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Football defeated Louisville 45-42 on Saturday, recording its first win against the Cardinals since 1994.

MCAS Honors to End With Class of 2021 As of now, the CSOM and Lynch Honors Programs remain. BY ABIGAIL DRUHOT Heights Staff

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Two signs hanging on doors in Roncalli Hall, including the one above (left), had the words “don’t” and “do not” written between “Black Lives Matter” Friday night. One student in the dorm hung a poster on their own door in response.

Black Lives Matter Signs Defaced One person in the hall hung a sign responding to Friday’s incident. COLE DADY Heights Staff Two Black Lives Matter signs were defaced in Roncalli Hall on Oct. 13, made to read “Black Lives Don’t Matter.” The perpetrator is unknown and the University is currently investigating the incident. After returning from work, Caitlin Ashton Gardner, CSON ’20, found that her Black Lives Matter sign was defaced, as well as the one on her neighbor’s door. The signs have been on their doors since they attended a Sept. 17 march in support of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals in Boston Common. Two of her friends, Armani King and Daniela Herrera, both MCAS ’20, have also alleged bias-related incidents in Ron-

calli. They have had the words “Hispanic” and “Latino” erased from a whiteboard on their door promoting Hispanic Heritage Month numerous times. Gardner said in a Facebook message that the erasing became progressively worse during Hispanic Heritage Month, which ended last week. The incidents have been documented and reported to the Office of Institutional Diversity for inclusion in BC’s Intolerant Incident database of offenses, according to Jeremy Weinberg, the Residential Life Administrator on Call. The BC Police Department has also been notified of these events and is carrying out an investigation alongside the Office of Residential Life, University Spokesman Jack Dunn said via a BC spokesman in the Official Boston College Class of 2020 Facebook group. “Boston College condemns all acts of hate and will hold anyone found responsible accountable,” Dunn said. In an email to residents of Roncalli,

Weinberg emphasized that BC will not tolerate this behavior and that it is an unacceptable display of intolerance. “This is not only an irresponsible act, but also a cowardly one that does not reflect your sensitivity and concern for one another,” he said. In response to these incidents, Gardner and her friends have erased “don’t” from the signs and put Black Lives Matter signs on every door of their floors in Roncalli. Emma Linville, MCAS ’20, spread word of the defacing through the Official BC Class of 2020 Facebook page Friday evening. She appealed to BC to hold the perpetrator responsible for these actions and create a welcoming community for all BC students. “The minority population of the student body deserves to be respected and should be able to live in an environment in which they feel safe, comfortable, and accepted,” Linville said. 

Students in the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences Honors Program were alerted Friday that after almost 60 years, the Honors Program would be coming to an end. The Class of 2021 will be the last class to graduate in the Honors Program and the upcoming Class of 2022 will not be offered any admittance into an Honors Program, Dean of MCAS Rev. Greg Kalscheur, S.J., wrote in an email. Students currently enrolled in the program, in the Classes of 2019, 2020, and 2021, will have the opportunity to finish out the program until graduation. As for the faculty of the Honors Program, it is planned they will have the opportunity to stay on in full-time positions in other departments, Kalscheur wrote. The announcement comes after some talk among students and faculty within the program that changes were on the way. “As that Core renewal process has unfolded over the last several years, I have been giving careful thought to the role of the Honors Program in the Core Curriculum and in the life of Boston College at this moment in the history of the university,”

A talk on LGBTQ+ Asian Americans closed out the week. For The Heights

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Crowther’s mother, Alison, cheered on runners at the ﬁnish line.

When Anthony Ocampo came out to his parents as gay, his parents were not accepting. Their problem was not with him personally. As immigrants, they had worked extremely hard so that one day their son could find a wife and have children. Ocampo’s being gay suddenly shifted the vision his parents had held to so closely their entire lives. Ocampo, a Filipino-American sociologist, author, and professor at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, spoke to a group of students about the experiences and challenges LGBTQ+ members in minority communities face on Friday evening. The talk was a part of Undergraduate Government of BC’s GLBTQ+ Leadership Council’s (GLC) annual Pride Week, and it was sponsored in collaboration with the Philippine Society of BC. Pride Week began on Tuesday—the first event being a queer intersectional-

BC’s performing arts community speaks about scheduling and space problems.

Senior Josh Oullette has overcome his personal challenges to build a future career on Wall Street.

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ity student panel which featured voices of queer identities from diverse cultural and religious backgrounds, with a focus on the experiences of underrepresented identities within BC’s LGBTQ+ community. “Opening Boston’s Closet” was held on Wednesday to provide a supportive environment for BC students to share their unique stories related to “coming out.” The purpose of the event was to strengthen BC’s LGBTQ+ community and call attention to the diverse backgrounds of its members. On Thursday, the Pride Week Games & Crafts Social offered students in BC’s LGBTQ+ community the opportunity to get to know one another through creating crafts and playing board games together. During Ocampo’s talk, he explained that he began to realize he was gay while studying racial and ethnic identities in graduate school. He had concerns about this because within communities of color there is often an ethos that the members of these communities need to be “respectable,” and implicit in this idea of respectability is not “rocking the boat”

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Kalscheur said. In a note to The Heights, Kalscheur also clarified the timeline of this decision. “Beginning in September 2014, I’ve met several times with the Honors Program faculty to discuss the future of the program, and over the course of those years, I’ve had conversations about the Honors Program and its future with a range of faculty members from the Morrissey College,” he said in an email. He wrote in his letter that a main reason for discontinuing the program is that its purpose was to recruit superior students for a highly selective program, but that today BC is already doing this without the Honors Program. “In 2017, Boston College is a highly selective university with a challenging undergraduate academic program enrolling academically stronger students every year,” he said. “The pressing needs that led to creation of the Honors Program nearly 60 years ago no longer exist today.” Kalscheur said the Perspectives Program will be an outlet for those looking for interdisciplinary study grounded in the great books of Western traditions. Chris Constas of the Honors Program will succeed Brian Braman, current director of the Perspectives Program, as Perspectives’ next director in advance of the Fall 2019 semester. “As an Honors Program alumnus and

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Andrés Reséndez, a historian at the University of California, Davis will speak at an event hosted by the history department today at 5 p.m. in Devlin 101. The seminar aims to highlight ongoing scholarship on the intertwined histories of the Americas from the late-15th through mid-19th centuries.

Monday, October 16, 2017

Marla Weston, CEO of the American Nurses Association will speak at the Connell School of Nursing’s Fall 2017 Pinnacle Lecture. Weston will speak on an issue at the forefront of healthcare tomorrow at 5 p.m. in the Murray Room in the Yawkey Center.

The Boston College Women’s Summit, hosted by the Women’s Center, will take place on Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Throughout the day, speakers will share ideas from their respective fields including media, politics, business, and STEM.

NEWS Lesser Calls on Students to Become ‘Upstanders’ BRIEFS By Alex Benthien

BC Featured at Smithsonian

The Smithsonian National Museum of American History will feature some of the most innovative projects by Boston College faculty and students during ACCelerate: the ACC Smithsonian Creativity and Innovation Festival from Oct. 13 to 15. The three BC initiatives that will be featured at ACCelerate this year are The Guestbook Project, BusWays, and JoyceStick. The ACCelerate Festival celebrates creative exploration and research in the fields of science, engineering, arts, and design. It was developed by the Atlantic Coast Conference, partner ACC universities, and the Smithsonian Institute. “This is an exciting example of collaboration with our Atlantic Coast Conference peers that showcases the kind of innovation happening at our institutions in technology, as well as the arts and sciences,” Vice Provost for Undergraduate Academic Affairs Akua Sarr said to The Chronicle. The Guestbook Project is an online portal specializing in digital storytelling in order to advance peace and reconciliation. Sheila Gallagher, a professor of fine arts, and Richard Kearney, a professor of philosophy, developed the project together. Gallagher and Kearney will perform “Twinsome Minds,” their re-interpretation of the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin, through a mix of music, poetry, storytelling, and animations. BusWays is a mobile app that notifies parents every time their child gets on or off the school bus and allows school systems to gather live data about their bus system. Pedro de Almeida, CSOM ’20, and a few other BC students developed the app. JoyceStick is a 3-D “gamification” of the novel Ulysses that offers an immersive virtual reality experience of the James Joyce classic. Joe Nugent, professor of the practice of English, and a group of BC students worked on this project. Nugent hopes to “open source” the project and engage students outside of BC to continue to develop JoyceStick. “It’s very, very exciting for us to participate,” Nugent said to The Chronicle. “At time when we see numbers in the humanities dropping, our relevance has to be all the more loudly stated. Students should know that if they take an English degree, for instance, they are learning a variable and adaptable discipline that opens up the world.”

Retirement Ctr. Surveys 401(k)s Last week a survey from the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College found that 401(k) plans will fail to provide for a decent retirement for millions of Americans. The survey found that 401(k) plans are not offered by enough employers, are not taken up by enough workers, and many do not have balances that are large enough for a comfortable retirement. The survey, published by Alicia Munnell, the director of the Center for Retirement Research, and Anqi Chen, a research associate, highlight the difference between 401(k) contribution plans, which necessitates careful management by the owner during retirement, and traditional pensions and Social Security, which provide lifetime benefits. “They face the risk of either spending too quickly and outliving their resources or spending too conservatively and depriving themselves of necessities,” the survey reads. “Individuals are on their own.” The study writes that a typical household approaching retirement held $135,000 in combined 401(k) and Individual Retirement Accounts, which amounts to $600 per month in retirement, an amount that will decline in purchasing power over time. And, only half of households have any 401(k)-related holdings.

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When the French encountered Native Americans when they arrived to North America in the 17th century, many people believe they referred to the natives as “savage,” which meant “wild” in their lexicon. What many don’t know is that they were only describing the forest setting in which the natives lived. This was the beginning of stereotyping Native Americans as inferior people, according to Mishy Lesser, co-director of the Upstander Project. Lesser spoke about the cultural genocide of Native Americans on Thursday afternoon. As co-director of the Upstander project, Lesser creates documentaries and learning resources to help teachers and students become “upstanders,” or people who take action against those who are targeted for harm. Lesser and her organization are in post-production for a documentary titled Dawnland, which is focused on the plight of the Wabanaki Tribe in Maine and the injustice that has been directed at Native Americans as a whole in North America. The horrible conduct of child “protection” agencies, directed by the American government, led to widespread corruption of Native American children in the 1960s. Lesser woke up her audience to the nightmare many of these children lived through. Without the help of Indians, many early settlers in New England would

not have survived the brutal winters, Lesser said. Early colonists were grateful for assistance. Once European settlers gained a foothold though, and lost sight of their inferiority in the western territories, their idea of civility clashed with the ancient traditions of the natives. The preservation of Indian culture was forgotten in the push to expand “settled” land in North America, and by the early 1900s, Indians were being told by the government what they could and couldn’t have, even down to the natural resources on their reduced territories. Lesser then mentioned the work in the 1930s of Raphael Lemkin, a Polish lawyer famous for coining the term “genocide.” He worked his entire life for the international recognition of mass killings and their prevention. When he came to the states during World War II, he gave many talks to a fledgling United Nations council in New York on the subject. His goal was to get some sort of resolution passed. Soon after, there was a convention ordered by the U.N. in order to decide how best to implement laws and regulations to prevent and punish genocide. In the end though, the conservative politics of the time won out. “In the process of baking the bread … and many bakers hands were on the bread … [Lemkin’s] concept and vision were diminished,” she said. “He felt very deeply that the destruction of a culture was genocide, and might you guess who opposed that? The United States.” In the 1960s and ’70s, when the

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The filmmaker condemned the separation of Native American families in the 1960s. federal government promoted the unlawful separation of Indian children from their parents, no one was there to stop it. Forced to go to foster homes or boarding schools, these children were dressed like white children, were not allowed to speak their native language, and were systematically gentrified by the organizations meant to protect them, Lesser said. Beyond the psychological abuse, teachers and parents of these displaced children were sometimes physically abusive as well. This corruption of a generation of Native Americans was exactly what Lemkin had hoped to prevent in his activism, but even a first-world democracy couldn’t prevent bigotry as widespread as this. In the preview of Dawnland presented at Lesser’s talk, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Maine

(TRC) sat down with Wabanaki Tribe descendants hurt by the federal program. The running theme was that the nightmare had haunted those involved for the rest of their lives. Although the TRC hoped that sharing the stories of the past and documenting them would help stop future atrocities, it was clear that the damage made was irreversible. Lesser was deeply disturbed at yet another example of white supremacy and ignorance in this country. Lesser shared the words of Gkisedtanamoogk, a Wampanoag Indian who now works with the TRC. Gkisedtanamoogk believes that the power of the few must be used responsibly, or else it could cause pain for the many. “The view from the boat is very different than the view from the shore,” he said. n

Muslim Student Association Holds Vigil for Rohingya By Myroslav Dobroshynskyi For The Heights

The Muslim Student Association held a vigil on O’Neill Plaza for the victims and refugees in the Rohingya genocide on Thursday evening. The oppression of the Rohingya people, the ethnic Muslim minority in Myanmar (formerly known as Burma), has been happening for years and has only gotten worse in 2017. According to a report published by the United Nations, violence against the Rohingya people has reached a new high. In February 2014, there were 1.33 million Rohingya in Myanmar and more than one million living overseas in countries like Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, India, and Pakistan. Over 87,000 Rohingyas have been displaced since the military launched a crackdown in October 2016. As per the event description, the MSA’s goal is to “raise awareness to the atrocities being committed against the Rohingyas and give their

suffering a voice.” Aneeb Sheikh, a member of the MSA and MCAS ’20, started the vigil by telling a story of an atrocity. This one was about a Rohingya woman, Rajuma, and her 18-month-old son, which was recently featured in The New York Times. “She was standing chest-high in the water, clutching her baby son, while her village in Myanmar burned behind her,” Sheikh said. “‘They threw my baby into a fire, they just flung him,’ she [the mother] said.” Sheikh said that two soldiers raped her, and then raped and killed her two sisters. They then shot her mother and 10-year old brother. Rev. James Hairston, campus minister for multi-faith programs, shared a story about a time when he was given a ribbon that raised awareness of the struggles that were happening in Myanmar. He discussed how he kept the ribbon, but until recently, he did not delve deeper into finding out more about the atrocities that were happening. His message to students

was to not only keep those suffering in Myanmar in their prayers, but also to make sure they are taking action. Abdul Rahman Latif, the Muslim chaplain for MSA, spoke about the appalling acts of violence that the government in Myanmar has committed against the Rohingya people and the need for justice regardless of what some might think about the ethnic minority. “Justice is something that should not be our concern only when it affects us or those close to us, it should be a concern at all times,” Rahman said. Nurun Nahar, MCAS ’20, talked about the displacement of the refugees from Myanmar, and how they are often met with hostility in neighboring countries. She spoke of a few volunteer groups, such as Helping Hand USA, that travel to countries like Bangladesh and help provide food and water to the refugees. Nurun also spoke about the need for greater awareness of this humanitarian crisis, especially on a political

level. She advocated for students to inform their representatives in Congress and lobby them to address the crisis by advocating for sending aid and airlifting supplies to the refugees. Zainab Kiyam, treasurer of the MSA and MCAS ’18, concluded the event with a solemn story and a prayer. She told a story of 1,100 children who arrived to a refugee camp on their own,and had to walk for miles from what was left of their village. “The lucky ones were just separated from their loved ones,” Zainab said, “But for the rest of them, their parents were killed.” She asked the students to imagine themselves as being a Rohingya refugee—scared for their lives, hopeless, and not knowing what the next day holds. “May we always remember the value of every human person, and may we always seek to act in ways that uphold the whole dignity and value of the human person,” Zainab said. n

POLICE BLOTTER: 10/11/2017 - 10/13/2017 Wednesday, Oct. 11 8:30 a.m. - A report was filed regarding a vehicle stop at an off-campus location. 12:54 p.m. - A report was filed regarding confiscated property at Keyes South.

ing a breaking and entering incident on Foster Street. 5:27 p.m. - A report was filed regarding a medical incident at Stayer Hall. 11:29 p.m. - A report was filed regarding a suspicious circumstance at O’Neill Library.

2:29 p.m. - A report was filed regard-

Thursday, Oct. 12 11:46 a.m. - A report was filed regarding confiscated property at Gabelli Hall. 12:03 p.m. - A report was filed regarding a medical incident at the Barat House. 12:11 p.m. - A report was filed regarding a larceny by check over $250 at

Roncalli Hall.

Friday, Oct. 13 1:57 a.m. - A report was filed regarding an underage intoxicated person at Duchesne East.

—Source: The Boston College Police Department

CORRECTIONS Where were you when BC beat Louisville? “I was eating lunch.” —Meghan Blake, CSON ’21

“I was at an ultimate frisbee tournament.” —Tom Olson, CSOM ’21

“I was in bed.” —Drew Tomao, MCAS ’21

“I was sleeping.” —Jared Goodfriend, MCAS ’21

Please send corrections to eic@bcheights.com with ‘correction’ in the subject line.

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CSOM to Accept Internal Transfer Applications By Chris Russo Assoc. News Editor

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Pride Week Ends With Personal Story Pride Week, from A1 when it comes to sexuality, he said. Upon discovering how little data had been collected on what it is like to be a queer member of a minority group, Ocampo assumed the responsibility of conducting this research himself. He has gathered years of ethnographic data on queer people of color, and he has spoken to over 200 queer children of immigrants. Ocampo talked about how, while his parents were not accepting of his homosexual identity at first, he realized that when he exposed his parents to stories about other queer people’s experiences, it helped them let go of their preconceived stereotypes. Ocampo encouraged young members of the LGBTQ+ community who are considering coming out to their parents to find an opportunity to un-

derstand their parents’ stories as well. When he came out to his parents, he learned that the problem his parents had with his sexuality was not that they didn’t accept him, but rather that the dreams they had of their son one day finding a wife and having children were what powered them through all of their negative experiences they had had as immigrants. “I had to honor those dreams, and I had to let my parents mourn them,” he said. Ocampo sees storytelling as his form of activism. He believes people can use storytelling as a means of showing how “messy” it is to be gay, which is a means of embracing one’s humanity. “When you think about racism, sexism, Islamophobia, classism, homophobia, transphobia—these systems … are there to dehumanize,” he said. “So anything that you can do

to demonstrate your humanity … is magic.” This cannot always be done in public, Ocampo said, which is why he thinks having safe spaces like ethniccultural centers or LGBTQ centers are important. It is through these spaces that people can have intellectual and creative agency to experiment, and fail, with the person they want to be, he said. Ocampo told the audience to feel free to experience and fail, and think of their failures not as setbacks, but as prerequisites to greatness. “You’re here because hundreds and hundreds of other people tried and failed, and then a handful of them were able to succeed, and they busted the door open for you to be here,” he said. “Figure out what you can do to make your contribution so that you open the door for someone else that comes after you.” n

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Song, Dance at Heritage Month Close By Sam Browning For The Heights This past Friday, the Thea Bowman AHANA and Intercultural Center’s Hispanic Heritage Committee hosted the Hispanic Heritage Month Closing Ceremony. Diego Chavez, MCAS ’20, was the master of ceremonies. This year’s theme of the monthlong celebration is “Latinos keeping the future bright.” It is meant to be a reflection on the first year of President Donald Trump’s term and the recent series of natural disasters that

have affected Hispanic countries. The event began with a presentation of the flags of all Hispanic nations. BC students entered the room individually holding their own country’s flag. The last flag to enter was the United States flag, representing the country that everyone belongs to. Augustin Rac, MCAS ’21, followed the display of flags with singing a song of the bachata genre. After an intermission in which guests were treated to Dominican food, many dance groups performed.

Fuego, the first to enter, performed many different dances ranging from duos and trios to the entire group. Sexual Chocolate performed next, dancing their traditional step numbers but to the sound of Latin club music. Vida de Intensa Pasion ended the show with a Latin-inspired performance of many duos. After a piñata was broken open by an audience member, Chavez ended the event. “I want to thank you all so much for coming,” Chavez said. “We will see you next year for another celebration.” n

Boston College’s Carroll School of Management is accepting internal transfer applications from sophomores this year. Last fall was the first time CSOM decided to accept internal transfers in over four years, according to Richard Keeley, CSOM’s senior associate dean for undergraduate programs. Candidates must be sophomores who have completed at least 45 credits and have a minimum GPA of 3.4. Applicants are then randomly selected from this pool. Last year, there were about 45 applicants and 10 were accepted, Keeley said. CSOM will accept no more than 10 applicants again this year. Applications are due Dec. 1. Years ago, CSOM stopped internal transfer applications because classes were getting too crowded. CSOM brought back

the internal transfer applications last year out of a matter of fairness, Keeley said. The University admits students to CSOM via transfer admission, so in order to level the playing field, CSOM decided to also accept students from other schools at the University. Keeley said students not in CSOM can still take advantage of a business education here at BC. Spots are reserved in all introductory management courses for all undergraduate students not in CSOM. Provided that they have completed the proper prerequisites, they are able to join these courses. Often, economics or math majors interested in business courses take financial accounting and basic finance. They are also able to take higher level management courses. “I think it’s a nationwide anxiety about getting skills that are marketable, and we’re the easiest way to do that,” Keeley said. n

After Almost 60 Years, MCAS Honors to End MCAS Honors, from A1 faculty member who is also an experienced teacher in the Perspectives Program, Professor Constas is well suited to lead Perspectives forward in the years ahead,” Kalscheur said. Kalscheur ended the letter on a positive note, thanking the people who grew the Honors Program to what it is today, notably including the late Albert Folkard, Rev. David Gill, S.J., Rev. Joseph Appleyard, S.J., and Mark O’Connor, who retired in the spring. “The decisions announced in this letter reflect my conviction that, in many ways, the Boston College of 2017 has become the institution that the founders of the Arts and Sciences Honors Program dreamed of bringing into being,” Kalscheur concluded. Honors Program students had a range of reactions to this news, some positive, some negative, some bittersweet. Miranda McDonald-Stahl, MCAS ‘20, who is a former board member of The

Heights, expressed her feeling that this was not a good idea for the school. “Being in the program influenced my decision to go to BC over other schools and I know that’s true for a lot of others as well… While I know Perspectives and other classes are similar and I would probably have taken them as a freshman, I don’t think I would have stayed in them all four years,” she added. Rachel Piccolino, MCAS ‘18 also expressed her feelings about the Program ending. “I really hope that BC finds places for those professors in other departments once the honors program ends,” Piccolino said. “Even though it will not affect me or any current BC student in the program, honors gave me so many opportunities that I wish future BC students could take advantage of… I understand their reasoning for ending the program, but it still feels like the end of an era, and the closing of an important part of my BC experience,” she added. n

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From Friendster to Anonymous, Sienkewicz Explores Media By Eleanor Song For The Heights One minute the class in Merkert 127 is learning about the history of social media like it would in any class—through lecture and discussion—then the next, these 90 students are face-to-face with Kent Lindstrom, the former CEO of the first major social media network, Friendster, who is now working on a news app called Nuzzel. His face lights up the projector screen, as he talks about his firsthand experience starting tech companies. Thanks to the unique teaching style of Matt Sienkiewicz, a professor in both the communication and international studies departments, this is not at all unusual for the Boston College students in his Online Communication and Global Society class. In the p a st , Sienke w icz ha s brought in Gregg Housh, a former hacker for Anonymous who spent years on the run from the FBI. Housh worked as a hacker and activist for the organization, served three months in prison for running a software piracy group, started his own news organization, and even served as an adviser for House of Cards. He’s just one of the more notable speakers Sienkewicz brings to class. These speakers give students a chance to enter into conversations with major figures they otherwise never would have gotten near. “For a 90-people-sized class, I’m surprised he could make it so interactive.” Solina Jean-Louis, MCAS ’18, said. The surprise only lasts so long. By the end of the semester, his students know that they can expect someone interesting and unexpected skyping in for a conversation, because Sienkiewicz is type of professor who can make that happen. He goes out of his way to give his students an experience beyond the classroom, one that puts them in contact with successful people across the globe and inspires them to learn. It is just one of the ways he brings creativity, intellectual discussion, and a far-reaching perspective to BC—all aspects of education and society that he learned the importance of over a lifetime spent pursuing knowledge. Sienkiewicz attended Medfield Senior High School in the nearby Boston suburb, where he experienced a homogenous education. The school, his teachers, and his friends all valued traditional standards of success, such as getting good grades and going to a prestigious university, more than anything else. The curriculum was rigid and unimaginative: canonical books, traditional interpretations of history. There was no room for personal interest or innovation, the kind of creative thinking that Sienkiewicz was searching for. His school funneled him toward one way of thought—the

standard approach to middle-class success—and nothing else, which he couldn’t accept. Instead, Sienkiewicz was exposed to wider-ranging ideas through his family and learned to question things and think differently. He reacted against the rigidity of his high school. He wanted to take control of his studies and develop intellectually, unrestrained by strict and bland standards. For his first step toward that goal, he chose to attend Wesleyan University, which has no core requirements and allows students to figure out their own academic pathway. During his undergraduate film classes, he realized how fascinating and important media could be. He would watch the films, do the readings, and develop his own interpretations and theories to debate with other students after class. Media became a passion, so he found a way to make it his career. After finishing his undergraduate degree, he attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison and got his master’s and Ph.D. in communication arts. While staying in the West Bank for 17 months, he wrote his dissertation on globalization and the struggle for independent Palestinian media. During this education, he learned the international and political importance of media and media studies, especially considering how people can be misled and misinformed by the media. “Media is the thing that everybody uses and nobody understands,” he said. “They think they do, but they don’t. We know that because people get tricked by it all the time.” After finishing his thesis, he was still drawn to the global aspects of media. He focused his academic care er on drawing conne ctions between international studies and communication. This meant looking at global media culture and analyzing the international implications—such as studying Western countries’ investment in Middle Eastern broadcasting and analyzing what that means for international relations, or examining the expanding role of social media in foreign policy. “What excites me is thinking about the connections between stuff you might not think could connect,” he said. For his first post-graduation job, he taught at Gettysburg College for a year. He continued to work on far-ranging media projects, including editing Saturday Night Live and American TV, a collection of essays examining the cultural impact of the sketch show. In 2012, BC noticed Sienkiewicz’s extensive work in global media and offered him joint employment in both the communication and international studies departments. Since coming to BC, he has dedi-

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Since 2005, Sienkiewicz has been nominated for three Emmys for his work as a cinematographer and producer. cated himself to countless projects, one of the most important being his classes. Bringing speakers to class, such as Lindstrom, is one of the most visible ways Sienkiewicz’ does this, and he uses one of his favorite tools, social media, to make it happen. Sienkiewicz calls himself an “aggressive” Twitter user. He follows somebody with an interesting bio on Twitter, and if they follow back, he will interact with them and meet up for coffee to exchange ideas and thoughts. “I have many close friends who I initially met on Twitter,” Sienkiewicz said. “Now I can call them up on the phone.” These experiences push his students outside of the classroom and help bring his lectures to life. “You can tell he’s truly passionate about what he’s doing,” Yizhou He, MCAS ’19, said. “Every class it’s like he’s pouring out knowledge for us with a bottomless bucket. I remember I was freaking out about a midterm, but when I went to his office hours, I saw him in a cozy sweater, with forearms folded and rested on the desk, body leaning forward intently, and I felt instantly welcomed like I can ask him about anything.” During every class and during every office hour, Sienkewicz demonstrates this dedication. He types

down the questions students ask on his computer and answers each and every one of them in full detail. He always uses the last class of the semester to answer questions his students anonymously ask him. More recently, he has introduced his personal side into the classroom. After his son Leon was born, Sienkiewicz gave the whole class updates on the toddler’s life, displaying new photos or videos. He even brought his wife and son to class one day and let his students hold the baby. Outside of the classroom, Sienkiewicz works in multiple areas of media, including television analysis and even production. He has been nominated for three Emmys—one in 2005 for Best Program Writing in New England for the show Windy Acres, one in 2007 for Best Cultural Documentary for his work as cinematographer for Festa, a look at the Feast of Blessed Sacrament celebration in Massachusetts, and most recently a 2016 nomination for his part in co-producing a public service announcement entitled “Said No Drug Dealer Ever,” which targeted opioid abuse by teenagers. Sienkiewicz’s desire to expand his horizons and pursue far-reaching projects is evident simply from sitting in his office. Framed artwork on the wall displays just a few of his

most prominent efforts. One large poster showcases the cover of his recently published book, The Other Air Force, which looks at American broadcasting initiatives in the Middle East post-Sept. 11. Another shows an advertisement for his 40-minute documentary, Live from Bethlehem, which focuses on the struggles, failures, and triumphs of Ma’an News Network, the only major independent news source in the Palestinian territories. “I would argue that working on different topics, as long as you are not spreading yourself too thin, is a really powerful way to come up with new ideas,” Sienkiewicz said. Sienkiewicz is still fervently pursuing new ideas, but at the moment, he is in transition mode after finishing his book. He is taking more time for his family, and conducting research in safer locations, as he enters a new stage of his life, one that revolves around that new baby boy he brought to class. To see this transformation in Sienkewicz life, it’s useful to look at one of his favorite tools—social media. Proudly displayed on his Facebook page, his toddler Leon lights up photo after photo. One post displays two photos side by side: Matt and Leon, father and son, and the caption reads: “Leon is more handsome, sure, but he doesn’t have my style.” n

Friday Night Failures: A Mediocre Football Player’s Life

Archer Parquette If someone were to walk up to me and say, “Hey Archer, do you want to be repeatedly tackled by a 300-lb man in front of a large crowd of friends and family until you’re covered with literal and metaphorical bruises?” I would likely reply, “No, that’s dumb. And how do you know my name? Stay away from me.” That’s probably because I—like many people—am not a huge fan of failure and pain. If I see it coming toward me, like the large cloud of eyeballs that follows me in my dreams, I turn and run. Yet, seven years ago, when my high school offered me the opportunity to spend two and a half hours of every day in pads and a helmet trying to hit guys who were a foot taller and 100 pounds heavier than me, I jumped at the opportunity. Yup. I played football in high school.

Don’t believe me? I don’t blame you. Looking back on it, it almost seems like a fever dream. But every day, I would slide my glasses into the slit in my helmet, wrap my wrist in tape, and go out onto our muddy, pockmarked practice field looking like a bobblehead. Three whole years, and my greatest achievement on the field was an onside kick return. The beautiful moment still plays in my memory: Young Archer, bouncing back and forth before the kick, hoping that the terrible pain in his back is just a sprain and not the first sign of a lingering injury that he’ll forever regret, waiting for the ball to come his way. That chubby little fool of an Archer squatting down and catching the rolling onside kick in his arms, pulling it to his chest, and standing stock still. “Fall,” Coach yelled. “What’s that?” I said, turning to look at him. He closed his eyes and shook his head. Then, thanks to my killer instincts, I realized that I was about to be brutally tackled by a mass of rushing defenders. In a move that will forever go down in history, I

froze stock still and collapsed onto my side like a fallen idol. And I lay there. And the play was over. I had recovered the kick. Angels blasted a joyful reverie upon heavenly trumpets. Or maybe that was just Harvey the right tackle farting. Anyway, that was the peak, and even that was pretty bad. I was a massive failure of a football player. I was small and slow, and every play was an exercise in futility. By the end of my senior year, I left with a Varsity letter, a weird dent in my head, and a violent fear of locker rooms—nothing else. I guess you could say the “camaraderie,” “memories,” and “invaluable friendships” were a byproduct as well, but I’m not about all that emotional stuff. It was a failed enterprise that left me scarred and constantly reminded me that footballing was an activity I was really bad at doing. Most folks would say I should have run from that failure—just quit the team. But most folks would also say that cereal and shrimp don’t go together, and you shouldn’t eat that for dinner, it’s disgusting Archer, what the hell is wrong with you? Those folks are clearly misguided and incorrect.

Failure was a strange light in my life. I used it as a guiding tool, a compass. Yes, every time I went to practice I ended up being thrown halfway across the field, but after practice I could go home and write about pain, friendship, and the weird reality of hitting people really hard in a way I never could before. There was something that a short bespectacled tight end with thyroid problems and chubby cheeks could get out of football—a renewed passion for writing and an experience to write about. If it wasn’t for the years of humiliation and dread that football inspired (and also all the awesome times that I don’t mention here, because I like to make my column dark and unpleasant), I wouldn’t have fully realized that I enjoy writing a lot and am significantly better at it than at football. That’s why now, in my latter days at BC, I’m alarmed at how cowardly I am when it comes to failure. The slightest possibility of rejection, conflict, embarrassment, fungal infection, or plain suckiness scares me away. And I’m sure it probably scares you, my beloved reader, away as well. I’m not saying don’t

be afraid to try new things, because that’s a cliché, and I would rather lace up my cleats again and run suicides until I puke in the grass than write a cliché. I’m saying that failure is a reward in itself if you look at it the right way. It’s a moment that illuminates your character and shows you a new way forward. When I realized that I was a mess at football, I turned toward writing about it—channeling the suck—and instinctively knew something better was happening. You just have to look for a way to use your failure, another angle, and it becomes valuable. Next time I find myself treating a possible failure like my insane Aunt Patricia—with great fear and trembling—I’m going to run headfirst into it instead. Let the 300-lb man tackle you into the dirt for once. Maybe the scars will teach you something amazing. Or maybe it’ll just hurt real bad. Either way—you’ll have a story to tell.

Archer Parquette is the features editor for The Heights. He can be reached on Twitter @ArcherFP.

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Ain’t No Mountain High Enough for Renaissance Man Montes By Grace Gvodas Asst. Copy Editor

Rewind to the poster-filled classrooms of first grade. With stubby swinging legs and food-crusted faces, there was one question that you most loved to answer: What do you want to be when you grow up? A mountain-climber, a teacher, a politician, a CEO, a lawyer, an author. The responses were typically endless and ambitious. For Juan Montes, an assistant professor of the practice, management, and organization department in the Carroll School of Management, however, the answer wasn’t one, but all six. “I love the aesthetics of challenge,” Montes said. “Challenging yourself, challenging your body and your mind to do something that from the ground you say ‘That’s not possible’ is what really motivates me.” And that motivation, plus two full years of intensely disciplined training, is what got him to the top of Mount Everest through South Col via East France, a route that only two other expeditions have accomplished to date. There is a waitlist to climb to the top of Everest through the more typically traversed courses, and Montes wasn’t willing to wait—which is what left him with the more challenging and dangerous options. The route Montes conquered consisted of 3,000 feet of straight rock and ice. “When we arrived we said, ‘No, this is totally crazy,’ but we were there, ya know,” Montes said with a smile. Although Montes spent two-straight years of high-intensity training to prepare him for that moment, his preparation began years before then. At the age of 15, Montes first discovered mountaineering, and by 17 was a self-proclaimed addict, spending every opportunity he had climbing. In addition to Mount Everest, Montes has climbed throughout the mountains of Patagonia, the Himalayas, Andes, Yosemite, and the Alps. Not such a bad addiction to have—aside from maybe the avalanches and 80-plus mile an hour winds, that is. “It’s not the risk, it’s not the adrenaline,” Montes said. “I have to accept the risks because it’s apart of the game but I’m not going to climb mountains because I love risks.” Montes’ office on the third floor of Fulton is scattered with traces of his expeditions. The shelves that occupy the left side of the room are lined with books on climbing, some of which he’s written himself. The remaining three walls contain framed photographs of lakes, avalanches, men climbing over 1,000-foot high mountains of ice. In a casual way, Montes notes

that the ant-size human hanging off the edge is him. If not adrenaline, it’s clear that there is a love for something, and a strong one at that. “All my life I have been driven by nature,” Montes said. Nature is what drove him to become the CEO of Aquachile, the No. 1 salmonproducing company in Chile, and Salmofood, a fish feed producer. It’s what drove him to make reducing the potential for contamination, excess energy usage, and release of harmful gasses into the environment, all common externalities associated with the industry, a top priority. And it’s also what drove him to deny an offer to work for former President of Chile Sebastián Piñera in 2010. Through his work as a CEO in the salmon industry and as a consultant in the private sector after he finished his Ph.D. in strategy and organizational behavior, Montes had connected with Piñera and maintained good relations. Piñera wanted him to help with the technical side of government. But Montes wasn’t interested in being the middleman debating technicalities between congress and the executive power. “If I’m going to spend years of my life in politics, I want to touch things,” Montes said. “I want to build roads. I want to build schools. I want to solve problems for specific people with names. I want to hug people. That’s the real thing in politics.” So he said he wanted to be governor. In Chile, governors are appointed, rather than elected, which meant the decision was up to the president. Piñera told Montes that he was completely mad. The average term of a governor in Chile is nine months or fewer, due to the overwhelming amount of social conflict, especially in regard to poverty, education, and access to a reliable justice system. And that average is for professional politicians, not lawyers, professors, consultants, and CEOs, which had been Montes’ professional experience up to that point. Apparently spending two months suspended above 3,000 feet of ice and rock teaches you something about perseverance, however. Montes remained governor of his region, Las Lagos, “The Lakes,” for three years, the second-longest tenure of a governor in that region to date. Unsurprisingly, the most satisfying part for Montes was his contact with the people and the challenges that arose from it. “Usually we live in a world where we do only some specific set of things, we are good in just a very narrow setup,” Montes said. “So the possibility of having power and resources from housing and education and emergencies, fisheries, economic

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Not only does Montes climb mountains, he is also a politician, a CEO, a lawyer, and an author, who now works at BC.

development, human development, human rights, everything, you know, it’s like a little country that you manage.” That little country that Montes managed experienced two volcanic eruptions over his three years as governor. Not only did he evacuate the region without a single casualty, Montes provided the people with a strong sense of confidence and trust, which is what allowed them to quickly and successfully recover from the damage caused by the eruption. The second volcanic eruption occurred near the border of Argentina, affecting mainly native populations and poor farmers. After the eruption, the farmers knew they needed to leave their shops in the city to go check on their land, but given the frequently unreliable justice system, would not leave due to a realistic fear of being robbed. This posed a problem to not only the specific farmers, but entire communities. People need food. The stakes were high, to say the least. But that’s never been a problem for Montes. He knows how to focus under pressure. “When you are climbing, you are so focused on what you are doing that you don’t allow your mind to fly,” he said. “You understand the risk. You try to minimize the risk. But you are not obsessed with that. If your mind is not totally focused, you are not fully prepared.”

So for two months, Montes protected each one of the shops, with police and military force, and provided transportation for each farmer to go out to their land to feed their animals, check their things, and return safely to the city. Creating that kind of trust between the government and the people is not something easily accomplished. “And you only can do that face to face,” Montes said. He went to the main leaders of the communities like priests and teachers to do just that. And toward the end of his three years, the people of Chile wanted him in congress. During a visit to Boston to continue with research he had been pursuing with a friend at Boston University, Montes mentioned his potential long-term move to the political life. “And he said, ‘Are you crazy, you’re going to spend the rest of your life in politics, that’s nonsense,’” Montes recalled from the conversation. “‘Let’s go to ski, let’s go to nature.’” From there, Montes did a complete 180. “And I realized at that moment that it was my last chance to return to academia,” Montes said. He moved to Boston with his family in 2013 where he began teaching at Boston University. He then arrived at Boston College at 2015, where he now teaches Strategic

Management and Managing People and Organizations . Although the nature of New England doesn’t quite compare to that of the mountains in Patagonia or Yosemite, Montes believes that that’s not what nature is about. “I love nature in whatever presentation,” Montes said. Whether it’s kayaking along the Charles River or simply walking around Walden Pond, Montes finds joy. With this sort of low-maintenance attitude toward nature, you’d almost never know that he has climbed through the most beautiful and challenging mountains in the world. “He’s the kind of guy that takes you by surprise,” Sean Martin, assistant professor of the management and organization department, said, recalling a time Montes casually slipped in his summit of Mount Everest in conversation. Describing him as well-rounded, a man of high character, and most notably, kind, it’s no surprise that Montes excels in the classroom. He uses his personal experiences to enhance his material on behavioral strategy in every lecture. Montes believes that every moment, whether it be in the classroom or a mountain thousands of feet high, is an opportunity to push the boundaries. Though he has found a passion that keeps his feet on the ground, he can still pass on the lessons he learned from climbing one of the tallest mountains in the world. n

After Time in Singapore Coast Guard, Choong Swings at BC By Joan Kennedy Assoc. Copy Editor Han Xiang Choong, MCAS ’19, is probably the only 23-year-old junior at Boston College. He’s probably also the only junior who has touched a dead body—or at least the only one who will admit to it. Choong served two years in Singapore’s coast guard. One night while on patrol, his crew got a call from a Chinese cargo ship—there had been a cleaning accident. It was hotter than hell and tensions were high, the perfect environment for perspiration to mingle with frustration and be fatal. One man got upset while power-washing the deck, so he allegedly threw the hose on the floor. It swung up and hit his friend in the chest—denting it and killing him. Choong and his crew went aboard to check things out. His sergeant asked him to examine the body and check it for abnormalities. Choong, although he had most likely seen his fair share of Grey’s Anatomy like the rest of us, is no doctor. He, however, trudged into the fridge where the body was being kept, knelt down, and felt it up. Choong went from eating stingray on a Singaporean coast guard ship called Thresher Shark , to eating late night in a dining hall. While this may seem like a crazy jump to other people, Choong asserts that it’s not. He was born in Singapore and spent eight years of his life there before moving to Hong Kong. In Hong Kong, he attended an elite German international school. In his school, it was expected that students would go to a prestigious university in either the U.S. or U.K. BC ended up being the only U.S. school to ac-

cept him—which turned out to be a blessing in disguise. Choong enjoys the BC community, citing that it is more like a “village,” than a “walledoff metropolis” like Hong Kong and Singapore. At BC, he has discovered that there is a method to being happy. One must be genuine, relaxed, and optimistic. Being attention-seeking and trying to impress people will result in unhappiness—it’s best to just be “chill.” Though the transition from having a real job to being a student again was challenging, Choong is enjoying the ride. “University life is so ridiculous isn’t it? It’s so strange, there’s nothing like it … you just screw around and hang out,” Choong said. “It’s not real life but it’s fun and I love it.” While his privileged upbringing, wealthy parents, and excellent schooling presumably helps him fit in at a school like BC—it didn’t garner the same effect when he entered the coast guard. Choong faced a lot of resentment during basic training and his early time on the ship, which was mostly filled with 30- to 40-year-olds who were making a career out of something Choong was only passing through so that he could attend an elite college. People aboard the ship gave him the nickname “Ang Moh,” which literally translates to “red hair” and is a mildly derogatory term for “white person.” Choong faced microaggressions for months until he was able to prove that he was useful, competent, and not arrogant. It is compulsory for men in Singapore to serve for two years in National Service. Men can pick from a variety of different agencies—coast

guard, policemen, firemen, and the like. While some people evade the requirement by skipping town, which is treason, Choong decided to give his sea legs a try. “I’ve always been like really fascinated by the sea and ships,” Choong said. “Not only that but by navies as well, by like organizations and the water.” Choong’s official duties were radar operator and assistant gunnery yeoman, but he claims he was really there to do some cooking. Aboard the ship is where he learned to make his famous fried chicken, which he currently makes for his five roommates. While he loves BC and the people at it, he is disillusioned by its prevailing hookup culture, that leaves him feeling a “yawning emptiness.” “I need to find someone I could cook for,” said Choong. Being in the military gave Choong a sense of self-awareness, specifically in his dealings with other people. He brings up the fact that most high school graduates have really big heads. When Choong graduated from high school, he thought he knew everything—that is, until he got to basic training. Thanks to his drill sergeants, whose job was to give orders to and discipline newbies, Choong got a little bit of perspective. “Basic training rots your brain away and makes you bad at math, but it gives you a certain sense of respect for an organization and teaches you about the politics, dynamics, and relationships of a real world organization,” Choong said. “You start to notice the shitty things that people do that you wouldn’t normally notice. They start to affect your job.” During his time in the coast guard, Choong observed a lot of dif-

ferent leadership styles. One Second Captain of his ship was extremely political—concerned only about his image and enhancing his standing. He was all the members of your high school student council combined into one person and put on steroids. He forced the unit to do 24/7 training exercises constantly, which tired them out mentally and physically leading to a dissolving of cohesion. Another leader Choong took notes on was a particular senior noncommissioned officer. He had control over everyone and always knew what was going on. He took care of the crew, and Choong emphasized the importance of caring, stating that if you don’t care about people you will never do anything well. Choong spends his time at BC shaking it with Full Swing. This year, he has the opportunity to choreograph the Showdown routine. He’ll take the lessons he learned from observing various leadership styles in the coast guard and use them in developing his own leadership style. “If you get too focused on the goal, on the thing, you end up screwing over the people who are actually doing it,” Choong said. Choong excitedly looks forward to Showdown, and reluctantly looks back on the quarters he was forced to live in. He recalls that the beds were basically shelves and that nothing will ever be as bad as living on the ship—not even living on Newton. “Newton has a filthy charm to it,” Choong said with a glint in his eye. Life on the ship wasn’t all bad. Besides spending time busting bad guys and sharing a bathroom with 20 other males, Choong spent peaceful time observing the sea when he was on

duty. One night Choong was sitting on the bridge and it was completely dark out. A navigation officer was sitting outside and cast a fishing line. After 30 minutes, he had a bite. The officer was struggling to get the fish on deck so he had Choong and his companions come help. As it turns out, they had caught a large stingray, so the next day barbequed stingray was served. Though there were enjoyable moments in his National Service and in Asia, Choong likes life in the U.S. because he says people are more expressive, friendly, and open-minded. He thinks this sort of demeanor makes the U.S. a more agreeable place to live as he sees Singapore and its people as being somewhat restrained and repressed. While BC’s infamous “lookaway” is demonized as rude and aggressive, Choong says this sort of thing is the norm in Singapore. Choong thinks that there is a big difference between the U.S. military, which is more hard-charging, and Singapore’s military, which is more relaxed. Choong claims that there is a big culture of cutting corners in the Singaporean military, and says the unofficial motto of officers is “le pak,” which means “relax.” Choong states that “le pak” is a lifestyle, and he spends his free time exploring his interest in artificial intelligence, which he sees as a path to the future. Choong thinks that artificial intelligence will be the most important development in human history, but it must be done right—in a way that avoids sci-fi movie’s worst fears. Now that Choong is well on his way toward graduating, the coast is all clear. n

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Two “Black Lives Matter” door signs were defaced in Roncalli Hall over the weekend—a person wrote “don’t” in between “Lives” and “Matter.” This occurrence has drawn criticism from BC students, and has led some on Facebook to call for the University to take action to find and punish the perpetrator. Regardless of its scope, it is important to call this act what it is: overt racism. There is no excuse to be made no matter

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the circumstances, and no downplaying of the matter should be tolerated. Students of color have been historically underrepresented at BC, and students have an obligation to make the University a welcoming place for all. Racism is deplorable in every regard, and detrimental to the progress and diversity that makes BC a productive and successful institution. The person who carried out this

“Let us not act out of fear and misunderstanding, but out of the values of inclusion, diversity, and regard for all that make our country great.” - Loretta Lynch

heinous crime is a coward, and should admit fault for their actions. Moving forward, it is important to remember that any instance of discrimination, from a rearranged Mod Lot sign to a bit of graffiti on a table in O’Neill Library, is representative of a larger, institutional issue that BC students, faculty, and administration alike have a responsibility to address and expel from the University community.

BC Needs More Rehearsal Space In recent years, Boston College dance and a cappella groups have faced difficulty in securing rehearsal space on campus. Designated spaces for dance groups to practice is limited to Brighton Dance Studio (BDS) and O’Connell House. Other multipurpose rooms that dance and a capella groups can reserve on a yearly basis include McElroy 208, the Plex Multipurpose Rooms, and Carney 206. Other larger rooms on campus, such as McElroy 237 and Gasson 100, can be reserved from time to time. Although BC’s current space situation can stretch—barely—to accommodate its 16 dance groups and 12 a cappella groups, the disparity in available rehearsal spots has caused significant difficulties for these groups during the busy weeks leading up to big competitions such as Showdown. During these times, teams practice more frequently and for longer intervals, which can be difficult to arrange for under the present space limitations at the University. This issue is further complicated by the specific needs of each group for practicing their styles of dance. Larger groups such as Dance Ensemble (DE) require bigger spaces for rehearsal and also need marley flooring, a black mat-like material which is found solely on the floor of the BDS. Other groups, such as BC On Tap,

also need specific flooring to practice, as tile flooring—the most common surface among available rooms—would cause members to slip while dancing. Therefore, they also need to practice in either BDS or O’Connell House. A capella groups have specific needs for rehearsal spaces as well. Many groups need a sound system for practice, and others, such as the Common Tones and Sharps, need a piano. Spaces with these specific resources are few at BC, and the process by which clubs reserve rooms does not account for pianos. Thus, many a cappella groups end up practicing in dorm lounges or rooms. If the group’s practice results in a noise complaint, however, then the group will be barred from practicing in the same dorm space again. The limited space for dance and a cappella groups to rehearse on campus stagnates the growth of the arts at BC. Because space assignment is given out by the Office of Student Involvement based on “historic need,” larger groups that have been around for years such as DE will be given priority to use coveted facilities like the BDS. This causes smaller and newer groups, however, to be left to find less adequate spaces for practice, hindering the growth of these younger organizations. There a few ways that the BC administration can seek to mitigate these issues.

First, it is imperative that the University find a way to provide additional practice space to dance teams in the busy weeks of rehearsal leading up to showdown. BC could rent a local warehouse space or other recreational facilities, such as at a community center, to give dance teams rooms to practice before some of their most important yearly events. Showdown is one of the most highly attended events on campus all year, and the University should guarantee that the groups who make the event possible have the necessary resources to prepare. BC should make some of its existing multipurpose rooms available to dance and a cappella groups for practice. The University could do this by providing retractable flooring that could be stored in these rooms, or replacing the floors of these rooms that are not often used except for these groups. Covering some of these rooms, such as McElroy 237, with marley flooring would give groups additional opportunities to practice. Finally, if plans for a student center should ever be finalized, the new space should include four or five rooms dedicated to rehearsal for dance and a cappella teams. Providing these additional spaces will ensure that many communities at BC benefit from the new facilities and will promote the growth of the arts at BC.

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The Irony of ‘Free Speech’

Josh Behrens Again and Again - The day has finally come. The album you’ve been waiting for weeks is finally dropping tonight, and you can hardly contain your excitement. You persuade yourself to stay up until midnight doing Calculus homework just so you can listen to it the second it comes out on Spotify. When 12 a.m. finally rolls around, you throw your headphones in and hit play on the new record. The first song is emotional and inspiring, the artist setting the tone for the project. You listen on, and by the end of the album, you come to a realization. This will be just about the only music you listen to for the next month. Between each class, during every study session, bumping on a Friday night, you listen again to the album, mesmerized and addicted under its magical spell. There’s almost nothing better. Remembering Why - Welles Remy Crowther is an inspiration for everyone at Boston College. At the Red Bandana Run on Saturday, this was clear, as the community came together to raise money in his memory. In celebrating Crowther’s life and heroics, it is important to remember that his selflessness on that fateful day should serve as a model for the rest of us, not just in moments of crisis, but in how we live our daily lives. Rest in peace, Welles. I hope that we can live up to your legacy.

Free speech is perhaps the most talked about issue on American college campuses. Nearly every day, it seems like there’s yet another think piece about how us millennial college students abhor confronting opposing views and will destroy the quintessential American right to free speech with our unwavering fealty to a über-politically-correct liberal agenda. “College Students vs. Free Speech” and “A chilling study shows how hostile college students are toward free speech” are two bombastic headlines from just the past few weeks. Apparently, the situation is so dire that Attorney General Jeff Sessions is prioritizing protecting college free speech as a part of his national agenda. If you believe everything you read, then we latte-loving, snowflake millennials present a grave threat to the First Amendment. Like many of the media narratives floating around these days, the pundits aren’t telling the whole truth. In fact, the true threats to college free speech, especially on Catholic campuses, are not leftist students, but rather conservatives. Let’s delve into recent history. In September, BC theology professor M. Shawn Copeland and a school at which she was supposed to speak, Madonna College, agreed to cancel her event due to conservative backlash surrounding her support of the Catholic LGBTQ+ community. One of the most prolific living Jesuits, Rev. James Martin, S.J., was disinvited from speaking at Theological College due to his LGBTQ+ sympathies following a vicious social media campaign by zealous Catholic conservatives. Martin has been canceled on two other occasions this year at the Order of the Holy Sepulchre and a Catholic Charity CAFOD, illustrating the terrifying power conservative people have over Catholic

communities. It turns out that conservative Catholics fight fervently for “safe spaces,” free from any viewpoint contrary to their rigid orthodoxy. Turning the mirror back on BC’s history, we can see a similar trend. Conservatives pose the gravest threat to free speech on our Jesuit campus. In 2005, the BC administration canceled a GLC-sponsored dance because it “promoted a lifestyle that conflicted with Catholic values.” In 2013, BC shut down a play written by a BC student that tackled themes of homosexuality because it was deemed “too controversial.” Both of these actions which took away liberal students’ right to free speech were fueled by conservative pressure. BC is a private school that can legally limit free speech, but it doesn’t make their actions morally right. This epidemic of conservatives silencing leftist voices is not unique to Catholic campuses, but rather simply a part of a larger national trend of successful, anti-leftist conservative campaigns. Controversial whistleblower, civil rights activist, and trans activist Chelsea Manning was invited, and then promptly disinvited, from becoming a Harvard Kennedy School fellow because of intense backlash by the powerful conservative national security community. Princeton professor Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor (who spoke at BC in the spring) was forced to cancel speeches in Seattle and California due to death threats against her for anti-Trump statements she made in a commencement address that was reported on by Fox News. Just last week, Drexel University put political science professor George Ciccariello-Maher on administrative leave after a rabid rightwing reaction to his tweets about how the Las Vegas shooting was fueled by ingrained American sexism and racism despite having ever-so-coveted tenure that is supposed to protect academic freedom. Last year, nearly 200 professors nationwide were put on a “Professor Watchlist” for “advancing a radical agenda in the classroom,” subjecting them to targeted harassment campaigns and doxxing. It still exists and is constantly updated to this day.

The watchlist was put together by Turning Point USA, one of the largest conservative collegiate organizations in the country that ironically cites “free speech” as one of its main values. Turning Point is establishing a chapter at BC. The watchlist hit home here at BC, as history professor Heather Cox Richardson– one of BC’s most high-profile professors– was placed on the watchlist last October because she is “un-American” and “leftist.” “So, yes, I have the dubious honor of being on the ‘Professor Watchlist,’ a list published recently by a young alt-right provocateur who knew that such a list would get media traction because of Senator McCarthy’s attacks on academics during the Red Scare. I made the list not because of complaints about my teaching, but because of my public writing about politics,” Richardson wrote in a Facebook post. Richardson was removed from the list shortly after, but her presence on the list, along with the hundreds of other so-called “leftist” professors, including at least 4 in the Boston area, demonstrates that the Right will only fight for campus free speech as long as it aligns with its conservative values. What frustrates me the most about the national conversation around free speech is the blatant hypocrisy on the part of campus conservatives. They trumpet the First Amendment as their scripture, their guiding light, often quoting Voltaire in saying that they may disagree with what liberals say, but they will defend to the death their right to say it. Yet, time and time again, campus conservatives do exactly what they accuse the left of doing: silencing people’s right to speak. “Free speech” is a vapid rallying cry for campus conservatives, a reaction to the fact that most of their peers and educators are on the left-side of the spectrum, rather than a genuine reflection of reality. When the rubber hits the road, conservatives are to blame for silencing many voices on college campuses, turning into the very “snowflakes” they decry.

Josh Behrens is an op-ed columnist for The Heights. He can be reached at opinions@bcheights.com.

Life and the Lecture Hall Camouflage BC Hats - This is a campus fashion fad that I’ve never really understood. Boston College is, as you probably know, located in the Northeast, right outside of Boston, Massachusetts to be exact. Many BC students, however, see it fitting to sport camouflage baseball caps bearing the BC logo, indicating to an unknowing observer that BC might be found in Alabama or Mississippi. Other than the fact that I think camouflage clothing is ugly, I take issue with camouflage BC apparel because it is connected to frat culture, which our school, thankfully, is safe from as an institution. While BC has its fair share of “bros,” the lack of University-sanctioned Greek Life liberates its students from shallow social pressures and the dangerous, and even sometimes fatal, process of joining a fraternity. Camouflage clothing is among the common apparel associated with frat culture in the South, where pledges have to put metal trash cans on their heads and be beaten with baseball bats in order to pay to have friends. For whatever reason, camouflage has become a “preppy” fashion trend, and this is why BC is able to sell the hats in question. I’m definitely nitpicking, but I think it’s dumb.

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Shannon Lyons The sharpened tip of my Ticonderoga pencil glides across the page of my notebook, moving at the speed of light. My neck is craned and a dull ache spreads through my clenched hand, but I cannot stop writing. The midterm exam is less than a week away and the lecture slides will not be posted online, meaning that every second of class time is infinitely valuable. To both read the notes on the board and simultaneously write them down, without so much as glancing at the page, is an admirable skill which I have yet to master. The seniors to my left and right appear to do so effortlessly, but for me, every bullet point presents the difficult task of rapidly shifting my eyes back and forth, from the powerpoint at the front of the room to the page on my desk. The professor appears to be providing additional insight on the slides, but I do not have time to listen and record all of the material on the board. His voice blends with the distant drone of the air conditioning unit, as the seconds on the clock slip rapidly away. I can feel the tip of my pencil grow duller and duller, but I cannot stop writing—even if I wanted to. This frantic sense of urgency which note-taking so often evokes, especially in the weeks surrounding midterm exams, is not exclusive to the context of a classroom. In fact, I believe that in some ways, the nature of a lecture hall mirrors the nature of the college experience itself. Given that we only have four years as a student on campus, time is a precious commodity which seems to slip through our fingers all too fast. A common fear which prevails among the student body is the idea that we are not making the

most of our limited time here—that we have not joined enough clubs, met enough people, or taken advantage of the resources offered to us. The semesters on the academic calendar seem to pass by at lightning speed, and thus we are often left feeling as though we must fill every moment with constant activity, productivity, and interaction. Every weekend must include an unforgettable night, with a series of photographs to prove it. Every weeknight in the library must fill you with satisfactory exhaustion. Every lecture should leave your hand aching to the bone. It seems that there is no time to relent—to rest your pencil and reflect on the words you’ve written down. I will admit that there is something rewarding about this “go, go, go” mentality—something exciting about that frantic desire to make life memorable. The problem is, that without slowing down and tuning into the experience itself, the memories ultimately become meaningless. A few days ago, I took the first midterm exam for my history class, which is a lecture consisting of almost 250 students. Though the test itself was fair, the process of studying and preparing for the exam proved to be considerably more challenging than I’d anticipated. I didn’t understand why. I had written everything on the powerpoint slides down, transcribing the bullet-points word-for-word. I had made sure to spell key words correctly and to underline all of my headers, as the professor did. When I went back to thoroughly “review” the information, however, I discovered that I had never truly learned it at all, nor spent sufficient time actually internalizing the information I had written down. Only then did I realize my mistake. In focusing solely on recording the material on the board and essentially disregarding the professor’s additional commentary, I had no way of extracting meaning from my notes. To me, they were nothing more than fragmented

sentences and arbitrary key-words. I do not want to look back upon my college experience with the same dawning realization. I want the pictures from weekend nights to mean something more—to remind me of good friends and unforgettable songs. I want the exhaustion I feel at the end of a Tuesday night to be a sign that I am working hard, not merely so that I can achieve an A or respect from those around me, but so that I can go to sleep at night knowing I could make a difference in the world one day. I want my hand to ache not because I am trying to desperately replicate what society tells me is important, but because I am passionate about writing my own life story. The next class, I entered the lecture hall determined to change my ways. Instead of mindlessly copying down the information on the slides, I directed my attention to the professor and to his insights on the material. I quickly found that in simply listening to the professor and taking note of what I understood to be most important, the class was remarkably more fulfilling. I could extract meaning from his words and write them down in a way that made sense to me personally. I believe there is a way that we can live life like this as well—a way to refine our experience into that which grants us the greatest sense of satisfaction and purpose. Rather than joining every service group on campus, going out every possible Friday, or becoming fixated on acing every single midterm exam, perhaps we can selectively channel our energy into those clubs, classes, and weekend nights that matter most to us. Time is a precious commodity, but it does not have to slip through our fingers. Let us hold it in the palm of our hands, firmly, until our bones ache and our bodies flood with the satisfactory exhaustion of a life well lived.

Shannon Lyons is an op-ed columnist for The Heights. She can be reached at opinions@bcheights.com.

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A Cultural Awakening Lucia Madero

Integrating cultures can be a tough job for anyone. There are intricacies to each and every different lifestyle, and blending them together can be a lengthy process. There is also a feeling of responsibility that comes with being from a certain culture. You are expected to know about its foods, celebrations, and customs regardless of whether you were raised to follow these traditions. For me, the first time I realized I needed to get to know more about my country was when I was six and living in Spain. Being the only Mexican in my classroom was usually a lot of fun. I got asked to point out my country and hometown on the world map practically everyday, which made me feel very exotic. Two days before “International Day” came around at school, I was already prepared. I thought I was ready for every possible question. I knew the name of the city I was born in, I knew the name of the capital, and I knew the name of the president at the time. Then, as I sat with my friends at lunch, I saw the teacher come up to me. A couple of minutes later, after agreeing to make a piñata for the class, my six-year-old brain reevaluated my original assumption. Had I ever made a piñata before? No. Did I know what they looked like? Yeah. Would my parents help me? Probably. I continued to eat my lunch, safely assuming that the odds were in my favor. That day at home, I told my parents about my situation and asked for their help. They looked perplexed for a second, but in the end shrugged, all of us thinking, “How hard can it be?” It was hard. As my mother and I struggled to put the paper maché on a soccer ball, I waited impatiently for my Mexican genes to kick in. I should know how to do this more efficiently, I thought. But two hours later, after we had stuck some cones onto the covered soccer ball, I forgot about my worries and couldn’t help but beam. It looked perfect. Of course, there was no candy inside the piñata. My mom and I had pondered how to make it so that it would be round, and a soccer ball had been our solution. Looking at the finished product, no one would’ve been able to tell that the piñata was home-made, and I was so proud. We thought we had discovered how to make a piñata by ourselves, and all without the help of Google! Spoiler alert: We thought wrong. Two days later, my teacher was ecstatically helping me hang the piñata up, promising all the children that everyone would get a turn to hit it. It wasn’t until she started to tell the children that piñatas were supposed to break once you hit them that I realized this was not all going to go as planned. It took the teacher approximately three kids to figure out something was wrong with my piñata. The children would run up and hit it hard, expecting to make a dent. Instead, because of the soccer ball I had so carefully hidden in the middle, they would bounce back and land on the floor. The piñata was left unscathed. After my embarrassment that day, I realized just how little I actually knew about my country and our customs, and decided to make more of an effort to learn about my origins. Monterrey is one of the more Americanized cities in Mexico, and I’ve always appreciated the liberal upbringing I’ve had because it helped me integrate more smoothly when I came to the U.S. There are still many beautiful traditions, however, that the Mexican culture holds dear—traditions that make me who I am, in part, and customs that I want to keep learning about. Rather than viewing it as a responsibility, learning about our culture and how to integrate it into the many others we may have encountered throughout our lives should be an adventure. There is no straightforward manual for any culture, and much less one for how to bring them together. It’s a work in progress for everyone. Though I realize now that I do not need to feign knowing about all of Mexico’s traditions, I’m still proud to say I have figured out the secret to building a working piñata instead of a battering ram.

Lucia Madero is an op-ed columnist for The Heights. She can be reached at opinions@bcheights.com.

The Heights

Monday, October 16, 2017

Through Doubts and Setbacks, Ouellette Excels for Family

Not much has come easy for the senior in CSOM, but his determination and work ethic are leading him to the top. Archer Parquette Features Editor Josh Ouellette’s guidance counselor told him he shouldn’t apply to Boston College—he wouldn’t get in. It’s a prestigious school, admissions are too selective, he’s aiming too high. For someone looking at Ouellette from the outside, maybe the counselor’s pessimism made sense. At a college where the median family income is $194,100, the campus is populated by alumni of the country’s leading prep schools, and students have legacies in Chestnut Hill going back decades, Ouellette did not fit the mold. His family didn’t have money. His parents didn’t go to college. The first 18 years of his life, growing up in Malden, Mass., were far from easy. Both Ouellette’s parents suffer from physical and mental illnesses, which have led to suicide attempts, and his brother is autistic. These difficulties made steady employment and family stability nearly impossible. At times, his parents each tried to work two jobs, but the illnesses and disabilities eventually made that impossible. During his childhood, the family went through periods of homelessness, and Ouellette realized that he would have to grow up fast or the world would leave him behind. “I’ve been the man of the house since roughly 10 years old,” he said. Just dealing with the financial and emotional difficulties of the situation was a big enough challenge, but

Ouellette had greater ambitions and wanted to do more for his family. To become the first person in his family to graduate from college, he would have to work harder than everyone around him. He managed to receive a full scholarship from Malden Catholic High School. Despite the constant financial and medical worries outside of the classroom, he dedicated himself to studying and getting into a good college. He knew that he was capable of it, even if the people w h o w e re s u p posed to support him doubted him. That was why he didn’t listen to his guidance counselor. He applied to BC, and a few months later he received an acceptance letter and was named a Pops on The Heights scholar. Getting to BC didn’t end Ouellette’s struggle to succeed—far from it. Being dropped in the competitive environment, surrounded by students with years of experience at prep schools, he found it difficult to adjust. In the school of management, he found that classes demanded hours of study and that professors expected students to learn the material outside of class. Time and effort weren’t a problem for Ouellette, but learning the material wasn’t only about dedication—he had to buy the book.

Financial aid doesn’t cover textbook expenses, and Ouellette, CSOM ’18, found himself struggling to get copies of textbooks that cost between $300 to $600. For some classes, he would go without the expensive book, and his grades would suffer. This difficulty was part of the larger struggle he experienced as a first-generation college student. Navigating the realities of college life was confusing for someone without a family network to fall back

ask for help at office hours and be turned away without everything he needed. This was disheartening, but he also found some professors—like his freshman perspectives professor David Johnson—who mentored him through the difficult first years at BC. He took this help and doubled his efforts to succeed. “He is driven, I think, to do what he does for the sake of his family,” Johnson said in an email. “We have spent many hours in my office talking about his family and his dreams for both himself and them. What I admire most about him is that he thinks of his future success in terms of what he will be able to do for them.” Despite Ouellette’s best efforts, money continued to be an obstacle, not only for textbooks, but outside of academics. If people on his floor were going into the city, he couldn’t afford the cost. He couldn’t use what money he had on something frivolous like that. He had to prioritize his responsibilities and goals over everything else. “I had to sacrifice the traditional college experience just to be able to achieve at minimum the same thing,” he said. In four years at BC, Ouellette has never attended a football game. They waste too much time and he has work to do. During the games, while other students tailgated and cheered, he went to the library and used his day off to study. There’s never been enough time in the day for Ouellette. If other students started off with an advantage over him—money, academic experience, connections—he wasn’t going to let them beat him in effort. “The best person to figure out what’s best for you is yourself at the end of the day,” he said. The work paid off after junior year, when he secured an internship position at Goldman Sachs. He quickly turned that internship into a post-graduation job offer. While for many BC students, this is the goal they’ve been working for their entire undergraduate careers, it is only the first part of what Ouellette wants to do. First he wants to help people like him who have to overcome financial nHe took a position as a senior advisor for the first-generation club on campus and is using that position to spearhead sessions to help first

“I’ve been the man of the house since I was 10 years old.” - Josh Ouellette

on. Other multi-generation BC students had years of experience behind them. Students whose parents hadn’t gone to BC still had a support system that understood college and what it required. Ouellette found that his best resource was himself. This self-reliance helped him make it through his first year of college. “I didn’t know anything,” he said. “I was winging it … My parents couldn’t help me with anything.” Looking for support at BC, Ouellette found that some professors didn’t have time for him. He would

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Ouellette has never attended a Boston College football game on campus, opting instead to use the time to study.

-eneration students understand how to navigate the world of finance. At the same time, he has also co-founded an initiative called the First Generation Affinity Network, which helps connect first-generation students, who have no family network in the world of Wall Street. His co-founder Isabella Viola, MCAS ’18, was convinced to take on the initiative when Ouellette contacted her. “The way he pitched to me made me really want to get involved,” she said. “Josh is an extremely motivated person. Just seeing him at BC—I think he’s the person that’s always looking for his next step—whether that in his career, his classes, extracurriculars.” Ouellette’s efforts haven’t gone unnoticed at BC. He was nominated by senior faculty members to represent BC during a trip to Washington D.C., to meet with congressmen and senators to discuss higher education policy. During the late-October trip, he and two other BC students will join other students from across the country to bring their ideas to Washington, and will get a firsthand look at the policymaking offices that control much of the federal aid that helped Ouellette attend college in the first place. Once he graduates and moves on to Wall Street, he has no desire to stop striving. He’s planning to apply to Harvard Business School to get an MBA, after which he can return to Goldman and expand his career in finance. Further into the future, he has two ultimate goals. To be the CEO of his own company and to get into politics, maybe even to run for president one day. But for now, he has still has seven months left at BC, and he won’t let up. Everyday he gets out of bed between six and seven in the morning for a day of studying and work and back to bed by one in the morning. It’s a tough schedule he has to maintain to achieve what he’s set out for himself. At this point, Ouellette knows that he has accomplished a lot and is on the road to the future successes he hopes for, but that doesn’t change the most important thing in his life. Through all his long days full of commitments and his late nights studying, he makes a point to remember one crucial thing above all others, something that reminds him not only of his responsibilities, but of the motivation that keeps him working. “I always call my mom—ever y single day,” he said. “I never forget to do that.” n

Dear Shannon: To Use All Four Years or Get the Off-Campus Experience?

Shannon Kelly Hi Shannon! Long-time reader, first-time writer. I was just popping around my Agora Portal, and I realized that I actually was granted four years of housing this whole time! A lot of my junior friends are in the same boat, weirdly enough, but they’re still debating whether to live on campus or not. They all want the experience of living off, and ResLife says it’s cheaper, but I’m not completely sold on either of those things. What’s a girl to do? -Hopefully not homeless in the future Dear HNHITF, First of all, what an effective way of minimizing confusion and writing fewer words by abbreviating your pseudonym. It is one of my favorite parts of being an advice columnist these days, besides the thrill of getting an email from someone seeking advice. Google exists now, girl! You could go anywhere for this answer and you still took the time to write this. But I digress. I will boil this down to two words: Stay on. If you happen to be blessed by the fickle gods at the Office of Residential Life, you don’t mess with it. Living off campus is a fresh hell disguised as a learning experience. Your friends who are not so lucky will be stuck in a housing limbo for months, and even

longer if you’re a transfer student, who aren’t notified of their housing placement until weeks before the school year starts. I was granted my appeal two days after I signed my lease. There’s nothing wrong with living off campus when you’re a junior, I suppose, besides the fact that I operate under the old-fashioned idea that colleges should provide adequate housing for the number of people they have on campus. I don’t know, that’s just me. I also get, however, that Boston College is uniquely situated between the suburbs and the city of Boston, which is used as both a selling point and an excuse. In this case, it means that there’s not enough room for new BC buildings, which means schlepping from your apartment to campus as a junior is pretty much a given for most people. But if you have the choice? You’d be crazy not to take BC up on its offer. BC treats living off campus as a great experience that will teach you a lot about how things operate in the real world. This is untrue for many reasons, but one of the biggest ones BC students face is that we are not regular people in the real world. We are straddling the line between college students who’d eat a slice of pizza from Pino’s off the ground and established adults with 401(k) accounts. It’s the real-life purgatory. Because of that, people can treat you like garbage. Have a problem with your fridge? Someone parked in your spot? Your house that’s legally only supposed to house four people breaks a hole in the deck window? Good luck getting in contact with anyone or

having your issue ever get fixed. My building is almost entirely BC students and our landlord takes days to reply to an email. I once heard a kid say that he would be charged $100 if he called his landlord between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. I kind of wish I was his landlord, because I would never have to do any work, ever. The Off-Campus Office also defines “experience” not as something you gain through learning and controlled exposure, but something akin to a Sim being dropped in the middle of a bathroom with the appliances turned toward the walls. You gain experience by complaining to all of your friends and getting your parents involved because no adult will take you seriously because they know you aren’t paying the rent. When I got my apartment, I thought everything would be pretty simple once I moved in, but then you have to coordinate payments, and get things fixed, and someone has to be there for the cable provider to come, and anyone can literally walk in at any time to check that the heat works in the beginning of September when it’s 90 degrees outside. The “experience” you gain is limited to the experience that people will walk all over you if you aren’t the one signing the checks. So really, nothing like what it will be when you’re an adult with a job and you live on your own. And then there’s the line that BC parades out about living off campus being cheaper than living on* (*in some cases, a kind of legal term that means that BC doesn’t really have to be truthful on this point). My

experience isn’t typical to everyone else—I’m a senior who transferred to BC two years ago, so there aren’t four or five other seniors I know with whom I could get a house on Algonquin. I have one roommate, who is both a junior and a joy, but that means that our options were limited to one- or two-bedroom apartments, which can be very expensive. Living off campus is cheaper if you pile six or seven people into a house (sometimes illegally, depending on where the house is), but that’s not a lifestyle for everyone. Maybe you hated living in an eight-person suite in 90, or you don’t have a ton of friends that don’t have housing or that you’d want to live with. Your year would be miserable, but so affordable at $700 a month, not including utilities, food, internet, trips to the grocery store because you don’t have a big meal plan, the meal plan you might get because you still have to eat when you’re on campus sometimes … It adds up in a way that makes it seem like it’s not a completely accurate statement for everyone, and that’s where the asterisk comes in. Off campus, on the whole, is gross. You’re probably living in an old, creaky house with no carpets, and if there are carpets, they’re covered in the hair of the past 30 residents and the dregs of 100 Natty Lights. Your floors will never not be sticky. You will live in fear that your carbon monoxide alarms don’t actually work, and you will wake up in the middle of the night wondering if you turned off the gas oven. It will smell disgusting. You will pass out on a couch that has been home to a thousand asses, and what

can you do about it? The previous renter charged you $150 for the entire furniture “set.” On the other hand, 90 and Stayer are palaces. Brick walls that allow for easy Command strip removal! A sizeable common room with more than one light so you don’t end up sitting in the dark at 6 p.m.! A shower that you may have to wear shoes in, but dammit if you clog it with all your roommates’ hair, you will still get some help. You realize now that this is the lap of luxury. In my youth two years ago, the most terrifying “on-campus” housing prospect was Greycliff. It was so far! You had to pass the graveyard! Only the most cursed among us were banished to live there! The thought of Greycliff always conjured an image of a kitschy lightning strike over the building, followed by a dramatic dun dun dun! Somehow everyone knows at least one person who lives there, even though there’s room for 40 people. And yet now, 2000 is two blocks farther, and people love it. It’s like living off campus, but without any of the inconvenience. Not too far from Club Kirk and your friends on Foster, but none of the hassle of rent payments and landlords who seem like their only job is to give you anxiety. It is truly the best of both worlds. Good luck in your decision making (but if you don’t choose to live on campus don’t come crying to me about it), -Shannon

Shannon is the assistant features editor for The Heights. She can be reached on Twitter @ShannonJoyKelly.

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2017

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True freshman A.J. Dillon, the National Offensive Player of the Week, powered BC to its ﬁrst ACC win of the year against Lamar Jackson’s Cardinals. BY RILEY OVEREND Sports Editor LOUISVILLE, Ky. — During a Saturday shootout in Louisville, under the unlikeliest of circumstances, it all came together for Boston College football—and it was beautiful. After Anthony Brown left the game with a shoulder injury in the third quarter, backup quarterback Darius Wade led the Eagles on three-straight scoring drives to give them a 42-28 lead by the beginning

of the fourth quarter. A.J. Dillon rushed for 272 yards and four touchdowns—BC’s first 200-yard rusher since Andre Williams in 2013—punctuating his career day with a violent stiff arm that sparked a 75-yard touchdown run on the first play of the fourth. And Colton Lichtenberg, one for his last six field goal attempts, drilled the game-winning 27-yard chip shot as time expired to deal Lamar Jackson and the Cardinals a 45-42 upset at Papa John’s Stadium.

“Our issue has been that we’ve had a hard time closing out because we get gassed,” head coach Steve Addazio said. “So for us to finish—to stand, and finish—I’m so proud of our kids for finding a way to get that done.” It certainly didn’t start pretty for the Eagles. Jackson connected with Jaylen Smith for a 34-yard catch and run, setting up a perfectly executed play-action pass that found Kem Aver-

BY ANDY BACKSTROM Asst. Sports Editor Boston College football running back Jonathan Hilliman trotted out to the field for the first series of Saturday’s game against Louisville. After being used as a decoy on the Eagles’ opening play—an 18-yard play-action pass to Tommy Sweeney—the redshirt junior’s number was called. Offensive coordinator Scot Loeffler turned to Hilliman on back-to-back running

plays. On 1st-and-10, Hilliman received a handoff out of the Iformation. Instead of following his blocker up the middle, he bounced outside. A few steps later, the 220-pound back was greeted by a swarm of Cardinals, four yards behind the line of scrimmage. Seconds later, Hilliman was back on the ground again. Brown pitched the ball to Hilliman out of the backfield on second down, and the Plainfield, N.J. native sprinted toward the sideline.

But there was nowhere to cut. Leading a pack of three Louisville defenders, TreSean Smith chased Hilliman down for a loss of two yards. From that point on, Hilliman took a backseat. And his mentee—A.J. Dillon— emerged as the feature back BC fans have been looking for since Andre Williams left for the NFL in 2013. Dillon exploded for a career-high 272 yards and four

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North Carolina’s Free Pass Offers Hope for Louisville Fans RILEY OVEREND Louisville fans were not happy by the time their bourbon-fueled gameday experience was over late Saturday afternoon. They watched their Heisman hero total 500 yards and five touchdowns, only to be outdone by a notoriously low-scoring Steve Addazio offense led by a backup quarterback and a true freshman running back. As SBNation’s Spencer Hall wrote on Twitter, “Giving up 35 points to Boston College is a sign your defense has termites and needs to be tented.” And that was with 15 minutes remaining. By the end of the 45-42 upset, the Cardinals’ battered front seven looked overpowered against the Eagles equallybattered offensive line. “This is about as tough a loss as I remember being around,” Louisville head coach Bobby Petrino said after the game. What was frustrating for Louisville fans were the repeated missed tackles and

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blown coverages—plus, it looked like BC just wanted it more. So the 45,000 faithful in Papa John’s Stadium let the Cardinals know how they felt about it. Boos showered from the stands on each of the Eagles’ final three scores, usually provoked by a thundering run from A.J. Dillon, who finished with 272 yards and four touchdowns, en route to Walter Camp National Player of the Week honors. Fans retreated back into the heart of the city after the loss with their heads down. My Lyft driver ranted about Bobby Petrino’s short leash, and how his buyout was cut in half when athletic director Tom Jurich was canned. Even the United Airlines representative, who spotted my BC sweatshirt after telling me my 6 a.m. flight was delayed again, couldn’t help but roast his team’s defense. “TURH-ible,” he said shaking his head. “Just TURH-ible.” The loss comes at a troubling time for fans. In the background of football’s mediocre year lurks the impending FBI scandal that chewed up Rick Pitino and spit out grease. The future of Louisville men’s basketball is in serious jeopardy: After the program’s 2013 stripper scandal, some are even calling for the dreaded “death penalty.”

But there are two pieces of news this week that may ease die-hard Louisville fans’ qualms about their only local sports team. First, the FBI investigation into the pay-for-shoe-deal debacle may not make its way back into NCAA jurisdiction for quite some time. That bodes well, as North Carolina just showed the rest of the country how to expertly “run out the clock” on the NCAA. On Friday, the NCAA announced that it would not be handing down sanctions in an academic fraud case dating back nearly a decade. It concerned phony classes, and the high number of student-athletes who enrolled for bogus essays and easy A’s. But because UNC also offered these courses to the general student body, they fit neatly into a loophole in NCAA bylaws. The university was in the wrong, the Committee on Infractions admitted, but couldn’t be punished because they didn’t break the rules. In other words, the NCAA provided a blueprint to its members on how to get away with academic fraud. The NCAA’s disciplinary process, which dragged on for four years until the scandal was nearly a decade in the rear view mirror, worked in favor of UNC. It

also didn’t hurt that the Tar Heels are the darlings of college basketball, with enough of a storied history to make any commissioner think twice about sanctions. And so it was business as usual for Roy Williams & Co. this weekend. UNC hung up its 2017 national championship banner, right next to the 2005 and 2009 titles that were at risk of being vacated as a punishment. Many players from both national championship teams were enrolled in the courses in question. This is fake education. It’s exposing the fallacy of the modern student-athlete, and the inability of the NCAA to control its member schools. And it’s why any harsh sanctions that the NCAA deals Louisville won’t hold up in the court of public opinion. It’s hard to crack down on the Cardinals if the NCAA just gave the Tar Heels a free pass for cheating. Unfortunately, Mark Emmert & Co. seem unconcerned with public approval. Otherwise, they wouldn’t prevent a USF punter from using his popular YouTube account while they cling to to their outdated model of amateurism. It isn’t ridiculous to think they could make an example out of Louisville and impose penalties that could damage recruiting

MEN’S HOCKEY: BC Outlasts Providence WOMEN’S SOCCER: UNC Routs Eagles The Eagles bounced back from a loss to Wisconsin with a 4-3 overtime win against Providence on Sunday............B2

North Carolina recorded a pair of goals in the opening 10 minutes, spelling doom for BC on Saturday night.........B4

for years. But even if worse comes to worst, Louisville will be just fine. Just look at Penn State. After receiving sweeping sanctions in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky-Joe Paterno scandal, the football team won eight games the following season. The Nittany Lions made bowl games in 2014 and 2015 before finishing ranked seventh in the country in 2016. This year, they’re considered a serious College Football Playoff contender. So cheer up, Cardinal fans. The next few years will likely be painful. You’ll lose some recruits, a few fans, and maybe one national championship from 2013. But Louisville men’s basketball, like Penn State football, is engineered for success with its resources, facilities, and fanbase. And you really only need five players to turn things around—that’s only a couple recruiting classes worth of talent. Yes, the loss to BC stings. And the next couple years will likely be painful. But whatever happens, just know that it’ll get better soon—and we over in Chestnut Hill have suffered through much worse.

Riley Overend is the sports editor for The Heights. He can be reached on Twitter @RileyHeights.

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Fitzgerald Nets Game-Winner in Overtime Against Providence By Annabel Steele Assoc. Sports Editor

Boston College men’s hockey earned its first victory of the season against Providence, a Hockey East foe, on Sunday afternoon—and Boston College 4 it was anything Providence 3 but easy. But in the end, heroics from netminder Joe Woll and captain Casey Fitzgerald secured a 4-3 overtime win for the No. 13 Eagles. The Eagles (1-1-1, 1-0 Hockey East) found themselves playing catch-up for most of the game, as the No. 5 Friars (2-1, 0-1) jumped out to an early lead. Several minutes into the second period, BC found itself staring at a 3-0 deficit and momentum entirely on the Friars’ side at Schneider Arena. But the Eagles refused to quit, and timely goals from Chris Grando, Fitzgerald, and Graham McPhee sent the game into overtime. Fitzgerald would play the hero once again in overtime, as he sent the puck past Providence netminder Hayden Hawkey for the

game-winning goal, sealing the come-frombehind victory for the Eagles. BC managed to create several chances early in the first period, but the Friars’ luck held out. Michael Kim recorded two early shots, but one was blocked and one was saved by Hawkey. Grando and JD Dudek each recorded shots wide of the twine. Meanwhile, Providence continued to apply pressure on the other end of the ice, testing Woll early. The pressure paid off seven minutes into the first period. Jason O’Neill secured possession of the puck off of a faceoff, and immediately slotted a pass back to Shane Kavanagh. Kavanagh ripped a shot through traffic into the top right corner of the net for the first goal of the game. Just like that, the Eagles faced an early deficit—and it got worse before it could get better. One minute into the second period, PC cushioned its lead with another goal on Woll—the Friars’ second goal of the game from deep and through traffic. Kavanagh recorded a shot that sailed over the net, and his teammate Spenser Young secured the

rebound. Young rocketed the puck toward the net, and it snuck through traffic and past Woll into the back of the net. Minutes after Young scored to put Providence up 2-0, Brendan Duhaime capitalized off of a rebound to give the Friars a 3-0 lead. Vincent Desharnais ripped a shot on Woll, who blocked it but could not secure the puck. The puck dropped onto the ice right in front of Duhaime, who quickly buried it into the twine to boost PC’s lead once again. Even after they surrendered three relatively quick goals, the Eagles refused to quit. BC applied pressure to Hawkey and the Friars’ defense, creating opportunities even when its first or second attempts failed. This pressure paid off in the end, as BC scored two quick goals in three minutes to turn the tide of the game entirely. Grando managed to score first for the Eagles. Logan Hutsko flicked a shot on Hawkey, who blocked the puck but could not secure it. The puck slid right in front of Grando, and Hawkey was out of position on the opposite pole. Grando knocked it into

the net with ease to cut into PC’s lead and get the Eagles onto the scoreboard. Fitzgerald’s first goal came minutes later. Luke McInnis, on the right side of the ice, slotted a pass across the ice to Fitzgerald, who faced a clear path to Hawkey. Fitzgerald managed to beat Hawkey on the near side, sending the puck into the top left corner of the goal and cutting the Friars’ lead to just one. From there, with the Friars clinging to a one-goal lead, Woll came up huge. He made several saves down the stretch that kept BC in it, constantly denying his conference counterparts and anchoring the Eagles’ defense. In the end, Woll recorded 31 saves, with many of them coming during crucial moments in the second and third periods. Even as Woll made save after save to keep his team in it, McPhee found himself in the perfect position to net an equalizer. Jacob Tortora sent the puck toward the goal, and McPhee skated in to rip a shot off. He flicked the puck past Hawkey into the top right corner of the goal to tie the game at

three apiece. The Eagles and the Friars both failed to score a game-winner during regulation, sending the game into overtime. But once it went to overtime, it didn’t take long for Fitzgerald to beat Hawkey one more time and send his team to victory. With the Eagles rushing the net and pressure on the Friars’ defense, Fitzgerald handled the puck smoothly and calmly. He gathered in a pass and ripped a shot off, beating Hawkey top shelf for the game-winner. It certainly didn’t start well, but the Eagles’ first win of the season ended just how they wanted. It was BC’s first overtime win since March 2016, and the first three-goal comeback victory since March 2012. Head coach Jerry York was thrilled with his team’s effort after the game. “To come back from that deficit speaks volumes for my feelings about this particular team,” he said. “These type of games can go either way … I’m very excited about the way our team played, especially coming off the loss and down 3-0 in the game.” n

York Sees Positives Despite Resounding Loss to No. 10 Wisconsin By Michael Sullivan Editor-in-Chief Joseph Woll yelled at the referee in disbelief. In the rarest of rare calls, Woll had been booked Wisconsin 5 for roughing Boston College 2 on Wisconsin’s Seamus Malone. The junior center had placed himself squarely in the crease, eyeing a deflection. But the Boston College men’s hockey goaltender did what goalies do—he tried to force him out of the way. Only this time, the move was a little aggressive. And, with the Eagles already on the penalty kill, it didn’t exactly come at an ideal time. Yes, we all know the reputations of John Gravallese, Kevin Keenan, and the majority of the Hockey East officiating crews. But also, Woll had knocked Malone to the ice by pushing him down by the face. It had been the final frustration in a hellacious second period for the Eagles.

While nothing came of that minute-long 5-on-3, missed chances in the second swung the momentum away from No. 13 BC in a 5-2 loss to No. 10 Wisconsin. The Eagles (0-1-1) put up plenty of chances against their Big Ten foes. The freshman third line of Logan Hutsko, Christopher Grando, and Aapeli Räsänen combined for 14 shots, a significantly improved performance from the season opener. Hutsko in particular showed off his speed with seven of those shots. “We weren’t sure how it was going to work out putting three freshmen together,” head coach Jerry York said. “But they were fantastic.” Still, most of those shots ended in uneaten rebounds. Yet his breakaway chance early in the first, tossed away by Wisconsin (3-1-0) goaltender Kyle Hayton set that almost-but-not-quite tone. Both Graham McPhee and Christopher Brown followed those up with turnover chances right in front of the grad transfer goalie, but he stuffed each one. “That’s a fast team that causes turn-

overs because of their speed and quickness,” said Wisconsin head coach Tony Granato. “Our goalie made some big saves to help us win on the road.” A turnover by David Cotton helped Wisconsin get on the board early. Linus Weissbach found Trent Frederic, a firstround draft pick of the Boston Bruins, streaking toward Woll in net. The sophomore uncorked a blast past the head of Woll, who got his goaltending start thanks to Frederic’s first communion, for a 1-0 lead. The turnover caused some frustration from the Eagles side. Cotton goaded Frederic into a hitting after the whistle penalty just 40 seconds after the goal. The power play gave McPhee enough of an advantage to snipe the equalizer from the dot at the right circle on one leg. BC held the shot advantage early in the second, but defenseman Tim Davison took advantage of a screen to put Wisconsin up 2-1 off an offensive zone faceoff. Ten minutes later, Malone caught a pass from Will Johnson on a 2-

on-1 breakaway—Johnson made a stellar pass to Malone from the far left corner on which Woll had no chance despite his best stretched-out efforts. Throughout that second frame, the Eagles struggled to gain momentum because they constantly played a man down. Casey Fitzgerald took a cross check on another post-whistle scrum, and Luke McInnis almost had back-toback penalties late in the frame. That’s all not to mention the roughing penalty by Woll when he pushed Malone in the face. And while BC remained stout on the penalty kill— Wisconsin was 0-for-6 on the day—it prevented any offensive momentum. On the other end, the Badgers played with a lot of discipline—they only allowed one power-play chance for BC. Five minutes into the third, Matthew Freytag put the dagger in for Wisconsin. By the time Grando notched his goal—a perfect tag-team with Hutsko, slotted low past an outstretched Hay-

ton—the Eagles were dug in too deep a hole. York accentuated the growth of his primarily freshman unit after the game, given their strong performance. After all, the Eagles have no seniors and only four juniors, though he conceded he expects better from his junior forwards, Brown and J.D. Dudek. But he noted the balancing act he has to play in helping his young team see the positives, citing it as “the coach’s job” to make sure that not every loss is created equal. “Before the season, we wondered ‘Where’s our offense going to come from?’” York said. “But boy, we moved pucks tonight, created some outstanding chances to score goals … It didn’t go up on the board, you’ve got to finish, but I liked our offense.” Throughout the season, those BC freshmen will continue to grow. But without finishing and putting those chances on the board, York will continue to have to help them see the positives in losses. n

Defensive Zone Play, Execution Doom Eagles in Loss to Badgers By DJ Recny Executive Assistant Friday night’s affair in Kelley Rink left Boston College men’s hockey with its first loss of the season, as the University of Wisconsin earned a 5-2 victory. The Eagles (0-1-1) were swallowed in an all-around performance from No. 10 Wisconsin (41-0), behind a stellar performance from goalie Kyle Hayton. The graduate transfer stopped all but two BC shots, both of which were stellar. It wasn’t just Hayton that kept the Eagles from finding the twine, however. A solid defensive performance from the Badgers and a lack of execution on offense contributed to the loss. Additionally, first-round draft pick Trent Frederic had a stellar performance that saw him score a goal and contribute to others, while BC’s top offensive players were notably silent. With that, here’s the good, the bad, and the ugly of the game. The Good Penalty Killing The Eagles had a disciplined and effective penalty kill. This was especially apparent in this game, as there were no shortage of

penalties called against the Eagles throughout the entirety of the game. Wisconsin failed to convert on any of its six power-play attempts, only recording seven shots as well. Even in 5-on-3, the Eagles’ defensive box never collapsed, and the chase-man was always on the puck. Wisconsin was unable to move the puck into the slot effectively, and with Woll sealing the near post, the Badgers couldn’t find space to score. Wisconsin has a high-powered offense this year, as was evident by the frequency and power of their shots off of beautiful passing sequences. But the Eagles’ PK unit was stalwart in this performance. One thing that was particularly notable in BC’s penalty-killing performances was its speed. BC is a fast team, something not lost on Wisconsin head coach Tony Granato. “That is a fast team that causes turnovers on account of their speed,” he said. “I think BC skates really, really well.” BC’s speed forced turnovers in the Badgers’ offensive zone, which, especially playing a man down, led to good opportunities. The Eagles have to remember to use their legs later this season. BC has been a historically good skating team, and that

will have to continue if it wants to remain competitive. Grit Much to the dismay of the suited-andtied pundits strolling the aisles of the press box, there was substantial fighting, shoving, and face-washing in this game. Big names were present in the fisticuffs as well, with David Cotton, Jacob Tortora, Woll, and Frederic all serving penalties for roughing following an extended scrap in front of the BC net. Many think this type of behavior is unnecessary and is detrimental to the spirit of college hockey. Those people are wrong. BC played with heart and scrappy determination against a team that outgunned them. Wisconsin is a better hockey team, but when the Eagles played gritty and got in the opposing players’ faces, Wisconsin suffered severe discipline breakdowns on the blue line that led to good scoring opportunities from oddman rushes. Not only this, but when their goalie got trucked and their number one defensemen got checked from behind after the whistle, the Eagles stepped to the plate to defend them. This shows that BC cares, an underrated and unmeasurable attribute that cannot be overstated. College sports

are passionate for a reason, and there is no reason for BC to stop fighting and grinding the way it did. The Bad Defensive Zone Play Against the Rush Unlike the penalty kill, BC’s rush defense was poor at best. Yes, Wisconsin has a high-powered offense that is geared toward throwing good shots on net. Yet, three of the four non-empty net goals came on rushes that were poorly defended. There was a lack of aggression and physicality at the blue line, and turnovers in the neutral zone gave snipers like Frederic and Matthew Freytag the opportunity to capitalize. On one rush, the blueliners were caught out of position and then sat back to allow the top line to work their magic. When a shooter like Freytag gets the puck in the high slot, it’s a top-shelf snipe in the making. Again on that rush, there was simply a lack of awareness on the ice. The sliding defenseman didn’t play this poorly, as he sealed off all pass options but one. But the other d-man skating backwards didn’t cover his man and allowed him to slide right in front of Woll for an easy tip in. BC can’t allow goals like this if it wants to win games

in the future.

The Ugly Execution Graham McPhee’s goal was beautiful. Most of BC’s opportunities were not. There were many occasions in which BC had oddman rushes or open shots in the slot that were either meager attempts on net or didn’t even reach the crease at all. Yes, Hayton put in a great performance and stuffed several good shots while snagging others with his glove. Unfortunately, those shots don’t count for anything. BC’s cycles were haphazard and rushes that could have lead to shots just didn’t. The Eagles came out of the locker room in all three periods with lead in their skates, and while they got good jumps because of their speed they couldn’t convert. That was the story of the game: the Badgers took advantage of their opportunities and the Eagles couldn’t find the twine. The Eagles’ lack of scoring isn’t because of a lack of talent, but poor execution. In fact, the third line performed consistently well throughout the whole game. They put plenty of shots on net and played scrappy, effective D. The first two lines didn’t, and that was the difference maker. n

SPORTS in SHORT ACc VOLLEYBALL Conference 8-0 Pittsburgh 7-0 NC State 6-1 Louisville 6-2 Syracuse 6-2 North Carolina 5-3 Miami 4-3 Florida State 4-4 Notre Dame 3-4 Duke 3-4 Georgia Tech 2-6 Wake Forest 2-6 Boston College 1-6 Virginia Tech 0-8 Clemson 0-8 Virginia

Numbers to know overall 15-4 12-6 12-5 14-7 9-7 11-3 10-5 14-5 11-7 8-10 10-10 5-13 7-11 5-15 4-15

Number of rushes true freshman A.J. Dillon recorded in football’s conference victory over Louisville.

Number of saves men’s hockey netminder Joseph Woll recorded against Wisconsin in BC’s loss to the Badgers.

Number of points men’s soccer forward Simon Enstrom has recorded this season, a team-best tally.

QUote of the week

“At halftime, we said, ‘You know what? We’re gonna turn this into a power [run] game right now.’” — Steve Addazio,

on his halftime adjustments in football’s victory over Louisville.

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In Shootout Against Cardinals, BC Earns First ACC Victory BC vs. Lou, from B1 ett for the score. Louisville’s touchdown marked the first points BC had allowed on opponents’ opening drives this season. It wasn’t long before Jackson and Co. were knocking on the door again. A 48-yard reception by Dez Fitzpatrick, a freshman who finished with seven catches for 127 yards, paved the way for a 20-yard touchdown run by Jackson to make it 14-0. But unlike last season, in which the Heisman winner torched the Eagles for seven touchdowns, en route to a 52-7 blowout, BC responded before the game could slip out of reach. Toward the end of the first quarter, Brown finally delivered the first 40-plus-yard play of the year, an easy toss to a wide-open Thadd Smith for a touchdown—the first of many busted coverages by the Cardinals. The second quarter was fairly quiet until Reggie Bonnafon broke out a 64-yard rushing touchdown to push the lead to two possessions. But the Eagles, still seeking their first conference win, wouldn’t go away. Michael Walker mishandled a punt, recovered the ball, and returned it 30 yards to set the offense up with favorable field position before the half. On a key third down, Brown escaped pressure and scampered for a career-long 30-yard run to move the chains. With just under a minute remaining, Dillon powered his way into the end zone for his

first touchdown of the afternoon. Starting with the ball in the second half, BC marched down the field needing a touchdown to tie the game. Brown, Dillon, and Jonathan Hilliman pieced together three first downs against an increasingly flimsy Louisville defense. But then, Brown missed a wide-open Thadd Smith in the end zone and, two plays later, exited the game with an apparent shoulder injury after a hard tackle. To add insult to injury, Lichtenberg missed a 40-yard field goal attempt. The Eagles had nothing to show for their solid drive to start the third quarter except one less quarterback. Luckily, Wade, who takes as many reps as Brown in practice, wasn’t fazed in his most meaningful minutes since 2015. The graduate signal caller completed his first six passes of the day, and with a hard-hitting runner in Dillon behind him, the duo fueled 21 unanswered points that changed the entire complexion of the game. The 45,000 fans at Papa John’s Stadium were stunned. First, it was Dillon who fought his way to a three-yard score, capping off a 14-play, 72-yard drive that wore down the Cardinals’ front seven. “At halftime, we said, ‘You know what? We’re gonna turn this into a power [run] game right now. We’re going to impose our will,’” Addazio said. When Addazio wasn’t feeding carries to his true freshman workhorse, he was mixing in effective play-action passes to

tight end Tommy Sweeney. He finished with four catches for 57 yards to lead BC’s receiving corps. After the Eagles forced another threeand-out, they found themselves in Louisville territory in no time thanks to a ferocious 32-yard run by Dillon. After a 20-yard pass from Wade to Sweeney brought up first and goal, Hilliman pushed the pile forward for a six-yard touchdown run that gave BC its first lead, 28-21. Following an interception by defensive end Wyatt Ray in coverage, Dillon took advantage of the short field and hit a gap for an 11-yard touchdown run. Inevitably, Jackson answered to stop the bleeding. On his first drive of the final frame, he dropped a dime into the arms of Fitzpatrick for a 40-yard touchdown to pull within one possession. In the past, this would have signaled the beginning of a fourth-quarter meltdown against a marquee opponent. Luckily, Dillon is the future. The 6-foot, 245-pound back got hit about four yards past the line of scrimmage, and most players slowed up because they thought the play was as good as over. But Dillon literally threw his would-be tackler to the turf, accelerated down the sideline, and finished off a highlight-reel, 75-yard touchdown run that provided muchneeded insurance for the Eagles. “From my point of view, it was a fouryard run. I saw him get wrapped up. Then ‘mush,’” Wade said while offering his best

impression of Dillon tossing his tackler into the ground. “I said, ‘Oh my God let’s go!’” Desperate for a score on Louisville’s next drive, Jackson went into full meagainst-the-world mode and took on BC’s front seven with his feet. He began with a 19-yard keeper that brought the ball into Eagles’ territory before going straight up the gut for 20 yards. A few plays later, he broke ankles in the secondary on his way to a nine-yard touchdown run with nine minutes remaining. After the Cardinals finally forced a stop on defense, Jackson took the game into his own hands once again. With five minutes to play, he reignited the crowd with an electric 41-yard run that tied the game at 42-42. What happened next was divine intervention. With under three minutes left, Louisville got the ball back with a chance to win the game. Jackson snuck out of the pocket, put his shoulder down, and knocked Taj-Amir Torres’ helmet off early in the series. That forced Hamp Cheevers into action, and on the next play, he forced a Jay Smith fumble around midfield that was recovered by Kamrin Moore, fumbled yet again, and finally recovered for good by Isaac Yiadom in Cardinals’ territory. With two minutes remaining and the game on the line, BC’s strategy stayed the same: pound the rock. Dillon absorbed hit after hit, gaining yards after contact and dragging defenders down with him. By the time he had rumbled his way to Louisville’s 10-yard line, only three seconds were left

on the clock. It was Lichtenberg time. The junior from Savannah, Ga., converted the 27-yard chip shot, sending the Eagles home with an upset victory, their first ACC win of the year. Their 555 yards of total offense are the most since 2014, and the 45 points are the most in a conference road game under Addazio. The Eagles can only hope that what came together so seamlessly at Louisville won’t fall apart against a much-improved Virginia squad next weekend. BC looked unrecognizable on Saturday. And it was beautiful.finally recovered for good by Isaac Yiadom in Cardinals’ territory. With two minutes remaining and the game on the line, BC’s strategy stayed the same: pound the rock. Dillon absorbed hit after hit, gaining yards after contact and dragging defenders down with him. By the time he had rumbled his way to Louisville’s 10-yard line, only three seconds were left on the clock. It was Lichtenberg time. The junior from Savannah, Ga., converted the 27-yard chip shot, sending the Eagles home with an upset victory, their first ACC win of the year. Their 555 yards of total offense are the most since 2014, and the 45 points are the most in a conference road game under Addazio. The Eagles can only hope that what came together so seamlessly at Louisville won’t fall apart against a much-improved Virginia squad next weekend. BC looked unrecognizable on Saturday. And it was beautiful. n

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Colton Lichtenberg (99) drilled a game-winning, 27-yard field goal, and Thadd Smith (18) recorded his first receiving touchdown since 2015 in the Eagles’ 45-42 victory at Louisville on Saturday.

Dillon’s Career Day Opens Up Eagles’ Offense in Louisville Upset FB Notebook, from B1 touchdowns, guiding BC to a 45-42 victory—the Eagles’ first ACC win of the year and their highest-scoring effort against a conference opponent under head coach Steve Addazio. Three Up 1) Ground and Pound At halftime, Brown was leading BC’s rushing attack for the second week in a row. The dual-threat signal caller was on pace to finish the game with over 100 yards on the ground. Addazio called a handful of zone-reads for the redshirt freshman. Before the snap, Brown would survey the Cardinals’ defense, determining whether the backside defender was going to drop back in coverage or rush. If the defender showed blitz, Brown faked the ball to his running back, and ran it himself. And then there were times where he had to improvise in the pocket. Brown was under duress all day. In fact, he was sacked twice. But it could have been worse if he hadn’t used his legs. Like last week, Brown showed the ability to evade pressure and make something out of nothing, juking a few guys while he was at it. But in the second half, the Eagles all but abandoned the option and returned to old school football, Dillon’s stomping ground. Drive after drive, the 6-foot, 245-pound workhorse piled on yardage. Sometimes carrying the ball four or five consecutive plays, Dillon ran the ball into the mouth of the Louisville defense. The true freshman racked up 239 yards and three touchdowns in the second half. To put that in perspective, he had recorded just 336 yards and two touchdowns in the five games prior to Saturday. For the most part, Dillon wasn’t flashy. Three of his four scores came on runs right through tackles. His final touchdown run, on the other hand, will be on

every highlight reel Sunday morning. Less than three minutes into the fourth quarter, Dillon ran the ball up the gut into a scrum of linemen. He found himself tangled up with Cardinals safety Chucky Williams at the line of scrimmage. Side-stepping to the left, Dillon threw Williams to the ground and kept on running. The four-star recruit showed his 4.5 speed, breaking away from the Louisville secondary for a 75-yard score. Dillon single-handedly accounted for about half of BC’s total offense. And he practically set up the rest of it. 2) Play-Action Earlier in the season, Addazio expressed concern that the play-action passing game wasn’t panning out the way he had planned it to in the offseason. It was supposed to be the foundation of the Eagles’ air attack. On Saturday, it finally was. Even before Dillon got going on the ground, it was working. Instead of simply faking the handoff to the tailback and taking a five-step drop, Loeffler called for his quarterbacks to roll out of the pocket on play action. The boot leg gave Brown, and eventually Darius Wade, more time to look downfield, and occasionally room to run. Without it, Brown probably wouldn’t have connected with Thadd Smith for BC’s first points of the game. The redshirt freshman gunslinger pretended to feed the ball to Dillon, and the entire Cardinals defense bought it. Smith made them pay. The senior snuck past a pair of frozen defensive backs, hauled in Brown’s pass, ran the ball 15 yards, made Russ Yeast miss, and jogged into the end zone. When Dillon started to find his groove, the scheme reached another level. It was virtually impossible to defend. The bulk of the Eagles’ four-straight touchdown drives consisted of power runs and play-action passing. It especially came in

handy on third and fourth downs. Rather than running the ball to move the chains, Addazio often opted to have his quarterbacks roll out and find an open receiver in the flat for an easy first down. BC started 2-of-7 on third down, and finished 7-of-11. 3) Wade in Relief When Brown went to the locker room with a shoulder injury early in the third quarter, it looked as if the Eagles were done for. Immediately after he went down, Colton Lichtenberg pushed a 40-yard field goal to the left of the upright. And as far as fans were concerned Wade—who had only thrown 34 passes over the past two years—had no chance at mounting a comeback against Louisville. Boy, did he prove people wrong. Wade didn’t steal the show in any shape or form. He left that to Dillon. But he was as efficient as ever. The graduate student completed seven of his 10 pass attempts for 91 yards and, more importantly, orchestrated four consecutive touchdown drives. Thanks to Dillon’s second-half production, all Wade had to do was make basic reads on play action. That’s easier said than done. Seeing his first meaningful action since he broke his leg in 2015, Wade looked sharp under pressure. He may not start a game this season, but he’ll always have this win. Three Down 1) Pass Protection There is no doubt that the Eagles’ injury-riddled offensive line is improving. Dillon and Hilliman have had some gaping holes to run through the past few weeks. But when it comes to pass protection, the makeshift group is still struggling to perform at a high level. This wasn’t really a problem at the beginning of the season, due to the fact that Brown was usually taking three-step drops and throwing short screens, slants, and curls. He didn’t need that much time

to get the ball out. But now that Addazio is incorporating more shots downfield, BC’s inability to keep its redshirt freshman upright is apparent. Brown couldn’t catch a break on Saturday. Although he was only sacked twice, he faced constant pressure from a vicious Cardinals defensive front. The pressure got to him. Brown started to force throws, miss targets, and even turn the ball over. And eventually, the hits put him out of the game. On a crucial 3rd-and-9 in Louisville territory, Brown was forced outside of the pocket. Per usual, he rolled right. But at that moment, Chris Lindstrom lost his block, freeing up Jon Greenard. The Louisville linebacker ferociously dragged Brown down to the ground by his shoulder, sidelining the redshirt freshman. And it wasn’t just the big guys who were missing blocks. Midway through the first quarter, Brown snapped the ball out of the shotgun and faked a handoff to Hilliman. Ignoring the incoming rusher, Hillman booked it for the flat. The missed block resulted in a eight-yard sack and another a bruising for Brown. 2) Leaving Points on the Board BC scored 18 more points than it had totaled in its three previous ACC games on Saturday. But the Eagles should’ve had an even bigger offensive day. Brown, who was a mere 5-of-17, missed a handful of open receivers. One throw in particular cost his team six. Once again, Brown got the Cardinals to bite on play action. On the move, the redshirt freshman fired a 32-yard pass to the end zone. Smith was wide open, but the ball sailed over the 5-foot-9 wideout’s head. A quarter before that, Brown gave the ball the away in Louisville territory. Feeling pressure of the edge, he stepped up in the pocket and lofted up a jump ball

30 yards to the end zone for Kobay White. The ball was underthrown and picked off by Smith. Debatably worst of all, Lichtenberg failed to convert another kick inside of 41 yards. With the miss, the junior moved to 7-of-12 on the year. Thankfully for BC, he pulled himself together to drill a 27-yard game-winner—his second of the season—as time expired. 3) Defense Collapses in Fourth Quarter Again Entering Saturday, the Eagles had been outscored by their opponents 57-17 in the fourth quarter. Two teams—Notre Dame and Clemson—had put up 21 points or more in the final frame. Louisville became the third. Interestingly enough, BC shutout the Cardinals in the third quarter. At one point, defensive coordinator Jim Reid’s unit held quarterback Lamar Jackson without a completion for nine-straight pass attempts. Wyatt Ray even intercepted the reigning Heisman Trophy winner. The Eagles’ interior, comprised of Ray Smith and Noa Merritt, contained Jackson for a full period of play. It appeared as if BC had finally figured how to plug the Cardinals’ offense. That was, until Jackson got the ball in the fourth quarter. All of a sudden, the Eagles’ secondary was getting beat and the defensive line could not stop the zone-read. Down two scores, the junior quickly rallied his team back into contention, finding Dez Fitzpatrick for a 40-yard touchdown. Jackson went toe-to-toe with BC’s resurgent offense, leading three-straight touchdown drives in the quarter. He practically did everything. His legs were just as much of a weapon as his arm was. If Jaylen Smith didn’t fumble on the Cardinals’ final series of the game, Jackson could have very well completed the comeback. n

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FIELD HOCKEY

Eagles Survive Another Overtime Game in Victory over Terriers By Andy Backstrom Asst. Sports Editor

For the seventh time this season, Boston College field hockey was heading to overtime. After four goals, 25 total shots, and Boston College 3 70 minutes of Boston Univ. 2 play, BC and its crosstown rival, Boston University, were still tied. Thankfully for Eagles goaltender Sarah Dwyer, Sunday’s game wasn’t going to a shootout, like last week’s match against Harvard. In fact, it’d be over in no time. BC only recorded one shot over the course of the first two and a half minutes of overtime. Kelly Doton decided that she needed to make a change. The third-year head coach substituted

Fusine Govaert for Jaime Natale at the forward position. Immediately, the freshman made an impact. Frederique Haverhals led Ymke Rose Gote down the sideline with an outlet pass. Gote received the feed and infiltrated the circle. As soon as she cut inside, she passed the ball to Govaert, about five feet in front of the net. Without hesitation, the Amsterdam native put the finishing touches on the Eagles’ 3-2 victory—her second goal in just as many games and her teamleading sixth of the year. Just like that, the match was over, and BC’s intercity sweep was complete. It only took the No. 10 Eagles (11-5, 0-5 Atlantic Coast) three minutes and 14 seconds to get on the board. The scoring play started and finished at

the hands of Alesandre Miller. After the senior crossed in a penalty corner, Haverhals whipped up BC’s first shot of the game. Even though it was blocked, it set up Miller for a rebound goal near the left post. But like the Eagles’ previous two games, Sunday’s match was a back and forth affair. Approaching the 20minute mark, BU (9-6, 4-0 Patriot) knotted it all up. Kara Enoch tracked down a pass from Terrior territory and weaved the ball through two BC defenders to fellow attacker, Allie Renzi. Dwyer came out of goal to try to stop the senior short of the net, but before she could do so, Renzi got a shot off. The ball soared over Dwyer and hit the back of the cage.

Right before halftime, B C reclaimed the lead. Miller dribbled the ball across midfield, eyeing an open Caroline McGovern. Miller dished a pass to McGovern, and the freshman pushed the ball ahead into the circle. A few steps later, she delivered a cross to Lucy Lytle, positioned on the far post. Lytle tipped the ball past Terriers goalie Millie Baker for her fifth goal of the season. But the momentum shifted after the break. BU rattled off the first six shots of the second half. Throughout the entire frame, the Terriers were flirting with an equalizer. They finally got one with just seven minutes left to play. Shortly after Gote was booked for a green card, BU drew a penalty corner. Kali Shumock’s service was the cata-

lyst for a Kiley Gallagher shot. Nearly identical to BC’s first goal of the game, the shot was blocked and cleaned up off a rebound. Katherine Scheerer corralled the loose ball and went top-shelf, forcing extra time. The Terriers were merely postponing the inevitable. Three minutes into overtime, Govaert scored the gamewinning goal, sending the Eagles home with their third-straight victory. With the win, BC moves to 11-0 in nonconference play and 3-0 against its neighboring rivals—Harvard, Northeastern, and BU. Not to mention that the Eagles are now a combined 5-2 in overtime games and shootouts this season. But until they win an ACC game, none of those marks will really matter. n

VOLLEYBALL

BC Shows Offensive Promise, but Loses in Three Sets to ACC-Best Pitt By Erin Walsh For The Heights

With the game in her hands, Pittsburgh’s outside hitter Stephanie Williams took advantage of a set from teammate Angela Seman to deliver the final blow, Pittsburgh 3 spiking the Boston College 0 ball past diving Boston College volleyball players. The Panthers surrounded Williams in celebration, continuing their 10-game winning streak, and the Eagles accepted their sixth conference loss. Pittsburgh (14-4, 7-0 Atlantic Coast) defeated BC (5-13, 2-6) in just three sets, creating a scene all too similar to their latest match-up last season, when the Panthers won the game three sets to one. The first set was a comfortable win for the Panthers, ending with an eightpoint lead. Pittsburgh’s strong offense coupled with a multitude of BC service and reception errors resulted in a fairly easy Panther victory. In the second set, however, the Eagles began to prove themselves. They kept the Panthers on their toes, as they cut out many of their service errors and created a more successful offense. Now facing a strong Eagle offense, Pittsburgh failed to recreate the comfortable lead that they enjoyed in the previous set.

While both teams stepped up their game, the score remained close: both teams stayed within one point of each other for the majority of the set, with the lead swinging back and forth between the Panthers and the Eagles. While BC found success point after point through middle blocker Amaka Chukwujekwu, the Panthers overall had a higher hitting percentage of 0.302 compared to BC’s 0.185. Despite losing the set 25-22, the Eagles sent a clear message: they were ready to compete. BC opened the third set with two points from the get-go, but Pittsburgh found its footing and put up four points to recapture the lead. Williams, joined by Pittsburgh’s Kayla Lund and Nika Markovic, collectively scored 32 points, ultimately leading their squad to a final seven-point win. The Panthers came out victorious in all three sets, but this is not to say that BC was unsuccessful. Chukwujekwu and Williams scored 12 and 9.5 points, respectively, with Chukwujekwu earning a hitting percentage of 0.846. Sophia West also stepped up, putting four points on the board with a hitting percentage of 0.286. Head coach Chris Campbell acknowledged BC’s success in their middle attack, specifically regarding Chukwujekwu and West. “We were able to feed them, they

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Although the Eagles applied pressure in the second set, they lost 3-0 to Pittsburgh, earning their sixth ACC loss of the year.

had a really high percentage and got a lot of kills,” he said. “It’s just a question of whether we can extend that and get them more opportunities to try to get more kills.” BC’s offensive success was not unchallenged. Pittsburgh continued to push its attack, led by Chinaza Ndee,

Williams, and Lund with high hitting percentages of 0.417, 0.381, and 0.350, respectively. While the Panthers defeated the Eagles in three consecutive sets, both teams made good showings. BC created a very strong offense through their middle attack, and Pittsburgh

shined with five players all scoring at least 8.5 points. At the end of the day, the Panthers had more kills, blocks, a higher collective hitting percentage, and less errors than the Eagles. This dominance led to their solid victory, continuing their win streak and remaining undefeated in the ACC. n

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Bryant Surrenders Two Early Goals in Eagles’ Loss to No. 3 Tar Heels By Jack Goldman For The Heights

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Jenna Bike (top) missed a would-be goal, while Alexis Bryant (bottom) struggled.

On a foggy Newton night, a spectator could have been fooled into thinking Boston College women’s soccer and the University North Carolina 4 of North CarBoston College 1 olina played an even, back-and-forth match—that is, if they missed the first 10 minutes of the game. The Tar Heels put two goals past Boston College in the first nine minutes on the way to a 4-1 victory. Just three minutes in, No. 3 UNC (11-2, 7-0 Atlantic Coast) attacker Alessia Russo cut into a wide-open midfield and took a shot 25 yards from goal which looped over unsuspecting BC (9-6-1, 3-3-1) goalkeeper Alexis Bryant for Russo’s eighth goal of the year. It was an impressive strike, but it was surprising to see Bryant caught by surprise. Such a stalwart at the back for the majority of the season, the Eagle starter didn’t look like herself early. This was especially apparent in the eighth minute. UNC’s first corner of the game drew Bryant out of position enough that when the ball was cushioned back into the middle of the area, Tar Heel forward Bridgette Andrzejewski easily headed the ball into the back of the net for her third goal of the year to put UNC up 2-0. There aren’t many games any team can afford to go down by two goals within ten minutes, but it doesn’t get much tougher than creating that situation against a top-five opponent that is undefeated in conference play. Head coach Alison Foley was understandably critical of her keeper’s performance. “I thought there were two soft goals,” she said. “You got to have your keeper show up big time. When you’re talking top-10, this is the least amount of saves a goalie has had to make from these guys, so the few that she has to

make she has to make.” The Eagles didn’t have much success going in the other direction either. They didn’t have an offensive chance until the 15th minute, and after that BC consistently struggled to unlock an excellent UNC defense. The team managed to alleviate much of UNC’s early possession pressure, but the Eagles didn’t look very dangerous on the counter and UNC’s chances always felt dangerous. In the 41st minute, UNC took advantage of one of those chances, forcing a corner. The ensuing ball in drew two blocked shots, but BC’s defense was too jumbled after those vital efforts to stop what came next. The second block led to the ball popping into the air, dropping to Jessie Scarpa’s feet at the top of the box where she sent a dipping shot over Bryant’s head to give UNC a three-goal lead. This time, there wasn’t much more the Eagles could have done, they were just being beaten by a superior team. But the game isn’t played for 45 minutes, and BC came out for the second 45 looking to prove a point, even if they weren’t able to steal a result. The first half ended with UNC winning the shot battle 8-4, the shot on goal battle 4-1, and the corner battle 3-2. The second half was a different story: BC won the shot battle 10-3, the shots on goal battle still went UNC’s way 3-2, but the Eagles won the corner battle 3-2. The start of the period may have been part of the reason things looked a lot more even. The first 10 minutes played out much differently—UNC grabbed an early shot saved easily by Bryant in the 51st minute, and then BC started making up ground. The Eagles started by recording two shots in two minutes, and the pressure didn’t let up from there. In the 59th minute, Lauren Berman, play-

ing midfield, sent a perfect through ball to Jenna Bike, who wasn’t able to control her volleyed shot enough to put it on goal. Off of a corner in the 66th minute, defender Gianna Mitchell headed the ball just over the bar, and later Bike got another chance off of a Bryant throw which triggered a counter attack. Bike tried to round the keeper, who was aggressive with a tackle and got enough off the ball to avoid a penalty. These efforts more accurately showcased how balanced the two teams were, but unfortunately for the Eagles, they just didn’t have enough of a finishing touch to get close to UNC, who were consistently deadly. In the 77th minute, after all the momentum BC had seemed to build up in the second half, the Tar Heels broke down the right flank, and a perfect cross completely avoided the Eagles backline, finding its way to Andrzejewski who finished off her brace and gave UNC a 4-0 lead. BC finally pulled one back late, as Carly Leipzig scored her fourth goal of the year when she capitalized on a mistake from an otherwise perfect goalkeeping performance by Tar Heel Samantha Leshnak. Instead of holding onto an extremely long range shot, Leshnak punched the ball away--directly to Leipzig, who was about 10 yards or so from the penalty area and made no mistake in putting the ball past a still sprawling Leshnak. Both teams would get one more chance each, but neither was dangerous and the result was already clear. Foley saw the good and the bad in the performance. “I thought certainly the score isn’t indicative of how the game flow went,” she said. “We’re the only team this year to outshoot and out-corner [UNC] in a half. We got to start a little better than the way we did.” n

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Intellectual Catharsis Awaits in ‘Meyerowitz Stories’ BY PETER GAVARIS Heights Film Critic

All of Noah Baumbach’s films seem to be about families in flux, and The Meyerowitz Stories is no different. Harold (Dustin Hoffman) is the patriarch of the Meyerowitz family, but the film focuses more on his adult children: Danny (Adam Sandler), Matthew (Ben Stiller), and Jean (Elizabeth Marvel). In most films about dysfunctional families, the siblings are usually at odds with one another before learning to come together. Baumbach, in a certain way, flips the script here by having most of the drama come from each of their individual relationships to their pompous, judgmental, and oftennarcissistic father.

Of course, Harold’s an artist (a sculptor, to be exact) who spends his retired years watching the Mets and doing his best to prolong his artistic legacy. Harold and his work, however, seem to have been forgotten, evidenced in a scene when he visits a friend’s art exhibition. Harold spends the evening making small talk while wryly ridiculing his friend’s artwork for its “superficial bravura.” He’s a very bitter man who’s too stubborn to see how this anger impacts those around him, and his relationship with his kids is strained because of this lack of self-awareness. Only, his children are quickly forced to confront these repressed feelings about their father when he becomes ill. Harold isn’t the only artist in the family—if he was, this wouldn’t be a

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Baumbach movie. Danny is a former pianist turned stay-at-home dad, Jean had a penchant for photography before becoming a finance manager, and Eliza (Danny’s daughter) is studying filmmaking in college. Part of the conflict that arises between the siblings and Harold is in relation to their artistic pursuits or lack thereof. Danny looks up to his father for his commitment to his art, while his father neglects him for giving up the piano, and Matthew sees his father as a failed artist. If you couldn’t tell already, The Meyerowitz Stories spends much of its time inside a very well insulated bubble of New York intellectualism. Hoffman’s character seems to only talk in monologue, and when he does, you can tell that he’s going out of his way to sound as pretentious as possible. Stiller and Marvel fit the mold too, but Sandler’s character, as you would imagine, is an outlier—and that’s the point. Much has been said about Sandler’s fantastic performance, and for good reason. Sandler’s name has become synonymous with so many of the unfunny and tedious movies he’s been making, but he really excels, both in comedy and drama, under the direction of a talented filmmaker. Like Paul Thomas Anderson did in Punch Drunk Love, Baumbach took Sandler’s awkward comedic persona and played it for tragic comedy. His character is loud, unpolished, and angry (like many of Sandler’s characters from his comedies), but in The Meyerowitz Stories, his character has an internal life and backstory

that explain why he is the way he is. Stiller, Marvel, and Hoffman are all great, but Sandler’s the clear standout. Baumbach’s writing certainly helps elevate these performances, as well. His dialogue is often littered with dry humor and relatable remarks. At one point, Danny’s daughter asks her father if he’s heard of the photographer, Cindy Sherman. Insulted, Danny informs her that, “I love Cindy Sherman. I told you about Cindy Sherman two years ago … you had absolutely no interest.” Everyone’s had a similar conversation with a parent, and it’s completely relatable while also implicitly providing characterization. From this one exchange, we can understand that Danny feels underappreciated, while his daughter is clearly growing up and discovering the world on her own. It’d be easy for Baumbach to look down on some of his characters for their snobbish personalities and air of intellectual elitism, but The Meyerowitz Stories may be the most levelheaded and tender of his films. His characters have many obvious flaws, but he finds a way to make them sympathetic and relatable, and this relatability is comforting in the same way that many of Woody Allen’s films are comforting. Baumbach hasn’t set out to make any groundbreaking films—instead, he makes cathartic films. You’ll definitely laugh along the way, but by the end, you’ll realize that there’s been an undercurrent of melancholy and dysfunction throughout. We take comfort in recognizing this, and we wait and see how these characters will deal with their pain. 

HBO’s ‘Spielberg’ Misses the Man for the Movies BY CHRIS FULLER

Heights Senior Staff It’s fitting that one of the most iconic monster-movie directors of all time now has a goliath of a documentary out about him and his work. HBO’s Spielberg, rolling out at a whopping two-and-a-half-hour runtime, is probably longer than the majority of the titular filmmaker’s movies. Though it may be a bit pedantic at times and is rather choosy about the films that it wants to discuss, Spielberg is worth the long-haul to anyone that wants to know more about the man working behind the camera on such classics as Jaws, Schindler’s List, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and Lincoln. Spielberg does a good job of weaving the director’s personal narrative in with the discussions about Spielberg’s movies and it effectively shows how events in Spielberg’s life directly influenced the themes that Spielberg has explored throughout his career. This is what holds the documentary up through its entirety. At first, one might be a bit skeptical about where Spielberg is going. Spielberg opens with the director talking about his experience of seeing Lawrence of Arabia in the ’60s and how he felt a bit downtrodden after seeing the timeless epic. “And when the film was over, I didn’t want to be a director anymore,” Spielberg reflects. “The bar was too high.” This is a great opener. It shows the path that we have to take and said path actually looks interesting enough. We’re going to see how this megastar of the last few decades grew from being a nervous film junkie to being one of the most recognized names in show

business. Fair enough. Then you hear those two alternating notes. Jaws is closing in and it’s closing in fast. After the opening credits, we’re thrown right into the timeless tale of the horror show that was the making of Jaws. If there’s one behind-the-scenes story that is the most memorable and talked about in movie history, it’s probably a toss-up between the Jaws and Apocalypse Now stories. Everything you hear in this 15-minute segment of Spielberg is something that you could easily find on any DVD commentary of Jaws. That’s one of this documentary’s pitfalls, at least at certain points. As far as the movies go, it doesn’t have a whole lot of new stuff to talk about. Spielberg focuses a lot on the movies. Again, that’s fair enough—to an extent. It’s about a filmmaker and so it makes sense that it wants to talk about his movies. That isn’t where Spielberg thrives, however. Spielberg really gets off the ground when it’s talking about Spielberg and about the people in his life. The best bits of the whole documentary are where you get the actual Spielbergs telling their family story. Aside from Steven himself, there are interviews with Steven’s two sisters and his parents. Through these interviews, we get a glimpse of the nerdy little boy who grew up making 8mm films out in the Arizona desert. We see how his parents’ kookiness inspired an untamable creativity in the young director. That’s where the heart of Spielberg lies—in seeing how the man behind the camera and his movies are shaped by his upbringing and specific events in his life. The Spielbergs talk about how Steven channeled his emotions

about his parents’ dissolving relationship and eventual divorce in movies like Close Encounters and E.T. These are the stories that are new and interesting—not the ones about how the shark in Jaws wouldn’t work and about how revolutionary Jurassic Park was. Most people sitting down for Steven Spielberg documentary would already know these things. We want to know about the man Steven Spielberg, not the myth. There are a lot of times when Spielberg gives us this more personal portrait and that’s what makes it good. Whether we’re hearing about Spielberg’s escapades sneaking onto the backlot of Universal Studios out in Hollywood or how Spielberg became friends with people like George Lucas and Martin Scorsese, these are the stories that people, especially fans of Spielberg, want to hear. Even when Spielberg

goes on to discuss some of Spielberg’s not-so-successful movies (i.e. A.I. and War of the Worlds), the parts of these segments that are worth attention are when Spielberg discusses his inspiration for these films, not when various commentators and associates discuss how they pulled off this or that shot or how the script changed. For being a documentary about a man who is so concerned with personal relationships, one would think Spielberg would want to focus more on Spielberg personally and less on his work. It doesn’t want to at times though. For anyone that is interested in learning more about Spielberg, HBO’s documentary has a lot to say that is insightful and intriguing. One will, on the other hand, have to wade through a lot of dull behind-the-scenes commentary to get at the rich story found throughout Spielberg. 

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Happy Death Day feels all too familiar. Nothing about this movie’s lazily constructed premise, plot, characters, or dialogue is impressive. Each scene drags on and does nothing but remind the audience of how much better that Bill Murray movie from 1993 was. Every component of this film is badly produced, starting with the premise. This Groundhog Day lookalike does very little to expand on the original “repeating the same day over and over” idea. The main character, a sorority girl named Tree (Jessica Rothe), does not make any realistic human decisions throughout the movie. When she realizes her day is repeating over and over every time she dies, she decides to try to identify her

killer instead of just trying to survive the day to see what happens. This is a lazy excuse for a bunch of weak jokes, as Tree stalks all of the people who may have an issue with her and confirms that they aren’t the ones who kill her by dying with them in her sights. The plan is so utterly ridiculous that it takes the viewer out of the action and leaves them wondering why such a nonsensical idea made its way into the film. The plot is no better. Unlike Groundhog Day, where Phil actually wants something and uses his situation to achieve that while also improving as a person, Tree changes for no reason and her only desire is escape. She is an awful, rude, and unfeeling person when the film begins, but transforms into a kindhearted girl for absolutely no reason other than the fact that the day restarts over and over. The only explanation given for her conversion is that some people that

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Stranger Things meets grounded rap in Chris Brown’s newest single “High End,” demonstrating an ominously successful mixing of sounds. “High End” features a fresh collaboration among Chris Brown, Future, and Young Thug. “High End” hits the ears of a listeners, serving as a single in promotion of Chris Brown’s upcoming studio album Heartbreak on a Full Moon, produced by RCA Records. The single follows another called “Grass Ain’t Greener,” which was released in May of 2016. This previous single was also a promotion of Heartbreak on a Full Moon. This album is scheduled to release October 31, 2017. Other singles released in anticipation of the album include “Party,” “Privacy,” “Pills & Automobiles,” and “Questions.” Between now and then, relatively little light has shone on what will be Brown’s eighth studio album. That is, not until “High End” was released, which is bound to arouse interest once again. The single embodies a simple downbeat overlaid with a repeated, light techno melody, a sound reminiscent of Netflix megahit Stranger Things’ theme song. While the song conveys all of the luxuries experienced in the high life in its lyrics shared among the three artists, this underlying sound undercuts this meaning with a far more fascinating, Halloween-esque mystery. 

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Nothing to Celebrate in Cliched ‘Happy Death Day’ BY MICHAEL TROY

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she thought were losers were nice to her, so she started to be nice. That’s about as cookie-cutter as a character arc can get. Cookie-cutter can be used to describe Tree and the rest of the characters as well, because every character is predictable from the moment they are introduced. Tree starts out as narcissistic and insolent but eventually changes her entire persona because one person was nice to her. The “loser” named Carter (Israel Broussard) whose room Tree wakes up in every morning ends up being kind to her and because of that she falls for him. The amicable roommate Lori (Ruby Modine), who is overly caring toward Tree even though she’s terrible to her, ends up not actually being all that pleasant after all. The instant these characters are introduced, it is irritatingly obvious what their character arcs are going to be. Not to mention the stagnant characters that are added into the film for no reason whatsoever, like the teacher who Tree was hooking up with to get good grades but stopped seeing because she’s such a good person now. That character plus a few others have no character arcs and are given significant screen time to essentially do nothing. No critical thought was put into the creation of the characters, and it didn’t help that the acting was just as bad. Last, and maybe most egregious, was the dialogue. This film tries really hard to be a comedy but every character talks like a generic unwitty person with not even the slightest sense of humor. Probably the worst line of dialogue appeared almost immediately in the film, as Tree is confronting a guy who is obsessing over her. As she walks away from him, she

insults him. “What kind of a guy takes a girl to Subway? It’s not like you have a foot-long,” she said. The joke honestly would have been funnier had the second half been left out, and is one of many opportunities for good jokes missed throughout Happy Death Day. The writers assigned to this film had no grasp of comedy whatsoever and severely disappointed on what could have been a decent “so bad it’s good” comedyhorror film. The “twists and turns” of this film are just like the characters: predictable and underwhelming. The final reveal is so obvious that it’s funny and the resolution that follows is worthy of standing up and leaving the theater. The only good twist in the entire film happens in the very last scene, and even that doesn’t make a bit of sense. The kills are boring and uninspired, and the apparent omniscience of the killer is so unrealistic that when the person behind the incredibly stupid “school mascot baby” mask is revealed, the viewer immediately realizes that it would be almost physically impossible for that character to be the killer. The writers couldn’t figure out how to properly portray time in this film, as the distinct events that happen every morning seem to only occur at the exact time when Tree walks by them even though she spends different amounts of time in Carter’s room each day. It makes no sense and is increasingly frustrating the more times it happens. Happy Death Day is an experience that nobody should want to live through twice. 

“Whatever It Takes” is from the Imagine Dragon’s latest album, Evolve. The whole album is filled with extremely strong pieces, but “Whatever It Takes” is definitely a standout. With fiery lyrics and a passionate performance, it only made sense that this song have it’s own music video. Opening with the lead singer swimming through the wreckage the video immediately pulls in the viewer. The ominous opening pairs well with the first bars of music. The video is filled with striking visuals like rain falling from the sky, strategically-placed books and cards, and creatures swimming through the water with masks. “Whatever It Takes” doesn’t tell too much of a story, at least not an obvious one. Through the use of masks and a lot of different objects, it seems like there is a lot of room left open for interpretation. This flexibility can be a positive as it could be relevant for more people because of its focus on so many different things. On the other hand, “Whatever It Takes” also comes off as a little vague and could leave the viewer a little less attached to the song. With a song like this, it seemed as if the band had the opportunity to bring these goals mentioned in the lyrics with, “Whatever it takes / because I love the adrenaline in my veins” and “I was born to run, I was born to run for this,” to life. “Whatever It Takes” had the opportunity to be inspirational and concrete, but instead the music video comes off as ambiguous and elusive. Imagine Dragons has a similar approach to most of its music videos. There is a big emphasis on featuring the band within the video. The lead singer, Dan Reynolds, and sometimes the rest of the band take a part in the action and storytelling of “Whatever It Takes”. Its last music video, “Believer,” was shot in the same vain with a similar feel. “Believer,” however, had much more of a story attached to it. While this formula has worked for the Imagine Dragons in the past, viewers may get tired of it as time goes on and resonate with it less. 

The Heights

Monday, October 16, 2017

Varied Works of Creativity Displayed by Art Club Faculty, Staff By Tristan St. Germain Heights Staff Umbrella-like petunias to shifting cityscapes can be found at Boston College’s most recent art installation, located at the Student Programs Hallway of Carney. Themes of disconnect and communication, between visual subjects and the associations we impose on them, structure the work exhibited. A host of staff and faculty from BC’s Art Club invite us to glimpse the infinite through the narrow vein of specific images. Coming into the quiet Carney hallway, one first notices the series of three flower photographs taken by Ken Porter, technology consultant at BC Information Technology Services. Each piece explores the distance between the camera and it’s subject to create compositions that range from serene to otherworldly. Petunia Blue presents the flower as a world of its own, a single stem arcing into the blue roof of the petal above it. Light playing along the stem’s hair-thin tendrils is the only suggestion of an external surrounding. The next piece, “Dragonfly on Lily,” disrupts this state of immersion by stepping back from the flower’s anatomy. Beads of rain accentuate the delicate inner lids of its structure. A dragonfly perched upon the lily’s outer petal suggests the ephemerality of Porter’s composition. Indeed, the lily is so fragile and stately that one believes it separated from the abstract mass of green forestry behind it, establishing a division between the subject and the world it exists in. Porter’s final piece exhibited, “Wildflower,” breaks this division by

juxtaposing the flower next to others of its species. The central balance found in the previous photographs has been shifted, breathing a sense of movement and energy into the pink-shaded subjects. If these works inspire tranquility, we’re jolted awake by Wenquian Leng’s, CGSOM ’18, mixed-media collage, “She Is In The Crazy City. “ The work is a mosaic of altered urban landscapes, blended into the silhouette cutouts of a woman’s face from various angles. The lack of a central perspective conveys the chaotic transformation of identity the woman is undergoing. Buildings merge into other buildings, people are woven into the fabric of their surroundings. An airy freedom pervades this night-time landscape. Much as in Porter’s flower-trilogy, typical structures are reinterpreted to reveal whole worlds manifested in singular objects and emotions. Photographer Daniel Kirschner, biology professor, deepens this conception of the city with her following two pieces, “At The Grove Red Cafe” and “Centaurion Distracted.” The former concerns a woman staring out a café window at some object hidden from view. The blurry shadow of passing pedestrians reinforces the temporality of the woman’s perceptions. The latter piece inverts this relationship, showing an angular advertisement at which the unseen subject is staring. The connection between two visual communicants is cut, generating an atmosphere of urban ennui. Heather Olins, assistant biology professor, adds to this portraiture of the city in flux—her

pieces concern marine related subjects, such as scuba-gear or cheese-mold dishes, viewed in close-up. New identities and structures arise from a manipulation of our assumptions of nature. We come to the only formal painting set in the exhibit, the works of Anne Bernard Kearney, part-time faculty member of romance languages and literature department, whose stippling brush technique expresses the atomisation of individuals in modern society. These pieces depict pastoral, urban, and oceanic environments, often planted with faceless spectators staring off into the distance. “At Sea” is a particularly beautiful painting. It shows the backs of two women who are leaving an island darkly outlined on the horizon. The omission of their faces injects the piece with a dream-like texture—we feel a melancholic disconnect with the subjects, perhaps reflecting their own emotional reaction to departing what might be their homeland. Kearney’s airy and gentle compositions bring together the elements of wonder and detachment that made the previous pieces so engaging. Most appealing about this exhibit is its lack of urgency, asking only for a minute or two of the audience’s time. Like the pieces presented, it is but one part to a larger puzzle whose picture doesn’t require finishing. You can pass through it quickly and glimpse something peculiarly bright, uncynical, or spend some moments absorbing the details, perhaps finding something new and beautiful in the mundane and everyday aspects of existence. n

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The exhibit draws viewers in with contrasting images of shadows, pastorals, and nature.

Thoughts and Memories: Deep Tracks Volume One

Jacob Schick In honor of Tom Petty’s Buried Treasure segment on Sirius XM’s Deep Tracks, I wanted to talk about a few of my favorite deep tracks. Deep tracks are good songs that perhaps not many people have heard, songs that came on the B-side of a record, or songs that have almost been lost to the sands of time. Most of my favorite music is old, so the songs I suggest below will fall into the “sands of time” category. The first song I want to mention comes from the B-side of Ram, an album by Paul and Linda McCartney. Paul had left The Beatles at this point, and struck out on his own. “Monkberry Moon Delight” features Paul on lead vocals, with his wife Linda singing back-up. The song stands out to me mainly due to its large departure from Paul’s usual sound. The Beatles have always been known for their amazing harmonies, with very crisp and clear voices. In “Monkberry Moon Delight,” Paul screams the lyrics in a voice that nears hoarseness. The song also has almost no message. Beatles songs have been overanalyzed for decades, as fans search for hidden meanings. “Monkberry Moon Delight” is a nonsense song. The opening verse, “So I sat in the attic, a piano up my nose / And the wind played a dreadful cantata (cantata, cantata) / Sore was I from the crack, of my enemy’s hose / And the horrible sound of tomato (tomato, tomato)” is an enigma. “Monkberry Moon Delight” is an upbeat and fun song that doesn’t promise hidden truths beyond the veil. It also sounds good, which should matter the most when it comes to music. I first heard this next song when I was about 10 clicks into the “related artists” section of Spotify while listening to The Yardbirds (a band for another Deep Tracks column). “Let’s Live For Today” comes from the album of the same name by a ’60s band called The Grass Roots. The song was written by English band The Rokes, but became a hit in ’67 when The Grass Roots released it as a single. This ’60s hippie anthem champions a present-focused attitude, and that we shouldn’t “worry ‘bout tomorrow, hey” which I think is a good outlook to have, in any decade. It’s a good song to listen to after you get a bad grade on a test, or are trying to take school (or life) day by day. “When I think of all the worries / People seem to find / And how they’re in a hurry / To complicate their minds” leads to the chorus of “Sha la la la la la live for today.” Another interesting tidbit about this song is that Creed Brat-

ton, of The Office, was one of the founding members, and is featured on guitar and backing vocals on this song and some of the band’s other hits like “Midnight Confessions” and “Temptation Eyes.” The last deep track for this column is a song by The Band. Most people who know The Band are familiar with their popular songs, “The Weight” and “Up On Cripple Creek.” These, and many other songs from The Band, are fantastic, but I want to devote my limited spotlight to a song I first heard while watching Martin Scorsese’s documentary on The Band’s last concert, known as The Last Waltz, in album and movie form. During this concert, The Band is joined by so many music legends that it’s almost unbelievable. Artists like Neil Young, Neil Diamond, Bob Dylan, Ringo Starr, Van Morrison, Joni Mitchell, Eric Clapton, Muddy Waters, Dr. John, Emmylou Harris, and Paul Butterfield, just to name a few, make an appearance. “It Makes No Difference” was first sung on The Band’s album Northern Lights - Southern Cross. The song is mournful and passionate, as it describes the lost and unrequited love the singer feels for his beloved. The opening lyrics pull no punches with “It makes no difference where I turn / I can’t get over you and the flame still burns” and “The sun don’t shine anymore / And the rain falls down on my door.” Each of these songs occupy a special place in my heart. When I listen to them, I am reminded of the first times I heard them and how I felt then. I also remember the times I would listen to them over and over again. “Monkberry Moon Delight” and “It Makes No Difference” were very close to each other on my poorly constructed iTunes playlist, and I would listen to the same section of songs every time I drove home from weightlifting practice my senior year of high school. I hear them and am transported back to that time in my life, and I can experience the same feelings I had at that time. I heard “Let’s Live For Today” at the end of my freshman year of college, and the song became a part of my summer anthem. While listening to it, I relive the experiences of reuniting with the friends I hadn’t seen since high school and sharing all of the stories from our college experiences. I hope that by sharing these songs special to me, I can give someone else the chance to create memories and experiences to these same sounds. Sharing a song is a very personal and intimate gesture. We all have individual memories, feelings, and impressions associated with a collection of sounds, and we open a part of ourselves to someone else when we ask them to listen.

Jacob Schick is the associate scene editor for The Heights. He can be reached at arts@bcheights.com.

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Blue Heron Performance Enchants Listeners With Dynamic Melodies By Emily Himes Heights Staff It has no hook , no melody. It hardly has a rhythm, nor does it have a chorus. There is nothing memorable about 15th-century music. So what part of it draws students, Jesuits, neighbors, and music-lovers to completely fill St. Mary’s Chapel in order to listen to it? What could possibly be the appeal to music that one can’t dance to, get stuck in one’s head, or even understand without a translation? In short, Blue Heron made it seamlessly enjoyable. The performance group based out of Boston College and Boston University is led by its vast knowledge of historical musical practices , par ticularly from the Renaissance and Medieval periods. Its collection of music spans centuries and stretches across various styles and genres, specializing in 15th-century Franco-Flemish and early 16thcentury English polyphony. Polyphony is a style of musical co mp o s i t i o n e mp l o y i n g t w o o r more simultaneous but relatively independent melodic lines. This sounds more complicated and primeval than it actually is— polyphony exists in the music we listen to today. Some modern examples of polyphony include “Boondocks” by country powerhouse group Little Big Town, or perhaps even more recognizable, “Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen. The effects of polyphony are simple, but they create a big difference in the music we hear—they add depth, enrich texture, and make for a more dramatic and reverent

sounding piece that is more likely to appeal to emotions compared to one with just a solo singer. Listening to Blue Heron perform is important because they teach us the roots of the music we listen to today. Singing along to Freddie Mercury’s famous operatic section of “Bohemian Rhapsody” might feel like second nature, but it is quintessential to understand how that style of song came about. It might be a stretch, but the stylistic aspects of “Bohemian Rhapsody” are directly connected to those used in 15th-century music. Blue Heron visited St. Mar y ’s Chapel as a part of its Ockeghem @600 series, which honors the work of Johannes Ockeghem, and will end in 2021 to commemorate his 600th birthday. Ockeghem was a famed composer of the Franco-Flemish school in the 15th-century known for his 14 surviving masses. An important point to note about hearing Blue Heron at B C is its location: St. Mary’s Chapel is a space similar to those where this type of music was originally meant to be performed. The acoustics in the chapel were amazing; each singer’s voice stood out so clearly. Their voices bounced off each other and echoed within the walls of the chapel. The air inside felt so dense with harmonies, it was almost dizzying. Much of the music played, especially noticeable during “Celsitonantis ave genitrix,” was some what trance-inducing . The entire audience was drawn into the music, fully feeling the harmonies and textures being performed. The

lack of instrumentation allows one to completely grasp each and every detail. Having said this, although one could easily hear musical techniques such as polyphony and harmony, and therefore truly feel the emotions they are trying to convey, it was impossible to understand the words they were singing (unless you speak Latin, of course). Translation booklets were provided for the audience, but it was difficult to catch some pieces. Oftentimes, the words they were singing did not resemble how one would think to read the word, making it easy to lose one’s spot. At one point , the older woman next to me was following along using the translation to the wrong song, yet she was still completely engrossed with the beautiful harmonies resonating throughout the chapel. On the surface, Renaissance music, complete with its polyphony, harmony, and texture, is indeed boring to the average person. But there is a difference between finding beauty and significance within the music even though it’s not what one will listen to in one’s free time and the outright rejection of its ideals and historical qualities—one is appreciation, the other is ignorance. Blue Heron brought out the best of Renaissance music, so that even though one might not run back home to find it on Spotify, they still truly appreciated, felt, and learned about this unique and important style of music that laid the groundwork for the modern music we know and love today. n

SCENE In Formation,Out of Space B8

MONDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2017

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Dance and a cappella teams find themselves without access to practice locations they need to thrive.

BY JACOB SCHICK Assoc. Scene Editor

S pring has begun and Showdown looms. The biggest dance competition of the year has been scheduled a month earlier than usual and Presenting Africa to You (PATU) is doing all that they can to prepare their performance. To do this, PATU decided to have much longer practices than usual. Brighton Dance Studio, O’Connell House, and the Plex Multipurpose Rooms had been booked long before, and there is no availability in sight. PATU managed to find space in Gasson 100 to serve as a late-night practice venue. The night was long, and midnight was fast approaching. While running through the group’s Cleopatra-focused performance, a member of the staff interrupted to ask if they were going to be there late. The members desperately needed the space and the time, and said that they would be. The staff member left them to their

practice, just asking them to put the chairs back in their places and turn the lights off when they left. Moments later, after the team had just begun to dance again, a member of the cleaning crew again appeared. He told them that he needed to clean the rooms and that they would have to leave the building for the night. At such an hour, all other spaces were either occupied or closed. PATU couldn’t complete its rehearsal that night. This was not the first time the team had been told to leave a space because the building was closing up. Two years before, PATU was similarly rehearsing its Showdown performance. This time, the team was using the dance studio in O’Connell House. A few hours into the practice, PATU members were told that the studio would be closing. It was 10 minutes to midnight, so under the watchful eye of the staff member, the dancers sque eze d out one more routine. After all, every moment counts when it comes to Showdown. Stories like this aren’t unique to PATU. Many other dance groups at Boston College have been through similar situations, often before big performances or competitions. Conspiracy Theory hosts an annual competition in November, along with a few other dance groups. In years past, while trying to prepare itself for a show as big as this, the team books extra practices.

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These extra practices can’t be booked in the usual places, like O’Connell or the Plex Multipurpose rooms. Conspiracy Theory usually ends up rehearsing in the squash courts. The rooms are claustrophobic for a team of 15 active members. Conspiracy Theory’s style of dance is practiced with more peace of mind in a large open space. Breakdancing is not an activity someone wants to be doing when they run into a wall, or another person. Kevin Huang, president of Conspiracy Theory and CSOM ’19, describes the spaces succinctly: “They suck.” These mad scrambles for time and space to practice before big shows are common to nearly all dance groups on campus. BC has few dedicated spaces for dance teams to practice. The only ones meant solely for dance are in Brighton Dance Studio (BDS) and O’Connell House. These spaces are not large or plentiful enough for the 16 major teams on campus to share. To work around this issue, a number of rooms and spaces

across campus are available for reservation on a yearly basis by dance teams and a cappella groups. These spaces are McElroy 208, the Plex Multipurpose Rooms, and Carney 206. The room in Carney is a recent addition to the available spaces for performance groups. It was cleared of chairs and tables, and mirrors have been put up on the walls. Aside from these rooms, there are a number of random spots throughout campus that can sometimes be reserved on a more spontaneous basis. These include rooms like McElroy 237; Gasson 100 and 201; McGuinn 300 and 500, as well as a few others. These rooms are not always available because they are often used for on-campus events, lectures, meetings, or classes, and must be reserved from week to week. These spaces are allocated to each dance group, a cappella group, and any other performance group on campus by the Office of Student Involvement (OSI). Karl Bell, assistant director of student orga-

nizations, oversees this process and works closely with the heads of each group. “Student organizations request, and are granted, space based on their (historical pattern of) needs,” Bell said in an email. “Where there are challenges with the resources (time, location, dates, etc.) organizations are asked to work closely with OSI.” The system, however, can be exploited. Huang explained that a dance team who books early could make the tight squeeze for space even tighter. “It’s first-come first-serve, which might lead to some unfairness with dance teams,” Huang said. “They say ‘Since no one else has already booked any of these spaces, we are gonna take all the best spaces for ourselves even if we aren’t gonna use them.’” OSI, and the other dance teams, try their best to make sure that this doesn’t happen. Everyone is aware that the other teams are in the same spot, and that they must work together to make the best of a bad situation. Bell recognizes the challenges that the current system presents, and that all involved must make sacrifices. “Some organizations will need to understand that it may be necessary to reduce their access to resources to provide for other organizations,” Bell said in an email. “This will not be easy, but it is absolutely necessary.” Normally, the 16 dance groups at BC can make the space situation work. Each team practices three to four times a week, for about three hours. Spread across the weeknights and weekends, these available spaces can usually stretch enough to serve the needs of all teams simultaneously. These challenges with resources which Bell mentioned present themselves during crunch times

like the weeks leading up to Showdown. At times like these, every dance team at BC is trying to practice every night of the week, for four or five hours at a time. There is greater demand for space, slower turnover of rooms, and the same meager supply to be doled out by OSI. What makes these times, and the practice space situation in general, more difficult, are the varied needs of each team. Each team has a different number of members and practices a different style of dance. A team like BC Dance Ensemble (DE) has 28 people showing up to each practice. DE’s size prohibits it from using smaller rooms like McElroy 208 for its practices. A group like Sexual Chocolate, however, only has 17 members, and can be more flexible in its practice space bookings. But DE could not use some of these rooms even if it wanted, or could fit. The type of dance that they perform necessitates a very specific type of flooring: marley floor-

Blue Heron Performance in St. Mary’s Blue Heron revives Renaissance and Medieval music in an epic concert at St. Mary’s Chapel...........................................B7

ing. Marley flooring is the black mat-like substance that covers the main room in BDS. No other space on campus has this kind of floor, and so DE has to practice in just one spot, every time. Flooring is an issue for other teams in other spaces as well. BC On Tap cannot use tile flooring, out of concerns for safety, and can therefore only practice in BDS or on the wood floors of O’Connell House. The other rooms used mainly for dance team practice like McElroy 208, Carney 206, and the Plex Multipurpose Rooms are all tiled floor which, while sometimes dirty, are usually serviceable for most other dance teams. The late-notice classrooms that dance groups book in a pinch are mostly carpet, a surface teams try to avoid at all costs. MASTI, BC’s South Asian dance troupe, is usually forced to move around between classrooms in McGuinn, Stokes, and Carney. If it was able to choose its practice space, BDS would be at the top of the list due to its large size and wall-towall mirrors. MASTI is usually unable to find spaces with mirrors. The mirrored spaces on campus are BDS, Carney 206, McElroy 208, and the Plex Multipurpose rooms. Team captains Alyssa Craparotta, MCAS ’19, and Elaine Hartono, LSOE ’19, explained that they have had to come up with a tedious solution. Without available mirrors, the captains have begun setting up phones or cameras to record the entire practice session. They then upload these

videos to YouTube and comment their advice and criticisms below. This can work, but the extra hour or two the captains must spend watching and critiquing each and every member of the team after every late-evening practice takes it toll. “Without mirrors, it’s just a disaster,” Craparotta said. “When we have a mirror, everyone looks at themselves and corrects as they go.” The a cappella groups don’t have it much easier. They may not need as big of a floor space, but they do need a quiet room to practice. Most of the teams need some semblance of a sound system in order to correctly hear the music they need to perform, and some teams like the Common Tones need a piano in the room they use. Aoyi Yang, co-president of the Common Tones and LSOE ’18, explained that the piano situation creates an additional obstacle that her team is forced to navigate. “It’s just hard sometimes to work with OSI, the whole booking system is kind of outdated,” Yang said. “It doesn’t indicate which rooms have pianos, sometimes they [OSI] don’t even know.” But dance groups have a better case for prioritization over a cappella groups—they need an open area in which to move. A cappella teams end up drawing the short straw because of this. Faith Rapley, co-president of the BC Sharps and MCAS ’18, discussed the group’s struggle to find a practice space

Eclectic Collection of Faculty Art

Faculty and staff from BC Art Club display creativity in Carney exhibit.......................................................... B7

at all. The group gets one practice per week in Gasson, but for the other two practices, it’s left with no choice but a dorm. The Sharps usually choose the lounge in Gabelli Hall, but practicing in dorms comes with its own set of challenges. Only seniors or residents of 66 Commonwealth Ave. can swipe into Gabelli, so other members of the team must stand outside and wait for an open door. If the Sharps get any noise complaints from people who live there, its captains said, they will be barred from using the space anymore. Rapley explained that the approval process for Gabelli lounges is different than the usual OSI booking, and is often frustrating and confusing to use. Once, the Sharps could not get approval from the RD of Gabelli. Instead of rehearsing in the lounge, the Sharps crowded into Rapley’s own dorm room in Gabelli to practice. There have been efforts made to alleviate some of the practice space pressure. The aforementioned conversion of Carney 206 to a usable space has made things much easier for the dance groups. According to Bell, the positive attitudes and flexibility has been very helpful in this difficult situation as well. All dance groups understand that there is no easy solution to this problem. Some teams have been very receptive to practicing in spaces that aren’t usually used for dance like the various classrooms across Middle Campus, as long as the spaces also meet their needs. But aside from these small solutions,

t h e problem still persists. The dance teams and OSI alike recognize that this situation is far from ideal, and that it makes the lives of performance organizations like dance or a cappella much more difficult. Bell outlines the extent of the issue. “We are making (near) maximum use of all of our available resources,” Bell said in an email. “I am not aware of any additional resources that will be available in the short term.” The performance groups seem to flourish in spite of these difficulties. As evidenced by Showdown last year, each team was able to prepare an entertaining and often meaningful performance. Throughout the year, these dance teams display incredible talent in their individual shows. Bell, and to a greater extent OSI, are very proud and pleased with everything the groups have been able to accomplish. “While our challenges are great, we are blessed to have a performance community that achieves extraordinary results,” Bell said in an email. “I am confident that, even in the face of limited resources, student organizations will continue to live up to the Boston College motto.” And excel they do. This year’s performances have been and will likely continue to be even better than last year. What remains to be seen is whether this practice space problem is preventing them from achieving something even greater. 

‘Happy Death Day’...................................... B6 ‘Spielberg’.................................................... B6 ‘Meyerowitz Stories’........................................ B6