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Racist Incidents Reported Three more cases of vandalism committed on Upper Campus BY CHRIS RUSSO Assoc. News Editor

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For the ﬁrst time since Nov. 29, 2014, football won an ACC game at home. It was also the ﬁrst home ACC win with school in session for every undergraduate student. BY ANDY BACKSTROM Asst. Sports Editor Two years ago, Boston College football wide receiver Jeff Smith was lining up under center on a daily basis. Originally recruited to play quarterback, Smith was thrown into the starting lineup following Darius Wade’s Week Three, season-end-

ing leg injury. The 6-foot-1 dual-threat gunslinger went on to start nine games that season, but only managed 253 yards and two touchdowns through the air. His completion percentage hovered around 33, and, worst of all, he didn’t win a single game. BC finished 0-8 in the ACC and 3-9 overall, and the St. Petersburg, Fla. native abandoned the quarterback position at the season’s end.

Well, not entirely. Since transitioning to the outside, Smith has tossed three touchdown passes—the latest of which came on Friday night against Florida State. Quarterback Anthony Brown took the snap out of the shotgun and handed the ball off to Thadd Smith, who then pitched it to Jeff

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Three sets of racist incidents have occurred on the second floor of Gonzaga Hall since Thursday, Oct. 19—the day before the ‘Silence Is Still Violence’ March—including the defacing of “Black Lives Matter” signs and the writing of racially-charged statements in the floor’s bathroom. The third set of incidents, which began this past Thursday, were statements written inside bathroom stalls on Gonzaga 2. All three statements seemed to target one of the floor’s resident assistants, and two of them were racially charged. The Heights viewed photos of the three statements, but they were not provided for publication. Friday’s latest incidents follow two others reported recently in Gonzaga. Residents of Gonzaga and Fitzpatrick Halls were notified of the first set of incidents on Friday, Oct. 20, via an email from Matthew Razek, a resident director on Upper Campus. Associate Vice President for Student Affairs George Arey is the only Office of Residential Life employee authorized to speak to the media. Arey did not respond to several requests for comment made throughout last week regarding the earlier incidents. At press time, Arey had not yet responded to an email sent Sunday night

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New Trustee Chair Outlines Goals Markell also spoke about his time at BC and recent activism. BY CONNOR MURPHY Heights Staff Peter Markell, BC ’77, was officially selected last month as the new chair of Boston College’s Board of Trustees. In an interview Friday with The Heights, Markell talked about his time at BC, his goals for the Board, and his take on recent activism on campus.

The Heights: Can you talk about your time at BC? Peter Markell: I came to BC in 1973, and I had taken a bookkeeping course and I liked working with the numbers and that kind of stuff. So I went into the School of Management, decided to do a concentration in both accounting and finance, and went through my four years. That worked out great and I got a job in public accounting when I came out. TH: What has made you stay involved with BC? PM: I thoroughly enjoyed my experience when I was there. I was involved,

I was on the budget committee in the undergraduate government, and that kind of stuff. I was an RA. I just enjoyed the whole thing, and I liked the fact that I was able to get my management degree but also take liberal arts courses, and really grow as a thinker and understanding values. I always tell people that the business side was great, but the philosophy, the theology, the history, the social sciences, all those courses round you out as a person and make you a better contributor. Looking back, being good

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Barnes Will Join U.S. Olympic Team BY ANNABEL STEELE Assoc. Sports Editor Freshman Cayla Barnes has been added to the 2018 United States Women’s National ice hockey team, Boston College Athletics announced on Saturday. Barnes will leave the Heights and join the team, as it prepares for the upcoming Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea. Barnes is the third member of the team to take a leave of absence from BC to participate in the Olympics. Barnes will return to BC and restart her academic and athletic career next fall—she will not lose a year of NCAA eligibility. She will be the youngest member of the national team, at just 18 years old. 

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Thapar Serving on U.S. Court of Appeals Trump chose the alum in March to serve on the Sixth Circuit. BY KATIE MURPHY Heights Staff

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The freshman will return next fall to restart her academic and athletic careers.

Amul Thapar, BC ’91, was nominated to the the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in March, and assumed the position in May after being confirmed with a 52-44 vote in the Senate. The seat that Thapar filled had been vacant since 2013. Thapar was included on a list of potential Supreme Court nominees by then-candidate Donald Trump for a seat that was eventually filled in the

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spring by Neil Gorsuch. Earlier in his career, Thapar became the first ever federal judge of South Asian descent, and he is the second Indian-American judge on the Court of Appeals, after Sri Srinivasan. “What I hope I represent is that with hard work anything is possible,” Thapar said in an interview. “I’m a child of immigrants, I’m someone who’s achieve above what I’d anticipated and I hope that what I show to others is that it is possible with hard work to accomplish anything.” Thapar credits his success that he has been able to achieve at such a young age to “a lot of hard work and a lot of luck.” After graduating from BC, Thapar went on to earn his J.D. from the Uni-

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Glen Carle, a former clandestine CIA officer, former deputy national intelligence officer for transnational threats of the National Intelligence Council, and author of The Interrogator: An Education will speak in McGuinn 121 today at 5:30 p.m. His talk is titled “U.S. Foreign Policy After ISIS.”

Monday, October 30, 2017

The Winston Center for Leadership and Ethics will host Michael Tubbs, mayor of Stockton, Calif., today at 5:30 p.m. in Devlin 101. Tubbs was elected as mayor in 2016 at age 26 and is Stockton’s youngest and first African-American mayor. He has improved police-community relations in his tenure.

The Thea Bowman AHANA Intercultural Center will hold a workshop titled “Prejudice and Discrimination” as a part of its Campus of Difference Certificate Program today from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in Maloney 450. The program is open to all undergraduate students interested in building their cultural competency skills.

NEWS Students Compete in Elevator Pitch Competition BRIEFS By Jack Wilson

Lynch Dean Honored

On Tuesday evening, Stanton Wortham was formally introduced as the first Charles F. Donovan, S.J., Dean of the Lynch School of Education at a ceremony held in the Cadigan Alumni Center. Wortham, after 18 years as a faculty member and senior administrator at the University of Pennsylvania, became the Lynch School’s dean in July 2016. For the past 10 years, he has been studying the experiences of Mexican immigrant students inside and outside school. “The deanship has given me the opportunity to return to Boston, to tackle a new challenge, and to join a university on a strong upward trajectory,” Wortham said to The Chronicle. “We’ve already made significant progress toward the articulation and practice of our distinctive vision of education, one that involves enhancing the human condition, expanding the imagination, and making the world more just.” The Charles F. Donovan, S.J., Deanship, established in 2011 through a gift from Susan Shea, BC ’76, was named in honor of the founding dean of the School of Education, a 1933 alumnus who had also served as the dean from 1952 to 1965. Shea is a BC trustee and serves as the board’s secretary and chairs its Mission and Character Committee. “We are very grateful to Sue for her philanthropic leadership, and long-term commitment to Boston College. By endowing this position, Sue has provided transformative resources to the Lynch School of Education, and re-affirmed it as an essential element of Boston College,” Provost and Dean of Faculties David Quigley said at the ceremony. “She has helped the University flourish, and her impact will endure for generations to come.”

Student Aids Irma Relief Instead of spending a weekend at home with family, Phat Nguyen, CSOM ’18, decided to help elders at a retirement home during Hurricane Irma. When Nguyen got off his train in his hometown, his friend who was picking him up told him he knew about a group of elders at a retirement home in Florida who were unable to evacuate for Hurricane Irma. His friend said he planned to drive down to Boca Raton to help, and Nguyen quickly decided to join him. “I would be lying if I said I wasn’t worried about my job search, school and other obligations,” Nguyen said to The Chronicle. “But then I told myself, I have the opportunity to be there for others when they’re in serious need, so I should stop whining and find ways to help.” Nguyen and his friend headed down to Boca Raton before the hurricane made landfall. He raised nearly $3,000 for supplies and contacted shelters that could accommodate the group. He and his friend spent two days with the elders. “The night Irma hit I remember they, my friend, and I literally were singing and dancing together,” Nguyen said. “We received multiple tornado warnings and the power was knocked out, but while all the chaos was taking place, we found our peace by sticking together.” Nguyen understands the importance of service and works to implement this daily in his life. He and his family immigrated to the United States from Vietnam in 2005 with no understanding of English or American culture. The Southeast Asian Coalition of Central Mass. (SEACMA) helped him and his family get on their feet. Nguyen works with SEACMA to spread awareness of Asian culture and raises money to host annual festivals, dinners, and classes for youth.

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Twelve Boston College entrepreneurs pitched business ideas in under 60 seconds at the third-annual Elevator Pitch Competition on Thursday evening. The panel of judges chose Alex Kontopanos, CSOM ’18, as the winner for her startup EcoLiv, which brings zero-waste products to hotels using water-soluble toiletries. The finals for the competition— the first of the year for the Shea Center for Entrepreneurship—consisted of 12 companies chosen from an initial field of 30. The entrepreneurs were tasked to pitch their company to a panel of judges in under a minute—any additional speaking was instructed to be drowned out by clappers in the audience. The four judges included Kerry Cronin, a professor in the philosophy department; Tom Coburn, BC ’13, from Jebbit; Charles Hipwood, BC ’95, from MassVentures; and Eric Wise, BC ’87, from RBC Capital Markets. Each had two minutes to ask any clarifying questions regarding the businesses. The judges frequently inquired about the target customer, competitors, profits, and feasibility of the product. After each set of pitches, the 50person audience were asked to vote via text for the “fan favorite,” granting another minute to the final three crowd favorites. JB Bruggeman’s, CSOM ’19, business Kart stole the crowd’s admiration with his model that provides a food delivery service on BC’s campus while accepting student dining bucks. Bruggeman added that he will employ students at the University to deliver the food, and anticipates 13,000 deliveries completed by April.

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Alex Kontopanos was awarded first place and $500 for her startup company, EcoLiv, which brings no-waste products to hotels. The judges awarded Kontopanos first place and the $500 prize. Her company, EcoLiv, brings no-waste products to hotels, using water-soluble toiletries that are similar to Tide Pods. The company’s goal is to curb costs for hotel waste management and provide an ecofriendly alternative to traditional hotel toiletries. When asked about her cost competitiveness and target customer, Kontopanos explained that she is targeting moderately priced hotels that are focused on eco-friendly initiatives. In terms of the future for her business, Kontopanos said that since the hotel business is a worldwide industry, EcoLiv could expand into the global market, all while focusing on the environment. “My team members and I were trying to figure out how we can eliminate

waste,” Kontopanos said “We think that people are recycling but there’s more that we can do. We think that businesses are a big part of that, so we were looking at which industries have a lot of waste that can take action, and we thought a big one was hotel industries simply because they have those singleuse products.” Brendan Guerin, CSOM ’21, and his company Bump came in second place. Bump allows users to instantly share all of their social media profiles with the scan of a QR code. Guerin told the judges that his app works similarly to a Snapchat code, except it integrates all of the user’s social media. Guerin plans to provide an option that allows the user to share a fake profile for people with whom they don’t wish to share private information.

Kelly Stone’s, MCAS ’19, company Koru Clothing came in third place. Stone created a clothing line that will be designed by a team of individuals with developmental disabilities. Stone’s goal is to employ an under-used working population and raise awareness for developmental disabilities. Stone aims to keep the team small, and said that the biggest challenge will be marketing the clothing. The Elevator Pitch Competition also featured ideas for an online marketplace for short-term jobs, virtual reality language immersion, sports rental equipment, hands-free mouth cleaners, an online services marketplace, weekly food delivery, photovoltaic cells to improve power efficiency, and an all-in-one social media app. n

SA Calls for BC to ‘Affirm That Black Lives Matter’ By Samuel Browning For The Heights The Student Assembly (SA) of the Undergraduate Government of Boston College passed “A Resolution Concerning Bias-Related Incidents” Tuesday night. Sponsored by Aneeb Sheikh, MCAS ’20, the resolution comes as a response to recent racist incidents at BC and includes several demands for BC, including that the University “affirm that Black Lives Matter.” The resolution passed almost unanimously just before the meeting time limit, with three members abstaining. The resolution was co-sponsored by Connor Kratz, MCAS ’18; Savannah Clarke, MCAS ’19; Robert Casales, MCAS ’19; Danny Schantz, MCAS ’20; Ignacio Fletcher, MCAS ’20; Joe Oka-

for, MCAS ’21; and Patrick Madaya, MCAS ’18. The resolution calls for the immediate investigation, suspension, and/or expulsion of all students who are responsible for the vandalism of multiple Black Lives Matter posters last week. It also advocates a zero-tolerance policy for hate speech, and a module similar to AlcoholEDU and Haven that teaches students about BC’s community standards regarding racism, hate speech, and cultural competency. The resolution encourages the University to hire more faculty and administrators of color, “revitalize traditionally colonialist curricula with histories and contributions of people of color,” incorporate Multicultural Learning Experiences into every living community, and “acknowledge that

institutional policy change is necessary to address the culture of racism” at BC. Sheikh was quick to define the clause regarding the perspectives of administrators who are not of color, and whether they are capable of fully grasping the emotions of students of color. “If you look at the current administration today, it is [for the majority] white and male,” Sheikh said. “The incident[s] caused a lot of emotions, and if there was an administrator of color, they could say that ‘The answer requires emotion as well’.” When the resolution passed to debate, two amendments written by Michael Zuppone, MCAS ’20, failed to pass. The amendments pertained to erasing the clause referencing the

revitalization of traditionally colonialist curricula and adding a clause advocating for a possible major in the African and African Diaspora Studies program. Senators discussed revisiting the amendment at a later date. As the meeting approached its 9 p.m. automatic adjournment time, Sheikh spoke up about the necessity of answering the qualms of the students of BC. “If we believe that BC is institutionally racist or that there needs to be institutional policy changes to address the culture of racism here, then I would say vote for this resolution,” Sheikh said. “We can debate the minute details but what is that really going to solve? We need to make a statement as student leaders today.” n

POLICE BLOTTER: 10/25/17 – 10/27/17 Wednesday, Oct. 25

Thursday, Oct. 26

medical incident on Newton Roadways.

medical incident at Gasson Hall.

4:22 p.m. - A report was filed regarding a medical incident at St. Thomas More Road.

1:26 a.m. - A report was filed regarding the arrest of Justin Vukelic of Newton, Mass., who was arrested for lewd, wanton and lascivious conduct, trespass, resisting arrest, and accosting/annoying another person.

4:25 a.m. - A report was filed regarding a fire alarm activation at Gonzaga Hall.

7:48 p.m. - A report was filed regarding a fire alarm activation at McElroy Commons.

3:19 a.m. - A report was filed regarding a

4:19 p.m. - A report was filed regarding a

7:48 p.m. - A report was filed regarding a medical incident at an off-campus location.

10:26 a.m. - A report was filed regarding a traffic incident at McElroy Lot.

—Source: The Boston College Police Department

CORRECTIONS What was the craziest Halloween costume you saw this weekend? “A very good minion costume.” —James Dziwura, MCAS ’20

“BC cards against humanity.” —Olivia Spar, LSOE ’21

“Somebody wore a massive dinosaur costume.”—Alexandro Forte, MCAS ’19

Please send corrections to eic@bcheights.com with ‘correction’ in the subject line. “Someone dressed up as a juul.” —Rory Gallaher, LSOE ’21

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Task Force Evaluating Future of Lynch Honors Program By Abby Hunt Heights Staff A task force has been meeting since the start of the academic year to review the Lynch School of Education’s Honors Program, and will continue to meet throughout the year, according to Julia Devoy, associate dean of undergraduate students for Lynch. Dean of the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences Rev. Greg Kalscheur, S.J., announced earlier this month that, after almost 60 years, the MCAS Honors Program will come to an end with the Class of 2021. The decision, which was based on the reasoning that Boston College is already

a highly selective, challenging school that recruits academically strong students, left some uncertainty about whether the honors programs in Lynch and the Carroll School of Management will also be discontinued following this same logic. Ethan Sullivan, the director of the CSOM Honors Program, did not respond to an email seeking comment. “No decisions will be made until our review is complete at end of Spring 2018,” Devoy said in an email. According to DeVoy, the task force may choose to follow suit with the MCAS Honors Program, but is currently unsure if this the right direction for Lynch to take as well. It is possible that the program will remain as

it is, or continue on in a different manner. “The Lynch Honors Program has a long history of developing strong graduates in the fields of education and psychology and has exceptional faculty supervision,” DeVoy said in an email. The students in the program, of which there are currently a total of 82, are a tightknit cohort that form close relationships with the faculty, and these connections often facilitate student participation in undergraduate research assistantships, and senior and honors theses, she said. Typically, students have been invited to join the Lynch Honors Program around the same time they are given admission to BC,

whether they have applied early action or regular decision. This year, if it is decided that the program will continue in its current format, students accepted into the Class of 2022 would be invited to join once the Lynch Honors Program review is completed and a formal decision has been made by the University. It is currently uncertain exactly when this will be. One Lynch Honors student, Lily Martini, LSOE ’19, said that taking classes with fellow Honors students during her freshman and sophomore years was a great way to develop a community within the Lynch community, and the program’s bi-monthly meetings have

allowed her to connect with honors students in different grades. Accordingly, since hearing about the plans for MCAS Honors, she has felt conflicted about what she thinks should happen to the Lynch program. “On the one hand … the community has been great [and] it’s been great getting to know other people,” she said. “But at the same time, I know a ton of other Lynch students that are brilliant and inspiring, and I don’t know what qualified some of us to be in Honors and some of them to not be in Honors. For that reason, I don’t know how necessary [the Honors Program] is because we’re all at a great school taking hard classes; we’re all doing great things.” n

Markell Discusses Priorities, Recent Activism on Campus Peter Markell, from A1 technically at what you do is really important, but being able to solve problems that are important to people is as critical to success. And I really felt BC gave me a base for that. TH: Can you talk about your career? PM: So I got out of BC in ’77 and I went to what was then called Ernst & Ernst, which became Ernst & Whinney, which then became Ernst & Young. I went to work on the audit side at Ernst, I stayed on that—interestingly enough, I developed a career on the audit side but I also ended up running human resources for the New England area of Ernst. Became a partner in 1988, ended up running three different business service lines in my time as a partner: I ran health care, I ran entrepreneurial services, and I ran retail, distribution, and manufacturing. So all great experiences, learned a lot, et cetera. So then in the winter of ’98, beginning of ’99, I was asked if I wanted to leave Ernst and come join Partners HealthCare. The timing was right, I thought about it, I made the decision. So I started at Partners in February of ’99. Been there ever since, taking on additional responsibilities here and there to the point where now I’m the executive vice president, CFO, and treasurer. TH: What has your involvement been with the Board? PM: I’d have to go back and count the years, to be honest. You basically get voted in for a four-year term. You can serve two four-year terms and then you have to come off for at least a year. So I served those two four-year terms,

I came off for a year, and I’m back on now, so I’m somewhere in the middle of that second go-around. So it’s got to be 12, 13 years, something like that. I was on the Finance Committee, then I became the chair of the Finance Committee, and then a couple of years ago I became vice chair [of the Board of Trustees] with John Fish as chair, and then I became the chair. TH: What are your priorities as chair? PM: The board has three key responsibilities at the end of the day: it has to select and continually evaluate the CEO, it has to help the CEO and his team on strategic issues, and then it has oversight responsibilities. So in reality, we need to make sure the Board is executing those three responsibilities. I think the big thing is, the University just went through a planning process, and we need to work with Father Leahy and the team to make sure we execute on that strategic plan coming up. Different things the Board members are interested in is how the University looks to the future. The University has been tremendously successful, so the challenge is how do you not rest on your laurels, and how do you look to the challenges of the future and best prepare yourselves to deal with it. We want to make sure we focus on diversity within the Board, and diversity can be defined many ways, but the fact of the matter is you want different points of view, you want different backgrounds, et cetera. So the Board can get varied viewpoints on what’s going on and then coalesce around what it thinks it needs to do to move forward. … The Board needs to be objective, it needs to sup-

port management. The Board doesn’t run the institution, management runs the institution, and we have to do the three things I defined that are the job of the board. TH: Is there a specific program or target number in place for diversity on the Board? PM: I don’t think we set a specific number—the challenge always is, do you set a specific number, because if you don’t set a target, do you really drive to it? But you don’t want to set a target for the sake of setting a target. But there’s no question that we have to put a lot of effort into looking at Board membership and reaching out for diverse members, whether it’s AHANA, whether it’s gender, different things like that. Again, it’s the collective wisdom of the board that makes a board really good, and we have to make sure we’re looking for that. TH: What are you excited about in the new strategic plan? PM: I think the sciences are a big deal. This investment in science we’re going to make I think is critically important to the future of the school, and we need to make sure we do that right and execute on it, because we have to find the right niches for that program, because it’s a competitive world in that area right now. So I think that’s very exciting. I think the focus on being a more international university is very interesting and has a lot of people excited, so I think that will be a very interesting thing for us to focus on and play out. The revision of the core and keeping our focus on the liberal arts component of who we are is important. The four things that are laid out in there

I think is very important. TH: Is there a dollar figure on the size of the planned investment in the sciences? PM: You’ve got to look at it in its various components. The finance department is in the process of working with the provost and others who are driving the program. So there will be a capital investment in terms of a building and all the equipment that has to go into it, and then there’ll be an operating investment, which is recruitment of faculty and the operation of the programming, et cetera. I don’t have what that is at the tip of my fingers because I know they’re working on it as we talk. TH: What’d you think of the racerelated campus activism earlier this month? PM: I think that’s what you’re going to see at a university. I think we’re at an interesting time in the country’s history and the development of everything and at the end of the day, what I truly believe in is you need constructive dialogue, and people of different races, religions, gender, et cetera. What you really need to do is meet and talk with people. When you can meet and interact personally with people that are different than you, you gain an appreciation. Yeah, they may look, think, or have a different view on life than I do, but they’re a human being and we’re all human beings in this together, so I think the dialogue is good. If there were simple solutions it would be done already. So I think we’ve just got to keep the dialogue going, talk, and, you know, there’s no room for hateful messages. They serve no purpose. But the ques-

tion is, how do we create a constructive dialogue to move forward and make things better? And I think that’s what the University cares about at the end of the day. TH: Do you think University President Rev. William P. Leahy, S.J., should personally address events like the racist incidents that prompted students’ activism? PM: You know, that’s always a difficult thing for a president to do, because then you get stuck with the issue of what do you and what don’t you speak out on. If you speak out on one thing, then people say, well, how come you didn’t speak out on this or the other thing? And I’ve talked with Father—the issue is, does he have to speak out personally, or does the University need to state a position on it? So these are philosophical-style things. And I think Father’s point of view is, it shouldn’t be about him, it should be about the University and what the University’s position is on things. And I know that sounds like a fine line, but it’s an important one. TH: Anything you’d like to add? PM: For me, it’s a real honor to chair the Board. I think we have a great heritage at BC, we have a great university, it’s going in the right direction. There’s always things you can work on to improve and make it better, and that’s what we’re gonna be focused on. But at the end of the day, it’s really about education, and giving people the opportunity to improve their lives, learn how to think, and be constructive members of society. And I think BC’s ability to be a higher education institution and bring the Jesuit, Catholic values to the thinking is a noble cause. n

Thapar Joins 6th Circuit Amul Thapar, from A1 versity of California, Berkeley School of Law. Thapar loved his time at BC and said that it gave him the chance to grow, sometimes in ways that he did not expect. “I loved my experience there and I love going back with my friends,” he said. “It was an opportunity to grow in a lot of ways. I always thought that when you went to college you would grow by being in the classroom but I found that I grew a lot more from all the things you learn outside of it.” Thapar began his career in law in a government office working as a law clerk for S. Arthur Spiegel of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio from 1994 to 1996 and for Nathaniel R. Jones of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit from 1996 to 1997. He worked as the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky from 2006 to 2007. In 2007, Thapar was nominated by President George W. Bush to fill a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, where he worked until his nomination to the appellate court this past May. Thapar worked as a trial judge in the District Court for nine and a half years. “I was thrilled [when I received the nomination] and honored to even be thought of as someone who could fill the seat on the Court of Appeals it’s a tremendous honor and opportunity for someone like myself or for anyone and I felt very lucky and blessed,” he said. The transition from working on the District Court to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals brought changes to Thapar’s job. While working for the District Court, Thapar tried cases and interacted with the lawyers, witnesses, and juries on an everyday basis. The Court of Appeals

consists of much more reading and studying, and less human interaction, Thapar said, although he thinks the change in jobs came at a perfect time. “You’re reinvigorated to do the job and it’s a new job and a new challenge and I love that aspect of it,” he said. Less time in the courtroom allows Thapar more time to devote to his other interests, such as public speaking and teaching. “I love public speaking, and it actually gives me more time to get to the law schools to talk on different topics that I care about,” he said. Thapar teaches multiple college classes at the University of Virginia, Vanderbilt University, and the Chase College of Law at Northern Kentucky University. He teaches classes about criminal defense, judicial defense, and the Supreme Court. Even with the current tumultuous political climate, Thapar said that the courts are functioning as usual and are not political. He said that he and the other judges rarely disagree and if they do, it is always in a polite and respectful way. “Even when we disagree, I am always amazed at just the kindness and thoughtfulness of my colleagues, and how hard they work to reach agreement,” he said. “And when they reach disagreement, they’re not disagreeable.” When asked if he saw working on the Supreme Court as a future career path for himself, Thapar responded that he doesn’t really think about that but instead focuses on the job he’s doing now. “I’ve always found that you should do the best at whatever job you’re doing and enjoy what you’re doing, and the future will take care of itself,” he said. “I think the most important thing for me, and for all people, is to love what you do and not plan for a future step that may never come.” n

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Gonzaga Residents Report Bias Incidents Gonzaga Vandalism, from A1 seeking comment on the incidents that occurred starting Thursday, Oct. 26. All of the residents of Gonzaga 2 who spoke to The Heights were granted anonymity for safety concerns. In his email sent Oct. 20, Razek told residents that on the night of Thursday, Oct. 19, a “Black Lives Matter” sign was removed from a resident’s door and another sign was defaced. He said that the incidents were documented and reported to the Office for Institutional Diversity (OID) and the Boston College Police Department was investigating the incident alongside the Office of Residential Life. One resident of Gonzaga 2 told The Heights her “Black Lives Matter” sign was ripped off her door on Thursday, Oct. 19. She said that BCPD came to her room later that week and gave her a new sign to put on her door. “Once again, please know that it is our mission within Residential Life to create safe and inclusive communities for our students from all backgrounds experiences, and identities at Boston College,” Razek wrote

in the email to residents. Razek encouraged students who have any information about the racist acts to report the person or people responsible to ResLife staff or BCPD. The second set of incidents occurred on Friday, Oct. 20, the same day about 2,000 students, faculty, and administrators marched in solidarity to protest multiple racist incidents that occurred the week before. On Saturday, Oct. 21, Gonzaga residents received another email, this time from Peter Hausladen, the resident director of Walsh Hall, who was on call at the time. In the email, Hausladen said that he was contacted by members of the community about two more racial incidents on the second floor of Gonzaga. Two racially inflammatory statements were written in a bathroom on Gonzaga 2 and another was written on a whiteboard in the hallway, Hausladen said in the email. These incidents were also reported to OID and BCPD, he said. One Gonzaga 2 resident said she discovered the first racist statement in the bathroom, which read “Black Lives Don’t

Matter.” She reported this to her resident assistant, who called BCPD. When the resident assistants performed a check a couple of hours later, a second statement was written in a stall that read “Black Lives Don’t Matter. Only White Ones Do,” according to the student. The statements mirror the vandalism of two signs earlier this month in Roncalli Hall. The bathroom door was propped open with paper towels, according to a resident, so there is potentially no record of who swiped into the bathroom during the time the racist phrases were written. Students in some on-campus housing are required to use their cards to access communal bathrooms. Gonzaga residents received a third email on Sunday, Oct. 22, from Brian Regan, assistant director of the first year area, with times for meetings for each floor of Gonzaga Monday night. During these meetings, employees from the Office of Residential Life spoke to students about these incidents as well as steps to move forward. Residents who were unable to attend were told to contact their resident assistants so that they would be able to follow up with those absent later in the week. n

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Monday, October 30, 2017

McNellis Forms the Next Generation of Gentlemen at BC By Caroline Lee For The Heights B oston College is home to a gentlemen’s club. No, not one with a seedy neon sign or unsavory characters lurking inside—an actual gentlemen’s club, one that is quite the opposite of pop culture’s portrayal. It is a club where undergraduate male students gather once a week at St. Mary’s Chapel to discuss their faith in Jesus Christ and hope to live the lives of Catholic gentlemen. The organization, called the Sons of Saint Patrick, is led by Rev. Paul McNellis, S.J., one of BC’s most beloved professors in the philosophy department. McNellis guides these young men, along with other students in the BC community, in upholding values that are close to his heart: respect, discipline, justice, telling the truth, and following one’s duty. In a school campus where bingedrinking and hookup culture are prevalent, sticking to Catholic values may not always be so easy. McNellis realizes this and hopes to help students figure out what values are important to them and how they can stay true to those values. “Sons of Saint Patrick didn’t want to participate in hook-up and drinking culture,” McNellis said. “They thought that this isn’t what it means to be a Catholic man.” He first learned these values from his father, whom he says was the most significant figure in shaping his moral life. He helped him understand the importance of telling the truth and doing his duty, and what it meant to be just and see justice in the world. McNellis was born in Miami in 1946 and grew up in Saint Paul, Minn. He jokes that being the oldest of four brothers and four sisters prepared him for entering the Jesuits. Living in close quarters and living with people with many opinions and needs, it’s easy to become a person for others, simply because no one can afford for one of the children to be selfish. “Well, I kind of—only half-jokingly—say that by the time I entered the Jesuits, I dealt with every moral problem within the family except for kidnapping and murder,” McNellis said. He was studying political science at the University of Minnesota during the Vietnam War but left in 1968 to enlist in the United States Army. From 1970 to 1971, he served with the Military Assistance Command in Vietnam, working closely with the South Vietnamese Army reconnaissance units. McNellis illustrates one of his most salient experiences during his time in the military. He recalls the time when the Vietnamese commander of the South Vietnamese unit that McNellis served in fell in combat.

“I think if you’ve been in combat, you have the experience that you know better men than you died,” McNellis said. He remembers feeling deeply anguished and confused at the death of the commander, who he believed to be a man of great virtue and morals. After leaving the Army in April 1971, McNellis earned freelance journalist credentials and began his work as a reporter by sending stories to news outlets. He worked mostly for the Associated Press, but was hired in Vietnam to work as a freelance journalist. He wanted to return to Vietnam to work as a reporter because he could not reconcile what he was reading in the U.S. press with what he was learning from letters he was receiving from his Vietnamese friends in Vietnam. Instead, he decided to see and report firsthand. Seeking the truth from soldiers on the front lines was not the only thing McNellis wanted. Wracked with guilt and frustration from the death of his commander, McNellis turned to God for answers, hoping to understand why he had survived while the Vietnamese commander had not. His journey began in a similar way to St. Ignatius Loyola, the man he would later study in great detail when he became a Jesuit, who discovered God and Catholicism following his time as a soldier. “I got an answer in prayer that came very clearly,” McNellis said. “It was as if God were saying, ‘You’re right. He was a better man than you and that’s why. You need more time. I’m not finished with you yet.’” Experiences such as the death of the Vietnamese commander added fuel to McNellis’ already burning desire to serve others. He vowed to make the most out of the time God has given him. Serving in Vietnam was only the beginning of McNellis’ long journey of service. When he came back to the U.S. after finishing his work as a reporter in Vietnam, he enrolled in an intensive Vietnamese language course at the University of Southern Illinois. He hoped to learn Vietnamese and then go back to Vietnam to work for Catholic Relief Services. After six months of intensive language training, however, Catholic Relief Services asked him to go to Cambodia instead, which was facing a severe refugee crisis due to the war. He deferred his acceptance to Cornell University, went to Cambodia and promptly started learning Khmer (the language of Cambodia). “I thought that if I were studying at Cornell and I were reading the newspaper about events about Cambodia, and I knew that I could have gone to help, I wouldn’t be able to study for one thing,” McNellis said. In Cambodia, McNellis worked with emergency refugee relief, during

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McNellis turned to God and became a Jesuit after his commander was killed during the Vietnam War. which he supervised the distribution of food and shelter for the thousands of refugees fleeing the fighting between the Cambodian government and communist forces. McNellis left Cambodia in 1975, when communist forces won in both Vietnam and Cambodia. He then continued his education at Cornell University, where he studied Southeast Asian Studies. While at Cornell, he decided to enter the Jesuits, so he went to Syracuse for two years and began preparing for his life as a Jesuit. The process to become a Jesuit includes years of rigorous study of philosophy and theology. Further studies as a Jesuit included time in Oxford, Munich, and Rome. He was ordained a priest in 1987 at the Fordham University Chapel. Upon completion of this studies, he was assigned to teach Ethics and Political Philosophy to both seminarians and lay students at the Gregorian University in Rome. Due to health problems, however, he left Rome and came to Boston, where University President Rev. William P. Leahy S.J. offered him the opportunity to teach at BC while still remaining close to his doctors. In 2000, McNellis began teaching in the Perspectives program and later in the Capstone program at BC and has been doing so ever since.

Teaching students is just another chapter in the book of McNellis’ life of service. Just like he served refugees in Cambodia, he continues to serve students at BC by trying to get students to see the love of God. Gerardo Martinez, the president of the Sons of Saint Patrick and MCAS ’19, expresses his deepest gratitude for the guidance McNellis has provided him. With McNellis as their leader, Martinez and his fellow Sons of Saint Patrick comrades explore issues on how to be a good Catholic in the 21st century. “We want to, through example, show what a Catholic gentleman is,” Martinez said. “We value respect of others, respect of Christ, and upholding his teachings, but also a sense of personal duty and loyalty to a cause.” Through his years at BC, McNellis has seen how difficult it was for some students to try and understand their faith within a school context that often distracts them from matters pertaining to God. The Sons of Saint Patrick provides the perfect atmosphere for male students to escape their busy academic and social calendars to come together for a couple hours and discuss various issues, such as what it means to be a father and how to be a good friend—all of which are explored through the lens

of Christianity. Aside from the prayer and conversation that take place during their weekly Thursday meetings, the Sons of Saint Patrick aim to live by example in the hopes of transforming themselves as well as society both spiritually and socially. Gloria Oh, MCAS ’18, is a philosophy major who has also fostered a close relationship with McNellis since her freshman year. “He’s actually the reason I became a philosophy major,” Oh said. “He was always available to talk about my life and he’s just this really caring guy.” Oh recalls the many times McNellis made himself available to help her navigate her way through college and she looks to him as a role model for living a Christian life. His commitment to serving a life of God and upholding high moral standards is reflected in his relationships with his students, whom he treats with the utmost care and respect. At the heart of McNellis’ life has always been brotherhood—whether with his many biological siblings, the soldiers in his command, or the massive network of Jesuits who have taken the same vows. Now, at BC, McNellis has transitioned from being a brother to also being a father, guiding the Sons of Saint Patrick to follow a life of service as McNellis did. n

Dear Shannon: Surviving Bad Pick Times (and Other Concerns) The first thing I do when registra-

this slot. Though a lot of people

chances. First thing: Make sure you

time you can get, so you could po-

tion rolls around is scope out the

save their art core until senior year,

have UIS on your computer. One

tentially save a few seconds just from

offerings for the next semester and

they can be a good outlet for when

year I tried to sign onto UIS, and it

switching from the class number to

make a list of them in a document.

times are stressful. I took Painting:

turned out the software was erased

the course index when you are input-

I write out the times and days and,

Foundations second semester of my

from my laptop. I had to hop onto

ting the courses.

most importantly, the course index

junior year, and though I cannot

someone else’s and input my classes,

number—the four-digit number

say I am the next Van Gogh after

which didn’t affect the courses I

though, will come after registra-

found toward the bottom of the

it, I felt relaxed during the several

ended up getting, but it caused me

tion. Sign up for EagleScribe to get

course description if you click on it.

hours a week I spent working on my

unnecessary stress for a few minutes.

notified when a class opens up. Find

I sort out my schedule first by the

latest piece in Devlin 406. Another

Also, don’t lose your degree audit.

out through friends and classmates

I was inspired to write to you

classes I have to take for my major or

popular arts favorite is Introduction

That is something I did when I was

if there are any people who want to

after your last advice column. What

the core, and then classes that I want

to Theatre, which usually requires

a young sophomore, which led to a

swap with what you have or others

a helpful response! I know I’d take

to take as electives. If a certain class

you to see one of the Robsham or

last-minute sprint to 90 401 to find it

so you can have the inside scoop

your advice. I actually have a few

interests me enough, I’ll write down

Bonn productions. Now you actually

on my dresser under a bag of Cheez

before they drop it and replace it

questions. With my first registra-

every section’s information. From

have to see that production of No

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with something else. Add/drop week

tion coming up, what should I do

there, I copy and paste the classes

Exit instead of promising your friend

if I have a not-so-great pick time?

to lay out my potential schedules

from history that you’ll definitely

when you can actually register. There

want to take Introduction to Musics

Mine is the last day at 4:15. What

and identify if they have everything

try to make it and pretending to get

is an urban legend that goes around

of the World and one of your friend’s

are some classes I should take here

I want and need. I compare it to an

food poisoning from one of the old

in some circles that you can actually

girlfriend’s roommates realized that

that I could get into? Will I graduate

academic planning sheet that my

vending machine snacks at the last

log on to UIS six or seven minutes

you need to write a 10-page paper

on time if I get boxed out of every

advisor sent me years ago to see if

minute.

earlier than your registration time

for the class once they got the syl-

required class I need?

I’m on track with everything. This

and be perfectly fine. I have found

labus, you’re in.

Shannon Kelly Hey Shannon!

Lecture classes also tend to stay

Something to also consider is

Thanks,

all sounds very methodical and

open until the end, so if you have

that to be true, so congratulations,

Freaking Out Here

obsessive, and that is pretty accurate.

a history or science core class to

FOH, you will have a whole six

This is probably the thing I am most

take, it’s time to sign up. You’ll be

minutes on the other people in your

organized about in my life.

surrounded by 300 people who feel

pick time, which could make a big

exactly how you feel every Mon-

difference.

Hey FOH, Great questions! One thing I

From your pick time, the world is

have to note about your not-so-

not going to be your oyster. It’s going

day at 10 a.m. when you’re talking

great pick time—you are wrong

to be more like a locked steel door

about volcanoes or the Mayflower or

course index number? You can use

about that. It isn’t not-so-great. It’s

with no keys, or even just an oyster

something, and that can be great for

that to register for your classes. It’s

terrible. You got one of the last pick

that no one has taken the top off of

morale.

a lot easier to plug in just the four

times for the entire school. That

yet. The next semester might be a

truly sucks for you. But it’s okay! We

good time to take core classes, which

of ACCT447203 or something. With

can help with this.

are more likely to be open during

tricks to maximize your time and

that gross pick time, you need all the

When the time comes for you to

Remember when I mentioned the

numbers of the course index instead

Your most important moment,

will be your salvation. If you really

And really, you’ll eventually end up taking all the courses you need to so you can graduate. UIS is not going

to prevent you from doing that—but the language requirement might. Still taking Intermediate French I even though I’m a senior, Shannon

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

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Monday, October 30, 2017

The Sad Rule of Threes Madeleine D’Angelo They say that bad things come in threes, and this week, I hope that they’re not lying because I need a break. It all started with a single drip last weekend. It was an early drip that hit the floor outside of my bedroom around 7 a.m. on a Saturday, making a slight noise that pulled me out of what was already an uneasy sleep. I wasn’t sure what it was at the time, so I ignored it and turned on my side, hoping to get a few more moments of sleep. And I did for a while, but the sound grew louder and faster, until it sounded like the popping noise that a bonfire makes, or a stilted shower. Eventually the sound was so loud that I pulled myself out of bed, disorientedly expecting to see a fire in the middle of our hallway. One of my roommates poked her head outside of her room at the same moment, and our eyes meeting just before they shifted to the steady stream of water falling from the ceiling and pooling on the hardwood floor. Our mouths dropped, and we sprang into as much action as possible given that we had only been awake for a mere minute. My roommate beelined for the door, rushing up to the apartment above us and hammering on the door to see if the water was coming from their apartment, but no one answered. In the meantime I ran around like a chicken with its head cut off, looking for a bucket or a bowl—anything to stop the lake on the floor from getting any bigger. After a moment, I pulled one from the cupboard and I rushed it back to the hallway, frantically positioning it under the stream of water. Once I did, I breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the situation was at least somewhat under control, and then I noticed the second leak. And the third leak that was flowing out of the light in our bathroom. As I located each new leak, they were getting stronger and stronger, unleashing an unbelievable amount of water onto the floor below. I frowned, realizing that we definitely didn’t have enough bowls to deal with this. My roommate returned—no one above had answered. We frantically searched for the emergency number for the apartment complex, and made the call, finally getting through to the building’s super who informed us that he was an hour away and still in PJs—the earliest he would be in the building was 9 a.m. In the meantime, there was nothing we could do except find more bowls and watch the destruction continue. As more and more water collected, filling the bowls we had gathered with a liquid the color of a rusty pipe, the flow of the leaks increased and our hallway became an indoor version of Niagara Falls. As we looked on unhappily, the ceiling in the bathroom cracked, and water and plaster showered the floor below. I wanted to cry. After what felt like a small eternity, we heard heavy boot steps quickly making their way through the apartment above us. “He’s here!” my roommate cried as we tilted our heads up to the ceilings, following the path of the footsteps. After some movement back and forth above the leaking, the water slowed, a mere tickle instead of a waterfall. Minutes later, a knock sounded at our door, and the super arrived. Dressed in jeans and heavy work boots, he explained

that the leak had not come from a burst pipe, like we had guessed, but from our upstairs neighbors who had obviously had quite the party the night before. “They left the clogged sink in their bathroom running the entire night,” the super said gruffly. I rolled my eyes. We all stared unhappily at the mess— we would have to wait for it to dry before fixing the lighting and the ceiling—and another knock sounded at the door. This time it was two girls dressed in baggy sweatpants, their blond hair pulled into messy buns, and a boy dressed in pastel shorts and boat shoes. “Hi,” said the girl on the left. “Our landlord said that we had to come down and look at the damage we’d caused.” “Oh,” I said, wondering if they wouldn’t have come down to apologize anyways The trio shuffled into our apartment, making their way back toward the flood. The boy bent over a cup of tea that I had sitting on the table, and inhaled deeply. “Whoa, that smells amazing,” he said. This made me uncomfortable, so I snatched away my tea, cradling it in my hands. After a minute of staring down the hallway, they back to the door. “Sorry we guess,” said one girl. “Yeah, sorry,” said the other. “You guys understand though, right?” My roommate said yes, but I wanted to yell no. No, I definitely did not understand. The second thing arrived in the form of a fifth roommate. As repairmen trooped in and out of the apartment over the day, I discovered a small mouse that scurried between the trashcan and the oven after 10:30 p.m. I would see him flash across the white floor from the corner of my eye, gone by the time that I turned my head. I was the only one who ever saw it, so for the first few days I doubted my sanity. But we called an exterminator, who arrived midway through the week with a battery of mouse killing equipment. I started feeling guilty, but I rationalized that it was for the best. We had almost made it through the week when the third thing happened—a selective power outage on a Thursday night. For a minute this seemed kind of fun, it would probably fix itself in a minute, and in the meantime we could just light some candles. But the minute passed, and we realized that the fridge was off, and we had no wifi. I looked at my phone and realized that I had 8 percent of my battery left—meaning no alarm and no clock (let alone no phone) once it died. My laptop was on a similar march towards death, which was problematic given the paper I had to write. It became evident that I needed to undergo a radical life change when it came to charging my electronics. Panicked, we called the emergency number for the second time this week, and they told us to flip the breaker—this did nothing, so we voyaged down to the mother breaker in the basement of the building, and flipped that too. This also did nothing. We called the number again, telling them in high-pitched voices about the food that was slowly defrosting, and the woman on the other line sighed. There was nothing she could do, and we just had to wait until the electrician could come in the morning. Unhappily, we all tried going to bed, depending on the single person with a charged phone to wake up the others. I wanted to cry.

Madeleine D’Angelo is the metro editor for The Heights. She can be reached on Twitter @mads805.

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Abloh Dodges Misery and Sneakers By Madeleine D’Angelo Metro Editor

When Virgil Abloh walked into the packed lecture hall of the Harvard Graduate School of Design on Thursday night, he was met with thunderous applause. Students and streetwear fanatics decked out in their finest were in the presence of a god, and they could barely contain their excitement. Dressed simply in a light-wash denim jacket, distressed jeans, a black t-shirt, and a pair of his signature off-white Nike sneakers, Abloh walked calmly toward the podium in the front of the room. Abloh stopped for a second, his open and cheery face turning to the audience as he flashed a peace sign and a quick dab—the applause grew even louder. As he reached the podium, he gave another quick wave, and stowed his carry-on suitcase just behind him, bending down to quickly check its contents. Abloh unzipped it, revealing a cache of shoes that would send any sneakerhead into raptures, before sitting down and allowing Oana Stanescue, a design critic in architecture at the Harvard GSA, to take the stage and introduce him to the crowd. But for this crowd, packed not only with design students but also with the rabid fans of Off-White, the wildly popular clothing brand for which Abloh is both designer and founder, no introduction was required. But after recounting the story of their first meeting, Stanescue revealed a key insight into Abloh’s work as a designer, explaining that although he might not be “practicing architecture in a traditional sense,” he was an architect at a “different scale.” According to Stanescue, Abloh’s work centers around “the core of creative freedom.” It was, as Abloh said while taking the podium, a “serious” introduction, but Abloh wasn’t nervous. His voice was calming and lighthearted, and he faced the crowd with complete openness and comfort, shifting back and forth on long legs that were splayed slight off to the side. As Abloh pulled up his presentation titled “Insert Complicated Title Here,” he remembered to turn off his WhatsApp notification—which had been pinging insistently ever since he entered the room. But for Abloh, a leader in one of the biggest names in fashion, this isn’t unusual, it’s just daily life. Constantly traveling around the world, circling from the major global fashion hubs back to his wife and two children, Abloh conducts practically all his daily operations from his phone—no small feat considering the magnitude of work that he

must keep up with. But for now the noise from the notifications disappeared, and Abloh turned his full attention to the audience, preparing them for a show of “random things on his laptop.” First, however, he wanted to make sure that the audience understood something important. Although Abloh is no longer a student, he feels like “a perpetual kid at school,” and strongly identifies with the struggles that students face. That sense of identification was why he wanted to give this talk completely free of charge, making it open to anyone who wished to attend. He wanted to help them understand “the shortcuts” that he learned while studying something “super practical,” but ultimately finding a career that wasn’t “delineated by a single major.” And to do that, Abloh debuted a new lecture technique: a series of cheat codes that flashed onto the screen with a bright red slide. Each red slide, which Abloh sprinkled throughout the lecture, contained a question, and if the lister could answer it, they would be one step closer to finding their personal signature, their “DNA.” For Abloh, a person’s earliest memories, his or her “early rational,” are where this signature originates, it’s just defining it later where it gets tricky. Abloh himself worked, and continues to work, at a “feverish pace” to find his signature, which he proudly displayed on the screen in a list pulled straight from his iPhone notes. For Abloh, his signature comes from seven things. First, his love of avant-garde artist Marcel Duchamp, who rocked the art world with his ‘readymade art,’ an everyday object onto which Duchamp put his signature. Second is Abloh’s love of talking in quotes to “insert humanity” through conversation. The quotes, although by Abloh’s own admission “a little tired,” are his way of making people laugh. They allow him to speak iconically, saying “two things at the same time.” Abloh’s DNA is also found in his 3-percent approach, which means that he only ever changes an original design 3 percent, maybe because Abloh himself is a little tired. Here Abloh paused for a moment, flipping one of his sneakers off of his feet and catching it in the air to show the audience. These “slight edited” Air Force One Nikes are the kind of “restrained” design that interests Abloh, who doesn’t really want or need a completely new shoe in the market. Fourth came Abloh’s approach to compromise, found even in the name of

his brand, Off White. It’s a careful balance between streetwear and luxury, black and white, that is at the forefront of his creative focus. Abloh’s love for imperfection, the “work in progress,” is the fifth tenant of his identity, a love that again stems from the importance of incorporating humanity in art. “Your hand and your brain will tell you when something’s finished, and then you post-rationalize, make up something afterwards or whatever,” Abloh said. Number six was Abloh’s requirement for every output to have “a reason to exist.” Following the same rationalization that we don’t need another different pair of shoes saturating the market, Abloh realizes that “over consuming is okay,” and sometimes we just have to say no. Finally, Abloh’s driving principle is an effort to have the “tourist and the purist meet somewhere.” Designers and thinkers must reach and understand with the everyday consumer, otherwise their work is entirely “self-serving.” After outlining his personal ethos, Abloh displayed how it shined through in his own work, providing attendees sneak peeks at his upcoming collaboration with the furniture giant Ikea. The upcoming collection was inspired by the humble doorstop, an invention that Abloh considers “genius,” as it could stop a “Boeing 747 from going to here to Tokyo.” But Abloh didn’t just want attendees to ogle at his work, because by his own admission, he is “not that special.” Instead, he wanted them to imagine themselves in his shoes, imagine themselves taking the work that he had created and spinning it off into something that was, perhaps, 3 percent different from the original. Abloh does not want the next generation of designers, whether they focus on architecture or fashion, to get sucked into the misery that plagues the modern world. “This is the renaissance,” Abloh said. “Don’t get trapped into this ‘Everything sucks the world is coming to an end’ … It’s exactly the opposite.” And modern angst certainly wasn’t in the room minutes later when the crowd pelted Abloh with shoes, mobbing him by the podium and begging him to sign their shoes with one of his coveted quotes. He good naturedly laughed and signed as many as he could before he darted out of the room, already onto his next project. Because that work, is after all, his life. “I take a huge sort of of passion about the creative work that I do, and it’s not work, it’s just living for me,” Abloh said. n

With NoiseScore, Sound Metrics Become a Lifestyle Factor By Keely Dickes Heights Staff Have you ever wondered not only what a place will look like, feel like, but also what it will sound like? Though seemingly a minor component, noise plays an integral part in our lives—whether it be to better study, have a good conversation, or just enjoy the environment. Erica Walker, the founder of NoiseScore, has developed the app in response to thinking about community noise levels in a different way. Any user of NoiseScore can document their experience with sound through a photo or video, a recording, and personal description. The app then uploads the ratings back to the Noise and the City website, where they fill a live map integrated with the observations of other users. The purpose is to provide a more pleasant, even healthier, living experience through the consideration

of sound in one’s environment. Walker wasn’t always a noise expert. When the idea for NoiseScore was born, she was an artist struggling to sell handmade furniture out of her apartment, where, in the floor above her a family’s three kids would run back and forth all day. The noise drove her crazy, and no one—not the family, the landlord, or public officials—was able to help her. So she investigated to see if anyone else had similar issues dealing with noise, and found a variety of complaints. The complaints did not just result from loud neighbors, but also from airplanes, road traffic, leaf blowers, and more. It seemed that the city of Boston was ripe with noise issues just waiting to be silenced. “I realized at that point that noise is just way bigger than myself,” Walker said. So Walker decided it was time for a radical lifestyle change. She left furniture behind, and attended Tufts to study urban planning and economics, completing her

thesis on the levels of noise in Somerville. After graduating, she applied and went to the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, but her interest in noise remained strong the more and more she realized just how impactful noise is. “In that process of measuring noise and talking to people, you realize that community noise is not just how loud it is. It’s how it makes people feel,” Walker said. So Walker turned to Boston itself, deciding to conduct a noise survey of the Greater Boston area. Using her DBA metrice, she measured the noise levels of 400 locations within Boston, and analyzed over 1,000 resident surveys. She gave neighborhoods within Boston a grade, the Allston-Brighton area receiving a D-, while areas like Back Bay received a B. Throughout the development process for NoiseScore, being rewceptive to her own mistakes helped Walker to broaden her own perceptions and progress her ideas. When

her research plan—principally oriented around measuring loudness in communities—was called into question, she realized she had to think about how to measure noise when there are many other layers, such as the lower frequencies of buses and trains where the DBA metric did not work. Listening to people’s responses to her ideas and to what the community had to say, aided her in incorporating the subjective effect of sound into her studies. “Be open to being wrong, and be curious enough to see where being wrong leads you,” Walker said. Walker’s story is not without its challenges, either. One of these has been people not believing in her idea. It is difficult for her to convince people to see the issue of noise as a public health issue, and to take it seriously. “Noise is not as sexy as, you know, climate change,” Walker said. “People are thinking that you’re just complaining about

something that you should really get over.” But as a female researcher of color, Walker faces challenges that many entrepreneurs in Boston will never experience. Breaking away from others’ preconceived stereotypes of her in this way has made acceptance of her work even harder. “People put you in this box of what they think you should be doing,” Walker said. Walked noted how much she has changed only in two years, and that her successes have stemmed from her challenges. For Walker, the feeling of getting people to believe in her passion is amazing, and has helped her learn more about herself be “more comfortable with taking risks, putting [herself] out there, learning from the mistakes, and failing, and moving forward.” And the degree of challenge that Walker has faced she has not only met, but exceeded by, her resilience. “It makes you stronger,” she said. n

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ACC Should Schedule Red Bandanna Game Near Sept. 11 This past Friday, Boston College football defeated Florida State in the annual Welles Remy Crowther Red Bandanna Game, a tradition that honors one of the most well-respected and heroic alumni in recent memory at the University. It’s the fourth year of the event, one which has been met with great fanfare, including widespread marketing campaigns and an emphasis on putting the game on national television. But, as a column in The Heights noted, playing the Red Bandanna Game in late October feels unjust. BC Athletics attempts to have the game on a predetermined night game. Because of flex scheduling within the ACC, in which game times for Week Four and onward are determined on that particular week depending on television preference, this can only be done one of two ways. Either the game must be on the one Friday night game mandated by

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the ACC, or it must be during one of the season’s first three weeks, when game times are decided during the schedule’s release in January. As we’ve seen in each of the last two seasons, when the game is placed on the Friday night, it has continually strayed further from the day which it should be remembering: Sept. 11. Thus, when an available spot occurs in scheduling, the ACC should guarantee BC receives a night game in one of the first three weeks of the season. This way, BC will have the opportunity to plan a more fitting celebration of Crowther’s bravery and sacrifice that will still be nationally televised and well-attended by students and alumni. In 2018, the ACC will have the opportunity to do this on Saturday, Sept. 15, and in 2019, on Saturday, Sept. 7. In turn, BC must work with the conference to make this a priority, as the national exposure received by the

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University and by Athletics is shared by the conference. Because of the game’s proximity to Halloween, some students chose to wear costumes to the game. While BC Athletics did email the student body to wear the red bandannas, it should have emphasized telling students to not wear costumes. Moreover, considering the game’s purpose of honoring Crowther and his heroics on Sept. 11, 2001, students should have taken it upon themselves to consider the occasion and prioritize wearing the red bandannas. We understand that students wanted to dress up for the holiday—Halloween’s placement on a Tuesday this year creates an unfortunate partying circumstance—but wearing BC gear and red bandannas to the game and changing into a costume after would have been a more appropriate course of action.

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Changing the Capstone Program

Thomas Keenan Care Packages - It’s easy to forget about home when you’re away at school, and caught up in work, going out, and trying to figure out what exactly you plan to do with your life. Little reminders of family and friends back home, from pictures in our dorm rooms to texts from Mom and Dad between classes, help to remind us what really matters. Sometimes, big reminders can help remind us as well, such as Halloween care packages—full of candy, baked goods, and holiday cards depicting dogs dressed in costumes. Care packages are a reminder that even if we become too busy to think about our families back home, they are still keeping us in their minds. They’re a comforting indication that even when we are away at school, dealing with the trials and tribulations that we will, we have people at home who love and care about us regardless. When youthful imperceptions make it seem as if you’ve got the weight of the world on your shoulders at college, reminders such as these are an eye-opening remedy. Approaching Turkey Time - November is almost here. A time of far less midterms and far better morale has just about arrived. Time for family, football, and turkey will soon be upon us, and we will all be able to enjoy a much-needed respite after a long month of seemingly endless work and obligations. Just imagine the stuffing and gravy as you make this final push. It will all be worth it in the end.

As I plan my courses for my last semester at Boston College, I have been considering whether or not to elect for a Capstone course. They cannot be taken pass/fail, and only one can be taken before graduation. Such restrictions make the courses sound like they are highly desirable, even essential components of the undergraduate experience. Relying on what I have gathered both from the BC website and testimonies from those who have taken the courses, I am hesitant to enroll in one. The Capstone Program is introduced on the BC website as an Ignatianinspired spin on the more common practice of placing at the end of an undergraduate major sequence a “capstone.” At other universities, capstone classes act as a way of summing up the sustained work that one has undertaken in one’s major. At BC, the focus is less academic and more about personal development. More specifically, this includes touching on “relationships, society, academics, spirituality, career, and personal skills,” according to BC’s website. As I understand it, the distinctive thing about a Capstone class is that topics will be explored from a personal, not systematic, angle. So, a typical course may bring up spirituality in the context of understanding and responding to canonical authors on the topic. This course would explore spirituality primarily through the lens of students’ own experiences, referencing canonical authors insofar as they are directly helpful in shedding light on the issues that college seniors typically experience. The goal is to walk away from the course with a changed understanding of oneself, with any works that one is required to read for the course a secondary consideration. The students quoted on the testimonial page for the program seem to see its value in the way I have outlined. Reading through the testimonials, I think some common elements can be found in

many of the responses. First, students feel comfortable discussing feelings and desires in a way they do not in other situations. For example, one student reported the class as “a very special, safe place. Class discussions are rich, open, and honest.” Another testimonial includes the following praise: “Spirituality was a theme that I personally was uncomfortable discussing before I took this class but now I feel more comfortable getting in touch with.” Second, students also say they feel listened to in Capstone courses. An illustrative example of this is one student’s reflection that his professor was “a terrific teacher who cared enough to listen.” It is all too easy to find professors and friends, the subtext of this comment seems to be, who neither care nor listen. Third, they value the relationships they make with other students and with professors in the course. One comment that stuck out in my mind was the claim that the professor “leads class like it is a conversation among friends.” The courses typically offer the opportunity to get to know people in a way that most classes do not. From students who have taken the courses, I have heard that, for instance, sometimes half the class can be devoted to “highs” and “lows”—where each student goes around expressing moments of interest that took place throughout his or her week, helping to express to others a sense of what he or she finds significant. What I find problematic about these courses is not that people should appreciate a time for expressing their feelings, building relationships, especially mentor relationships, or otherwise developing themselves personally. First, personal sharing is limited by the fact that the course is graded and academic credit is attached to it. Second, the sort of introspection and vulnerability that takes place in the class seems to me to be unable to deliver on the promise that real openness can be achieved, since the context is so artificial. My first objection comes from reflecting on a theology course I took in which we were asked frequently to say, in front of the entire class, how the readings we were assigned fit into our particular lives. I do not think I was the only one who gave answers that were

different from the answers that I would have given had a professor not been there. It may be true that the pretense in Capstone courses is that students and professor are friends, as one of the students I quoted above claimed. The reality of a GPA-centered academic system, however, is that students will be vulnerable just as much, and in the just the way, that they expect the professor would appreciate. It is an odd feature of the Capstone courses that they must never be taken pass/fail. They seem, to me, the exact sort of class that ought to be taken pass/ fail, so that the obsequiousness encouraged by the obsession with grades can be put aside for once, giving students the chance to speak without the normal consequences of expressing unformed thoughts. Second, the attempt seems to be to create a form of on-demand intimacy among a group of peers, and between the peers and the professor. I am not at all opposed to faith-sharing or other reflective discussion groups that take place outside of the academic system because they are voluntarily undertaken. In a Capstone, on the contrary, the course fits alongside all of one’s other academic commitments, so that one is just as obligated to attend, and “reflect” (or at least appear to do so), as one is obligated to attend any other course. Further, other students’ responses to one’s sharing, perhaps of very intimate details of one’s life, may not really come from the heart, and will very likely not take place within a longstanding friendship, the proper context for vulnerable sharing. All this seems detrimental to the very activity, reflection on one’s development in the context of those who care, which the Capstone Program hopes to further. I want to make it clear that I do see the value in the goals that the Capstone Program stands for. My problem is that I do not see how its goals could be achieved in a setting that is anything even analogous to the traditional classroom setting.

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

Finding Our Individual Charisma Halloween if You’re Not a Kid - This is definitely an unpopular opinion. But then again, most of my opinions are. When I was younger, I loved Halloween. It was an occasion to express my creativity and dress up as my favorite super heroes, cartoon characters, etc. As I’ve gotten older, however, I’ve developed a strong disdain for Halloween and the way it’s celebrated among my peers. Halloween in college has become an excuse for the regularly scheduled debauchery to grow almost exponentially, as everyone seems to take more license than usual in their antics and drinking when going out. Some sport clever costumes, but many simply seem to compete as to who can wear the least amount of fabric. Others put in minimal effort, wearing a jersey that one would wear on any other given day and labeling themselves a “basketball player,” so that their “costume” can punch their ticket to a party with others who use the holiday as an excuse for craziness. Perhaps I’ve just developed an apathy for the shallow social scene of college in general, but Halloween seems to make it all just a little less unbearable.

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Shannon Lyons There are certain people that you simply can’t forget upon meeting, no matter how brief your initial encounter with them was. They are the ones whose eyes sparkle even in the most mundane moments—the ones who tell a story and immediately draw an audience, as though they were a Broadway performer on stage. When they enter a room, you subconsciously gravitate toward them, as though their presence has some sort of magnetic pull over yours. Even if you are not attracted to them physically, you want to be near them—to stand as close to them as possible and to enter into that fiery enthusiasm that reminds you what it means to be alive. It can often seem as though such individuals were simply born with extroverted, charming personalities, while the rest of the population was designed to serve as members of their audience. Almost everyone wants to experience the spark of human connection, however, or the rush of confidence that comes with being in the center of attention—even if we do not admit it. The quest to capture people’s interest or to resonate deeply with another individual springs from our fundamental human desire to feel worthy. Although charisma may not come as naturally to everyone as it does to some, who is to say that it must be reserved for an elite few? As college students, there seems to be an unspoken expectation for us to “find ourselves” while on campus—to

discover who we are, where we’re going, and what we’re most passionate about. Though this is positive in some ways, it also can lead us to feel a sense of urgency, as though we must have everything figured out in a matter of four short years. Thus, we often end up labelling ourselves prematurely: the freshman chemistry major accepts that he will never be good at making smalltalk. The introverted bookworm believes BC social life is just not for her. The senior who hates public speaking says she will never be a successful leader in the workplace. Convinced that “charisma” is simply not in their DNA, such individuals begin to seek validation in more solitary endeavors. They strive to receive a perfect GPA by spending every waking hour in the library. They join every competitive service group on campus. They commit themselves to going for 10-mile runs before the first rays of dawn. While such discipline is honorable, I think that a certain danger arises when we become hyper-focused on our personal quests for success. A critical part of the college experience is forging friendships and devoting time to being with other people. Even if this time is spent sitting on the floor of your dorm room talking with friends, or taking an hour out of your day to have lunch in Eagles, rather than on the fourth floor of the library, it is time well spent. Rather than viewing college as a time to refine ourselves into superhuman task masters, let us use this chapter of our lives to master the art of connection. The ability to find humor in everyday life—to make light of daily difficulties in the dorm, for example, or to laugh at our own imperfections—allows us to more deeply relate to the people around us.

In order to acquire charisma, I believe we must first become vulnerable. By acknowledging the insecurities and the challenges that we all struggle with, we immediately become more accessible to the people around us, for we allow them to see a reflection of themselves within us. Not only does this quality of openness benefit us socially in college, but I believe it also will serve as a valuable skill down the road, in social networking and business relations. In my opinion, charisma—whether it be at a party or in the workplace—is the ability to make people resonate with you. It’s about casting light on a feeling, a circumstance, or a situation which we all experience and articulating it in a way that reminds us of our innate connectedness to one another. At the end of the day, I believe acquiring this quality is just as important as being able to check off everything on your individual to-do list or scoring an “A” on your midterm exam. Of course, this does not mean that we must seek to be the center of attention all of the time. We do not have to draw an audience in order to forge connections. For some, charisma may simply mean listening to and being fully present for another human being. For others, it means dancing in the spotlight like a Broadway performer. I believe what is most important is not how we represent ourselves to others, but rather that we recognize we are not truly separate from them at all— that no matter how different we may seem from another person, classmate, or business partner, we are inevitably connected by the quest to know what it means to be alive.

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

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My Love for Maps Joanna Yuelys

I’m a little obsessed with maps. It started when I was little. Whenever a country came on the news when I was with my parents, I would ask them where it was. They were then put in kind of a tough spot, trying to explain global geography to a five-yearold with little knowledge on the matter. So they’d pull out a map and let me see where things were. In middle school, very few websites were available to us students to use on the school computers. One that we could use was a map quiz website. So, during periods where we’d be in the computer lab, my friends and I got in the habit of doing these quizzes. Naturally, we’d race. Maybe I’m also a little more competitive than I care to admit. Competitively learning geography may have been our way of staving-off boredom when we finished our work early, but it is also information that has stuck with me. As I learned exactly what countries were located where, I’d sometimes do some research on why certain borders are as they are, or refer back to something I learned in history to explain it. One of my majors is International Studies and my interest in the field stems from this childhood fixation on geography. Knowing about geography is a pretty handy thing when participating in discourse about economics and politics, as I so often do in my International Studies classes. Location is a major strategic concern and comes into play in these topics at virtually every consideration in some respect or another, whether it be a company seeking transportation routes or a nation concerned about its access globally. My high school and college careers have been permeated with the idea of globalization and its implications for our careers and lives going forward. That is why I see value in learning about geography. But I understand if other people think it’s boring or unnecessary. It’s like anything else: if someone is not interested on their own, or forced to be interested, they just most likely aren’t going to take the time to try to understand things. I do not think this is an inherently bad trait—the interests that people have do not always have to be productive. Little things growing up can have a seemingly disproportionate impact on one’s academic career later in life. Having friends in your high school English class can make you interested in the subject for the long term because all of a sudden it’s fun. As it was in my small public high school, a culture of veneration for Latin and Classics can contribute to your perception and mode of understanding during your freshman year Perspectives class. My high school made the decision to give the seniors in certain classes laptops to use during the school day, a pilot program that started with my class. My school typically had a no laptops policy, so this was a major treat, and as you can only imagine, the seniors, basically done with their high school careers, had little motivation to use them for their intended purpose. Again, all the websites were blocked, so my friends and I found our way back to our middle school games. This time, we got really good at the geography games, and finally had real global knowledge with which to frame our newfound pastime. I happened to have found my fascination by playing a game that was not intentioned for that purpose. Time with technology was always intended to be a way for teachers to get the class moving more quickly, and often it had the opposite result. I, however, benefitted from it in a way that my school’s administration could not have anticipated and am wholly grateful. Once we get to Boston College, many of us want to hone in on those past experiences that feel significant and use those to shape our choices going forward. I have found that focusing on nuance has helped me to understand myself and has provided a more holistic perspective on why my interests fall how they do.

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

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The Girl With the Green Thumb Amateur archaeologist Grace Broderick turned her Walsh quad into both a custom garden full of lively plants and a hospital for sickly succulents. By Joan Kennedy Assoc. Copy Editor Grace Broderick, MCAS ’20, can bring life to the dead, and not in a creepy, Halloween-y way. She didn’t find the fountain of youth either—we’re talking strictly science. Her pint-sized on-campus housing is overflowing with seedlings and shoots sprouting about. She has learned the art of propagating, which is breeding plants from parts of their parent specimen, and she’s done it in a place where most people go to “die” on the weekends: Walsh Hall. Broderick was never too intrigued by leafy-greens when she was a kid. She recalls having a jade plant when she was younger, but also wonders how it stayed alive as she was not the one who took care of it. Disinterest turned into a big-time hobby during college when a friend who was interested in plants decided to share his love and give Broderick some greenery of her own last year when she was a freshman. He gave her a snake plant, which is an architectural-looking plant whose name befits its flat, strappy leaves resembling snakes, and a parlor palm, which looks like a mini version of the Hawaiian palm trees all Boston College students would probably prefer to find themselves under instead of umbrellas on these dreary fall days. After her friend came bearing gifts, it was easy for Broderick, being the scienceinclined environmental geoscience major she is, to become intrigued by everything “plant.” She wondered how to best take care of them, under what conditions they could flourish, and how they could have a positive impact on the lives of students—as taking care of them is a healthy hobby that cleans the air. The charms of the snake plant and parlor palm got to Broderick, and so

began her affair with succulents. “I started taking care of [the snake plant and parlor palm] and they were doing really well so then other friends had succulents that were dying, I started saying ‘Hey I’ll take your succulents’ ... ‘I might be able to do something about it,’’’ Broderick said. And so the plants emerged from Broderick’s room and took over the common area of the quad. Whatever she did in terms of fertilizer and watering worked, so she started thinking that growing and taking care of plants was something she could be seriously good at. She took a few trips to Wegmans and now has five big succulents, and a bunch of small succulents, in addition to leftover leaf cuttings she gathered from EcoPledge’s Succulent Sale, which she is trying to propagate. “I told EcoPledge, look, guys if there’s any leaves or cuttings or anything small that falls off [the plants] I will take them all because I’m trying to regrow them,” she said. Her succulent scraps are doing well. She grows little succulents for her friends from the parts that would’ve otherwise been thrown or swept away. Broderick loves succulents because of their ability to keep growing from any part of themselves. You can pull off a leaf, and with the right knowledge, grow another plant. “It’s like a never-ending cycle of succulents!” Broderick exclaimed. Though she’s a succulent pro now, when she first began working with them she struggled a bit. Succulents are different from other plants because they are desert plants. They do not need much water—Broderick cites over-watering as the biggest killer of the plants, but also recognizes that it’s a major challenge to not over water them. In the beginning, Broderick

over-thought every little thing that went into caring for her succulents, but later came to realize that she should mimic the desert environment the plants are used to. By watering in a manner that thoroughly soaks the plants, then allowing their soil to dry completely again she recreates the weather patterns of deserts, which are usually dry then overcome with huge bouts of rain. Because the plants need a lot of light, and Walsh isn’t particularly geared toward providing that, Broderick took matters into her own hands and bought her very own plant light. It’s LED—which she doesn’t think violates any health and safety regulations—and the best part about it is it turns her quad’s whole common room (a glorified closet) a shade of purple, which surprises passersby. She keeps the light on 12 hours a day, giving her succulents plenty of light and herself plenty of darkness in her bedroom to sleep. The Chicago native is interested in pursuing the care of different types of plants—even food—but doesn’t know what she is going to do with her plants over Christmas break as she has to fly home. Her dream plant is mint, because it smells so good. But mint seems to be hard to grow inside, so Broderick doesn’t know whether she’ll be able to fulfill her dreams within the confines of Walsh. She and her friends had wanted to grow lavender, but did research and found that it was difficult to do. Their next big project is rosemary, as it deters rats—a big concern for someone living on the second floor of Walsh. Broderick’s didn’t always have an interest in bringing life to things, and keeping them alive—but rather preferred her plants and animals dead for a million years. Ever since she was a little

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Broderick poses with a dinosaur bone her team uncovered on a dig in Wyoming. science-obsessed girl running around in the house of an English major-mom and lawyer-father, she has wanted to be a paleontologist. When she was in the eighth grade, around the time most students are getting their braces off—Broderick began volunteering in the University of Chicago lab cleaning bones and carving out rock samples. She now works in Harvard’s fossil lab, another stepping stone on her way toward fulfilling her paleontologydreams. “Grace has been volunteering longer than anyone else,” said Alexander Okamoto, her lab supervisor and friend at UChicago. The work she does is tedious, yet rewarding for her—kind of like taking care of plants is. Both jobs require dedication, enthusiasm, and a go-getter attitude. When cleaning bones, especially small bones, it’s important to be careful as to not scratch or dent the sample. “If I got a bone that was this big,” Broderick said while putting her hands together, forming something around the size of a softball “and worked for three hours a day, it might take me like five weeks.” In addition to spending somewhat mind-numbing, long hours in the lab, Broderick has gone on digs with the

UChicago team. These digs have been a unique experience for Broderick in more ways than one. The work is incredibly exciting, but during the digs Broderick gets to try on the other side to her personality. The always polished, fashionable, and made-up sophomore gets down and dirty on digs. When camping out, Broderick can let loose, and not worry about anything but rocking out—she becomes the epitome of a tomboy, embracing nature and wearing uber-stylish cargo pants paired with an Indiana Jones-esque cowboy hat. “She’s definitely doing amazing work in terms of pursuing her passion,” Okamoto said. “I texted Paul Serrano, our boss, asking for permission to talk about this and his quote about Grace was as follows ‘Grace was an animal in the field.’ I think that adequately sums up Grace’s enthusiasm and determination.” Whether working with dead things, live things, or bringing life to dead things, Broderick exudes energy and enthusiasm. There are probably a lot of things growing within the walls of Walsh, most of them being unsavory and unhealthy. But because of Broderick, BC can rest assured that at least some things growing in the building don’t fall under the categories of “mold,” “mildew,” or “worse.” n

photo courtesy of Grace Broderick

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Left: Broderick displays her usual passion for fashion away from the field. Right: The fruit of Broderick’s hobby on display in her common room, illuminated by a purple neon LED light instead of the sun.

Spring Shabu-Shabu Brings All-You-Can-Eat Hot Pot to Brighton

The new buffet style restaurant personalizes the traditional shabu-shabu experience with dozens of different platter options. By William Batchelor Asst. Metro Editor With the dreaded winter months approaching, there’s nothing better than a piping-hot bowl of soup to get your through the coldest days of the year. Instead of chowing down on a tasteless carton of instant ramen or a bland serving of tomato soup, head to Spring Shabu-Shabu, a reimagined hot pot joint worth the trip to Western Ave. in Brighton. Dining at Spring Shabu-Shabu is no ordinary Japanese-style hot pot experience. Guests have the freedom to choose from an extensive array of vegetables, noodles, fishcakes, dumplings, and sauces to compliment their hearty bowl of soup. This all-you-can-eat hot pot concept is unique to Boston—a city abundant with established shabu-shabu eateries. The restaurant’s monochromatic interiors give the space a warehouse-like feel, marked by the high ceilings and exposed air conditioning ducts. Toward the brightly illuminated buffet counters, the restaurant takes on a more modern look—outfitted by wooden panels along the walls. Interspersed throughout the space are pale-green lighting fixtures which serve as the only pops of color in the space. The restaurant’s decor creates an atmosphere where you won’t want to linger around for too long, making room for the next batch of hungry customers on the waiting list. The key to any good bowl of hot pot

starts with the soup base. Spring ShabuShabu makes its broths in house daily, offering a dashi broth made from bonito flakes and kelp, a pork bone broth, and a vegetarian broth made from mushrooms and other vegetables. For those who like their soup with a kick of spice, the dashi and pork bone broths are also available in a spicy option. To enhance the broth’s flavour and optimize the dining experience, it’s encouraged that you order an entrée of meat or seafood. Start by choosing from four variants of beef: fatty, nonfatty, prime rib, and ribeye. If those don’t appeal to you, other meats served are chicken, pork, tripe, and a less-traditional lamb option. In the mood for seafood? Spring Shabu-Shabu has platters of top neck clams, white fish, and shrimp to enjoy with your bowl. The entrées are served raw and are cooked inside the broth. The name shabu-shabu is derived from the saying, “swish-swish,” the sound made when meat is brushed back and forth through the broth to cook. Spring Shabu-Shabu differentiates itself from other hot pot restaurants through the concept of personalization. Customers can concoct their own hot pot creations by choosing from a seemingly endless supply of side dishes from the buffet tables. Dozens of perfectly organized platters of greens, mushrooms, fish cakes, and noodles are lined up accordingly. The buffet features traditional side dishes like tofu and cabbage, and also some less traditional like pumpkin

noodles and japapeño fish cakes. At 6 p.m.—when the restaurant opens for dinner—crowds begin to gather at the entrance. By 6:15 p.m. all 234 seats are filled with ravenous diners. Spring Shabu-Shabu manager David Kim makes his rounds, working tirelessly to ensure everything functions smoothly. Why is it so popular? Kim attributes this to the fact that hot pot has universal appeal. “It’s very healthy and affordable in a way,” Kim said. “The pricing is structured in a way that everybody can enjoy.” When it’s finally time to sit down and eat, the server will bring over the entrée and place a bowl of soup into a circular opening in the table—a hidden hot plate to keep the soup simmering. As soon as the broth reaches a boil, start by placing items that take longer to cook, like vegetables and fish cakes into the broth. Meats—particularly beef—take less time and cook in a matter of seconds. Before diving in, the server will run you through the best way to tackle a bubbling bowl of hot pot. Take your bowl to another level by choosing from 22 different kinds of sauces to pair with your meat or pour inside the broth for an additional layer of flavour. It took restaurant manager Kim over six months to create his ideal bowl of shabu-shabu. After going back and forth between whether he liked pork bone broth or the healthier dashi broth better, one of his technique’s remained constant. “I would take a little bowl and put

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Spring Shabu-Shabu offers 22 different sauces to pair with broth, noodles, and meat, an egg or two in there and just scramble it,” Kim said. “Before I put the meat into the soup, I would dip the beef into the fresh egg and soak it in the hot pot. That makes the beef very tender.” On the surface, Spring ShabuShabu’s location may seem out of the way, and slightly peculiar. Kim, however, insists that the Brighton is a melting pot for college students. “In Brighton there is a lot of development especially around Harvard,” Kim said. “Because hot pot is a trendy cuisine, our target customers are stu-

dents.” Spring Shabu-Shabu’s large weekend crowds can also be attributed to the fact that there is an abundance of parking spaces surrounding the restaurant. In order to avoid waiting in line for up to an hour, Kim suggest coming in at 6 p.m. when the restaurant opens. If by the off chance that there is any space left for dessert after an indulgent shabu-shabu meal, the dinner special includes a decadent soft-serve green tea ice cream that will have you going back for more. n

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On the night when BC honored Welles Crowther, A.J. Dillon and the Eagles cruised to their thirdstraight ACC win, beating the Seminoles for the ﬁrst time since 2009. BY CHRIS NOYES Heights Staff Let’s run with a hypothetical scenario for a minute. Imagine your friend was in town Columbus Day weekend and the two of you went to the Saturday night football game against Virginia Tech. You made sure he stayed throughout the entirety of the 24-10 loss, soaking in the offensive struggles of a team that hadn’t scored more than 10 points in its first three Atlantic Coast Conference games in 2017. Now imagine that, after he had tuned out Boston College football for the last three weeks, you FaceTimed him from the field on Friday night, with red bandana-clad students pouring over the sideline railings and a 35-3 score line flashing on the screen behind the end zone. How do you explain what just happened? How do you convince him that BC has scored 35 points for the third-straight game—the first time they’ve done so since 2002—or that a team with three four- or five-star

recruits just waxed a Florida State (2-5, 2-4 Atlantic Coast) team featuring 32 such players? This new bizarro reality belongs to fans of Steve Addazio’s team after the Eagles (5-4, 3-3) embarrassed the Seminoles on Red Bandana night at Alumni Stadium. With a few exceptions, the complete domination of the team in all phases of the game—BC had 241 rushing yards, six tackles for loss, and recovered a muffed punt—took center stage, raising expectations for the Eagles across the board. Three Up 1.) A.J. Dillon and the Offensive Line—For the fourth time this season—all BC victories—Dillon had at least 24 carries and ran for at least 89 yards. With 33 carries for 149 yards and a touchdown Friday night, the true freshman continued to stake his claim to the lead role in the Eagles’ backfield. Dillon displayed his signature aggression against FSU, refusing to go down—even when piled upon by multiple Seminole defenders—and turning even short runs into forceful adventures.

He showed good patience for a young back, reigning in his hard-charging nature long enough to set up his blockers and explode through available cutback lanes, with 20 carries for 120 yards midway through the third quarter before BC went almost exclusively to running plays to bleed the clock late in the game. And speaking of the offensive line, on a second-down play five minutes into the game, Dillon broke off a 19-yard run on which he went untouched for the first 15 yards. A simple power run to the left of the center resulted in safety Derwin James being the first FSU player to touch the true freshman. These kinds of openings have appeared far more frequently along the line over the last three weeks than they did over the early part of the season. After the game, Dillon humbly deflected much of the praise directed at him towards the big guys paving his way.

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As Pitiful Home Drought Ends, a Chance to Usher in a New Era

RILEY OVEREND For Boston College football fans, seeing is believing. Friday night’s 35-3 blowout of Florida State was the first time that current freshmen, sophomores, and juniors had witnessed a home ACC win. The only opportunity seniors had to watch a conference victory was over Thanksgiving break against Syracuse in 2014. In total, it had been 972 days since fans had seen a men’s basketball or football win

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while school is in session. I can’t imagine there was a longer such streak anywhere else in the country. That’s why Superfans stormed the field after the Eagles crushed a struggling Seminoles team that hasn’t been the same since losing star quarterback Deondre Francois in the season opener. It wasn’t about handing unranked FSU its worst loss of the Jimbo Fisher era, or effectively ending the powerhouse’s 35year postseason streak. It felt more personal than that. You see, there was pain and suffering and years of fighting the temptation of apathy toward BC sports bottled up in that crowd. They had to watch an overtime loss to Penn State in the Pinstripe Bowl on a missed extra point, a head-

set-smashing 3-0 embarassment at Wake, and more of the same to start this season before finally seeing a conference win at Alumni. For an entire generation of BC students, the defining memory of their college fandom had become the infamous 0-for-the-ACC season—until now. It’s not who the Eagles have beat so much as how they’ve done it. Louisville and FSU are regarded as the two biggest disappointments of the ACC this year, and Virginia was probably a bit overhyped, in retrospect, given its 31-14 loss to Pitt on Saturday. But an offense that hasn’t put up more than 10 points over its first three ACC games has suddenly become—dare I say it—explosive. For the first since since 2003, the Eagles

scored 35+ points in three-straight ACC wins, averaging 465 yards of offense per game over that span. Not even Matt Ryan & Co. accomplished such a feat during their 2007 campaign. And they have the freshmen to thank. BC is the only team in the nation with a freshman leader in passing (Anthony Brown), rushing (A.J. Dillon), and receiving (Kobay White). In the two position groups most decimated by injury, linebacker and offensive line, true freshman Ben Petrula and redshirt freshman John Lamot have stepped up to fill the voids. By all measures, the foundations for sustained success appear more stable now than they did at the end of last year’s winning streak. Now fans are confronted with

WOMEN’S HOCKEY: BC Blows Out Maine MEN’S HOCKEY: Pios Destroy Eagles Four goals in the first period propeled the Eagles past the No. 1 Denver tallied three goals in the final period to visiting Black Bears, 7-2, on Sunday...................................B2 extend BC’s losing streak on Saturday..........................B4

new questions after a three-week whirlwind of excitement almost certainly saved head coach Steve Addazio’s job. Was the Dude a secret genius all along? Should we embrace him—hot solar eclipse takes, beautiful predictions, and all? Or are there still issues surrounding play calling and clock management that will inevitably resurface? While the play calling has undoubtedly improved, most of the credit for the Eagles’ turnaround goes to the 6-foot, 245-pound behemoth in the backfield. In just nine career games, Dillon has proved to be arguably the most impactful recruit of the last decade for the Maroon and Gold. The true fresh-

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Six Different Eagles Score in Blowout Victory Over Maine By Drew Rasor For The Heights

Boston College women’s hockey came into its game against Maine looking to continue its unbeaten streak to start the season. The EaMaine 2 gles eyed more Boston College 7 offense after a close call against Boston University in which they only managed 18 shots to BU’s 46, but still managed to win the game. Fortunately for the Eagles, their offense would be dominant in the game, scoring six times in the first two periods to give them a 7-2 win over the Black Bears. The game started slow offensively, with neither team getting any close chances. The Eagles were given a chance to take the momentum when Catherine Tufts was called for tripping, giving them a power play less than four minutes into the game. One minute into the power play, Daryl Watts carried the puck into the offensive zone and sent a pass through the slot to Makenna Newkirk, who redirected it behind Maine

goaltender Loryn Porter to give the Eagles a 1-0 lead. The goal sparked BC’s offense, which quickly generated several chances following the power play, forcing Porter to make a couple tough saves. These chances finally led to another goal when Toni Ann Miano took the puck to the bottom of the faceoff circle and fired it just past the side of Porter. Only 30 seconds later, Caroline Ross launched a shot from the point that was deflected away from the net and onto the stick of Ryan Little, who had a wide-open net and converted on the chance to put the Eagles up 3-0 on her first goal of the season. The Eagles were relentless, continuing to pile on chances. Only a minute after Little’s goal, Caitrin Lonergan blew past the Maine defenders on a breakaway and seemingly scored to make it 4-0. The goal was waved off, however, because Lonergan collided with the goalie before the puck went in. Even though the goal was waved, the Black Bears decided to take Porter out of the game, replacing her with senior goaltender Carly Jackson. Porter, who finished with

seven saves and three goals allowed, was making her second career start. Shortly after the goal reversal, BC faced another challenge when Kenzie Kent was called for slashing, giving Maine its first power play of the game. The Eagles were up to the challenge, allowing only one shot before getting the puck into the offensive zone and drawing a penalty of their own. Maine was called for another penalty during the four-on-four, giving the Eagles a four-on-three power play that quickly became a five-on-three. Maine’s penalty kill was stronger this time around, only allowing two shots to find their way to Jackson. While Maine was able to suppress BC’s offense, it would not be denied for long. With five and a half minutes remaining in the first period, Lonergan dangled the puck through the front of the net and sent it to the side of Jackson, where Watts was waiting to tip it in. As the period wound down, the Black Bears were given another power-play opportunity. The Black Bears nearly scored off the faceoff, but Burt

managed to snag the puck with her glove. Maine failed to create any further chances on the power play, and BC also failed to convert on a late power play, as the first period ended with BC up 4-0. The Eagles were not done yet, though. BC came out in the second period stifling any offensive chances Maine tried to generate. Maine failed to register a shot on goal for the first six minutes of the period. The Eagles extended their lead early in the second when Newkirk took the puck behind the net and fed it to Watts in front, who slipped it past Jackson. The goal was the second of the night for Watts, who has been dominant offensively in her freshman season. Watts has 10 goals and 11 assists in seven games this year, making her the leader of the NCAA in points and goals. Once again, the Eagles followed up one goal by immediately scoring another. Erin Connolly rushed the puck into the zone shortly after the faceoff, and crossed the puck over to Maegan Beres. Beres deflected the puck perfectly into the net, putting the Eagles up 6-0 with more than half of

the game remaining. The rest of the game was much slower-paced, as the Eagles had already built a significant lead. The Black Bears found their way on the board almost 14 minutes into the second, when Lydia Murray buried a rebound past Burt. The remainder of the period was scoreless, and BC entered the final period with a five-goal lead. The Eagles would briefly extend this lead in the third period when Lonergan fired her seventh goal of the season past Jackson. This extended lead was only short-lived, as Tufts found the back of the net three minutes later to decrease the deficit to five goals. The Eagles refused to let their lead slip any further. Head coach Katie Crowley was happy with her team’s dominant offensive

performance. “After a game like yesterday, one of the things that we wanted to do was come out hard and come out fast and strong and find a way to put a few in that first period,” she said. “I was really happy with the start

of our game and how we finished too, I thought we played great.” n

Burt, BC Hold Off Terriers’ Two-Goal, Third-Period Comeback By Ben Thomas For The Heights

BOSTON — When Boston College women’s hockey made its last trip to Walter Brown Arena, it was a disaster. Five third-peBoston College 4 riod goals sank Boston University 3 the Eagles in what looked like a sure win after the second period. This time around, BC played in a game with an all-too-familiar third period that delivered a much more fortunate outcome, as the Eagles held off Boston University’s late-game run to come away with a 4-3 victory. The Terriers (1-5-0, 1-5-0 Hockey East) found themselves down three goals to BC (5-0-1, 2-0-1) with just a few minutes left in the game, but

rallied back behind power-play goals from Mary Grace Kelley and Rebecca Leslie. Leslie’s goal was her second of the game, and came just after the Terriers pulled their goalie with under a minute left in the third period. The Eagles’ play was sloppy toward the end of regulation, which allowed BU to get back in the game. The Terriers took advantage of the fact that BC was getting a little too comfortable on defense at times and a little too creative with some attacks on offense. While the Eagles were unable to tally an empty net goal to ice the game, goaltender Katie Burt and Co. secured the win with some tremendous saves and blocked shots. The Terriers outshot BC 46-18—a testament to the tremendous play of Burt—who tallied

a career-high 43 saves. The win was Burt’s 53rd in the Hockey East play, putting her in sole possession of the title for most conference wins of any netminder. Offensively, the Eagles won this year’s rendition of the Battle for Commonwealth Ave behind the stellar play of forward Daryl Watts, who tallied two goals in the victory. Watts first goal was the team’s second, and came with just under two minutes left in the first period. On the power play, Makenna Newkirk skated behind the goal and sent a perfect pass to Watts in the low slot. The freshman then displayed fantastic coordination by getting possession of the puck and sending it quickly to the back of the net. Watts came close to scoring her

second goal just a minute later. As the clock ticked down, she poked the puck away from a defender and was en route to a breakaway scoring chance just as the first-period buzzer went off. Luckily for BC, it didn’t have to wait long for Watts to come through again. On another power play 10 minutes into the second period, Toni Ann Miano sped down the ice on a 2-on-1 alongside Watts. Miano sent a perfect crossice pass to Watts, who sent the puck flying into the opposite top corner of the net. The Terriers scored their first goal less than a minute after Watts recorded her second. With a player in the penalty box on both sides, Victoria Bach found Rebecca Leslie on a 2-on-1 with a pass that emulated precisely how

coaches preach breakaway tactics. The goal brought BU within two, and gave the team momentum, which allowed it to eventually give BC a scare by the end of the game. The strong, hard-fought win keeps the Eagles undefeated, but the team will look to improve upon staying out of the penalty box after racking up eight total in the game. BC allowed one power-play goal on seven BU opportunities, and were fortunate not to concede any more than that to the No. 1 power-play converting team in the nation. “We got ourselves in a little penalty trouble— I’ll have to take a look at some of those,” head coach Katie Crowley said after the win. “But overall I thought we played great.” n

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Eagles Finish Regular Season With Scoreless Tie at NC State By Jack Goldman For The Heights Not every nil-nil draw begins with one of the most rare plays in soccer and ends in double overtime with a screamer and a shrug, but that’s Boston College 0 NC State 0 how Boston College men’s soccer stole a point from the Wolfpack to cap off the regular season. The Eagles (6-9-1, 1-6-1, Atlantic Coast) traveled to Raleigh, N.C. to face an NC State (8-4-4, 3-3-2) team coming off an enormous 3-2 win against then-No. 5 Louisville and reigning ACC Offensive Player of the Week Manny Perez, whose brace pushed the Wolfpack past one of the best teams in the nation on the road. The Eagles were coming off a 4-0 loss to No. 2 Wake Forest where they lost defensive rock Tomas Gudmundsson to injury, midfielder Henry Balf to a red card suspension, but got co-captain Len Zeugner back on the field as a substitute. Eight minutes into the game, defender Josh Forbes found himself under some duress from NC State’s press, and played a back-pass to goalkeeper Antonio Chavez-Borelli. Chavez-Borelli has been a bright spot in a frustrating BC season, winning the starting goalkeeper job a few games into the season as a true freshman

and more than holding his own through a season filled with adversity. But his season may have ended on a difficult error to blame on the young shot-stopper. Forbes’s back pass hit Chavez-Borelli in the forearm. In desperation to keep the ball in front of him, the keeper accidentally played the ball with his forearm in the area. Chavez-Borelli received a red card for the move, putting BC down to 10 men without its starting goalkeeper. Backup keeper Jack Bacon had played up until this point in the season a total of 135 minutes, less than two full matchesworth of playing time. He hadn’t played more than a half, hadn’t made an appearance since his last start on Sept. 4 against Xavier, but had only given up one goal and saved seven shots on the year. He came on cold to defend one of the rarest plays in soccer, and he and the other nine field players did so successfully. The entire team positioned itself on the line, and played the situation perfectly. Wolfpack striker Ade Taiwo struck the pass tapped to him low and into the feet of the Eagle defenders, and NC State forward David Loera’s rebound was blocked over the bar as well. Although BC was down a man and a starting keeper, it had defended what would end up being the Wolfpack’s best chance of the game, and the execution for such an odd situation

was perfect. In the second half, the Wolfpack came out looking to hold onto possession and work the BC defense into the ground. The Wolfpack almost pulled it off too, with midfielder Jean-Luca Ahillen ripping a shot from distance that barely swerved over the crossbar, and on a counterattack off a BC corner, NC State’s David Loera streaked down the field and found forward Stephen Elias whose shot was blocked wide. The ensuing corner found Wolfpack defender David Norris, and his clean header barely found its way over the crossbar as well. Perez came alive with 11 minutes to go, weaving his way through two Eagle defenders in the box with some beautiful footwork but his final pass couldn’t find an NC State attacker. BC on the other hand never got any attacks going as striker Simon Enstrom found himself essentially abandoned up top as his teammates tried to hold onto the draw. Regulation ended at 0-0, but the tide had appeared to turn in NC State’s favor. The Wolfpack generated four shots to BC’s one, and forced Bacon’s first save. It also led the corner battle, 8-3, but still hadn’t generated nearly as many shots as most teams up a man and trying to beat a backup keeper would have. The Eagles were battered, but far from beaten. Just as momentum had completely

shifted at halftime toward the Wolfpack, it whipped right back to BC in the first overtime. The Eagles forced an early corner which was cleared, then gave up a golden chance to Perez who put a difficult shot over the bar thanks to a perfectly positioned Bacon. BC closed the first 10 minute session with two golden chances, as Forbes whipped a cross into the area with 45 seconds to go, which midfielder Callum Johnson–who has three game winning goals on the season–took on the volley, only to be rejected by the crossbar. NC State immediately conceded a corner, and Johnson’s delivery fell to an unmarked Heidar Aegisson six yards or so from goal, but he couldn’t control his volley either and the ball flew over the bar along with the Eagles’ best chance to steal three deserved points. The second overtime was mostly defined by exhaustion. Neither team could seem to muster much of an offensive attack, but BC held strong on defense whenever the Wolfpack started to move forward up the field and mostly concentrated on getting clearances rather than counterattacking to try to lock down a point. The only scare came with five seconds to go as Ahillen dribbled into space 40 yards away from goal, and for the second time let it rip for one last ditch effort to win NC State three points which could

have pushed the Wolfpack up in the ACC standings leading into the playoffs. This time, his shot did not go over the crossbar, but dipped away to Bacon’s left with eyes for the bottom corner of the net. Bacon had consistently positioned himself well throughout the game in order to prevent the Wolfpack from providing easy service into the area to try to tear apart BC’s shorthanded defense. That positioning paid off here, as he dove and parried the long-distance screamer away. As the horn sounded Bacon quickly rose to his feet. He must have realized the magnitude of the save he had just made, only his second in 102 minutes of work after two months on the bench watching a frustrating season play out in front of him. Head coach Ed Kelly had only used three substitutes off the bench not counting Bacon, one of which played only two minutes. BC had just locked in their first shutout in 13 matches, and Bacon had sealed it with his game-saving stop. So he turned to the NC State fans, and he shrugged. He’ll have to back that shrug up Nov. 1 when BC opens the playoffs at No. 13 Virginia. Chavez-Borelli will be suspended, and if the Eagles are going to make it to the second round, they’re going to need a confident Bacon to lead them again. n

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Numbers to know

Conference Atlantic 4-0 NC State 5-1 Clemson 3-3 Boston College 2-2 Syracuse 2-4 Louisville 2-4 Florida State Coastal Miami Virginia Tech Georgia Tech Virginia Pittsburgh Duke North Carolina

5-0 3-1 3-2 2-2 2-3 1-5 0-6

overall 6-2 7-1 5-4 4-4 5-4 2-5 7-0 7-1 4-3 5-3 4-5 4-5 1-8

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Amount of points football has scored over the course of its previous three games, compared to 65 points allowed.

Number of saves made by women’s hockey goalie Katie Burt in BC’s 4-3 victory over Boston University, a career high.

Number of penalties committed by men’s hockey over the course of its two weekend games, both losses.

QUote of the week

“I’ll definitely remember this game, probably for the rest of my life.” — Ty Schwab,

following football’s 35-3 victory over Florida State.

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BC Dismantles FSU, Extends ACC Win Streak to Three Games Football, from A1 Smith on the double reverse. The junior briefly rolled right, planted his feet, and let one fly—easily his best pass of his career. His 34-yard touch pass to the end zone landed in the arms of Kobay White for the Eagles’ first touchdown of the game. The trick play jumpstarted BC’s offense, as the Eagles scored twice more before intermission, en route to a 21-point first half. While BC wasn’t nearly as explosive in the latter portion of play, it did more than enough to secure its third-consecutive ACC victory, a 35-3 blowout. Smith won’t be credited with the victory, but the former signal caller can unofficially add this one to his resume. BC’s (5-4, 3-4 Atlantic Coast) offense didn’t lose a step after last week’s 41-10 rout of Virginia. If anything, it gained one. Michael Walker ran back the opening kickoff all the way to the Eagles’ 43-yard line. Immediately after that, offensive coordinator Scot Loeffler called for a double reverse. Jeff Smith sped off the edge for 26 yards into Seminole territory. A couple plays later, Brown threaded the needle to Tommy Sweeney. His pass squeaked by a pair of FSU (2-5, 2-4) defensive backs and hit the tight end in the hands. But the junior couldn’t bring it down. The drive culminated in a 49-yard missed field goal—one that Colton Lichtenberg shanked wide left. But it didn’t take the Eagles long to make up for the empty possession. BC got the ball back three minutes later, and marched 79 yards downfield to take the lead. Loeffler rode a variety of run plays for much of the series. Eventually, the second-year man went back to the double reverse. Only this time, Jeff Smith wasn’t gunning for the outside. Instead, he delivered a 34-yard pass to White, who toe-tapped his way to his second touchdown of the year. FSU—a team that entered the game averaging just 19.8 points per game—needed something to get its offense going. That something was a taste of the Eagles’ own medicine. From the Seminoles’ own 36, head coach Jimbo Fisher pulled out the ol’ double pass. Quarterback James Blackman

dropped back and passed the ball to running back Cam Akers, who was behind the line of scrimmage. The true freshman flung a 47yard pass to a wide-open Nyqwan Murray. But the gadget play didn’t result, or even lead to a score. In fact, soon after, Akers fumbled inside of the red zone. That was the closest FSU would get to reaching the end zone. The Eagles didn’t score on their next drive, but they did push the ball to midfield, which enabled Mike Knoll to pin FSU at its two-yard line. Fisher called three-straight run plays for Akers, but he went nowhere. The defensive stand forced Logan Tyler to punt from his own end zone. Brown and Co. took over on Seminole turf and made quick work of the FSU defense. Thanks to a quarterback keeper on fourth down and a big pass interference call—one of three on the night—the Eagles kept their drive alive. BC only needed two plays in the red zone: a two-yard carry by A.J. Dillon and a 11-yard play-action pass to Sweeney. The junior redeemed himself, after having dropped a touchdown in the first quarter. As soon as he came down with the reception, Sweeney plowed through FSU defensive back Stanford Williams III for six. Things only got worse for the Seminoles on their ensuing series. Shortly after crossing midfield, Blackman attempted to fit a pass into a small window in the middle of the field for Ryan Izzo. But Eagles linebacker Ty Schwab was all over the tight end. The senior fought for inside positioning and picked off the pass—Blackman’s seventh interception in the past four games. BC turned around and ran sevenstraight rushing plays. Dillon, who notched his third 100-yard rushing game of his career, broke away for a 39-yard gain on the second play of the series. Loeffler continued to feed the workhorse, as the Eagles inched toward the goal line. Once they were there, Brown got his shot. Off the play-fake, he rolled right and surveyed the field. No one was open, so he tucked the ball and ran it in on his own. Head coach Steve Addazio’s team had all the momentum on its side. On the other hand, FSU couldn’t have been more dys-

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Anthony Brown (13) is greeted by teammates after his rushing touchdown gave the Eagles a 21-0 lead over the ‘Noles. functional. Time and time again, Blackman stood tall in the pocket, but he could only do so much against a terrorizing BC defensive front. The true freshman took a beating, and at one point, appeared to have severely hurt his shoulder. Blackman got no help, especially from his backfield. Coming off his three best games of the season, Akers was held to a mere 42 yards on the ground. The Seminoles tacked on a field goal before the half, but showed no signs of life on offense for the rest of the night. The two teams traded punts to start the second half. But the second—a 37-yard boot by Knoll—was a bit out of the ordinary. Back to receive the punt, Tarvarus McFadden tried to pick up the short kick off the bounce, near the 10-yard line. Unfortunately for the Seminoles, it grazed off his hands. BC safety Will Harris pounced on the live ball, putting his team right back in scoring position. From there, it was pretty simple. Dillon booked his ticket to the end zone with three-consecutive power-run plays.

Down four scores with time winding down in the third quarter, FSU was in desperation mode. Fisher decided to go for it on a 4th-and-1, inside his own 25-yard line. But Zach Allen came up with a huge stop, wrapping up Akers well short of the first down marker. Again, BC capitalized on the short field. A healthy dose of Dillon and a 11-yard bootleg got the Eagles down to the one-yard line. But Brown’s scramble was costly. The redshirt freshman tried to extend for the touchdown as he was tackled. Yet, in doing so, he rolled over his right shoulder—the same one that he injured against both Clemson and Louisville. Brown would later return, but in the meantime, it was Wade’s chance to shine. On 4th-and-1, the graduate student piled forward for a one-yard touchdown, the Eagles’ fifth and final score. Neither team materialized any kind of offense in the final quarter of play. But the students weren’t leaving. As soon as the clock hit triple zeros, they stormed the

field in celebration of BC’s first home ACC victory since 2014. After the game, players of all different ages talked about the magnitude of the victory, especially considering its context—the fourth annual Welles Crowther Red Bandana game. “I’ll definitely remember this game, probably for the rest of my life,” Schwab said. BC has outscored its last three opponents 121-65. The only thing stopping the Eagles is their upcoming bye week. “I mean, we’re really hitting on all cylinders right now,” Addazio said. “You almost, you know, hate to get out of the rhythm you’re in right now.” Over the span of three weeks, BC has undergone a full-blown transformation. Addazio’s job used to be in jeopardy. Now, he’s safer than just about anyone in the ACC, and the Eagles are within striking distance of their second-consecutive bowl game. n

Schwab & Co. Shut Down Seminoles’ Offense in Upset Victory BC vs. FSU, from B1 “The linemen are the ones that keep pushing, helping me get those extra yards,” he said. “So once again, it’s really all just a team, a team thing.” 2.) Linebackers Dominate—Entering Friday night, BC’s run defense had allowed 224 yards per game, 115th nationally. But after an improved performance last week against Virginia, the Eagles took a huge step forward this week, holding FSU to a paltry 64 rushing yards. They limited highly-touted freshman Cam Akers to just 42 yards on 18 carries, preventing the ex-

plosive youngster from getting outside. For a team that has struggled sealing the edge, especially against running quarterbacks, it was clear that containment was a huge priority for BC on Friday night. “On film, we saw [Akers] constantly tries to get outside,” linebacker Ty Schwab said after the game. “We made [setting the edge] a huge emphasis this week in practice.” The Eagles constantly strung out run plays and hit Akers in the backfield. After stopping opposing runners at or behind the line of scrimmage just 14.9 percent of the time this season—per Football Outsid-

ers—BC did so on nine of FSU’s 29 carries on Friday. They also stuffed Akers for no gain on three second-half runs on third or fourth down with one yard to gain. Career nights from linebackers Schwab—12 tackles, 1 sack and 1 interception—and John Lamot—10 tackles and a sack—elevated the defense’s play. Linebacking injuries had made slowing the run game very difficult in recent weeks, leaving the defensive line largely on its own. But if Friday’s performance can be used as an indicator, the BC run defense is back in action. 3.) Creative Formations—A large

part of the offensive revival over the last few weeks has been due to creative use of formations to open spaces for skill players and the use of certain plays to set up a different result off of an identical look. On the first play of the game, Scott Loeffler dialed up a double reverse to Jeff Smith—eerily reminiscent of the double reverse called for Sherman Alston in the Red Bandana upset of USC in 2014. On their next drive, at the FSU 34, Loeffler called a play that began the same way, with a double pitch to Smith running to the far sideline. But this time, one of the blocking receivers—Kobay White—leaked

downfield toward the end zone, in perfect position to catch the finest throw of Smith’s career. Through identical formations and set ups, the Eagles got White wide open behind a defense largely convinced that Smith was going to run with the ball. Additionally, Loeffler used spread formations—with five receivers—much more often than earlier in the season. Throws to tight end Tommy Sweeney down the seam and slants to the outside receivers suddenly became much more open, with FSU’s secondary stretched too far horizontally to provide help to each other. n

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Ty Schwab (10) celebrates a career night in which he tallied 12 tackles, one sack, and one interception against the Seminoles

On Friday, the Worst Streak in Sports Finally Came to an End Streak Snapped, from B1 man ranks fourth among rookie running backs with 843 rushing yards, more than Heisman favorite Saquon Barkley. He has even made a case for ACC Offensive Player of the Year despite easing into the offense and not hitting 20 carries until Week Five. With Dillon, it’s the little things that matter. He churns his legs and drags defenders for extra yards, setting up manageable 2nd-and-5

situations that were previously 2ndand-longs. Against FSU, he forced four missed tackles and gained 104 yards after contact en route to his third career 100-yard game. His consistent positive yardage makes life a lot easier for Addazio and the rest of the offense, giving them the luxury of attempting more deep shots and trick plays. Dillon and BC are riding a wave of momentum so high that it’s not crazy to wonder whether they could run the table and win out. The bye

week couldn’t come at a better time, as they’ll try to nurse Brown and Harold Landry back to health before NC State comes to town. The Wolfpack are unbeaten in ACC play, and even after Saturday’s loss to Notre Dame, the team could keep its playoff hopes alive with a win next week versus Clemson. But there’s also a chance NC State comes limping into Chestnut Hill on a two-game losing streak and run into a well-rested Eagles team riding a three-game winning streak with

more confidence than they’ve had in years. Next up after that is a cupcake matchup at Fenway Park against UConn. Then BC closes out the regular season at Syracuse in the Carrier Dome in what always seems to be a toss-up game. Still, the Eagles have a legitimate shot at eight wins, less than a month after bowl eligibility was thought to be out of reach. Even if they lose two of their last three, they’ll still make a respectable bowl.

So, like it or not, Addazio is probably here to stay. Luckily, so too is the youthful trio of Brown, Dillon, and White. And after finally seeing BC close out a victory at Alumni with my own two eyes, I’m starting to believe that students won’t have to wait another 1,000 days to storm the field again.

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

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WOMEN’S SOCCER

In First Round of ACC Tournament, Eagles Lose to Blue Devils By Annabel Steele Assoc. Sports Editor

Entering the ACC Tournament, Boston College women’s soccer drew the No. 8 seed, guaranteeing a matchup against the Boston College 1 Duke 3 No. 1-seeded Duke University. There was never any doubt as to how tough the game would be—the Blue Devils entered the contest riding a 17-game win streak and boasting a perfect conference record, while BC had dropped four of its previous six games. Sure enough, the Eagles struggled to contain the Blue Devils, especially in the first half, and failed to create enough dangerous chances to really pose much of a threat to Duke. In the end, Duke triumphed over BC, 3-1, knocking the Eagles out of the ACC Tournament.

The Blue Devils (18-1, 11-0 Atlantic Coast) took advantage of early opportunities to score quickly, knocking BC (10-9-1, 4-6-1) back onto its heels in the first half. Just about 13 minutes into the game, BC surrendered a corner kick to the Blue Devils. Ella Stevens lined up to knock the ball into the box. She placed the ball perfectly for teammate Chelsea Burns, who headed it past BC goalkeeper Alexis Bryant into the back of the net to open up scoring and give Duke a 1-0 lead. After Duke’s first goal, both teams struggled to create offensive chances for a stretch of more than 10 minutes. BC head coach Alison Foley experimented with different combinations, substituting Emily Langendorfer in for Jillian Jennings, but the Eagles just couldn’t break through Duke’s defense. BC’s best chance came in the form of a shot from Olivia Vaughn that sailed

high of the goal. The Blue Devils, after a similarly unproductive stretch, broke through once again to double their lead in the 26th minute. Kayla McCoy found herself with the ball along the sideline and drove a low cross through to the middle of the box. Imani Dorsey didn’t need time to gather the ball in—she hit a one-timer off the cross past a diving Bryant and into the back of the net. After Duke’s second goal, Foley continued to experiment with different players on the field, searching for the perfect combination to break through for BC. The Blue Devils continued to stifle every possible chance for the Eagles, however, preserving their twogoal lead. Meanwhile, Duke took advantage of its own opportunities, testing Bryant and BC’s defense repeatedly. Dorsey ripped another shot off on Bryant, who

managed to secure the ball for one of her two saves on the day. The Eagles handled a Duke corner well, clearing the ball out before the Blue Devils could create any offensive chances. Duke recorded another couple of shots, but one was blocked and one went wide. Duke would not be denied forever, though, and the Blue Devils cushioned their lead with yet another goal in the final five minutes of the first half. This time, the roles reversed as Dorsey fed McCoy the ball at the top of the box. McCoy turned and bent a shot past BC defenders and Bryant, bringing Duke into halftime with a 3-0 lead. McCoy’s goal was the last one Duke would earn against the Eagles, but a relatively stagnant second half for the Blue Devils didn’t change the outcome of the game. For most of the second half, Duke continued to deny BC’s chances. Duke’s goalie, EJ Proctor,

recorded both of her two saves on the day in the second half. Sam Coffey had a couple of shots and corner kicks, but nothing materialized from these opportunities early in the half. Her persistence ultimately paid off, though, as she was integral for BC’s only goal of the day. In the 75th minute of play, BC earned another corner kick. Coffey took it and sent the ball into the box, perfectly placed for Carly Leipzig to redirect the ball into the corner of the net. It was Leipzig’s fifth goal and Coffey’s 10th assist of the season. Leipzig’s goal spoiled Proctor’s clean sheet, but Duke still held a two-goal lead, and BC could not break through for another goal. In the end, the Blue Devils earned the victory, advancing into the next round of the ACC Tournament and likely ending the Eagles’ season, barring an unexpected bid to the NCAA Tournament. n

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After Loss to UVA, Goss Leads BC to Four-Set Victory Over Hokies By Erin Walsh For The Heights

The crowd in Power Gym erupted in cheer as Boston College junior McKenna Gross slammed away a game-winning spike to defeat the Hokies in the fourth set. Although Virginia Tech head coach Jill Lytle Wilson challenged the play, claiming the ball was out of bounds, the referees concluded that the call stood, giving the Eagles the win. This victory marks BC volleyball’s third conference win, as the Eagles gained redemption for their loss to Virginia Tech last season. Although BC (6-16, 3-9 Atlantic Coast) ultimately came out with the win, the Hokies dominated the first set,

winning by seven points. The Eagles struggled early with service and attack errors, giving Virginia Tech (8-15, 2-10) easy points. The Hokies’ lead proved to be too large for the Eagles to catch. The tides began to turn in the second set, as BC found its footing, keeping a small yet steady lead through the first half of the set. The Eagles found offensive success through sophomore Jane DeJarld, who earned a hitting percentage of 0.429 and swept in seven points. Sophomore Cat Balido also had a significant impact, with 12.5 points recorded. BC’s offensive success continued into the third set, where the score remained fairly close until the end. The Eagles capitalized on Virginia Tech service er-

rors and solidified their offense with big plays from Amaka Chukwujekwu and Balido, creating a comfortable lead to win the set by six points. The fourth and final set seemed to resemble the first, with Virginia Tech reclaiming its dominance. The Hokies kept a four-point lead over the Eagles for the majority of the set, until BC graduate Lynn Braakhuis earned two of her 14 total points to cut Virginia Tech’s lead in half. The win was within the Eagles’ reach, and Goss snatched it, scoring both the tying point as well as the winning point. Goss led BC to its victory with the team high of 15.5 points, 14 kills, and a strong hitting percentage of 0.314.

“It was a lot of pressure definitely, to execute and be disciplined, especially on blocking and making sure to limit our errors,” Goss said. “We had to get up high and take that final swing, to put it down and win the game.” Overall, the Eagles earned themselves a solid win, out-showing Virginia Tech with three more kills, seven more service aces, three more digs, a higher collective hitting percentage, and seven fewer reception errors. BC, however, did not celebrate the same victorious result earlier this week when they faced Virginia on Thursday night. The Eagles fell to the Cavaliers (517, 1-10), losing three sets to one. BC came out strong to win the first

set by four points, with Balido and Sophie West earning high hitting percentages of 0.571 and 0.500, respectively. The Eagles earned an early five-point run and took advantage of multiple Virginia attack errors to ultimately win the set. Virginia quickly recovered, however, dominating the second set and shutting down BC’s offense. The Cavaliers continued their success through the next two sets, with eight-point runs in both sets to finish off the Eagles. Although BC had beaten Virginia in five sets last season, it was unable to recreate this victory. As a result, the Cavaliers earned their first in-conference win of the season, leaving the Eagles in the dust. n

No. 1 Denver Scores Three Power-Play Goals in Rout of Eagles MEN’S HOCKEY

By Bradley Smart For The Heights

Boston College men’s hockey showed flashes of its much-discussed potential throughout the first period of Saturday night’s game Boston College 1 against DenDenver 6 ver. The Eagles trailed the defending national champions, but were holding their own, even going toe-to-toe with the Pioneers in the shots department. The rest of the game, however, showed just how much work is left to be done. The top-ranked Pioneers converted three power plays and pulled away in the ensuing periods, handing the Eagles a 6-1 defeat. No. 19 BC (1-5-1) has dropped three-straight games, but head coach Jerry York knows the season is far from over. “Our first period was outstanding for us

and we matched them stride for stride,” York said. “The difference was they continued to do it through the second and third period. They just kind of exposed us a little bit with their experience, but we’ll be better because of it.” Eagles forward Christopher Brown scored the lone goal, just under two minutes into the final period on a power play. Brown, situated to the right of the net, masterfully deflected a pass from J.D. Dudek up into the right corner of the net. It was the only offensive bright spot for BC, as the Eagles couldn’t break through a physical Pioneers defense. No. 1 Denver (4-0-2), meanwhile, enjoyed plenty of offensive success. “I thought that was our best performance of the year, especially offensively,” head coach Jim Montgomery said. “We really showed skill tonight and made a lot of plays.”

The Pioneers entered Saturday’s game with the 10th-best scoring offense in the country, and set a new season high in goals scored. Just a day removed from a dramatic, last-second victory at BU, Denver showed no signs of fatigue. They finished 3-for-5 on power-play opportunities and won the faceoff battle, even scoring a pair of goals off of them. Henrik Borgstrom and Blake Hillman tallied two goals apiece, while Troy Terry came away with a trio of assists. Dylan Gambrell filled up the stat sheet as well, scoring and adding a pair of assists. The Pioneers’ plethora of weapons and depth was evident, as the Eagles often appeared overmatched. Gambrell opened up the scoring on the game’s first power play, cutting in from the right side and finishing off a Terry feed. Denver scored twice in the second period, with Borgstrom tipping in a long-range shot from Ian Mitchell, and Hillman burying a

one-timer off of a faceoff. Eagles goaltender Joe Woll, who finished with 22 saves, didn’t have much of a chance at either shot. It looked as if the sophomore didn’t even see the the first shot, and the second came off of a beautifully executed faceoff set piece. Denver poured it on in the third, as BC simply fell apart defensively. Despite cutting the lead to 3-1 at the start of the period, the Eagles didn’t have much left in the tank. Borgstrom buried a shot from between the circles on a power play, and shortly after that, the Pioneers tacked on two more goals. Tyson McLellan scored after a failed Eagles breakout resulted in a 2-on-1. Then, Hillman capped off the scoring spree with a shot from near the blue line. “They’ve got players that are hard to control,” York said. “We set certain standards we try to meet, and a lot of those they won. We usually have 10 we try to accomplish in a game, and if you win eight of them, you

have a really good chance of winning. We probably won three of them tonight.” Still, Montgomery and Denver came away impressed with the Eagles, cautioning against overlooking this team come April. “I give BC credit because I know that’s going to be a really good team,” Montgomery said. “Those young players are going to gain confidence and you can see the ability. As they gain confidence through the year, that’s going to be a team to be reckoned with at the end.” Early losses have piled up, but the Eagles have faced some of the stiffest competition in the country. They rank fourth in strength of schedule after playing six ranked teams in a row, and now look to build off the tough lessons learned. “Our team continues to grow,” York said. “We all realize we have work to do to get better as a club, and we accept that. That’s why we play these types of teams.” n

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BC was booked for seven penalties in the 6-1 loss to No. 1 Denver on Saturday night, and each of them was costly. The Pioneers racked up 10 shots on the power play, three of which found the back of the net. FIELD HOCKEY

For Second Year in a Row, UConn Downs BC in Season Finale By Mike Malley For The Heights

Boston College field hockey rolled into Storrs, Conn. to take on the No. 1 University of Connecticut Huskies in a battle of naBoston College 0 tional heavyConnecticut 3 weights. The No. 11 Eagles were looking to bounce back after losing to Wake Forest. But the Eagles couldn’t overcome an impressive second half by the Huskies, suffering their second-consecutive 3-0 loss. This game, the last of the regular season, marked the Eagles’ (11-7) first nonconference loss of the season. The Huskies (17-0) looked to defend their home turf against a highpowered Eagles team on the heels of

a 16-game winning streak. They had previously outlasted Quinnipiac in a close 3-1 game, and prior to that, UConn thumped the Georgetown in a 10-0 blowout. The Huskies had outscored opponents by a combined 82-28 this season, including nine shutouts for fifth-year senior goalkeeper Nina Klein, who has been absolutely dominant this year. UConn also had the Eagles’ number, winning the previous five matchups between the two sides. The first half was a battle of the defenses, as both teams played well, but neither were able to put a goal past the opposing keeper. The Eagles’ defense bent, but did not break, allowing 12 shots in the first half alone, six of which were saved by goalkeeper Sarah Dwyer. The relentless Huskies attack did not

seem like it would ever get one past the tremendous play of the sophomore, but the second half was a completely different story. Five minutes into the half, UConn beat Dwyer as junior forward Amanda Collins found the back of the net for her 10th goal of the season. A fantastic pass by freshman midfielder Jessica Dembrowski put Collins in the clear in front of the BC goal, and she was able to fire the Huskies ahead. This would be the only goal they would need, but UConn did not stop there. BC conceded again 10 minutes later when senior forward Charlotte Veitner scored to double the Huskies lead and all but put the game out of reach for BC. This was the reigning Big East Offensive Player of the Year’s 27th

goal of the season, a tremendous one for the senior from Dusseldorf, who will look to add to her collection of individual awards at the end of this season. Veitner wound up from the top of the circle and fired a rocket past Dwyer, who was unable to make the save. Finally, with just under three minutes left to play in the game, UConn scored again to ice the game. Dembrowski added a goal to her tally on the day off of a great pass from midfielder Vivienne Tucker that simply couldn’t be saved. Dembrowski’s sixth goal of the year all but ended the game as the Eagles waited for the whistle to blow. Shortly after, the game ended with a final score of 3-0. Dwyer couldn’t make a single save in the second half—all six of her saves

came in the first. Her counterpart, Klein, ended the matchup with four saves and a shutout. Four cards were issued in the game, three to each side, in what was a relatively clean matchup of two very good teams. This was the first time the Eagles lost two-consecutive games all season. It was also their fourth time being shut out, but not much can be done against a team the caliber of UConn. This was also the first time all season BC lost a game after being tied at halftime. The Eagles finish the regular season with a 11-7 record, a strong finish considering they went 0-6 in the ACC. BC looks ahead to the first round of the ACC Tournament this Thursday against the unranked Duke Blue Devils in Louisville, Ky. n

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‘Stranger Things’ Returns With Sci-Fi Horror Fun BY KAYLIE RAMIREZ Heights Staff

Is Barb ever going to leave the Upside Down? Who was Chief Hopper leaving food for in the woods? Seriously, what was that slimy, tentacle-like substance that Will coughed up before Christmas dinner? And most importantly, where is Eleven? Unlike other shows in its sci-fi genre, Stranger Things plays up the psychological aspects of childhood hysteria involving the popular game Dungeons and Dragons. Mike, played by Finn Wolfhard, and his group of friends, Dustin, Lucas, and Will, played by Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, and Noah Schnapp, respectively, are all avid “D&D” players until Will mysteriously disappears in the beginning of

Season 1, causing the boys to take it upon themselves to find their lost friend. “Chapter One: MADMAX,” opens with an action-packed car chase through the streets of 1984 Pittsburgh. It appears the masked criminals will be caught by the police, but a female passenger utters the word “boom,” and causes a bridge to collapse and three police cars to collide—or at least it seems so. When one of the officers gets out of the ravaged car, he sees the bridge is in perfect condition and the van is nowhere in sight. As the van speeds off, the young woman’s nose begins to bleed, a tell-tale sign of her supernatural abilities. The first episode is named for Maxine, a mysterious skateboarding tomboy who has moved to Hawkins from California. The boys suspect she is “MADMAX,” the name

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given by the person who broke their high score in Pac-Man at the local arcade. The boys stalk the red-haired girl until deciding to invite her to join their “party” in the following episodes. Besides Maxine, “Chapter One” also introduces viewers to bad-boy Billy (Dacre Montgomery), who moved from California with Maxine and attends high school in Hawkins. Billy is the quintessential ’80s heartbreaker, with his curly mullet, George Michael earing, and Camaro, which he loves to rev the engine and drive recklessly, nearly running over Lucas, Dustin, and Mike in “Chapter Two.” Montgomery flawlessly portrays the character’s in-your-face disposition and general dissatisfaction. “Chapter Two: Trick or Treat, Freak” opens with Eleven pacing through the school in the Upside Down during the moments following her powerful destruction of the Demogorgon. She sprints through the halls in all directions, calling out for Mike, until she finds a hole between the Upside Down and real dimension. Sprinkled throughout the dark episode, which features more of Will’s encounters with the Upside Down and the unsettling notion that the Upside Down may slowly be making its way into the real dimension, are subtle reminders that the main characters on the show are actually children. The moments in which Dustin mistakes “presumptuous” as a good thing and the boys argue about which Halloween candy is the best provide not only comedic relief, but also an element of innocence in face of the often mature and serious dangers the kids encounter, a character trait that makes them lovable and

real to viewers. The third episode, “Chapter Three: The Pollywog” details Dustin’s meeting with a strange creature, which Lucas describes as a “living booger,” from the Upside Down. The first three episodes of the second installment of Stranger Things are marked by visually appealing cinematography and a greater commitment to placing the show in historical context. Scenes at a rotting pumpkin patch utilize bright sunlight and tones of yellow, orange, and brown to create an almost Wes Anderson-worthy screen grab. Meanwhile, time markers such as a Reagan-Bush ’84 sign and the heavy 80s rock soundtrack that accompanies the series make a greater effort to place the show in a historical context. Furthermore, the second season pays greater attention to character development and allows viewers to explore the vulnerability of many of the show’s favorites. Additionally, the second season deals with remnants of Cold War-era hysteria and even takes a jab at race issues when the boys argue over who has to be the “black Ghostbuster,” Winston, on Halloween. Caleb McLaughlin, who plays Lucas, delivers a sobering retort to Mike when he says that Mike expected him to be Winston only because he is black. Despite piggy-backing off of the storylines of the first season of Stranger Things, Season 2 deals with the trauma of the first season in a way that does not seem recycled or tired. The Emmynominated series continues to leave viewers eager to prolong their Netflix binge-watching sessions. 

King’s Tales of Horror Terrify in Netﬂix’s ‘1922’ BY JACK ANDERSON For The Heights

There has been no shortage of Stephen King adaptations this year, with Netflix’s 1922 joining The Dark Tower, It, and Gerald’s Game in the Stephen King re-popularization party. Even Stranger Things, which takes influence from various King novels, takes from the best in King’s catalogue. But what separates 1922 from the rest of these adaptations is which story in King’s vast library it’s picked from. While all of the aforementioned films are based on full novels by King, 1922 is based on a 131-page novella that appears in King’s 2010 short-story compendium Full Dark, No Stars. While other quality films have been made using King’s short stories (including Stand By Me and The Shawshank Redemption), this film suffers from picking a story without enough meat to make an 100-minute film consistently engaging. Nevertheless, an average King story is still an interesting one. The film tells the tale of Wilfred James (Thomas Jane), a Nebraska farmer who writes a confession to the audience of how he convinced himself and his son to murder his wife for financial gain. The murder takes place in the first act, and this is the biggest issue the film has to overcome. Most of the action takes place in the first 20 minutes of the film, leaving the majority of the remaining 80 minutes to take a slow stroll down Wilfred’s guilty conscience. While this may work for a short story, it is difficult to translate this into film. The film attempts to combat this with a liberal amount of narration from

Wilfred, who is telling the story from years in the future. For the most part, it is effective and provides interesting insights, but it’s hard to deny that reading the novella with all its narration would be more fulfilling. That being said, the unique capabilities of film as a visual medium are taken advantage of through good cinematography and directing. The film combats the issue of conveying conscience through film with a particularly effective visual symbol: rats. Rats constantly rear their ugly heads throughout the film, and they make the rat cage in Room 101 from Orwell’s 1984 look like a petting zoo. They are used to evoke the suspicion that James’ secret may be rotting him from the inside. This analogy is made explicit through scenes involving rats and reanimated rotting corpses. There’s a lot of icky images in this film, so the squeamish may want to sit this one out (especially if they are not a rat person). Jane’s performance as Wilfred also helps makes this film worth a watch. His depiction of a simple yet conniving farmer is compelling, and he effectively portrays a man donning a mask of confidence to hide deep regret. Overall, Jane’s acting is able to convince the audience to give our lead character a surprising amount of sympathy. Molly Parker plays Arlette James, Wilfred’s wife, and although she doesn’t appear in the film for very long she gives a very convincing performance of a woman trapped in a marriage and lifestyle that won’t allow her to express herself. Their son Henry (Dylan Schmid) also does well conveying youthful trust and innocence. The rest of the supporting

cast does a fine job as well. The resulting concoction allows the film to convey its themes freely. First and foremost of these is the effect of guilt on a psyche, how it slowly eats away at the evil-doer and how hiding the lie becomes more and more impossible. As Wilfred tells it, “Murder is a sin, murder is damnation, but murder is also work.” The film also explores the trappings of marrying young in light of a changing America. The impetus for Wilfred’s murder of his wife is their disputes over whether or not to move to the city. Arlette, who is clearly not happy in her marriage and with living on a farm, wants to move to Omaha to open up a dress shop. The only problem is that in order to do this she would need to sell their land and take custody of their son Henry. Wilfred, scared of losing his son

and land, any man’s pride and joy in rural 1922, decides he must take matters into his own hands. Henry points out later that there could have been another way, to which Wilfred admits that he had begun to hate his wife, suggesting a marriage that was deeply sick and forced-upon at a young age. The trappings of young marriage are also explored in the film’s subplot of their 15-year-old son Henry and his relationship with a girl down the street that soon takes a dark turn. 1922 is a good retelling of an average and short King story, and inherent problem that the film valiantly tries to overcome. Netflix subscribers who are fans of King’s work or in the need of a decent horror flick could find enjoyment in this film. For everyone else, 1922 may already be getting old. 

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It was the summer of 1983 in Northern Italy. The sun-drenche d tow n that houses this story is one of rustic, Old World charm. It’s one of those villages that you would imagine looked the same 100 years prior, and will look the same in another 100 years. The days were long and hot, but the nights pulsated to the sounds of New Wave radio. Youth springs eternal in this town, but Call Me by Your Name opens on images of ancient Greek and Roman statues. These relics of ancient beauty and fortitude now crumble under the weight of time. Professor Perlman (Michael Stuhlbarg), whose country

villa serves as the setting for much of the film, studies these ancient sculptors and admires their “ageless ambiguity.” Of course, this phrase could also be used to describe the film itself. Based on a 2007 book of the same title, Call Me by Your Name tells the story of a formative summer in the life of Elio Perlman (Timothée Chalamet), a slender Jewish-American teenager whose family spends holidays at their Italian villa. Extremely precocious but lacking in confidence, he spends his days reading and transcribing sheet music before meeting up with a group of local friends. Time moves slowly for Elio, until a graduate student named Oliver (Armie Hammer) arrives to study under his father, the professor. Elio acts as Oliver’s tour guide, show-

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“Wolves” is the newest single from Selena Gomez. She is joined by the electronic dance musiciam and DJ Marshmello for the more electronic aspects of the song. “Wolves” is the first single from Gomez since “Fetish,” a song the artist released in July 2017. This song was released by Interscope Records. “Wolves” begins with a verse of vocals subtly backed by soft guitar plucking. As the song progresses, more instruments are added until the chorus kicks in. “I’ve been running through the jungle / I’ve been running with the wolves / To get to you, to get to you / I’ve been down the darkest alleys / Saw the dark side of the moon” constitutes the main repetition and chorus throughout Gomez’s “Wolves.” After the first chorus, Marshmello’s influence becomes more apparent. Instead of a backing guitar, the accompanying instrumentals morph into heavy beats and electronic pulses. Throughout the chorus, the beat jumps into the traditionally electronic sounds of Marshmello. Gomez’s new song is a heartfelt plea for her distant love. She describes all of the obstacles she has overcome throughout her arduous journey to reach this person. 

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ing him around town and introducing him to the locals. Oliver takes up the room adjacent to Elio’s, and they soon develop a great friendship and discover mutual attraction in one another. Living together, Elio and Oliver begin to spend nearly every moment together, and this time gives way to simmering sexual tension and unbounded desire. They see themselves in each other—Oliver laments his fleeting youth, while Elio has grown tired of his. We can tell that the attraction is mutual, but Elio and Oliver struggle to express this desire, especially since homosexuality was very much a taboo in 1983. They find themselves drifting apart, avoiding one another in order to direct their sexual energy elsewhere. They both find girlfriends, but Elio can’t help being drawn back to Oliver’s magnetism. Eventually, Elio works up the courage to tell Oliver how he feels, only after pondering a fairytale his mother reads him. She tells him about a knight, who struggles to express his love for a Queen—the key line in the story, being, “Is it better to speak or die?” Elio chooses life, and after some tumult and callow anxiety, an intimate relationship of bracing romance blossoms before our eyes. If it wasn’t obvious already, Call Me by Your Name is one of the best films of the year, and this is due, in part, to its timeless quality. The Italian village seems unphased by the modern world, and this lus-

cious backdrop is complemented by the elegance of the piano score that gives the film an enduring quality. At least three different languages are spoken in Call Me By Your Name, and it’s brimming with references to the best works of art and literature in history. Elio talks about his love of Bach and Liszt, Oliver reads about Heidegger in the sun, and a couple laments the death of Bunuel. Guadagnino’s wandering camera focuses in on little details, drawing our attention to an enticing plate of ripe apricots or a refreshing splash of cool water. The film’s sensual style, along with its extensive referencing of the canon of art, gives it a distinct universality, unhinged to time. The aesthetic beauty of Call Me by Your Name is certainly part of its appeal, as every image is saturated with people and places that seem almost too beautiful to be real. In that way, the film seems like a fairytale, or a nostalgic memory of a time long gone. Elio’s coming-of-age is so true and heartbreaking, in a way, because he comes to realize that everything he now likes must come to an end. Eventually, he’ll leave Italy, go back to the U.S., finish school, and eventually move onto college. Part of coming of age is recognizing that almost everything is transient, and Elio begins to realize that this summer romance may just become a memory of temporary bliss and unadulterated beauty—not unlike the ancient sculptures his father studies. 

Hailee Steinfeld is on the rise. Her new music is resonating with fans and climbing the charts. The 20-year old just released her latest music video for “Let Me Go” on Oct. 26 and the video already has 785,000 views on YouTube. The video features scenes of Steinfeld and friends spending time together in California. The camera pans to breathtaking scenes of the beach, views from a golf cart, a party in the backyard of a house, on the basketball court shooting hoops, fooling around, and in the car along the coast. There is something really cool the director does with the camera that filters the scene with a pink and blue coloration, playing on the classic, breathtaking California skyline. It adds to the relaxed, warm feel the video has. Another really cool decision in the filming was the frame from which the video was shot. Parts of the video are angled and look as though an actual person watching everything. Other parts appear to be coming from videos shot on an iPhone and other cameras. The video showcases beautiful scenic shots that focus on the singer and friends goofing around together. The compilation video has a certain personal feel, somewhat similar to a home video. It shows a personal Steinfeld fumbling with a ping pong ball in a match and running away from a friend holding a wiggling sea creature up to her. While the music video doesn’t really seem to address the lyrics of the song that deal with the relationship that has ended, it seems to work well for the song. The carefree feel of the instrumentation of the song captures and celebrates Steinfeld and her relationships with her friends. It’s an intimate view into the life of the singer and feels extremely special. Fans will enjoy the chance to have this exclusive close up view of the singer and her life. 

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Monday, October 30, 2017

Hollywood’s Issue With Originality

Isabella Dow

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Ernst Emulates Masters Ernst from B8 expounded on a lingering sentiment of grief and quiet desperation. Ernst then played Hannenheim’s “Sonate 6,” which began with a much lighter yet still anticipatory sound. A hope-tinted harmony then descended back into a mix of low and high scales, with fluttering notes grounded in the lower sound. Karel Reiner was the next composer in the concert and the only of his composers to have survived Auschwitz, one of the largest concentration camps of the Jewish Holocaust. Reiner had a passion for philosophy that shone through his compositions. He believed humans lived together with nature and were innately connected to the Earth, supporting a notion that emotion could only come through thoughts and the intellect. Playing Reiner’s “Sonate Nr. 2,” Ernst demonstrated his lofty themes through a rollercoaster of gentle harmony and clashing dissonance, offering either a fresh breath or an incessant, aggressive flow of sharp notes. The four movements in the sonate offered a unique reflection on Reiner’s individualistic tendencies. After a short intermission, Reiner played Arthur Lourie’s “Nocturne,” demonstrating a melodic layering of sound that swayed back

and forth from a mood of bleak solitude to a more joyous anthem. Lourie inf licted a notion of Neoclassicism with a Russian twist onto his works, as he was a Russian-born Jew who migrated to Paris and then later the United States after the Russian revolution and the Nazi invasion of France. His reputation as a disjointed character in his early life manifested in the continuous up-and-down of his compositions like “Nocturne.” Viktor Ullmann’s “Sonate Nr. 4” was the final piece in the concert, concluding with a fluidity of themes throughout the three movements. The piece, with its harmonious underpinnings, illuminated Ullmann’s inclination toward a classic style like that of Beethoven. He melted such classic sounds with a rich tonality, creating a piece that Ernst noted as very pianistic, saying Ullmann was a “performer who [knew] what’s needed for concert use.” In his compilation of desperate yet at times hauntingly hopeful works, Ernst’s second concert in his “Keyboard Landscapes” series accomplished its goal of paying homage to the unknown greats of Germany as well as highlighting Ernst’s musical genius and masterful playing capabilities. n

Sometimes, I worry that all the great stories have already been written. It seems like so much of what we see nowadays is recycled plots and adherence to conventions of genre, to the point where we can recite lines before characters say them. I’m not convinced that whatever these characters are working through onscreen is so embedded in fundamental human truths that deep down, we know what they’re going to say. I think it’s more likely that we’re dealing with overdone clichés, and whatever we’re watching is giving us a severe sense of dejá vu. On the one hand, I suppose it’s just a manifestation of the mindset that if it’s not broken, there’s no need to fix it. If calculating villainy and breaking the fourth wall worked for Shakespeare, why change it for House of Cards? If Sherlock Holmes was such a successful character in its day, why reinvent the wheel for a character like Gregory House of House, M.D.? In fact, why not go all the way back to ancient Athens to a play called The Birds by Aristophanes, for the origin of Cloud Cuckoo Land, to be repurposed for use in The Lego Movie? The world of art is subject to influence all the time. Throughout literature, film, music, and a whole host of other art forms, one can trace the influence of past artists on subsequent generations of work. It seems there’s no end to the inspiration one can find in one’s artistic idols. To emulate the styles and ideas that stem from their work is to be expected. And there is a boatload of artistic movements out there from

which to find an artist or art form that resonates with one’s personal tastes. But even with all that variation, all the laudable achievements of artists of generations past, there’s a lot of commonality between works of past and present. Yes, it’s fantastic that people can read Hamlet 400 years after it was written, and still get so much out of it. The same cannot be said for the vast majority of what mainstream audiences consume today. Even so, one could see how the question of whether there are any new, groundbreaking ideas out there might seem like a pressing concern. I mean, machines are going to take over the world at some point anyway, why don’t we just let them take the composites of all the artwork out there and reproduce it? Or better yet, have artificial intelligence supplant people entirely, and have them be the artistic forces in society? Forget about It, this vision is the true horror story of the modern era. I would see no value in having a machine produce art over humans, as there must be something about the human experience that still resonates with us more than whatever algorithms and metal parts could come up with. Every so often however, one can find a show or movie that they’ve never seen anything like. Something that moves past stock characters, tired tropes, and easily-digestible formats into territory that tells you that you’re not in Kansas anymore. Now, I hate to prattle on about the glorious confusion that is Twin Peaks: The Return, but I can’t seem to let this show go. And why would I want to? The show confronts viewers with bizarre, grotesque, or otherwise startling material, and avoids any semblance of closure like the plague. It demands to be mulled over, never forgotten, and succeeds in its attempts to draw out emotions and thoughts in its viewers that would normally go unexpressed. And it doesn’t rely on

white bread tactics as filler for network television. The show will pit tender, adorable moments of rekindled romance or parent-child bonding, against gruesome acts of violence and unspeakable terrors. The effect is harrowing, and a more complete understanding of the meaning of evil emerges when placed next to those warm fuzzy moments. Everyone and their mother has seen stories unfold that hinge solely on the saccharine aspects of life, or mostly on the blatant terrors of bombastic horror films. And people find whatever makes them comfortable, knowing how the story will end after sizing up the story, and walk away from the experience ready to rinse and repeat. There’s nothing inherently problematic with this dynamic, as many people just want to watch a story as old as time, in the manner in which they are accustomed, and do so in peace. But there won’t be anything wild happening. Nothing completely outside the norm, nothing you haven’t already seen, and nothing to contradict the notion that there’s no new art to be made. Directors such as David Lynch, with their reimagining of existing art forms, and truly original presentations of them, bring me hope that there are always new stories to be made, and new artworks to be created. None of the great stories of the past existed before someone came up with them. And while there will likely be conventional aspects of genre that provide frameworks for stories, they will shift and adapt gradually with time. Drawing on artistic influences of the past could conceivably overshadow the minds of contemporary artists. Art inspires more art to be made however, and that kind of power cannot be washed out by fretful imaginings.

Isabella Dow is the assistant scene editor for The Heights. She can be reached at arts@bcheights.com.

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‘Rikers’ Examines U.S. Incarceration By Tristan St. Germain Heights Staff Rikers Island, one of the most notorious prisons in America, is connected to the Bronx by a single bridge. While incarcerated, Robert Hinton would watch planes pass by the Empire State building through the window in his cell, wondering what tropical island or foreign location that mere speck of metal was travelling to. Likewise, how might the plane’s passengers see the solitary island on which Hinton, along with 10,000 other people, are imprisoned? Rikers : An American Prison, which was screened at Stokes Hall last Monday, bridges the mass public to those individuals who have been forced down into the lowest tier of society. Followed by a discussion between two guest speakers who talked of their time as inmates , the e vening w a s one of solemn introspection, and a look beyond the knee-jerk reactions of sympathy and outrage that characterize our usual confrontations with injustice. Rikers does not portray its subjects as victims, nor as crusaders in a triumphant moral conflict. The human rights abuses we glean so vividly are illustrated through spoken stories of quiet despair punctuated by damaging instances of violence. Occasionally, surveillance footage of the jail will pronounce a reoccurring theme, or provide concrete insight into the speaker’s environment (such as cells and hallways, dotted with the ghostly blurs of inmates rendered in bleak monochrome). The rest is left to the speakers, whose natural coordination of events and their details, guided by an emotional conflict that is real on a level most films can only reach for,

impress us with the reality of a lifetime of suffering that hits us with a single, poignant expression. As with any system of human-rights abuses, life at Rikers is structured by a highly-organized hierarchy of violence to which newcomers must either adapt or submit to, often with grave consequences. As Ralph Nunez describes it, power lies in the hands of two leaders at the top of a ladder of control and command. Their influence diffuses through a task-force, a dayroll, others who have “earned the respect” of the leaders, and to a bottom caste-group labeled the “dayroom dummies.” These are usually young men assigned the duty of cleaning the piss, blood, and sperm out of the other men’s underwear. Correctional officers, many of whom are from the same background as the inmates they ’re guarding , often assist in establishing fights between prisoners and maintaining the order imposed by the gangleaders. Solitary confinement is their ultimate instrument of punishment. “Everybody’s screaming and it just sounds like a madhouse,” ex-detainee Raymond Yu says. Stripped of all social contact, one starts counting cracks in the wall, playing with feces, and befriending rats and cockroaches. Commenting on his experience, Marcell Neal says, “I started to feel like an animal.” Though socioeconomically disadvantaged African Americans from the New York area appears to b e the primar y demog raphic at R ikers , the s y stem do e s not discriminate based on an inmate’s circumstances— regardless of race or background, all seem subjugated to the same environmental stresses. Such is evidenced in the case of Kathy

Morse, a middle-aged mother from New Jersey who, after embezzling from her law-firm, was sent to Rikers where she experienced abuse. Though their stories are replete with strife and sadness, horror and devastation, we find in ourselves an anger that the speakers do not demonstrate. For them, it seems not a matter of retaliation or sympathy, but of an endurance which their circumstances have pronounced more fervently. The evening’s speakers, Tom Lynes and Joli Sparkman, related these universal experiences shared between inmates through a voice and narration exclusively theirs. “Prison is a state of mind,” Lynes said, who had gone in and out of various juvenile detention centers as a child, before finally winding up in Farmington Correctional Facility, where heroin, sexual abuse, and gangrelated violence was a part of the community’s very social fabric. For Lynes, it was just like home. Twice incarcerated, once for robbery and another time for murder, his story was difficult to digest—the audience simultaneously felt empathy, disgust, hope, and then acceptance, of the brute difficulties with which his story is weaved. Sparkman’s prose-poem, which focused on her failed suicide attempt while in prison, highlighted the tragic irony of her situation, wherein she was forced to pay for the bedsheet she had used to hang herself. If anything is to be gained from narrations of both the night’s guests and those depicted in Rikers, it is that we must suspend our preconceptions of good and evil in order to appreciate the weight of life that’s burdened certain individuals. n

The Boston College music department kicked off a series of three concert-lectures in Gasson 100 last Monday featuring Moritz Ernst, one of the leading pianists of his generation, in his first United States appearance. The series, entitled “Keyboard Landscapes: Visions of Modernity,” explores the innovative works and profiles of 20th-and 21stcentury composers and the historical climate that influenced them. The series began with “Voices of the Avant-Garde: The Composer as Revolutionary,” which consisted of works by Boulez, Schoenberg, Debussy, Bartok, and Stockhausen. These modernist pieces reflect the period of change and development in different artistic spheres that occurred around the turn of the 20th century. The status quo was being rejected in favor of new and unique elements that pushed the boundaries of art and thought. Before the concert began, Daniel Callahan, an assistant professor in the music department, hosted a presentation that explored this contextual perspective. To draw parallels between music and literature, Callahan read a passage from modernist archetype Ulysses by James Joyce—facing a wall of Jesuits, as he read. He told the audience afterward: “If you understood that passage, you’re probably lying.” Callahan expressed how these modernist works of music and literature can sometimes feel confrontational, but that it’s important to focus not necessarily on what the works are saying, but on how they’re saying it. And what better representative of these composers to present that than Moritz Ernst? He has been renowned globally for his recording and performance of different music from seminal composers. Composer Ralf Gawlick, an associate professor in the music department who invited Ernst for the series, describes him as “an illustrious performer” noted

for “his advocacy and championing of works from the 20th and 21st centuries.” His illustriousness was on full display Monday night. The pieces Ernst performed were of no simplicity. The avant-garde techniques used in the pieces required Ernst to pull off rapid flourishes that were not only a spectacle to hear, but to watch. The solo pianist’s hands moved so quickly at times they seemed to blur completely together. He moved up the piano from the lowest to the highest octave in a matter of seconds, alternating between keys with the speed of a snare percussionist. Th e “r e v o l u t i o n a r y ” q u a l i t y of the pieces were more present at the beginning and end of the concert, with more familiar—and less confrontational—pieces in the middle with Debussy and Bartok. Whereas most of the pieces were largely atonal, without any grounding in a major or minor mo de, the Debussy pieces had some semblance of melody. La Cathédrale engloutie, the penultimate piece performed by Ernst, had just the right effect to put you in a state of relaxation before the program’s finale, Stockhausen’s Klavierstück X, completely shattered it. The Stockhausen was undoubtedly the most enthralling piece of the performance. Ernst left the room prior to beginning the piece, returning with a “Michael Jackson-esque” frilly shirt on and white silk gloves with the tips cut off. The shirt may have been for purely style, but the gloves allowed Ernst to perform long , rapid slides up and down the keys. Stockhausen is known for his unpredictable and irregular rhythms that resemble movements and patterns found in nature, and Ernst exhibited plenty of this unpredictability and irregularity. At times, he would even lay both his forearms on the piano and strike large clusters of keys. Some of it was even a bit uncomfortable to hear with all of its volume and energy. But it’s not every day you get to witness someone so accomplished in what they do shed light on others so accomplished in what they did. n

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At UConn Tournament, BC Step Teams Sweep the Competition Sexual Chocolate and F.I.S.T.S. took the top two spots against their New England step-dancing peers. BY JACOB SCHICK Assoc. Scene Editor The competition began with the Stony Brook University Cadence Step Team. Its younger members and older members faced off against each other in a courtroom setting. The younger steppers had been accused of not stepping as well as the veteran members. Throughout the “trial,” both duos competed against each other, until finally the case was settled by the moves and talent of the older group members. The second team to display their dance talent s w a s the Brandeis University Platinum Step Team. These dancers wove their theme into their dance much more subtly. It was so subtle in fact, that audience members had trouble determining what the story and message of their dance was. Finally, it was Boston College’s turn. Both of BC’s step dance teams had been invited to the 15 Years Strong Step Competition, hosted by the University of Connecticut All-Stars, as the last two of four performance groups. Sexual Chocolate and Females Incorporating Sisterhood Through Step (F.I.S.T.S.) had driven over from campus that day, and the teams had been waiting hours to show off their skills. Now it was time. F.I.S.T.S. took the stage to the sound of “Anaconda” by Nicki Minaj. The team had chosen the theme of “Bring It On,” in which they were dressed as cheerleaders from rival teams , complete with uniforms and the wigs that characterize every F.I.S.T.S. performance. One team had been stealing the steps of another team, and the two teams struggled back and forth in competition with each other. Finally, the principal of the school had enough and told the two teams to work together and share their steps. F.I.S.T.S. rejoined and performed one final dance to “Lose My Breath” by Destiny’s Child.

Sexual Chocolate arrived to deep bass beats of “Come Get It” by Sage The Gemini. Sexual Chocolate’s theme was a safari. There was a group of safari guys, led by Liam Cotter, president of Sexual Chocolate and MCAS ’18. Among this group were a few overly nice and supplicating guys, jocks, and nerds. Each group within the safari was trying to “find the sauce” in order to be cool and suave. The safari ended with “Work” by Omarion. After applause and cheers from all present, the four teams eagerly awaited the decisions of the judges. It was clear that BC had won the day. The two highest-scoring teams were BC’s own Sexual Chocolate in first and F.I.S.T.S. in second place. Sexual Chocolate scored near perfect from all four judges, and F.I.S.T.S. was not far behind. Most B C student s will ne ver experience one of these off campus competitions that Sexual Chocolate and F.I.S.T.S. compete in, yet both teams average one every semester. When asked why Sexual Chocolate goes out of their way to participate in these tournaments, Cotter discussed the impact and benefit it has for the members of the team. With many events and shows on campus, the performance is tailored towards people who have little to no experience with or critical eye for dance.These tournaments give the steppers short-term goals to improve the individual aspects of their dance skills. Rather than trying to go for the biggest “wow” moments of a Showdown-like performance, these teammates can strive to improve the minute details that only another dancer could spot. “It gives the guys a very good sense of how they’re developing,” Cotter said. “With these shows, you know that it’s just you honing your craft.” Another benefit of these off-campus dance competitions is the publicity and name recognition. Neither team seeks out these shows—they are invited to participate.

In order to continue to garner the attention necessary for these invitations, the two teams continue to make a name for themselves wherever they go. Djanan Kernizan, president of F.I.S.T.S. and MCAS ’19, spoke about the opportunity to compete against other dance teams who practice the same style of dance. Sexual Chocolate and F.I.S.T.S. are the only step teams on campus. To truly get a sense of their talent and skill, they have to travel elsewhere to compete with and against other step teams. Every step team has a different take on the dance style, and the only way to compare is to participate in these events. “You’re judged on your precision, your steps, your transitions, how straight you hold your arms,” Kernizan said. “If we’re going to Showdown, they’re not judging on that.” Kernizan didn’t play down the more tangible benefits to participating and placing in competitions like these: “We get money.” Along with the feeling of accomplishment and pride that comes with such good placement, both teams were awarded a monetary prize of $500 and $300 respectively. This money would go to offset the cost of the trip itself, along with providing extra money for dues, team equipment, and other aspects of the step experience that must usually be financed by the Student Organization Funding Committee and the Office of Student Involvement, or the team members themselves. While most BC students won’t get the chance to see Sexual Chocolate and F.I.S.T.S. perform in these types of competitions, there are things that oncampus audiences can keep an eye out for Sexual Chocolate. Cotter said that viewers should try to both take in the big picture to see the larger flow and movements of the performance while also focusing on the individual steppers. Each member of the team adds their own special flair to their

moves. It might be a slightly different take on the moves, or an especially fun or interesting facial expression. Kernizan explained that the girls in F.I.S.T.S. work very hard on their style. Audience members should watch out for their falls, their costumes, and especially their smiles. Members of F.I.S.T.S. make a point to never drop their smile throughout a performance. With these competitions, Sexual Chocolate and F.I.S.T.S. can perfect the technical aspects of their members while also providing a serious competition setting in which to train themselves . B oth teams work extremely hard to maintain and better their level of performance, and it’s a welcome and gratifying experience to be recognized by qualified and experienced judges and dancers. 

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‘Venus in Fur’ Pushes Polite Envelope BY ISABELLE WALKEY For The Heights Intense music plays as the lights fade into darkness. A loud clap of thunder startles the audience, and a flash of lightning pierces through the darkness to reveal Thomas (Dustin Uher, LSOE ’19), one of two characters in The Boston College Dramatics Society’s production of Venus in Fur, directed by Michael Quinn, MCAS ’19. On Thursday and Saturday of last week, audiences filled the seats of the Bonn Studio Theater to see the production. Even at the matinée show, which tend to yield fewer audience members than standard performance times, the majority of the seats were filled. Though audience members chatted excitedly about their expectations for the show, nobody was prepared for the raunchiness, humor, or thrill that would fill the next hour and a half. Venus in Fur follows Thomas, a playwright adapting a famous novel that inspired the term “masochism” into a play. Af ter a day of disapp ointing auditions, he faces his struggle to find a leading lady for the play. There is nobody sexy enough, alive enough, young enough, until Vanda (Debbie Aboaba, MCAS ’21) bursts through his door. Energetic, electric, and eager, Vanda is desperate to prove to Thomas that she is the girl for the part. From the beginning, Thomas is skeptical, but after Vanda persists long enough with force, he agrees to let her audition. Thomas and Vanda begin reading from the play, slowly falling into the world of the show more deeply than they had expected. As the line between the world of the Venus in Fur and reality are blurred, dynamics

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shift and power is transferred between various characters and aspects of the performance. The small space of the theater ref lected the intimac y that is prominent in the show. Audience members sitting in the front rows could be within a foot of the actors at times. It was as if the audience were flies on the wall, seated on three sides of the acting space, where the walls of the room would be. The scenery was simple, consisting of a desk, a chaise lounge, a table with a coffeemaker, and a wall with just one door. The dim lighting in the Bonn Studio Theater added to the coyness and drama of the show. The sound cues that echoed from the rafters of the space were executed with perfect timing: the phone ringing at just the right moment, and each loud clap of thunder appropriately increased the level of drama. Audiences immediately got a taste for what the show is going to be like when Vanda takes off her coat to reveal a risque outfit of head-to-toe leather and high heels. Venus in Fur pulled no punches in its costume design or its content. The audience laughs at this, and laughs even harder after Thomas’ comical reaction. Vanda’s dropping of the F-bomb in every other sentence and her ability to unapologetically speak her mind keeps the audience laughing for the majority of the show. Yet the humor and crass language does nothing to dilute the drama and high emotions that lie at the heart of the show. In moment s of intensity, the audience respected the powerful silence, their e yes glue d to the characters. The dynamic between the two characters proved to be one of the

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strongest elements of the show. The audience was captivated by the witty banter of Vanda with her crude humor and Thomas with his sarcasm. Lines were fast paced, leaving no spare moment for the minds of audience members to wander. Each movement onstage in Venus in Fur served as a reaction to what the other actor had done or said, and these reactions are what built the connection between the two characters, a connection that was so enthralling to watch develop. Perhaps the most impressive aspect of the show was the two actors’ total commitment. Ever y inch of the actors were completely in character, even when portraying their character acting as another character in the play within a play. This control was one of the most impressive aspects of the show. The actors also do not shy away from anything. Things like discussing R-rated topics or being tied to a pole wearing a leather choker necklace would make anyone cringe, yet the actors executed everything fearlessly and without reservation. As soon as the lights came up at the end of the show and the cheering applause died down, it was clear that the audience had been affected. Audience members glanced to one another with looks that said, “Wow, what did I just witness?” It wasn’t just the risque material and convincing acting that was so outstanding, but also the relevance of the show’s message. The show tackled themes of sexism and the importance of how influential art can be. As Quinn wrote in his director’s note, “[the show] asks that we think more,” which is exactly what it made the audience do. 

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Famous Pianist Plays Classics With Aplomb BY BARRETTE JANNEY Executive Assistant On Tuesday night, pianist Moritz Ernst returned to Gasson 100 to perform his second concert entitled “Silenced Keys: The Composer as Victim,” drawing in a crowd of young and old alike to appreciate an emotional array of music. Ernst’s music career dawned at the age of five in his home country of Germany. He continued studying piano and musicology after graduating from high school at 16 years old and soon became a student of renowned professor Peter Feuchtwanger. He ventured into the professional realm of piano shortly after, playing concerts across the Europe. Over his many years of music study, Ernst has developed a particular passion for music of the 20th and 21st century, focusing on lesser known composers in hopes of shedding light on their stories and rich works. In this second concert, Ernst further developed his goal of invoking the genius of relatively unknown artists. The theme of “The Composer as Victim” touches on the common thread of the four composers whose pieces he played: victims

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of the Nazi Regime. Norbert von Hannenheim was the first composer in his concert. Although actively composing in the 1920s, today most of Hannenheim’s works are missing due to an Allied air raid that resulted in a bombing of the bank where some of his works that he shared with friends were preserved. He also composed without any sketches, simply putting music to paper without any drafting that could be saved. Hannenheim’s style consisted of a richer, harmonic sound that flourished within short pieces. Because he wasn’t exactly a performer by nature, most of his compositions Hannenheim cites as “awful to play.” This sentiment, however, did not manifest when Ernst took his seat behind the keys for Hannenheim’s “Sonate 3.” Initially beginning with low, dramatic notes, scales of sound gradually began to grow faster and higher, setting a tone of suspense that would loom throughout the entirety of the composition. The scales evolved into a rush of sound that listeners could only seek relief from through the next, slower movement, which

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