura that this new joint has been part of the neighborhood all along. Cast explained that the goal is for Pokéworks to become a household name on the East Coast, which, as the nation’s fastest growing poké brand, seems is already a possibility. With reclaimed wood from the Boston area and local artwork, the chain is already becoming embedded into the landscape just like poké is in Hawaii.

For co-founders Michael Wu, Kasper Hsu, Kevin Hsu, and Peter Yang—all California natives—importing the idea of a poké joint was the natural solution to post-vacation withdrawals.

“In Hawaii there are poké carts everywhere,” Cast said. “When you visit, you eat it everyday because everybody does.”

According to Cast, the Somerville Pokéworks location is particularly unique because it is the first franchised Pokéworks.

“Davis Square is up-and-coming,” Cast said. “While there has been a big mix of people, everyone seems to have the same mindset: they want to know where their food comes from.”

Cast attributes the increasing popularity of poké joints to a growing interest in sustainability, as many eaters are becoming increasingly focused on what they are actually putting into their body.

As for the menu, it’s relatively straightforward, $12 for a regular sized, and $15

for an extra serving of protein. Cast recommends the Signature Works for novice poké eaters—the 32 topping options might be overwhelming at first, but he is confident that this sort of diversity is a key differentiator for Pokéworks amongst other poké joints. From seaweed salad to crab salad, wasabi to jalapeno, and avocado to roasted macadamia nuts, there’s lots of room for experimentation. Cast’s personal favorite is the Spicy Ahi, with Salmon instead of Ahi. Cast said that the poké has been led by customers who know what they want. At Pokéworks, not only will customers find what they are looking for—there’s even tofu for vegans and vegetarians—but the staff is also knowledgeable, smiley, and accommodating.

Whether it’s the Hawaiian Classic—a Signature Works creation of ahi tuna, scallions, seaweed, cucumber, chili flakes, sesame seeds, sesame oil, and the not-too-salty, not-too-sweet classic sauce—or poké your way, the complementary textures will be sure to excite your palate. Cast orders ingredients in six days a week, and the quality is obvious.

As if his cross-country move to Boston wasn’t enough, Cast’s confidence in the brand shines even brighter when asked about the future of Pokéworks. Cast shares that there are plans to open two more New York stores in the next six months, and six to seven in the Boston area by the end of this year.

We can only cross our fingers and hope that among the numerous projected locations, a Chestnut Hill location might be in the works.

With an approximated estimate of a $1,500 increase in the average for rent within the metropolitan Boston area from 2000 to 2016, City Councilors from several districts discussed the issue, as well as how Boston-based architects can aid in finding a solution.

On Monday, the Boston Society of Architects (BSA) hosted the panel, “Designing Boston: Parochialism vs.

Production,” at their headquarters downtown with city councilors Frank Baker, Tito Jackson, and Bill Linehan.

The panel opened with an introductory video created by Tory Bullock which addressed the improbability that Bostonians who have lived in the city for their entire lives will be able to keep up with the dramatically increasing rent.

The video acted as a perfect segway for the remainder of the panel as Bullock’s piece, available on Facebook, pinned the issue of rising rent in the city on the recent increase in luxury development.

This spike elevates the property value and cost of living within the surrounding neighborhoods.

A f t e r t h e v i d e o Ta m a r a R o y, President of the BSA in 2016, presented a brief PowerPoint unpacking the problem of rising rent itself, followed with more specific ways in which architects are aiming to combat the challenge.

Th e p re s e nt at i o n h i g h l i g hte d alarming statistics with respect to rising rent issues as they relate to the status of the socioeconomic demographics of the Boston area.

One such statistic revealed that in 2000, approximately 40 percent of newly developed residential units were considered affordable in comparison to only 18 percent in 2016.

According to the state of Massachusetts, affordable housing is that whose costs are at or below 30 percent of a household’s gross income.

“The problem resonates from the increased demand for single residential units with an inconsistent supply,” Roy said. “The unfortunate reality is that it’s significantly more costly to develop a building full of single units rather than those made for two to three people.”

Given this dilemma, Roy argued for the moral and ethical responsibility that architects have to focus on renovating older family units instead of building

new, luxurious, unaffordable ones in the city.

Roy finished her presentation by stating that the BSA’s goal is to develop 53,000 new affordable units by 2030.

Af ter R oy ’s p re s ent at i on , th e moderator, renowne d real estate attorney and former Boston City Council President, Michael P. Ross, introduced the panelists to the audience as well as opened the remaining hour and a half for a question and answer period.

While the epicenter of the panel concentrated on the rising rent issue as it relates to increasing luxur y development in the city, Jackson, a representative from Roxbur y, and challenger to Mayor Martin J. Walsh, WCAS ’09, stated that although he recognizes the increase in development within the city as an issue, people must acknowledge the several other factors that have also led to the rise in rent.

“In 1999, there were approximately 150 murders in the city of Boston and with a considerably significant decrease in the crime rate has also caused a paralleled increase in rent,” Jackson said. “I think there are definitely a lot more factors than simply an increased supply of luxury residential units that we need to put into perspective.”

Jackson continued by noting that approximately 50 percent of Boston residents make $35,000 or less on average.

He additionally added that, according to the Brookings Institute, Boston sits at the top of the rankings for income inequality.

The fact that the majority of Boston residents are not high-wage earners coincides with the lack in the presence of affordable rents.

As one of many colleges in the Boston area, Boston College students and graduates could be exposed to the increasing cost of living, especially when considering many juniors must live off campus.

Although every seat at the panel was taken, a recorded version of the event will become available to the public, and anyone can join a further and live discussion on this issue by following @ BSAAIA on Twitter.

“We lose 52 percent of the surplus of students we have [in Boston] within six months after graduation due to the fact that they simply can’t keep up with the rising rent,” Jackson said. “Therefore, it is imperative that we keep the market in perspective realistically. I don’t call it parochialism. I call it community.”

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Developers over at Cambridge Sound Management have created a high-tech product that aims to reduce unwanted noise within residential areas. Nightingale masks displeasing sounds with customizable acoustics, and could be every college student’s dream.

With a successful 15 years of developing acoustic solutions for commercial estates, Cambridge Sound Management has become “the leader in commercial sound masking systems,” said David Sholkovitz, technology executive and marketing vice president of the company.

The idea for Nightingale, a masking application specifically for residential spaces, was sparked when previous customers began inquiring if such a product existed.

After two years of innovating with the help of their engineering team, Cambridge Sound System developed the first-ever consumer residential smartsleep system.

Nightingale is already challenging lower-tech sleep systems with strong tests of effectiveness. The company says the product can completely eliminate the nagging sounds of dripping water and whispering. Additionally, it can heavily reduce the sounds of conversation, crying, and traffic. With the tech-help business community’s rising awareness of sleep deprivation and the consumer demand for aid in easing the problem, however, Nightingale had to separate

itself from the competition.

“Unlike other sound masking machines, Nightingale comes with two units, and what this does is prevent your ear from localizing the sound, which means it will blend in with the background better,” Sholkovitz said.

“Traditional sound machines or whitenoise machines produce masks coming from one sound source, and so your ear localizes that, and it actually becomes distracting.”

With the speakers located on the sides of the units instead of the front, Nightingale uses the walls of one’s bedroom to reflect the sound into his or her bedroom, and provide full coverage from the “sound blanket.” Sound blankets are the term that Sholkovitz uses to describe the entirely-customizable background sounds that Nightingale users enjoy that mask nearly all unwanted outside noises that would normally disrupt the user’s sleep. These 15 sound blankets are not only customizable to specific noises, but they can also be tailored to a room’s architecture.

“Not all rooms have the same acoustics, and sound absorption, so Nightingale can be customized based off the acoustics and architecture of the room to provide the best sound to help you sleep,” Sholkovitz said. “That’s different from any other white-noise machine out there.”

Nightingale is also accessible through Bluetooth or Wi-Fi, and can be controlled from any iOS or Android device.

This allows for easy monitoring and control with just a simple touch of your phone screen. Likewise, it can be integrated with other smart-home devices, such as Amazon Alexa or Google Home,

expanding the product’s capabilities to controlling other aspects of your residence. Nightingale also serves as an outlet, eliminating the stress of taking up more and more charging/power stations in your room. Finally, Nightingale possesses multiple, colored LED lights, which can be used as a nightlight.

A study conducted at the University of Alabama has shown that 60 percent of college students say they do not get enough sleep at night. Without this rest and recovery, students may struggle to perform at their highest potential.

Nightingale pushes for the growing awareness of issues regarding sleep

among college students, and the effects that they entail.

“It’s exciting to be working on a product that actually helps you sleep better, and benefits you,” Sholkovitz said.

“Students especially want to get a good night’s sleep to wake up for early the next morning for a test, or from a nap so they can continue studying.”

Having these concerns at the forefront of their motivation, the team behind Nightingale is set on helping college students confront their poor sleeping habits. With a multipurpose platform, smartphone accessibility, and an array of customizations, Nightingale can suit the

sleep-deprived college student’s need, though the $249 price-tag currently on pre-orders currently makes it more of a luxury. The product is set to launch in February 2017, and in the final weeks before the release, the Nightingale developers are concentrating on working out the product’s final kinks.

“We are really focused on the launch in February, and receiving feedback from consumers, to see what we can add, and how we can better the sounds blankets, and the product as a whole,” Sholkovitz said. “We are bringing a sleep product to the market, unlike any other white noise or sleep masking machine.”

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Developed by Cambridge Sound Systems, Nightingale confronts sleep deprivation by eliminating the noise that keeps customers awake.

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And if anyone ever doubted that statement, the events that have taken place over the past months following the election and inauguration of President Donald Trump have proven them wrong. Immediately following the election, the downtown streets filled with Bostonians desperate to spread a different message than the one that Trump and his cabinet have begun expressing to the global community.

And as the months have passed, the protests have not stopped.

Bostonians of all ages—including a student-led walkout—have rallied against

Trump’s election while also rallying for love and acceptance. Following the inauguration, Bostonians resisted Trump in various protests.

Over 275,000 people from across Massachusetts marched for women’s rights as one of hundreds of other women’s marches occurring across the globe.

And this week, in wake of Trump’s executive order released on Jan. 28—which bars Syrian refugees from entering the country and suspends the entrance of citizens from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Syria, and Yemen from entering the country for 90 days—Bostonians have continued raising their voices.

Mayor Martin J. Walsh, WCAS ’09, immediately released a statement from the mayor’s office in response to Trump’s

order, assuring Bostonians that Trump’s action is not only an inefficient method of combatting terrorism, but that it also opposes basic American values regarding freedom of religion.

“It is a reckless policy that is rooted in fear, not substance, and further divides us as a nation and a world,” Walsh said in the statement. “It is simply morally wrong.”

Bostonians also marched again, this time at the Chinatown Gate for the March and Speakout and Resist Deportations organized by the Boston May Day Committee.

Later that night, protesters filled the terminal of Logan International Airport where they chanted “No ban no wall, this is wrong,” and were joined by Walsh and Senator Elizabeth Warren.

PHOTO COURTESY OF FATMAH BERIKAA

In the days following President Trump’s order restricting immigration, Boston protesters have filled the city streets to make their voices heard.

Warren addressed the crowd through a red plastic megaphone, loudly shouting that Bostonians will make their voices heard across the globe.

Warren decried the order, calling it “illegal” and “unconstitutional,” as well as “an attack on the very foundation of democracy.”

“We will not turn away children, we will not turn away families, we will not turn away people who try to help Americans, we will not run away anyone because of their religion,” Warren said. “We are a better people than that. It is an honor to be here with you, to stand with you, to speak with you, and most of all, to fight shoulder to shoulder with you.”

The next day, Copley Square filled with over 25,000 protesters attending the Boston Protest Against Muslim Ban and Anti-Immigration Orders organized by the Massachusetts Council of American Islamic Relations (CAIR).

Although she had not originally planned on attending, Fatmah Berikaa, LSOE ’19, participated in Sunday’s protest after seeing how quickly Trump’s bans were instituted, and how immediate the repercussions were.

She explained that after visiting her home country, one of her friends attempted to return home over the weekend, only to be told to turn around as she was barred entry to the United States.

“Even though you personally might not fall into that demographic, I’m not personally from any of the countries specified in the ban, those are still my people,” Berikaa said. “It’s basically seeing people who are expansions of yourself and seeing them be targeted is difficult. It discounts your value in a society that you previously hadn’t anticipated.”

Berrika noted that many other Boston College students attended the protest both in groups and on their own, but also expressed her surprise regarding the demographic of people who ultimately attended.

After seeing many Muslim-organized protests attract mainly Muslim participants, Berikaa said that much of those she saw attending Boston Protest Against Muslim Ban did not appear to be Muslim, and encompassed a wider range of ages than she had anticipated seeing.

The diversity of attendees and perspectives was also evident from the signs alone, which were written in countless languages, and approached a different

aspect of the same issue.

“That type of representation just shows that people from all these cultural, political, socioeconomic, and professional backgrounds were really out there representing,” Berikaa said.

According to Berikaa, the protest itself, although not exactly celebratory, did not have a “dark feeling.” Fellow protesters were “welcoming” and “understanding,” and many stayed in Copley long after the CAIR organizers, who left following the group prayer at 2:30 p.m.

Attendees would make conversation with those around them, even though most were complete strangers, revealing a rare effort to make connections with those around them, and an important step toward unity.

“People would just stop me and talk to me,” Berikaa said. “I had one person stop me and say ‘Thank you for being visible today,’ and it had never occurred to me that I’m visible … but the more I thought about it, the more I appreciated that people were at least acknowledging that these things are an issue that affect our day to day lives.”

Although Berikaa valued her experience at the protest, saying that it was a “blessing” to see Bostonians unifying against oppression, the uplifting experience did not shake the horror that lead her to protest in the first place.

“On the way home it was really hard to [realize] that we had to do that, [attending the protest] wasn’t an option, we had to do it,” Berikaa said. “It was almost disappointing [] in the aftermath, but I appreciate the opportunity of having gotten to attend.”

Berikaa hopes that BC, as a university and as a community, will continue acknowledging the specific events taking place instead of skimming over the problem and allowing it to become a “vague animity.”

“Saying the name, and [naming] the issue is extremely important,” Berikaa said.

Bostonians continued naming the problem on Wednesday, during the Civil Rights Rally for Immigrants and Muslims which took place in the Boston Common.

And with several protests planned for the coming months—including the Tax Day March, the Stand With Planned Parenthood Rally, and the Boston March for Science—it doesn’t look like Boston will stop naming the problem anytime soon.

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The organization gives these youths an opportunity to participate in the creative process and learn from experienced mentors.

AFH employs over 250 teens in paid apprenticeships that allow them to provide their artistic services throughout the business community. Many of the high school-aged teens come from underprivileged neighborhoods and low-income families.

The responsibility of their job allows them to feel respected and valued as they begin to see what’s possible for their future.

In 1991, AFH was founded by Susan Rodgerson who noticed the Boston public school system was depriving students of a quality arts experience.

Rodgerson noticed how eager the teens were to be creative and be part of the

creative community.

Rodgerson—who currently serves as the organization’s executive artistic director—had the vision to take groups of teens from Boston’s most challenged neighborhoods and work with them to produce large scale collaborative artwork that could be sold to corporations, banks, and businesses.

Rodgerson saw how art could give teens the opportunity to have a voice.

As a professionally trained fine artist, Rodgerson had been in the company of teens while working on collaborative projects and instantly felt an intrinsic rapport with them. Rodgerson recalls the teens having a hunger and thirst for something outside of what they knew. “ What you ge t when you work with kids is unlimited ideas and no boundaries,” Rodgerson said. “When you can cultivate that, sky’s the limit.”

AFH hosts two open houses every month, attracting dozens of te ens who are interested in working at the organization.

R o d g e r s o n exp l a i n s th at th o s e interested have the opportunity to tour

the studio and see their peers at work doing activities.

Anyone interested is offered an application but the process for the sought after job is quite rigorous.

After being put on a waitlist and undergoing numerous inter v ie ws , applicants are hired as vacancies open up.

Rodgerson noted that AFH don’t necessarily look for teens with exceptional artistic talent, but instead for those who can make the commitment and show up on time three days a week after school.

While the organization is primarily ce nte re d a ro u n d te e n s , th e re a re opportunities for college students and graduates.

Over the last three years, 100 percent of the teens employed by AFH have graduated high school and been accepted into college.

Those that stay in the Boston area for college and are in need of additional funds have the chance to work at the organization part time.

After college, former members may

even be recruited back to AFH as fulltime mentors.

“Many of the teens we employ have little or no experience with the arts,” Rodgerson said. “Above all we look for teens who show intense commitment and devotion to the work.”

AFH is the largest onsite employer of teens in Boston—hundreds of pieces of work have been commissioned to an array of clients.

The organization allows teens to explore their artistic talents in a variety of different studios to accommodate graphic design, photography, 3D design, and painting to name a few.

Come summer 2018, AFH will double the size of their studio facility and will serve over 500 teens in an ambitious expansion project.

The studio’s upgrade will provide even more opportunities and living wage jobs to high school-age teens.

The expansion will include upgrades to the AFH EpiCenter, an event space where rental fees help fund the employment of the Boston teens.

All together, AFH will be expanding

their studio space by 52,000 square feet, ensuring even greater opportunities for the under-resourced teens.

R o d g e r s o n a t t r i b u t e s A F H ’s impressive high school graduation and college acceptance rates to the ongoing tutoring program. The one-on-one sessions in math and science subjects take place four times a week, and help the teens academically. Rodgerson acknowledges that these sessions create a constant need for volunteers and tutors to keep the program running.

AFH is currently partnered with two arts colleges in Boston where teens can collaborate on unique and specialized art-related projects.

In the future, Rodgerson hopes to lo ok into a p otential busine ss entrepreneurship program with Boston College. She sees a joint effort between teens to participate in real life projects and in commercial enterprise.

“As Artists for Humanity looks into the future with our new space, we will continue to propagate interesting ideas with different universities.” Rodgerson concluded.

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Since Susan Rodgerson founded the organization in 1991, Artists for Humanity has worked with disadvantaged teenagers in the Boston area, providing them with a chance to create and sell their art to local businesses.

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Between 2000 and 2016, the average rent increased by $1,500 in the Boston metropolitan area. As of 2016, only 18 percent of housing units in Boston were considered affordable, down from 40 percent of units in 2000. The decreasing affordability of housing in Boston is an issue that affects residents of the city and Boston College students alike.

Boston is undeniably a college town.

Home to 35 colleges and a student population of about 152,000, the city is a hub for graduates seeking work and a place to call home. The continual rise in housing costs, however, has presented a barrier to many Boston-area undergraduates hoping to stick around after graduation.

At the panel, Jackson reported that Boston loses 52 percent of its resident students because they simply cannot afford to live in the city following the end of their college careers.

High costs of living in the Boston area directly affect BC students. Living in a rental house off campus is a staple of the BC culture and experience for many during their junior year. But this move can come with an increased financial burden. Housing prices in Newton and Chestnut Hill are influenced by the housing prices and economy of the city of Boston itself, meaning that students paying rent to live off campus bear the brunt of increased industry and disproportionate real estate development.

In recent years, Boston has sought to attract a number of large corporations in order to expand the local economy and to increase its reputation as a city of innovation. In addition to General Electric’s recent announcement that it will soon relocate to Boston, Reebok and New Balance both now call Beantown home. While these

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2017

“Spend the afternoon. You can’t take it with you.”

-Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

new large employers may present positive economic benefits, they will also undoubtedly contribute to the rising cost of living in Boston as well.

The issue of the lack of affordable housing in Boston extends beyond affecting college students. A recent Brookings Institute study ranks Boston as the No. 1 city in terms of highest income inequality and the Boston-Cambridge-Newton locality as No. 6 among metro areas across the country.

The development of further luxury housing rather than more affordable units will contribute to not only increasing costs of living, but also this growing gap between the rich and the poor in the city. Boston area architects should focus on developing housing for a variety of income levels, rather than predominantly the upper class.

This will help to mitigate the rising housing costs within the city and its surrounding municipalities.

Both candidates for the 2017 mayoral election, incumbent Boston Mayor Marty J. Walsh, WCAS ’09, and councilman Tito Jackson, have recognized the spike in Boston housing costs as an important issue. Walsh has put forward a plan entitled “Housing a Changing City: Boston 2030,” in which his administration proposes creating “53,000 new units of housing at a variety of income levels across the city.” Jackson has been an outspoken opponent of the rising cost of living in Boston and has criticized the Mayor for not doing more to combat wealth inequality within the city.

The lack of affordable housing in Boston and its surrounding area should be a central issue in the upcoming election. BC students would benefit greatly from policy and development that reverses the current trend of rising costs of living, especially those that currently live or hope to live off campus during their time at the University.

Therefore, students eligible to vote for Mayor of Boston are encouraged to consider both candidates’ approaches to tackling the city’s mounting housing crisis.

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K_\ E\Z\jj`kp f] Fe$:Xdglj :flej\c`e^ GXiXcc\c`e^ k_\ GXjk B<CJ<P :FEEFIJ TAKING SUGGESTIONS - It is often said that the true measure of an institution is its ability to take criticism. Some of the greatest achievements in mankind’s history have been brought to fruition through constant reflection, reassessment, and reconsideration of the way that the world works. The Wright Brothers recognized a need for more advanced methods of transportation, and so they built the first flying machine. Thomas Edison was tired of existing primarily in the dark, and so he invented the light bulb. Otto Rohwedder was fed up with having to manually separate reasonable portions of bread, and so he built a machine to slice it for him. To these brave and insightful innovators, no challenge was too daunting to conquer. We have reached a point in the earth’s turning when a new challenge has presented himself, waiting for a valiant soul to rise up and meet it.

The Tuscan Chicken containers in Eagle’s Nest must be replaced. The perfect solution: Chicken Caesar Wraps.

THE TUSCAN CHICKEN OBSESSION Every Monday at around 11:50, the freshman trudges into Eagle’s Nest, desperately hoping to beat the rush following the end of classes. To his dismay, he is rarely able to outswim the tide of students pouring into the space between the poles and yellow walls of arguably the best lunch destination on campus.

The lines grow exponentially by the second, and eventually extend out of the door, up the mountain of stairs to Upper, ending finally at the door of O’Connell House.

Preferring to not wait an eternity and 12 minutes for a sandwich, he often begrudgingly begins his ascent up Mount Upper to return to his dorm, famished and defeated. Lately, however, the casual Eagle’s goer has been offered the gift of salvation. Clear plastic containers containing premade Tuscan Chicken sandwiches have begun to line the glass counters normally required to bring about this coveted BC delicacy. Those estranged by the seemingly endless lines can circumvent the ordering process all together, and stride triumphantly past those in waiting, sandwich in hand. College students, alas, are fickle, and we have reached a critical moment in this institution’s history in which the Eagle’s Nest’s perception of the Tuscan Chicken as the sole desire of students’ stomachs has become archaic. Currently on the rise, the Chicken Caesar Wrap has proven a formidable challenger to the king of Tuscan Chicken among students, and for this reason deserves its rightful place inside the glorious premade sandwich containers. It is time for the Chicken Caesar Wrap to begin its conquest of the Tuscan Chicken just as Julius Caesar conquered all of Italy. The analogy was too good to pass up.

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When we have a problem, especially one that feels private and personal, or even shameful, it is easy to imagine how big it can grow. Contained inside of us, without hope of escape, a hidden problem is a heavy, tired burden. This is often the case with mental illness. In an environment as competitive and socially focused as an elite college campus, students are especially susceptible to anxiety and depression among other disorders. The resources we have on campus at Boston College to support and treat struggling students are crucial and valuable, but they may also not be enough.

BC’s University Counseling Services (UCS) is tucked into the basement of Gasson Hall, hidden away from the bustle of campus. The atmosphere is warm and welcoming; students are greeted with smiles and encouraged to wait among scattered tables topped with magazines and bowls of candy. UCS has counselors, psychologists, and a psychiatrist on staff to meet the wide range of student needs.

The quality of UCS does not suggest that it would struggle to meet students’ needs, but unfortunately, this is all-too-often the case.

A friend of mine, having attended a few sessions of counseling last semester, was dismayed when, at her last session, her counselor explained that she would no longer be able to continue working with her due to the high demand for counseling from other students. She was referred to an off-campus therapist and sent on her way. A mixture of inadequate availability and unwillingness to travel and pay for therapy may deter her and many other students from seeking treatment once their “allotted time” at BC counseling services is up.

The University only offers short-term counseling to students due to limited resources and typically can only see students once every two weeks. Instead of turning

the potential benefits that more open dialogue about mental health might bring.

I also learned that, in directly addressing my own journey and telling my story as a means of introducing my research to my class, my anxiety disorder felt normal, and I felt relieved. This experience taught me, above all, the value in talking directly and openly about mental illness, a practice best exhibited by counseling.

Both the value of counseling and the immense need for it became clear to me by the end of my project. Mental illness is truly an epidemic on college campuses and the need for the administration to address this problem with increased resources is imperative for the health of individual students and the health of the University as a whole.

Professional studies and statistics also reflect my experiences. According to the Center for Collegiate Mental Health Annual Report (2015), 48.8 percent of students surveyed attended counseling for mental health concerns and 33.1 percent take medication for a mental health issue.

These numbers are staggering and eye opening as to just how many college students deal with mental health issues and are willing to seek treatment.

Therefore, it seems obvious that BC should focus on expanding and more adequately funding mental health services and programs, along with increasing student awareness of the resources currently available. Mental health is being put on the backburner and students are being What I really wanted out of my research and interviews were candid, honest referred elsewhere in times of need.

BC students should be offered counselthoughts and opinions from my peers ing and mental health services for as long about mental health issues on campus, a time period as they need. College is a with the aim of understanding how and busy and demanding time in students’ why we choose to engage (or not to enlives, and counseling should be accessible gage) in these conversations. What I got right on campus. BC should expand its was this and more. currently offered resources for students to In talking to 10 randomly selected students, I was taken on an unexpectedly promote the well-being of the community, improve overall students’ performance, emotional journey. With the knowledge that their interviews would remain anony- and make good mental health a priority mous in my research, students confided in for one of the most susceptible populations. Not doing so is turning our back on me. With the exception of two students, every participant I spoke to had struggled students in their time of need. with mental health at some point during B\cj\p :feefij `j Xe fg$\[ Zfclde`jk college. ]fi K_\ ?\`^_kj% J_\ ZXe Y\ i\XZ_\[ Xk In these conversations, I found confg`e`fej7YZ_\`^_kj%Zfd% nections with my own struggles and saw students away who could potentially be in mental or emotional distress, shouldn’t the answer instead be to expand these resources and make new hires? If any BC department is worthy of more funding, surely it is UCS. Many students lack the time, money, and transportation to attend off-campus therapy sessions, making oncampus counseling the best option. Health Services would not turn students away if they got sick too often or had a case of the flu that just wouldn’t quit, so why should counseling operate any differently?

Student mental health should be more than an afterthought—it should be a priority on campus. My own research and that of others has made this clear.

Last year, in working to understand my own experiences with an anxiety disorder, I focused on college mental health in a research project. Specifically, I wondered why and how college students avoid conversing about mental health. In a culture where awareness and openness of these issues is developing, why does our interpersonal dialogue seem to lag?

“If any BC department is worthy of more funding, surely it is UCS.”

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B8I<E :?F@ With the ongoing tumult in America following the campaign and election of a president who frequently uses divisive language, the issue of diversity has been a pressing one on college campuses. Boston College has, to various degrees, attempted to address concerns by supporting diversity in its student body, faculty, and curriculum. While this is a notable step toward progress, I believe that the University and students alike should also posses a true understanding of what it means to be a diverse campus.

The Core Curriculum is a major aspect of the BC academic experience, allowing students to take courses outside of their personal disciplines of study and to discover new ways of thinking. One of the requirements for the Core is cultural diversity, which I decided to fulfill this semester. My introduction to my African World Perspectives class was unexpectedly transfixing. I returned to my dorm after the first lecture feeling a desperate urge to tell my roommate about everything I had learned, and tried to make sense of why I felt enlightenment tinged with unshakeable frustration.

I had been groomed to believe that Europe and Africa existed in separate vacuums, mingling only when slavery was introduced. But that simply is not the case. Africa is diverse, vibrant, dynamic, and an invaluable part of the formation of what is considered western culture. One thing that my African World Perspective professor made clear to me is that many in college, myself included, have an understanding of cultural diversity that is somewhat flawed.

The fact that every student must fulfill a “cultural diversity” requirement suggests a separation in academia between what is and is not diverse. This creates a problematic educational standard, in which

pockets of “diversity” exist on the periphery, mere satellites revolving around a pure core of knowledge. This isn’t true diversity. Such a structure implies that there is a semi-permeable bubble that surrounds our “Western Cultural Tradition” academia, which occasionally allows for aspects of “diversity.”

The perception of diversity as an extra requirement undermines BC’s commitment to diversity itself. Diversity isn’t about taking one course to fulfill a requirement—it is about cohesion and celebrating the differences that exist within a greater whole. The misconstruing of the meaning of diversity is a nationwide problem.

“Work that these professors do is overlooked and categorized under the misconstrued definition of diversity.”

In a recent Atlantic article, Christopher Torres, a faculty member at the Ohio State University at Mansfield, says, “Basically being a person of color, you’re by default working in diversity and doing service.” The word “default” suggests that there is something uniform or assumed about the role of faculty members of color.

The perception of diversity as somewhat periphery or implied demotes the importance of the often-unrecognized work done by these professors and administrators.

Faculty of color often engage in what is referred to as “invisible labor,” meaning the mentorship and support that they provide to students of color. This work is evident, but institutions don’t acknowledge it in the same ways they normally recognize faculty work, such as with reappointment, tenure, or promotion. Patricia A. Matthew, an associate professor of English at Montclair State University who talks about this “invisible labor,” also draws attention to the notion that there is a silent imbalance, or an extra burden on

faculty of color due to their services.

In a recent BC Faculty-Staff Experience Survey, some faculty expressed frustration and questioned the uneven distribution of service and responsibilities. Notably, female and AHANA faculty stated that they received a disproportionate amount of requests to serve on committees. I suspect that this sense of burden is inextricably tied to the idea that the work that these professors do is overlooked and categorized under the misconstrued definition of diversity that BC maintains.

While I do not think BC’s support for faculty of color has decreased an extreme amount, Matthew calls attention to the idea that “the academy is structurally hostile to meaningful diversity.” The key word in her statement is “meaningful,” demonstrating that the issues that faculty of color face are rooted in misguided ideological interpretations and definitions at universities across the country.

The University shouldn’t be focused on fulfilling some sort of diversity quota, but instead committed to recognizing the contributions made by faculty members of color, and adequately providing for and supporting these contributions. For their work to no longer be seen as “invisible labor,” a “default,” or in any way marginal, we must change the way we perceive diversity.

Upon waking up on Monday morning, I could already see change in the fundamental roots of our ideology. As I read the letter to the BC community from University President Rev. William P. Leahy, S.J., addressing President Donald Trump’s executive order, a particular line caught my attention: “This Order undermines a key strength of our higher education system, as it turns away talented faculty and students who seek to immigrate to the United States.” I believe that he speaks for most of us in this community as he highlights the notion that diversity is central to the identity of our institution, but only if we understand diversity in the correct way.

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IP8E ;L==P One month into 2017, the new world order is already shaping up to be one of darkness, division, and dystopia built on prejudicial, fearful, and angry stilts. By the day, the post-war liberal order—led by America, built on consensus—is being disassembled and discarded to make way for a more chauvinistic and isolationist system.

The new world leaders would be well served to consider the last century, in which similarly pernicious sentiments and movements took hold. In 1900, at the dawn of the 20th century, the world was on the up and up. Education and new technologies—ushered in by industrialization and globalization—were reaching new corners of the globe. The international community seemed inclined toward progress, harmony, and stability.

People probably forget that the first decade of the 1900s were a time of remarkable hope, since just a few decades later, mankind experienced two global, heart-wrenching, and system-shattering conflicts. The World Wars came on the heels of global economic anxieties, the build-up of critical geopolitical tensions, heightened nationalism, and militarism on the march. All of these developments have, to some degree, bolstered or made way for the world’s new generation of leaders.

So, is 2017 like 1917? Again, it seems as if we could be on the brink of a 180-degree pivot from an age of optimism and stability to one characterized by division and conflict. An ascendant China and resurgent Russia are brewing up regional rivalries in their backyards and threatening to remake the world order in their likeness. World leaders—from Hungary to the Philippines to Turkey—seem more interested in consolidating power than constitutional governance, democracy, or human rights.

Amid record-setting flows of forcedisplaced refugees and migrants, leaders are opting to roll out the barbed wire fencing and ban peoples by decree. Samuel Huntington’s “Clash of Civilizations” thesis that “the great divisions among humankind and the dominating source of conflict will be cultural” is certainly given new weight under President Donald Trump and many of Europe’s freshest faces. Ironically, recent events in the West, such as intervention in foreign elections, criticizing the independent press, and using state security apparatuses as an instrument of suppression show that many are modeling their countries after the cruel and unstable Arab ones that they are so quick to shun.

In his first week, the U.S. President has drawn up plans for a costly border wall and enacted an absurd, inhumane, and un-American immigration ban by executive fiat. He has rebuked Ronald Reagan’s depiction of the U.S. as a “shining city on a hill,” instead explicitly evoking an image of our land as one ridden with “carnage,” defeat, and poverty. Yet another similarity between now and then: “America First,” one of Trump’s token phrases, was coined in the 1930s by a non-interventionist group sympathetic to the Nazi party in Germany.

In a world where macho leaders can swap harsh words with intercontinental ballistic missiles or flex their ego by deploying commandos across borders, words, thoughts, and actions matter more than ever. “Don’t take him literally, take him symbolically” is a tough sell when Trump seems entirely intent on unfurling executive actions to make good on his promises from the campaign trail.

There is a possible, cautious case for optimism. Perhaps this century-old comparison is overblown and the international community will not disintegrate under the mantle of its new leadership. Maybe the specter of nuclear war will serve as deterrence to a great powers conflict, or the international fora and institutions established post-WWII will prevent the escalation or outbreak of war.

Hopefully, in the coming months, the world’s new bevy of leaders will realize the awesome extent of their powers and scale back rhetoric and policies that escalate tensions, provoke conflict, and stir up instability along ethnic, religious, and cultural lines. And hopefully, we aren’t in the middle of history repeating itself.

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9P D8IP B8K< ;@EFI:@8 =fi K_\ ?\`^_kj Take a seat on one of the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup-shaped cushions and instantly feel like a kid in a candy shop while inside the Museum of Science’s Chocolate: The Exhibition. This oversized box of chocolates serves as the main attraction of the Cambridge-located exhibit, and allures people of all ages, whether for the photo opportunity, momentary joy of bouncing on a delicious-looking cushion, or simply a place to rest at the end of a walk down chocolate’s long history.

The first room of the exhibit brings the individual back to where it all started: cacao beans in a rainforest. The green, leaf-covered walls arch to meet at the center of the ceiling, where a lifesized model of a cacao tree lays beneath.

Exhibit curator Grace Ignarri identifies this as one of her favorite parts of the exhibit.

Throughout the almost ninemonth process of re-staging the Chicago-based exhibit into its new space in Boston, Ignarri was surprised to learn new, random facts about the tree itself, such as how a specific, tiny fly called a midge is the only bug able to pollinate the beloved plant.

As the dark green panels transition to golden-orange pyramids, the visitors follow the cacao bean into to Mesopotamia. In this part of the exhibit, visitors can play with beans as currency for groceries, learn how cacao was included in religious rituals and offerings, and even learn ancient symbols used to designate specific vessels for the (at the time, spicy) treat.

Each room of the exhibit specializes in a different time period and is clearly decorated accordingly, carrying each individual through different historical eras of chocolate with the colors of the walls and the molding of the frames used.

If a visitor steps through the arched walkway labeled “Chocolate Meets Sugar,” they enter into an area more familiar to the modern understanding of chocolate. First comes an European-themed room where visitors learn about the unique chocolate-related customs of the time, and be immersed in information about the slave labor that went into the rise of the cacao bean. The next rooms surround visitors with information about the time and labor put into the process of creating chocolate, along with how the modern world consumes and portrays the treat.

The curators of the Chocolate Exhibit hit the mark by pulling people in with a delicious name, and enthralling them with interactive activities and photo opportunities that teach visitors something new about the food they already know. This learning process, Ignarri said, is a goal she personally had for the impact of the exhibit. The focus on sustainability and the survival of the plant throughout the naturethemed rooms is something she values as a key point of the visitor’s experience. Tying this environmental perspective into a commonplace treat could open Bostonians’ eyes to the many

environmental impacts of chocolate on daily life that are often ignored, turning the exhibit into something not only fun, but impactful.

The museum also includes technology throughout the different historical time periods as a teaching tool. Touchscreens are available to quiz visitors on chocolate facts, visual screens are used to display videos and periodically-timed text, and even an electronic map is used to mark the passage of cacao after its first European discovery. The surprising amount of educational opportunities, alongside the photo opportunities, makes for a well-rounded exhibit experience.

Although this exhibit may at first seem out of place in the Museum of Science, it couldn’t fit in more perfectly. The museum has been involved in a food initiative for a few years now, so when the curators had the opportunity to bring over the chocolate exhibit from the Chicago Field Museum—with whom they have worked with frequently in the past—it was a painless decision.

And for the science lovers who still want to play around with some chemicals, the Boston exhibit has added an interactive lesson for that as well. The “Tongue Testing” table contains a variety of chemicals for anyone to taste themselves, Phenylthiocarbamide and theobromine are just two on the menu. Passersby can rank the intensity of taste on their questionnaire when testing out these ingredients, as well as categorize them as sweet or bitter, as part of a mini research study within the exhibit to track the rating trends for each of the five chemicals.

One toddler, however, decided to go with “disgusting” as her description of theobromine.

She obviously minded the bitterness of the substance, but her periodic giggles and playful back-and-forth with the museum worker told the rest of the passersby that she found the interactive display worthwhile.

The exhibit—along with its unique interactive experiences—will remain in Boston until May 7, although its rising popularity shows that the museum-lovers of Boston may want to keep it around for longer. While it isn’t the first exhibit included in the Museum of Science’s food initiative, the unique excitement around Chocolate: The Exhibition in particular is undeniable. Luckily, most people would never dare try to ignore their love for chocolate.

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Some might argue that oatmeal is boring. This is probably because, when it comes to food, overlooking the simple flavors can become all too easy. Especially in the age of Instagram, eaters everywhere pay just as much—if not more—attention to how their food looks as to how it tastes. Basic dietary staples are thrown out the window in favor of innovative presentation and exotic flavors.

But oatmeal is not boring—it is the gastronomic equivalent of how home feels.

Because of its comforting simplicity, oatmeal is as versatile and complex as you want it to be, which is a fact that Alan Donovan is all too ready to make sure Bostonians recognize.

From the outside, the Oat Shop is relatively nondescript. Located just across the street from the Davis Square T stop, the windowed façade allows passersby a glimpse into the their bright and compact storefront. Two round tables are clustered on the left side of the café, while a counter against the right wall provides seating on the left side. Toward the back of the shop lies a large counter featuring a display case and an impressive espresso machine—the layout is simple and modern, but it is cozy.

This simple-but-cozy feeling is exactly what Donovan was hoping for when he first decided to open the Oat Shop in 2016.

Donovan, an oatmeal lover for his entire life, noticed that there was a plethora of options for people who wanted pastries or donuts for breakfast. But for those who

wanted to start their day with something more nourishing, the options were slim.

At the D.C.-based financial analytics firm where Donovan worked, most of his coworkers usually turned to a granola bar or sugary cereal to start their day—choices that were not only cold and depressing, but also unsatisfying and unhealthy.

Donovan noticed the remarkable success that healthy and customizable options were having in the lunch market, and decided to make the leap and apply it to his favorite breakfast option: oatmeal. So, in January 2016, Donovan quit his job and moved back to the Boston area where he began putting his plan in motion.

Despite his lack of culinary experience, Donovan had a vision. Following years of tinkering with oatmeal recipes for fun, he noticed the growing popularity of oatmeal in the health community, and knew that oatmeal could be “broken out of its shell” and expanded to savory options.

“I would say [that oatmeal has become popular because of its] versatility and because there’s just so much you can really do with it,” Donovan said. “A lot of people have it every day and don’t really get tired of it.

You know one thing I noticed when I started eating it was just how I felt better. I feel like other people have felt the same way.”

Donovan explained that despite the stereotypical image of sugary oatmeal, it really is just a straightforward grain. If one approached it more like rice or farro, the flavors that a chef could incorporate into a bowl would be endless.

“There’s so many different options on the savory spectrum that are really interesting, so I just started playing with it a little bit on my own,” Donovan said. “I tried out different recipes, you know making it like a risotto with steel cut oats, and then [tried] out all sorts of international flavors and things like that.”

Donovan continued finessing his recipes until June, at which point he opened an Oat Shop pop-up in Brookline. Because of his inexperience in the restaurant industry, Donovan explained that this process was invaluable.

“When I first started floating the idea [of the Oat Shop] around, a lot of people

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Two weeks ago, Alan Donovan introduced Somerville to innovations like sushi oatmeal. were like ‘you need to go work in a café for a couple years,’ and were really skeptical about starting the experience. I was understanding of the comments, but I [wanted to] spend my time working on this, so the pop up [allowed] me to practice and figure it out, but [still] be within my concept,” Donovan said.

“I could start … getting the word out there about my business, as well as have paying customers try bowls.”

During the pop-up Donovan refined his menu and finalized the options that would be available once the Oat Shop opened its permanent location. And much to the delight of oatmeal-lovers, the Oat Shop opened its permanent Somerville doors to the public just two weeks ago.

The menu, which also includes fresh baked goods and espresso drinks, is divided into a sweet oatmeal section and a savory oatmeal section. The sweeter oatmeal comes in varieties such as Banana PB—the flavor combination of banana and peanut butter that spurred Donovan on this journey many years ago—and the already-popular Nuts and Berries bowl which features almond butter along with fresh berries and granola.

On the savory side, diners can choose

from bowls like the Bacon and Eggs bowl (oatmeal mixed with cheddar sauce and topped with a fried egg and bacon) and the Sweet Potato Coconut Curry Bowl (oatmeal mixed with a sweet potato curry and topped with roasted garlic sweet potato).

Adventurous eaters may want to try the Sushi Bowl (oats mixed with rice vinegar and homemade sushi sauce and topped with nori seaweed and avocado), which Donovan cites as the perfect example of incorporating unexpected flavors and cuisines into the oatmeal world.

And for diners who just want a taste of home, fear not, for the Oat Shop also offers their OG Bowl, which is simply oatmeal with brown sugar and steamed milk.

As the Oat Shop gets it footing in the coming weeks, and Donovan looks toward the future, he is grateful to have the Somerville community surrounding him.

“I hoped to create this café and community space that provides options that you actually feel good about,” Donovan said.

“That was something that we wanted to go for as well as being part of the Somerville community, as well as part of the small business community, which is something that I feel passionate about.”

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Products ranging from simply cut shirts and basic socks, to diffusers emitting bursts of peppermint and citrus into the air, were arranged in stacks of almost surreal neatness. Shoppers, enchanted even by the toothbrushes (if a toothbrush could be chic and minimalist these certainly were), moved through the aisles with mouths agape as they grabbed items and delicately placed them into their basket.

By some miracle, everything remained in order despite the crowds. The leucite desk organizers remained in their carefully built pyramids, and glittered in the overhead fluorescent lights. Each shirt was meticulously folded, and even the socks were arranged just so. The pen display, which essentially has its own overhead spotlight, was a sight to behold, with each pen categorically organized by type, color, and tip size. Many shoppers continuously tested new pens as they circled around the display, performing a strange dance along to the delicate violin music that floated from the overhead speakers.

At points, I was even hesitant to touch anything. After working in retail over the summer and struggling to understand how my coworkers could fold an article of clothing with such precision, unfolding even an undershirt was out of the question.

I knew that I would completely mess it up, and could just see some poor employee having to rush over and painstakingly clean up my mess as I apologized profusely in the background.

The store embodies everything that I want to be—it is almost supernaturally organized, perpetually calm, and it smells strongly (but not too strongly) of citrus.

Unfortunately, in almost every setting and situation, I am nothing like this store.

I happen to be one of those people who accumulates stuff. I am not a minimalist, just ask my roommate. I asked her—to make sure that I wasn’t oblivious to one of my personality traits—and she laughed before asking, “Who called you that?”

“No one,” I said. “No one has ever called me that.”

Try as hard as I might, I cannot help holding onto my clothes, my shoes, my notebooks, and other random trinkets. I stuff everything into my desk drawers and my closet, creating nightmares of precarious piles and doors that will only open if they’re in the mood.

My overstuffed closet isn’t filled with clean lines or monochromatic colors, nor is it pared down to the essentials. I gravitate toward colors and ruffles and sequins and textures. Sleek outfits are rarely ones that I even attempt to pull together, as I always feel like there’s something missing in the end.

When it comes to stuff, I am a maximalist, and I’m not at all sure that this is a positive character trait. It seems closely tied to materialism and over-sentimentality, not always the most pleasant features in a person. Sometimes, I attach so much meaning to stuff that the whole thing seems ridiculous.

Take the collection of plastic wind-up ghosts that I currently have displayed on my desk. And just to clarify, this is my dorm room desk, a small space where every possible inch should be occupied by books and papers that will help me get along with my work—it really shouldn’t be a repository for trinkets. But there the ghosts sit, making faces at me as I struggle to concentrate on my reading. Why do I have these? Because my mom sent them to me as part of a Halloween care package freshman year, and every time I see them I think of home. They are just one example of an object that I have randomly assigned meaning to, just another thing that I have accumulated.

So, I will never be like the miraculous store, I just don’t think I have it in me to pare my life down like that. But maybe I can start small, just with a pen, and think about what I actually need to have in my life.

I am still keeping the ghosts, though.

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RACE, REWARD, AND RECOGNITION AMID CONTROVERSY FROM PAST YEARS, BC GROUPS WEIGH IN ON DIVERSITY IN HOLLYWOOD AWARDS

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The lack of diversity in Hollywood is certainly not a new problem. Since the dawn of cinema, Hollywood has been dominated by a majority of white actors, directors, writers, and essentially every other major position in the making of movies. In recent years, however, there has been a more vocal and widespread movement to call attention to the apparent problem Hollywood has with minorities. Perhaps the most well-known example of this critique of Hollywood has been the social media hashtag #OscarsSoWhite. This hashtag trended following the 87th (2015) and 88th (2016) Academy Award nominations and winners. Both ceremonies had no minority actors nominated in the categories of Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Supporting Actress.

These categories comprise a total of 20 nominees each year, all of them white.

In light of this year’s nominations, it appears steps have been taken to remedy this issue. Discussing the implications and importance of such steps, various groups at Boston College weighed in on the issue.

“I feel like this year there was a conscious effort to be more inclusive in the nomination process in terms of race.

Beautiful, moving art should be respected regardless of the artist—and I b elie ve Holly wo o d is moving forward in trying to figure this out,” Julianna Khoury, Co-President of the Arab Students Association at BC and MCAS ’17, said in an email.

Despite marked progress made toward diversity in this year’s nominations for the 89th (2017) Academy Awards, there is clearly still work to be done.

Sydney Boyd, freshman representative of the Black Student Forum and MCAS ’20, says that she believes progress has been made with regard to films that are not solely about race. But it takes more than just one ceremony to change a longstanding policy.

“It’s hard to say that progress has been made within a year,

because true progress in the industr y comes with time, not just nominating the few in the industry to keep us quiet,” Boyd said.

There were seven black actors

nominated for Academy Awards this year. Denzel Washington and Viola Davis both won Golden Globes and Mahershala Ali is heavily favored for an Academy Award. But people of other race and ethnicities experienced little to no representation in most of the categories. A show with such notoriety and esteem like the Oscars could make a definite impact with the recognition of Asian, Hispanic, and Native American actors. These actors bring a variety of experiences to their performances and contribute to the depth of the industry as a whole.

Defenders of Hollywood’s actions with regard to diversity usually claim that these awards and recognition don’t mean anything. For example, Alan Rickman was never nominated for an Academy Award in his entire career, yet no one claims that he isn’t a great actor. In a perfect world, actors, directors, writers, and everyone else would be successful because of their talent alone.

In a perfect world, there wouldn’t be racism or prejudice. But the fact is, people of color have to work extra hard for the same opportunities. So, these awards do mean something. Movies that win awards make more money and people who win awards get more jobs in movies. Thus, recognition from the awards is paramount. And it’s not just about trying to get respect from peers.

Last year, 34.3 million people watched the Academy Awards live. Seeing the nominees, regardless of whether or not they win, allows the general public to form opinions about actors and actress of color.

Awards aside, movies and television are among the most widely consumed forms of media in the world. It’s not sur prising , then, that a lot of incorrect ideas about minorities come from the way they are represented on

screen.

For example, Asian actors are usually cast as either comic-relief nerds or martial arts experts.

“I think there definitely is a skewed representation,” Clara Lee, President of the Asian Caucus and LSOE ’17, said. “The stereotypical representation of Asians has been in Hollywood for a while.”

These stereotypes can be even more

harmful when these groups of people are always portrayed as the villains in movies and television. Hollywood has the tendency to change the bad guys based on current events. In the Cold War, Russians were the antagonists. With the War on Terror, Hollywood has decided to cast any Middle Eastern person as the “bad guy.”

“Arab people are chosen for roles that fit the typical ‘Arab’ stereotype, one that is insensitive and void of cultural relativism,” Khoury said. “I can name quite a fe w films that present Arabs as violent radical terrorists or

unintelligent immi-

grants who are blind to the reality around them.”

The way people are represented in media can have a detrimental effect on the very group they are misrepresenting. When every person of a certain appearance acts the same way in media, members of that group can feel boxed in.

Minorities do not appear in mainstream movies and television as often as white people. This lack of visibility can discourage minorities who might otherwise go into the industry.

“Arts aren’t as fondly looked upon in the Asian culture,” Lee said. “If there’s a recurring theme with what kind of actors play a certain role, people will think that’s true for an entire group when that’s not the case.”

The Academy Awards do not just have issue with diversity in terms of race and ethnicity. Women have been notoriously under-represented in every category that isn’t for women specifically. The last time a female director was nominated for Best Director was in 2009. Kathryn Bigelow was nominated for The Hurt Locker. Notably, this is the only time in the history of the Academy Awards that a woman has won an Oscar in the category of Best Director. This lack of representation is a product of the enormous discrepancy between men and women in the industry. Women have a hard time making it into the business because there are no women in the business. The cycle perpetuates itself.

“Generally, less than 25 percent of non-acting nominees in a given year are women, and this year it was more like 20 percent,” Lisa Cuklanz, chair of the communication department and

former director of the women’s studies program said, “The numbers don’t seem to be getting better over the past several years.”

When women are represented, it often serves to reinforce existing stereotypes.

Women are typically portrayed in select and narrow roles. In most action movies , any female role only serves as a romantic interest for the main character. The women in some movies are often portrayed as damsels in distress rather than as competent people. They are kidnapped by the bad guys so the hero has a reason to kill them.

The woman’s role in the movie only serves to move the plot forward. Female characters are also used for the development of male characters. For example, when a movie wants to establish a male character as a villain, often the villain will sexually assault a female character. The woman is being objectified just so writers don’t have to make a more nuanced antagonist. This casts women as objects to be abused by men. Audiences might then generate opinions and predispositions from what they see in media.

“If women are only ever portrayed as having a limited set of occupations, as fulfilling stereotypes regularly applied to women,” said Erin Doolin, a graduate assistant at the BC Women’s Center, in an email, “then people of all genders will internalize these messages and bring them into their day to day lives.”

This issue is paramount because these groups experience discrimination on a daily basis. Every organization agrees that by allowing for more diversity in media, discrimination outside of media can be lessened. People who wouldn’t normally interact with minorities become used to the idea. They see them on television and in movies, as well as being honored by the industry.

This helps to minimize the “other” status that so many minority groups experience. There are things that can be done by audience members on an individual basis.

“As viewers I believe the best thing we can do is address our own preconceived notions. We need to ask ourselves why it is important to note someone’s ethnicity, and how that colors our perception of them,” said Sadiq Ervin, Event Coordinator for the Black Student Forum and MCAS ’19, in an email. “Once viewers find themselves addressing these questions, we’ll be taking a step in the right direction.”

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I miss them because these drives were the ideal time to listen to podcasts. I really enjoy the small selection of podcasts I subscribe to, but it seems that I don’t have much opportunity to listen to them unless I’m sitting on the T as it stops every 15 seconds on my way to the movie theater.

Most of the podcasts I listen to are about movies, which shouldn’t be surprising at this point. But one of my favorite movie podcasts is Black Men Can’t Jump (In Hollywood). It’s hosted by Jonathan Braylock, James III, and Jerah Milligan, three black actors working to make it in Hollywood. The point of the podcast is to draw attention to the fact that there are few black men (or people of color for that matter) in leading roles in major motion pictures. The three hosts review the small number of movies that do star people of color in leading roles.

There is also a bit that Milligan does every episode called “The Swirl.” Typically, black men (and men of color in general) are not portrayed as romantic interests in movies, unlike basically every white male role.

Milligan takes the lead person of color and re-writes a love scene for them in the movie.

Black Men Can’t Jump (In Hollywood) is funny, interesting, and it gives me a look at the issue from the eyes of three people who face this sort of discrimination in their daily lives.

My ideal podcast for those long T rides to the Kenmore stop is SinCast. The show is hosted by the creators of the incredibly popular YouTube channel CinemaSins (famous for the “Everything Wrong With” videos), Jeremy Scott and Chris Atkinson, joined by the voice of Music Video Sins, Barrett Share. These three have seen even more movies than I have (1607 in case anyone was wondering). They discuss different topics about movies every Monday, sometimes sharing funny or weird stories from their time working in movie theaters.

The episodes are stocked with references to obscure movies (i.e. Locke and The Raid) that, when I catch the allusion, help to validate all of the hours of my life I’ve spent watching movies. Their most recent series of topics have been a weekly discussion of the best movies from every year since Scott was born (1975).

Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History is my gateway podcast. Big surprise, it’s not about movies. Host Dan Carlin talks about history, but manages to tell the story in a way that is engaging and interesting. I have never wanted to learn more about the Mongolian conquest of Asia more than when listening to Hardcore History. The show actually helped me in real life, too. I discussed the topic of one of his podcasts called “Prophets of Doom” on an essay for AP Euro. Who said history has no real-life applications?

For humor and swear words, I like comedian Bill Burr’s Monday Morning Podcast. Burr “checks in on you” every Monday morning and Thursday afternoon. The main gist of the podcast is Burr’s ramblings on whatever pops into his head. For example, Burr has to read out the ads for sponsors.

Often, Burr will decide in the middle of an advertisement that he hates the product or service he’s talking about and will instead just goof around for a few minutes. The podcast also features Burr answering questions from listeners. Bill responds as best he can, ending every response with “Have a nice day, and go f—k yourself.”

I look forward to those long drives on I4 when I go home to the Sunshine State for spring break because instead of screaming obscenities at people who apparently don’t understand the concept of moving with the flow of traffic, I can listen to my podcasts and keep my blood pressure at a reasonable level.

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She and I borrow each other’s clothes, listen to the same music, and often finish each other’s sentences. Where there should be discussions about rules and guidelines, there are silver-tongued debates that often devolve into carefully crafted insults interspersed with fits of laughter.

Recently, a close friend of mine, having witnessed our banter time and time again, made a comment that my mother and I reminded her of Lorelai and Rory Gilmore, the dynamic mother-daughter duo from the witty, biting 2000s TV series, Gilmore Girls.

Having never seen an episode, the comment piqued my curiosity and prompted me to immediately delve into the Gilmore’s storybook Connecticut town full of interesting characters and events.

As I began the series, I urged my mother to watch along with me—Stars Hollow would become our new meeting place, a home away from home. The exuberant, youthful, and sarcastic Lorelai (Lauren Graham) encapsulated my mother perfectly while Rory’s (Alexis Bledel) penchant for writing, travel, and frozen pizza spoke to my soul. Their endless nights of ordering in takeout, plopping themselves on the couch, and watching movies together seemed like a replay of my past Winter Break.

Their relationship, however, embodied more complexities than easy-breezy conversations held over ceremonial feasts of cookie dough and potato chips.

As the first season progressed, I began to watch fights I had had with my mother take center stage on the screen and unfold before my eyes.

I reveled in Lorelai and Rory’s passive-aggressive arguments peppered with irrelevant, outlandish comments and classic storm out scenes that seemed to mirror the ones I experienced at home.

I even recognized the motives—ones usually driven by the fallout of previous quarrels with Rory’s control freak of a grandmother, Emily Gilmore (Kelly Bishop).

Obsessed with perfection and everything pristine and refined, Emily was a spitting image of my grandmother. Her loving heart hidden beneath her cold

demeanor, stern attitude, and focus on status and money was all too familiar to me. Even her sudden insertion into Lorelai and Rory’s life was reminiscent of my grandparents moving to Florida. Having them live in the condo one floor below denied us any room for separation. Her loving yet difficult presence in my life has been constant ever since.

The more I watched of Gilmore Girls, the more I realized that this band of women that spanned three generations represented my family dynamic in every way.

Rousing fights fueled by jealousy, money, and a grandmother’s love given more to her granddaughter than her own daughter all seemed like they were taken out of a page of my family’s book. In this way, the series built itself upon the idea that the most complex relationships we will ever have in our lives are the ones we share with a parent.

The most interesting part about this idea is how successful the show is at portraying the role reversals that tend to take place in the kind of family dynamic dominated by three women. For example, Rory often finds herself protecting her mother and taking on a more mature role, waking up to her mother having slept in and fending off her mother’s insistence on distracting her while studying.

While my mother’s 5 a.m. wake-up time has me beat every time, I have had the irrational argument of putting my studies before spending time with her.

The familial problems they faced, however, were ones that were definitely not exclusive to mine. Every family faces challenges and hardships in the face of love, loss, and life-changing events. Gilmore Girls feeds off of this inherent relatability and constantly builds on it through each episode. This is what makes it so loveable. The show takes what you may experience in a classic family set up and delivers it in a quirkier, funnier version.

Throughout my life, I understood that, no matter when or where, I knew that I could count on my mother to be my strongest protector, my best friend, and my toughest critic. This is the main lesson that Lorelai instilled in Rory.

Even when that message seemed blurred and Lorelai called upon her more immature side, Emily swooped in to provide a dose of reality.

Just as it is for my mother, it was often hard for Lorelai to turn off the sister switch and become the mother again, but it was the balancing act between the two where a special bond is formed.

Illustrating this unique relationship is what also adds to the Gilmore Girls charm—that life’s struggles can be conveyed with grace and weight and served up with a side of Twizzlers.

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Blue light filtered through the huge glass wall of the entrance, illuminating the fitting first exposure to Rafael Soriano’s life’s work, a piece entitled “La Noche,” or “The Night.” “La Noche,” a stunning cerulean, is the first thing you see after they direct you upstairs to the gallery. Its color and lines grab and hold your attention, drawing your curious eye across the canvas as you try to decode the precise shapes. With a strong geometric left complemented by the organic, soft circle of the moon on the right, the piece almost mimics its surroundings, blending into the contradictory modern atmosphere of McMullen that frames the darkening sky.

The capturing quality of “La Noche” is a common thread throughout the entirety of Soriano’s exhibit, The Artist as a Mystic, currently on display at the McMullen. Every one of his works expertly uses a visual element to draw you in, make you want to look closer, and drive you to grasp for understanding.

He creates exceptionally curious compositions that pull you to trace his life through his work, following his development as an artist and philosopher from adolescence, through exile, and concluding in death.

The first room of the gallery is all geometry and light. It is filled with vibrant color, repeating shapes, and strong lines. The

paintings in this room are busy, wild, and vividly alive. They were created in the 10-year geometric abstraction, period of Soriano’s life in Cuba where he was part of a collective of 10 Cuban painters called “Diez Pintores Concretos,” one of two major abstraction m o v e m e nt s i n Cu b a d u r i n g the 50s. The loud, boisterous paintings are complemented by a series of neutral toned, fluid sculptures created by Augustin Cárdenas, a member of the sister abstraction movement called “Las Once,” which were originally displayed together in the National Museum of Fine Arts in Havana.

As you move into the second room, the atmosphere is much darker, mimicking the dark turn Soriano’s life took in the ’60s.

Forced into exile by the oppressive communist regime that took over Cuba after the Revolution, Soriano chose to emigrate to the United States to continue pursuing artistic expression. The physical relocation to Miami paralleled a fundamental shift in his identity as a painter. Relinquishing his success in Cuba as a geometric abstractionist, he shifted to more organic, human abstract shapes with luminosity and depth that were indicative of his search for philosophical meaning in exile. In Soriano’s own words, his practice of painting became “a painting that is spiritual.”

As you transition through the gallery, the shapes become more and more reminiscent of human form. They are darker, more subdued, with surrealist shapes that mimic the works of his youth in the 40s. They have flowing, circular forms that splice

the remnants of his geometric past. They remain fairly twodimensional, but the use of some gradation hints at the shift his works will take in the subsequent period. His paintings quickly become luminous, ephemeral compositions that makes one think of galaxies and oblivion.

The series in the middle of the gallery is characterized by repeating, evolving, fluid shapes that emerge out of navy blue backgrounds into strikingly vibrant, delicate pink structures that defy characterization. One painting that completely captures it s audience is “Dimensión E n i g m át i c a” ( “ E n i g m at i c Dimension”), that springs from th e c a nv a s w i th n e o n p i n k and purple warmth. The aqua tones that surround the bright contrasting colors suggest an underwater environment where this burst of life is springing forth.

From the organic shapes , as his level of experimentation develops , figural imager y of human and religious forms start to emerge from the paintings.

The paintings begin to portray emotion through the soft light and unspecific imagery.

Combined with meditative, yet vague titles , the works take on a new, thought-provoking quality that forces the observer to engage with the piece. Some, like “El Profeta” (“The Prophet”) are serenely illuminated and hopeful, portraying a holy light, while other figures give a more sinister feeling through more angular, hectic, intricate lines, like “Homenaje a Nicolás de Cusa” (“Homage to Nicholas of

Cusa”). Others are ghostly and skeletal, with translucent forms like exoskeletons of humans dominating the compositions.

The final room of the secondfloor gallery is rich and dynamic.

The skeletal forms are overlaid with gorgeous limb-like shapes, giving the canvases a sense of movement and depth. The colors that dominate the room are deep purple and burnt orange.

The y continue the emotive, soft tone, taking the viewer through Soriano’s lucid nighttime meditations on life and death.

In Soriano’s own words, his work came to its end in the purely spiritual realm. His forms lose the ties they have to humanity and geometry, and he feels he is painting the spirit itself. Because of this conviction, he leaves this last part of the series as “Untitled”, believing the voice of the work is strong enough to conve y his philosophical intentions of using his art to comment on the spiritual.

Dividing this final piece of the gallery is a long, thin lightbox that contains images and text from Soriano’s life.

There are documents, letters, graphics he created, and photos of him and his wife with the p a i n t i n g s . Th e l i g h t b ox i s complemented with a timeline that juxtaposes his personal history with the history of Cuba, a final touch that grounds his transcendent end in reality. This part of the exhibit reminds us that as unreachable, transcendent, and nebulous S or i ano’s ar t can be, however mystical and prophetic he can seem, he is still just a human.

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Head to theaters to see what is shaping up to be a harrowing psychological thriller in A Sure for Wellness. See as patients, played by Dane DeHaan (The Amazing Spider-Man) and Mia Goth (Nymphomaniac) enter into an institution where they are all diagnosed with a terrible illness. Subjecting their sanity to extremes, will they survive with their minds intact? In a world where our lives are wrought with overdiagnosis, pill-pushing, and rampant self-diagnosis, a good thriller may be all the motivation needed to get us back on the straight and narrow.

Anyone who watched the claustrophobic action-packed supervillain-turned-superhero film, Suicide Squad, would be able to recognize the silky vocals of singer-songwriter, Kehlani. Her single “Gangsta” narrated the film’s starring toxic relationship between main characters Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie) and the Joker (Jared Leto). Kehlani’s debut album entitled, SexySweetSavage, may have been dropped Jan. 27, but it is just starting to gain traction now. Be on the look out for the the R&B/soul and pop project that’s sure to live up to her edgy reputation.

Coming to theaters this Friday, I Am Not Your Negro is a documentary directed by Raoul Pe c k . Th e f i l m i s b a s e d o n the unfinished manuscript by James Baldwin called Remember This House. The manuscript is composed of Baldwin’s personal recollections of influential civil rights leaders Malcom X, Medgar Evers, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The documentary is narrated by Samuel L. Jackson. I Am Not Your Negro has already been nominated for an Academy Award in the category of Best Documentary Feature as well as recieving 11 other international awards alongside various nominations.

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and always wins the audience back with his wit and authenticity. As in his previous specials, he delights in making the audience feel uncomfortable and eliciting laughter from the most off-limit topics.

When they first come out of his mouth, Burr’s statements may come across as rude and unsettling. Audiences will find that simply sitting back and enjoying the comedic process instead of taking offense will yield a more enjoyable experience. More often than not, Burr will win viewers over to his side with his straightforward no-nonsense

reasoning—softening them with self-deprecation and honesty.

On the issue of fat-shaming, Burr picks the unpopular opinion, with no fear or regard for the repercussions. Many may be quick to deem Burr ignorant and insensitive upon first hearing him call plus-sized models and actresses “fatties” but after he points out the absurdity of a world where no one feels shame and the use of the word “brave” to describe a model who takes their clothes off, it’s hard not to laugh at the truth in what he is saying.

Burr may initially come off as a judgmental jerk, but he manages

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to quickly win the audience over with his acknowledgement of his own physical insecurities and of the struggles we all deal with to stay in shape.

At another point, he discusses the banal topic of Kanye West’s inflated ego. In classic Burr fashion, he takes a fresh perspective on the dangers of such a personality type, but not before making a wild claim to shock the audience. He says after hearing a West interview his thought was “Thank God it’s just a black guy.”

At first glance, this seems like a racist statement, but jumping to conclusions will have viewers missing out on the humor and a thought-provoking statement about racism. He makes the point that if such a big ego ended up in a white guy, we would probably have another Hitler on our hands.

So in a way, as Burr points out, it is good this trait ended up in a black guy because the systemic racism in our society will keep him from ever accomplishing anything more impactful than offending some people and interrupting award shows. Burr manages to make people laugh by drawing a humorous parallel between West and Hitler while also acknowledging the issue of systemic racism.

When it comes to politics,

Burr once again takes the unpopular stance and stays clear of choosing a side. He instead chooses to point out the fl aws in both candidates, calling the election a choice between a “racist dope” and “the devil.”

Burr doesn’t know what’s worse, Donald Trump’s blatant stupidity and incompetence or Hillary Clinton’s phoniness and elitism.

No matter who you support, with Burr you laugh at the fl aws in your own candidate just as much as the flaws in your opponent.

Burr has made a career out of always pushing the limits of what is acceptable to discuss, and his new special continues to deliver in this department. If you can’t handle some non-mainstream opinions, find the humor in drunk-driving, question why Hitler is the poster child for evil when Stalin had more kills, and enjoy fantasies of genocide, then stay away from this special.

But if you are the type of person who does not take anything too seriously and thinks humor can be found everywhere, even in the most unlikely of places, then you should enjoy this provocative work of comedy. If you choose to be offended by Burr, you fall right into his trap and should, as the title suggests, just walk your way out.

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Many students can relate to the difficulty of long-distance relationships. How can you stay connected when separated by potentially vast distances? In The Space Between Us, the characters have to maintain a relationship separated by 250 million miles.

The film opens on the day of a space shuttle launch, carrying six astronauts to Mars to establish a permanent colony. The launch is successful, but during the voyage, the lead astronaut discovers she’s pregnant. The decision is made to have the baby in space, and while the baby lives, the mother does not make it. The story jumps 16 years ahead, and the baby is now a teenager named Gardner Elliot (Asa Butterfield). Gardner’s only connection to Earth is through Skype conversations with a high schooler named Tulsa (Britt Robertson), though he has only told her he is sick and stuck in a New York penthouse. The opportunity comes for him to go to earth and he takes it. Upon arriving, however, Gardner is subjected to medical tests, which show he will be unable to stay on earth. Being the romantic that he is, he escapes the testing site and finds Tulsa. Together they go on a roadtrip adventure across the Western

United States in a desperate attempt to find his father. All the while, they are chased by the scientists at NASA who want to bring Gardner back to save his life.

The high point of the film is the acting. Butterfield has established himself as one, if not the premier young actor in the business, and he gives a powerful performance as a boy in a world that no matter how badly he wants to be part of, he just doesn’t understand. But more impressive than his emotional performance, he physically carries himself as someone who has never walked on Earth’s gravity. Robertson gives a compelling performance as a young adult with trust issues, who is torn between cynicism and appreciation for the world around her. Playing the leader of the space program, Gary Oldman is his usual stellar self, conveying a man full of ambition, regret, and love. He is being ripped apart on the inside, but does his best to keep up his facade.

Despite the skill of the acting, the biggest knock on this film is its script. It gives the actors relatively little to work with in terms of dialogue. Almost every line utilizes telling, not showing. There is little room for subtlety, with every metaphor brought back innumerable times. In several instances, such metaphors are jarringly forced into shots, which comes off as cheap

and unimaginative. The biggest example of the lack of subtlety is that Gardner’s illness is literally having too big a heart.

The shots of space are beautiful and extremely well done, but one of the most impressive things is the director’s ability to convey the beauty on earth as rivalling or being greater than that of space. The aerial shots in this film are outstanding and put you in Gardner’s shoes as someone who is in awe of the world around you.

The funniest bits of the movie are when Gardner is faced with

customs and traditions on earth that he just doesn’t understand. They are simple in many cases, but touching nonetheless. He freaks out when he sees a horse for the first time, marvels at hot air balloons, and dances in the rain. The audience was in an uproar when he tried to use ancient courting videos to make Tulsa fall in love with him. A telling conversation in the film occurs when he blurts out at her: “You are the most beautiful girl in the world.”

She corrects him saying people on earth don’t just tell other people their inner, most true thoughts

because “then we’d all be happy or something.”

The Space Between Us is far from perfect, but it is charming and sweet. It is hard to not instantly fall for the two leads. Every character in the film is trying their best and cares about the other characters in the film, which in some ways makes the movie feel too mushy. It has a runtime of over two hours, but given the proper emotional investments, the minutes truly fly by. But The Space Between Us is much like its main character—endearing, but perhaps with just too big of a heart.

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iBoy is one of the latest Netflix original installments, starring XMen: First Class’ Bill Milner and Game of Thrones’ Maisie Williams.

These two young actors make the script come alive with their excellent chemistry onscreen, resulting in a combination of compelling, playful, and serious sequences throughout the film. While the film

does explore the fantastical and technological, it is deeply rooted in older established ideas regarding good and evil. iBoy focuses on the life of Tom (Milner), a teenager growing up in London. After walking into his friend Lucy’s (Williams) house to study, he finds it has been broken into and she has been attacked.

As he flees the scene, her attackers chase after him and shoot him as he has his phone up to his ear,

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trying to call for help. Both Tom and Lucy survive the incident, but not without consequences. Part of Tom’s phone that he was holding to his ear as he was shot entered his brain. These phone parts lodged in Tom’s brain give him powers to see and control pieces of technology including phones and computers.

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the devices, the audience can see text messages, missed calls, and all sorts of information stored on the phone as Tom sorts through it.

The movements and motions are extremely fluid, mirroring that of a computer screen, just without the borders that would inhibit it. The information that is whizzing on and off the movie screen seems to move at the speed of light and he is able to handle various tasks at once. Because Tom has this device in his head, it is as if the audience has a front row seat to the inner workings of a human computer and all of the intricacies that play a part within it.

As visually stimulating as the film presents itself, the idea of this boy vigilante having the ability to hack into phones and computers to do whatever he wishes is frightening. This superpower, which includes listening in on phone conversations, looking at texts messages, adding or subtracting money from online accounts, and even causing phones to spontaneously shock their owners is terrifying.

This film presents how technology has become an integral part of how people go about their day-to-day

lives and highlights its pervasiveness in our society. Technology defines how people communicate with each other, not to mention influencing where we travel, what we wear outside, and our health.

In providing us with convenient services, certain applications like to know personal information to create a individualized product, ranging from preferences to credit card info.

With cookies, our previous searches are monitored and given out so we can receive ads that apply more directly to us to increase the likelihood one will click on the ad that appears on the screen. While this can be useful and often helpful to have one’s information sorted and custommade to fit, as the film suggests again and again, it can be frightening that all this information is centralized in one or two places.

Though the idea of a phone getting stuck in someone’s head giving them superpowers may be a little far fetched, the ability to hack into people’s devices and turn their lives upside down is well within reach. Some would say much of the information people put out into the world today is not as private as one might think.

Conor Oberst released the quiet, pensive Ruminations, which was recorded in just 24 hours on a wintery Omaha day, back in 2016. The album was sparse and simple, featuring just acoustic guitar, piano, harmonica, and vocals. “A Little Uncanny” on the other hand is a raw, energetic change of direction.

The music video harkens back to the time of VHS and low-definition MTV (that is, the 1980s) while simultaneously portraying Oberst as an adolescent in the year 2041, donning his signature folksy hat. Oberst, a poignant and consistent lyricist, is clearly drawing historical parallels that echo the sentiment of his side project, The Desaparecidos, an outright-leftist punk band.

One realizes how much he or she has missed Oberst’s high-stakes lyrics in ‘A Little Uncanny’ when he sings in his reliably poetic fashion, “You know ol’ Ronnie Reagan he was a shoe salesman’s son / He got himself in the movies / Yeah he impressed everyone/ He thought trial by fire was America’s fate / he made a joke of the poor people and that made him a saint / But he was tan enough / He was rich enough / He was handsome like John Wayne and there was no one at the country club who didn’t feel the same.”

These verses, coupled with the mash of home videos as suggested in the title, are likely to bear an uncanny resemblance to the lives of listeners as well.

Salutations, the follow up to Ruminations, is its bluesier, rocking companion record. With a full, talented band including Nate Walcott, Jim James, Gillian Welch, and Jonathan Wilson, “A Little Uncanny” makes this relation very clear—at least as clear as grainy VHS tapes allow.

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If you’re expecting that refreshingly absurd Mac Demarco sound, “My Old Man” will almost certainly disappoint. With standard chord progression and a few out-of-key notes, this single amounts to little more than a standard acoustic tune. It’s a shame too, because the subject could make for some great music.

Sticking to their tried-and-true formula for bombastic rock anthems, Imagine Dragons adds another track to their canon of songs that could be played while riding into battle. While “Believer” doesn’t exactly offer anything new, it will almost certainly be used in montages of slam-dunks on ESPN for months to come.

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Connar Tava (right) maneuvers around John Collins (20) to hit Mo Jeffers (left) with a pass under the hoop.

between them and finished with 29 combined points. Their effort helped nearly double Wake’s 3point shooting clip in the second half, up from 36 percent to a blistering 70 percent mark.

Plus, foul trouble for BC’s frontcourt did little to help the cause. Both Mo Jeffers and Nik Popovic picked up five fouls, allowing Collins to live at the charity stripe in the second half.

Not to mention it forced 6-foot-6 Connar Tava to guard the 6-foot10 Collins for the final minutes of the game, creating a very exploitable mismatch down low.

For his part, Tava put forth a

solid effort, keeping Collins out of the paint as best he could.

Nevertheless, Collins and the Deacons built up a six-point lead in the final minute of play.

Ky Bowman made it a one-possession game with 11 seconds remaining, drilling his fourth triple of the evening, but the Eagles still needed the ball back without fouling . Christian’s full-court press was effective, forcing Wake to call timeout on the inbounds play.

On the Deacons’ second try, they passed the ball in and a swarm of BC defenders pressured the ball without fouling, ultimately forcing a jump ball.

Unfortunately, neither the pos-

session arrow nor the basketball gods were in the Eagles’ favor, giving Wake a third chance to inbound the ball. This time, the Deacons executed and iced the game with a pair of free throws.

At this point, it’s beginning to sound like a broken record.

The bright spots are there. The guards are among the ACC’s most talented scorers. Hell, even the undersized frontcourt, at times, shows it has heart when competing against the Goliaths of the conference.

Regardless, a loss is a loss.

And this one will sting even more because it felt like the Eagles let it slip away.

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This inability to score would come back to bite the Eagles when they faced back-to-back penalties.

It took Nina Rodgers just 15 seconds to convert on the power play, a checking call against Erin Connolly. Rodgers took advantage of a rebounded puck and an occupied Katie Burt, still reeling from the original shot by Sarah Steele. Immediately after, Kristyn Capizzano headed to the box for slashing, opening up an opportunity for BU to take the lead.

Another rebound snuck past Burt among the chaos in front of the net, allowing Maddie Elia to snap it up. With the confusion in the crease, the referees put the play under review. After a few tense minutes, it stood, and the Terriers held the lead.

Prior to the game, BC had the best penalty kill among NCAA Division I women’s teams, according to USCHO.com, boasting a success rate of 92.9 percent.

BU is a noted enemy of that statistic, as five of the 10 power-play goals the Eagles have given up have been to its B Line counterparts. BC also had the second-best power play among teams prior to the first round of the Beanpot, converting 26.05 percent of the time.

The University of Minnesota Golden Gophers, who the Eagles

faced in the NCAA National Championship last season, have the second-best penalty kill and best power play. Against BU on Tuesday, the Eagles had a 33.3 percent success rate.

The goal was a welcome change from the lackluster period and a half, and it appeared that the Eagles were unraveling. Elia tried again for another goal soon after, circling around the back of the net and hooking the puck in, but this time, Burt blocked it easily.

For many, it seemed that this game was over for BC. But the Eagles emerged from the tunnel, under a canopy of young fans’ hands, an entirely different team.

From the outset, BC dominated the third period. The team controlled the puck for up to a minute at a time, jumping at opportunities to score. With the rejuvenated offense came a feeling of electricity in the air—the Eagles kept trying, so hard that they would force the puck in somehow.

And then came Newkirk again, this time to save the day. A tripping call on Deziray De Sousa aided the Eagles, now on the man advantage and digging deep for long bursts of energy. Newkirk took the puck far out and slipped it by Hanson, the numerical match to BC’s Burt as another No. 33. The BC bench launched into cheers while Newkirk was surrounded by her on-ice teammates.

With no doubt that they were back in it, the Eagles felt like a fire had been lit under them. Newkirk led the charge for the go-ahead goal, knocking another shot off the pipe. As time dwindled with the fast-paced play, Caitrin Lonergan clinched the lead for BC. For the Eagles, there was not as much cheering as the tying goal—instead, a feeling of relief washed over Matthews Arena.

A tense three minutes followed, including a timeout by BU that prolonged the moment.

With one minute left, the Terriers decided to pull their goalie, opting for an extra offensive player.

The pressure was not off BC for some time, as BU went toe-totoe until a defenseman knocked the puck into the BU defensive zone, with no one to push it back up. Time expired, and in anxietyinducing fashion, the Eagles had advanced to the finals.

For Lonergan, a Roslindale, Mass. native, claiming the winning goal in the Beanpot Tournament was the icing on the cake—getting to play at all was enough.

“Ever since I was a little kid, I came to all of them, so being able to play in it was so exciting,” Lonergan said.

But even with the win, it was clear the freshman, who notched her 10th goal of the season in the game, had more on her mind.

“Being able to go to the finals and actually hold a trophy is even more exciting,” she said.

BC vs. BU, from B8 5, 8-9-4) kept BC off the scoreboard until the opening minute of the third period. Even then, the late Kristyn Capizzano goal was only enough to tie the game. The Terriers would eventually hold off the Eagles in overtime for the draw. Tuesday night was a different story. Just 77 seconds after the puck was dropped, Makenna Newkirk lit the lamp. The team’s points leader flung a wrist shot past goaltender Victoria Hanson to strike first blood. Newkirk’s goal set the tone for the Eagles in a relatively dominant first period.

Blocked Shots Goaltender Katie Burt was up against a run-and-gun Terriers offense that played 60 minutes of scrappy hockey. Each possession, BU darted down the ice, eyeing scoring opportunities. Coming into the game, BC knew that the Terriers were going to skate in transition. In order to protect Burt from a bombardment of shots, the Eagles’ defense blocked a total of 14, cutting off several BU attacks.

Third Period After controlling most of the opening period, BC shut down in the second. Everything that it had been doing all season went right out the window, as it gave up back-toback power-play goals. Following the period, Crowley had a message for her team.

“I said that if we win the third period, we’re gonna win this hockey game,” Crowley said. “And they won the third period.”

Right out of the gate, the Eagles looked revitalized. With a second wind, the offense sent a flurry of shots toward Hanson’s way.

It was only a matter of time until one found the back of the net. Nearing the halfway point of the third, the scoring drought ended with a power-play conversion. Newkirk— positioned in the middle of the right zone—went top shelf on Hanson.

Erin Connolly and Kenzie Kent were credited with the assists for what was Newkirk’s second goal of the night and 12th of the season.

Then, with overtime looming, a certain freshman stepped up to the occasion. Caitrin Lonergan rebounded a Megan Keller shot and whipped one of her own right past Hanson.

The Massachusetts native’s goal all but sealed the deal for BC. Three Down Face-offs Prior to Tuesday, BC was winning nearly 54 percent of its face-offs.

On the other hand, the Terriers were routinely losing more than half of their bouts in the zones. But from Tuesday’s action, you would’ve thought it was the other way around.

Period after period, BU held an advantage in the face-off department.

In fact, in the first and third periods, the Terriers dominated. Thanks in large part to Victoria Bach and Natalie Flynn, BU won 22-of-32 face-offs in the two periods of play.

Overall, the Terriers won 32-of-51 face-offs. And one in particular led to Nina Rodgers’ second goal of game.

Penalty Kill Before the game, BC was ranked

as the top penalty-killing team in the nation. It had not allowed a power-play goal in 24-consecutive shorthanded situations and had only conceded eight all year. But in the second period, the Eagles fell short of their standard—Rodgers scored on back-to-back power plays. The special team efforts marked BU’s 23rd and 24th power-play goals of the season.

Surprisingly, BC’s greatest strength became its greatest weakness in a pivotal tournament matchup.

Mental Errors Right from the get-go, the game was chippy, but the referees let it play out. There wasn’t a penalty called until less than two minutes remained in the first period. That all changed in the next frame. BC was called for three penalties—two of which were the catalysts for BU’s only goals.

Both penalties occurred within the same minute. And both were mental errors.

Connolly, who was aggressive all night, let her emotions get a hold of her as play inched closer to the halfway point of the second period.

Following a whistle, she body checked a Terrier into the glass, handing over an easy power play.

Shortly after, BU cashed in for Rodgers’ first goal of the night.

Moments later, Kristyn Capizzano was caught slashing, sitting her in the box for another BU power play.

Rodgers made the Eagles pay, netting another goal and taking the lead.

Without a few silly penalties, we could have had a completely different storyline.

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Boston University celebrated its goals in the second period, but the Eagles had the last laugh, scoring two third-period goals to finish off a ferocious comeback in the first round of the Beanpot at Matthews Arena.

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:fcc`ejË ;flYc\$;flYc\ ;ffdj <X^c\j 9P 8EE89<C JK<<C< 8jjfZ% Jgfikj <[`kfi For the second game in a row, Boston College men’s basketball pushed a conference game down to the wire.

But for the second game in a row, the Eagles could not finish. This time, it was against Wake Forest University.

The Demon Deacons outlasted the Eagles for an 85-80 victory in Conte Forum on Tuesday night. While Wake Forest (13-9, 4-6 Atlantic Coast) jumped out to a 10-point lead in the first half, BC (9-14, 2-8) battled back and led by as many as seven points in the second half. But in the end, BC couldn’t hold on to the lead, losing its sixth straight game.

The Big Three For the second game in a row, Jordan Chatman played an excellent game, continuing to emerge as a powerful player and potential member of a big three also consisting of Ky Bowman and Jerome Robinson. He led the Eagles in scoring and was the game’s second-highest scorer, finishing with 22 points, including four 3-pointers.

He also went 6-for-6 from the freethrow line.

It was clear that his teammates expected him to ride the momentum from his record-tying performance against Virginia Tech—every time he put up a shot, the entire bench stood up, and whenever he made it, the bench and sparse crowd erupted in cheers.

After the game, Wake Forest head coach Danny Manning emphasized that Chatman’s explosive performance against Virginia Tech caught his attention, and that his team planned to prevent Chatman from taking threes.

“We didn’t do that great of a job, because he’s 4-of-6 [from beyond the arc],” Manning said. “He had a really good game across the line.”

Chatman wasn’t the only BC player to have a big game. Bowman finished with 18 points, including four 3-pointers, seven boards, and five assists. Robinson scored 17 points and contributed two boards and two rebounds. Put together, Chatman, Bowman, and Robinson scored 57 of

BC’s 80 points. No other Eagle scored in double digits, although Connar Tava scored nine points.

While Chatman, Bowman, and Robinson weren’t the only impactful players in the game, they were certainly the biggest scoring threats for the Eagles. If the three of them can continue to perform at high levels in upcoming games, it bodes well for BC. John Collins John Collins stands tall at 6foot-10. He’s strong. He makes his presence known on the court. And he certainly made his presence known against the Eagles. In the second half, BC could not seem to find an answer for Collins, who recorded a double-double with 26 points and 16 rebounds.

Despite his eventual dominance, Collins was relatively quiet in the first half. He scored only eight points, grabbing eight boards in the process. Manning was unhappy with his big man’s inability to draw fouls. At halftime, Collins had taken no free throws.

“We talked about his zero freethrow attempts at halftime,” Manning said. “It wasn’t much of a talk.”

Collins came out of the locker room focused and ready. He certainly heard Manning’s message about drawing fouls, as he made five trips to the free-throw line in the second half.

Collins shot a cool 80 percent from the line, proving that he is accurate when he gets to the line.

He was most dangerous during a five-minute stretch during which Wake Forest scored 14 unanswered points. Collins scored 13 of those 14 points, including seven points from the charity stripe.

Part of the reason why the Eagles struggled to contain him later in the game was that Nik Popovic and Mo Jeffers, two of BC’s big men, ran into foul trouble in the second half. Both Popovic and Jeffers finished with five fouls. Popovic picked up his fifth foul with five minutes remaining in the game, and Jeffers picked up his fifth 21 seconds later. While Popovic and Jeffers have struggled at times to match up against big men in the ACC

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RILEY OVEREND

Sports Editor

It’s the only time of year when we can predict a professional sport.

Last year, I squandered my opportunity by picking the Panthers and taking an L while Annabel luckily struck gold with the Broncos. Last year’s Super Bowl was a game of mismatches, as Von Miller and the Denver defense overpowered Carolina’s O-line. This year, it’ll be Matt Ryan and Julio Jones causing mismatch problems on offense against the Patriots.

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Ky Bowman elevates for one of his signature slam dunks against Wake. this season, without them the Eagles were hard-pressed to find someone big and strong enough to contain Collins. In the end, 6-foot-6 Connar Tava had to match up against Collins for the final four and a half minutes of play. While Tava did a relatively good job against Collins, there was no denying the dominance of Wake Forest’s big man.

“In the second half, he was much more assertive,” Manning said.

Turnovers BC turned the ball over 11 times over the course of the game compared to Wake Forest’s eight. Robinson accounted for four of BC’s turnovers, while Jeffers lost the ball three times.

Over their previous five games, the Eagles averaged 15 turnovers per game, so 11 was an improvement.

But the 11 came at inopportune moments for BC. With just over nine minutes re-

maining in the game, Bowman made two free throws to give the Eagles their largest lead of the game at seven points. If BC had made some key defensive stops and continued its offensive hot streak, it may have picked up a victory. But instead, the Eagles went scoreless for five minutes.

Robinson, Bowman, and Popovic committed three turnovers in that time period. Wake Forest—Collins, specifically—capitalized on the turnovers, scoring four points off of those losses.

The Eagles also hurt themselves in profiting off turnovers. Wake Forest lost the ball eight times, but BC only scored eight points off of the losses in the entire game. By comparison, Collins alone scored half of that number off of just three BC turnovers. The Demon Deacons as a whole scored 15 points off turnovers.

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9: I\Zil`kj =`ijk =fli$JkXi J`eZ\ )'(+ Signing Day, from A1 Addazio praised as having a “great football name”—has a brother who played tight end in the NFL and defensive tackle TJ Rayam’s dad, Thomas, also made it pro.

“The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree,” Reid said of Rayam.

One of the most intriguing recruits is 6-foot-4 athlete C.J. Lewis. He doesn’t have an official position yet, but Addazio said that he’d like to work him out at wide receiver. Lewis’s size and strength prompted Addazio to compare him to Clemson’s Mike Williams during the National Signing Day press conference.

Two key additions on defense

are defensive backs Brandon Sebastian and Ben Stewart. Sebastian, rated the No. 1 corner in Connecticut by Scout.com, received rave reviews from the coaching staff for his quickness and footwork. Stewart, on the other hand, is a hard-hitting bruiser who earned Indianapolis Defensive Player of the Year honors last fall.

“If you’re a parent on the other team, you’d want this guy arrested,” Reid said. “He’s got an opportunity to be the state wrestling champ as well.”

While the recruiting reach into the Midwest was limited to just Stewart and Stoneburner, Addazio did pull a pair of recruits

from California. Haynes, along with tight end Patrick Brown, rounded out the class as the final two additions on Wednesday morning. Addazio raved about the new “pipeline” he is beginning to develop between California and Chestnut Hill, specifically the newfound connection with Cathedral Catholic, the alma mater of Haynes and current sophomore Ray Smith. Most of the new players, though, still hail from the New England and Mid Atlantic regions.

Addazio and his staff continued their push into New Jersey with four recruits from the Garden State. Paul Theobald Jr., a 6-foot-2 linebacker from Seton Hall Prep in Caldwell, N.J., could earn playing

Assoc. Sports Editor

Sorry, Patriots fans. This is going to be The Matt Ryan Show. The BC grad and his Falcons offense are red-hot and unstoppable heading into the biggest game of the season. Can the Patriots slow Atlanta down? Maybe a little, but not enough. Tom Brady will have a solid game, but he won’t be good enough to carry the Pats to yet another Super Bowl victory. No, instead, the Falcons will fly out of Houston with a victory.

time as a freshman.

But Addazio doesn’t expect too many freshmen to make immediate impacts next season, as the Eagles’ depth will allow for more redshirting. Dillon, however, will be an exception. The former Michigan commit has the speed, strength, and shiftiness to compete for playing time in his rookie campaign.

Whether he adjusts to the tempo of ACC football or picks up the playbook fast enough is still in question, but the talent is undoubtedly there. The prospect of Anthony Brown and Dillon in the backfield for the next four years is certainly exciting for BC fans.

PREDICTION Atlanta 34 New England 24

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Apparently, Krzyzewski believes that a one-game suspension is long enough for Allen to learn his lesson. After sitting out for just one game, Allen was back in the lineup and back to his old tricks. Boston College fans got a personal taste of it when the Eagles traveled to Cameron Indoor Stadium over Christmas break and Allen kicked into Connar Tava.

But it wasn’t just against BC. Allen has tripped opponents multiple times since his suspension, most recently against Notre Dame on Monday night. Coach K’s discipline clearly hasn’t set in for Allen, and thus Krzyzewski needs to take serious action on this matter, too.

If he’s locking players out of the locker room and restricting

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their dress code simply for not living up to Duke’s expectations, why is Allen being given a free pass for his repeated attacks on other players? Surely violent, dirty play reflects worse on Duke than a simple slump.

It’s also interesting to debate why Krzyzewski is protecting Allen specifically. This season, Allen has been far from Duke’s only talent. The Blue Devils have a deep roster. If Coach K sits Allen, he still has the likes of Amile Jefferson, Harry Giles, Jayson Tatum, and Luke Kennard to dominate the court.

He doesn’t need Allen to win, so why is he giving Allen a free pass? And disciplining Allen now will only result in good things for Duke’s opponents, Allen, and Coach K himself.

The tripping isn’t just giving Allen a bad name—it’s dangerous. It’s incredibly easy for a

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player to land wrong and sustain a serious, possibly careerending injury. Freak injuries happen all the time in sports, even when the contact is not intentional. With Allen actively tries to send opponents to the floor, the likelihood that he will seriously injure someone before long is high. Krzyzewski needs to seriously suspend Allen to send a message to other coaches: I care about your players.

Alternatively, it may be Allen himself who ends up injured as a result of his actions.

Allen has revealed himself to be a dirty player, and that puts a target on his back. Any time opposing players have the chance to dig at him, or trip him up, or foul him hard, you can bet they’ll take it. If Allen wants to play dirty, others can, too. And that places Allen at a high likelihood to sustain an

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injury himself. If not for the health of his opponents, Coach K should take serious action for the health of his player.

Finally, Krzyzewski needs to take action to enhance his own legacy. He’s highly accomplished and respected, and Allen will not singlehandedly ruin his legacy. But Coach K can improve it by taking hard action right now. If he really suspends Allen indefinitely or levels additional restrictions until Allen proves that he can play cleanly, it will reflect well on him. But for as long as Krzyzewski lowers the hammer on his team for slumping but ignores Allen’s dirty play, the revered coach will be nothing but a hypocrite in my eyes.

Asst. Sports Editor

All six of the Patriots’ Super Bowls during the Belichick-Brady era have been decided by three or four points. I like those odds. Just like Super Bowl XLIX, New England will find itself on its heels with time winding down. But instead of throwing a game-ending interception, Matty Ice will orchestrate a methodical touchdown drive.

Belichick often takes away his opponent’s top offensive weapon. He did it to Doug Baldwin. He did it to Victor Cruz. And he’ll do it to Julio Jones. The unsung hero? Taylor Gabriel.

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After scoring consecutive powerplay goals, Boston University stood just 20 minutes away from its first Beanpot Final in five years. . .

THIRD-DEGREE BURN . . .but the Terriers will have to wait, as the Eagles struck twice in the third period to complete a thrilling comeback against their crosstown rivals.

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9P J?8EEFE B<CCP 8jjk% =\Xkli\j <[`kfi BOSTON — Boston College women’s hockey made it out of a rough second period Tuesday to get one step closer to another Beanpot trophy, winning 3-2 in the first round of the tournament against crosstown rival Boston University at Matthews Arena.

Though the Eagles (20-3-4, 16-2-2 Hockey East) struggled on back-to-back penalty kills, allowing two goals, the Terriers (13-10-5, 8-94) could not hold on to the lead and handed it back to BC in the third period. The victory also extends the Eagles’ unbeaten streak to 15 games.

It originally appeared that the game would be cut and dry, as Makenna Newkirk gave the

9P 8E;P 98:BJKIFD Eagles a quick lead 77 seconds into the first 8jjk% Jgfikj <[`kfi period. In an effortless motion, Newkirk lifted the puck up past goalie Victoria Hanson’s BOSTON — Almost three months ago, Boston right shoulder.

University women’s hockey dealt Boston College its But after Newkirk’s goal, there was an ofthird loss of the season, two more than the team fensive drought for both teams. Despite suffered all of last year. The weekend series outshooting the Terriers 14-8, BC split between the Green Line rivals could not manage to put another dropped BC to a humbling 7-3one past Hanson. Even on 2. Head coach Katie Crowley’s a power play thanks to a BEANPOT crew was confronted with adverhooking call on Sammy sity—something last year’s team Davis that extended into didn’t experience until the final the second period, the team game of the season. struggled. The Eagles also Without a blink of an eye, her team made it out of their own penalty responded. The Eagles rattled off a 14-game unscathed right after Davis’ expired, unbeaten streak, outscoring opponents 54-16.

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first round of the 39th annual Beanpot Tournament on a quest to repeat as tournament champions. But first, it had to clear one hurdle: BU. The Terriers, a group that has played BC tight all season, scored back-to-back power-play goals in the second period, carrying a 2-1 lead into the final 20 minutes of play. Once again, it was the crosstown rivals spawning adversity. And once again, the Eagles responded.

Fueled by a two-goal third-period performance, BC battled back to win the game 3-2. The No. 6 Eagles (20-3-4, 15-2-2 Hockey East) will now play Northeastern in next week’s final.

Three Up Fast Start In the teams’ last meeting on Jan. 7, BU (13-10-

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9: C\kj K_`i[ 8:: N`e Jc`g Flk f] I\XZ_ 8^X`ejk NXb\ =fi\jk 9P I@C<P FM<I<E; Jgfikj <[`kfi Exactly one person in Conte Forum thought the shot was going in. And that was the man with the ball, Nik Popovic.

The 6-foot-11 center from Bosnia and Herzegovina caught the ball at the top of the key and hoisted it up from beyond the arc, where the freshman had shot just 3-of-13 this season. The crowd collectively let out an audible groan, frustrated by the poor shot selection. But there was something they didn’t know.

The bank was open.

Popovic’s shot bounced high off the

backboard and in, the unlikeliest of threes from the unlikeliest of sources, giving Boston College men’s basketball a 52-47 advantage over Wake Forest.

It was part of a 9-0 run for the Eagles, during which they regained the lead and extended it to eight points. For a moment, it appeared as if students might be witnessing BC’s first ACC win at home when school is in session—in men’s basketball or football—since 2014.

But John Collins had other ideas.

One of the ACC’s best post scorers, Collins answered the Eagles’ run with 13 consecutive points and helped the Demon Deacons hold BC scoreless for the next five minutes. It was a brutal stretch filled with turnovers and poor

defense by the Eagles, which squandered another opportunity at a conference win in a 85-80 loss to Wake (13-9, 4-6 Atlantic Coast), the team’s sixth straight loss.

Once again, BC (9-14, 2-8) started off slow, with Jordan Chatman being the only one in a rhythm early on. The Brigham Young transfer carried over his hot shooting stroke from Sunday, when he tied a program record with nine 3-pointers in the loss to Virginia Tech. Against the Deacons, Chatman not only showcased his long-range shooting (4-for-6 from 3-point range), but he also mixed in mid-range jumpers and strong drives to the basket. He used the threat of his perimeter shooting to

pump fake and blow by defenders, often earning trips to the free throw line where he was a perfect 6-for-6 on the night. Chatman finished with 22 points, which would have been a career-high had he not exploded for 30 points two days prior.

“I’m not surprised at all,” head coach Jim Christian said. “Every shot he takes in practice, every drill we do, is a game shot. He shoots more than anybody on our team. If you do that, at some point, the game rewards you.”

Ky Bowman and Jerome Robinson rounded out the Eagles’ balanced scoring attack, adding 18 and 17 points, respectively. Bowman was lethal from outside, nailing 4-of-5 attempts from

downtown. Robinson, on the other hand, struggled from deep but maneuvered inside for difficult finishes and nifty fadeaways. The backcourt duo also combined for seven assists and six turnovers.

Ultimately, it was the timing of Collins’ uber-efficient run and BC’s scoring drought late in the game that spelled defeat for Christian’s squad. Collins finished with a monster stat line of 26 points, 16 rebounds, and three blocks for his ninth double-double of the season. But he also had help from his sharpshooters, Bryant Crawford and Austin Arians, who totaled seven 3-pointers

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Biqpq\njb`Ëj 8Zk`fej 8i\ ?pgfZi`k`ZXc Lek`c ?\ ;`jZ`gc`e\j 8cc\e 8EE89<C JK<<C< In the world of basketball, there are few figures as highly revered as Mike Krzyzewski.

The man is undeniably accomplished. He’s won five NCAA titles with Duke University. He’s won six gold medals with the United States Men’s National Team. He’s won 1,043 games over the course of his college career—some with Army, but most with Duke. He’s won a national coach of the year award 12 times. And, more recently, he’s won praise from some

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college basketball fans for how he handled his team’s slump.

Coach K is still recovering from back surgery he had in early January, so he isn’t on the sideline with the team right now. But that didn’t stop him from calling his players to a meeting at his house after the Blue Devils squandered a second-half lead to the Wolfpack, resulting in North Carolina State’s first win at Cameron Indoor Stadium in more than 20 years. The Wolfpack’s win represented Duke’s third loss in four games, and Coach K wasn’t happy.

According to an ESPN report, Coach K summoned his players to his house to inform them that they were temporarily banned from the locker room. What’s more, he told them they could not wear any Duke apparel.

According to ESPN, he did not give them a set timeline, but will lift the restrictions when he feels his players are representing his program well.

While some people disagreed with Coach K, many former players and fans supported his actions. Former Duke star Jay Williams praised his old coach’s decision, saying, “He has to take extreme measures … this isn’t something he’s just decided to do for the first time in his career.”

Former Duke player and college basketball analyst Jay Bilas agreed, saying that the practice is more common than fans may think and suggesting that the players may take it seriously now, but will “laugh later” when they look back on the measures being put in place.

Personally, I’m inclined to think

that locking players out of the locker room and restricting their dress code are both perfectly fine actions to take.

Coach K obviously knows what he’s doing, he has clearly done this before, and he wouldn’t be doing it again if he didn’t know for sure that it works fine.

No, I don’t have an issue with these specific restrictions. My issue is with Coach K looking like a huge hypocrite for leveling strict punishments against his team for slumping, but ignoring Grayson Allen’s dirty, dangerous play.

Allen, a noted Ted Cruz-lookalike, has been caught tripping opponents countless times over the course of his Duke career. (You can find compilation videos of all his dirty plays on YouTube.) He has gained a reputation as a dirty player, and for good reason.

I know there’s contact in basketball,

and you can’t avoid that, but Allen’s actions go beyond “heat of the moment” or unintentional contact. He has a clearly sustained habit of bringing other players down. In December, it came to a boiling point in a game against Elon University.

While defending Steven Santa Ana, Allen found himself stuck on the baseline and resorted to dirty play once again. He lifted his foot into the back of Santa Ana’s knee and jerked his leg, forcing the Elon player to the ground. The incident was widely publicized and resulted in Coach K suspending his senior “indefinitely.”

In a statement, Krzyzewski criticized his player, saying that Allen’s actions “do not meet the standards of Duke

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