The Heights February 13, 2017

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The candidates were asked for their views on student activism, reforms to BC’s drinking policy, and how they would use their three opportunities to present to the Student Life Committee of the Board of Trustees.

Each team was given three minutes to respond to questions directed specifically at

them, and the other two teams had one minute to answer the question and ask their own questions. Each team had a 30-second rebuttal that they could use only once in the debate to respond to the other teams’ questions.

Achampong criticized Raymond Mancini, CSOM ’19, for a response he gave at last week’s diversity and inclusion debate, and throughout the rest of the debate, Mancini continued to question Achampong’s leadership credentials and commitment to the race.

Asked about halfway through the debate about a specific diversity program he would seek to create as UGBC president, Mancini mentioned an athletics-focused “Hype Up the Heights” event. Last year, Matt Ulrich and John Miotti, both MCAS ’17, suggested a similar event, which Mancini’s running mate, Matt Batsinelas, CSOM ’19, said Ulrich and Miotti encouraged them to use.

Achampong brought up a moment from

last Tuesday’s debate, in which Mancini answered a question about protests by criticizing the Elections Committee for holding the campaign kickoff event during men’s basketball’s game against Louisville on Feb. 4.

Achampong said Mancini had been evading the question.

“The fact that you’re saying we evaded the question is a personal attack,” Mancini said, claiming that Achampong and King’s team had endorsed disparaging comments made against Mancini and Batsinelas on Facebook.

Mancini was referring to comments made on a live stream of last week’s DI debate that appeared on Achampong and King’s campaign Facebook page.

“It’s one thing to critique our platform, it’s another thing to critique us personally, and the fact that you did that shows a deficiency JULIA HOPKINS / HEIGHTS EDITOR

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Akosua Achampong (right) and Tt King have advocated for BC’s intersectional community.

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Seniors flocked to the Royale nightclub on Friday night for the annual 100 Days Dance, but many were not expecting what was to come: freezing weather, long lines, and slippery floors.

Several students say they were seriously injured as a result of such conditions that night, including Molly Collins, MCAS ’17, who fell on the dance floor and suffered a chin injury. Two other students suffered head injuries, and several others fell on the dance floor. Daniel Pimpinelli, MCAS ’17, was so taken aback by some of the problems seniors encountered that he decided to create a change.org petition.

“When we got inside, people were falling all over the place because the floors were slip-

pery,” Pimpinelli said.

When Collins suffered her fall, a student who is a nursing major helped her in the bathroom, and she managed to get through the rest of the night without seeing a medical physician. The next day, when she visited University Health Services, a nurse told her that she could have used three stitches. The nurse also told Collins that she often sees students with injuries the day after the 100 Days Dance.

Collins said the slippery floor affected other students, making it difficult for them to have a good time.

“It was hard to get anywhere,” she said.

“People were hanging onto each other and waddling in their heels.”

On Saturday night, Pimpinelli posted the link to the change.org petition in the Boston College Class of 2017 Facebook group. The petition calls for May’s “Dance Through the Decades” event to be held at a different venue. Pimpinelli doesn’t have any specific

See Dance Woes, A3

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Ainsworth teamed up with Mormando, who has taught a class on Love, Gender, and

Marriage for a number of years at BC, to design this new course. Mormando’s original course focused on the biblical and classical traditions of love, while their core pilot course examines the evolution of love from its traditional heritage to modern day. This includes the examination of antiquated ideas of love, as well as ideas that have become an intrinsic part of our culture and understanding of love, such as the idea of love at first sight and a soulmate.

“We were really interested in looking at how traditional views towards love, gender, and marriage have both stayed the same and as well as changed over time,” Ainsworth said.

The structure of the class lent itself to intimate discussion. Meeting five times a week, the 19 students in the course grew into a tight-knit community that, Ainsworth

notes, was quick to form its own GroupMe. By first examining excerpts from the Bible and ancient Greek literature, students delved into the origin of traditional ideas about marriage, gender roles, and romance. Under Ainsworth’s stewardship, students contrasted these traditional romantic concepts against modern love, reading New York Times articles, watching YouTube clips, and looking at studies that dealt with the evolution of love.

Amanda Amorosi, a self-proclaimed “hopeless romantic” and MCAS ’20, cites a discussion in the class about hookup culture as one of its most interesting lessons. Both Amorosi and Ainsworth agreed that students were enthusiastic about applying the “Love, Gender, and Marriage” lens to phenomena

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Ainsworth examines the progression of traditional ideas on topics like marriage and gender.

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Men’s hockey lost to Merrimack thanks to an excellent performance from Hampus Gustafsson.

The hip-hop dance troupe turned up the heat in a sensual Robsham performance Friday night.

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NEWS: Seeking Stipend Cut

FEATURES: EagleDate: It’s Back!

Joseph Arquillo, LSOE ’17, proposed to eliminate pay for executive officers........... A3

After two years, BC blind dates makes a triumphant return............................................A4

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things to do on campus this week

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This Tuesday, Valentine’s Day, the Campus Activities Board is sponsoring a special lovethemed show at the Improv Asylum from 7 to 9 p.m. Tickets will be sold for $13, not including fees.

Improv Asylum is located at 216 Hanover Street in Boston.

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Today at 6 p.m., the Joseph E. Corcoran Center for Real Estate and Urban Action will host an information session for its premier paid summer internship opportunity, Commercial Real Estate Success Training (CREST).

Any current juniors interested in commercial real estate are welcome to attend the information session in Cushing 336.

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The Campus Activities Board is partnering with the International Club of Boston College to host “Countries, Cupid, and Cupcakes.” From 7 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, students are welcome to go to Gasson 100 to learn about various countries and their cultures.

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Gif]% Ni`k\j ]fi :EJ Over the past five decades, the growing Hispanic Catholic presence in the United States has contributed to the drastic demographic change within the Catholic Church, according to Hosffman Ospino, a professor of theology and religious education at Boston College, who wrote a column about the subject for the Catholic News Service.

Ospino’s column, titled “Caminando Juntos” or “Journeying Together,” addresses the Hispanic Catholic experience in the 21st century. Almost half of American Catholics are Hispanic, both immigrant and American-born.

“The Hispanic presence is an invitation to affirm particular ways of living the faith, old and new, while embracing their Hispanic sisters and brothers on a shared journey as we all continue to build vibrant communities, faithful families and a stronger society rooted in the values of the Gospel,” Ospino wrote in his column.

From January 2017 through December 2020, the Catholic Church in the United States is taking on a new initiative to respond to the growing Hispanic Catholic community. Dubbed “V Encuentro,” or the Fifth National Encuentro of Hispanic/Latino Ministry, this “ecclesial experience” involves years of reflection, evangelization, and consultation that is targeted at 8 million Catholics.

:Xi\\i :\ek\i ?fjkj <e[\Xmfi The Career Center hosted BC Endeavor, a three-day program for sophomores pursuing degrees in liberal arts, from Jan. 11 to 13.

This is the second year the program was held.

“Our goal is to empower students to lead self-directed, meaningful professional lives,” Joseph Du Pont, associate vice president for student affairs and career services, said to The Chronicle. “The earlier we can work with them, within the overall context of the BC mission, the more beneficial it is to everyone.”

Endeavor held alumni career panels as well as sessions that covered diversity in the workplace and skill-building to networking for introverts.

The Career Center received feedback from Endeavor’s pilot class last year, which resulted in major changes to this year’s program. One significant change was the implementation of Endeavor Fellows—students who serves as peer coaches.

“Students and staff alike commented on how the involvement of so many in Endeavor helped spread the message that to prepare students for their careers beyond BC is truly a campus-wide effort,” Rachel Greenberg, director of career education and strategy, said to The Chronicle.

Du Point said that visits to the Center have been up 22 percent in the last year. With this increase in students, the Center plans to make itself more accessible. It will introduce two apps to help students book appointments, review job postings, and receive advice.

“We see our primary role as bringing together members of the Boston College career community to support the personal and professional formation of our students,” Du Pont said.

Boston College Dining Services will partner with the Undergraduate Government of Boston College’s environmental caucus, EcoPledge of BC, and the Office of Sustainability to begin a composting effort in McElroy Commons after Spring Break.

“The initiative will educate students to self-sort,” said Leora L’Heureux, a dining manager at McElroy.

Students in green shirts will be standing by the trash bins for the first week of the implementation, educating students on which bins to place their trash in. The goal is for students to learn how to sort food waste from recyclables and trash.

L’Heureux hopes that by having these students directing the trash disposal, students will become used to the idea of composting.

The Office of Sustainability will supply customized tops with different-shaped holes to go on top of the bins in the trash area. The recycling bin’s hole will be a circle while the composting bin’s will be a square.

“We’re hoping that the puzzle

piece [tops] will help with the composting effort because it’s visual,” L’Heureux said.

Carolyn Townsend, the director of environment and sustainability programming in Student Initiatives, a branch of UGBC, believes the tops will encourage students to sort their waste.

“Students will have to think about where they are going to put their waste rather than just throwing their trash in the nearest bin,” she said.

This is not the first time BC Dining has worked with students to try to implement composting in Carney.

There have been several efforts over the last few years, but L’Heureux hopes that student representatives monitoring the stations and the new bin tops will help the effort become more successful.

Just last month, BC Dining added bright-yellow composting bins to Carney with signs over the bins indicating what food items belong in the composting bin. Due to a high contamination rate with nonfood items ending up in the bins, the bins only lasted a few days. The company that carts away the compost informed BC Dining that the compost they were receiving had too

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The composting effort’s failure is attributed to poor signage and bins’ lack of lids in the dining halls. much cross-contamination, and they would not continue to pick up the compost unless the contamination significantly decreased. “[The student groups] weren’t prepared,” L’Heureux said. “They didn’t know how much work it entailed. They felt like they weren’t doing enough to get the word out there.”

Townsend attributed the failing of the composting effort to poor signage and the bins not having lids.

“Since the last trial we have regrouped and strategized how to successfully implement our next campaign after spring break,” Townsend said.

Michael Forcier, general manager of McElroy, believes that having the students in green shirts directing students during peak dinner hours will improve the composting effort.

“In order for it to be successful, the students have to show up and be behind that wall,” Forcier said.

If the composting effort goes well, L’Heureux and Forcier will encourage Stuart Dining Hall to implement composting as well.

“We are hoping that we can permanently implement composting at every dining hall on campus,” Townsend said. “We also hope that students will understand the importance of composting as a way to reduce waste and that they will value the importance of conscious consumerism.”

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“I thought, based on current events, maybe it would be a good idea to give a theme to this retreat, this year and going forward,” said Matt Darcy, who directs retreats for Campus Ministry. “That whole conversation [about race] seems to have become a big part of American life and American conversation in the past couple years.”

Darcy said he was inspired by the Ignatian Solidarity Network, which organizes the annual Ignatian Family Teach-In in Washington, D.C. Last year, the network did an online retreat during Lent that reached out to teachers, professors, and students by asking them to write reflections on race.

The design of the retreat is similar to years past. Students will get paired with a faculty or

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staff companion to talk about faith and do regular check-ins on how the retreat is progressing. In the past, the retreat would involve a prayer service, which got mixed results. Darcy saw the opportunity to make a positive change in the retreat’s structure, so he reached out to FACES, which is built around discussion on race and structures of privilege, and asked if its members might be interested in holding the retreat jointly.

FACES was planning this spring on having a book club to read America’s Original Sin by Jim Wallis, which looks at white privilege and race in America from a Christian perspective. Wallis is the president and founder of Sojourners, a monthly Christian social justice magazine. Students on the retreat will participate in discussion on the book. Darcy thinks race and racism are topics that do not get addressed often enough from a faith perspective, specifically dur-

coming up,” he said. “It’s always a big topic, it’s always worthy of being discussed.”

Another race-focused effort Campus Ministry is working on, “Is Being Colorblind Enough?,” is a six-week series that will be run twice out of the Thea Bowman AHANA and Intercultural Center. The first series starts this week and finishes up at the end of March.

BC is running the initiative with an outside ministr y program called the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. The project is being led by Zoe Mathieson, BC ’16, and Olivia McGuire, who are focused, Mathieson said, on debunking the idea that colorblindness is enough. The six weeks identify places in people’s lives where there is brokenness and a need for healing, using places in the Bible where Jesus is intentional about race relations, Mathieson said.

“The idea for talking about colorblindedness is the racial tension in our country, but also

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Darcy said the retreat could follow a similar design in future years, with a basis on some kind of structural sin like sexism or religious issues. Part of the thinking behind the design is to make it as relevant as possible.

“The nice thing about those bigger issues is that they’re always

on our campus as well,” Mathieson said.

She said that in the survey, many students said that colorblindness was enough, because it leads to equality, but others said colorblindness is ignorant, dismantling people’s stories by removing a key part of their identities.

“Ultimately, we’re asking people to be radical today, and to fight for social justice, not only for themselves, but also for those who have hurt them, and to be ethnically and racially aware,” Mathieson said.

McGuire said the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship has been partnering with the multifaith component of BC Campus Ministry for years, with someone on the InterVarsity staff acting as an affiliate minister during that time.

She’s been the affiliate minister for four years, during which time she’s tried to expand her focus to racial reconciliation and ethnic journey. They said this is the first time they’ve done something this race-specific.

“This is really kind of a critical time to speak out, we believe, and we’ve been trying to do that more openly for the past couple of years,” McGuire said.

2/8/17 - 2/10/17

Wednesday, Feb. 8

Thursday, Feb. 9

7:34 a.m. - A report was filed regarding a traffic crash on the Beacon Garage roof.

5:19 p.m. - A report was filed regarding a medical incident at the Mods.

9:08 a.m. - A report was filed regarding a medical incident at Fenwick Hall.

8:00 p.m. - A report was filed regarding a well-being check at Roncalli Hall.

Friday, Feb. 10

7:19 p.m. - A report was filed regarding 4:11 a.m. - A report was filed a fire alarm at Rubenstein Hall. regarding a medical incident at 2000 7:38 p.m. - A report was filed regarding Comm. Ave. a larceny at Robsham Theater.

9:07 p.m. - A report was filed regarding a medical incident at the Flynn Sports Complex.

ing Lent, when sin is a big topic.

But when people think about sin, they usually think of the Ten Commandments, Darcy said, rather than unjust structures like bias.

“We’re going to ask them specifically to start thinking about prejudice, bias, and actually to start naming that stuff as a sin,” he

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THE HEIGHTS

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2017

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For the 2016-17, UGBC’s budget allocated $4,000 for the president’s stipend, $3,500 for the executive vice president’s stipend, and $2,000 for the vice presidents of each of UGBC’s divisions. The stipends account for $17,500 out of this year’s budget of $328,000.

Russell Simons, UGBC president and MCAS ’17, said in an email that he thinks stipends for UGBC executive positions are fundamental to make sure students have equal access to leadership roles at BC. “No student should be precluded from serving in these positions, representing the voices of their peers, and playing essential roles in campus dialogue, because of financial constraint,” he said.

“The alternative would be a system that unacceptably discriminates against students who rely on a source of income to make their attendance at the University possible.”

Arquillo ran for UGBC executive vice president last year, with Niki Patel, CSOM ’17, as the presidential candidate, and placed third. He was vocal in the campaign about his intention not to accept the stipend if he won.

Arquillo pointed out other clubs that put in significant amounts of time and do not get stipends, including Relay for Life, the Campus Activities Board, and

the Student Organization Funding Committee. Representatives from CAB and SOFC declined to comment.

“Somebody who is a student leader on campus, who puts in countless hours in helping put on Relay for Life, as well as the running club, it just for me is very dismissive of all of the countless hours of work that I’ve put in,” Arquillo said.

He said people he has talked to about the referendum are surprised by the amount of money that goes toward stipends. UGBC’s budget is funded by about $36 of every undergraduate’s $330 annual student activity fee. The stipends amount to less than $2 out of that total fee.

Arquillo thinks officers who have work study should be able to allocate some of their work study hours toward UGBC, in order to continue making money while also serving in their roles.

Mark Miceli, the associate director for student engagement in the Office of Student Involvement, who is an adviser to UGBC, said that in his 14 years at BC this issue has come up periodically.

In 1985, members of the UGBC Senate voted to prohibit the president from granting a stipend to the EVP or any other member of UGBC appointed by the president, only to have it vetoed by the outgoing president, Jeff Thielman, BC ’85. It came up again in 2007, when the Senate considered an initiative to eliminate the stipend and create a work-study program on a need-only basis.

Miceli said every student has the right to try to get a referendum on the ballot, and said he’s not for or against it.

“Generally speaking, when you look at undergraduate student government, the role and responsibility of UGBC is to really be the student voice,” Miceli said. “A lot of the time that work that’s required for these positions is extensive, and offering students a stipend is a way for some of them to be able to do it and not have to have an off-campus job.”

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As of publication, the petition has 148 signatures so far.

“The 100 Days Dance on February 10, 2017 left a lot to be desired for seniors at Boston College,” the petition states. “From the unapologetically slippery floor to the head injuries to the absurdly long line in 18 degree weather (with snow), morale is low.”

The dance was scheduled for 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., and tickets were $40, plus fees. The Senior Week Committee sold 1,200 tickets.

Pimpinelli arrived at the venue with his friends at 6:30 p.m., which is when the event started. He heard the doors would close at 7 p.m. so he made sure to get there 30 minutes ahead of time.

He did not get into the venue until 7:45, he said.

He was mostly upset that he spent money for a three-hour event, but could only attend the last hour and half because of the issues with the line.

The Senior Week Committee, which is not funded by BC, is advised by Mark Miceli, the associate director of student engagement in the Office of Student Involvement.

The committee is made up of 15 to 20 juniors and seniors who plan and promote events for seniors.

Only one student has reached out to Micelli directly expressing their concerns.

Several students have asked for refunds through the box office, he said.

Miceli was present during the event and noticed the long line.

“I think the arrival aspect was complicated,” he said. “Everybody seemed to arrive early and on time—which doesn’t happen that often—so the staff was overwhelmed by that.”

Miceli said that Royale has strict policies with bag checks and pat downs, which slowed the movement of the line.

The snow on the sidewalk was an additional complication. Miceli said that in the moment, there wasn’t much the security at the venue could do. They were required to follow their security protocol.

The 100 Days Dance has been held at the Royale for the last 25 to 30 years.

Miceli has heard complaints about Royale from students in previous years

as well.

“This was particularly bad,” he said.

“We had some line issues last year, however this year was much worse than it’s ever been in the past.”

Pimpinelli’s friend, who declined to comment, fell on the slippery dance floor and suffered a serious head injury.

Another one of his friends also fell, and Pimpinelli said a nurse suggested that it seemed like a concussion. He noted that his friend was sober—she was sick that night and chose not to drink. Pimpinelli fell once himself, but was not seriously injured.

While Pimpinelli’s friend who got a concussion was brought to a room at the Royale, Pimpinelli said security asked her friends what they “gave her” that would cause her to hurt herself.

“It wasn’t a very pleasant experience,” Pimpinelli said. “The fact that the Dance Through the Decades is slated to be happening at the same place, which for years people said they have had these recurring issues, I just think is kind of ridiculous.”

Pimpinelli has not yet reached out to the Senior Week Committee to express his concerns, but plans to soon. He wants the signatures on his petition to serve as evidence that there are many seniors who are equally as displeased with Royale as the venue for these events.

Miceli did not witness any students fall or injure themselves that night.

The first time he heard of students falling was during his interview with The Heights.

“I even asked the venue staff if there were any major incidents and they told me there weren’t, so I’m surprised to hear this because I asked for a report at the end of the night,” he said. “If anyone did get injured or hurt that’s a huge concern for us. I would find that alarming as well.”

The Royale was unable to comment at press time.

When Pimpinelli contacts the Senior Week Committee, he will urge them to find another venue to hold Dance Through the Decades and the future 100 Days Dance events. Miceli said it will be difficult to find a venue with the capacity of Royale.

“Finding another venue that size is challenging for us,” he said. “I think I’m going to ask the committee to seriously investigate what other options are available, and I’m sure that they will come up with other ideas.

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King and Achampong said in an interview Wednesday night that their team had received a warning for a comment on the live stream.

The two said the comment appeared to disparage Mancini by saying he did not have any LGBTQ-identifying friends.

The exchange continued several minutes later during a response to a question about mental health resources on campus, when Mancini demanded an apology from King and Achampong. He said they should explain to the audience why they had received a warning from the Elections Committee.

Achampong did not respond. Mancini also criticized Achampong and King’s commitment to the election.

“How can you say that you’re for all students if you didn’t go to Newton?” Mancini said, referring to his and Batsinelas’s efforts to campaign to freshmen on Newton Campus.

King and Achampong had been mistakenly told by their liaison to the EC that campaigning on Newton, designated for when BC was closed for snow last Thursday, had been cancelled. The EC decided to grant an extension for campaigning on Newton, but Casey Doyle, co-chair of the EC and CSOM ’17, said the extension was due to an internal miscommunication in the committee, not a specific request from another team.

“That speaks a lot about the Elections Committee,” Mancini responded.

Asked what specific measures his administration would take to make sure students do not feel alienated by UGBC policies they disagree with, Dan Wu, MCAS ’18, mentioned his team’s idea to create a council of different student groups that could help educate and mediate conflicts that arise.

Another question asked what policies the candidates would pursue to make sure first-generation college students enter

BC on an equal footing with their peers.

Achampong said she has close relationships in the Learning to Learn Office and the Montserrat Coalition, which provide resources to high-need students.

Batsinelas, a first-generation college student himself, touted his background as a licensed financial planner as something that would help in improving financial literacy programming. He repeated a claim he made at last week’s debate that UGBC’s budget spent more on teddy bears—an initiative that he says costs $1,500—than on resources for first-generation students.

Achampong challenged his claim, saying that $2,500 had just been allocated to Learning to Learn from UGBC. Batsinelas said that was due to a lack of transparency in UGBC, but Achampong said it had to do with UGBC’s budget being published once every quarter.

“It’s just not there yet, you’re reviewing a quarter that has passed,” she said.

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“For college students, especially freshmen coming onto a college campus for the first time, the whole dating relationship scene is built around hookup culture,” Ainsworth said. “Which in some ways does not fit into the tradition of love in antiquity, but in other ways, fits perfectly. Love on a college campus is an irrational, transitory state that is brief and fleeting, and in that respect, mirrors traditional concepts about love.”

At the end of the fall semester, each student wrote a research paper exam-

ining the tension between traditional and modern love, including the dating rituals of the 1950s and the chaos of 21st-century dating. Many students chose to write about the hookup culture.

One student evaluated the long-distance relationship of her grandparents in post-revolutionary China, kept alive through letter writing for six years, in comparison to modern long-distance relationships that are maintained over social media.

Ainsworth described her class as an outlet for students in which the line between inside and outside of the classroom discussion dissolved and class conversations carried over into

students’ lives.

“Students would often rush into class saying, ‘Everything we talk about in class I see all around me. Suddenly, I’m at a party or I’m watching TV and I want to take notes,’” Ainsworth said.

“For a professor, that’s the best possible thing, to think that your students are going to use what they learned inside the classroom to think critically when they are out in the world.”

On weekend nights, she noted, a lot of what is learned in the classroom during the week tends to go “out the window,” and she hopes her students continue to reject that idea and use what they’ve learned in the real world.

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Since the signing of the executive order, the Boston College community has seen reactions from both students and administrators.

On Jan. 29, University President Rev. William P. Leahy, S.J. sent out an email denouncing the executive order. The Muslim Students Association, with more than 30 other student groups’ support, held a protest on Feb. 3 to denounce the ban and stand in solidarity with affected members of the BC community. The Student Assembly of the Undergraduate Government of BC also passed a resolution calling for BC to provide free housing to affected students, faculty, and staff during breaks.

Leslie Templeton, MCAS ’20, upon hearing about the travel ban, also began to worry about how affected students would find housing over breaks. She created a Google Form to help students find housing over the breaks.

“Not only should they receive housing, but actually going to a family, for mental health reasons, just feeling like you have someone to go talk to, and just creating a family environment,” Templeton said.

She has created two Google Forms, one for people to offer their houses up to affected students or faculty over breaks, and another

for students or faculty who are seeking a home.

“People are scared to leave,” she said.

“And when you’re that scared, you also need a support system here. That’s what I’m trying to do.”

With a team of 10 students, five from BC, including Templeton, the Google Forms have seen around 45 responses from people who are offering up their homes to affected students, and two responses from students at BC looking for housing and families in the U.S. over breaks.

Templeton reached out to administrators at Vanderbilt University and Georgetown University to spread the word to their students and faculty. While she has received minimal responses from both universities, Templeton is just thankful that someone at both schools knows about her program if anyone needs it.

So far, families all across the nation have offered up their houses to accommodate those affected by the ban who are scared to return home. From Illinois to New York to North and South Carolina, families in nine states have volunteered housing for up to 60 people. Templeton wants students who are uncomfortable with leaving the country to be able to pursue internships anywhere in America without being concerned about housing.

“I’ve talked to a couple of people who are from countries like Bolivia and other places in Central America and Mexico, and they’re scared to go home, too,” Templeton said.

“People are scared that they won’t be able to get back into the country.”

Templeton is now focusing her efforts on the BC administration. She plans to reach out to various BC administrators in the Office of Residential Life and University Counseling Services to spread the word about her initiative.

So far, she has posted the Google Form for those seeking housing on BC class Facebook pages and has sent the Google Form to eight professors to spread the word about the program to faculty who are affected by the ban.

The form for those seeking housing asks students their preferred location, alternative locations, health and dietary accommodations, gender, and contact information. The form for those offering up their houses ask for how many people they are willing to take in, whether they can accommodate disabilities and dietary restrictions, contact information, address, current living situation, and gender preference. Both forms take about five minutes to fill out.

“As of now, we’re just getting houses to sign up,” Templeton said. “In the future we’ll do phone interviews and stuff like that—get the two parties in contact, that kind of thing.”

While the ban is suspended right now, Templeton has not slowed her outreach efforts.

“Right now, because Trump is saying he’s going to fight [the court decision to uphold the restraining order on the travel ban], with the infamous tweet, ‘SEE YOU IN COURT…,’ we still want to keep it up and running,” Templeton said.

Templeton intends to keep the program running until there is nothing for international students to worry about, in terms of getting back into the country. Even if the travel ban is ultimately scrapped by the Supreme Court, Templeton hopes to mold her current program into something that can still be beneficial to people around the country—homeless students, students in abusive households, etc.

“This is about making sure students have a home to go to, no matter what,” Templeton said.

THE HEIGHTS

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8jb k_\ <[`kfij1 N_Xk @j Pfli @[\Xc =`ijk ;Xk\6 As the worldwide day of love nears, we asked our editors what their perfect first date is: “Ice cream and mini golf.” -Kipp Milone, Collections Manager “Nationals game.” -Annabel Steele, Associate Sports Editor “We watch The West Wing for eight hours without speaking and then they leave.” -Connor Murphy, News Editor “He shows up with a puppy. Right off the bat he knows what I’m about. We have a deep connection and raise the dog together, like parents.” -Shannon Kelly, Assistant Features Editor “Food that’s fancy, but not too fancy— think Panera Bread or Shake Shack. Then, go see a movie. But, this movie has to be in a movie theater that’s near-empty so you can talk and make snide comments at it.”

-Michael Sullivan, Editor-in-Chief

“North End pizza because I’m basic, but then skip the line at Mike’s Pastry and go for gelato instead.” -Miranda McDonaldStahl, Editorial Assistant “Escape the room.” -Chris Chilton, Account Manager “Movie at Regal Fenway (but you have to take an Uber Pool to get there) then a burrito from Chipotle.” -Jacob Schick, Assistant Arts Editor “Typing competition. Every time you mess up, you have to try to do a handstand.”

-Max Roth, Online Manager “Silently holding eye contact while consuming an entire container of chocolate ice cream.” -D.J. Recny, Executive Assistant “Spend the day at the aquarium then dinner at the North End.” -Amelie Trieu, Associate Photo Editor

“Going to a concert.” -Kelsey McGee, Outreach Coordinator

“Watching all of Breaking Bad from start to finish, with short breaks in between seasons for guacamole and chips.” -Leo Confalone, Opinions Editor

“My ideal first date is a nice dinner out in Boston. Or a brunch, brunch is great.

Also lunch works, with maybe a stop after for dessert. Bottom-line, there should be some good food to enjoy if all else goes sour.” -Alec Greaney, A1 Editor

“A night in the North End culminating in a heist involving taking (and adopting) a savannah cat. Maybe two.” -Steven Everett, Layout Editor

“Hiking and a picnic.” -Lizzy Barrett, Assistant Photo Editor “My ideal first date would be to any restaurant recommended by Archer.” -Taylor St. Germain, Managing Editor “I light a cigarette, for dramatic-imagery purposes, lean on the railing, look out at the water, hock a bloody loogie into the Atlantic Ocean, and exhale once, emphatically, through my nose. I guess there’s some woman standing a couple of yards away watching me … to make it a date.” -Archer Parquette, Features Editor “Ice cream and some music listening.”

-William McCarthy, Account Manager “Long walk on the beach with candlelit dinner.” -Mike Rosmarin, Account Manager “High-class dining at Mac.” -Julia Hopkins, Photo Editor “We bike ride to the Lake Forest Park Beach, and we swing on the playground till the sun sets.” -Abby Paulson, Creative Director “Watching foreign films together on a homemade projector with lots of candy.”

-Meagan Loyst, Ads Manager “A tour of the finest carbohydrates that Boston has to offer. Or chocolate shops (or both).” -Madeleine D’Angelo, Metro Editor

“Puzzle with a movie in the background.”

-Francisco Ruela, Multimedia Editor “You have to put them in different situations, because on the first date you have to cover a little bit of everything. You gotta be looking for the red flags.” -Caleb Griego, Arts Editor “A short hike—not a big one that you’d be trapped on the mountain with them—and then lunch. ” -Grace Gvodas, Assistant Copy Editor “I don’t know, dinner and a movie.”

-Anthony Rein, Copy Editor “Watching all of the Pixar movies at once—mostly just the Toy Story series, though.” -Andy Backstrom, Assistant Sports Editor “Baking brownies (or any other dessert) while the sweet sound of David Attenborough’s Planet Earth documentary series plays softly in the background.” -Hannah McLaughlin, Social Media Director “An afternoon visit to the Science Museum spent strolling among the exhibits and watching planetarium shows, followed by the best pizza the city can offer.” -Veronica Gordo, Associate Arts Editor “Going stargazing together with good music.” -Meg Dolan, Graphics Editor “Heli-skiing in the Swiss Alps.” -Zoe Fanning, Graphics Editor

ALBERTO TROCCOLI / HEIGHTS STAFF

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Stephen Pope has spent decades studying and teaching the intricacies of theology. More than church doctrines and history, he has delved into love and how we relate to each other as a professor at Boston College.

Attachment, desire, and compassion all play roles in the Christian conception of love, roles that can bring people together, but also lead to false expressions of love.

“Love is a redemptive goodwill for another human being,” Pope said, drawing on the teachings of Martin Luther King Jr. to explain love’s role in Christian ethics.

Pope explained the three kinds of love from his theological perspective.

Attachment behavior refers to one’s affinity toward another person, the enjoyment of another person’s company.

Attachment can refer to both friendships and romantic relationships.

Attachment, however, can also be distorted. Attachment behavior may lead to possessive tendencies in relationships, extreme jealousy, and domestic violence.

“Christianity includes attachment as a form of love,” Pope said. “Jesus had bonds with his disciples that revolved around a love in friendship. The Last Supper affirmed the community between them.

In contrast, desire is the attraction one feels for another person. For the ancient Greek philosopher Plato, love was understood primarily in light of sexual desire, and went by the name of Eros.

In the Christian tradition, however,

desire encompasses more than sex.

“Humans were created by God with all sorts of desires, from desires for goods that help us survive, to human goods, to perceived goods,” Pope said.

“Our desires are not respectable when we seek to satisfy them in the wrong way. If we are being selfish, and looking to satisfy only our own desires, we neglect the needs of other people.”

The third kind of love, compassion, is an expression of care and empathy toward someone for the sake of his or her well-being. Love as compassion is often sacrificial. For example, parents sacrifice time, money, and energy out of a loving care for their children.

Yet, like the other forms of love, compassion can also be twisted.

“If you’re helping someone even if they don’t want your help, you’re expressing a kind of paternalistic compassion, and assuming you know better than the other person,” Pope said. “It’s condescending.”

Attachment, desire, and compassion are distinct forms of love—the expression of one is not contingent upon the expression of another. Pope and many Christian theologians, however, see marriage as the lone space for the three kinds of love to be expressed together, and expressed most justly in their fullest forms.

“Marriage is where you have a life-long fusing of sexual desire, attachment, and compassion,” Pope said. “Though the forms of love can be independent of each other, from a Christian standpoint, some of these independent acts of ‘love’ can be cold and heartless.”

In his 28 years at BC, Pope has heard many stories of cold and heartless inter-

actions with desire or attachment from his students. He described the social scene at BC as patriarchal, adhering primarily to male dominance.

Pope drew upon a variety of examples to illustrate his point. From theme parties that put men in positions of power and women in roles of subordination, to cold one-night stands that leave both parties ignoring one another for indefinite amounts of time, the culture of “love” at BC revolves around a competition for power and a rejection of attachment.

“We’re all frail and vulnerable, we all have weaknesses and bad breath in the morning,” Pope said. “The pressure, especially on women to be perfect and simultaneously non-threatening to men, is impossible to live with.”

Moreover, Pope sees the culture and traditions of Valentine’s Day as dangerous for people trying to find and make genuine connections with others.

Pope disagrees with the notion that there is one perfect person out there for everyone.

“The existence of a magical moment where you fall in love is a myth,” he said.

“Celebrities and movies promote the mystical journey of finding your soulmate. But this won’t happen to you.”

Pope believes that in a society fixated on perfection, people have to work to fall and stay in love.

Couples must decide if they want to make decisions in their life that help them grow together, or let themselves grow apart.

“Habits of heart can leave the three loves detached from each other,” Pope said. “But our deepest human desire is to have them fused, have them in the constant attachment of caregiving.”

K_\ Dlij[Xp <]]\Zk :_Xgk\i +1 N\`i[fj `e X N\`i[ CXe[ ILK?<I=FI; J?@I<KFE @M “The Mursday Effect” is a humor piece created pseudonymously by two authors, with each devoting him or herself to an alternating chapter each week. The newest installment in the serial will appear in each Monday issue of The Heights. It can also be found online with the previous chapters.

I, Rutherford Shireton, fourth of my name and champion of all that is free, beautiful, and pleasant-smelling in the world, have returned to set the record straight after another week of Joanna Oxford’s manipulations of the truth. While Ms. Oxford chose to use her chapter of this ongoing serial to highlight the further adventures of George, Bridget, and the mysterious Retrograde (a man whose choice of codename I, quite frankly, find ridiculous and rather pretentious, or as the French would say, prétentieux comme des boules, frère), I will spend my valuable word count recounting the real story, the truth behind the lies, the milk within the udder, the slaughterhouse behind the sausage.

As you will no doubt recall, Ms. Oxford left you with a final scene in the underground service bunker, with young George saying, “Let’s go to Nova Scotia.”

But she neglected to mention that at precisely that same time, Ms. Oxford

herself and a chisel-jawed man of great intellect were speeding down a highway somewhere in the middle-west region.

If you will recall, in Chapter 2, a man and woman met in a farmhouse in a wooded area to discuss the strange multidimensional happenings at Boston College.

Now, I am willing to reveal to you that the simple-minded woman in question was, in fact, Ms. Oxford and that the man, known for his rhetorical skill, physical strength, indomitable will, and unmatched physical beauty, was in fact, as I’m sure you guessed, Rutherford Shireton IV, myself.

As we sped down the highway, (or more realistically, coasted at five miles over the speed limit to avoid an expensive ticket) Ms. Oxford spoke to me in that snooty, look-at-me-I’m-a-successful-investigative-reporter-and-have-accomplished-more-than-Rutherford-and-havea-house-and-a-loving-family-and-peoplewho-care-about-me-and-I’m-not-allalone-in-the-world-like-that-sad-little-deluded-nobody-whose-real-name-is-Todd voice that I freaking hate so much.

“Shireton,” she said. “Stop muttering to yourself and pick up my cell phone. I am a responsible adult and do not talk on the phone while driving.”

Oh, and she also said: “I resent Rutherford for his God-given beauty and intellect, and also I smell bad, and am

totally not better at Rutherford at reporting and stuff.”

To which I responded, “Thank you Ms. Oxford. I always enjoy hearing you admit the truth, which is exactly what you actually said and is in no way a reflection of an unreliable narrator.”

I then answered her phone.

“There’s been an incident on the campus,” our man on the inside (whose name I must withhold for his safety’s sake) said.

“You need to get over here now.”

I hung up. If only we could have taken a plane, but alas both Ms. Oxford and myself are on the no-fly list for reasons beyond our control. Ms. Oxford stepped on it, inching our way up to a daring 10 miles over the speed limit, and we took off.

Halfway across the country, on BC’s campus, professor of physics Athena Wilson received a notification on her phone while sitting in her office consulting with a student.

“I just feel like physics is so, like, subjective, you know?” the student said.

“Like, what you think is reality, is like, your truth, but not like mine. So like, I think that D is like, a total misrepresentation of how physics, like, you know, like is, in its existence, with regards to, academic, like, achievement.”

Athena ignored this student and checked her phone. The notification was

from “Evil Plots: A Convenient Way to Keep Abreast of All Your Plotting Complications.”

It read: “Breach at Greycliff Hall. Students in Service Station. Rogue Director.”

Athena threw on her extremely classy tan jacket and took off sprinting down the hall.

Down by the Service building, Retrograde adjusted his aviator shades as he stood outside. He pulled out his corncob pipe and some matches, and took a few awkward seconds to light it while George and Bridget stood next to him in the cold.

“First, we get out of here as quickly as possible,” Retrograde muttered, his words muffled by the pipe in his mouth. “Then we catch a charter to Nova Scotia, where we meet with my contacts and shut down this plot before things get out of hand.”

A young, spindly-shouldered fellow with a cracked Mason jar in hand walked over and stood in front of Retrograde, looking around and nodding as though someone had said something to him, which of course no one had because this kid was insufferable.

“What are you doing?” Retrograde said. “You’re standing real close to me, and it’s making me uncomfortable.”

“I got an Evil Plots alert from Athena about some rogue director dude and some kids breaking into the Service Station,” Darren MalientePedo Ringtck said. “We’re

supposed to meet up here and stop them or something. I don’t know, I guess everyone else is late.”

Retrograde dropped his smoking pipe in the snow and turned to George and Bridget.

“We have to get out of here,” he said.

“Follow me. Run.” “But I’m crazy sore from my workout yesterday,” George said.

“Sometimes, George … ” But before Retrograde could finish, the sound of boots on pavement, squelching snow, and heavy breathing drew his attention. He turned and saw Athena Wilson leading a pack of black-clad mercenaries out of McGuinn and straight toward them.

“To the million dollar stairs,” Retrograde said.

But before they could take a step another swarm of secret soldiers, this time clad in a preppy Nantucket red, rounded the corner and blocked the only other exit available to them.

“Now what?” Bridget said.

Retrograde looked both ways as the massive crowd of hired mercenaries surrounded the heroic trio. George swallowed so loudly that it was audible to both Bridget and Retrograde.

“Only one way out,” Retrograde said, cracking his knuckles.

THE HEIGHTS

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2017

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It was drizzling, and one of my friends was holding an umbrella over us like a bodyguard would over a famous person. I was wearing flare jeans, frayed and soaked at the bottoms from being far too long for my 5-foot frame, and paired with Project (RED) Converse that squelched when I stood on my toes to reach the boy’s lips. There was little, if any, fanfare, and my friends and I immediately departed to catch a showing of Land of the Lost.

My first blind date: Though this occurred almost four years after, I was still sporting patterned Converse, even with the bodycon skirt I had picked out specifically to meet a friend of a friend at a high school dance. I even got my eyebrows waxed at the secondfloor walkup nail salon a few blocks from my apartment. To my dismay, the technician did not know how to wax someone’s eyebrows properly, and I left the salon with fewer layers of skin than I came in with, my face sporting severe burns that could not be covered up. Anyway, I arrived, saw the curlyheaded kid I was supposed to meet, and out of complete fear of my mangled eyebrows, said, “I can’t do this,” and ran away. But don’t worry. It worked out for him in the end.

Valentine’s Day 2015: Ah, long-distance relationships. I spent freshman year at Notre Dame, which is located in a relatively isolated area coming from Manhattan. The main draw for students was a Holy Grail of an avenue right off campus, the home of a Five Guys, pasta bar, chocolate and ice cream shop, 7-11, and Chipotle. A chicken burrito with chips and salsa cost an absurd $6, a far cry from Midtown’s $11. It was a huge hit among my friends and I, so when I found myself alone on Valentine’s Day, I walked a mile through a snowstorm to get a burrito.

I braved the rough winds of the open plains and subzero temperatures for the pinnacle of chain Tex-Mex food, knowing full well the woman behind the counter would inevitably short me a few pieces of chicken. Or so I thought, because when I walked down Eddy Street, up to my ankles in snow, I noticed Chipotle’s interior was dimmed. Panic set in, and an audible groan escaped my lips when I saw the sheet of paper taped to the door. The mayor had called a state of emergency due to the terrible weather. I ate a microwaveable dinner from 7-11 instead.

Domino’s night: Again during my freshman year, my roommate and her boyfriend decided to go on a “break,” which is the thing people do before they break up for good, usually. Our small room on the top floor of our dorm was no longer filled with Skype calls and late-night chats on the phone, talking about our significant others far away.

So we ordered Domino’s—a lot of it. We’re talking multiple pan pizzas and requests for “more icing for our Cinnastix, please” in the delivery instructions online. We sat on the floor, legs crossed, laughing at the sheer size of our order and our stomachs, shoving the stale, cinnamon-sugar-covered bread into the tiny canisters of white frosting. We had leftovers for days, and didn’t throw out the extra icing, distributed evenly between the two of us, fingers dipped every so often, for three weeks.

It’s the least romantic thing on this list: the sadness of love lost, the gluttony that is intrinsic to a pizza you consider personal for no reason but your own hunger. But love isn’t just about romantic moments, chocolates you bought at CVS and poems you’re embarrassed to write. It’s switching your flight a day early the night before so you can celebrate your dad’s birthday in person. It’s timing your commute to school so that you can talk to your best friend right when he gets off the M86 bus. And yes, it’s even found on the floor of a dorm room in Indiana, somewhere between grease-covered napkins and empty Domino’s boxes, while “Wait For You” by Elliott Yamin plays at full volume.

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Alexander Ackerman Year: 2019 Major: Finance Favorite Movie: Inside Out

Heights: How did you prepare for the date?

Alexander: We just started texting and initially I was thinking sushi, and then she said, “Well I don’t really want to have raw fish in the morning,” and I forgot that was a thing. Apparently breakfast is a really big thing for her, like she hates when people skip breakfast, so I guess that was a good choice.

Heights: What was it like when you first encountered your date?

Alexander: I think it was fine for both of us, because I don’t think we were coming in expecting that much out of it. I think we just thought, “Hey, let’s just meet in person.” It was pretty easy to start getting into conversation.

Heights: What did you talk about?

Alexander: We found out that we’re in the same class in a 200person lecture hall, so we were talking about school and I remember talking about the kind of things we wanted to do with our stuff, so me going into business and her wanting to be a teacher. We’re both dog people too, so we kind of exchanged pictures of our dogs.

Heights: Were there any awkward moments?

Alexander: I wouldn’t say awkward, but I was presuming that I was gonna pay for the meal, and she kind of came out before the check even came out and said, “It’s okay, you got transportation so I’ll get this.” I don’t think it was an awkward thing.

Heights: What do you think the future holds for the two of you?

Alexander: I would [go on a second date], but I think we just hit it off as friends and will talk in class now. I don’t think we’re gonna date, but I definitely think there’s a friendship there.

Olivia Mallar Year: 2019 Major: Secondary Education and English Favorite Movie: National Treasure

Heights: What did you do for your date?

Olivia: We went to Johnny’s in Newton for breakfast.

Heights: How did you prepare for the date?

Olivia: My roommates gave me a knowing look as I left the room. Nothing big preparation-wise.

Heights: What was it like when you first encountered your date?

Olivia: It was nice. It was cool. We just said hi and ordered an Uber and went over and started chatting.

Heights: What did you talk about?

Olivia: Pretty much everything ... what we do around campus, things we’re involved in, our interests. We talked about shows we watched on TV. We talked about what his plans were for abroad and stuff like that.

Heights: Were there any awkward moments?

Olivia: We both were there pretty much to have a good time, so I guess the most awkward moment maybe would’ve been figuring out the whole check thing, but that was actually pretty easy to figure out. It was just joking about it, so it wasn’t really awkward.

Heights: What does the future hold for the two of you?

Olivia: I don’t know. I think he’s really cool, and I’d love to hang out with him again. Obviously we have each other’s numbers, so hopefully we can hang out.

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Valentine’s Day can be a holiday of extravagance and luxury, with many people focused on searching for the perfect date, planning a romantic surprise, or gorging on candy hearts and chocolate but some members of the Boston College community are trying to bring charity into the holiday.

Boston College’s Nourish International is focused on spreading sweetness and compassion through its Jumbo Cupcakes Gram Sale.

During her freshman year, Elizabeth Attaya, chapter president and MCAS ’18, saw a flyer for BC Nourish International and it struck her interest.

“Nourish was run by a bunch of seniors, so I thought it would be a good way to meet upperclassmen and make friends,” Attaya said.

Attaya immediately bonded with the club’s president at the time, Lauren Monaghan, BC ’15, who she describes as her “big sister.” After being so involved her freshman year, Attaya became co-president her sophomore year and now as a junior she is chapter president.

Now Attaya manages BC’s entire eboard and coordinates events, meetings, and projects. Her job also includes having bi-weekly video conference calls with the club’s chapter support mentor, a former chapter president who now works at the national office, to talk about how their chapter is going and what needs improvement. BC’s chapter is one of many under the umbrella of Nourish International, a nonprofit that gives students the opportunity to work on projects and help people around the globe.

Nourish International’s three main focuses are student leadership, project, and ventures. Through student leadership, it aims to empower students on a college level to have a direct impact on ending poverty. The project focus deals with outreach, increased awareness, and the hands-on approach to determining what the community they will be working with needs. They determine the direction of the project by asking the community what is needed and shaping their project to what is required.

“Sometimes we have an idea and think it would work really well, but then it’s not what the community is looking for,” Attaya said.

For three years, the BC chapter of

Nourish International has been working with the Center for Multidisciplinary Training and Advising Bolivia, which promotes entrepreneurship within the Bolivian community. The program is run by an engineer who now builds bicycle-powered machines to produce soap, ice cream, and other products. The community then uses these machines to make and sell its products, which also helps its members develop business and sales skills that will benefit them in the future.

It also benefits the community by providing soap to Cochabamba, the third most polluted city in Bolivia. They hold many sanitary awareness workshops along with summer sessions to work on improving education and promoting a sense of entrepreneurship in the community. By encouraging people to make their own products, they help them to work their way out out of poverty through innovation.

Each chapter within Nourish International focuses on a different project for two years. After that, the chapters have an opportunity to either renew their contracts or choose a new project. BC’s Nourish International is on its third year of working with Bolivia after choosing to

renew its contract last year. Last summer, interns from the program traveled to Bolivia in order to implement their project with the money they had raised.

“We have a good relationship with the project in Bolivia … so I think that we would probably continue to stay,” Attaya said.

Through ventures, the club focuses on combating extreme poverty through social entrepreneurship and leadership.

The proceeds from its on-campus sustainable business, BC Cupcakes, fund its project. Throughout the year, BC Cupcakes has specific events, including its two-week Valentine’s Day Cupcake Gram Sale.

“We would love to have it go all year round, but it’s a little difficult bakingwise, so with the Valentine’s Day cupcakes we are having two weeks of orders and then the group is going to bake the cupcakes and all the proceeds will go to our project,” Attaya said.

Ordering Jumbo cupcakes for your sweetheart, roommate, or even the cute TA from your French class is as easy as logging onto Nourish International’s BC Cupcake Grams Facebook page. Who knew helping to fight poverty could be such a sweet deal?

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Next year’s UGBC president and EVP will be most successful if they develop a positive relationship with administrators who can enact concrete change, following suit from Russell Simmons, UGBC president and Meredith McCaffrey, EVP, both MCAS ’17.

The winning team will also be responsible for representing the student body, which last semester expressed frustrations with some of the University’s current policies, and continuing the progress made by previous UGBC administrations.

The next leaders of UGBC will be responsible for instituting and developing courses of action that will further advance the goals of the student body. These tasks require capable and ambitious leadership, as well as ample experience working with administrators, faculty, and UGBC alike.

For these reasons, The Heights endorses Akosua Achampong and Tt King for UGBC president and EVP. Achampong and King bring the experience and leadership capability necessary to effectively lead UGBC and represent the interests of the student body. As chair of the AHANA Leadership Council, Achampong has experience in a UGBC leadership position, a valuable asset in gaining the organization’s support for her proposals and understanding its inner workings.

She has additional leadership experience from her work as a Montserrat Student Ambassador and as a recruiter for the company Jopwell, which promotes diversity in the workplace. During her work at BC in UGBC and external advocacy, Achampong has developed strong relationships with a number of administrators, including Dean of Students Thomas Mogan and Vice President for Student Affairs Barbara Jones, who are key figures in achieving the goals of the student body.

Although not a member of UGBC, King is a prominent student leader on campus.

She is an active volunteer in the Women’s Center and in the Bystander Sexual Assault Prevention Program. King, along with Achampong, was a lead organizer of the Silence is Violence March, a demonstration in September that attracted hundreds of students and called on the University to break its silence regarding the inclusion of marginalized student groups on campus.

Such experience working with student leaders and members of the administration will prove imperative for Achampong and King to succeed in office.

Achampong and King differentiate themselves from their opponents by presenting viable ways to continue the gradual progress that UGBC has achieved over the last few administrations. In order to make substantial social change at the University, initiatives must be carried on for multiple years under several administrations. Many of the goals included in their platform have also been the goals of previous candidates and student organizations, such as the creation of an LGBTQ resource center and an increase in the allocation of resources to University Counseling Services (UCS).

While other candidates have made these goals a part of their platforms as well, Achampong and King have devised new approaches and practical plans for eventually achieving these objectives. For example, they propose funding housing during academic breaks for students affected

by President Donald Trump’s Muslim ban using revenue generated by Diversity and

Inclusion Programming.

Achampong and King maintain a realistic vision of what they can accomplish if they are elected. They are not afraid, however, to begin conversations about potentially controversial goals that may not be accomplished until future administrations.

This demonstrates Achampong and King’s knowledge of the inner workings of UGBC and what it takes to succeed. They understand that they do not need to start from scratch, but rather need to build upon the foundations laid out by prior leadership in order to ensure continued progress.

As a UGBC senator, Mancini has experience working within the organization.

Mancini and Batsinelas present useful ideas in reforming the UGBC voting process and increasing the organization’s transparency.

They also support the University increasing funding for UCS and the creation of an LGBTQ resource center, although Mancini voted against a resolution to create such a center previously, citing the need for a specific plan rather than a broad idea. Mancini and Batsinelas, however, lack the practical planning that Achampong and King bring to the table.

Their ambiguous approach to managing the University’s free speech policy with the interests of student advocacy organizations such as Climate Justice at Boston College and Eradicate BC Racism creates the potential for conflicts to arise.

Their platform proposes “closely monitoring demonstrations,” but fails to specify how exactly this will mitigate the concerns of the administration and students.

While Mancini and Batsinelas provide ideas for assisting different groups on campus, such as giving transfer students housing preference and increasing the inclusion of international students, it is unclear, based on their platform, how they would go about accomplishing these goals.

Wu and Kelly are running on a platform of “Technology, Cohesivity, and Connectivity,” advocating for the advancement of the University’s technological resources as a solution to many of its problems. The candidates are right to point out that the University’s current technological resources must be updated, and the next UGBC president and EVP would be smart to pursue such improvements. Wu and Kelly, however, lack the relationships with administrators, institutional knowledge of UGBC, and concrete plans to carry out their goals.

This is not to say that Achampong and King are perfect candidates. Their alignment with some of the positions of clubs such as CJBC and Eradicate could potentially lead to difficult conflicts with the administration, which recently sanctioned members of Eradicate. Ensuring that they maintain a productive relationship with the administration, despite ideological differences, is essential to the success of their UGBC administration.

If elected, Achampong and King should consider some of the other candidates’ ideas, including proposals about technological improvements and the reformation of UGBC’s voting process. In order to fully represent the student body, it is necessary to take ideas from all spheres into consideration.

Despite potential difficulties, Achampong and King remain the most realistic about what they can accomplish during their time at BC, and have a proven record of working for positive change and promoting the diverse concerns of the student body.

While each of this year’s candidates agree that UGBC is meant to serve as an advocacy organization on behalf of the student body, Achampong and King have separated themselves as the most qualified candidates to lead the organization’s initiatives.

The views expressed in the above editorials represent the official position of The Heights, as discussed and written by the Editorial Board. A list of the mem-

bers of the Editorial Board can be found at bcheights. com/opinions.

“Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly. It is the one thing we are interested in here.”

- Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

LETTER TO THE EDITOR A Response to “The Outdated Dating Assignment” In her recent op-ed, Rachel Loos suggests that Boston College’s popular “dating assignment” is a “desperate scramble to reestablish the archaic forms of romantic relationships” and “a way for the older generation to control young peoples’ [sic] lives.” Her implication—that there’s some sort of coercion going on—couldn’t be further from the truth. Loos has clearly never attended Kerry Cronin’s annual talk.

She hasn’t witnessed how, year after year, BC’s largest lecture hall fills up so quickly that students have to sit in the aisles and stand in the doorways. She hasn’t felt the buzz in the air afterwards, as the hundreds who came of their own accord exchange excited reactions.

True, there are some at BC who aren’t looking for anything beyond a casual hookup. Maybe they’re like Loos, who claims the knowledge that “[she’d] just had sex!” regularly left her “empowered, brave, and confident.”

That’s great. But have they reflected about the other people involved in their encounters? Perhaps these others don’t feel quite so empowered and brave. Perhaps they were hoping to be something more than a stepping stone on the path to another person’s “self realization and confidence.”

Loos cites Hanna Roisin’s Atlantic article, which claims that having “boys on the side” is good for female empowerment. This turns out not to be true. In her response to Roisin, Emily Esfahani Smith, also writing for The Atlantic, marshals an impressive array of research that shows “the balance of power in the hook-up culture lies with the men.”

Women are more likely to regret a hookup, to wish it hadn’t

happened, and to wish it had developed into a committed relationship. They’re more likely to feel like “jungle gyms” than equals on “the sexual playground.” This dynamic is especially prevalent on campuses (like BC) where gender ratios are skewed, creating a “surplus of girls and a scarcity of guys.”

Loos’ column is as self-contradictory as it is misguided.

She reveals that she’s in a monogamous relationship herself, undermining her claim that students are uninterested in such “archaic” setups. She also pretends to worry that “asexual, aromantic, and polyamorous” individuals are excluded by an emphasis on dating and relationships.

Of course, if Loos were as good of an ally as she paints herself to be, she’d know that asexual people can and do form successful romantic relationships (see asexuality.org, the website of the Asexual Visibility and Education Network). In her haste to accuse the University of ostracizing a vulnerable group, she ends up committing the very offense she claims to abhor.

BC students are smarter, more compassionate, and more selfless than Loos thinks. People here want to participate in relationships that allow for spiritual and intellectual growth. They want to give of themselves in a genuine way.

They don’t want to use other people or be used. Kerry Cronin and those like her tap into this moral energy, bringing out the best in our community. Rachel Loos’ small-minded column appeals to us at our very worst.

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The most succulent mint of all, peppermint is a staple of my childhood memories of the winter. Peppermint chocolate, peppermint cookies, peppermint milkshakes.

I’d eat peppermint with just about anything and everything. And I still do. As the snow falls and I sip my peppermint mocha, attempting to topple mountains of work, the powerful flavor of this hybrid plant still reminds me of simpler times, revealing perhaps that I am not as grown up as I pretend to be.

WHO RAISED YOU - The girl sat next to the freshman, enjoying a bag of chips as they both waited impatiently for their delayed train. The crowded station was eerily quiet, as weary travelers sat awkwardly together in the highly-limited seating area. Without hesitation, the girl to the freshman’s left removed another chip from the bag, and boisterously began to chew, her mouth gaping open. The audible crunching of the chip cut through the peaceful atmosphere, and the freshman couldn’t help but feel a wave of exasperation come over her. How could someone be so obnoxious? To make matters worse, chip girl was now looking directly at her, peering deep into her eyes, gazing at her soul, as she smacked her lips together loudly. Discontentment erupted inside the freshman like a volcano, and she tried desperately to keep her cool, turning her attention to the contents of her phone. Only, just then, chip girl threw another morsel into her mouth and scooted closer, proceeding then to chew vehemently and uncomfortably close to the freshman’s ear. Unable to control her passions any longer, the freshman rose swiftly and snatched the bag of chips from the girl’s hand. She sprinted out to the train platform, and tossed the bag between a pair of rapidly closing doors. The freshman stood triumphantly as she watched the train pull out of the station, the device of her madness aboard, and never to be seen again.

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Hundreds stood between O’Neill Library and Gasson Hall last week in protest of President Donald Trump’s executive order barring immigrants from seven majority-Muslim countries. A few days ago, several dozen students crowded into a single Mod to write letters to their representatives. Two weeks prior, over one hundred Boston College students traveled to Boston Common or Washington, D.C. to participate in the Women’s March.

And last semester, the green space in the middle of campus was regularly dotted with groups of students rallying, shouting, and protesting in opposition of Trump’s deeply conservative agenda.

In the Undergraduate Government of Boston College, two students sponsored a bill in an emergency meeting to call for resources for students affected by the travel ban. There’s been, at least anecdotally, an uptick in the number of angry students who are ready to do something more. Students who may have never paid attention are now picking up signs Aneeb Sheikh, MCAS ’20, immigrated from Pakistan to Dallas last August. He was one of the students who spoke at last week’s rally against the Trump administration’s broad immigration ban. He also co-sponsored the UGBC bill to provide resources to affected students. “[Trump] has forced us out of our comfort zones and brought all of us here … because we will not allow our country to go down this path,” he said at the rally.

A few days prior to this, in a rare gesture, University President Rev. William P. Leahy, S.J. sent an email to the BC community two days after the executive order was signed. In the email—the first he has sent to the community since May 2014—he condemned the order and said that it conflicts with the JudeoChristian faith tradition, and the roots of the University. Even Leahy has been forced out of his comfort zone.

In keeping with a larger, national theme from liberal citizens, students have made it clear that they intend to continue to fight Trump’s directives. This kind of activism

pushes many out of their comfort zones, as Sheikh pointed out. But it is nearly impossible for a student activist to consistently stay out of his or her comfort zone for the next few years—there is school work, clubs, and the overwhelming nature of the U.S. government.

Since September, visits to University Counseling Services (UCS) have spiked about 20 percent from past years. Over 1,300 students have visited this academic year. This jump, explained director Craig Burns, can partially be explained by the two full-time staff members that were added last year. With more staff members, UCS can handle more appointments. He also said that the uptick could be due to a heightened environment of tension and anxiety. Without specifically naming names, this could mean the political atmosphere (though, when asked if the problems stem from the inauguration and executive order, Burns did say it is too soon to tell). Too soon to tell or not, this isn’t a phenomenon limited to BC’s campus, with Time reporting Trump-related problems in psychotherapy.

A counseling center might jump at the opportunity to hold counseling sessions for students who lead the University’s political efforts. There are, after all, a few hundred students at BC who are seen over and over at similar events. Though this band of students has likely gained many converts since the election, it still tends to be the same people organizing protests, attending them, and hosting follow-up conversations. They should have institutional support, and support from more students, so that the burden of both activism and self-care doesn’t fall upon one singularly stressed-out student.

But UCS is notoriously short-staffed. Even after the addition of two new faculty members, word-of-mouth reports say that it takes weeks to get an appointment. So that means other University departments should assume some of the responsibility Leahy lays out in his letter to the community: responsibility to “put ourselves at the service of the neediest,” in the words of Pope Francis.

Many students are doing this, with protests, letters, and calls. But it’s hard to do these things without greater institutional support. The letter from BC’s president was a start, and the support from Dean of Students Thomas Mogan to student activists orga-

nizing protests is essential, although those protests must be registered, a requirement that rankles some. Several members of Eradicate Boston College Racism recently received sanctions for participating in unregistered protests. Not for the first time, members of the University’s activist community and members of the administration seem to be at loggerheads. But this conflict could, as one member of the group suggested, give rise to a wider free-speech policy that would open up protest opportunities, like the one orchestrated but not finalized by former UGBC president Thomas Napoli, BC ’16. The University can always do better. And students who have not yet gotten involved, but are critical of current events, should jump out of their own comfort zones so that the burden of the masses does not lie upon the backs of a few.

In the epilogue to civil rights activist Audre Lorde’s A Burst of Light, she wrote, “caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.” The Office of Health Promotion agrees: last October, they presented the Resilience Project to encourage students to take care of themselves and manage stress. A good start—but to encourage student activists, and to act with the intent laid out in Leahy’s letter, the entire institution must help.

The Office of Residential Life ought to provide summer housing and legal resources for students affected by Trump’s ban, or offer other constructive solutions for the causes students protest. Leahy should commit to making BC into a sanctuary school, so that it can join the other 27 Jesuit universities that have made this commitment. Students and professors need to lean into discussions of what this new age of governance means.

UCS could effectively direct its resources into holding group panels on the individual effects of protest. Student Affairs could advise on ways for students to stay both politically active and also sane.

Just three weeks into the Trump administration, and hundreds of students have already participated in protests. This is not a normal presidency, and BC students know it.

They shouldn’t have to act alone.

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America’s obesity problem is related to a common misconception of our bodies and weight maintenance, often understood through the “set point” theory, or the belief that hunger and eating naturally occur when the body’s energy reserves plummet below a prescribed set point. To make matters worse, dieting companies like Weight Watchers and Nutrisystem are taking advantage of this misunderstanding. At best, dieters can expect unsustainable and only short-term weight loss. In order to better tackle the obesity epidemic, we should associate weight regulation and dieting with lifestyle changes rather than dieting fads and quick fixes.

The media, dieting programs, and even some early research studies have perpetuated the myth of the “set point” model. Many believe that our bodies naturally signal, through hunger, when we need fat or sugar. This theory is not supported by new findings, however.

If our bodies naturally signaled a deficit in fat or sugar, 65 percent of U.S. adults would not still have a significant excess of body fat when they begin a meal. Further, even if a person is provided with a surplus of sugar before a meal, he or she will still have difficulty in regulating food consumption. A recent study showed that efforts to reduce meal size by having participants consume a high-calorie beverage prior to eating have been unsuccessful. If people naturally felt hunger when their bodies needed sugar, they would feel full after consuming the calorically-dense beverage.

So, if hunger isn’t a natural cue from our

bodies that we need to be refueled, what triggers hunger? A number of outside factors contribute to hunger, including our evolutionary background, environmental cues, mealtime, serving size, social influence, and even the thought of or sight of food. Rather than practicing weight maintenance based on the “set point” theory, John P.J. Pinel in Biopsychology observes that we should approach the process through a sort of “settling point” theory, which takes into account many of these external factors.

A few thousand years ago, our ancestors’ food supply was unpredictable. To prepare for the possibility of not eating for an extended period of time, they needed to consume large quantities of calorically-dense food in order to store body fat. As soon as they hunted down a tasty gazelle, their bodies quickly entered into the cephalic phase, or a preparatory stage that begins with the smell, sight, or even thought of food. During this phase, bloodborne fuels are lowered in anticipation of the impending surplus of a meal’s glucose.

Although this adaptation was beneficial for humans back then, today it has largely negative effects on our health. In media and advertising, consumers are constantly inundated with images of cheesy pizza and sizzling steaks. Remaining true to its evolutionary roots, the body naturally responds to these cues by entering the cephalic phase.

Hunger is now not only triggered by the sight of actual food, but also by golden arches, television, billboards, or our friend’s casual mentioning of Chipotle. Even though we’d like to think of these cues as harmless, it is important to understand the natural and powerful bodily responses they evoke.

Mealtimes are also predictors of hunger.

Take, for example, a student that regularly eats breakfast at 8:00 a.m. and lunch at noon during the week. On the weekend, however, he sleeps in and eats breakfast at 10:00 a.m.

Interestingly, because certain times trigger hunger, he will most likely still feel hungry at noon. This fact contradicts the “set-point” model, because if his body was actually telling him when it needed sustenance, he would probably feel hungry at around 2:00 p.m. The strong impulse of hunger he feels at mealtime is not a signal from his body for food. Trig-

gered by the fact that he normally eats at a certain time, the “hunger pangs” are actually a result of his body entering the cephalic phase.

Hunger specific to a mealtime is triggered by the expectation of food, not the body’s energy deficit.

Restaurants also take advantage of society’s misunderstanding of hunger by offering meals in multiple courses. Small amounts of food eaten before a meal actually increase hunger rather than suppress it. Scientists believe this phenomenon, the “appetizer effect,” occurs because small amounts of food successfully elicit a cephalic-phase response.

Even if we feel sated, when the waiter wheels the dessert cart in front of the table, the creme brûlée suddenly becomes tantalizing.

Evolution explains this phenomenon under the theory of sensory-specific satiety. In order to avoid malnutrition, our ancestors needed to eat a varied diet.

As opposed to the “set-point” theory, a “settling-point” model provides a better solution to weight management. Under this theory, body weight seems to fluctuate around its natural settling point, or the general area at which the numerous factors that contribute to body composition reach an equilibrium.

As body-fat levels increase, it becomes more difficult to gain weight, and as body-fat levels decrease, it becomes more difficult to lose weight. When a person reduces his or her food intake, metabolic changes limit weight loss, and an opposite response is observed upon an increase in food intake. For this reason, restrictive diets promoted by Weight Watchers and Nutrisystem do not work, and can even result in long-term weight gain.

Although many Americans should lower their daily calorie intake, subscribing to a dieting plan is the wrong solution. Rather, those looking to lose weight should gain a better understanding of how external influences impact the dietary choices they make. Society should shift its focus away from diets and quick fixes, and more toward a holistic vision of weight management incorporated within everyday lifestyle choices.

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I came to Boston College because of one simple reason: the Jesuit message of ”setting the world aflame” spoke to me. On Admitted Eagle Day, Gasson’s enchanting beauty may have influenced my decision to come here, but what truly captured my imagination was the prospect of becoming a BC student who would change the world. On the plane ride back to my quiet, suburban hometown, all I could think about was the radical quest for justice I was destined to embark on as an Eagle.

Flash-forward three months and there I was, first semester freshman year living the BC dream—tailgating, sneaking into Mod parties, and, of course, trying to set the world aflame by volunteering with 4Boston.

Everything was going according to plan. I had a match in my hand and the insatiable Ignatian drive for justice.

Something was off, though. I felt ... complacent. Sure, it was nice to tutor socioeconomically disadvantaged kids every week, and to see their faces light up when I’d successfully help them through a difficult math problem, but it felt like I was just striking at flint. All spark, no flame. My volunteering didn’t change the oppressive societal structure that kept these kids in poverty, and realizing this infected me with a dangerous apathy that made me want to forget all about Jesuit values and a radically just world.

Then Ferguson happened. I was sitting in Mac the day after the verdict, when a long line of angry BC students streamed in, chanting loudly and waving handheld signs. Admittedly, I was ignorant of what happened in Ferguson. Michael Brown was just a random name to me. In my mind, America was a post-racial country. The need to protest racism was a relic of the 60s, right? All of this anger seemed unjustified and unproductive. It didn’t fit in my worldview of an America free from its racist past.

That night as I lay in bed, I couldn’t stop thinking about the intense energy at the protest. What if the speakers were right?

What if white supremacy is a cancer still festering in America’s bones? Their protest had punctured a hole in my blissful ignorance, and now I was forced to face the truth. The student activists in Mac had courageously stood up for what they believed in and set me aflame with their passion for justice.

Through their bravery, they shared their fire with me.

I joined groups like Climate Justice BC and Eradicate BC Racism soon after, inspired to become an activist. I befriended some of the most thoughtful, intelligent, and passionate students I’ve ever met in these clubs and was inspired by their drive to work for a better world. My complacency was transformed into a continual urge to act. I realized that activism was the missing piece in my BC journey to set the world aflame.

Yet, I was ashamed to talk about my discovery with my friends. I was worried it would make them uncomfortable, that I would be ostracized as a radical. I was comfortable marching around campus protesting, but not talking about that same protest in my common room or at Late Night.

Donald Trump’s victory shattered this fear. With promises of policies that will destroy the earth and oppress the most vulnerable among us, activism is no longer a choice: it is a responsibility. When I came back to campus in January after a semester abroad, I saw that many of my friends who I would not expect were out in the streets protesting and actively organizing. It turns out they were activists all along. I had been too cynical before, thinking activism was some special task only a select few people would ever want to do. I had forgotten my own journey from apathy to action.

Despite the fear and anger Trump’s tyrannical toupee can provoke, activism provides a hope for the future that can’t be stamped out by executive orders. Now more than ever, setting the world aflame means hitting the streets as well as serving in a soup kitchen, because volunteering won’t stop deportations. Volunteering won’t stop climate change. Only active organizing will reverse disastrous policies and begin to build the just world Jesuit values envision.

We’ve all got the fire inside of us. The only question is, how will you spread it?

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AKOSUA & TT STUDENT EXPERIENCE Achampong and King would advocate for better student-athlete pick times, publicize the Monserrat Coalition’s book-sharing program, and continue support for transfer and commuter students.

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Achampong and King would establish a fund to provide food for registered parties. They also stress the importance of a more diverse staff University Counseling Services and assisting students in finding off-campus mental health care.

INTERSECTIONAL COMMUNITY Achampong and King would continue to advocate for increased faculty diversity, support immigrant and refugee populations, back measures for LGBTQ+ inclusion, improve the Bias Incident Reporting Team, and promote student sexual and emotional health.

TRANSPARENCY Achampong and King plan to advocate for the expansion of free speech rights. They would like to add a student representative to the Board of Trustees and establish a Faculty Senate within the Board. Within UGBC, they hope to increase transparency and create a mobile app.

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“We hope that UGBC will be an accurate and unifying represention of our community; one that acts as a vehicle to amplify the diverse group of student voices and to harness the power of perspective.”

Continuing efforts from the previous administration, Achampong and King would advocate for the creation of a student center, improve University technology, and support the interests of students with different abilities. The team would also call on the University to divest from fossil fuel assets.

FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Mancini and Batsinelas are focusing part of their platform on fiscal responsiblity by creating a finance committee that is not affiliated with UGBC to review and approve the budget. They also plan to have large expenditures approved by a line item vote.

ACCOUNTABILITY Mancini and Batsinelas hope to alter UGBC’s current roll-call voting process and implement anonymity when voting in the Student Assembly. They also plan to publicize UGBC voting records and resolutions in order hold the organization accountable for its decision-making process. The duo plans to update contact information for all cabinet members and the Student Assembly, ensuring that students can reach out to their representatives.

TRANSPARENCY Mancini and Batsinelas would make the UGBC budget available to the public on the organization’s website, allowing students to see what their student activity fee goes toward.

The duo also hopes to develop an app for UGBC, in which students can access budget and resolution documents.

CHANGE Mancini and Batsinelas hope to improve UGBC’s relationship with the administraiton, while also advocating for first-generation college students and transfer students.

DAN & JACK TECHNOLOGY Wu and Kelly hope to improve upon existing University technology, including PEPS, UIS, and Transloc. The duo also hopes to develop more apps for students’ daily use, similar to EagleEats. If elected, Wu and Kelly want to increase the number of charging stations and printers around campus, including adding a printer in 2000 Commonwealth Ave. To facilitate technological changes, Wu and Kelly plan to introduce more technology ambassadors on campus.

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“[The finance committee] will analyze the cost of events that UGBC funds and attempt to make them as cost efficient as possible ... This will enable UGBC to effectively allocate its budget so that more students will benefit from UGBC’s events.”

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COHESIVITY Wu and Kelly would like to develop a council of leaders of organizations to plan events on campus and promote diversity at the University. They want to collaborate with the Office of International Students and Scholars to streamline resources for international students. In addition, the team hopes to work with the Office of Health Promotion to increase accessible resources for students. They also want to allocate additional funds to the Disability Services Office.

CONNECTIVITY Wu and Kelly plan to ease communication between students, UGBC, and the administration. They hope to implement an instant messaging system for BC offices to make information more readily accesible. Wu and Kelly also are focusing on improving the attendance at athletic events with pep rallies and a booster clubs, while also hosting watch parties for big away games.

“Through technology, we believe that we can empower groups, as well as individuals, by allowing them to be more knowledgeable and to have more tools on hand.”

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The ball bounced off the rim and Georgia Tech pulled down the rebound before transitioning down the court for an easy two. That’s largely how the second half went for Boston College men’s basketball, as the Yellow Jackets returned from an awful first half to defeat the Eagles on Saturday night, 65-54.

This is now the ninth consecutive game that BC (9-17, 2-11 Atlantic Coast) has lost, cementing its place alone in the basement of the ACC.

Both teams started out slow, as Georgia Tech (15-10, 6-6) didn’t hit its first field goal more until eight minutes into the game. Some of this cold streak can be attributed to unlucky bounces, but BC’s defense also played tenaciously in the first half. The Yellow Jackets missed many of shots, and with three minutes left, they were 2-for-24, a putrid eight percent. Though Georgia Tech finished the half and BC also began to cool down, the Eagles held a seven-point lead when the buzzer sounded.

Georgia Tech came charging back, however, and regained the lead midway through the second half. The Yellow Jackets defense returned with passion, helping them to open up the floor on the offensive side. It was a tale of two halves for both these teams, and BC went from playing stout defense and holding the Yellow Jackets to 15 points in the first, to letting Georgia Tech players walk to the basket on their way to scoring 50 points in the second. Georgia Tech guard Tadric Jackson was colossal

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remained on top. In part, because of BC’s poor shooting, but largely because it of its physical play.

Nearing the end of the second, the Cardinals had already doubled the Eagles’ rebound total. By controlling the boards, Louisville created easy secondchance scoring opportunities.

And although shots may not have been falling, the Cardinals were making frequent trips to the charity stripe— they made 9-of-10 from the line in the first half alone.

But it wasn’t long before the Cardinals picked up their offensive play.

There are a few different storylines surrounding Boston College men’s hockey, and I’m not sure which one to believe now that Trophy Season is upon us.

The good: Freshman goaltender Joseph Woll and a young Eagles squad have exceeded preseason expectations by far, sitting atop the Hockey East standings with just two weeks remaining.

The bad: BC has shown its youth lately—especially on defense—allowing 17 goals in the last four games and dropping to 13th in the PairWise Rankings.

The ugly: Last Monday, Jerry York watched his team suffer a 3-1 loss to No. 3 Boston University in the Beanpot semifinals, the finishing touch on a regular season sweep in the Battle of Comm. Ave., the Terriers’ first since York’s inaugural season on the Heights in 1994-95.

Losing to the same team three times in a year certainly hurts. But when that team is archrival BU, you might as well retreat back into your den for the next six weeks until spring arrives.

That’s why a potential regularseason title for the Eagles would feel somewhat empty this year. To be the best, you have to beat the best, and BC has floundered against elite competition this season. The Eagles are 3-7 versus ranked opponents, including a disheartening 0-3 record against the second-place Terriers. BC has done little to convince fans (and USCHO. com pollsters) that it is indeed the best team in Hockey East.

But that’s not to say that the last two weekends of the regular season are meaningless—quite the opposite. If the Eagles close strong against No. 15 Vermont and No. 9 Massachusetts Lowell, they can earn a critical boost of momentum before the postseason, not to mention a much-needed re-entry into the PairWise Top 10. Otherwise, BC is at risk of missing the cutoff for the NCAA Tournament—even if the team hangs on to the Hockey East regular season championship. Unlike March Madness, the NCAA Tournament for hockey strictly relies on PairWise rankings to determine its 16 participants rather than a selection committee.

For BU, the home stretch isn’t easy, either. The Terriers play a home-andhome series with New Hampshire before hosting No. 16 Notre Dame at the end of the month. They will likely need at least three wins in four games to steal the Hockey East crown from BC. But before the Green Line foes finish their conference slates, they must tackle a more pressing issue: Monday night’s Beanpot, the 65th in tournament history. There’s a lot on the line for both teams, as the Eagles are looking to avoid their first last-place finish in the Beanpot since 1993. That also marks the last time that a team other than BC or BU won the Beanpot, a feat Harvard is trying to repeat against

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Some nights you just don’t have it. And on Friday night, Joseph Woll didn’t have anything.

The goaltender had given up 11 goals in his last three games for Boston College men’s hockey. Fortunately for the Eagles, their highflying offense turned two of those games into wins.

But you can’t tempt fate like that and still expect to come away with victories. Against Merrimack, Woll’s luck finally ran out—and it only took 10 minutes.

It wasn’t just Woll’s fault. BC’s defensemen couldn’t handle Hampus Gustafsson and a suddenly swarming Warriors attack. But, after allowing three goals before the halfway mark of the first period, head coach Jerry York needed to switch up his game plan. So York pulled the freshman Woll in favor of Ryan Edquist.

“I thought the team started slow, and Joe wasn’t on top of his game,” York said. “I was looking for a real momentum change.”

With a 6-3 loss to Merrimack College, Boston College men’s hockey has now given up 17 goals in its last four games. The six goals allowed is the most by the team all season. And although there’s reason to believe the defense is losing steam toward the end of the year, it may be due to the play of one man: the Warriors’ Hampus Gustafsson.

Hampus Hatty Despite their lack of depth, the Eagles always has a chance because they usually have the best player on the ice on any given night. Often it’s goalie Joseph Woll, but sometimes it’ll be forward Colin White or defenseman Casey Fitzgerald. On Friday night, BC lost in large part because Merrimack’s Gustafsson claimed that mantle. The 6-foot-4, 205-pound sweet-handed Swedish senior went supernova and potted his first hat trick since, according to him, “a really long time ago.”

Gustafsson picked up the first third of his triumvirate by banging in a rebound, but his second goal of the first period was dazzling. It also highlighted the problems that BC has down the stretch when it goes up against teams that

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On Thursday night in Chapel Hill, everything went right for Boston College women’s basketball. The Eagles knocked down Boston College 43 a program-reLouisville 68 cord 15 threepointers and a season-high 29 field goals, en route to defeating North Carolina 88-77—their first win in over a month and their first ACC road victory since Feb. 18, 2015.

But in the second game of BC’s fiveday road trip, things couldn’t have gone more wrong.

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Sunday afternoon’s game at Louisville was as lopsided as it gets. BC was outplayed in every facet of the game, especially shooting the basketball.

Head coach Erik Johnson’s group struggled to find any rhythm on the offensive end, shooting a mere 28.1 percent from the field. The inability to score plagued BC, and the No. 12 Cardinals took advantage, cruising to a 68-43 victory.

Right from the start, the Eagles (9-17, 2-11 Atlantic Coast) appeared disjointed. BC missed 11 of its first 12 shots, which allowed Louisville (22-6, 9-4) to open up an early double-digit lead. As the first quarter progressed, the

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in the second half, and finished with a career-high 29 points. The Eagles had no answer for Jackson, as he seemingly scored at will to bury BC towards the end of the game.

Georgia Tech outrebounded BC, 4542, as big men Ben Lammers and Josh Okogie brought down 17 and 12 boards, respectively. Although the Eagles scored 10 more points in the second half than in the first, the Yellow Jackets’ second-

shooting woes continued for the Eagles.

The Cardinals weren’t firing from outside either, but took to the paint to get things going. In fact, 10 of their 14 first quarter points came in the interior.

At the end of the first, only a Kailey Edwards jumper and an Emma Guy layup separated BC from a scoreless period—the Eagles’ four points marked the fewest they have scored in the opening quarter this entire year.

Mariella Fasoula started off the second quarter with a nifty left-handed layup. But the fast start was misleading, as the scoring inconsistencies only continued. Despite turning the ball over nine times in the first half, Louisville

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THUMBS UP

KD BACK IN OKC - Kevin Durant returned to Oklahoma City for the first time since ditching the Thunder for the Warriors. He proved he wasn’t pining too much for his old team, scoring 34 points and grabbing nine rebounds in the Warriors’ convincing 130-114 victory over the Thunder, even while the fans booed him endlessly.

KEVIN VS. CURRY - Steph Curry disagreed with Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank calling Donald Trump an “asset.” He proved he is the ultimate dad (beyond just having the ultimate dad shoes) by joking that he agrees with Plank—only if you take the “et” off the word “asset.”

ALMOST BASEBALL SEASON - Can you feel it? Yes, even with the snow outside, baseball season is coming, slowly but surely. This week will see the start of spring training with pitchers and catchers reporting before position players. And then, before you know it, spring games start, and in April baseball officially returns again. Almost there, everyone!

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The Eagles enjoyed a mostly successful weekend in the sun, winning three games and losing just one over the course of the tournament. It was a positive start to the season for BC (3-1).

The final game of the weekend was BC’s only loss and the second time the Eagles faced the tournament’s host, the University of Houston (2-4). After a shaky first half-inning, the Cougars bounced back and claimed a 7-3 victory over the Eagles on Sunday afternoon. BC started the scoring off in the first inning. Lexi DiEmmaneuele singled, then stole second. Chloe Sharabba drove her home, ending up on second base. Jules Trevino singled into the outfield several minutes later, sending Sharabba home to complete the early 2-0 lead for the Eagles.

Thanks to Shelby Miller, the lead

was not long for the world. In the bottom of the first, with Elise LeBeouf on base, Miller homered down the left field line to tie the game up at two apiece. Houston didn’t stop at just tying the game, however. After holding the Eagles in the top of the second, the Cougars scored twice more in the bottom of the second to take their first lead of the game at 4-2.

In the third inning, the Eagles adjusted by sending Jessica Dreswick to the mound. Dreswick managed to contain the Cougars temporarily, forcing a three-up, three-down. But the fourth inning proved to be the final nail in the coffin for BC’s chances to leave Houston with a perfect record.

Dreswick allowed five hits and three runs over the course of the inning, allowing Houston to cushion its lead to 7-2. While Houston would not score again, BC couldn’t muster up any more offense either.

Fortunately for the Eagles, the rest of the weekend yielded more positive results. On Sunday morning, BC recorded a 6-2 victory over the University of California at Santa Barbara.

The Gauchos (1-4) never held a lead

in that game, with the Eagles jumping out to an early lead and dominating throughout the contest.

Sharabba and Tatiana Cortez each homered in the first inning, building up a 2-0 lead. Although UCSB managed to halve into the deficit in the second inning, the Eagles’ bats were still hot, and Taylor Coroneos scored in the third to cushion the lead once more. But Coroneos wasn’t the only Eagle to cross home plate in the third.

With Sharabba and Annie Murphy on base, Jordan Chimento found herself at the plate. She cracked a homer down the left field line, driving in three runs to double the lead.

UCSB could not recover from the hot offense. The Gauchos took advantage of a wild pitch in the sixth inning, plating one more run, but couldn’t challenge the Eagles’ lead.

Saturday saw two successful efforts for the Maroon and Gold.

On Saturday evening, the Eagles recorded their only shutout of the tournament with a dominant 11-0 victory over Wright State University (2-3).

DiEmmaneuele started the scor-

ing off. She reached base on an error, then stole second. She then took advantage of a wild pitch to advance to third base. Later in the inning, Murphy grounded out, but DiEmmaneuele managed to safely reach home plate and record the first run of the game.

After that, the offense was fast and furious for BC. In the second, Coroneos drove Halle Hixenbaugh home. Several minutes later, Sharabba hit a two-run homer to center field, doubling the lead. BC struck again in the fourth, when Chimento recorded a sacrifice RBI as Murphy reached home. The fifth inning was especially productive for the Eagles.

Throughout the inning, Hixenbaugh, Trevino, DiEmmaneuele, and Brenna Griesser each scored. Still in the fifth, with Sharabba on base, Murphy hit the Eagles’ second homer of the game, pushing the lead up to 11-0, where it would stay for the rest of the game.

Earlier in the day on Saturday, the Eagles kicked off their 2017 campaign and the tournament with a 12-4 victory over Houston. The

Cougars struggled to contain Cortez in this game, with the senior posting a perfect 3-for-3 record at the plate, including two home runs.

Once again, the Eagles started off the scoring in the game. Sharabba hit an RBI double, driving DiEmmaneuele home for the first run of the tournament and season. In the second inning, a Houston error allowed Hixenbaugh to reach home. Several minutes later, Sharabba recorded her second RBI of the game when she grounded out, allowing Coroneos to score.

Miller ruined BC’s chances at a shutout in the bottom of the second when she hit a two-run homer to right-center field, trimming the deficit to just one run. But Cortez hit a homer of her own in the third inning, cushioning the lead once again.

The rest of the game saw an offensive flurry from BC and contained moments of hot hitting from the Cougars. BC scored seven runs in the final four innings, including a three-run homer from Cortez, and conceded just two more runs for Houston, finishing with a 12-4 lead.

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Although it managed only 54 points, the Eagles’ offense was not all bad. BC’s ball movement looked very polished, and the Eagles found open men to take their shots. Jeffers looked like a monster down low at times with four offensive boards, allow-

ing shooters like Bowman and Robinson to get open as well.

Robinson quietly had himself a nice game, tallying 17 points on 7-of-16 shooting. Bowman nailed two treys and dropped 13 points. Chatman had himself a tough night to say the least, as

he didn’t make a field goal on any of his eight shots.

This was a tough loss as the Eagles still haven’t won a road ACC game since March 2015. It is a difficult road ahead for BC with games against Notre Dame and No. 14 Florida State com-

ing up next. If the Eagles want a chance to win either of those games, their defense has to be as strong as it was in the first half on Saturday night, and has to stay that way for all 40 minutes.

If not, BC’s losing streak may not end in the near future.

LACROSSE

THUMBS DOWN DOLAN OR UMBRIDGE? - Knicks owner James Dolan banned legend Charles Oakley from attending games at Madison Square Garden after the two got in an altercation last week.

In Order of the Phoenix, powermad Dolores Umbridge tried banning Harry Potter from Quidditch for life, and it didn’t end well for her. You don’t want to end up like Umbridge, Dolan.

MOMENTUM MASSACRE- Boston College women’s basketball headed to Louisville after a big win against the University of North Carolina. Instead of continuing the momentum, BC scored just 16 points in the first half and lost 68-43.

MERRIMACK ATTACK - Before Friday, the last time Boston College men’s hockey lost to Merrimack at home was Oct. 31, 1997—when two of the sports editors were infants and one was yet to be born.

Not a good look, BC.

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Ef% , JpiXZlj\ ?Xe[j <X^c\j =`ijk Cfjj f] k_\ J\Xjfe 9P ;I<N I8JFI =fi K_\ ?\`^_kj Boston College lacrosse came into Syracuse looking to continue its hot start to the season, having Boston College 8 won it s Syracuse 18 first two games in commanding fashion.

The game was the first of the season for No. 5 Syracuse, who made it to the NCAA semifinals last year before being eliminated

by Maryland. The No. 17 Eagles came into this game with at least 18 goals in each of their last two games, but today they were on the receiving end of an offensive explosion in an 18-8 loss.

BC (2-1) started the scoring early when Mary Kate O’Neill put one past Syracuse (1-0) goalie Asa Goldstock just over two minutes into the game. Shortly after, Sam Apuzzo scored her fifth goal of the season to give the Eagles an early 2-0 lead. But this would be the Eagles’ final time with the lead all game.

Two minutes after Apuzzo’s goal, Syracuse midfielder Mary Rahal scored her first goal of the season to get the Orange on the scoreboard.

Syracuse then ran away with it, adding eight more goals over the next nine minute s . R ahal, Riley Donahue, and Emily Hawryschuk each scored two goals in this stretch, as the Orange took an 8-2 lead.

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Shortly after, Kaileen Hart scored for BC to stop Syracuse’s run. Hart scored another goal minutes later to give the Eagles more hope as the first period wound down.

Tess Chandler and Apuzzo then each scored their sixth goals of the season within 31 seconds of each other. But Syracuse halted BC’s momentum when Devon Parker scored with 18 seconds left in the first period, giving the Orange a 9-6 lead halfway through the game.

Any hopes of a comeback were extinguished early in the second period, as Syracuse went on another scoring run.

The Orange added six goals in the first half of the period, including hat-trick goals for Rahal, Donahue, and Hawryschuk.

The Eagles got back on the scoreboard when senior Kate Weeks scored her 14th goal of the season.

We ek s had b e en off to a very hot start this season, with 13 goals and an assist in the first two games, but she was limited to only one goal against Syracuse.

Weeks’ goal still prevented the Eagles from getting any momentum, as Hawr yschuk answered with her fourth of the game to put Syracuse up 16-7.

Although the Eagles managed to get one more goal—the second of the game for Chandler—the Orange scored two more to seal

JULIA HOPKINS / HEIGHTS EDITOR

Senior Kate Weeks scored one goal in the Eagles’ loss to Syracuse, her 14th goal of the 2017 season so far. the 18-8 win. The final goal of the game came from Donahue, who finished with four goals and three assists, the most points for any player in the game.

Apuz zo le d B C with five points, and she now leads all BC players in points this season with 18 in three games. Apuzzo, Chandler, and Hart each finished with two goals for the Eagles.

The Eagles were only outshot 30-26, but Goldstock played very

NUMBERS TO KNOW

19

Number of years since men’s hockey last lost to Merrimack at Kelley Rink (they last lost on Oct. 31, 1997).

12.5

Percent of shots that women’s basketball made in the first quarter of its blowout loss to No. 12 Louisville.

6

Number of unanswered goals that Syracuse scored in the first 10 minutes of the second half to defeat lacrosse.

well for the Orange, managing 10 saves in the first start of her NCAA career.

BC goalie Zoe Ochoa struggled, finishing the game with a .250 save percentage, which is much lower than in her other performances this season. Lauren Daly, who came in for Ochoa, also finished with a .250 save percentage.

The Eagles had their lowest shot total of the season with

11 shots, and they also allowed more shots than in any other game this season.

This game was an early challenge for this Eagles team, giving them an opportunity to play against a top-five team. The Eagles will need work on playing well even against highly-ranked teams like Syracuse if they want to return to the NCAA tournament and have a chance at advancing.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

“I think some of our guys knew that this program hasn’t won here in a long time.”

— Mark Dennehy,

discussing Merrimack breaking a 19-year long losing streak at Kelley Rink

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<X^c\j Jkil^^c\ kf Gifk\Zk GX`ek `e Cfjj kf Ef% () :Xi[`eXcj WBB vs. LOU, from B1 Already up 25-11, Louisville went on an 8-0 run toward the end of the half.

The scoring outburst was fueled by BC errors and a fast break attack, primarily led by Myisha Hines-Allen and Jazmine Jones. On back-to-back possessions, Hines-Allen found Jones sprinting down the court for a breakaway layup.

Before intermission, Georgia Pineau and Fasoula chipped

away at the Louisville lead. But the damage was done. Louisville had a 19-point lead going into the break, and the Eagles were empty handed (0-of-10) from beyond the arc.

Kelly Hughes and Taylor Ortlepp—Thursday’s leading scorers—were a combined 0of-9.

Louisville carried its second-quarter momentum into the third quarter, immediately stringing together a 9-2 run.

Kylee Shook accounted for eight

of those nine points, drilling two 3-pointers and a mid-range jumper.

The Eagles finally recorded their first 3-pointer approaching the six-minute mark in the quarter, as Edwards netted one from the left wing. On the next possession, the graduate student launched one more from the same spot. Except this time, it hit off the side of the backboard.

Scoring slowed in the back half of the third, and BC put

together a mini 6-2 run. But that wasn’t nearly enough to make a dent in Louisville’s 20-plus point lead.

With the game out of reach, the final quarter consisted of both teams trading baskets.

The Eagles upped their field goal percentage, as Guy, Pineau, Emilee Daley, and others tallied garbage-time points. On the other hand, Louisville used the last 10 minutes as a chance to distribute playing time to some of its reserves.

But even so, BC still missed shots—many of which were makeable. With seconds remaining Stephanie Jones drove to the basket, ultimately misguiding a layup.

And that was the game in a nutshell: missed shots.

Partially responsible for BC’s misfires was its questionable shot selection. On countless possessions, the Eagles rushed perimeter shots. Perhaps the team’s confidenece was still running high from its last time

out.

The fact of the matter is that BC was jacking up shots like it hits 10-plus triples per game.

In reality, it nets around five a contest.

Johnson and the Eagles are still soul searching, and only three games remain in the regular season. Before the season began, B C looke d to be an inside team. On Thursday, it resembled a perimeter-oriented one. Against Louisville, it just looked lost.

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NXii`fij ;feËk 9cfn *$( C\X[ MHOK vs. MC, from B1 But Woll dug a hole that was simply too deep. And the Eagles simply couldn’t recover in a 63 loss to the Warriors. It’s the first time BC (18-11-2, 13-4-1 Hockey East) has lost at Kelley Rink to Merrimack (11-13-5, 5-7-5) since Oct. 31, 1997. The defeat drops the Eagles to 13th from eighth in the all-important PairWise Rankings. Because of Boston University’s 3-2 loss to Massachusetts Lowell, however, the Eagles maintain a threepoint lead in the chase for the Hockey East regular-season title with four games to play.

Gustafsson got the Warriors started four minutes into the game with a scrum in front of Woll. The goaltender tried to backhand slap the fluttering puck from a Marc Biega shot out of the way, but Gustafsson planted himself in front of the net for the tip-in. Five minutes later, Gustafsson dangled Scott Savage before making a one-two move in front of Luke McInnis.

And not long after that, Michael Babcock forced a 2-on-1 breakaway with Mathieu Tibbet that Jesper Mattila had no shot to stop. And with a 3-0 deficit, York had no choice but to replace Woll with Edquist.

After the goalie switch, the Eagles’ second line came out firing . As they have all season, BC relied on seniors Ryan Fitzgerald, Austin Cangelosi, and

Matthew Gaudreau to cut the team’s early deficits. Cangelosi found Gaudreau on a beautiful cross-ice pass that the Carney’s Point, N.J. native snuck past Collin Delia. And, with under two minutes in the frame, Cangelosi split Biega and Alex Carle to go bar down. Suddenly, an absolute disaster for BC turned into a salvageable game.

But, outshot 10-6 in the second, BC struggled to keep the puck in the offensive zone.

Merrimack, on the other hand, kept the pressure on Edquist.

After whiffing on two power plays, the Warriors finally broke through with five to go in the se cond. Gustafsson had his initial shot blocked by Edquist, but he recovered in time to dish it back to Sami Tavernier. The freshman from France pushed it past Edquist on the right for the 4-2 lead.

In the third period, Cangelosi put the Eagles back to within one. Taking advantage of a hook

by Babcock, Fitzgerald crossed the puck in front of the crease and Cangelosi slapped it low to convert against Delia.

It was the first power-play goal in their last 24 chances—the most recent came on Jan. 13 at Agganis Arena against Boston University. Once again, momentum appeared to be within BC’s grasp. In total, the Eagles outshot the Warriors 17-3 in the frame.

Unfortunately for BC, Mer-

rimack scored on two of those three shots.

Gustafsson pushed it through Edquist’s five-hole almost immediately after Cangelosi’s goal to restore Merrimack’s 5-3 lead.

The goal capped off a hat trick for Gustafsson, the first for the Warriors since March 12, 2011 (Carter Madsen). And Babcock sealed the deal with an empty netter.

Following the game, York was pleased with the comeback attempt. But that first period was too much to overcome.

“We had some great chances in the third period,” York said.

“I like that battle back, but we can’t start slow like that, it’s just too hard … If we can make the third period like the first period, we’re talking about a different outcome.”

After the Notre Dame game, BC was sitting pretty in the minds of the computers. But now, with four games remaining in conference play, the team will have to scratch and claw—two against No. 15 Vermont, two against No. 9 Lowell—to guarantee a regular-season title. Those contests, along with Monday’s consolation game against a scrappy Northeastern squad, will all be crucial if BC plans on a 36th trip to the NCAA Tournament.

Some nights you just don’t have it. Woll and the Eagles can’t afford to not have it for the rest of the season.

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>ljkX]jjfe I\Zfi[j ?Xk Ki`Zb Gustafsson, from B1 have multiple players of Gustafsson’s caliber. The Warriors’ first line of Gustafsson, Brett Seney, and Sami Tavernier caught the Eagles’ fourth line in a mismatch, and Gustafsson deked out BC’s Mike Booth in the neutral zone before rushing up ice and splitting the back line of Scott Savage and Luke McInnis. Woll didn’t have his best stuff tonight, but even if he did he probably wouldn’t have had a shot at stopping the sudden forehand-to-backhand move that Gustafsson deployed for the second leg of his trio.

“It just kinda happened,” Gustafsson said. “I kind of wanted them to gap up on me and pass it out to the side so then I could drive the net. I got it back and I tried to get it around [the defense]. Nice to see it go in.”

The Swede didn’t show off the same level of skill to cap off his night, but he did show off his clutch gene.

BC dominated possession in the third and made it 4-3, but soon after that Gustafsson got off a quick one-timer from the slot to restore the Warriors’ two-goal lead.

“I just got the puck and tried to get it off as quick as possible before the lane closed,” Gustafsson said. “I was just very fortunate it went in, I think it went in five-hole.”

He may have been fortunate on that one, but he deserved the hat trick for dicing up BC’s defense all game long. Along with Seney and Tavernier, Gustafsson also impressed his coach at the other end of the ice.

“They’re very gifted offensively,” head coach Mark Dennehy said.

“What I was happiest about was there was a shift in the first period where they kind of got hemmed in and even though they were gassed they didn’t really give anything up.”

Witch is Dead Friday’s win was a big one for Dennehy. It marked the first time the

former BC player, a ‘91 graduate, beat his alma mater in Chestnut Hill, and it also was the first time his current program won at Conte Forum since 1997. Merrimack’s oldest player, Jonathan Lashyn, was just four years old on Halloween night, 1997. Tavernier hadn’t hit his first birthday yet. The players were aware of that, even if Dennehy wished that they weren’t.

Dennehy never liked to talk about the streak when it was still alive, and didn’t really want to talk about it after it died.

“We’re not gonna let the past dictate what we do moving forward,” Dennehy said. “As coaches, you try to insulate your team from the media, but I think some of our guys knew that this program hasn’t won here in a long time. But as I said to one of my assistants, ‘Who has won here a lot?’

Are there any teams over the last 20 years that have won here? I’ll watch their games and take a recipe. But you take it game to game.”

JULIA HOPKINS / HEIGHTS EDITOR

Colin White (18) tries to break free of Merrimack forward Patrick Kramer’s (27) grip, while Hampus Gustafsson hovers in front of the net during the Warriors’ 6-3 victory over the Eagles at Kelley Rink on Friday.

Gfk\ek`Xc I\^lcXi$J\Xjfe K`kc\ DXii\[ Yp K_i\\ Cfjj\j kf I`mXc 9L Trophy Season, from B1 the Terriers on one of college hockey’s biggest stages.

The prospect of finishing fourth in the Beanpot and missing out on the NCAA Tournament is most definitely unsettling for BC fans. But let’s take a minute and remember where this team was projected to be a few months ago. Picked

by Hockey East coaches as the sixth-best program in the conference, the Eagles were framed as a rebuilding squad trying to recover from a mass exodus of talent to the NHL. It didn’t take

long until that perception was shattered, though, as BC beat its first two ranked opponents— then-No. 3 Denver and No. 14 Providence—and jumped out to an early lead in Hockey East standings.

What followed was a steady decline in PairWise position and a similar deflating of confidence in the Eagles’ postseason chances. BC’s third-straight loss to BU proved to be an absolute morale-killer, and Friday night’s matchup with Merrimack did little to reestablish faith in the team. York was forced to pull Woll in the first period after his

netminder allowed three quick goals, and BC couldn’t overcome the slow start en route to a 6-3 loss. It was the Warriors’ first win at Kelley Rink since Oct. 31, 1997. And I’m just as outraged now as I was at one month old when it last happened.

The problem here is that there are two sets of expectations for men’s hockey. First, there’s the bar set by coaches and media affiliated with Hockey East. But then there’s the bar set by York, the winningest coach in hockey history.

York doesn’t do rebuilding

years. He doesn’t use youth or the competitiveness of his conference as excuses. Luckily, York has been here once or twice.

Or 45 times. For any other program, beating preseason projections so handily would be deemed a triumph. For York’s Eagles, though, there’s never time to be satisfied.

The 71-year-old skipper knows that a regular-season title will be overshadowed by the three heartbreaking losses to the Terriers unless it’s also accompanied by postseason success. As a Golden State Warriors fan, I know how the worth

of an incredible regular season can be devalued due to a playoff collapse. In other words, the real test will take place during March’s Hockey East and NCAA Tournaments.

If BC can fend off its rival at the top of Hockey East standings for the final two weeks of the season, the team has reason to celebrate. The Eagles will have overcame inexperience and dealt BU a symbolic loss, proving doubters wrong on their way to another conference championship. But the celebration shouldn’t last for long. The Terriers are coming, and they smell blood.

So which narrative surrounding BC should you buy into? I’m still not sure—this team continues to surprise me, and it’s not always in a good way. But if anyone tries to tell you that the Eagles are in fine shape because they’re in first place in Hockey East, don’t believe it. BU begs to differ, and right now, BC doesn’t seem like it wants to settle matters on the ice.

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B\cc\i# B\ek >l`[\ <X^c\j kf 9fleZ\$9XZb M`Zkfip 8^X`ejk M\idfek 9P E@:FC< GC8 ?\`^_kj JkX]] Boston College women’s hockey was fresh off a tough and historic loss to Northeastern just two days be1 Vermont fore its Boston College 7 matchup with the University of Vermont, but that didn’t faze the Eagles. BC (22-4-5, 16-3-3 Hockey East) was quick to show why it’s at the top of its conference in a near-shutout of Vermont (1211-9, 8-6-7), skating away with a 7-1 win.

People may say it ain’t over ’til it’s over, but for the Eagles, the game was over in the first 20 minutes.

From the opening faceoff, the puck was continuously in Catamount territory, with the Eagles continuously bombarding shots at goaltender Madison Litchfield.

Erin Connolly would take the first penalty of the game for hooking, but the Eagles were determined to take away any feeling of advantage for UVM. With 30 seconds left on the penalty kill, Delaney Belinskas took a fast shot from the circle that went right into Litchfield’s

pads, but Megan Keller was right there to get the rebound. The defenseman snuck the puck under the goaltender’s legs for an early 1-0 lead.

Less than three minutes later, Serena Sommerfield passed the puck to Bridget McCarthy, who skated behind the defense and tipped the puck under the legs of Litchfield. For the Eagles, a twopoint lead wasn’t enough, though.

Immediately after the Pembroke, Mass. native’s goal, Connolly, covered by Keller and Andie Anastos, crept up on Litchfield and shot it past her left shoulder.

The strike forced UVM to call timeout and pull its senior goaltender in favor of Melissa Black.

UVM started to get frantic, and with only two minutes left in the period Saana Valkama was sent into the box for cross-checking.

The penalty proved deadly for the Catamounts, as Kenzie Kent controlled the puck right after the faceoff and got low to the ice, pushing the puck under Black’s legs just nine seconds into the power play.

The Eagles came into the second period aggressive and, consequently, Anastos was sent into

the box 12 seconds in for tripping.

The Catamounts couldn’t capitalize on the power play, though, and they continued to be shut out by BC. As soon as the Eagles returned to full strength, Kent capitalized on the lack of defense between her and the net and shot the puck past the shoulder of Black.

But UVM was determined to avoid a shutout, and Alyssa Gorecki led an attack toward Katie Burt in response. Just as she was going to take her shot, she slipped and fell, pulling Burt with her. Victoria Andreakos saw her opportunity and tipped the puck past the line, giving UVM its only point of the game. BC responded with two consecutive goals by Keller and Anastos, giving the Eagles the most points they’ve scored in a game since their matchup against Providence in December.

With two goals and three assists throughout the game, Keller leads all BC defensemen in scoring points. But her success, she said, comes from her teammates and coaches.

“It’s definitely humbling to be able to get to that point. It’s all because of my teammates,” Keller said. “Without them and

the world-class coaching staff to be able to teach us each and every day I wouldn’t be able to make the plays I do. It’s definitely special and quite an honor.”

The third period was uncharacteristically quiet for the Eagles.

Most of their points are normally won during the third period, but the Catamounts were keen on not allowing any more points for BC. The Eagles had a chance to get to

eight points when Casey Leveille was called for slashing, but they didn’t capitalize on their opportunity and the entire period passed without a point on either side.

After coming out strong to set the pace into the last couple of games before the Hockey East tournament, head coach Katie Crowley had nothing but praise for her team.

“I’m continually impressed

with the way this team steps up in situations that their put in. New people keep stepping up, and I think that’s a tribute to our whole team and our other coaches,” Crowley said. “No matter who’s out there, they’re giving 100 percent and whenever we call on them to play whatever position we ask them to play they’re stepping up and making things happen for us.”

KYLE BOWMAN / HEIGHTS STAFF

Andie Anastos scored the Eagles’ seventh and final goal in Sunday afternoon’s 7-1 victory over Vermont.

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AXZbjfeËj )0 Gf`ekj =l\c P\ccfn AXZb\kjË :fd\YXZb M\ijlj 9: 9P JFG?@< 98E:?F== =fi K_\ ?\`^_kj On Saturday afternoon in Atlanta, Boston College men’s basketball let the game slip right through its fingers against Georgia Tech. The Eagles have struggled to close out games all year and this game was no exception, a 65-54 defeat to the Yellow Jackets. Saturday marked the ninth-straight loss for the Eagles, making it exactly a month since its last win.

BC (9-17, 2-11 Atlantic Coast) jumped out to an early lead thanks to ice-cold shooting by Georgia Tech (15-10, 6-6), but the Eagles couldn’t capitalize on offense, going into halftime with only a seven-point lead.

The Yellow Jackets came out onto the court in the second half as a new team and tore apart the

Eagles defense, outscoring them 50-32 in the half.

Tadric Jackson It seems as if whenever BC is playing, a player on the other team has a breakout performance. In this case it was Georgia Tech’s Tadric Jackson. Jackson is a 6-foot-2 guard and is a remarkable outside shooter. Going into Saturday’s game he only averaged 10.4 points per game. He scored 29 points, a career-high, against BC. He shot 12-of-21 from the field and hit two of his five from beyond the arc. His dominance did not really start until the second half. Jackson got off to a slow start much like the rest of his team, but once he started making shots his hot hand could not be stopped. Part of this career-high performance can be attributed to the weak Eagles’ defense allowing the Jackets to

score 65 percent from the field in the second half.

Jackson made four of his first six shots in the second half, helping the Yellow Jackets get out of their slump. He knocked down a crucial 3-pointer toward the middle of the second half that cut BC’s lead to one and gave the crowd life.

As the crowd erupted in cheers, the rest of the Georgia Tech team started to feed off of his near-perfect shooting.

Both Lambers and Okogie used Jackson’s momentum and ended the game with a doubledouble. Jackson, who came off the bench, is not normally the guy that Georgia Tech goes to when it needs a playmaker, but he shined through on Saturday evening. BC did not have a single stand-out performance, which made it dif-

ficult to compete with Jackson and Georgia Tech.

Inability to Capitalize The two halves of this game could not have been more different. BC dominated the first half, but the second half was completely controlled by Georgia Tech. At the start of the game it seemed as if Georgia Tech had forgotten how to play basketball. The Yellow Jackets struggled making any of their shots, missing 22 of their first 24.

BC, however, couldn’t capitalize on offense when Georgia Tech was ice cold. In the first half, the Georgia Tech crowd was dead, creating the perfect environment for BC to run up the score. Robinson tried to rally the team by scoring seven points in the first, but other players were not able to contribute. A.J. Turner, Jordan Chatman, and Mo Jeffers could not score easy layups

in the first half when Georgia Tech was struggling. Georgia Tech started to make its shots and turn the ball over less toward the end of the first half for a 7-0 run.

In the second half when the Yellow Jackets began to make their shots, there was little BC could do to stop them. The inability of BC to build up a larger lead when they had a chance caused Georgia Tech to rally back and take the lead with minimum effort. Not taking advantage of their opportunities caused BC to lose control of the game.

Defensive Struggles Coming into the game, the Eagles knew that they had to tighten up their defense if they wanted to come away with a win. In the first half, the defense played fairly well.

They hustled up and down the court and contested every Georgia Tech shot. They held Georgia Tech

to only 15 points and 17 percent shooting in the first half. During the second half, the BC defense broke down. They allowed GT to score a total of 50 points on 65 percent shooting.

After the Yellow Jackets took the lead, BC’s defense stopped playing. A game that was close for the majority of regulation ended as an 11-point victory for the home team.

The frustration on defense showed as Jerome Robinson fouled out near the end of regulation. Georgia Tech began scoring easy layups that had been contested by BC in the first half. In the final minute, Okogie finished a slam dunk that erupted the crowd and deflated the Eagles.

As they walked off the court at the end of the game, Robinson & Co. knew that if the BC defense could play a full 40 minutes, the result might have been different.

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After all, 2 Northeastern the EaBoston College 1 gles had beaten or tied Northeastern in every contest for the last several years.

They were fresh off of a Beanpot victory, Northeastern was without top scorer Denisa Krizova, and the Eagles were riding a 63-game unbeaten streak at Kelley Rink. The Huskies, however, had had enough, upsetting host BC, 2-1.

The first period appeared to be running its course the way one might expect. BC is a notorious third-period team, scoring almost half of all its goals in the final 20 minutes. It poured on shots, but Northeastern’s sophomore netminder Brittany Bugalski was having none of it.

The Eagles struggled to find

the twine on the power play, but it gradually began to show signs of promise. Makenna Newkirk and Megan Keller played in-sync at the top of the circles, with tape-to-tape passing that was so softly received there was no signature crack from the blades of their sticks. Their shots came with off-balance Husky defensemen and a sliding goaltender, but they just couldn’t manage to squeak one past Bugalski.

Not even a driving Kenzie Kent could find the five-hole on a near breakaway, nor could captain Andie Anastos on the rebound. The Eagles’ first-period attempts were also marred with blocked shots and shots off target, missing the net on five shot attempts on the power play alone.

After about nine minutes of back and forth neutral-zone play in the second period, Andrea Renner took a body-checking penalty to give the Eagles their second opportunity of the night. BC managed to maintain possession of the puck

with the extra skater on for almost a full minute, pounding several opportunities until the puck squirted down into its own zone off a missed pass. Crawling its way down the ice, all in attendance held their breath as the puck glanced off the side of the net to avoid giving BC an empty-net own-goal.

After winning the faceoff in the offensive zone, Keller and Newkirk once again set to work on their tic-tac-toe passing. An errant Northeastern stick poked the puck all the way back to Katie Burt in the defensive zone, who chose to cover as opposed to dishing it out.

On the subsequent faceoff, Maddie Hartman dished it out to the point where Shelby Herrington buried it shorthanded to give the Huskies a 1-0 lead.

The Eagles couldn’t find any momentum for several minutes following Herrington’s goal, and miscues along the blue line tarnished opportunities as they arose.

The Eagles’ offensive momentum

was even further smothered after Erin Connolly took a slashing penalty with just over three minutes remaining.

After bouncing around in the defensive zone, the puck found itself gliding in front of a streaking Keller with nothing between it and the net but Bugalski. Attempting to gain a step on a closing Husky defender, Keller kicked the puck just out of reach and was unable to convert on the shorthanded breakaway.

Unsurprisingly, the Eagles found some juice in the locker room after the middle frame.

Known for their third-period heroics, BC came out swinging after a lackluster second. Haley McLean was stuffed in the crease, and Newkirk took a big hit unleashing a howitzer that plunked heavily off of Bugalski’s mask. A questionable no-call, Newkirk left the ice under her own power, albeit gingerly.

She would return, but sat out for several minutes.

This gave the Huskies some

momentum, which found a hyper-determined Renner hacking away at a puck in the crease. Burt valiantly attempted to freeze the bouncing puck, but Renner was not to be denied. Channeling her inner lumberjack, she hacked away at the puck and Burt’s pads to cram one over the goal line.

Now down two, the Eagles were once again forced to call on the comeback kids. About six minutes into the third, Kelly Lauren took a high-sticking penalty, giving the Eagles their third power play of the night. After a minute or so of solid opportunities, the Huskies cleared the puck down to Burt. She dished it to Caitrin Lonergan, who took it coast-to-coast, looking for a pass down the middle. Her pass never found its target, but rather it deflected off a Husky skate into the net to get BC on the board.

Finally finding the momentum it needed, BC began to pick up the pace and the aggressiveness.

Northeastern also decided that the

best course of action was a “park the bus” strategy, meaning that they just sat in the slot and hoped pucks wouldn’t find their way to the crease.

With about two minutes remaining in regulation, Burt abandoned her post, giving BC the extra attacker it desperately needed. A firestorm of shots and hacking sticks found Bugalski and the rest of the Huskies defense reeling, yet the pucked remained outside the net. With 10 seconds remaining, Northeastern cleared the puck and sealed the win, noting the end of a remarkable run at home for the Eagles. Bugalski finished with a monumental 46-save effort, with her only missed chance coming off her own player’s skate.

“I felt we had a lot of quality opportunities,” said head coach Katie Crowley. “We just weren’t able to convert. So as we get later in the season and towards the playoffs we really have to bear down and play better.”

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jumped out to an early lead behind the sharpshooting of senior Kelly Hughes, who had as many points in the first quarter (11) as the entire Tar Heels (13-11, 2-9) squad.

Hughes, who finished the game with a team-high 24 points, shot an electric 7-for-10 from beyond the arc and 8-for-12 overall. She reached yet another career milestone in the second quarter of the contest as she scored her 1,500th career point as an Eagle.

Sophomore Mariella Fasoula added great defense and inside play, scoring 13 points with seven

rebounds and a block. Thanks to its strong inside-out game, BC found itself up on the undersized Tar Heels by a score of 41-26 at the half. The Tar Heels started off uncharacteristically cold, shooting just 18.2 percent from 3-point range in the first half, compared to 44.4 percent for BC. Believe it or not, things got even worse for the Tar Heels after the break as the Eagles rained down a storm of three-pointers inside Carmichael Arena. Hughes passed the torch on to freshman Taylor Ortlepp. Ortlepp, who was

scoreless in the first half, exploded early in the third quarter hitting four 3-pointers. Ortlepp would ultimately finish with 19 secondhalf points, four rebounds, and three assists. Senior Emilee Daley also heated up in the second half adding nine points off the bench to the Eagles’ ledger as they expanded their lead to a game-high 23 points in the third.

Heading into the fourth, BC held a 72-52 lead over UNC. The Tar Heels made a late push to close the gap with around seven minutes left in the contest when

Stephanie Watts made a key block on Fasoula, which resulted in Jamie Cherry converting the ensuing fastbreak into an andone to bring the Eagles lead down to just nine points. Cherry, who quietly had a very good game, led all scorers with 31 points as she shot 10-for-20 from the field.

While UNC had seemingly begun to turn things around, it was too little too late for the Tar Heels as Hughes brought the lead back up to 15 with a dagger from 3-point range late in the fourth. Paris Kea also had a nice game for the

Tar Heels as she scored 22 points and added six rebounds and four steals.

The Eagles finished the game with a stunning 62.5 percent mark from 3-point range—in comparison, the Tar Heels hit just 30 percent of their shots beyond the arc. In addition to some great shooting performances by Hughes and Ortlepp, freshman Emma Guy tallied a double-double off the bench with 11 points and 10 rebounds . Freshman Georgia Pineau also added 11 big rebounds for the Eagles.

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Through the smoky haze of the London bar, their eyes met, but nothing was spoken.

This glance, exchanged early on in Amma Asante’s A United Kingdom, sets the tone for this film as a classical—if not, conventional—biographical tale of forbidden love in 1947. Seretse Khama’s (David Oyelowo) gaze looks beyond the clouds of smoke to see Ruth Williams (Rosamund Pike) sipping a drink. Initially, the two abstain from saying anything to one another, but soon, they find themselves dancing in unison, without a care.

People glance over, dumbfounded, wondering why a white woman is dancing with a black man—the dancers fail to notice this discretion, and the jazz music continually blares on.

As is abundantly clear from the onset, the impending marriage between Ruth and Seretse is denounced by nearly everyone who hears of it. Adding to the confusion, Seretse, an African prince, is informed that he must return to his home country of Bechuanaland (now, Botswana) to rule over his people. Ruth agrees to marry him, leaving London behind for the

arid lands of Southern Africa. The grayscale streets of an English city are quickly replaced with the oranges and yellows of the sundrenched lands and vistas of Bechuanaland.

Yet, even this change in landscape cannot help the couple escape judgment and chastisement, as Seretse’s family, too, becomes skeptical of such a marriage—after all, how could a white woman rule over an African nation? Seretse’s nation becomes fractured, and soon after, the English government begins to get involved, and this compounding of events leaves the characters seemingly hopeless in the face of ingrained racism.

Ultimately, while there is enjoyment to be found in the film, the brazen conventionality of the film began to wear down. The English government’s sinister ambitions that begin to take root in the second half of the film feel inorganic, even if this film is based on a true story. British officials calling for the couple’s divorce or exile, furthermore, were soullessly inhuman. To make matters worse, a subplot is later introduced, as Seretse discovers a secret British agenda to exploit Bechuanaland for its resources. This, like other aspects of this film, felt wholly manufactured, which is upsetting

given that these events actually happened.

The film’s conventionality, however, could not stop Oyelowo from giving another rousing, impassioned performance. His performances are often incredibly powerful, a result of the emotion he reveals in his eyes. In nearly every frame, Oyelowo seems to be holding back a certain frustration and pain that can only be observed in this eyes. In addition, his ability to oscillate between tender husband and powerful leader is astonishing, for he delivers quite a few stirring speeches in this film that rival his work portraying Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma (2014). Pike, likewise, gives a powerful performance as well, expressing complex emotions in looks and stares.

The disappointment in A United Kingdom comes from its inability to transcend the confines of a biographical, crowd-pleasing film. Thematically, this film addresses the abhorrent nature of the systemic racism of apartheid and the avarice of imperial nations that colonized Africa. While important, these themes are not necessarily novel. Loving (2016) tells the story of a couple unable to marry in the United States due to by an archaic law forbidding interracial marriage. Both Loving and

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A United Kingdom are period pieces dealing with similar themes, yet Loving wisely directs its attention away from the procedural aspects of the story and focuses on the quiet domesticity and contentedness of the familial unit. The characters in Loving seem substantially more fleshed-out than the characters in A United Kingdom. The latter was too bogged down in plot to focus enough time on its genuinely

interesting characters.

Even with all its missteps and flaws, there is much to enjoy. Late in the film, Seretse continuously informs his people that he wishes to stop English involvement in Bechuanaland, “dismantling a tradition.” While the film itself may not succeed in dismantling a tradition of conventional biopics, it works fairly well within the limiting confines of the genre.

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Big Sean’s fourth studio album, I Decided, is undoubtedly his best one yet. Released on Feb. 3, the album builds upon the foundation of his third studio album, Dark Sky Paradise, in leaps and bounds. Here, even more than in his previous works, Big Sean delves into emotional and contemplative topics that leave the listener spellbound more by the lyrical genius than by the rhythms that accompany them.

“The concept of the album is this is me and this is an older version of me,” Big Sean said, gesturing to his album cover while appearing on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon according to Complex. “It’s parallel right there with each other, but the name of the album is I Decided. I realized my whole life changed when I decided.”

Those decisions are what fueled the creation of this album. All of the songs explore the motives and results of Big Sean’s choices and how they have affected his life—for better or for worse.

Because of this, the storytelling element of the album is crucial.

The album opens with “Intro,” a brief start that sets up the theme of the album and discusses the idea of regret through the eyes of elderly Big Sean and

young Big Sean. This constant switch between the future and the present, and sometimes even the past, allows for the narrative to capture the true meaning of wisdom and necessity for introspection.

The song “Light” ft. Jeremih begins with an illuminating synth piano that conjures up the image of a spotlight being cast down on Big Sean as he urgently pleas for listeners to hold their morals and futures to a higher regard than the superficial and materialistic. Big Sean states, “Spent my whole life tryna find the light that’s at the end of the tunnel / I should have realized it was inside,” while Jeremih croons, “No matter how much they gon’ shade you / They can’t stop the shine.”

Big Sean’s emphasis on contemplation does not stop there. In “No Favors” ft. Eminem, he preaches about the pride of being self-made and self-reliant. His trademark attitude surfaces and even edges on cockiness. The song closes with elderly Sean narrating a scene between, young Sean and an inferred romantic interest, implying that, if given the chance, he would have done things differently. This would be the first of several instances where elderly Sean’s flashbacks provide incredible insight.

Another song about success in the music industry, “Halfway Off The Balco-

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ny,” explores the concept of dealing with the stress and overwhelming atmosphere that comes with being famous and successful. Edging on suicidal, the most noteworthy lyric is: “I’m hangin’ halfway off the balcony / Overthinkin’ ‘cause my job is way more than a salary.”

This suicidal streak is also touched upon in the songs “Jump Out The Window” and “Voices In My Head/Stick To The Plan.” While the first discusses the pain of unrequited love, the second is an open thought bubble discussing the consequences of disobeying your elders and making mistakes that they warned you about. In the former, Big Sean watches from afar as the girl he loves and admires puts up with the worst from her current significant other, ready to jump out of the window out of frustration. He sings, “We already wasted too much time / And your time is the only thing I wish was mine.” In the latter, he begins somber and contemplative and then turns combative and angry, fighting an internal battle concerning whether to stay on track and not let anyone in.

The more lighthearted tracks are current Billboard Top 100 song and club anthem, “Bounce Back” and “Moves.” These are mixed in with other semi-romantic songs—“Same Time Pt.1” Ft. Jhené Aiko and TWENTY88, which narrates a complicated romance that has resulted in an inseparable bond and “Owe Me,” a relationship once turned sour that has now restarted but doesn’t seem to have the same spring in its step as it did before.

Both are cutting, honest lyrics that speak for modern day relationships.

While young Sean ignores his mother’s call in “Halfway Off The Balcony,” ignoring elderly Sean’s advice, Big Sean celebrates his mother in “Inspire Me.” The smooth, silky beat is a tribute to his mother. This ode to family resurfaces in “Sunday Morning Jetpack” ft. TheDream, a mellow, rhythmic reflection.

He reminisces about childhood memories, like eating his grandmother’s rum cake and going to prom.

The album closes with “Bigger Than Me” ft. The Flint Chozen Choir and Starrah. The beat is resounding, motivational, and uplifting, focusing on the greater picture of success. The outro of the song encompasses the theme of the album: rebirth and reincarnation into something, someone stronger and better. As Big Sean says in the final lyric of the song, “It’s that simple. It’s all about living in the moment. Period.”

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Good job audiences, John Wick: Chapter Two made enough money in three days for a sequel to be put in the works. This, ladies and gentlemen, might be the start of the best action franchise of the decade. Coming in at number one, The LEGO Batman Movie has already passed its production budget of $80 million when worldwide box office figures are taken into account. This is good news for the LEGO movies, hopefully allowing them to start their own hilarious childrens movie series. Side note: A United Kingdom opened this weekend at $70,000. Do with that what you will.

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“There is a fellow playing folk music on a guitar and John Belushi picks up the guitar and destroys it,” Fry said. “The British comedian would want to play the folk singer. We want to play the failure.”

This sentiment is remarkably represented in David Brent: Life on the Road.

A spin-off from the original British mockumentary The Office, this movie follows Brent (Ricky Gervais) as he attempts to make it big once more. Living in the shadow of the BBC Two “documentary” that introduced his name to the world, Brent looks to reinvent himself as a rockstar, heading the band Foregone Conclusion. Spending an inordinate amount of money to hire a band, rent a bus, and put on a tour, Brent hopes to sign a record deal and break into the spotlight. He realizes

his dreams are plagued with hurdles and, as Brent is slow to learn, almost certainly unattainable.

This film is a slew of self-deprecation, failure, and sadness. The makers of this film take Fry’s notion of dark humor to a new level as Brent fails at every turn.

The failures never let up as he loses more money, time, friends, and respect. The organization of documentary shots adopts a pitiful tone. Viewers often see Brent as he enthusiastically looks toward the next gig or says how much he is enjoying the whole experience only to have the next shot document a bandmate attesting to how much they hate him. For viewers unfamiliar with the British variety, it may seem dry if not altogether mean-spirited, but, if accustomed to the style, there is serious enjoyment to be found in the misery of others.

When not feeling for Brent, audiences are more likely to be laughing at him as the film is filled with cringeworthy moments as he sings as part of the band. Singing hits that touch on a myriad of social issues, viewers will not know whether to laugh or cry. “Native American” details the woes

of the displaced peoples. “Don’t Cry It’s Christmas” details a terminally ill boy’s last hours waiting for Santa Claus. “Please Don’t Make Fun of the Disabled” does as much as its title suggests. These are some of the most absurd moments in the film, especially given the amount of detail each song is given.

Gervais was quick to point out that this film was not an Office movie. Rather, it was a way to explore the inner-workings of a character he found so interesting.

And that is what this film feels like: an unintrusive spin-off distanced from the original material about Brent and his faults in day-to-day life.

Despite these differences, the filming style is almost identical to that of both versions of The Office. The documentary style adds nicely to the deadpan, harsh, British style of humor as the camera is as unmoving and emotionless as the individuals in the film. For fans of the American series, this may serve as an interesting foray into the live of Brent (Michael Scott’s British counterpart) and possibly into the original series.

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Because of the differences in styles of humor, some may write off the film as inaccessible—however, it offers glimpses into a different comedic outlook than what is traditionally seen in American comedy and comics. Certainly this is no This Is Spinal Tap (1984), but is a worthy entry into the cringe-worthy realms of great music mockumentaries.

If this film amounts to anything, it certainly captures the despair laced within British comedy as Fry further surmises.

“All the great British comedic heroes are people who want life to be better and on whom life craps from a terrible height.”

For Gervais and Brent, that height is terrible indeed.

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Perhaps that is what the multitude of live-action television shows based on Marvel comics should be saying at this point. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Agent Carter, Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and now Legion are really making fans work to keep up with all of the content. And the wave of comic book shows apparently hasn’t even begun to crest. Iron Fist, The Punisher, The Inhumans and more are all in the making and it doesn’t look like these three will be the last. That aside, Legion’s first episode is a promising glimpse at the rest of the series.

Appropriately titled “Chapter 1,” Legion’s first episode aired on FX on Feb. 8, the first of eight in its inaugural season. The show focuses on David Haller (Dan Stevens), a man diagnosed with schizophrenia. Legion opens with a series of slow-motion shots of David in different stages of his childhood, adolescence, and early adulthood. David is screaming as things fly through the air in the background behind him. He is then

seen moving up to a crude noose to hang himself. He is apparently unsuccessful in his suicide attempt, as he is then seen being visited on his birthday by his sister in a mental hospital where he gradually becomes accustomed to his mundane life. He takes his meds and keeps company with Lenny Busker (Aubrey Plaza), a talkative girl who is also a patient in the hospital. He even appears to be making progress with the doctors, as he has not had an “episode” for quite a while and the medicine works to suppress these incidents.

That is until Syd Barrett (Rachel Keller) arrives in the hospital. She and David begin a relationship, although one that is certainly not physical, as she refuses to be touched. On the day of her release, David kisses her and they seem to switch bodies, allowing for David’s escape. When he turns back into himself, he is taken in by some sort of organization and is interrogated by an unnamed agent (Hamish Linklater). But David is more than just a man with a mental illness. Through a series of flashbacks, alongside the discussion of mutants by the members of this organization,

it becomes clear that David has real powers that are not just the consequence of his delusions.

“Chapter 1” is not a very clear indicator of the quality of the rest of Legion. The pilot episode is burdened by its need to introduce the characters and the world of the series. It’s even harder to pin down because the viewer is subject to David’s delusions along with him. There are frequent cuts to children walking through a garden, as well as flashes backward or across time. David also sees people who are not there, leaving the viewer with doubts as to the veracity of some of the odder characters. By the end of the episode, much of these initial mysteries are cleared up, but other questions are raised and not resolved.

Fans of Marvel comics will surely recognize the title of the show as David Haller’s alter-ego. According to the graphic novels, Legion is the son of Charles Xavier a.k.a. Professor X, founder of the X-Men. He has telekinesis and telepathy, among other powers. But apparently, this iteration of Legion is free from the backstory and commitments of his comic book

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character, as the television show takes place in a universe parallel to the XMen movies. Considering the quality of the latest film X-Men Apocalypse, that might be a good thing. It leaves the show free to explore its own world, without regard to the actions of characters that may appear in the movies. For example, because David is the son of Professor X, it is likely that the professor will make an appearance in the show. But Legion’s Professor X

can be cast as someone other than Patrick Stewart or James McAvoy.

In addition, whatever may happen to Charles Xavier in the upcoming film Logan will have no bearing on the characters in Legion. The problem with this is that it opens another universe with another set of characters that fans must keep straight. Consider the issue of two Quicksilvers, one with Disney’s Marvel movies and one with 20th Century Fox’s X-Men movies.

Regardless of its tie-ins and distinctions, Legion isn’t much like other shows on television right now.

The inclusion of an unreliable narrator is fairly novel and, while it can be slightly disorienting, it is a welcome experience.

The episode leaves the viewer interested to explore the rest of this world and hopefully to get the answers to at least a few of their legions of questions.

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Some of the most striking and precise displays of talent, however, came through the pieces showcasing more traditional forms of dance.

In a dance called garba that celebrated the power of the goddess Durga, performers clashed wooden sticks with their partners in geometric patterns while their feet flashed out in complex steps. Toward the end of the dance, the performers gathered into an ever-tightening, spinning circle. The stark-white lighting against the dark stage and swirl of the dancers’ black and red skirts and silhouettes created a unique sense of drama and intensity.

That intensity continued in the choreography of bhangra, a dance style originally from Punjab. Dancers jumped and leaped to a constant pounding beat, highlighted by the sharp contrast between their black and bright yellow-gold costumes. Even when the sound briefly cut out before the dance, SASA alumni in the audience kept the beat alive through clapping and cheering.

After intermission, many of the performers from the first half

filtered into the rows of seats and were met with hugs and congratulations from their friends and family. Rangeela’s second act began with a fashion show of South Asian styles.

The fashion show provided breathing room amid the rapidity of the dances and a smooth leadin to the rest of the performance.

Couples walked the stage in a parade of pinks, yellows, greens, and reds, often united by intricate gold embroidery.

Each ensemble was distinct from the ones before it, revealing the incredible diversity within South Asian culture, one of the main themes throughout the show.

Audience members maintained the playful and communal atmosphere by calling out to their friends on stage.

The cheers and catcalls grew especially loud when models would dance or strike a pose at the end of the stage, many couples surprised the audience with swing spins and dips, and two members of the hip-hop group Synergy showed off a few sharp moves at the edge of the stage.

Th e performances were also interspersed with short video “soap opera” skits featuring two teens who would rather twerk to “Bad and Boujee” than learn about their cultural heritage, much to the chagrin of their parents and grandparents.

The skit culminates with

the family coming together to celebrate Holi, the Indian festival of colors. In the final installment, the g randmother, playe d by Siddalingaiah, reflects on the message of both the films and Rangeela overall, the family’s culture brings color into their childrens’ lives, and they bring color into theirs Before the final dance, the emcees honored its e-board and graduating senior class through a bittersweet slideshow of their memories together over the past four years that emphasized the sense of family within SASA. The s eniors then r u she d onstage to perform the final number, choreographed by show coordinator Ashruti Patel, MCAS ’17; Aditya Luthra, CSOM ’17; Kristina Scully, CSOM ‘17; and Sourabh Banthia, CSOM ’17.

Their billowing white costumes brought a sense of unity and grace to the group.

As the pace increased and the seniors crowded around their “Class of 2017” flag, they became no longer performers on stage, but friends celebrating together.

As one of the junior choreographers explained in their video, many of the members’ favorite moments of the annual culture occur after they step on stage.

They hear the crowd screaming, their nerves disappear and they simply dance their hearts out.

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Finally, the last group, a trio of pirates, was introduced—along with excessive sexual innuendos—as the three were always on a quest for “the booty.” Due to his identity crisis, Ekhator tries to mimic every person he meets in order to find his true place on the island. As he wondered aloud about how to carry on the island’s civilization, all of the groups revealed that there was a queen on the island—its only girl. Their next intricate dance number highlighted the sounds of the step movements as loud cracks of lightning in the thunderous eruption that was each sequence. Soon after, King presented the idea of searching for a “perfect match” for her to continue civilization on the island.

In this scenario, Ekhator, still “No Name,” took on the role of Island Love Doctor—putting on a wig and pretending to be the queen in an effort to teach these love-lost fools how to approach women. As Ekhator lost his patience due to his students’ severe incompetence, the audience not only laughed, but also recognized the relat-

ability of the situation. The problems the castaways faced are ones that modern men and women face everyday on their quest for a relationship.

For example, the trio of pirates who don’t know how to talk to a woman came to recognize that all they want from women is the “booty”—a play on words to describe the sexually motivated actions of collegiate hook up culture.

As Ekhator attempted to help the A-team’s leader, General Admissions, he realized that the latter refuses to admit that he has emotions. General Admissions’ mental breakdown when Ekhator asks about saying the words “I Love You” sheds light on the common issue of men being too afraid to reveal their true, inner emotions for fear of appearing weak.

Finally, Ekhator approached the castaways and each revealed that they can’t date the queen due to personal issues with love and acceptance—another very real problem that makes men (and women) emotionally unavailable. As the fantastically comical narrative continued and the group continued with more incredible dance numbers, the true purpose of the story came to light: the queen of the island is Ekhator’s ex, and she broke up with him because he failed to appreciate her, treat her as an equal, and give her the love and respect she deserved.

He then realized that he must

win her over in order to achieve happiness and true love and, ultimately, escape the island.

Once the queen is revealed, Osamase pleaded for her forgiveness and acceptance, to which she rebuffed him, describing him as “boring” and “passionless.” In order to prove himself worthy, the team finally put the sexual in Sexual Chocolate.

The group’s trademark sensuality began number as hits like “Remind Her” by Eric Bellinger and “Sex with Me” by Rihanna. Transitioning from grinding on stage to the auditorium’s stairwells, the entire Sexual Chocolate troupe rid themselves of their costumes and ran into the crowd—bringing the choreography to life.

The audience screamed and hollered as they stripped up and down the aisles until they were all on stage in white wifebeaters—which they ripped off and threw into the crowd mid slide.

While the premise of the show promised a Valentine’s Day theme full of OMG moments and funny skits, no audience member could have expected to have walked out of Robsham having learned a valuable lesson. In the midst of plane crashes, identity crises, and dance routines, Sexual Chocolate illustrated that women and men both deserve a storybook romance along with equality and respect.

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SASA brings eclectic elements together to coalesce into a show detailing stories of family and culture.

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Visual storytelling is far more nuanced than straightforward dialogue-based narrative progression. But using images to convey major ideas within a film is risky for several reasons, as it leaves more to be inferred by the audience. One, the director must have an image on screen; two, the director must have the audience’s focus be on the image for that frame or sequence; and three, the importance of that image must be obvious enough to establish a connection to the rest of the film’s themes. If a director succeeds with this, he is a genius, a master of the mise-en-scene. If he fails, he is a bumbling arthouse wannabe.

Nicolas Winding Refn is one of the best visual filmmakers of the modern age. His ability to show exactly what he wants and convey information in direct and indirect ways makes for films that challenge audience members. Though critically it has brought him mixed success, the images he creates on film have a staying quality. Consistently cinematographically beautiful, films like Drive (2011), Only God Forgives (2013), and even Bronson (2008) exemplify the use of the visual language that disturbs, mystifies, and intrigues. Unfortunately for Refn, he is often faulted for his penchant for the visual and, as in his latest film The Neon Demon (2016), his artistic intent is lost on many.

The Neon Demon relies heavily on the visual. It arguably possesses the best set and costume design from the past year, which is unsurprising given its setting in the fashion and modeling world. There is a glut of colors, shades, and elegance in every scene.

Refn’s cinematographic skills take these elements and present them in a wholly stunning way on camera. If presented in this way, these images may mean close to nothing, but within the film they mean everything.

Many of its detractors, however, claim that its lack of focus on heavy dialogue deadens any emotional investment that could be made. Its dry, calculating, and sterile characters are pure hollow entities in the film, floating from scene to scene unaffectaciously. By the naysayers’ account, Refn’s visual language falls flat because it is a stepping stone for the grotesque acts he wanted to document in the latter half of the film. Critiques suggest that the loose connections diminish the already flimsy story.

This way of thinking admonishes the lack of a concise ending.

I would contend that The Neon Demon is much like Drive in its presentation. Ryan Gosling’s character was a silent man, but he was able to convey a considerable amount of information about his character. His character is brought to light through small cracks in his visage and in the inimate moments of the film.

Refn does much the same in The Neon Demon, showing the internalized narcissism of this girl grow in every glance of the mirror. At the end of the second act, she kisses herself in the mirror, which tells us more—in a slightly heavy-handed way—than any piece of dialogue. He represents the animosity between models through make-up resembling a Cheshire smile and shows how this world is made to consume models, both literally and figuratively. None of these elements are explicitly in the film, but they, as well as the overall message I attach them to, were of my own observation. This film does not give answers, only images to piece together.

On the surface, visual storytelling may seem unimaginative and rely too much on the attentiveness of viewers. Critically, it is a sure fire way to gain some unsavory reviews.

But I find that these films are the ones that haunt our dreams as they challenge us to conjure up our own meanings and interpretations of what is happening on screen. It might not be easy, but it might be what we need. In an interview with Indiewire in 2005, Refn spoke about the industry.

“The problem with cinema nowadays is that it’s a math problem. People can read a film mathematically; they know when this comes or that comes” he said. “So film has become a mathematical solution. And that is boring, because art is not mathematical.”

As viewers we must not expect solutions, but be open to finding them in between the frames.

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9P M<IFE@:8 >FI;F 8jjfZ% 8ikj I\m`\n <[`kfi No one in the audience could sit still. Organized chaos took hold of Robsham Theater just before 7:00 p.m. for Boston College’s all-male step team, Sexual Chocolate. The squeals from men and women alike echoed off the walls. Audience members ran to and from their seats dressed as if they were ready for a night out. Technically, they were. The show was no small event—tickets sold out in record time and, with Valentine’s Day coming up, everyone was excited to see what sultry performance the group would give.

A hush fell over the exuberant crowd as the lights dimmed and a video introducing some of the main dancers began to play on the stage’s screen. The audience hyped themselves up as each dancer received resounding cheers. Applause rang out as the video closed and the evening’s emcee, JAM’N 94.5’s featured recording artist/ DJ/emcee, Maverik—a.k.a Kahleil Blair, BC ’04, began. He started off the night asking the crowd to lift their arms, as if they were at a concert, while breaking into one of his songs. Laughs erupted as the crowd played along and got into the rhythm.

Just as the song was halfway over, Kimberly Newton, Synergy’s team captain and MCAS ’18, came out and danced while he sang and rapped to kick the energy up a notch.

As the song concluded, Maverik began to call up former Sexual Chocolate members to the stage. In spotlighting the success that each of these alumni Maverik tried to illustrate the life-changing power of the step group.

“It’s more than a step team, it’s a brotherhood,” Maverik yelled to the crowd.

Once Sexual Chocolate—past and present—was celebrated, it was time to bring out the featured groups. BC’s African dance group, Presenting Africa to You, kicked off the lovethemed showcase with a bang. Beginning sensual and slow, the routines grew more energetic and fun as the numbers progressed. The audience cheered with every beat as the group evoked cultural integrity and passion.

Up next was BC’s hip-hop dance company, Synergy. Their guest performance began with a sassy, all-female dance number to rapper Big Sean’s most recent hit, “Bounce Back.” The male dancers joined the stage for an effortlessly edgy routine followed by a sexy and exciting chair dance set to Ashanti’s “Only You.” After the crowd’s wild reaction to the featured BC groups, they were ready for the Sexual Chocolate performances to begin. The anticipation built as the show’s theme was set with a large, illuminated

quote from Queen Elizabeth I stating, “I do not want a husband who honors me as a queen, if he does not love me as a woman.”

Then, the audience was thrust into Sexual Chocolate’s interspersed universe of drama and dance. In the opening scene, Osamase Ekhator, MCAS ’17, is revealed to have been stranded on an unmarked island after his plane crashes on the way to Beijing. The trip was meant to be a getaway after a breakup to gain some space and clarity. The crash has caused Ekhator to temporarily lose his memory as he meets the “natives,” each of which has bloodied and torn up white t-shirts. This meeting prompted the first dance number. High energy and intense, the number synchronized and uniform, they are flawless in their execution.

Once the dance finished, Ekhator, nicknamed “No Name” due to his amnesia, asked about the origins of the island and how each person got there. There were three main groups of three formed by the Sexual Chocolate dancers: the castaways, the A-Team of military men, and the pirates. The first castaway, Khari King, CSOM ’19, claims to have been a backup dancer for Destiny’s Child who was thrown off the plane during Beyonce’s rageful declaration of a solo career.

As he tells this story, it becomes abundantly clear the show was not simply about dance, but about hilarious skits and performances to accompany them. Each dancer’s well-executed comedic timing, slapstick humor, and exaggerative mannerisms proved their acting skills in every scene.

King explained his constant need to dance because of his parents’ neglect and lack of love and approval after his monumental eighth grade dance competition failure against his dreaded fictional enemy, Riley McGuire. The second castaway, Chris Ferrari, MCAS ’20, a hip-hop music manager, found himself stranded after a plane crash as well.

The third castaway Zeke, played by dancer Joe Taveras, MCAS ’18, was a spaced-out hippie who claimed that the “magical island” gave birth to him at the age of 12.

Naturally, the absurdity of the scenario set the stage for even more amusement. Next, the trio of military castaways, The ATeam still working Operation: Never

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Simi Siddalingaiah, the secretary of SASA and MCAS ’18, opened the show with a beautifully raw rendition of the Indian national anthem. As the whole theater rose in respect, many of the family members in the audience began to quietly sing and hum along. In a poignant moment before the energetic show began, emcees Aniket Saoji, MCAS ’17, and Ameet Kallarackal, CSOM ’18, explained that they wanted to honor the parents and grandparents of SASA students for their hard work and sacrifice.

From there, Saoji and Kallarackal switched up the mood, bringing the laughter and camaraderie that would carry the rest of the evening. They did not shy away from poking fun at cultural stereotypes such as arranged marriages and family pressures—even simulating their parents flipping a coin to decide if their children would become doctors or engineers in college—and in doing so provided a picture of growing up in a blend of South Asian and American cultures.

Masti, SASA’s official dance team, kicked off the performances with a lively tour through the

different regions of India. With bare feet and hands raised in beautiful gestures, the dancers flashed in and out of intricate formations.

Their shifting, fluid formations drew the eye as they switched between widely diverse styles of dance. They drew the loudest cheers, however, when they fused traditional-inspired moves with popular songs such as Justin Timberlake’s “Can’t Stop the Feeling.”

Beginning with the freshmen, each class year performed a large group piece throughout the show. Playful moments like the freshman boys forming a chorus line at the front of the stage spiced up the technical and synchronized choreography, which was especially impressive given that the dances are open to non-members, many of whom were not trained dancers.

Before each piece, the presenters played short videos introducing the choreographers and showing a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the hours of practice that went into each piece.

Seeing students joke around between dancing barefoot in the classrooms of Stokes gave the audience a window into the way the SASA community extends into daily life for many BC students.

The emcees then led a dance-off between the boys and girls of SASA, each competing to win the loudest cheers (and dinner at Corcoran Commons for one of the emcees). The boys worked it through playful and confident moves featuring lots of high fives and exploded off the stage into the aisles. Nevertheless, it was the girls, led by choreographers Shefali Shrivastava, CSOM ’18, and Tulsi Pandya, CSOM ’19, who clearly won the audience’s KRISTIN SALESKI / HEIGHTS EDITOR

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Adopting a jovial air during and after dances, SASA’s show was rife with spirit.

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