The Heights 03/22/2012

NCAA regionals

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Men’s hockey is focusing on one game at a time as they head to Worcester, A10

Destructive fire in Back Bay renders citizens and businesses powerless, B10

The Scene takes readers back to an era most ‘mad’: 1965, B1

Blast to the past

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Vol. XCIII, No. 16

Stokes still on schedule

Player charged with invasion of privacy Jaryd Rudolph will attend hearing in April

By David Cote

By Greg Joyce

News Editor

Heights Editor The inside of Stokes Hall is beginning to take shape and the project remains on schedule, according to Project Manager Ed Stokes. Construction will be completed in October, the building will be ready for occupants in December, and it will open for classes at the beginning of the spring semester in January 2013.

Higher-than-normal temperatures and little snowfall during the winter allowed more rapid progress on the exterior of the building, which is now nearing completion. “The weather this past winter has helped us out a lot, but the first winter was very challenging,” Stokes said.

Most of the masonry and steel framing on the exterior has been completed, giving the building its final shape. Construction on the exterior walls was relatively unique, using a support system involving both steelreinforced concrete masonry and steel framing.

“Most buildings, you can just put

Jaryd Rudolph, a member of the Boston College football team and A&S ’14, has been charged with allegedly using his cell phone to audio-record a consensual sexual encounter between a female graduate student and his roommate in February.

Rudolph will appear for a court hearing in April regarding the allegations. He is currently on University probation, and has been suspended from the football team.

“Due to legal and privacy issues, BC Athletics has no comment on the situation other than to confirm Jaryd has been suspended from the football team,” said Chris Cameron, associate director of athletics, in an e-mail.

The Boston Globe has reported that Rudolph shared the recording with at least one teammate. When the female student found out about the recording, she filed a complaint with the BCPD. After a closeddoor hearing, a clerk magistrate in Brighton District Court ruled that “there was sufficient evidence to warrant a criminal charge,” according to the Globe.

“The student was issued a summary suspension at the time of the allegation and remains on University probation,” said University Spokesman Jack Dunn. “He was

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Construction on Stokes Hall benefited from the mild weather this winter and remains on schedule for completion in October 2012. The building will house classrooms and faculty offices.

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CSOM earns top-10 ranking in the US ‘Bloomberg Businessweek’ moves the Carroll school up seven spots this year

By David Cote News Editor

Just weeks after the announcement of Boston College’s first top-10 graduate school, the Graduate School of Social Work, a second BC school made a similar list.

According to the Bloomberg Businessweek 2012 rankings, the Carroll School of Management (CSOM) is the ninth best undergraduate business school in America.

CSOM, which enrolls roughly 2,000 students, the second most of any school at BC, moved up to ninth from 16th place last year.

“Our focus at the Carroll School is for our undergraduate management students to share an experience that features Boston College’s strong liberal arts tradition, our commitment to student formation,

and an excellent management education,” said Andrew Boynton, dean of CSOM, in a statement. “This ranking helps validate our distinctive strategy.”

Schools ahead of BC on the list include Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business, Cornell’s Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, and the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. Eight of the top 10 schools from 2011 remained in the top 10 in 2012.

Bloomberg bases its rankings on student satisfaction, post-graduation outcomes, and academic quality, according to their website. The facilities and resources within Fulton Hall, as well as career placement excellence, earned CSOM its highest marks.

To determine the rankings, approximately 86,000 seniors at 140 universities received a 50-question survey covering topics like teaching quality and recre-

ational facilities. In the end, about 28,000 students responded to the survey, totaling to roughly a 32 percent response rate. In addition, Bloomberg polled 749 corporate recruiters from a variety of businesses that hire new college graduates. Around 250 of the recruiters responded. Data from 2010, 2011, and 2012 were combined to determine each school’s specific rank.

The 2012 data makes up 50 percent of the score, while each of the previous years makes up 25 percent.

According to the rankings, CSOM had an 85.9 percent job placement rate and a $60,047 median starting salary in 2011. Top employers for CSOM graduates included Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Deloitte, and Barclays Capital.

Bloomberg also estimates that 44 percent of CSOM graduates find jobs in financial services, 36 percent find jobs in accounting, and 9 percent find jobs in consulting.

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‘Apprentice’ winner speaks about his success Rancic’s lecture gives students a unique perspective on their time in college

By Therese Tully Heights Editor

“It’s okay to fall down, it’s okay to make mistakes, but when I was growing up, it was never okay not to try,” Bill Rancic said to a full house in the Murray Function Room.

The talk, titled “You’re Hired!” was hosted by the Student Organization Funding Committee (SOFC), the UGBC Senate, Compass, the Boston College Entrepreneur Society, and the AHANA Management Academy.

Rancic, winner of the first season of The Apprentice and lifelong entrepreneur, was met with a warm welcome by the crowd.

He proceeded to share with BC students his long history of entrepreneur-

ship, starting at age 10 when he sold pancakes to his grandmother’s friends.

Rancic outlined not only his own successes, but spoke about the mindset and the strategies he used to achieve this success.

“When you are an entrepreneur, maybe it’s a blessing, maybe it’s a curse, but you are never satisfied,” Rancic said.

He continued to talk about something that rests heavily on the minds of many college students who are currently seeking jobs and internships—networking.

“I called every buddy and every business connection I had,” Rancic said.

Rancic spoke about stopping at nothing to see his dreams come to fruition. daniel lee / heights editor

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Bill Rancic (above), winner of ‘The Apprentice,’ visited BC on Tuesday evening for a lecture.

photo courtesy of meg dalla tezza

Kelly Dalla Tezza, BC ’11 (above), won a Fulbright Scholarship last spring to study in Bahrain.

University mourns the loss of BC grad and Fulbright scholar

By David Cote News Editor

Kelly Dalla Tezza, BC ’11, died Friday in a tragic car accident while working in Morocco on a Fulbright scholarship.

Dalla Tezza, who graduated from Boston College last May with a degree in Islamic Studies and Civilization, won a Fulbright grant to study the success of women in Bahraini politics and examine the prospects for similar success in other countries of the region.

The accident occurred near Rabat, Morocco, where Dalla Tezza spoke at a Fulbright conference on Friday, according to CBS Baltimore. While driving back from the conference, a tire blew out in her car and she lost control of the vehicle.

The other passengers of the car survived, but Dalla Tezza did not.

Dorothy Smith, a close friend of Dalla Tezza’s and BC ’09, remarked that she was “an amazing young woman.”

“Most of all, I think she made the most of all her life experiences—she truly embraced time in different Middle Eastern countries and had an ability to make connections with a diverse group of people,” Smith said in an e-mail. “She was

beginning a distinguished career and we often talked about different opportunities for her in the future.”

“We shared so many things in common: our neighborhood in Baltimore, interest in politics, love of the Middle East, sense of adventure, and even the same job at our local garden center. Many people will be missing Kelly.”

Dalla Tezza came to BC in the fall of 2006 after graduating as the salutatorian of her Maryland high school. She spent her junior year abroad in Spain and Jordan, and wrote her senior year thesis on Jordanian national identity and the Palestinian refugee crisis. She excelled in Arabic language classes, and showed a passion for the language beyond the norm. Ryan Folio, A&S ’12, became close friends with Kelly during their Arabic studies. “I said then, and will say now, that she was undeniably the best Arabic language student that I have come across in my time at Boston College,” Folio said in an e-mail.

Atef Ghobrial, a part-time professor in the department of Slavic and East-

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The Heights

Thursday, March 22, 2012

things to do on campus this week

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GhostbOp!sters Friday Time: 8 p.m.

Location: Robsham Theater

BC bOp! presents its annual Robsham showcase. The concert will include both big band instrumentals and vocal performances, and an original composition by BC alum Steven Bass. Tickets are available for $10 with a BC ID. BC bOp! has performed with great acclaim at concerts and festivals across the country.

Hunger Narratives to ‘Hunger Games’

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Today Time: 5 p.m.

Location: Higgins 300 Maria Tatar, the John L. Loeb Professor of Germanic Languages and Literature at Harvard University, will discuss how the fairytale genre has adapted to modern times.

Campbell’s Soup CEO lecture

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Mar. 27 Time: 7 p.m.

Location: Gasson 100

Denise Morrison, who graduated from BC with an economics major, will discuss her role as CEO, how she got there, and the current economy.

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University of Vermont considers cutting ties with local radio

On Campus Conference examines significance of Vatican II after 50 years Theologians and church leaders from all over the world gathered at Boston College from Mar. 9-11 to discuss issues facing the Catholic Church and its path forward.

The conference, titled “Visions of Hope: Emerging Theologians Envision the Future of the Church,” was organized by students in BC’s theology department and the School of Theology and Ministry, in collaboration with the International Catholic Movement for Intellectual and Cultural Affairs.

“The ecclesial community still faces a number of unresolved issues,” organizers wrote in a statement. “Emerging theologians are in a unique position to offer hopeful visions which might help the Catholic community address questions and move the faith forward.

“Visions” examined the growing priest shortage, fallout from the sexual abuse crisis, reforms to the liturgy, the role of women in the Church, and the Church’s relationship with the rest of the world.

The University of Vermont has taken measures to loosen its ties to a local radio station that has rights to broadcast the University’s men’s hockey and women’s basketball games because the station airs Rush Limbaugh’s show.

The University’s Faculty Senate argued that Limbaugh’s show does not promote University standards. However, interim president John Bramley says that terminating all relations with the station is not necessary and that the University cannot legally terminate such relations based solely on the station’s content.

The Faculty Senate has not yet responded to Bramley’s comments.

Local News Boston teachers campaign to restart payment negotiations The Boston Teachers Union has recently begun a grassroots campaign to restart stalled negotiations for a new contract. A proposed measure would increase the school day by 30 minutes but would not compensate teachers for the extra time. The campaign, called “What does 30 minutes mean to you?,” utilizes online petitions and print and online advertising drawing attention to the issue.

The Union started negotiations 20 months ago and has yet to receive any indication that they will get a new contract soon.

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Becoming men and women for the environment

By Brigid Wright Heights Staff

This week, Boston College’s campus featured UGBC ’s third annual “Green Week.” The week, dedicated to sustainability and social justice, featured events every day highlighting different ways to get involved with being “green” on campus.

The events, which included a student panel on “Academics to Activism” and an “Eco-Career Night,” to name a few, were designed to inspire activism in students, and to expose the different opportunities to get involved on campus.

Meg Lister, president of EcoPledge and A&S ’12, commented on how this year, Green Week was significantly different from years past. She mentioned how the committee focused its attention on tying sustainability with social justice as it applies to the Jesuit ideal of “men and women for others.” She explained that the philosophy for the week involved making the world a better place for the people who bear the burden of pollution and wastefulness—the poor. She

Daniel lee / heights editor

Green Week 2012 aims to promote sustainability and environmental consciousness as a form of social justice. also explained how important it was for the events to reach out to students on how to get involved directly.

“Green Week is important to our campus because it’s an

opportunity for people to see what’s going on in sustainability at BC from many different sides—dining, the libraries, the facilities, and the administration and student side,”

Lister said.

Lister, along with Gloria Kostadinova, director of sustainability and A&S ’14, also mentioned the bad reputation BC has had in the past with

sustainability, in comparison to college campuses in the surrounding areas.

This year, however, the committee revamped with a more specific message and a dedicated team. “This year, this team has a lot of enthusiasm about contributing to the global movement and acknowledging that BC has a passionate and involved student body,” Kostadinova said.

“There are so many great initiatives present on our campus, but our sustainability efforts can only succeed with the full support of the administration,” Lister said. “We hope that by framing Green Week and sustainability in general as a unique social justice issue, the BC campus will realize that it should be a big priority for our community.”

The goal of this we ek , which ends on Saturday, Mar. 24, is to show the community that college students are the future, and the environment is a rising responsibility for now and the years to come.

For more information on coming events, and to sign UGBC’s sustainability petition, visit bcecopledge.tumblr. com. n

Police Blotter

Voices from the Dustbowl

3/18/12-3/20/12

“How would you describe the typical BC student?”

Sunday, March 18 7:21 p.m. - A report was filed regarding confiscation of alcohol from a person in the Mods.

7:41 p.m. - A report was filed regarding a party who was identified for throwing a glass bottle in the Mods when pedestrians were passing by. A report will be sent to ODSD. 7:57 p.m. - A report was filed regarding a report from a taxi driver that he had an intoxicated party passed out in the rear of his cab. Officers encountered a Boston College student who was exhausted from a lack of sleep and did not exhibit signs of intoxication.

Monday, March 19 9:35 a.m. - A report was filed regarding a party who believed that they located their missing bicycle, which was now secured to a light pole with a different bike lock. An inspection revealed that they were not the same bicycles.

3:05 p.m. - A report was filed regarding a party who refused to cooperate with a gate attendant. Officers responded, and both parties were interviewed regarding their account of the event.

Maloney Hall. The Boston Fire Department arrived on scene. The system was reset and the party was released without incident. The elevators were taken out of service and Stanley Elevator was notified to respond and make the necessary repairs.

10:06 a.m. - A report was filed regarding a party who was stuck in an elevator that stopped working in Vanderslice Hall. Officers responded and were able to release the individual without incident. Stanley Elevator responded and made the necessary repairs.

12:07 p.m. - A report was filed regarding a party who was stuck in an elevator that stopped working in Vanderslice Hall. Officers responded and were able to release the individual without incident. Stanley Elevator responded and made the necessary repairs.

“Hardworking and likes to have fun.”

—Ryan Herbst, CSOM ’15

5:23 p.m. - A report was filed regarding a larceny from 90 More Hall. A detective will investigate the situation further.

—Source: The Boston College Police Department

“Hardworking, intellectual, and athletic.”

—Stephen Sikora,

CSOM ’14

Today

80° Partly Cloudy 55°

Friday

70° Sunny 44°

Saturday

60° Mostly Cloudy 43°

Sunday

49° Few Showers 41°

Source: National Weather Service

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“Extremely friendly, outgoing, athletic, motivated, and competitive.”

—Kaitlyn Hameister, A&S ’15

5:07 p.m. - A report was filed regarding a fire alarm activation in a house on College Road. Officers responded, and it was determined that the alarm was activated as a result of a scented candle being burned in the area. There was no actual fire.

Tuesday, March 20 6:06 a.m. - A report was filed regarding a party who was trapped in an elevator in

“Pastel colors and collared shirts.”

—Susan Basharkhah, A&S ’15

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The Heights

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Racism is still present

Sean Talia You know those times in life when you realize just how cruel and thoughtless human beings really are? To the point where you’re ashamed to be a member of the species? If not, then take ten minutes today to read about the murder Trayvon Martin, and I promise you will.

There are so many wicked and disgusting things about what happened in Florida the other day that it’s hard to know where to start: The fact that the police sent a narcotics–rather than a homicide–agent to investigate the matter.

The fact that Trayvon was a totally unarmed and model 17year-old kid.

The fact that the killer, George Zimmerman, isn’t rotting away in prison right now.

The fact that Trayvon is now dead because he was black.

Indeed, that he was black is the only reason why Trayvon is now dead.

Michael Skolnik, the editor-in-chief of GlobalGrind. com, drove this point home brilliantly in a column titled, “White People, You Will Never Look Suspicious Like Trayvon Martin.” The title is an allusion to the fact that during his phone conversation with the police, Zimmerman mentioned that he had seen someone who “looked suspicious” walking around the neighborhood.

Skolnik himself is white, and in his column he wrote that, “I will never look suspicious to you, even if I have a black hoodie, a pair of jeans and white sneakers on. In fact, that’s what I wore yesterday. I still will never look suspicious.” Why is that?

The obvious answer comes from comedian Paul Mooney, who has said that white is “the complexion for the protection.”

If you doubt the veracity of that statement, then you simply have no idea what you’re talking about.

Let’s not mince words. If you’re white and you’ve grown up in America, you have been privileged in ways that you will probably never be able to fully wrap your head around.

As a white person, the color of your skin will never set off a red flag in the mind of an employer, a business owner, a store manager, or a neighborhood watchman that you might be up to no good. You will never have to deal with people questioning your intelligence or your motives because of your whiteness.

Your fellow classmates will never make the assumption that you’re probably only here on an athletic scholarship just because you’re white.

The most irresponsible thing would be to pretend that these kinds of things don’t happen, or that they happen so infrequently as to be irrelevant.

Racism is not a thing of the past, and there is an abundance of scientific evidence that shows even good, honest people who openly condemn racism still unconsciously harbor some kind of racial bias. Deep within each of us, there lurks a hideous monster whom we are afraid to confront. But we must.

Some people have pointed out that Zimmerman himself is Latino, as though that negates the possibility that his actions were motivated by some kind of racial prejudice. But, as Skolnik said, “If he’s Latino, if he’s white, if he’s black, if he’s Asian, it does not matter. The fact that we look at young black men as suspicious is wrong.”

For God’s sake, Trayvon was carrying a bag of skittles and an iced tea when Zimmerman murdered him. Think about that the next time you’ve got a candy bar and a soda in your pocket.

Sean Talia is a staff columnist for The Heights. He welcomes comments at news@bcheights. com.

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Biometrics program helps students evaluate their health

By Sara Doyle For The Heights On Mar. 19, 2012, the second of a series of four biometrics programs was held in the Heights Room from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.

These events, called “Know Your Numbers,” offer the opportunity for employees and students of Boston College to learn their cholesterol and blood glucose levels, blood pressure, and body mass index in order to make choices to remain or become healthy.

This program takes place annually, and is currently in its second year. Working with Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, the goal is to improve the health of BC employees in order to lower healthcare costs.

“The costs of healthcare were not sustainable,” said Bob Lewis, associate vice president for Human Resources. “We wanted to know, what can we do to have a win-win, both for the University and the employees?”

Twelve other universities are holding similar programs, called the “Healthy You” program.

“Healthy You” is sponsored by the Boston Consortium. While each school may hold different types of programs, the overarching goal is

to lower the cost of healthcare.

According to Lewis, there are six critical numbers to avoid disease—height, weight, blood pressure, blood glucose, overall cholesterol, and HDL cholesterol.

Being aware of these numbers and the healthy ranges can help prevent health problems such as diabetes and heart attacks.

“The first time you know you have high blood pressure shouldn’t be in the emergency room because you’ve had a heart attack,” Lewis said. “It should be now so you can do something about it.”

Last year, over 2,000 BC employees and their spouses participated in a confidential Health Questionnaire. This allowed for an overall picture of the health of those participating in the study.

“What we found from last year’s health questionnaire was that employees needed to lose weight, exercise more, and manage their stress better,” Lewis said.

This year, incentives are not only being offered for taking the Health Questionnaire, which requires knowledge of the six critical numbers for completion, but also for engaging with a coach to maintain a healthy lifestyle. A

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Students could participate in a variety of medical tests on Monday, including blood pressure and cholesterol testing. $75 gift card is given as a reward for participating in the health questionnaire, with an additional $50 gift card for meeting with a coach.

“We were pleased with slightly over 2,000 people taking the Health Questionnaire, but we would like to exceed that this year. We’re really emphasizing coaching, which is why we’re offering incentive for that,” Lewis said. The coaches, all nurses, meet with the employees and their

spouses and act as a resource for a better understanding of the six critical numbers and tips for changing those numbers if necessary. Last year, 350 people engaged with health coaches, a number Lewis would like to see double this year.

According to Lewis, the effects of these promotions on employees can be seen in a variety of levels.

“One employee found his blood pressure was in the danger zone.

We said ‘go right to your doctor

and get this under control.’ There are some we help immediately, but most is long term activities that lead to healthier lifestyles,” Lewis said.

While this program focuses mainly on employees of BC, students can also receive similar help for maintaining a healthy lifestyle through programs under Student Affairs. They are also welcome to attend a “Know Your Numbers” session and have their six critical numbers evaluated. n

Brandeis prof talks on Obama

Debators qualify for nationals

By Andrew Skaras

By Brandon Stone

Heights Staff

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“Why are so many bills, having been passed by a supportive Congress and an initially popular President, facing so much trouble with implementation?”

Morton Keller, Spector Professor of History Emeritus at Brandeis University, expounded upon the experience of Obama in the first three years of his presidency at a talk this Wednesday that answered such questions.

Sponsored by the Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy, Keller was part of the Spring 2012 series of speakers brought in to talk about American democracy. Centered on reflecting on the democracy and constitutional government in America, the Clough Center funds research and supports lectures and conferences to further this goal.

A history professor focused on American political and legal history, Keller has focused his research on the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era. In addition, he has written books about corporations and economies in the early 20th century. A Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Keller has also taught at the University of Pennsylvania, Yale, and Oxford.

Keller began his address by dedicating the lecture to James T. Wilson, the recently deceased Senior Fellow at the Clough Center and a fellow political sci-

Four Boston College students have qualified to compete in the National Debate Tournament (NDT), which will take place at Emory University from Mar. 30 to April 2.

The students qualified in teams of two: Brendan Benedict, A&S ’12, and Michael Maerowitz, A&S ’14; Sullivan McCormick, A&S ’15, and Alexander Carlman, A&S ’15. This will mark the 66th annual NDT, which features the top 78 debate teams in the United States.

The two BC teams qualified for the NDT by placing in the top seven teams at the District 8 (Northeast) qualifying tournament, which was hosted by Western Connecticut State University from Feb. 24 to 26.

The tournament included teams representing Binghamton University, the City University of New York, Cornell University, Columbia University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, the University of Vermont, and Western Connecticut.

The tournament is structured so that each team goes through six rounds of debate against a series of opponents. Every round is observed by a two-judge panel, and each judge awards a ballot to the team he or she views to have won the debate. After the six rounds, the seven teams with the most ballots qualify for the NDT. Benedict and Maerowitz won two ballots from the New School, Vermont, and City University of New York, while splitting with Rochester.

Carlman and Sullivan won two ballots from the New School, Rochester, and City University of New York, and split with another team from Rochester. Both teams lost four ballots to the two Harvard teams, who were the top two teams with records of 12-0 and 10-2. Cornell and Dartmouth’s top team tied for third place with 9-3 records.

Both BC teams qualified for the NDT in an exciting finish. After the six rounds of debate, four teams were tied with seven ballots for the last three slots. This essentially sent the tournament into overtime, necessitating a series of runoff debates, each of which would be judged by three-judge panels.

In the first runoff debate, Carlman and Sullivan met the same Rochester team who they split ballots with in round six. This time, however, they managed to beat Rochester on a 2-1 decision, qualifying for the NDT. Benedict and Maerowitz fell to Dartmouth in the first runoff debate on a 2-1 decision. This left the two losing teams, BC and Rochester, to compete for the last slot. With their backs against the wall, Benedict and Maerowitz prevailed on a 3-0 decision, qualifying them for the NDT. Qualifying for the NDT is a great honor, as it is the oldest and most prestigious of the debate championships. According to BC debate coach John Katsulas, “Qualifying for the National Debate Tournament is equivalent to a basketball team making the NCCA basketball tournament.” n

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Professor Morton Keller of Brandeis University reflected on Obama’s presidency in a presentation given on Wednesday. entist. Reminiscing on his times with Wilson, Keller told stories about playing poker with him over the last 50 years.

“Continuity with the past is only a necessity and not a duty,” Keller said, quoting Oliver Wendall Holmes, Jr. During his speech, Keller tied this idea into Obama’s efforts over the first three years of his presidency.

“Obama’s approach is a broad expansion of the machinery of government,” Keller said. “His campaign stressed super-partisanship, but that isn’t what occurred. The bills were fused with partisanship that was unpalatable to the Republicans. His inexperience with the process of government played a part.

He took a ruminative, removed, abstract approach to job creation.”

Keller stressed that Obama

would have been more successful had he not tried to do so much. He explained Obama’s position as a “new populism,” and described the response as skepticism and a political backlash that led to the Republican resurgence in 2010.

In an attempt to understand the Obama presidency, Keller looked back to the Woodrow Wilson presidenc y. “Obama steers clear of the highly political press conference,” Keller said.

“Obama prefers a brief one-onone interview with journalists— somewhat like office hours—and prepared speeches—kind of like lectures.”

In continuing his analogy, Keller described Obama as a “Teacher-in-Chief.” Keller explained this as being problematic in a polarized political culture.

He focused on how the politics of

ideology conflict with a political system that needs compromise in order to function.

In looking at the current demographics and the changes that he has seen, Keller stressed the decline in the importance of class, ethnicity, and region as reliable predictors of how someone would vote. He concentrated on the Supreme Court as a microcosmic view of the changes that have occurred nationally. For the first time since its inception, the Court has no Protestants and is made up entirely of Catholics and Jews. Keller reflected on this as a telling sign that the old stereotypes were no longer as applicable. Keller stressed how this necessary compromise was in today’s political landscape.

He said, “You can’t win power in this country without a broad coalition.” n

BC named to President’s Service Honor Roll

By Brigid Wright Heights Staff

On Mar. 10, Boston College was named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for outstanding work in serving others. The honor roll serves as an acknowledgment of colleges and universities that emphasize service in their curriculum, and those that contribute positively to the surrounding communities.

Started in 2006, the honor roll outlined objectives for selecting worthy institutions for their placement on the list, and what the list would help inspire for other universities in the future.

The program’s goal is to increase the number of higher education institutions that make community service a priority, to promote the intertwining of education and service, and namely, to make a statement about how much service is actually done by college students in communities all over the United States. This year, 642 colleges and universities were named recipients, and five were given the presidential award.

BC was especially commended for its work with integrating com-

munity service with education, through programs like PULSE and 4Boston.

PULSE, a year-long course, requires not just the two semester and 16 credit hours, but also 1012 hours of community service per week at the same placement.

PULSE integrates philosophy and theology into real community issues and emphasizes the meaning of social justice. Around 400 students get involved with PULSE, and serve local communities through food pantries, after-school programs, homeless centers, and more.

Christian Truglio, PULSE student and CSOM ’14, commented on his experiences at Nativity Prep School in Jamaica Plain, his placement for the year. “[PULSE] takes all the Jesuit ideals that we learn in the classroom and brings them to a real world application,” Truglio said. “It forces students to get out of the BC ‘bubble’ and be a part of something that’s bigger than themselves.”

4Boston, a service program that requires four hours a week of community service at the same placement every week, offers a similar experience for students

outside of an academic setting.

Along with the hours of service, there is also a once a week reflection period for students to come together and discuss their experiences with their placement.

Anna Spencer, co-captain of 4Boston and A&S ’12, explained her view of the importance of education by saying, “higher education is … about understanding that your edution does not end at the classroom, and because of

“BC was especially commended for its work with integrating community service with education.” this, working to challenge yourself in every aspect of your life … learning begins in the challenge of discovering something previously unknown to you.”

Christopher Schuele, co-cap-

tain of 4Boston and A&S ’12, commented on why this commitment is so effective. “Our experiences of service and those we serve educate our actions, and inspire us to promote equality in the greater human community,” Schuele said.

4Boston, with about 350 members, commits their time to after-school programs, adult education programs, hospitals, food pantries, and more. Schuele also noted why volunteering at the same place every week is so influential.

“Serving on a consistent basis allows volunteers to develop steady relationships with individuals at their placement … 4Boston [also] gives students the opportunity to serve locally in the city of Boston.

This allows volunteers to develop a greater relationship to the people and needs of the city of Boston.

Service literally hits home.”

The President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll decided their list through a series of factors, including the depth and variety of service opportunities and how intensive service and education are connected. n

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Football player charged Rudolph, from A1 also suspended from the football team, and must undergo educational training and counseling.”

Rudolph was arraigned yesterday on one count of unlawful secret recording, to which he pleaded not guilty. He was released on his own recognizance, and ordered to stay away from the female student.

“She had no knowledge that these recordings were being made.

She didn’t give her consent to them being made, and she cer-

tainly didn’t give her consent to them being distributed,” Mitchell Garabedian, the female student’s attorney, told WBZ-TV. “She found out about it by people making fun of her while she was working.”

Rudolph’s lawyer, John Seed, told WBZ-TV that Rudolph “denies the allegation and looks forward to all the facts coming out through the criminal process.”

Rudolph, a native of Plympton, Mass., is a defensive tackle on the football team, and played in seven games last season. n

Recent alumna killed in tragic automobile accident Dalla Tezza, from A1

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Stokes Hall beginning to take its final shape Stokes, from A1 up the framing and then build the masonry around it, but the masonry on this building is loadbearing, so you have to put up the steel frame and the masonry hand in hand,” Stokes said.

Tiles to match nearby buildings Lyons Hall and Fulton Hall will start going down on the roof this week.

Inside the building, the layout of an academic building is beginning to appear. Although the steel framing that divides the 183,000 square foot building into different rooms has not yet been covered

by sheetrock, classrooms, offices, and lounge space are clearly distinguishable.

The construction project, operated by the Walsh Brothers Construction company, began in October 2010. Upon its completion, Stokes Hall will be one of the largest academic buildings on campus, dwarfing the square footage of nearby Lyons and Fulton. Its two-wing structure will provide 36 new classrooms, numerous faculty offices for departments including the Honors Program, theology, and philosophy, as well as an Honors library and a coffee bar. The first floor will also host offices for the Office of First Year Experience and

Academic Advising.

“We’ve been running at about 100 workers, Monday to Friday,” Stokes said.

Recently, workers have begun to install the elevators in each wing, as well as beginning to install sheetrock on the walls in the north wing.

The two wings of Stokes Hall will be connected by a two-story “link.” The first floor will be an open air archway, providing a pathway from College Road toward Middle Campus. The second floor, which will be enclosed in glass, will have lounge chairs and will be convenient during the winter months.

Stokes Hall is located atop the

traditional site of the dustbowl, and many students have raised concerns over the past months about a lack of green space on campus.

The construction project accounts for two areas of green space, the first being a large lawn between Stokes Hall and McElroy, on the site where mobile construction offices are currently located. The second space will be mainly grass between Stokes Hall and Fulton Hall.

As the project proceeds over the coming months, the building will look more and more completed from the outside. Final steps will include installing doors and millwork, which could be damaged if installed too early in construction. n

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Stokes Hall will be a 183,000 square foot, two-winged building when it is completed in the fall. The building will house offices for FYE and academic advising.

Business mogul and entrepreneur lectures on life and experiences Rancic, from A1 In launching his cigar-of-themonth business after college, Rancic had little to go on, except his boundless passion for business.

“Sometimes in business, you have to do things you wouldn’t normally do—you need to check your ego at the door,” Rancic said. This philosophy led him to appear on The Danny Bonaduce Show to promote his fledgling company.

Getting promoted wasn’t the hardest part of starting his own company. Rancic had to quit his job in corporate America, which he said was one of the scariest things he had ever done.

But it is this sort of risk taking that reaped such great rewards, with the help of hard work, that pervaded Rancic’s whole talk and inspired all those who came to

the event.

Rancic took all of this as a challenge. “You have to have that fire in your belly, you have to be willing to make the sacrifices, you have to be willing to do what the person on either side of you isn’t willing to do,” he said.

“Tough times don’t last, but tough people do.” This motto explains Rancic’s success in every project he has tackled to date.

Rancic contributes his success to three traits: “You realize that the phrase ‘actions speak louder than words’ is true”; secondly, “having the ability to realize when you need to change up your game plan”; and finally, “it comes down to one word—fear.

When we are born we only have two natural fears—falling and loud noises—all other fears are learned.”

Rancic shared with all the young hopefuls in the room that fear is all that is holding us

all back from reaching our full potentials.

“Potential is probably the best God-given asset we have, but it is under utilized,” Rancic said.

He chalked up his success to that tapping into his potential. As he wrapped up his talk, students were invited to ask him questions, which Rancic answered candidly and eloquently.

The evening ended with photo-ops with Rancic that everyone was eager to take part in.

Rancic left The Heights with a parting statement.

“I hope that my journey inspired them and maybe it gave them a different perspective on how to approach life and really on how to approach their time at school,” he said. “I think I was able to take great advantage of my college years and couple my education with a lot of practical experience and I think that’s important.” n

ern Languages and Literatures, taught Kelly in six Arabic classes during her time at BC. “She was outstanding—one of, if not the best, student I’ve had here,” Ghobrial said. “She had straight As throughout her six classes with me. She was very smart, very dedicated, and a conscientious student.”

“Kelly applied for and received an ICS Research Award to return to Jordan during her senior year because she wasn’t satisfied that she had uncovered every stone and interviewed every person on her thesis topic,” said Kathleen Bailey, an associate professor in the political science department who was working with Dalla Tezza organizing a summer study abroad program in Kuwait. “She wanted it to be perfect. Kelly was energetic, passionate and very bright. She had a natural curiosity about the world and you couldn’t stop her from exploring it.”

Kelly was far more than just smart. She was a loving daughter, a caring friend, and a dedicated, hardworking student. “In reality, everything about Kelly contributed to her very own brand of comfortable happiness,” Folio said. “This quality worked on those closest to her in many ways—at various points inspiring us, moving us to laughter, or making us feel loved.”

“Kelly was always on the go,” said Meg Dalla Tezza, Kelly’s mother. “She was definitely oneof-a-kind. She didn’t worry about following the crowd, but was very independent. She loved learning Spanish and Arabic and was very interested in world affairs, especially involving the Middle East. Kelly was very interested in helping to make the world a more peaceful place, where we would accept all cultures.”

Despite her experiences around the world, though, her mother said that Kelly stayed rooted in Maryland, loved her family, and enjoyed simple pleasures. “While Kelly would accomplish so much, she still loved to come home, be with family and enjoyed all of the simplest things,” Meg said. “I was truly blessed to have Kelly as my daughter. She was energetic, bright, ambitious, compassionate, and simply amazing.”

Even when she was half the world away, Kelly remained in touch with her friends and professors from home. “Kelly treated

friendship as a responsibility,” Folio said. “Even though thousands of miles separated us while she lived in Bahrain, she connected with me almost daily. And from that distance, in spite of her very own stressors and struggles, she was able to be one of the greatest friends a man could ever ask for.”

On Monday morning, Ghobrial found a package on his desk from Kelly. Despite being all the way in Bahrain, Kelly had sent Ghobrial a decorative lamp and enclosed a note thanking him for his recommendations. Without the help and support of her professors, she wrote, she never would have had the opportunity to study on a Fulbright grant.

“The worst day in a long time was this past Monday when I heard the news, just an hour after I received a present from her,” Ghobrial said. “She was just vivacious, full of life, optimistic, and had a contagious sense of humor.

She was a lot of fun to be around.

She could’ve gone on to be Secretary of State. Honestly.”

Kelly had been accepted to graduate school at Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, and George Washington University, among others, but had not yet decided where she would enroll. According to her mother, Kelly had recently passed the Foreign Service Officer Test, and would likely have gone on to a career in the CIA after graduate school.

A memorial service for Kelly sponsored by campus ministry and Rev. Tony Penna, director of campus ministry, will be held over the next few weeks.

“Most of all, I remember Kelly’s optimism and her brilliant smile,” Bailey said. “Nothing was impossible for her. She never complained that she had too much work to do; she just seemed to embrace it. Kelly was open to experiencing life to its fullest, and she inspired others to do the same. She will be greatly missed, but her memory and example will never be lost.”

“Kelly always blazed her own path,” Folio said. “A profound sense of love and care seemed to be her creed. Simple as it may be, it seemed to make her success in life a matter of course. Kelly will be missed very dearly. While nothing can erase the past, I hope that Kelly’s memory will continue to be a blessing to those who were fortunate enough to have known her.” n

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Editorials

QUOTE OF THE DAY

Allegations bring to light question of privacy

““If you never did you should. These things are fun and fun is good.”

Thursday, March 22, 2012

-Dr. Seuss (1904-1991), American author

Controversy involving football player Jaryd Rudolph serves as reminder to represent the University properly Yesterday, an incident came to light involving allegations that Boston College football player Jaryd Rudolph illegally documented a sexual encounter between his roommate and a female graduate student. Many details, and the outcome of this case itself, have yet to surface.

As a student athlete, Rudolph’s alleged actions will garner more attention than similar actions by a nonathlete would. From the moment one puts on a BC jersey, he or she becomes a figure highly associated with the University. These athletes represent our school, whether they want to or not, and hold a certain degree of responsibility to portray our school positively.

Rudolph, if convicted, failed to maintain the expectations of those representing the University. His alleged actions have generated negative publicity and put facets of the school’s

reputation in jeopardy. The Heights would like to remind all athletes that by playing on a BC team, they play for all of BC. Actions, good or bad, have the potential to affect every student on this campus. Educated decisions are necessary to uphold the character of the University, for everyone’s sake.

Of course, it is not only athletes who must positively represent the University. This case, albeit unusual, reminds students of the importance of privacy and respect. Students at BC are different in many ways, and sometimes personalities will clash and opinions will not mix. This, of course, should not matter when dealing with mutual reverence. It is necessary to create a healthy relationship with all peers, and most certainly not violate their right to privacy. The Heights urges all students to recognize this alleged infringement and reflect on how they treat others.

Properly welcome the best and the brightest With the number of applicants rising, we should all embrace the strength of the Class of 2016 Decision letters were sent out this week to potential members of the Class of 2016. While their work is done, that of current students has just begun.

This year, Boston College received over 34,000 applications –this is the first time in the University’s history that the number of applicants has exceeded this figure. CSOM and CSON applications went up by 15 percent, and LSOE’s by 34 percent. The University’s early action acceptance rate was down by four percent, implying that the regular acceptance rate will drop as well. BC, for the better, is becoming more competitive.

By the numbers, the members of

the admitted Class of 2016 are the most qualified yet. When they inevitably come to reexamine our campus –or to set foot on our campus for the first time–The Heights asks all students to take the proper steps to represent the University in the best manner.

Welcoming visitors, offering help and advice, and maintaining a polite persona will put BC in the best light possible, and will influence the decisions of these potential students. The Heights reminds the BC community that by enrolling only selective students, BC’s prestige and reputation can only rise, improving the prospects of all students.

Fulbright scholar leaves behind lasting legacy

Kelly Dalla Tezza, BC ‘11, treasured her education and employed it to make a social impact The Heights offers our condolences to the family and friends of Kelly Dalla Tezza, BC ’11, who died this past Friday in a tragic car accident while studying in Morocco on a Fulbright grant. Our thoughts and prayers are with them as they struggle through this difficult time.

In light of this tragedy, The Heights would like to reflect on Kelly’s many accomplishments, and encourage all students to follow her example.

“Those who knew her described Kelly as a caring and loving young woman who gave freely of herself.”

Kelly was an incredibly intelligent and hardworking undergraduate, who received outstanding grades and excelled in her studies at Boston College in the Islamic Studies and Civilization department. She never took for granted her chance to study at BC, and according to her professors, she was a conscientious and dedicated pupil.

But she was also more than just an

extraordinary student.

Those who knew her described Kelly as a caring and loving young woman who gave freely of herself. After graduation, she chose to study abroad in the Middle East, focusing on the success of women in Bahraini politics, hoping to encourage similar success in other countries of the area. She was devoted to creating a more peaceful and loving world, and was deeply interested in the Middle East and its culture. She had a wonderful sense of humor and the ability to form friendships quickly and deeply.

The Heights would like to encourage all students to learn more about Kelly and reflect on her life and the example she set. Studying at BC is a gift that every student should appreciate as much as possible. Many do not have the good fortune to receive a world-class education like the one BC provides.

Kelly took the gift of her education at BC, made the most of it, and put it to good use immediately upon graduation. She was passionate about changing the world, and worked to do so as soon as possible. If every BC student could be as dedicated and passionate as Kelly in their studies and in their post-graduate endeavors, the world would be a much better place.

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Letter to the Editor UGBC Senate asks BC students to reconsider Barstool attendance As the elected representatives of the student body, the UGBC Senate functions as the voice of the undergraduate community of Boston College. With regard to the Barstool Blackout Tour, the Senate asks the students of BC to consider what they are supporting when attending Eagles Blackout at the House of Blues on March 28. On the Barstool Sports blog, El Presidente wrote, “[E]ven though I never condone rape if you’re a size 6 and you’re wearing skinny jeans you kind of deserve to be raped right? I mean skinny jeans don’t look good on size 0 and 2 chicks, nevermind size 6s. Because unless you’re Jessica Biel they just totally smother the ass. So it’s almost like this guy had no choice but to teach her a lesson.”

On another occasion, fellow Barstool staff writer KFC published the following comments, “I sexually assaulted chicks on the Tag playground on purpose.

That s – doesn’t just accidentally happen.......I tagged Tits and Ass all day long....my bad, I was trying to tag your back and I slapped your ass.”

Due to the bloggers’ derogatory remarks, their continued objectification of women, and their perverse glorification of rape, the elected voice of the Undergraduate Student Body is compelled to take a stand. According to the One in Four organization, “One in four college women report surviving rape or attempted rape since their fourteenth birthday,” and “Three percent of college men report surviving rape or attempted rape as a child or adult.” Student Services reports that 4,836 women are enrolled as undergraduates at BC. It is probable that 1,209 of them either already have been or will be victims of sexual assault by the time they graduate from BC. It is believed that the actual statistics are considerably higher than these figures since most sexual assaults go unreported. Rape is an issue that is relevant to everyone – whether you are a woman or a man, straight

or gay, young or old – this affects you.

These remarks made on the Barstool Sports blog have been defended as “just jokes.” For over 60 years in this nation, people attended Minstrel shows, designed to mock and degrade – those too were “just jokes.” Minstrel shows are not a joke. Rape is not a joke. It is never acceptable to condone rape, directly or indirectly. The UGBC Senate is ardently opposed to all abuse. We do not support the Barstool event and will attend Take Back the Night and other C.A.R.E. week events instead, which will be held on the same night as the Barstool event on Wednesday, March 28. The Senate encourages the student body to join us in supporting the victims of sexual assault in our community and would like to remind students of the various resources available to them: University Health Services, Counseling Services, the Sexual Assault Network, the Boston College Police Department, the Women’s Resource Center, and the following websites http://www.bc.edu/offices/uhs/ education/assault.html and http://www.bc.edu/offices/bcpd/prevention/assault.html.

For those who have tickets, you may not have been aware of the implications of attending BC Blackout when making your purchase. Now that you know, we urge you to seriously consider the way you choose to respond to this issue. We are confident that the value of C.A.R.E. Week events will greatly outweigh the monetary value of a Barstool ticket.

Bearing in mind the culture that the Barstool blog, and consequently the Blackout Tour, represent, we implore you to reconsider your attendance to this event.

UGBC Senate

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Bring on ‘The Hunger Games’ Thumbs Up Katya Rucker

CSOM swag—Businessweek has just ranked CSOM the 9th best business school in the country, up from 16th last year. Although we’re slightly jealous our future is much more up in the air than our Fulton counterparts, TU/TD would like to congratulate all those involved with bumping up the rating.

When we’re living in a box due to our art history major, what CSOMer wants to bail us out? Please?

Must be the Rumors—The Spring Concert is near, and if the rumors that TU/TD has heard (that we aren’t allowed to print here) are true, we are beyond excited. Let’s hope it doesn’t get too hot in… Conte.

May the odds be ever in your favor- In what was arguably one of the best trilogies in recent memory, The Hunger Games movie is finally hitting the silver screen this weekend. The post-apocalyptic story of adolescents being forced to fight to the death is finally hitting the big screen this weekend, and has been getting rave reviews across the board. For the record, we are neither Team Gale nor Team Peeta. Team Drunk Mess Haymitch all the way!

Being constitutional- Recent reports show that Homeland Security did little to monitor the (mostly) peaceful Occupy Wall Street protest in New York City. That’s actually quite comforting to hear. We never hear about government bodies abiding by the First Amendment, only horribly and secretly violating it. So Thumbs Up for being constitutional! We knew you guys were just as cool as you seemed in Homeland.

Thumbs Down Jersey Shore effect- MTV announced that even though she will be heavily preggers, Snooki will be appearing on season 6 of Jersey Shore.

People have been quick to condemn this choice, but TU/TD thinks it will be a fascinating social experiment. Doctors have been known to say that if your baby listens to Mozart in the womb, it will develop higher IQ levels, also known as the Mozart effect. So, if Snooki’s baby listens to house music, dubstep, and Deena’s hyena laugh, it will probably develop innate fist pumping and general flooziness, also known as the Jersey Shore effect.

G re e n e r pa stu re s - Th i s week’s beautiful weather has our mood soaring, but we wish that there were more places to enjoy it. With the construction of Stokes, we f ind ourselves sitting on concrete walls rather than a rolling lawn. BC, any way you can come up with some green space out of thin air?

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Friday at midnight marks the muchanticipated premier of The Hunger Games, the film adaption of the best-selling novel by Suzanne Collins. The story has captivated millions through its dystopia of violence, oppression, and a star-crossed romance that puts the Twilight love triangle to shame. For anyone who hasn’t read the book, a brief recap: The futuristic nation of Panem exists geographically in what used to be the countries of North America, which were seemingly destroyed after a series of natural disasters and climate catastrophes wiped out huge swaths of the human population.

A totalitarian government known ominously as the Capitol holds absolute control over its 12 surrounding districts.

It reinforces its power through hosting the annual Hunger Games, a vicious competition broadcast reality-TV-style in which each district must send one girl and one boy between the ages of 12 and 18 as tributes to fight one another to the death.

Tributes compete in a large outdoor arena strewn with cameras capturing their every action, a setting that draws disconcerting parallels with actual popular reality shows like Survivor or Lost. The sole surviving tribute is dubbed champion, and his or her district is rewarded with unlimited resources and food in a nation ridden with chronic shortages. The cycle of fear, tragedy, and sadistic entertainment is repeated every year to remind the citizens of Panem of the consequences of attempting rebellion.

The world Collins envisioned when she wrote The Hunger Games seems at first to be a fantastical blend of Greek mythology, Roman gladiator-style fight-

ing, and sci-fi contraptions like flying hovercrafts and genetically engineered “muttations.” But when you sift through the details and dramatic effects, a world bearing many similarities to ours emerges.

Collins described how her idea for Panem materialized when she was channel surfing between coverage of the Iraq invasion and a reality show, and “the lines began to blur in this very unsettling way.” She took some of the most prevalent cultural and societal trends today and turned them into something deadly: a world in which a government will make reality entertainment its primary instrument of torture, control, and profit.

The media and entertainment industry today is controlled by a handful of corporate giants that package and produce the shows we watch. The individualistic nature of American society prompts reality shows to gravitate toward competition.

While we don’t see contestants engage in mortal combat, the basic premise all around is that people are voted off, kicked off, or they just leave because stress levels get too high. The Hunger Games takes this thirst for blood sport further by having 24 contestants enter an arena, with only one leaving alive. The fact that contestants are children is practically a ratings bonus—it adds suspense as a tragic drama for viewers who are encouraged to place bets and pick favorites. The morbid factor is all the more alluring.

The theme of war and revolution is perhaps what hits closest to home for nations across the globe. In an article published on movieline.com, Jen Yamato writes, “Young heroes rebel against a fascist government that controls its citizenry through institutionalized terror and reality television, igniting a revolution that spreads across an isolated land via broadcast images and word of mouth.

The Arab Spring? Nope.” Yet The Hunger Games lead to a revolution much like those occurring in the Middle East today.

A younger generation, empowered by education and social media and enraged by rampant censorship, is sacrificing life

and limb to fight dictator oppression in Syria. Similar successful uprisings of the Arab Spring have occurred in Libya, Egypt, and Tunisia. Even the Occupy Wall Street movement has its parallels: It’s a social protest that aims to shed light on the disparities between the haves and the have-nots, exposing the flaws of a government that tries to keep its 1 percent happy, just as the Capitol of Panem rewards the lucky victors who survive the arena.

Finally, my shameless plug for the circumstances that lead to the creation of Panem: the fact that The Hunger Games is set in a world where the disasters of climate change have already occurred. In her first chapter, Collins alludes to this future. As the mayor of District 12 gives his speech on the day of “the reaping” (when the tributes are chosen), he tells the history of Panem: “He lists the disasters, the droughts, the storms, the fires, the encroaching seas that swallowed up so much of the land, the brutal war for little sustenance remained” (p. 18).

With increasing frequency, scientists are publicizing alarming studies about the worst-case scenario track our carbon output is putting us on, and theorizing about the resulting likelihood of extreme weather events that correlate with higher greenhouse gases. The effects of these changes are just beginning to be realized through water-access conflicts, supercell hurricanes, excessive droughts, and rising sea levels. As the human population grows and resources become jeopardized amid an unstable climate, governments will be forced to adapt. We don’t know what this will look like yet, but we can’t assume the transition will be fluid and peaceful. The time of the gladiators is long behind us, but war and oppression are not, so I think it’s worth taking heed of the wisdom and warnings between the lines of The Hunger Games.

Katya Rucker is a staff columnist for The Heights. She welcomes comments at opinions@bcheights.com.

Back in the spring of things

Noora Bass There’s no doubt that spring semester is the Christmas time of all seasons combined. With our favorite Monday slowly approaching, Cinco de Mayo somewhere in the mix of things, and rising temperatures for prime bronzing hours, you’d have to be a total Grinch to think otherwise.

The season also welcomes a lighter type of spring attire with Lululemon’s new spring line out to play, giving everyone a reason to celebrate. Of course there’s no better way to start the season than an all-inclusive week off from reality. This Spring Break, students flocked to the beaches of the Dominican Republic, Bahamas, and other non-notable destinations for a slice of the action. Upon arrival back into the familiar gates of Chestnut Hill, it didn’t take me too long to realize that some things around here needed major changes. Although many things could use some adjustments, I’ll keep it short and sweet and stick to the essentials.

As the endless period of midterm exams falls upon us, we resort to the dungeon of Boston College’s existence, better known as O’Neill Library. I didn’t know that chairs were a rare commodity these days. There have been countless times, especially in the peak of finals, where O’Neill can’t accommodate for the influx of students brought to its doors. Simply put, there needs to be more tables and chairs installed, before we all start sitting on the floor.

An open letter to the gentlemen upstairs

William Mooney Sloneker Hello, sirs. Pardon me for a second.

I hate to bother you, but I just thought I should bring something up with you guys. Well, you know that music you continually play? Well, I think you’re playing it a little bit too loudly.

Please forgive, me but I forgot to introduce myself. I’m William Mooney

Sloneker, but most people just call me “Will.” You can use whatever nickname you like, just don’t call me “Willy.” I hate that name. I’m a poli sci major from Cincinnati, yadda yadda yadda, so on and so forth.

Anywho, I live upstairs. It’s a really nice place my roommates and I have.

We have a spectacular view, plenty of floor space, and plenty of circulation.

I’m sure it’s pretty comparable to your room downstairs—identical even, if not for the whole “being on a different

Bazoomie Wagon

floor” thing.

Point being, we can hear your music through our floor—rather clearly, in fact. I wouldn’t say it’s so clear that we all know the lyrics to your most played tracks, but that’s because words are seemingly absent from these songs.

I’m no expert, but I guess you’re into some sort of techno-trance, dubstep, house-remix, club-funk sub-genre of music. That’s not really in my taste, but to each his own.

Whatever you choose to play is immaterial and not of my concern. It’s just that you have the volume set too high. I’m not sure if that particular dial on your stereo is broken or if you have some unusual sound system with the binary outputs of “blood in the ears” and “off.” At risk of sounding presumptuous, I am going to assume that the settings can be adjusted along a sliding scale of sorts.

If that’s the case, I would ask that you please just dial the music down a notch or two. You don’t need to turn it off. You should be able to enjoy your music. Just please keep it at a respectable volume.

I probably sound like a total party pooper, but let it be known, I like parties. I think parties are fun. Do I feel miffed that I haven’t been invited to any of the raucous soirees you may host on a regular basis? Not in the slightest. You feel free to include and exclude whomever you like. When everyone gets together, though, just keep the noise level in check and try to be done at a reasonable hour. My roommates and I often have to wake up early.

I’m sure you guys are busy, too, and I won’t contend that my own room hasn’t been a little obnoxious a few times this year. We like being social.

We occasionally even host parties, but I suppose I have no frame of reference for determining how disruptive they are. So please, if we’re carrying on too long, by all means let us know.

We actually had an interesting

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encounter a week ago. It was pretty late and I was about to abandon studying in favor of sleep when I heard and felt some synthesized, rhythmic disturbance pulsating the floor beneath me. I had a hunch you guys were responsible.

So I put on slippers and my finest hooded sweatshirt and walked downstairs to politely ask you gentlemen to turn down the volume. I encountered three of you—shirtless and carrying broomsticks as a part of some esoteric pagan ritual, I imagine—in the hallway outside your room.

We then engaged in a brief dialogue to resolve our conflict. You guys said you wanted loud music because it was “Wednesday,” and I said I wanted quieter music because it was “2:30 a.m. and technically not Wednesday anymore.” After a brief deliberation, you gentlemen graciously obliged.

I thought that was a very healthy way to reconcile our differences: no RAs, no heated argument, no physical altercations, just frank conversation. I just thought it was a shame that we could not have addressed these concerns earlier in the year. I hope that this confrontation will remind us all to be more conscientious about decisions that may affect our neighbors.

Again, we don’t want you not to enjoy your music. Heck, maybe we could exchange some songs. My roommate’s a big fan of Beethoven, and I’m currently really into Andrew Bird’s new album Break It Yourself. Maybe those would sound pretty swell on your speakers. If not, there’s no harm and no foul, just so long as the music is played at a reasonable level.

I appreciate you taking the time to read all this. I hope you enjoy the rest of your senior year. Thanks in advance for toning it down a little. I’ll be upstairs if you need anything.

William Mooney Sloneker is a staff columnist for The Heights. He welcomes comments at opinions@bcheights.com.

Some months ago I found out that we have our own “Eagle Beach.”

Upon finding out it consisted of a couple of chairs and fake sand, I thought it should be shut down immediately. I’m not expecting full-blown St. Tropez or Ibiza replicas, but I still think something more creative could easily be funded. With additional lawn chairs, a couple of blow up pools and a resident DJ, we might be able to host a few happy Saturdays and take advantage of the warmer climates.

The next suggestion is one that I’m not entirely sure I can call my own. My building’s second floor houses our generation’s next group of Zuckerbergs and the future minds that will enlighten us in the years to come. I overheard a group of honors kids talking about the revival of spirit week. This week immediately brought me back to what many would refer to as the glory days of high school.

While it may have been a weeklong event of different themes and games, I didn’t see a reason why we shouldn’t continue it in college. In high school there was the proverbial pajama day followed by wacky generations day and your average sports themes, too.

Yet we all know that in college, almost anything goes. With ample room to get creative, there could be a “dress like your favorite senior day” (designed for freshmen), a cross-gender day and maybe even a grade level tug of war (sophomores vs. seniors).

As springtime continues to move forward, warmer vibes filter through campus for what should be a great end to a fantastic year. There’s no doubt that there’s still much more to look forward to, yet with these few alterations I’m confident things can only get better. The time has come to finally retire the excessive layers, bare a little more and embrace the springtime climate.

Noora Bass is a staff columnist for The Heights. She welcomes comments at opinions@bcheights.com.

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Kuechly impressive again at Pro Day Pro Day, from A10 “All we did was position drills, and they went pretty smoothly. We had about four guys in our group, so they worked us a little bit. I felt pretty smooth. A lot of the stuff I had done before, so it wasn’t anything too new. There were a couple of different things that were variations of some things that I had done. I think overall it went pretty smoothly.”

Some questioned Kuechly’s motivation for attending the Pro Day, due to his impressive combine numbers. For the Cincinnati native, the reason for returning to Alumni was easy.

“Just to keep working,” he said. “It’s one of those things where you have to do what you need to do. For me, that’s going through drills and doing the best you can.

I’ve been getting prepared for the last couple of weeks down at IMG, since the combine, just working on different drops and stuff that we anticipated doing up here, and I think it’s just that you have to go out and show what you can do in this position with specific drills.”

While many consider Kuechly to be a definite first round pick, he has not been overwhelmed by the hype surrounding his name.

“It hasn’t been too bad so far,” he said of the pressure. “I’ve kind of been secluded down there in Florida. The combine was kind of a little bit of an experience. You could say that was a little bit of a fishbowl.

Other than that, it hasn’t been too bad yet.”

For Kuechly, the toughest part of the

whole draft process has been the waiting.

While he’s spent the majority of his time training for the combine and then his pro day, he will now be forced to wait on teams to bring him in for individual workouts.

“It’s the waiting game,” he said of this point in the process. “You’re down to Florida. Then [you’re] up to Indy. Then you’re back down to Florida. And now I’m up here. And then I have to go to Cincinnati and visit places, so it’s kind of all over the place. Now that the combine is over and Pro Day is over, I just have to sit back and wait.”

The next few days will see some movement for him, but his schedule remains uncertain.

“I’m down to Carolina [Thursday], and then from there we have a couple that are maybes right now. Not a whole lot right now, like I said, but it’s one of those things that stuff kind of pops up, and you have to go with it. Right now, I know for sure I’m going down to Carolina [Thursday].”

One figure seen on campus in recent weeks has been current New York Giants linebacker Mark Herzlich, a former teammate of Kuechly. Kuechly said that he has been fortunate to have the mentorship of his friend throughout the whole process.

“I think I learned a lot more [from him] now that things are kind of over [at BC],” he said. “There’s different things I learned from him my freshman year. He wasn’t around as much, but when he was around he definitely helped me out. He sat me down before my first game on a Friday. I actually watched film with him when I was a freshman. When I was a sophomore, I

played with him.

“Then this year he talked to me a lot about where he was after his junior year, and whether he would stay or leave, because he was kind of in the same situation.

Mark taught me a lot of things in football, and then with the past couple of months kind of transitioning, I was able to give him a call, bounce some questions off him, and work from there.”

While lessons from coaches and players are great, Kuechly has relied heavily on his instinct and preparation. His measurements are where they need to be, but the thing that makes him stick out is his nose for the ball and ability to break down plays on the fly.

Although it is uncertain where Kuechly will land, one thing is certain: he is going to be an NFL rookie next season. He will leave the comfort of being the top player on the Eagles’ squad, and return to rookie status.

“It’s going to be good. It’s going to be a challenge. Again, kind of at the bottom again, like my freshman year. It’s one of those things where you just kind of have to take in everything. You just want to soak in what everyone’s telling you. I’ll have to talk to the older guys who have been there before, and I’m just going to base it off that.

But, back down to the bottom. You have to work your way back up.

“They can teach you so much, but sometimes you just have to go out there and play football. Sometimes, I try not to think too much when I’m out there. I just try to go out there and have fun and just get to the ball. That’s kind of my goal: just get to the ball and make something happen.” n

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Kuechly was the main attraction at Pro Day yesterday, projected to be a first-round pick.

Eagles take down Bryant Baseball, from A10 in front of 256 fans at Shea Field. Despite the ideal conditions, the team’s play wasn’t up to par as it lost its 10th straight game, falling to Holy Cross 3-1.

While BC received strong performances from all four of its pitchers, the offense and defense were not up to the task. The Eagles were held hitless through the first three innings and finished the game with only five hits. “[Holy Cross starting pitcher Chris] Kono did a really good job of mixing his pitches, but I was not happy with our at bats today top to bottom,” said head coach Mike Gambino. “Not taking anything away from that kid, because he threw the ball well, but I don’t think we did a job offensively at all today.”

After BC starter Nick Poore threw three innings of one-run ball, freshman John Gorman came on for the Eagles. Gorman was sharp, shutting down the Crusaders in his first two innings of work with solid command of the ball and quality breaking pitches.

“He had that cutter going pretty good today,” Gambino said. “When he just sits back and executes his fastball, it’s really good. Once in a while, you’ll see him reach back and try to do more, but he doesn’t need to because it’s a good fastball, and he can move it to both sides of the plate.”

The Eagles finally broke through with the bats in the fourth to tie the game at one.

Bourdon led off with a single and advanced to third on Butera’s hit, later scoring on Melchionda’s sacrifice fly. Lawrence followed by knocking a single to right field, but the chance for a big inning faded when Butera was thrown out going from first to third, as he was tagged out sliding past the bag.

It wasn’t Butera’s best day in the field either. Gorman had retired five in a row before inducing a grounder to second to start the sixth inning, but Butera let it go between his legs. This hurt the Eagles significantly, as their opponent scored two runs in the inning.

“Blake’s been playing really well for us, he’s doing a great job over there,” Gambino said. “He’s been a solid defender all year. He just kind of sat back on that ball, and let his

feet get flat a bit.

“For a freshman to come in and play every day at this level doesn’t happen very often. Blake’s a good player, and he’s going to be a really good player for us.”

In addition to the error, the Crusaders used a walk, a single, and a sac-fly to score the two runs. It was one of BC’s four errors on the day, including two by Melchionda, but none had nearly the impact of Butera’s.

Nate Bayuk came on after Gorman and proceeded to throw 2.2 innings of scoreless ball to keep the game close.

In the eighth, the Eagles seemed to have something going. Matt McGovern pinch hit for Nate LaPointe and worked a walk on a 3-2 count. John Hennessy followed with a single, putting two on with no out and the top of the lineup coming up.

But Bourdon then struck out on a pitch in the dirt, and on a 2-0 count to Butera, McGovern was spotted stealing third before the pitch was thrown. Hennessy ended up being tagged out after they both ended up on second. The botched play killed the momentum the Eagles had, and Butera promptly grounded to second to end the inning. “[Holy Cross pitcher John Colella] was really slow to the plate, once that leg came up you could time it and get good jumps,” Gambino said. “You didn’t need to go crazy on that one. He just needed to make sure he was going to the plate, and we were fine. [McGovern] got a little bit anxious on that and didn’t let the play develop in front of him.”

“I gave the sign and Blake asked for it again, and when he asked for it again I probably should have taken it off, because it probably drew attention to the fact that something was on. So I can take part of the blame on that one as well.”

BC had one last chance in the ninth, but Colella struck out the side on pitches out of the strike zone.

“We were taking a strike,” Gambino said. “Colella only threw five pitches in the strike zone that inning. It’s a pretty good slider he was throwing out there; it had a nice tilt to it. But you’ve got to do a better job of plate discipline. It’s good, but it wasn’t unbelievable.” n

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Melchionda recorded a team-high three hits yesterday, as BC snapped its 10-game losing streak.

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Brittany Wilton scored two goals in a minute to break a 20-minute scoring drought from both teams, and put BC ahead 7-2 at the time.

Lax holds off late surge, gets by Harvard

By Austin Tedesco Asst. Sports Editor

The No. 19 Boston College women’s lacrosse team held off a late surge by Harvard to defeat the Crimson 7-5 last night, ending its two-game losing streak heading into Saturday’s matchup with No. 3 North Carolina.

After finishing the last 10 minutes of BC’s loss to Maryland over the weekend by allowing just one goal, freshman goaltender Emily Mata played all 60 minutes in the net for the Eagles and only allowed five goals. Her eight saves on 13 shots by Harvard made the difference in the game,

as Mata recorded the lowest number of goals allowed by BC since the season opener against Holy Cross.

Senior captain Kristin Igoe opened up the scoring for the Eagles three minutes into the game after picking up a ground ball. Although Igoe ended up taking six shots during the match, it was her only goal.

Fellow captain Sam Taylor gave BC a two-goal load on the very next play, only 10 seconds later. BC went on to build a 5-2 lead with 10 minutes left in the first half. The scoring would stall at this point, as both squads went 20 minutes without putting up points.

Brittany Wilton ended the drought with two goals in one minute, but then Harvard went on a run. Three goals in three minutes cut the BC lead to two, and forced head coach Bowen Holden to call a timeout. The Eagles didn’t allow a goal for the final six minutes of the game, sealing their victory and pushing them over .500 on the year.

BC defeated a solid Harvard squad whose losses have only come against Top-20 teams this season. A win against the Tar Heels for the Eagles on Saturday would be a huge step in the right direction for a squad that has struggled against the nation’s top teams. n

Softball looks to get back on track at home

By Steven Principi Heights Staff

Looking to get back on track after a rough weekend, the Boston College softball team will play three games in the next three days against non-conference foes. The Eagles return to play after being swept in a three-game series at Georgia Tech last weekend where they managed to score just four total runs.

The losses came in the first three games of ACC play for the Eagles, knocking them to the bottom of the conference right away. A weekend as rough as the one BC had in Atlanta could be difficult to overcome, but head coach Ashley Obrest thinks that her team has already turned the corner.

“I told the other girls the other day we had a not so great weekend at Georgia Tech, but the next day we bounced back and had a really good practice,” Obrest said. “It could have gone two ways. We could have had a really good practice or still have been pouting about the weekend. We’ve kicked it up a few notches, and they’re working hard this week.”

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Obrest and the Eagles hope to bounce back from the losses with a game today against Boston University. The Terriers enter the game with a 15-8 record and an impressive four-game winning streak.

They have also knocked off two ranked teams to this point in the season, including a South Florida team that beat the Eagles earlier this year. Obrest noted the challenges presented by a tough BU team and singled out its pitching staff as a reason for its success.

“They have a comparable record to us, and they’ve beaten some big teams,” Obrest said. “They beat Syracuse and USF. We played USF and didn’t play that great but still managed to score a few runs. Their best pitcher was the American East Pitcher of the Year freshman year, and I think their pitching keeps them in games since they don’t score a whole lot of runs. They always find a way to just close out a game.”

After a day off on Friday, the Eagles will welcome Dartmouth for a doubleheader on Saturday afternoon. Dartmouth currently stands at just 4-5 in Ivy League play and does not appear to be

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on the same level as BC, but Obrest was adamant in saying that her team can’t get caught looking ahead.

“Dartmouth is getting better every year,” Obrest said. “ I don’t think it’s a team that we should look past, but we should be able to make a statement in those two games if we come out strong and put those games away early.”

The Eagles will also be able to enjoy a home field advantage for the first time all season on Saturday. BC has been playing road games for well over a month and have traveled to Florida, North Carolina, and most recently to Georgia. Logging so many miles so early in the season may have worn the team out a bit, but Obrest is excited to finally return to Chestnut Hill.

“We’re home for, I think, two weeks straight, so the girls are catching up on some rest, and they’re catching up on some work. They just feel a little more relaxed and focused. And it’s always nice when your parents can come out here and you can have your friends out here.

I think they’re excited to finally open up some games at home.” n

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Hockey opens the NCAA tournament against Air Force on Saturday in Worcester. Softball hosts Dartmouth for a series this weekend and baseball hosts Georgia Tech. UNC will battle lacrosse at home on Saturday. Syracuse, Wisconsin, Cincy, and Ohio State play for a spot in the Final Four at the Garden this weekend.

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Men’s hockey topped Providence in the Hockey East semifinals. Women’s hockey fell to Wisconsin in the semifinal of the Frozen Four. Clemson swept baseball in South Carolina. Lacrosse fell to Maryland. North Carolina and NC State are the only two ACC teams left in the tournament.

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The road to the national championship starts Saturday for the No. 1 Boston College hockey team, as it takes on Air Force at the DCU Center in Worcester. Though they come in on a 15-game winning streak, the Eagles are not looking past the Falcons at all. Air Force has given top-notch teams trouble in past NCAA tournaments, so BC will need to come out playing well to avoid a firstround upset like last year. Freshman forward Johnny Gaudreau and junior goaltender Parker Milner have been hot of late, but the entire roster will be depended upon for a win.

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Cross and Shea write one last line in storybook career Cross & Shea, from A10 onship run. “You look at the scores that we had … our offense was putting up five-goal performances, and our defense was limiting [opposing teams] to zero or one goal.”

“Only 15 shots a game, or something like that,” Shea chimed in.

“The defense was keeping them to the outside, and two or three times a game, Musey [John Muse] made unbelievable saves,” Cross said. “It all came together and the seniors did a great job leading us.”

Yet when asked about his role as a leader on this year’s team, which has been of incredible importance, Cross did everything but talk about himself. Instead, he rattled off a long list of those former teammates who helped him grow into his current position as team captain.

“I learned from the three seniors the year we won it—Smitty [Ben Smith], Pricey [Matt Price], and Bardy [Matt Lombardi],” Cross said. “Those are just character guys, the definition of BC Eagles. They’re what coach wants—team first.”

Head coach Jerry York has echoed his captain’s team-first mentality, while lauding both Cross and Shea for their performances this year. “[Cross’] play has been outstanding,” York said. “I probably short sight his play because his leadership is so strong for us.

But his play is right there.

“And Edwin Shea has just been level— steady Eddie.”

The two have also been a part of the hard times. The mid-season slumps, the early departures of offensive stars Jimmy Hayes and Cam Atkinson, and, most painful of all, the early flight home from the 2011 NCAA tournament after an 8-4 loss to Colorado College in the first round. It’s a topic that isn’t brought up often.

“We talk about it sometimes,” Cross said, “but it goes without saying—it’s not how we wanted it to end.”

While Beanpot wins might begin to run together, the memory of such a loss remains all too clear.

“We were there, on the ice,” Shea said of the defensive corps. “All six of us played in the game. We know exactly what happened, and we know what we have to do this year to keep the ball rolling.”

Around this time last year, the program was reeling from both the early defeat

and the loss of Hayes and Atkinson to the NHL. There was talk of a rebuilding year.

Despite York’s seemingly magical assembly of championship-caliber lineups, how long could a team stay at the top, knocking on the Frozen Four’s door?

But once again, the 2011-12 Eagles have put on another dominant performance, and are in a position to win it all, thanks in no small part to Shea and Cross, who became linemates and roommates earlier in the season for the first time. The two are using their position as the only two seniors in the defensive corps to teach the younger players a thing or two.

However, seniority is bittersweet, as less than a month from now, Cross and Shea will hang up their BC sweaters for good. Like most college seniors, the two were none too pleased about being asked about post-graduation plans.

“You [Cross] and I avoid it really well,” Shea, who is majoring in marketing, reflected. Cross, a communication major, agreed.

“We probably should have thought more about it,” Cross said.

Both defensemen want at least another year of hockey, and after that, who knows.

A job in the business world for Shea, while Cross would like to sign on with a professional team in some capacity. His rights currently belong to the Boston Bruins, where he was drafted in the 2007 NHL draft.

It isn’t exactly a fair time to spring the career choice question on the two, as their final shot at a second national title begins this weekend in Worcester.

“We know that if we play our game, we should be all right,” Shea said. “We know we can’t just show up and win.”

When asked about this year’s successes and about the future, Cross once again deflected attention away from himself, this time towards his younger teammates.

“I think the team’s in great hands,” the captain said. “The junior class has been extremely successful, the sophomores have learned a lot. It’s just like we learned from guys our freshman and sophomore year. It’s part of the culture that Coach York has, it’s a trickle-down effect.”

Learning from one’s elders, showing it on the ice, and then teaching the incoming players—Cross and Shea, like the seniors before them, fit Cross’ definition of BC Eagles: team first. n

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Eagles set for a tough Air Force team NCAA Regional, from A10 that, we try to stay focused. We have three days of good practice—Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. Then we’ll drive to Worcester Friday, and have a light skate there on Friday, and then play Saturday. So these three days will be good, solid days.”

While some individual performances have been impressive over the last two months, a major reason for the 15-game game winning streak has been the depth of talent on the BC roster. Unlike many teams, even the fourth line of Eagles (three freshmen—Danny Linell, Quinn Smith, and Michael Sit) see the ice often in any given game. All four lines have been clicking lately, something that may separate BC from other teams in the tournament.

“I think we’re deep,” York said. “We’ve got the 12 forwards that play, the six defensemen, and Parker [Milner] in goal.

They’ve all contributed. There hasn’t been any one or two players that we have to rely on. We’ve got a whole bunch of good players. I think that’s the key to our success is that we have a lot of good players, and we keep them on the train together.

We keep them focused. Individual goals aren’t a concern of ours. When you come to BC, it’s team—it’s a BC thing. No one’s bigger than the team.”

In order to advance to Sunday night’s elite eight matchup, the Eagles will be relying on goaltender Parker Milner for another steady performance. The junior has come on of late, and will be a key factor in the national tournament run.

Although York and his squad will not look at the possible Sunday night game until or if they have clinched a spot in the elite eight, they could face the winner of Minnesota-Duluth and Maine.

“We know who the field is, but we’re trying to get to that elite eight,” York said.

“We’re at 16 now, and you win and get to the elite eight, and then we just refocus.

You don’t know who you’re going to play [in the next round]. We know we’re going to play Air Force. Then if we’re successful, we’ll switch gears. But we don’t ever talk about the other pairing at all.” n

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Cross (top) and Shea (bottom) have been a formidable duo for Hockey East teams all season.

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On the other end of the spectrum sit the two first-year phenoms. Carpenter and Field had an opportunity that many players never get in their careers: playing for a national title in a semifinal contest. Not only was the pair able to partake in the game, but they also were both key contributors. They now have experience in a big game like this, and they have three more years to take home the title.

I sat in the crowd of reporters, thinking about this dynamic.

It seemed almost like a passingof-the-torch scenario. Restuccia provided a sense of mentorship for the Eagles all season long, as did her senior teammates.

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receiving end of this exchange.

While they were able to put points on the board, the learning curve was certainly lessened by the experience of their older teammates.

The young pair has three more years to reach the ultimate goal of a national title, while the departing class led by Restuccia was not able to leave on top.

But that does not diminish the accomplishments of this year’s team. They reached Duluth.

They fought through the Hockey East all season long. They just couldn’t quite finish the job.

This year’s team has built a foundation for future success.

While they lose eight players to graduation, six freshmen have gained playoff experience. They can utilize last weekend’s game

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and bring what they have learned to future teams. They have three years to build upon the past two Frozen Four runs.

While it may not have its name on any trophies, the 201112 women’s hockey team should be applauded for any future success in this program. With Crowley at the helm, next year’s returning players will continue to play hard and use experience to become a national power.

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Eagles set their focus solely on Air Force York won’t let BC get caught looking past Saturday’s matchup

By Greg Joyce Sports Editor

A new season begins on Saturday in Worcester for the No. 1 Boston College men’s hockey team as it begins a run at the national championship. Though they carry a 15-game winning streak into their 4 p.m. game at the DCU Center, the Eagles are staying focused on only one thing: the Air Force Falcons.

The Falcons might be the lowest seed in the tournament, but that doesn’t matter to head coach Jerry York and his team.

“They’re a service academy—the kids compete really hard and they have terrific conditioning,” York said. “Over the last five or six years, they have a history of really playing top-end teams very,

very well. [In past NCAA tournaments], they beat Michigan 2-0, they lost to Miami in OT, they lost to Vermont in double OT, they lost to Yale in OT. And they lost a one-goal game to Minnesota.

It’s incredible how close they’ve come.

They’re certainly capable of giving a lot of teams trouble.”

Even this season, Air Force came within a goal of beating North Dakota and Michigan State (OT), who are both in action at other regional sites this weekend.

The Falcons have been led all season by a pair of senior defensemen, Scott Mathis and Tim Kirby. The two have combined for 52 points this season, a lethal total for two defensemen. Kirby is also a Hobey Baker Memorial Award finalist, joining BC defenseman Brian Dumoulin on the list of 10 remaining candidates.

Sophomore goaltender Jason Torf is ranked fourth nationally in goals against average, allowing just 1.72 goals per game.

“Their goaltender is excellent,” York said of Torf.

Air Force’s major scoring threats are junior forwards Kyle De Laurell and John Kruse. De Laurell tops the team with 38 points, while Kruse has tallied a teamhigh 16 goals.

The Falcons are coming off a championship win in the Atlantic Hockey Association Tournament, and have caught York’s eye.

“They look good on the tape,” he said.

“They’re a legit team, there’s no question in my mind.”

Meanwhile, the Eagles are preparing for Saturday’s matchup like they would for any other game by staying focused on the task at hand, though they know the extra significance of Saturday.

“We certainly know where we stand,” York said. “We’re in a national tournament, so the week has ramped up, just because it’s March and there’s a NCAA tournament this weekend. But other than

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York has been pleased with the play of the entire roster, including the fourth line (27, 18, & 10).

Foundation set for strong play in future

THE LAST LINE OF DEFENSE

Chris Marino

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Tommy Cross and Edwin Shea look back before their final run

By Robert T. Balint Heights Staff

When asked about which of the past three Beanpot victories was the sweetest, senior defensemen Tommy Cross and Edwin Shea had to think back.

“Sophomore year, was it BU [in the finals]?” asked Shea, a Shrewsbury, Mass. native.

“No, we played BU first round sophomore year,” Cross, the team captain, corrected.

“So it was Northeastern,” Shea hesitated. “ … was it?”

There they were, two players trying to remember which year they had stuck it to the hated

Boston University Terriers 4-3 (2010), or when they had put Northeastern away 7-6 in a nailbiting overtime thriller (2011). It was a surreal experience—the scoring frenzy with the Huskies had given multiple Superfans gray hair, and these two were talking about it like other people argue over who had taken the garbage out last week.

Finally, they managed to reach at least one consensus—last month’s 3-2 win in overtime over the Terriers was their favorite. There was just something special about “going out on top senior year,” Shea said.

“BU, in overtime, especially how they smoked us twice this year,” Cross agreed. “There’s a lot of bad blood between those two teams. That was

just special.”

Cut Cross and Shea some slack on the hazy memories, though. So many wins begin to blend together. The past four years have been an extraordinary time for the Boston College hockey program, and the two veteran defensemen have been there for everything. After a 4-1 win over Maine this past Saturday, the Eagles became the first in history to bring home three consecutive Hockey East championships. Then there are the three Beanpot trophies, and, of course, the 2010 national title.

“It was incredible,” Cross said of the champi-

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The scene was solemn, yet hopeful.

As four figures emerged to the conference room, it had finally settled in.

This year’s Boston College women’s ice hockey team was done for the season.

The four figures that came out for the post game press conference were head coach Katie King Crowley, senior captain Mary Restuccia, and freshman forwards Alex Carpenter and Emily Field. After being outscored 6-2 on the night, the Eagles were sent packing by Wisconsin, the team that beat them in the previous year’s Frozen Four semifinal game.

For Carpenter and Field, this feeling of being so close to the Promised Land and losing just before they got there was new. For Crowley and Restuccia, the feeling was all too familiar.

While most teams would be full of self-pity after such a loss, this group had the maturity to realize that they accomplished something special. Of course they were upset. Who wouldn’t be? But they were not going to let this loss take away from an otherwise great season.

Looking at the stage, it was easy to see some differences. All three players led their team on the ice. They were formidable playmakers, and that was no different on this night. Field and Carpenter both scored a goal, while Restuccia chipped in with an assist. The difference lies in the stages of their careers.

Restuccia leaves BC as the program’s leader in playoff points with six. She went to two consecutive Frozen Fours, but wasn’t able to bring home any hardware in either. The next step will be graduation, and potentially a playing career somewhere beyond the Heights.

See Frozen Four, A9

BC splits mid-week games

At Pro Day, Kuechly is strong again

Eagles bounce back on Wednesday to snap 10-game losing streak

By Stephen Sikora

By Chris Marino

Heights Staff

Assoc. Sports Editor Yesterday, Alumni Stadium played host to a local area Pro Day with scouts from 27 NFL teams. The main attraction was former Boston College linebacker Luke Kuechly.

Kuechly, who finished his career as the program’s leader in tackles, spent the week at BC after training in Florida for the past three months. He’s been gaining considerable attention after his strong performance at the NFL Combine, which was partially a result of intensive training at the IMG Football Academy.

At the Pro Day, Kuechly worked mostly

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Luke Kuechly (left) faces off against Max Holloway (right) during a drill at yesterday’s Pro Day. on speed, reaction, and coverage drills. He led all the drills, often providing an example for the other athletes. One notable aspect of the day was that Kuechly’s drills were conducted by Philadelphia Eagles linebackers coach Mike Caldwell. The Eagles have been a team linked to the BC standout since he committed to the draft.

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Due to his solid performance at the combine, Kuechly did not participate in any timed drills. However, he was able to impress all scouts with his size, speed, and athleticism throughout the workout.

“I thought it went pretty well,” he said.

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Softball opens at home Saturday

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The Boston College baseball team went into Wednesday’s game at Bryant on a 10-game losing streak. The Eagles finally Boston College 8 came out victorious against the 5 Bryant Bulldogs, however, winning 8-5 to improve their record to 7-12. It was BC’s first win since Mar. 2.

BC had 16 hits on the day, led by Blake Butera and Anthony Melchionda, who had three each. Matt Pare added three RBIs, as the Eagles cruised to a 5-2 lead by the third inning and never looked back.

The scoring started in the second when

Lacrosse back on track

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Pare hit his first home run of the year, driving in Travis Ferrick, who had walked to begin the inning. In the third, Butera led off with a double, and RBI singles by Pare, Andrew Lawrence, and a sac fly by Rob Moir put the Eagles ahead for good. BC continued the scoring in the sixth when Tom Bourdon doubled and was driven in by Butera. The freshman second baseman later came around to score when Melchionda singled to left center.

Geoffrey Murphy got the win for BC after working a scoreless fifth inning, lowering his team-leading ERA to 1.42 in the process. Starting pitcher Steve Green went a strong four innings, allowing two runs, and Kyle Prohovich recorded the save after retiring six batters in a row to close the game.

On Tuesday, the first day of spring brought a beautiful afternoon of baseball to BC, as the Eagles played their home-opener

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Editors’ Picks..............................A9 Game of the Week......................A9

music column

the rolling stones can america welcome another bunch of brits? page b2 star value

woody allen

A quirky new york comedian is too big for his britches, page b4

album review

bob dylan

The minnesota poet crafts an album that will redefine the genre forever, b5

Thursday, March 22, 1965

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By B re n n a n car l ey | A rts & R ev i ew E d i tor Tay l or cava l l o | assoc. A rts & R ev i ew E d i tor a n d da n s i er i n g | asst. A rts & R ev i ew E d i tor

here is no denying that the Draper family has been through the wringer. From affairs, divorce, and secret rendezvouses in Rome, Betty and Don know better than most that relationships are tough. Other employees of Sterling Cooper have also learned that lesson, navigating the tricky office life and social dynamics of the early ’60s. Peggy grappled with an unexpected pregnancy and office sexism while Joan, with her sensually steely demeanor,

struggles to balance the life of an army wife with her inner-office relationship.

This Sunday marks the Season 5 premiere of the Emmy awardwinning AMC show Mad Men. The series attracts audiences with its historically hazy representations of gender relations and the tribulations of family life. Famous for its aesthetically pleasing cinematography and profound character development, Mad Men promises another season full of intrigue, lust, and mayhem.

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A new world where all is possible

Brennan Carley You take a deep breath and smell the sweet, warm scent of cinnamon rolls wafting down Main Street as balloons escape a baby’s grasp. Look to your left and you’ll find a friendly smile and a wave, a local barbershop quartet harmonizing as the sun glints in the sky—another pitch-perfect day to be alive here in Disneyland Park, Walt Disney’s treasure trove of amusement park rides that consistently surpasses expectations.

As the park nears its 10th anniversary, with a July birthday event expected to draw the park’s biggest crowds since opening, it is important to reflect on just how much of an impact the park has had on the world in such a short time—and in turn, the world’s impact on Disneyland itself.

Disney immediately took criticism for his park’s commercialism—who can forget the abrasive Pepsi logos splashed across popcorn carts and bathroom stalls? It wouldn’t have been out of the question to find Mickey Mouse’s trousers emblazoned with the blasted logo! Mr. Disney quickly took note of the problem and though some attractions in the land took similar heat for their ties to Disney’s property, each square inch of the park was carefully prepared with a purpose in mind. Main Street U.S.A. hearkens back to a time when our World’s Fairs weren’t clogged with sleek visions of a future that seems more like Brave New World than the Carousel of Progress.

Adventureland and Frontierland are refreshingly forward thinking in how they envision the past, a glossed-over history that still makes room for the savage whoops and shooting arcades.

More than anything else, Disneyland can be heralded for the story it tells at every turn. Rides like Pirates of the Caribbean and the not-sospooky Haunted Mansion are too often taken at face value, though even at that level, the attractions have taken guest’s experiences to new heights. The fact remains, however, that Mr. Disney and his crack team of “Imagineers”—a word I imagine that future generations will reappropriate to describe the best and the brightest minds—have taken the time to develop intricate histories for these rides that can be gleaned just by talking to the cleverly named Cast Members (it’s a Disney world we live in, after all, so why shouldn’t it feel like a movie?).

Disneyland has also played a major part in the shaping of our culture, perhaps more so than many might understand. Six years ago, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev was denied a visit to the park in a high profile trip to the states at the peak of the Red Scare. It was a highly politicized moment, one which hearkens back to Mr. Disney’s sharply crafted dedication from the haven’s opening ceremony: “Disneyland is dedicated to the ideals, the dreams, and the hard facts that have created America, with the hope that it will be a source of joy and inspiration to all the world.”

The question is, of course, what will the ingenious Mr. Disney do next? A luminary in every sense, how can he top this modern marvel of family entertainment, this haven for carefree rest and relaxation tailored for each and every guest’s personal enthrallment?

There have been rumblings, as there always must be in this world, that Mr. Disney is planning to expand—not in California, but to parts as of yet unannounced. States far and wide are clambering for the chance at a Disney property—Virginia has proposed an American history themed park set in Jamestown, one our great country’s birthplaces. New York City has mentioned clearing out its Times Square for a Walt Disney skyscraper, though the day that Disney makes the jump to a big city signals a true end to burgeoning urbanization.

No matter what Mr. Disney chooses to do next, he can know that he has America on his side. His contributions to our country have changed us for the better, and whether New York or Virginia, we can trust that in his hands, we’re headed for a great big beautiful tomorrow.

Brennan Carley is the Arts & Review Editor for The Heights. He can be reached at arts@bcheights.com.

Thursday, March 22, 1965

Scene and Heard

BY: Christine Zhao

1. MLK JR’S MARCH Just a pastor from Dexter Avenue in Montgomery, Ala., Martin Luther King, Jr. has been moving fast to change the nation. He and 25,000 activists recently ended their four-day march from Selma, Ala. to the state capitol in Montgomery. At the beginning of the month, King met with officials working for LBJ to request an injunction against any prosecution of the demonstrators. The march was scheduled for Mar. 7, but plans changed because of mob and police violence against the activists. They tried again on Mar. 9, once again unsuccessfully. It is a hard-won battle for King and his fellow supporters to have finally completed the long-awaited protest.

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GEMINI SHUTTLE Tomorrow, Mar. 23, will witness a fab milestone for the United States, which is expanding all the way to the stars. Gemini 3, the first two-man space flight, marks a momentous occasion for our nation and all of mankind. Piloted by space vet Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom and John W. Young, the 7,136 pound monster will take off at around three in the afternoon. Molly Brown, named after The Unsinkable Molly Brown, has been given the mission of working out how well the Gemini could navigate space.

3. U.S. ATTACKS VIETCONG 4. DYLAN’s NEW ALBUM

This century is no stranger to war. With the latest one in Vietnam going on, crowds of Americans are beginning to make their discontent known. The controversy grows following a violent February. Earlier this week, U.S. officials confirmed that its troops used chemical warfare against the Vietcong. The Vietcong, a political organization and army in South Vietnam and Cambodia, has been a thorn in our side since 1960, using guerrilla warfare and peasant soldiers called cadres. Chemical warfare, a product of the frightful new generation of weapons, could mean a completely different level of terror.

MUSIC COLUMN

Rolling UK into the US music

Taylor Cavallo Now that “Beatlemania” has taken the United States by storm and their popularity has proven to be, for the time being, somewhat stable, one would think that any other British-import band would be apprehensive about making a name for themselves in America. However, there is one up-andcoming band that has chosen to disregard the now huge names of John, Paul, George and Ringo to come fresh off the boat and shamelessly parade into the American music scene. That band is The Rolling Stones.

Endorsed by their manager, Andrew Loog Oldham (coincidentally a former Beatles publicist), as the nasty, bad boy cousins of the sweet, wholesome Beatles—who would seemingly never partake in activities such as drug abuse and womanizing—it is impossible to ignore this new band’s presence. Although their popularity in the U.S. hasn’t climaxed yet, they are certainly a band to look out for. They have seen great popularity in the UK, especially among women, who see them as provocative musicians. Recent headlines in UK papers have accordingly titled articles about the band suggestively, asking, “Would you let your daughter marry a Rolling Stone?”

After hearing their suggestive music and seeing their smile-less faces on an album cover, this suggestion no doubt has parents screaming “No way!”

Despite the image that they might be projecting to their UK and American audiences, the band has undeniable talent. Their album The Rolling Stones, Now!, their third American studio album, finally features songs written by front man Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards, including hits such as “Off The Hook,” “What a Shame,” and my personal favorite, “Heart of Stone.” This song solidifies their speculated talent as real. Lyrically the song is fantastic, describing the standout qualities of one woman when compared to the usual masses, although this distinction is never explained, as Jagger asks himself, “What’s different about her / I don’t really know.”

Jagger opens up about his love experiences almost as honestly as a journal, presenting himself as a man who knows what he wants

and gets it, wondering why, “No matter how I try / I just can’t make her cry,” which will surely have some negative responses from some of those new, up-and-coming feminist groups who now speak out against song lyrics. Perhaps her standout quality is that he in fact can’t make her cry, asserting herself as a strong woman. However, Jagger claims, over and over, that no matter what, this woman won’t take him down and “break this heart of stone” that he possesses. Capping the song off with some questionable sentiments, such as “If you try acting sad / You’ll only make me glad,” the song is filled with real, raw emotion that one can’t help but relate to, however much we might not want to see ourselves in these bad boy cousins of The Beatles.

More generally, their sound is so different from that of The Beatles. Although they have resided in the realm of covers for a while, Jagger and Richards’ talent for songwriting and catchy guitar rifts is starkly evident. Their sound is richer, more soulful, and quite frankly, sexier than anything given to us by the Lennon and McCartney team.

Though some may push it away, I personally embrace the spice and attitude we get from this British band, and I predict big things from them, as they are said to be working on their next album, set to release later this year. However, one cannot help but wonder if all of this British rock band hype will even last. How much longer can The Beatles sing goody-goody tunes that we love to hum and can’t get out of our heads until they are overshadowed by someone newer and fresher? Will they stand the test of time? Although they have seen great success since their Liverpool birth in 1960, the music industry is constantly in flux. Although I hope they stay around, I certainly can’t speak for music lovers everywhere.

The Beatles saw popularity at a time that will later perhaps be perceived as an era of social revolution and change, a time filled with fear and apprehension for some, but welcomed with open arms by the excited youth. When this novelty wears off, will their popularity as well?

I suppose all we can do is sit and wait to see what’s to come from these two British super-groups and enjoy their music while it lasts. After all, didn’t we all naively think that Elvis’ popularity would last forever?

Taylor Cavallo is the Assoc. Arts & Review Editor for The Heights. She can be reached at arts@bcheights.com.

Today’s music scene is bursting with talent and rock and roll pilgrims. The bands are bold and musicians are not afraid to experiment with their art. Today, Mar. 22, Bob Dylan released his first electric album, Bring It All Back Home. The folk singer seriously deviated from his usual style, enraging his dedicated folk purists but delighting his growing base of rock and pop listeners. Dylan’s declaration of independence from the folk powers that be shows that he’s definitely going to be one to watch for years to come.

Thursday, March 22, 1965

The Heights

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By Taylor Cavallo | Assoc. arts & review editor,

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bETTY dRAPER Betty Draper could perhaps be described simply as the most beautiful, yet painfully tragic, character in television. Often compared to Grace Kelly in the show for her beauty and poise, it becomes profoundly clear that her life lacks true meaning and is filled with struggles in connection to her husband, raising her children, and finding her own place in a world that is seemingly constructed specifically to work against her. Her position speaks to greater issues of the time: the emptiness found in the lives of stereotypical ’60s housewives. In the place of real happiness for Betty resides constant oppression. Betty is perhaps the character who exhibits the most drastic changes as the seasons progressed. When she was the perfect housewife who was unknowingly being betrayed by her husband all too frequently, she evoked sympathy from audiences who longed for Betty’s beauty and kindness to be realized by Don, whom she so desperately loved and wanted to please. Her initial naivete and emotional immaturity were truly painful, although in some ways beautiful. Things quickly changed, however. She becomes cold and heartless once she divorces Don and gets remarried to a politician, disregarding the responsibility of effective motherhood, and audiences quickly change their opinion of her. Subtle hints in the last episodes of Season Four have hinted at Betty still having feelings for Don while her new marriage is simultaneously failing.

In 2009, the fictional Don Draper was named the most influential man in the world by the men’s magazine Ask Men, beating out Barack Obama. That pretty much says it all.

Draper, the main character of Mad Men, is the charismatic, witty, poignant man that women want and men want to be.

He is commanding and assertive, while also showing profound depth and compassion throughout the show’s four seasons.

Although he frequently cheated on his beautiful wife, Betty, there is something irresistible about a man who still insists on being a gentleman in small ways and honoring his word to clients and friends alike. There is a perfect amount of mystery surrounding his character, and throughout the four seasons, pieces of a remarkable story come together that explain the way he became the man he is today: he stole a dead fellow soldier’s identity and became “Don Draper” to start a new life, eventually climbing to the top of the advertising world as head of Creative for Sterling Cooper in New York City. Season Three saw the end of Betty and Don’s marriage after she became aware of only one of her husband’s romantic escapades with a powerful Hollywood woman, and Season Four ended with Don proposing to a young woman named Megan who was hired as nanny for his children on a trip to Disneyland. As he is Don Draper, she accepted, naturally.

rOGER sTERLING Roger Sterling is the epitome of the swinging sixties Mad Men culture—he’s charming, confident, stylish, stalwart, and a little bit sinister. Roger is the inventor of the three-martini lunch and the fivemartini dinner. Hiring Don Draper away from his fur salesman position, the white-haired ad man builds the company with his namesake into the most sought after firm on Madison Avenue.

Despite having a longtime wife, Mona, and a teenage daughter, Roger Sterling is guilty of a long and distinguished career of infidelity. Roger and Joan have a steamy affair for the first two seasons, yet the romance is quickly cut short after Roger experiences a nearly fatal heart attack. The near-death experiences changes the aging’s businessman’s perspective on life. As a result, Roger promptly divorces Mona and replaces her with Don’s former secretary, a stunning 20-something brunette named Jane.

Roger and Jane have a sweet and steady relationship, but Roger soon begins to feel an urge to resort back to his old fling, Joan. This desire to return to his former consort comes to fruition at the end of Season Four when the two have a surprising romantic encounter after a mugging on a Manhattan street. Toward the close of the season, we learn that this brief romance has led to an untimely pregnancy. Entering into Season Five, Roger will soon be faced with a choice: remain with his pleasant yet juvenile wife or return to his former mistress.

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Joan Holloway Joan Holloway is the ultimate sex symbol of the Sterling Cooper office. With her curves and confidence, Joan turns more heads than any other woman on Madison Avenue. As the office manager, Joan keeps everything running smoothly around the office, doing everything from consoling her secretaries in the break room to distracting potential clientele during contract negotiations. Sterling Cooper would simply not be the same without the spirited redhead’s feminine touch and striking bosom.

Joan engages in a steamy and secret affair with her boss, Roger Sterling, for almost two seasons. Yet, after the death of Marilyn Monroe and Roger’s heart attack, Joan reassesses her place in the world and realizes an inherent fear of being left alone. Thus, the fiery redhead gets hitched to aspiring doctor Greg Harris and quits her job at Sterling Cooper. It soon becomes apparent that there’s trouble in paradise, however, and Joan’s husband begins to forcefully take out his anger on Joan.

Despising her role as a housewife and in dire need of money, Joan obligingly takes a job at a local department store, where she has a humiliating encounter with Don. Joan begs Roger for her job back, and in Season Four, she returns to Madison Avenue in full force. Joan’s disgruntled husband eventually leaves for Vietnam, and the veteran office manager evidently finds herself in a position similar to that of Season One. After enduring a mugging with Roger, previous emotions are rekindled in the form of a sexual encounter in a Manhattan alleyway. The romance leaves Joan pregnant with Roger’s baby, and at the end of the last season, she is an army wife with another man’s child.

One of the youngest employees at the beginning of the series, Pete Campbell comes from one of the wealthiest families in Manhattan and carries around a smug allure to match his social status. Pete walks around Sterling Cooper as if he has the world in his pocket and has his entire future set in stone. Don makes a point of shattering Pete’s warped illusions as soon as the young WASP account manager steps onto the scene. After getting a taste of reality, Pete gets his footing and begins to feverishly climb the ad agency’s corporate ladder.

Pete tarnishes his initially pristine reputation early in Season One when he engages in a one-time romance with-then typist Peggy Olsen on Don’s office couch. The encounter leads to a pregnancy that Peggy keeps hidden from Pete until well into the series. Pete, unaware of the magnitude of his infidelity, continues on with his jovial wife Trudy and their homely Manhattan lifestyle. The couple eventually learns that it will be difficult to have children together, a discovery that is in line with Pete’s realization that Peggy has mothered his child.

Despite his apprehension to go the extra mile, Pete proves to have a knack for pleasing clients, and in Season Three he is promoted to co-head of Accounts. He is quickly escalated to partner status at the end of Season Four when the agency undergoes a dramatic downsizing. This promotion escalates Pete’s once temperate womanizing ways, and, when Trudy announces that she is pregnant, the young ad man is left with a choice to become a serious father or join the mob of Madison Avenue womanizers.

pEGGY OLSON In the first episode of Mad Men, viewers are introduced to Sterling Cooper and its eccentric staff through the eyes of new typist Peggy Olson, a young girl from Brooklyn who takes the long subway ride to Manhattan every day, entering a whole new world. However, we are quickly shown that Peggy is not like the other women in the office. She dresses differently and carries herself with class. During her early days at the agency, she and the soon-to-be married Pete Campbell have a steamy office romance that eventually leaves her pregnant with a baby she never takes care of in order to avoid the public social stigma of having a child out of wedlock. She remains stoic and never tells Pete about her pregnancy, though it eventually comes out in a later season during an intense confrontation between the two characters. Pete is heartbroken to find out about his estranged son, as a subplot that is simultaneously being explored are his wife’s fertility problems. Peggy makes a name for herself by impressing Don and Roger with her creative capabilities and gets promoted to the Creative board, where she shines despite adversity and the constant sexism she faces from the peanut gallery of Ken, Henry, and Paul. As the woman, she has consistently been the rock that the sometimes erratic men of the office can rely on.

Even the all-powerful Don has turned to her in times of need.

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Thursday, March 22, 1965

Star value by joe allen

Allen is an up and coming comic to watch I came across an odd little Jewish comedian named Woody Allen performing in a Manhattan club last Saturday night. To get right to it, this guy doesn’t know what’s funny! He’s telling these long, elaborate stories, cracking wise about highbrow art, Jewish identity, and his own flaws all the while. Where are the short, wholesome jokes, like the one about the Communist who couldn’t own the means to a decent transistor radio? This Allen character makes these intellectual jokes, as if I’m supposed to deduce what the punchline is! People more in tune with this Freudian schmuck’s “sensibilities” have been telling me that he also contributes stories to The New Yorker, that he wrote the screenplay for this year’s comedy What’s New Pussycat?, that he could be “the next visionary filmmaker of our time.” Please! In his routine, Allen jokes about exchanging ideas with the likes of Ernest Hemingway and Gertrude Stein while time-traveling in Europe. If a ridiculous idea like that wins him an Oscar, then you can call me the idiot instead of this neurotic from Brooklyn.

Keeping with the current

Seeing the flaws in current flicks

Dan Siering

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Fashion Forward

Mod spin and bold style for the Spring New, fresh fashions and accessories will prepare you for the ’65 season

Therese Tully As this spring of 1965 begins, there are many trends to keep up with, ladies. The spirit of the age is rebellion. Now is not the time to be shy or to be meek in our fashion and style choices. Whether you are heading to the malt shop, to the movies with friends, or on a date with the guy of your dreams, you will surely turn heads if you follow my tips and tricks!

For those of you who will dare to bare, the miniskirt’s rising hemlines are matched by its rising popularity. The miniskirt represents freedom in its purest form. It represents a flouting of all the rules and norms of the past.

It is a liberation of woman, and her legs. Pick one up in a classic solid color, or a hip Mod print if you are feeling especially edgy, and you will be sure to wow.

With warmer weather upon us, it’s almost time to hit the beach. If you are looking to take another bold step at the shore, step out of the one-piece suits and into a cool new bikini, complete with a high-waisted bottom, a la Annette Funicello in Beach Party. Bikinis are the perfect option for a Mod woman and look great too, but watch out for funny tan lines!

For daytime, bell-bottoms are where it’s at. Pair them with a paisley top, or Mod option to really draw some attention. Remember, accessories are vital whether you are going to class, going shopping, or just listening to some records with your friends. Think bold eyewear, in round shapes, cat eyes, aviator style, or other variations that will make you stand out in any crowd. Gloves, scarves, and brooches are all great accessories that you can play with. They don’t need to be sported in a traditional way. Tie that scarf in a simple knot around your neck, or tie it to your bag to accessorize your accessories!

For those looking to keep it simple, shift dresses are the perfect option to stay cool in hot temperatures— they’re easy to wear and they look great. Color-blocked options are what’s cool now. Try a neon color-blocked print to significantly amp up the cool factor. Pair your shift dress with a silk hair scarf for a sweet look. Or to shake it up, wear some patterned tights in a contrasting pattern to really stand out. Finish off with a pair of Mary Janes in either a high heel or flat version. Buckles are best on any shoe choice, whether Mary Jane, loafer, or suede ankle boot. Details really make any outfit.

While deciding between all the hot trends this season, remember to keep a feminine edge to all of the rebellious trends you sport. Peter Pan collars on your shift dresses paired with Mary Jane-clad feet read

sweet and nice on any sophisticated lady. Lipstick can be a great statement, and are made bold and fresh in hip hues like bright orange. Pearls compliment all outfits and will make any Mod pattern pop. Hats are a great compliment to either a shift dress or bell-bottom ensemble. Hats act to complete any outfit and are yet another outlet to make a statement, which is what it is all about.

Of course, under this hat, the hairdo is key. It’s all about the bouffant. Big hairdos are all that will do. Heat up your curlers and warm up your hairdryer, because these dos are here to stay. Volume is of the utmost importance. Limp hair will distract from any cool ensemble, so don’t fall into that trap, no matter how long it takes you to construct your perfect updo. Like I always say, the higher the hair, the more beautiful the woman. Though these updos can be downright timeconsuming and painful to construct, it will all be worth it when that special someone takes notice of the height of your beehive. Trust me, ladies, beauty is pain!

These times are ours. Fashion should be fun, should make a statement, and should be dictated by what we feel inside and what we think is cool. The swinging sixties are now, and they are ours to seize. So take a risk, rock the Mod look, defy gravity with your bouffant, dare to show some leg in your miniskirt, and rebel against all that has come before.

Therese Tully is an Editor for The Heights. She can be reached at arts@bcheights.com.

One of the fondest memories of my youth back in my home state of Minnesota is when my pals and I would dip through the backdoor at the Riverview Theater downtown to see the latest and greatest offering from Hollywood. It was during these mischievous excursions that film and I really started going steady. From being scared straight out of my socks by Rear Window to ogling over Marilyn Monroe after seeing Some Like It Hot, I have the ‘View to thank for my love for cinema.

Those were the days when Hollywood really had it going—Dean and Brando were sporting their trendy rags, Marilyn and Audrey were right in their prime, and Hitchcock was continually freaking out fans. Films were true symbols of culture.

But, now, as we’re moving into the middle of this decade, the golden allure of the cinematic world seems to have fallen to the wayside. Films of late have seemed to regress back into a formulaic pattern of the early days, consisting of whimsical characters and overly contrived stories. So, with the apparent artistic relapse that is currently underway, I ask Hollywood directors one question: When is the last time you have picked up a newspaper?

As we all know, American forces are currently engaged in a “conflict” halfway around the world, a skirmish that is feverishly snatching away the country’s youth and pitting them against a foreign enemy on foreign ground. Over the past few years, much-needed backlash against this mindless war in Vietnam has ferociously increased and even more political conflicts are indeed slated for the future.

To add fuel to the fire, we have a movement for equal rights down south that seems to be getting stronger by the day.

This definitely isn’t mommy and daddy’s generation.

So what has Hollywood done in response to this political hoopla? Well, they’ve done what every business entity in America has done: put out products that deliberately dodge any touchy issues.

Take last year’s darling, Mary Poppins.

Here’s a film that focuses on a magical nanny who descends from a cloud (a fact that no one seems to mind), entertains the children with a bag full of sorcery, and remedies every conflict by spitting out spells. Thanks Hollywood, this is exactly what today’s youth needs—a sprightly musical that romanticizes economic strife and shows that all middleclass problems can been solved with ease.

The next culprit is My Fair Lady—another lighthearted tune-filled film that idealizes the aristocracy’s capability to mold the middle class to its liking. What makes the film industry think that in this day and age, people would enjoy watching two fat lords chew on cigars and talk about how they want to make some good-looking flower seller into a prim society girl?

These films are surely last year’s news, but it seems that Hollywood still hasn’t got a clue. You cannot walk more than 50 feet down the street without hearing someone crooning about The Sound of Music, the latest Broadway musical adaptation. This flick proves that there are no boundaries to what today’s filmmakers are willing to romanticize. Here we have a jovial governess who frequently abandons her maternal roles to prance around Austrian fields and make pithy jingles about the music scale, all the while one of the most horrific events in human history is taking place somewhere very close off-screen. Don’t worry about the Nazis Maria! Keep telling us which note follows so!

Hollywood’s latest offerings are more frequently becoming muddle and uncreative play adaptations that utilize recycled themes. The ultimate doom of this cinematic generation is that we will be forgotten by the harsh winds of time or, at the very least, become a frame of contrast for future filmmakers looking to make a socially applicable film.

Bob Dylan, the trendy folk singer out of Greenwich Village that is gaining a decent fan base, just released a single titled “The Times They Are a-Changin.’” While the scruffy singer lacks the persona to become popular amongst the masses, the message of his acoustic ballad still rings true. It doesn’t seem like that message has made the trek cross-country.

Dan Siering is the Asst. Arts & Review Editor for The Heights. He can be reached at arts@bcheights.com.

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Thursday, March 22, 1965

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Dylan brings new energy to folk with ‘Back Home’

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By Dan Ottaunick

1 Eight Days a Week The Beatles

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Just a few years back down in Village hotspot Cafe Wha?, I caught a young act out of Duluth stringing folk guitar and harmonica ditties together for the flower crowds seated on the floor. That boy—who went on to sign a pretty-big-deal record deal with Columbia—has been a fixture of the whisky-slicked marijuana-mist basement bar scene ever since, putting out a strong collection of records poised humbly against the establishment and pushing the boundaries of folk. The music had that Midwestern charm that stems mostly from acoustic guitar and harmonica, and Dylan has since been a figure for the movement bubbling below West 14th Street.

With the release of Bringing it All Back Home, his fifth studio album, Dylan has channeled a new energy more friendly to radio ears, inviting the hum-buzz of electric guitar and drums and band noise into his music. That energy controls the first half of the album, in which Dylan’s characteristic folk guitar is lost to the electric wave asserting itself over his still-familiar voice.

In “Subterranean Homesick Blues,” which started picking up radio minutes a few weeks back, the chirp of an electric guitar spottily enters the song before becoming a fully realized element behind Dylan’s fast-paced slur speech. His

words, though, are still relevant to his audience: “You don’t need a weather man / To know which way the wind blows.” Dylan is still calling on the grass-seated masses at his gatherings to stand up and push forward their society. In “Maggie’s Farm,” a bluesy folk song whose sound should be familiar to Dylan purists, Bob gives us a folk gem we would expect to see on his earlier collections, sans electric guitar.

“On the Road Again,” another wild plugged-in session, is still a track that could not have been by anyone but Bob Dylan—that alienation, those characters, and that famous harmonica couldn’t be from anyone else.

And that’s why the music works.

Despite the plugged glitter and the hand held out toward a wider America, Dylan is still Dylan. “Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream” opens with an outtake laugh and Dylan’s hearty voice asking for a second take—Dylan is still Dylan!

Old Bobby throws the loyalists a few gems on the second side of the album, in which he drops the electric act and turns back to his acoustic roots. “Mr. Tambourine Man,” which stands up with the best of Bob’s earlier works, is a whimsical adventure through the surreal world of his mind and the silkilystrained ebbs of his vocal range.

“Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free / Silhouetted by the sea, circled by

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With his fifth studio album, songrwriter Bob Dylan looks to gain a fanbase beyond Manhattan’s lower east side. the circus sands / With all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves / Let me forget about today until tomorrow.” This is Bob at his best, and the contrapuntal answer of folk guitar coats the track with the colorful warmth and love that have been leaking out of the Village for years.

The shotgun wedding of this artist’s two distinct moods has a

surprisingly harmonious effect on Bringing it All Back Home. The most intriguing part of the record is the space between the two sides of the vinyl. In this void is a slab of Dylan’s consciousness and love for his audience: the album’s second half is almost a parting gift to his earlier fans, a final hurrah of his folk-prowess as he leaps toward the future and his new direction. Dylan cares about

us, and this is his way of making sure we see that he remains the same person he has always been.

But what is most interesting about the gap between sides one and two is how little changes. Yes, folk and rock contrast, but never wavering is Dylan’s rebelliousness, his surrealist songwriting, and, most reassuringly, that sharp, crazy harmonica. n

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‘Supreme’ showcases jazz vet Coltrane’s classic American style

By Sean Keeley Heights Staff

Like it or not, it’s impossible to go anywhere these days without encountering the signs of the British Invasion of American music. Time will tell whether the movement is a lasting one

or a passing fad, but I suspect that B eatlemania is just the beginning—and judging by the ecstatic reception of so many British bands by America’s youth, it’s easy to assume that the only music of any interest comes from across the pond! Thankfully, John Coltrane’s latest album demon-

strates how wrong that impression is, reminding us that some of the greatest musical minds of our day are homegrown right here in America.

Coltrane is no newcomer to the jazz scene, and during the past few years, he’s established himself as a giant of the genre.

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The British Invasion is nothing but an afterthought when listening to Coltrane’s jazzy American jewel ‘A Love Supreme.’

But ’Trane is far from complacent on A Love Supreme, a new work that joins an overarching religious theme and structure with playful improvisation and innovation to masterful effect Upon first glance, A Love Supreme might seem a modest affair. Its personnel is limited to the members of Coltrane’s “Classic Quartet,” and the album consists of only four tracks, clocking in at little over 30 minutes. But make no mistake: this is an ambitious and risky effort from Coltrane.

The liner notes speak of Coltrane’s religious conversion in 1957, his personal difficulties in following his convictions and his deepest intent for the album to be a “humble offering” to God. With tracks named “Acknowledgment,” “Resolution,” “Pursuance,” and “Psalm,” the spiritual nature of the album is even more evident.

But there’s no need to search for deep religious meaning to appreciate the skill and beauty of the music on A Love Supreme. The first track, “Acknowledgment,” kicks off with a brief sax part, a light shimmering cymbal roll, and a deep bass line before settling

into a light vamp with Coltrane’s sax taking precedence. After several minutes of inspired riffing by the other members of the quartet—Elvin Jones on drums, Jimmy Garrison on bass, and McCoy Tyner on piano—Coltrane does something surprising: he vocally chants the words “a love supreme” over the music as the track settles down to its finish.

As this gesture (and the track’s title) indicates, this is Coltrane’s acknowledgement of his debt to the supreme love of God. “Resolution” continues the album in a bouncier vein, showing off the abilities of Tyner on piano. His playing is rapid and jaunty but always meticulously controlled and perfectly aligned with the other band members.

This swinging number transitions into “Pursuance,” perhaps the album’s highlight and the best demonstration of how well the band plays together. This piece makes room for each band member to strut his stuff, as elaborate solos are passed around over the course of 11 minutes. In the middle section, Coltrane’s tenor sax takes center stage, weaving

in and out of the music with a sense of urgency and pursuit that is fitting for an album about Coltrane’s complicated spiritual journey.

The album closes with “Psalm,” a slower and more introspective tune. Garrison’s bass, Elvin’s drums, and Tyner’s piano establish a dramatic atmosphere, but are somehow subdued, leaving room for Coltrane to work his magic on the saxophone. Coltrane’s expressive and dynamic solo communicates the theme of his album—there’s a sense of reaching and striving upward in the music, as if Coltrane were playing straight to God. Most albums are easy to categorize, but great ones are not. A Love Supreme is simultaneously a personal reflection on Coltrane’s spirituality, an inspired continuation of his rich discography, and a bold and innovative step into his future. In a poem that accompanies the album, Coltrane thanks God for the gifts of elation, elegance, and exaltation, and on A Love Supreme, Coltrane shares those gifts with anyone willing to give the record a spin. n

The Kinks deliver poppy rock tunes that seem ‘Kinda’ average

By Ariana Igneri Heights Staff

Offering surly rock-and-roll vibes and mellow, refreshing acoustic tracks, The Kinks’ second release, Kinda Kinks, seems to be a distinctive progression from the London quartet’s first album, Kinksize, which was characterized by a more rhythmand-blues based derivation of rock.

A distinctive aspect of Kinda Kinks is the fact that it was produced within the short span of only two weeks. After recently returning from their tour abroad, The Kinks completed and recorded the final cuts of the album and immediately released it this week in the UK. Though remarkable, whether this hasty approach worked in the album’s favor is another fact entirely, that will inevitably be debated.

As a result of Kinda Kinks’ production, the record appears rather rough and crude. Nevertheless, there are times where its stripped-down and simple feel actually work in its favor. For example, Ray Davies’ untrained, raw voice complements the tinny, clangy guitars present throughout Kinda Kinks, and as a result, it is, in its own right, a work of somewhat

modest perfection.

The most noteworthy and incontestably impressive feature of Kinda Kinks, however, is its track listing of almost entirely original songs. As most records today generally consist of covers, The Kinks’ decision to write 10 out of the 12 songs on the album is highly memorable, especially given their hurried time constraints. Moreover, the original ones are clearly better in comparison to the covered ones.

The new songs, presenting simplistic sentiments of young love, enable Davies to explore facets of emotions and storytelling that are truly novel for the band.

Despite the record’s original nature, it cannot be denied that many of the tracks on Kinda Kinks are just average. “Don’t Ever Change,” with its flowing, slow, guitar chorus, and “So Long,” with its wistful, airy, fingerpicked melody, are certainly pleasant to listen to, but they possess little to make them unforgettable, aside from fairly repetitive choruses.

“Look For Me Baby” falls into a similar category as the former two songs: its “oohs,” “ahhs,” and back-up harmonies definitely add to its overall vibe, but ultimately, it’s just another track on Kinda Kinks.

Other songs, while endearing, are evidently just “pop-filler.” “You Shouldn’t Be Sad” and “Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight” consummately demonstrate this point. The former is an upbeat tune with driving guitar rhythms, and the latter, though incredibly catchy, is plainly generic, borrowing its compelling piano stomp from other R&B hits.

“Got My Feet On The Ground,” written by both Ray Davies and his brother Dave Davies, is where the record disappoints the most, not because of its original composition or because of its lack of striking qualities, but in part, because of its brief screeching vocals at the end. These comments shouldn’t be taken too seriously, though, because it’s still a fun boogie.

The highlights of Kinda Kinks are found in four particular songs, three of which are actually ballads. With a basic yet demanding baseline, “Tired Of Waiting For You” is sincere and pleading with a bit of melancholia.

The record’s closing track, “Something Better Beginning,” is striking as well, as it is characterized by cascades of bright strings, cooing backing vocals, and a swelling arrangement. The haunting, bluesy, purely acoustic

“Nothin’ In The World Can Stop Me From Worryin’ About That Girl” is an unequivocal achievement for the band on Kinda Kinks. The song is introspective and moderately dark—it’s serious and complex, and one of the record’s most successful attempts at reaching greatness.

Only two songs—“Dancing In The Street” and “Naggin’ Woman”—on

Kinda Kinks were covers. The Kinks’ version of Marvin Gaye’s Motown classic pales in comparison to the sensual, original jam, leaving their take on it to fade into the rest of the album as only a minor footnote.

In contrast, a bluesy progression, a soulful voice, and mellow, groovy guitar solos make “Naggin’ Woman” an enjoyable cover.

Kinda Kinks may seem simply mediocre, but, regardless, it’s still an extremely entertaining listen. And after a few flips on the turntable, it might just come off as “kinda” great—because it actually is, in its own unique way. When the record reaches the States in several months, though, it’ll be up to you to decide for yourself. n

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‘Kinda Kinks’ gives you something to tap your feet to despite being a rather unoriginal collection from the British band.

Radio singles by margaret Fahey The Beatles “Eight Days A Week”

The Supremes “Stop! In The Name of Love”

Roger Miller “King of the Road” The Beatles’ new single is their seventh number-one hit. The song is reminiscent of the foursome’s previous songs, flaunting a catchy tune and addicting lyrics. Girls everywhere will be fighting to be the recipient of the song’s romantic message, “Hold me, love me, hold me, love me / Ain’t got nothin’ but love, babe / Eight days a week.”

Roger Miller’s new country single may be his best creation so far. The song revels in the simple beauty of freedom. The lyrics, “Trailers for sale or rent / Rooms to let, fifty cents / No phone, no pool, no pets,” chronicle the life of a man on the road. The Texan’s tangy southern drawl gives the lyrics exactly what they need to make an instant classic.

The Supremes please fans again with their most recent single off the album More Hits by the Supremes. The age-old plea, “Stop! In the name of love / Before you break my heart,” is given a catchy refrain and soulful harmony.

This talented vocal group successfully converts the universal musings of a broken heart into an upbeat song that makes listeners want to sing along.

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The Heights

Thursday, March 22, 2012

The Heights

Thursday, March 22, 2012

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BY LAUREN TOTINO

Embarking on a scenic stroll down the Boston HarborWalk One of Boston’s most defining characteristics is the diversity of its physical landscape. The openness of Boston Harbor juxtaposed with the dynamic urban flow of downtown is striking, and the variety of what you see from such a vantage point is remarkable. The Boston HarborWalk provides this kind of “best of both worlds” experience. The 46.9-mile public walkway along Boston Harbor is one of the best ways

to see the city, especially now as we head into spring.

The Boston Harbor Association (TBHA) allowed for the public pathway along the harbor’s edge possible. Founded in 1973 by the League of Women Voters and the Boston Shipping Association, TBHA is dedicated to “promoting a clean, alive, and accessible Boston Harbor,” according to its website. Since the HarborWalk is so expansive, TBHA divided the route into sections based on neighborhood. Travelling from north to south, the route spans across Charlestown, East Boston, Downtown/North End, Fort Point Channel, Deer Island, South Boston, and Dorchester. Each section offers its own unique assortment of

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With over 45 miles of walkway, the Boston Harbor provides a breathtaking view of the city.

sites, museums, public art, and activities that walkers experience while maintaining a view of the harbor and its nautical happenings.

One of the most popular and student-accessible stretches of the HarborWalk is from Downtown/North End through Fort Point Channel. A fitting place to start the walk is at Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park in the North End—your journey begins just across the Rose Kennedy Greenway from Quincy Market. The park, a picturesque open green space overlooking the harbor, is distinguished by the wisteria-covered, tunnel-like trellis that runs through it.

The route continues south to Long Wharf, which holds significance as the center of Boston’s illustrious 17th-century shipping industry. On the other side of the New England Aquarium from Long Wharf is Rowes Wharf, which is guarded by the majestic Boston Harbor Hotel on land. The Five-Star hotel’s signature colossal archway serves as a literal gateway to the bustling streets of Atlantic Avenue. Follow the HarborWalk across the Old Northern Avenue bridge to Fan Pier, which is home to the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse. Fan Pier is not only an ideal spot to watch boat activity in the harbor, but also to snap some photos of the city—by far one of the best panoramic views of downtown Boston.

Beyond Fan Pier, the HarborWalk

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naturally continues into South Boston, but the Fort Point Channel part of the HarborWalk serves as a nice follow-up to the Downtown/North End stretch of the route. The Fort Point Channel area is the epitome of Boston’s diverse land-

239 years ago.

Conveniently, TBHA has created podcast-style audio tours for these two sections of the HarborWalk, so bring your headphones if you want to learn more about the sites along the

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The Fort Point Channel symbolizes the historical, maritime aspects of Boston’s culture. scape and the urban/maritime contrast.

On the city side of the channel stands a handful of architectural wonders, like the glimmering InterContinental Hotel and the towering cantilever high-rise that is the Federal Reserve Building, mixed in with South Station and more historical buildings. Independence Wharf lies harbor-side, and the adjacent Griffin’s Wharf is supposedly where the Boston Tea Party occurred

way. Download the audio tours to your iPod or MP3 player from the Boston HarborWalk website (http://www.bostonharborwalk.com/audio_tour/). In addition to learning interesting historical facts from the audio tour, take along a downloadable “Naturally Boston Harbor” brochure, which describes the flora and fauna en route. Even so, 46.9 miles is quite a lot of ground to cover, making city exploration seem endless. n

Restaurant review

Brushing up on Italian etiquette

At about 6:40 a.m. on Mar. 17, the victim heard a loud noise. Upon looking out her window, the victim observed a male wearing a dark jacket or sweatshirt rummaging through a parked motor vehicle. She thought it was the owner and proceeded back to bed. At about 6:47 a.m., she heard the same noise and observed her motor vehicle driver’s side window smashed and the alarm sounding. At this time, she called the police to report the break into her motor vehicle. There appears to have been no items missing from her vehicle. A search of the area was unsuccessful. Attempts to contact the owner of the other vehicle were also unsuccessful.

House broken into in Allston At about 4:00 a.m. on Mar. 14, two police units responded to a breaking and entering in progress at 930 Cambridge St. in Allston. Upon arrival, they spoke with the victim, who stated that they woke up to a loud bang. The victims found their front door open along with the garage door downstairs open, and they observed a male about 20 years old wearing a red shirt. The suspect, with a screwdriver in his hand, then fled down the driveway on to Cambridge St. When victims were outside, they found that the mailbox slot on their door and the garage door had been removed. It is unknown at this time if anything is missing. Officers searched the area for the suspect to no avail.

Break and entry into apartment on Brighton Ave. At 11:28 p.m. on Mar. 17, officers responded to a radio call for a vandalism in progress at 40 Colborne Rd., Brighton, Mass. On arrival, the officers spoke to the victims who stated that while operating their vehicle, an unknown male approached their vehicle in a drunken condition and requested a ride home. The suspect then became enraged and proceeded to bang on the right-side mirror of their vehicle numerous times, causing it to separate from its mounting.

Numerous witnesses intervened and stopped the suspect from causing additional damage. The suspect was found on the scene to be heavily intoxicated and fatigued. He indicated that he mistakenly believed that the victim’s automobile was a taxi cab and wanted a ride home. The suspect had a minor laceration to the right hand as a result of his actions. The victims were not injured. The suspect was released.

Assault and Battery in North Brighton At about 10:20 p.m. on Mar. 12, officers were informed that an unnamed victim of an assault was being driven to St. Elizabeth’s Hospital. Officers then went to the hospital, where they found the victim, who stated that while walking on Brackett St., he was appraoched by a man. The suspect stated, “You scratched my car,” and began to strike the victim on the head with a stick. The victim knows the suspect and has filed a police report.

- Courtesy of the Boston Police Department, District 14

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By Sean Powers For The Heights

Located in Newton Center, minutes away from the main campus of Boston College, Tartufo is a conveniently placed, quaint Italian eatery with all of the appeal of a family-owned and operated restaurant in the heart of Abruzzi.

On the restaurant’s website, owner and manager Anna Mountzuris explains her reasons for opening Tartufo, saying that she was looking for a “blending and enticing assortment of organic meats, fish, vegetables, and of course fresh baked bread, all in the Abruzzese tradition.” Co-owner and head chef Dante Bellucci was born and raised in Pescara, Italy, and he brings a piece of his home country to his customers with every dish.

On Mar. 14, an assorted group of student athletes assembled outside of Conte Forum, ready to embark on the brief journey to Newton Center. The various Eagles, myself included, were part of BC’s newly-added service program for all junior year athletes. Thanks to the kind ladies and gentlemen at Protocol Associates, we were about to take part in what was a unanimously new experience: a dining etiquette class.

The idea behind requiring this service was simple: to prepare the girls and boys for the challenges of job interviews and various other possible restaurant encounters in the future.

Tartufo provided a perfect venue for the reformative event.

The restaurant has a graceful, Italian charm.

The downstairs area boasts both an eating area and bar with a very wide array of spirits—the wine selection, though it was off limits for our purposes, was especially appealing. Upstairs, where our class was held, was another decently sized eating area that was available to be rented out for parties, meetings, and occasions much like ours. The dimly lit scenery was romantic and refined. The earthy tones provided a sophisticated feel without the gaudy bells and whistles that can often detract from the true focus of all restaurants—the food.

The menu was boiled down into a few

selections of chicken or pasta dishes, salads, and desserts for the Eagles in dining etiquette class. But, to say that the quality of food was belittled by the demand to feed a crew of 25 or more carbohydrate-burning athletes swiftly and easily would be a terrible disservice to the restaurant.

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that were as pleasing to the eye as they were to the taste buds, and readied desserts not a moment too soon to keep the crowd of eaters pleased at all times. The waiting staff was virtually invisible, working around the bulks of tables and football players to set placements without a single disruption.

The menu allows for eaters of all kinds to find a plate that they would enjoy—seafood, pastas, and red meats are all pleasantly offered and carefully designed and prepared.

Walking away from the restaurant, each diner of our party was well-versed in the art of proper eating, polite conversation, and toasting. So, here’s a toast to Tartufo—for a meal well made at a restaurant deserving of its award-winning reputation.

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The Heights

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Female politicians Navigating overshadowed through transit life Subway Series

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Marc Francis I cast an evil eye at the middleaged woman who subtly shoved me to the side with her purse and caught the taxi cab I had claimed 45 seconds before she maliciously raised her hand. After I mentally recovered and came to terms with having my cab stolen, I observed a seemingly empty taxi stop at the nearest red light. I did not even bother to properly hail it; instead, I thrust the back door open.

Unfortunately, I had miscalculated and discovered a horror-stricken elderly lady sitting in the passenger seat, scared for her life as she saw a disheveled young man aggressively open the cab’s door.

Point being, hailing a taxi in New York City is no easy task—in fact, it is quite dangerous. Many times you find yourself standing in the middle of the street, so caught up with obtaining a ride home that you totally disregard the oncoming traffic ready to trample you. And on the worst occasions, you find yourself arguing with a fellow citizen over who saw the cab first.

On the other hand, my experience with cabs in Boston has been almost opposite to that of New York. Whether it is in the populated North End on a Saturday night, or at the busy South Station, a cab always seems to be at the right place at the right time.

Boston taxis serve as considerable compensation for the early shutting down of the not-so-reliable T. No matter how dirty, foul, or uncomfortable the New York City subway may be, it is an extremely efficient method of transportation. I was utterly shocked at the inadequacy of Boston’s T as my first days in the city unraveled. Even the process of boarding the T is unappealing—the shifting doors never fail to fill me with anxiety. Why not just adopt turnstiles like the stations in New York? Furthermore, the naming of the stops is highly unclear for a tourist.

In my hometown, most of the stops are number-based, so as long as you have the address of your destination, taking the subway should not be a difficult task. Also, in my five years of taking the New York City subway, never once has a train broken down.

Meanwhile, during my third T ride, the train stopped moving in the middle of Comm. Ave. The genius entity that is the MBTA decided to fix this problem by having the following subway train physically push the broken down one, but they did not bother to evacuate the train first. So, there we were sitting in a dark T when our train car was rear-ended by another T, causing widespread commotion.

Don’t get me wrong—the New York subway is far more unsafe than the T. Yet, it is also without a doubt more thrilling and more well-organized. Newly installed timers in most stations contribute to this level of unmatched efficiency—the commuter no longer has to stick his head out past the platform in anticipation of the next train. Furthermore, the number of different subway lines allows for a seemingly limitless pool of options to choose from when deciding a journey’s route.

However, both Boston and New York possess a common flawed element in their transportation systems—parking. Donald Shoup, a professor at UCLA, recently proposed a massive hike in parking meter prices.

By charging higher prices, more people will be inclined to use public transportation, thereby creating more parking spots. Street parking is simply too cheap to substitute for boarding a crowded, uncomfortable subway or T. Overall, the transportation system in New York is obviously superior since it is meant to support a much larger population. Both public transit systems require many more improvements, but I am not hopeful for any massive projects to be undertaken anytime soon. One can only hope that the MBTA shapes up or parking spots will become even harder to find as more commuters choose their cars over an incompetent T ride.

Marc Francis is the Asst. Metro Editor for The Heights. He can be reached at metro@bcheights.com.

Limbaugh called Fluke a “slut” and a “prostitute” for giving Congressional testimony in opposition of the religious exemption.

Undertones of sexism have also arisen in the Scott Brown-Elizabeth Warren race for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Ted Kennedy two years ago. In October, Warren took a jab at Brown by saying that she didn’t have to take her clothes off to pay for her college tuition. Warren was referring to Brown’s work as a model during his time at BC Law. Brown responded on a Boston radio station, “Thank God.” While the media coverage of that exchange fizzled quickly, it did bring to light the issues faced by some women on the campaign trail. Although, some female civic leaders have recently been dragged into the spotlight for all the wrong reasons, some officials are making efforts to ensure that the place of women in national politics remains strong in coming years.

This month, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced a partnership between the State Department and five prestigious women’s colleges. The initiative will link the State Department to Smith, Barnard, Wellesley, Mount Holyoke, and Bryn Mawr to “increase the participation of women around the globe in public service and political leadership,” The Boston Globe reported.

“Together we will seek to promote the next generation of women leaders who will invest in their countries and communities, provide leadership for their governments and societies, and help change the way global solutions are developed,” Clinton said in her announcement last Friday. This initiative might prove helpful in promoting women’s participation in national politics—an arena that some women still find difficult to enter.

“Women are pretty active in politics, but on the ground level,” said Kay Schlozman, a professor in BC’s political science department.

National and gubernatorial elections can still be a “bit of a men’s club,” Schlozman said, noting that Massachusetts has never elected a female governor. Schlozman, who attended Wellesley College with Hillary Clinton, pointed to income and education as the two primary determinants of women’s participation in politics. The education gap for politics, she said, has not yet narrowed. “[Women] tend not to be as interested in or knowledgeable about politics. In the large scheme, it’s a huge gap.”

While the State Department has been working to create stronger links between U.S. colleges and public institutions, students at BC have been working on promoting women in politics on the national and international level. Paola Chavez, A&S ’12, serves as the assistant director of political action and education for the AHANA Leadership Council (ALC). In her work for the ALC, she organizes outside speaker events and panel discussions to speak about issues regarding AHANA representation in politics.

“In many developing countries, women are not allowed to participate in politics or exercise their basic rights,” she said. Her work has given her a positive perspective on the U.S. political process. “Women in the U.S. have that ability to participate. It’s acceptable for them to speak out—more so than in many other countries.” n

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Fluke was defamed on the radio for her women’s health stance.

Decision soon on MBTA cuts MBTA, from B10 Inside the building, people packed the halls around the crowded hearing room, loudly protesting the changes being discussed. At one point during the meeting, a group of “superheroes” entered the room, designating themselves “The Fast Five.” They suggested alternatives that would not negatively affect customers, such as utilizing the untouched snow removal funds, renegotiating bank debts, and transferring the Silver Line and Boston Harbor Ferries to Massachusetts Port Authority control. Davey has already responded to these requests, stating he hopes to use approximately $7 billion from the unused snow removal funds towards the overwhelming deficit and has expressed support for the potential moves proposed.

Massachusetts’ political officials are likewise getting involved. Senator William Brownsberger met with Belmont residents on Mar. 15 to discuss the MBTA issues. Of most prevalence were the bus lines affecting the city of Belmont: the 62, 67, 76, 74, 75 and 78 buses. While no public transportation system in the country can be considered profitable, the T system loses money on every line it operates, Brownsberger said. He compared the Boston transportation system to those across the country, stating that Bostonians essentially get a free ride. Brownsberger, while confident that Belmont’s bus system would not be affected, came to the conclusion that service cuts are not the answer.

The MBTA has considered eliminating several bus lines, ending weekend transportation, curtailing the

late night T services, and, obviously, increasing fares.

“We’re not taking anything on or off the table at this point,” Davey said, while adding, “Clearly, we have a huge gap we have to close.” However, the MBTA

“‘The Fast Five’. ..suggested alternatives that would not negatively affect customes such as utilizing the untouched snow removal funds.” has assured the people of Boston that their voices are being heard. Davis encouraged the people after the various meetings: “We have gotten some suggestions that we may very well incorporate into our final recommendations.”

The Legislature and Governor Deval Patrick will make the final decision regarding the MBTA changes.

MBTA riders continue to oppose the changes, yet everyone is much more in favor of increased fares rather than service cuts. In approximately one month, the citizens of Boston will have verification from the MBTA Board on the ramifications of this debt plaguing the system. n

Gay couples now allowed to delay retirement for higher overall pay Retirement, from B10 Option A or Option B upon retirement, and entered into a same-sex marriage on or before May 17, 2005. Retired couples that have the option to switch their plans must do so by July 1, 2012.

A sample application offered by the Massachusetts Teachers’ Retirement System (MTRS) further elaborates the prerequisites and technicalities of electing Option C. For instance, those who have entered into civil unions or domestic partnerships are not eligible for this provision. The application warns that the gross amount of the retiree’s current monthly payment will decrease, and that the retiree will have to pay to the MTRS the difference between the original and new amounts for the period between

the date of the person’s retirement and the implementation of the new, lower monthly benefit. This repayment is handled by subtracting a certain amount from the retiree’s monthly allowance until the total repayment amount is recovered.

The law directly states that, “In paying the retirement allowance under the new election, the board shall make appropriate adjustments, or arrange for appropriate repayments so as to recover any overpayments resulting from the prior election.” The key monetary advantages of choosing Option C lie with the spouse of the deceased retiree. As stated in the application, “Upon your death, your Option C beneficiary will receive a survivor benefit equal to twothirds of your monthly benefit at the

time of death.”

The primary motivator for such an option is to uphold the fairness of the law for all individuals in states that permit same-sex marriage and eliminate abuses of retirement plan options. Also, given that many citizens are choosing to put off their retirement, laws must be adjusted for this demographic change.

Under the previous retirement laws, couples that married on or before May 17, 2004 could not choose a joint retirement annuity. Now, the state is ensuring that retirement laws are the same for all married couples. As one of the few states that allow same-sex marriage, Massachusetts is a leading example of the American equality movement. Just last Monday, in an interview with CNN, U.S. Senator Scott Brown declared that

Person to Watch They sleep on benches and in subway stations, they live in terrible conditions, and they risk their good health and well-being in search for the next place to sleep. In his new book, Street Logic, author Steve Sundberg tries to bring attention to the health risks and the “truth” of what is

Who: Author Steve Sundberg What: Sundberg’s new book, Street Logic, focuses on a group of people commonly overlooked—the homeless.

Where: Sundberg spent his adult life in Boston, which included working for the New England Home for Little Wanderers and the Pine Street Inn Homeless Shelter.

Why it matters: Sunderbg brings attention to a real, pervasive issue in every major city through a fictional, intriguing story.

happening on the streets and in the lives of those individuals constantly searching for the next place to sleep—the homeless. The novel is unique insofar as it is fiction, and has its foundation on Sundberg’s 12 years of experience working closely with the homeless.

Steve Sundberg was born in Michigan and spent his childhood in Newark, Ohio. He attended Emory University for his undergraduate career and graduated in 1982. Sundberg continued to live in Boston, and began working for human service agencies such as the New England Home for Little Wanderers and the Pine Street Inn Homeless Shelter. There he worked as a shelter counselor and street outreach worker to those who lived in some of the most unhealthy and dangerous areas of the city. His years of working with the homeless and watching them die inspired him to do something and bring attention to the “terribleness of street life,” as he said in an interview with Poverty Insights writer Mary McLaughin.

When asked by McLaughin why he chose to write Street Logic as a work of fiction, Sundberg said that, “fiction can tell the truth and sometimes

the marriage laws and rights of same-sex couples are “settled laws” in Massachusetts and that most voters against gay marriage have “moved on.”

It is also important to note that this new piece of legislation is not entirely aimed at same-sex couples—it also provides for other groups of people who deserve more diversified retirement plan options, such as female teachers who took a maternity leave and should receive more benefits. In his letter to the Senate and House of Representatives, Patrick affirms the purpose of such updates in Massachusetts legislation: “Providing a fair, fiscally sustainable and publicly credible pension system for public employees is in the best interests of the Commonwealth, taxpayers, and public employees.” n

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even more powerfully,” and that “fiction allows [me] to open up the truth of homelessness while protecting the identities of real people.”

Sundberg’s novel has become popular in both public and academic spheres. Harvard Kennedy School Professor of Social Policy Chris Jencks recently gave the novel his endorsement, stating that Street Logic is, “The most closely observed, emotionally charged account of American homelessness I know. This portrait of the men and women who live on the streets of Boston in all seasons and, despite the best efforts of outreach workers to help them, will leave any thoughtful reader wondering both why we let this happen and how we could stop it from happening.”

While homelessness seems a daunting issue, easily swept under the table, Sundberg attempts to bring light and advocacy to the problem by sharing his real life experience through his characters. As said by Sundberg, “My aim in writing Street Logic was to show a close-up view of a public health issue that every city faces, and allow readers to see what often happens in the efforts to work with the street homeless.” n

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Slow restoration of power takes a toll on residents Fire, from B10 into their rooms. Thanks to the precautions, only one person was sent to Boston Medical Center for minor respiratory problems, according to Edmund Hassan, deputy superintendent for Boston Emergency Medical Services.

Commuters were forced to find alternate routes home toward the end of rush hour. Police ordered Green line trains to bypass Back Bay stations such as Prudential, Hynes, Symphony, Copley, and Arlington,

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Red Cross volunteers helped contain the fire.

and Orange line trains skipped the Mass.

Ave. station. Police shut down parts of Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington, Dalton, and Belvidere streets, and the Massachusetts Avenue bridge inbound from Cambridge to Boston was closed to traffic as well.

Residents in the Dalton Street area were evacuated with the help of 12 buses. The Boston Fire Department tweeted to stay away from the area and to stay indoors.

On Wednesday morning, only the Green line Prudential and Symphony stations remained closed.

The fire department ordered the electricity be shut off due to potential danger from the transformers, affecting central Boston, including areas of Back Bay, the South End, the Theatre District, and Kenmore Square.

This left residential and business customers alike in the dark, as well as several area schools. Northeastern University evacuated some student residence halls, but set up cots in the gymnasium for students with nowhere else to go. Berklee College of Music was also affected by the power outage and canceled all activities, including classes, for Wednesday. All Boston public schools remained open Wednesday.

NStar said its priority was to restore power, and that afterward they would assess the cause. A representative for NStar optimistically shared that about half of affected customers should have power by Wednesday morning. However, only 8,000 customers had power that morning. They also hoped power would be fully restored sometime Thursday, as utility crews worked overnight Wednesday into Thursday to restore power, using 50 trailer-sized genera-

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Fallen cables and manholes are among the many damages that forced electricity to be shut off. tors. NStar reported that power was fully restored by 2:00 a.m. Friday, but customers on Hemenway Street in East Fenway stated that they did not have power until 11:00 that morning. NStar dealt with several setbacks during the restoration process. The temporary generators, connected with mile-long cables, were difficult to install, and three manholes exploded on Huntington Avenue at 3:38 p.m. Thursday afternoon, knocking out power to 1,500 customers who had just recently had power restored. Fire was coming out of one manhole, smoke from the other two. NStar remarked that the sudden high demand caused some underground cables to fail. The Boston Fire Department tweeted that fire crews cleared the scene at 4:35 p.m.

About 8,000 customers were left again without power at 3:00 a.m. Saturday for a scheduled outage to repair the permanent system and remove the temporary one, but this outage was only planned to last up to three hours.

The outage took a toll on local businesses and other public utilities. Restaurants potentially lost thousands of dollars’ worth of food as well as meals that went unpaid during any evacuations. The Boston Symphony postponed concerts originally scheduled for Wednesday, and the Hynes Convention Center closed on Wednesday with the hopes of starting a planned convention on Thursday instead. In areas where traffic lights were shut off, police maintained a presence to direct traffic. Boston Public Library’s Copley Square location also closed Wednesday. NStar said they do not provide reimbursement for lost business due to power outages and encouraged customers to speak with their insurance carriers. However, Boston mayor Thomas Menino is asking NStar for an $85,000 reimbursement to the city for police for overtime, adding, “Under the regulations, if they’re out 12 hours, they have some obligation to the restaurants and other folks who have a spoiled product.” n

Jersey Shore—a historic slice of MidAtlantic Americana—and rendered it as Snooki’s playground for millions of viewers.

Given the opportunity, some unscrupulous producers will condense a town’s hard-won character and reduce it to a lowbrow punch line. And it doesn’t take any more than a cursory glance at some of 495 Productions’ other series, like Tool Academy or More to Love, to know where their scruples lie.

The any-publicity-is-good-publicity axiom might work for Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino, but not for a culturally developed area like South Boston.

Another proposed show, Dirty Water: The Real South Boston, is currently in development by producer Viacom, owner of VH1 and MTV, according to a recent Boston Globe report. But the show’s producers are reportedly having a difficult time figuring out what the “real South Boston” actually is. It seems as if many of these producers saw a handful of scenes from Gone Baby Gone and jetted over from LA expecting to be greeted by a town full of Casey Affleck carbon copies. The neighborhood is becoming more culturally diverse every year, while efforts from Mayor Thomas Menino and the Boston Redevelopment Authority are turning old parking lots into improved waterfronts and “Innovation Districts.”

On Mar. 11, 2012, U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales allegedly walked more than a mile from his base in Southern Afghanistan and in what The New York Times described as a “methodical rampage” proceeded to fatally shoot or stab 16 Afghan civilians, nine of whom were children.

While Bales wore the flag of the United States of America on his army uniform, I believe one would be hard pressed to find an American citizen who supports or condones Bales’ actions against his innocent Afghan victims. I imagine the blue collar American workers employed by companies who supplied Bales with his rifle, ammunition, and combat knife would never have intended that the final product of their hard labor be used against unarmed and innocent men, women, and children against oppression, terrorism, and injustice. Those weapons were labeled and shipped as a means of assisting the American war effort, not a wanton massacre.

Yet Bobby Bales, as his friends and family know him, never showed any signs of violent or murderous tendencies during his formative years. It’s easy to decry Bales’ awful actions, but until that fateful March day in southern Afghanistan, Bales was simply a soldier serving his fourth tour of duty and following the orders given to him by the army. Zachary Parsons, who served alongside Bales in Iraq in 2007, described him as “a damn good leader, and a damn good soldier.”

Michelle Caddell, who described the Bales family as “down-home country” and knew Bales when he was growing up, reacted with shock and sadness. “That’s not our Bobby. Something horrible, horrible had to happen to him,” said Caddell.

It would be lazy to say that Bales simply snapped. There is nothing simple about a killing spree perpetrated by a soldier who, over three previous tours of duty, has witnessed intense combat, experienced the frustration of fighting a dug-in insurgency, and been wounded by a mild traumatic brain injury. It will be some time before we are ever to even fully comprehend what spurred Bales’ possibly alcohol-inspired rampage, but the consequences of his actions are already being felt throughout the country of Afghanistan. Afghan president Hamid Karzai has stated that he “is at the end of his rope” with the decade-long war being fought in his country. 2012 has already witnessed the accidental burning of Korans by NATO personnel and the release of a video depicting U.S. Marines urinating on the bodies of dead Taliban fighters. The people of Afghanistan are tired of the prolonged presence of foreign troops bringing what they see as little good to their country.

In a Sept. 7, 2011 article by The Wall Street Journal titled “Many Afghans Shrug at ‘This Event Foreigners Call 9/11’” details how many Afghans living in poor, rural regions and communities with little to no access to electricity, much like the one in which Bales made his deadly mile hike, are ignorant of 9/11 or what exactly prompted foreign troops to invade the country. For many Afghans, living in the backwater regions of Afghanistan described in the article, all they know is that the Americans and other foreign forces invaded their country a decade ago with little to show for it and have yet to leave.

The only outward similarity between other U.S. soldiers and Bales is the uniform they wear, yet how can any Afghan parent familiar with the story of Bales feel at all comfortable, safe, or secure when troops dressed in U.S. military uniforms go by on patrol, visit their village or community on a peacekeeping mission, or offer their children toys or candy, as they are known to do? Most soldiers, such as these, only want to perform their duty and return safely back to their families.

I can only speculate that Afghans who know about Bales’ rampage, upon seeing U.S. troops, feel the same as many Americans did at the sight of a turban directly following 9/11. One of the many casualties of this war which need to be accounted for, is our very humanity. For when we start thinking in terms of “us” versus “them” and differentiating ourselves from other people on only the most superficial basis, we lose the connection that binds us all together as human beings.

Michael Caprio is a senior staff writer for The Heights. Hee can be reached at metro@bcheights.com.

Andrew Schweiger is a staff columnist for The Heights. He can be reached at metro@bcheights.com.

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The power outage affected hundreds of businesses, causing many to outsource their inventory.

THE ISSUE:

Television producers have recently expressed their interest in Boston’s own South End. With rumors that the production company behind Jersey Shore is behind an up-and-coming reality show surrounding the lives of housewives of Southie, residents have displayed both excitement and dissatisfaction. As a center of Boston culture and tradition, some believe a reality show will produce positive economic results for the city, and others think it will simply result in bad publicity. There are currently five television shows vying for the rights to shoot in Southie. As of now, a majority of Boston’s residents appear to be protesting any reality show that would jeopardize the neighborhood’s reputation.

Chance for Southie spirit Molly Shea While news of a South Boston reality TV series hasn’t been received with too much attention, local residents stand to benefit from a Boston-based show. While there has never been a major reality show focused exclusively on Boston, Southie has been featured in a variety of gritty Hollywood films.

Good Will Hunting began a slew of South Boston-based movies, which now include The Boondock Saints, The Departed, Gone Baby Gone, The Town, and many more. While these movies are box office favorites, they continue to paint the same dreary picture of Southie.

In Good Will Hunting, Ben Affleck pleads with Matt Damon to leave Boston, arguing that getting out of Southie is his only chance at success.

The Departed reiterates this theme: the characters, while intelligent and motivated, die as a result of their inability to extract themselves from a life of Boston-based crime. While these stories have elements of truth to them—Whitey Bulger, anyone?—their one-sided take on an incredibly complex and increasingly diverse neighborhood is often the only perception the rest of the country has of South Boston.

Would a reality show play into some of these stereotypes? Most likely,

yes. But it would also reveal another side of Boston, the side where its residents work respectable jobs, live and die by Boston sports teams, and make daily Dunkin’ Donuts runs.

My guess is that no spinoff of Jersey Shore would feature day trips to the Museum of Fine Arts or the Boston Public Library, but that’s fine.

Boston doesn’t need a public service announcement to tout the impressive number of colleges lining the Fenway, or the history behind the Freedom Trail. What Boston does need is a TV series for people our age, people who’ve watched The Departed and written off Southie as a crime-infested, drug-ridden neighborhood, showing them that they’ve made a mistake.

With three different shows in the works, it is clear that a Southiebased reality TV show is more or less inevitable. Boston residents have a choice here: to embrace the fact that reality TV is gearing up to spotlight South Boston in all its glory, or fall back and let the Snookies of the city rise to reality TV fame. This is our chance to show the world that Boston has more than just chowder, beer, and crime-fueled burnouts.

Molly Shea is a writer for The Heights.

She can be reached at metro@bcheights. com.

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TV ineviably distorts Michael Caprio Television producers are hot for South Boston. According to an article in The Boston Globe, at least five potential shows are being considered that intend to offer a glimpse into the lives of “Southie” residents. One of the shows, Southie Pride, is being proposed by the producers of MTV’s Jersey Shore, while others intend to take a more human look at life inside the storied neighborhood. Meanwhile, the YouTube comedy series, “Real Housewives of South Boston,” has garnered hundreds of thousands of views. The question we ask is, does Boston stand to benefit from all this publicity?

If anything, this ugly new fury of attention given to South Boston by the likes of MTV and other producers shows that the media’s fetish for Irish mobsters and nonrhotic accents is still alive. If past predicts present, it seems that Boston has little to gain from this proposed programming lineup. And with suitors like 495 Productions, the creators of Jersey Shore, knocking on the door, the city might have everything to lose.

To gauge what effect such shows will have on the reputation of Southie, consider the effects of Jersey Shore—an admittedly easy target. Leaving aside the undertones of ethnic stereotyping and anti-Italianism (and the fact that the majority of the cast is from outside New Jersey), the show has been progressively chipping away at the character of a beloved area of the Garden State. Over the past three years, the show has taken the

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Gaslighting in politics

Charlotte Parish Boston males have the highest rate in the nation of expecting sex on the first date, with 1 of 8 (12.5 percent), and are the seventh most highly satisfied in their dating lives. Unsurprisingly, Boston women have one of the lowest ratings of satisfaction with their dating lives in the country. Although these statistics (from a recent poll by Match. com and Glamour) are funny and pretty harmless on the surface–after all, this is casual dating we are talking about–they give me pause after a string of national stories.

We are almost at the 100th anniversary of women gaining the right to vote. Yet the slanderous language thrown at female politicians and the national debate over the availability of contraceptives make me think that the political scene is not at all as close to reaching true equality. Ultimately, it comes down to needing a shift in the public psyche about how we view women in America. To me, the place to start this shift is a term a friend of mine introduced me to: gaslighting.

This term was coined by psychologists after the production of the film Gaslight, describing a form of psychological torture wherein someone presents false information to make the victim doubt his or her own memory or perception. Yashar Ali of The Huffington Post recently published an article focusing on this term. He describes this hurtful phenomenon that has become commonplace in our country: gaslighting women with phrases like “you’re crazy,” “you’re overreacting,” or “I was just kidding” whenever women have an emotional or irrational reaction. As a female, I can say that this is an extremely accurate article. And it’s something that pop culture reinforces in almost every television show and movie.

Why is it that female comedy often centers around a woman doing something ridiculous, over the top, and usually embarrassing to get the attention of a guy? Because the script that Americans have created to talk about women says that we are an over-emotional, irrational, and impulsive gender. This is even written into the positive traits that are usually associated with women, such as being caring or sensitive to others’ needs, as opposed to the male virtues of machine-like reasoning and the ability to weather a crisis.

While Ali focused on personal relationships, gaslighting permeated the political arena as well. One has to ask, after 100 years of women being legally allowed in the national political arena, why do men still outnumber women so vastly? Well, for one, when women face intense scrutiny about their ability to lead based on personal traits (Hillary Clinton was lambasted for tearing up at an event during her presidential bid) and they are subjected to a litany of insults especially prescribed for women (there simply are no words equivalently insulting for a man as Sarah Palin being called a t— or a c— ). It’s no wonder that women stay out of a profession that so easily devalues them based on their gender.

Plus, the national debate about contraceptives reinforces gaslighting in a truly concerning way. Numerous times, the rationale for depriving women access to contraceptives or abortion centers on the idea that women cannot make the rational choice about whether or not they want to have children. Soraya Chemaly (also of The Huffington Post) puts together a very cohesive and comprehensive argument about the whole issue, but to me it boils down to the fact that women are intelligent and selfaware. Why, then, do the federal and state governments, with their high proportion of male politicians, maintain their right to restrict female health options? Part of the reason that they feel they have the right to do that is the prominence of gaslighting in our society. It’s a pervasive force whose effect is not immediately obvious.

Which comes back to the poll. If women in Boston are unhappy with their dating lives and men feel pretty good about it, why isn’t this disconnect being fixed? Why is only one half of the pair satisfied with romance in Boston? I believe that part of the reason is that women feel they cannot speak up when they are unhappy, or feel belittled because gaslighting convinces them that they are wrong to ask for more. No one is to blame for this trend, yet everyone is responsible for fixing it.

Charlotte Parish is the Metro Editor for The Heights. She can be reached at metro@bcheights.com.

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At about 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday evening, a 115,000volt transformer fire erupted in Back Bay, leaving 21,000 customers without power. The three-alarm fire was first reported by Boston Fire Department’s Engine 13 and Ladder 15, whose firehouse is about 100 yards away. They saw the smoke while backing into their firehouse upon returning from another fire

Women’s role in politics often absent

By Michael Caprio Heights Senior Staff

With the recent national debate on religious exemption from healthcare reform and the contentious Warren-Brown senate race, the issue of women in national politics has taken center stage in some of this spring’s biggest political acts. This new attention to women’s civic affairs has sparked discussion on America’s treatment of its female civic servants.

Earlier this year, U.S. religious institutions—Boston College included—ignited a media fire when they asked the White House for exemption from having to cover birth control per the mandate of healthcare reform legislation. A number of prominent women spoke out against the proposition,

emergency. The blaze began in a garage on Scotia Street, adjacent to the Hilton Hotel, that houses two very large NStar transformers. Although only that garage suffered structural damage and no serious injuries were reported, activity in the area came to a halt as the Boston Fire Department worked to assess the situation.

The transformer that was on fire did not release toxic chemicals, but guests at the Hilton were evacuated due to initial concerns about the thick, black

including House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who pointed out that 98 percent of Catholic women have used birth control at some point in their lives.

One Georgetown University Law student, Sandra Fluke, found herself at the receiving end of a verbal carpet-bombing

by Rush Limbaugh. Over the course of two days early this month,

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smoke. The Sheraton Hotel across the street put up the displaced guests, despite also losing power.

Hundreds of people packed into the lobby as hotel workers distributed water and snacks. Smoke was said to be clearing by 9:00 p.m. that same evening, and the Boston Fire Department tweeted on Wednesday at 1:00 a.m. that the air quality in the Hilton Hotel was being checked in hopes of allowing guests back

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MBTA cuts move forward

By Tricia Tiedt Heights Staff

On Tuesday, Mar. 13, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) declared that service cuts and fare increases will be made due to a $159 million dollar operating deficit.

State Transportation Secretary Richard Davey and MBTA’s acting general manager Jonathan Davis sent an open letter to those who had participated in the proposal hearings the previous night, where customers immediately opposed the upcoming changes. While thanking customers for their feedback, the MBTA stood behind their decision to continue their plan for fare hikes throughout the MBTA system and cutting certain services.

The following day, public transit riders began pleading with the board to minimize the fare hikes and service cuts in order to keep public transportation accessible to all of Boston’s residents.

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The board has already approved a preliminary $1.78 billion dollar budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1. Final recommendations concerning the fare hikes and service cuts will be proposed by the budget deadline, set for April 15 of this year.

Over 30 public meetings have been held in the past two months concerning the changes. At those meetings, over 6,000 have collectively attended and 2,000 have spoken. The MBTA has additionally received over 5,800 e-mails in those same two months. On Wednesday, more than two dozen people, including senior citizens, advocates for low-income families, and handicapped people, met to reiterate the issues at the state transportation building.

Outside the building , members of the protest group Occupy Boston demanded that public transportation remain “accessible to the 99 percent.”

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MA retirement laws now fair for gay couples

By Marc Francis Asst. Metro Editor

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At the recent meeting of the Brighton Allston Improvement Association (BAIA), District 14 - Boston Police Captain James Hussey (left) and BAIA President Anabela Gomes (right) presented Suffolk County Sheriff Deputies Mike O’Day and Mike White with Boston Police Department “Awards of Appreciation” for their continued diligence in the Allston-Brighton area.

The deputies oversee Suffolk County Sheriff Andrea Cabral’s “Community Works” program.

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Governor Deval Patrick signed a bill last November that provides retired gay and lesbian couples with an alternate retirement plan: “An Act Providing for Pension Reform and Benefit Modernization.” Ever since the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled on Nov. 18, 2003, that gay and lesbian couples have the right to civil marriage in Massachusetts, there have been multiple changes in the law to accommodate the new subset of married couples. For four years, Massachusetts was the only state with legalized gay marriage. However, rules regarding retirement have been at the center of recent legislation as of Feb. 12, when the new bill was put into effect.

The new “Option C” retirement plan allows for monetary compensation to one’s spouse after the retiree passes away. However, electing to choose Option C, as opposed to A or B, results in a decrease in annual retirement payments anywhere from about 9 percent to 11 percent. The benefits are therefore longterm, as continuing retirement payment income may exceed the previous losses in retirement payments. The newly installed option is eligible for people who retired before May 17, 2004, chose

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On the Flip Side

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