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Police report filed, investigation possible for unsanctioned flyers University removed hundreds of posters bringing attention to free speech policies on campus

BY CAROLYN FREEMAN News Editor Over the course of the week, Boston College facilities management removed about 500 fliers posted in buildings throughout campus. The posters, which read “This Poster Is Illegal - Support Free Speech” were disseminated by members of an unspecified campus group on Monday. There was a police report filed, Dean of Students Thomas Mogan said, but he is unsure whether there will be a criminal investigation.

Non-registered student organizations are not permitted to post fliers around campus, Mogan said. He noted the rationale behind this policy is that there are limited resources available for students to hang fliers while still keeping the environ-

ment clean and welcoming.

The posters arrived prior to the second “Rights on the Heights” rally that will take place on Friday, hosted by the Social Justice Coalition, though the posters did not specifically advertise the event or indicate any relation to the coalition. The event will address University policies that the organizers view to restrict free speech, and among the topics to be discussed is the current process for the approval of fliers, which limits posting to registered student organizations with a stamp from the Office of Student Involvement (OSI). This policy was directly referenced on the bottom of each poster from Monday.

Mogan said the students who are staging the rally have gone through the correct process of applying for and obtaining a permit and will be able to exercise their free speech in their demonstration about the lack of free speech.

“The irony of this is that the students who were given a permit on Friday to go ahead and have a forum where they’re exercising their free speech rights are the same students who are saying there’s no free speech on campus,” Mogan said.

Last semester, Climate Justice at Boston College (CJBC) and the Social Justice Coalition hosted the first “Rights on the Heights” rally with the goal of creating a platform for students to voice their concerns about free speech on campus. Currently, only registered student organizations can host official events or hang fliers. Unregistered student organizations, like CJBC, cannot receive funding or reserve University spaces.

Mogan, who was formerly the director of student involvement at Villanova University, noted that there are similarly restrictive policies in place there and they are not unique to BC. This incident only enforces the need for a policy, he said.

“We have facilities management who spent quite a bit of time … to have to go down and take down posters that were in some cases a nuisance and in some cases a safety hazard,” Mogan said. 

Court documents shed light on assault case Lawsuit filed against University offers details on alleged assault

BY CAROLYN FREEMAN News Editor Boston College is standing by the decision that found a former student guilty of indecent assault, with more details emerging from a complex case that began in the fall of 2012.

The plaintiff in a lawsuit filed against the University concerning the sexual assault case from more than two years ago has claimed that BC did not fairly execute the disciplinary process and breached its own policies in the hearing process.

The lawsuit, filed March 11, is against the University trustees as well as former Dean of Students Paul Chebator, former Executive Director for Planning and Staff Development Carole Hughes, Program Manager in the Office of Residential Life Catherine-Mary Rivera, former Executive Vice President Patrick Keating, and Vice President for Student Affairs Barbara Jones.

The plaintiffs in the case are referred to as John, Mary, and James Doe. Both Mary and James Doe are active BC alumni, and about 20 members of their extended family have also attended the University. In fall 2012, at the time of the incident, John Doe was a first-semester senior who was on the reporting staff of The Heights. The alleged indecent assault incident occurred during a boat cruise sponsored by the AHANA Leadership Council (ALC) in October 2012. Doe was

reporting on the event for The Heights.

According to the plaintiff ’s case, Doe was crossing the dance floor on the Spirit of Boston when an outraged woman started to yell at him. Startled, the document follows, Doe made a confused expression at the woman and continued toward a group of friends. He was later detained by security officials on the boat, alleged by the victim of inserting two fingers into her anus on the dance floor. Doe’s fingers were swabbed for DNA evidence, and after the boat docked, he was detained for a night by the police.

There was another student in question, J.K., a male senior also on the boat cruise at the scene, who according to Doe’s complaint, had told Doe that the woman’s reaction was “his bad” soon after the assault. Doe said J.K. seemed especially interested in Doe’s case, with text messages corroborating this account. In a taped phone conversation with Doe soon following the cruise, J.K. stated that he could not remember the night and remarked that his comment following the assault sounded weird.

J.K. said that the girl in question should have expected to get touched, per the plaintiff ’s complaint. Following the University’s decision to find Doe guilty in fall 2012, Doe was suspended for three semesters. That February, the DNA results found that the victim’s DNA was not on Doe’s fingers.

Drawing on video evidence distancing Doe from the assault, the forensics of the DNA test, circumstantial evidence, including J.K.’s behavior demonstrating consciousness of guilt, and a favorable

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Four members of the BC Jesuit community participated in a panel discussion Wednesday on sexual assault on college campuses.

Dialogue on assault adds Jesuit voice Jesuit community contribute thoughts on campus sexual violence

BY GUS MERRELL Asst. News Editor One in five women have been assaulted on college campuses, according to The Washington Post. Of the 150 women who could fill Merkert 127, the statistic has it that approximately 30 have been sexually assaulted or know someone who has been affected by sexual violence.

On Wednesday evening, the Undergraduate Government of Boston College (UGBC) and Bystander Intervention Education sponsored a panel discussion called Jesuit Reflection: Sexual Assault at Boston College, in the Merkert lecture hall.

The panel was moderated by assistant professor of French, Regine Jean-

Charles, and consisted of four Jesuits: Rev. James Keenan, S.J., Rev. Frederick Enman, S.J., Rev. Christopher Ryan, S.J., and Roy Joseph. The panel intended to present the Jesuits thoughts on the impact of sexual assault on both genders on campus. The panelists emphasized their desire to foster dialogue about sexual assault on campus outside of the event, and strongly encouraged questions within the panel discussion.

Keenan said that of all sexual assaults on campuses reported in the country, an overwhelming number happen at parties and that most offenders are serial rapists, with an offender admitting on average six attacks. All of the panelists agreed that the issue of sexual assault was rampant—it happens everyday, somewhere.

“It happens among those who are well educated, among those who are here on this Catholic campus, on this Jesuit campus, among those who have had good upbringings,” Joseph said.

An important part of the panelists’ attitude towards sexual assault stems, logically, from religious doctrine. Enman pointed to the 2002 pastoral letter from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops titled “When I Call For Help” as an important way to view violence against women.

The letter, written as a response to domestic violence against women, strongly condemns all types of violence against women, both physical and emotional. Whether inside the house or not, any type of violence directed toward women is never justified, the bishops said. In addition to never being justifiable, violence against women was sinful, and oftentimes a crime.

The bishops called for a moral revolution in response to replace a culture of violence. Enman and the other panelists all support this change, but do not believe such a revolution has

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BC senior develops app idea into fledgling career in tech industry Summer project in app development spurs long-term goals for Richard Lucas, A&S ’15

BY REBECCA MORETTI Heights Staff Three years ago, Richard Lucas, A&S ’15, never imagined that he would be able to build an app for Android, much less that he’d have a job lined up at an app development company after graduation.

Throughout high school and up to the beginning of his sophomore year of college, Lucas had not been involved in computer science at all. He came into

his sophomore year having taken mainly classes that were a part of the Boston College core curriculum, intending to become a history major. A four-year member of the BC track and crosscountry teams, Lucas had never really considered, nor found time for, learning about programming.

“I’d always thought development was only for crazy smart people, and to be honest, I was intimidated by it,” Lucas said. Out of growing interest, however, Lucas began learning to code during his

free time and took an online class about the programming language Python.

“I got a late start, considering I started my sophomore year of college,” he said. “But if you’re even remotely interested in computer science, there are so many resources online that can teach you to code.”

During the fall of his sophomore year, Lucas decided to give computer science a shot and took a CS101 class at BC, in addition to his regular course load.

“The assignments I did in CS101 as well as the lectures with Professor [Robert] Muller would often leave me mind-blown,” he said. “No other class

I’d taken at BC before had done that,” Lucas said.

After thriving in the introductory level course Lucas moved onto CS102 in the spring, the course in which he learned Java, the language for Android development. Although the computer science department at BC is small in comparison with other major colleges and universities, Lucas argued that the professors are very helpful. He is currently pursuing his own independent study within the program.

With his interest and knowledge in computer science growing, Lucas decided he would try to develop and release an app for Android during the summer

prior to his junior year. He knew he wanted to build an app even before he had the idea for it, and began by doing basic Android tutorials online to learn the platform. For Lucas, developing an app was more for the sake of gaining knowledge and experience in Android development. Lucas believed he would be more motivated to learn if he had a finished product to achieve, rather than just doing constant tutorials.

“I didn’t have an internship that summer, so I treated it like a nine to five job,” Lucas said. “I actually worked in my room all day and then slept in a

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Hear former Boston College basketball player and NBA draft pick Chris Herren speak on his struggle with addiction and how he overcame it in a talk hosted by the Campus Activities Board.

The talk will be on Friday at 6 p.m. in Robsham.

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The School of Theology and Ministry and the Center for Christian-Jewish Learning are cosponsoring the talk “Agreeing to Disagree: How Jews and Christians Read Scripture Differently.” The talk will take place on Thursday at 5:30 p.m. in the Heights Room in Corcoran Commons.

Hear Stephen Alter read from his new memoir, Becoming a Mountain: Himalayan Journeys in Search of the Sacred and the Sublime, in an event sponsored by the English department, which will take place on Thursday at 5:30 in Stokes Hall S195.

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By James Lucey Heights Staff

Lowell Diarmaid Ferriter spoke in Gasson 100 this Wednesday as part of the Lowell Humanities Series talk. He is a professor of modern history at University College Dublin. Previously, from 2008 until 2009, he was the visiting Burns Library Scholar at Boston College.

Ferriter is a prominent historian in Ireland, and has written several books. In 2004, he published The Transformation of Ireland, which, at close to 900 pages, is considered to be a critical piece of work.

The Lowell Humanities Series, founded in 1957, aims to bring scholars and artists to campus.

The program is directed by English professor Carlo Rotella, the director of the American Studies program. The next talk will be March 25 and will feature Ira Berlin, an American historian.

Jewish history The Library of Theology and Ministry opened an exhibit on Monday featuring those who saved Jews during the Holocaust called “Whoever Saves a Single Life.” It details the individual stories of men, women, and families who hid Jews in their houses, secured documentation for them, or used other means to save them. The exhibit is owned by the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous, which provides financial support to non-Jews who assisted Jews during the Holocaust, and preserves their legacy as part of Holocaust education.

Before the exhibit opened, director of the center for Christian-Jewish learning, James Bernauer, said his students tend to underestimate the number of “righteous” people, those who risked their lives to save those of Jews.

Bernauer reminds viewers that Jews were never totally abandoned during the Holocaust. Though 6 million Jews were killed, over half a million survived the Holocaust in Europe with the help of underground organizations. “[Jews] were abandoned by governments, social structures, church hierarchies , but not ordinary men and women,” Bernauer said.

Affectionately referred to as “Father G,” Rev. Gregory Boyle, S.J., spoke at Boston College on Wednesday night before a standing room only crowd in St. Ignatius church—his lecture was the keynote for BC Campus Ministry’s “F.A.S.T. Week.” Boyle is best known as the founder and director of Homeboy Industries, a Los Angeles-based organization founded in 1992 to assist former gang members with rehabilitation and reentry into the workforce. Boyle is also well known for his 2010 publication Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion, which recalls the powerful victories and the tragic losses he has experienced in his years with the Dolores Mission in the crimeridden Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, as well as at Homeboy Industries.

B o y l e ’s t a l k p ro d u ce d a similar range of emotions on Wednesday night, as he shared a variety of stories from his experiences in “the barrio” and his gang rehabilitation program. In light of the recent spring break ser vice trips, he offered his thoughts on service as a pillar at BC and a key to finding humanness and kinship.

“I think there are a bunch of things around BC that put a large amount of focus on service,” Boyle said. “Service is always the starting point—nobody wants to end there because the goal of service is kinship.

You want to get to the place of connection and exquisite mutuality.”

Continuing with this concept of kinship, Boyle explained the

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Rev. Boyle helps rehabilitate ex-gangmembers in LA into the workforce through Homeboy Industries. idea of “standing on the margins and watching them disappear,” rather than passively serving from the “center point” at which one might begin. The mission of Homeboy Industries heavily subscribes to this sentiment, coming from a place of love and togetherness and using a sense of community as a tool to rehabilitate.

“Part of the task at Homeboy Industries is to reach in and dismantle the messages of shame and disgrace that get in the way that keep people from seeing that love,” he said. “If love

is the answer, community is the context and tenderness is the methodology.”

Speaking largely from experience with the “homies,” or the exgang affiliated individuals who comprise Homeboy Industries, Boyle shared stories describing the successes and failures of his work. Throughout his lecture, he stressed the founding idea at Homeboy Industries of kinship through service and “standing at the margins.”

“Go to the other shore where it is messy—the place that the world deems unworthy, the mar-

gins,” Boyle said. “Stand looking there, you brace yourself against the fact that the world will accuse you of wasting your time. But in this place in which you say, ‘It is waste,’ there will be heard again the voice of gladness, the voices of those who sing. BC is not the place you come to, it is always the place that you come from.”

To conclude, Boyle left the audience with a simple message about embracing one another and honoring the importance of love in the context of kinship.

“Unaltered love will in the end triumph,” he said. n

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Perlin award The Associate Dean of Research of the Boston College Graduate School of Social Work has been awarded the Leonard I. Pearlin Award for his contributions to research in the field of mental health. The American Sociological Association named David Takeuchi, a sociologist with postdoctoral training in epidemiology and health services research, the recipient of the award.

The award will be presented in August in Chicago.

Throughout his career, Takeuchi has published articles in several journals. He has also written editorials for The Boston Globe and the London School of Economics. Takeuchi has previously won the Legacy Award from the Family Research Consortium as well as the Innovations Award from the National Center on Health and Health Disparities.

Previously, Takeuchi was the associate dean of Research at the University of Washington School of Social work, and earlier, a sociology professor at Indiana University.

POLICE BLOTTER Monday, Mar. 16 8:41 a.m. - A report was filed regarding damage to a property by graffiti in O’Neill Plaza.

3:22 p.m. - A report was filed regarding a fire alarm activation in McElroy Commons.

Tuesday, Mar. 17 3:38 p.m. - A report was filed regarding harassment in Fitzpatrick Hall.

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garding a larceny of a bicycle from the Commonwealth Garage.

Wednesday, Mar. 18 1:42 a.m. - A report was filed regarding medical assistance provided to a BC student that was transported to a medical facility from the Modular Apartments.

—Source: The Boston College Police Department

“Professor Moore... I just feel like he knows everything about everything.”

—Ola Zaworksi, A&S ’18

If You Could Choose One Professor To Be The President Of The US, Who Would It Be And Why?

“Professor De Chiara-Quenzer.”

—Megan Nater, A&S ’18

“Professor Di Pasquale.”

—Austin Bodetti, A&S ’18

“My literature professor, Thomas KaplanMaxfield, because he’s so dang funny!”

— Allie Johnson, CSOM ’18

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O’Neill exhibit showcases Native Americans in baseball

By James Lucey Heights Staff Native Americans, which comprise approximately one percent of today’s total U.S. population, are often not in the conversation when considering the demographics of the country.

An ongoing exhibit in the O’Neill 3rd Floor Reading Room entitled “Baseball’s League of Nations: A Tribute to Native American Baseball Players,” however, hopes to shed light on the Native American community, and its place in the nation’s cultural history.

Previous exhibits in the library have included “The Power of Youth Movements in Black History” and “The World Through Our Eyes.”

This exhibit illuminates the long and tumultuous history of Native American involvement in the classic American pastime of baseball. Vastly predating the integration of African-Americans into Major League Baseball, the presence of Native Americans in the sport has long been felt and continues even to this day with prolific players such as Joba Chamberlain and Jacoby Ellsbury, members of the Winnebago and Navajo tribes, respectively.

It will be on display in the O’Neill Reading Room until Friday, March 20.

This exhibit was made possible in a joint production sponsored by the Institute of Liberal Arts, the BC Department of Sociology, the Society of Native American Peoples (SNAP), the BC Libraries, and the Iroquois Indian Museum of Howes Cave, N.Y. It offers a look at the often overlooked role of Native Americans in the history of the sport. Among the many who assisted in organizing the exhibit, professor of sociology Michael Malec explained that he feels the exhibit does well to shed a little light on an unfamiliar subject.

Visiting exhibits such as these and others on campus can make for a learning experience., Malec said.

“The thing I love about these exhibits is that whether I personally appreciate the genre, the style, the type of art that is on display, is that I really learn something,” he said. “At the McMullen Museum, for example, you’re going to learn something about ‘Roman in The Provinces.’ It’s the exact same thing with this exhibit.”

The exhibit consists of several posters that detail a range of information about Native Americans and baseball, with topics such as their involvement in Major League Baseball to the struggles with which they were confronted in the public eye.

Malec hopes that these informational banners and pieces of memorabilia on display will catch the attention of and engage passersby, turning into an informative learning experience.

“I hope that people who would stop and look or take 10 minutes to read the information will learn something about the place of Native Americans in the history of American Baseball, and just use that to help them appreciate a bit more the cultural, ethnic, richness of baseball, and extending beyond that the richness of American society as a whole,” he said.

Malec, whose main area of research is in the sociology of sport, added that learning about Native American history through the lens of sport is an unusual yet particularly effective way to approach the subject, maintaining that baseball serves as a great vehicle to the public for this particular lesson in history.

“Baseball will appeal to a lot of people who otherwise might not be terribly interested in stepping inside a museum,” he said. n

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The exhibit showcases artifacts of the Native American community in baseball, with pieces like baseballs and information about players.

History professor considers post-Cold War policy in latest book

By Arielle Cedeno Assoc. News Editor Many historians have theorized on why the Cold War ended, but in his most recent book, Global Rules: America, Britain, and a Disordered World, James Cronin is concerned with a different question: the new world order that the United States, Britain, and more generally, the West, proposed at the time the Soviet Union fell.

Cronin, a professor in the history department, sought to understand this policy framework that came to prominence in the wake of the Cold War—an alternative world order that challenged and effectively undid the economic model practiced in the West prior to the Cold War. Cronin considers the economic and political implications of this new world order for foreign policy, as well as the challenges presented to it since its establishment.

The book, published through Yale

University Press, is the latest addition to Cronin’s collection of published work, which includes The World the Cold War Made, New Labour’s Pasts, and Industrial Conflict in Modern Britain, among other titles.

The economic crises of the 1970s made the established economic model— one that largely followed the theories of British economist John Maynard Keynes and favored government inter vention—problematic, causing the West to reevaluate its approach to economy and to society, at large. These economic issues, paired with the close of the Cold War in 1989, paved the way for a new body of economic policy to come to prominence.

This novel social and economic approach that was adopted by the United States and Great Britain in the 1970s and the 1980s put greater emphasis on the market and market-based solutions, and less emphasis on the state, which was not the case 10 to 20 years before, Cronin said.

The book also considers how this new economic policy—often referred to as neoliberalism or market fundamentalism—was paired with a renewed social focus that favored human rights and democracy.

Cronin argues that this growing international consensus on the importance of human rights and democracy was borne out of a struggle for self-determination, and a struggle against Imperialist and Colonialist regimes, as many nations became newly independent by the end of the Cold War. Furthermore, Cronin notes a shift that began at the start of the 1980s, as US foreign policy began to support what would eventually emerge as a wave of democratic change in Latin America and the rest of the world, with a novel commitment to human rights.

“So what I’m arguing is that by 1989, when the Cold War really came to an end with the collapse of socialism in Eastern Europe, the United States had developed a policy—a policy framework—in which free markets, market-based democracy,

and human rights were very prominent,” Cronin said. “That was, in a sense, the formula—the paradigm—that the United States pushed and many countries adopted and used as a guide to building a post-Cold War world.”

Ultimately, Global Rules makes a case for the dominance of this postwar policy framework, which arose of out the dynamic social, economic, and political climate of the 1970s and the 1980s.

The book also addresses its role and impact today, noting the challenges and crises this system has faced since its establishment. It takes the story beyond the early 1990s, when this new framework was being implemented, and examines how it fared in the 1990s and 2000s, Cronin said.

“The fact that this neoliberalism or market fundamentalism was a key guide to policy—it is the dominant ideology or principle behind much of economic policy both at home and abroad—makes it very consequential,” Cronin said. “It

makes it really important. Whether it’s good or not, it’s the reality that one has to recognize and deal with.”

In writing this book, Cronin sought to understand a time period in American economic and foreign policy that most historians of American foreign policy ignored—the 1970s until the 2000s.

For Cronin, the 1970s represented a large turning point in international relations, specifically in United States, British, and Western foreign policy. “ These momentous changes—a shift toward a neoliberal world order, a market-based world order, the shift toward a more democratic and human rights-based world order—those things had been largely missed by scholars, and therefore, in particular, the meaning of the ending of the Cold War had been only superficially grasped,” Cronin said. “So, I meant to repair that and to provide an account of something that was not only missing, but was hugely important for our current world.” n

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In response, the Jesuits noted that the Church is an institution that has a large role to play in realizing this moral revolution. Bishops need get involved on a local level with their dioceses, Keenan said, and really push to open dialogue within their communities.

The core values being attacked by sexual assault are the same values that are at the core of the Church and other faith communities, Keenan said.

While the Church has its fair share of work to do, communities such as BC can take up the initiative on their own.

He said that professors need to foster better relationships with their students outside of the classroom, because right now, professors are removed from material other than what they teach.

Sexual assault needs to be brought into the classroom and be a central part of the discussion, he said.

“If we were to find out all of a sudden to find out that one out of five [students] had Ebola, we’d be talking about that in class,” Keenan said. “If we found out that one in five [students] had HIV/AIDS, we’d be talking about

that. Why is that sexual assault cannot come into the classroom?”

The issue of the Church as a maledominated institution attempting to comment on an act experienced predominantly by females frustrated some students, one of whom raised the question of why there seems to be an effort to stall the feminization of the Church.

In the past, Enman said, there was a strong female presence in the Church, considering it was commonly referred to as the Holy Mother Church.

He said it would be prudent to examine the femininity of the church in the past and compare it to now, and then contrast it to what that state actually should be.

Keenan added that women have also been strong forces to push the church forward, but have never been rewarded leadership roles within the church.

Keenan said that until women have leadership roles close to the Pope, this culture will never change.

Keenan has spent a lot of effort researching and talking about HIV/ AIDS in relation to the Church, and closed with comments on the Church’s inefficient approach to rather simple sexual issues.

In terms of help after the contrac-

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At the panel, the Jesuits emphasized the need for important conversations in which stuents and professors can discuss sexual assault. tion of HIV or after being sexually assaulted, the Catholic Church is very good at helping victims. But on the other side of the spectrum, the Church

does almost nothing in terms of helping prevent such occurrences.

“We know a great deal about sexuality. We understand it. We are sexual

beings, but there is something about the institutional Church’s inability to talk about sexuality except in a very, very, idealistic framework,” Keenan said.n

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BC student app ‘Netlive’ is looking to change how phones use data App developer, from A1 tent outside my house at night, so that my work and resting place were two separate spheres.”

After learning the basics of Java, Lucas decided on an idea for his app and began developing, which took approximately six weeks of intensive work. The app, which is called NetLive, allows users to track data usage on their mobile devices and targets the apps that are the biggest consumers of data.

In this way, the app is helpful to people who want to cut down their phone bills by conserving data and optimize the performance of their phones.

“It was my first app, so I wanted to do something simple,” Lucas said. “That way, I could say I’d designed, developed, and released and app that summer rather than just started to work on one.”

NetLive tells users what apps are using data and provides a live feed of how much data these apps are using, combining total upload and download features. In this way, NetLive allows users to monitor their Internet data transfer rate while displaying which app is currently streaming the most data.

“The idea behind it is fairly basic,” Lucas said. “I wanted transparency into what my device was doing, and to know when it was actually transmitting data. For instance, when you’re walking around campus hopping between Wi-Fi networks, NetLive can help you diagnose connectivity issues.”

The app doesn’t do any logging of total data usage, since this feature is already built into Android, but it monitors data usage live.

Many people currently do not have unlimited data packages, as many networks do not offer unlimited data anymore. With NetLive, users can target data-hogging apps that are

constantly updating in the background. Seeing how quickly your data is coming in can also display the speed of the network. Lucas’ app is geared more toward technical people who care about those kinds of things.

Lucas released the app for free through the Google Play store on Aug. 22, before coming back to school for his junior year.

Upon its release, the app quickly received 33,000 downloads and has since tapered off to around 15 per day. Considering that he developed NetLive mainly to learn Android development, Lucas confessed he did not expect the app to be so successful. Lucas had publicized the app on Reddit, and since its release it has been featured in software reviews by websites CNET and Lifehacker.

For now, the app can only be installed on Android.

“There are other apps that have similar features but I combined them all into one

that at a glance shows you the active app and the speed, focusing on convenience for the user,” Lucas said. “Even with the other apps out there, I thought I could fill a niche that they didn’t fill.”

Recently, Lucas has updated NetLive to version 3.0. He revealed that he was planning to include ads and put a price tag on the app, but at the last moment decided against it for a number of reasons. An aspect of NetLive that technical users appreciate is the fact that it does not use certain permissions, so users can be sure that none of their information is going to third parties, Lucas noted. Incorporating ads would require permission since the Internet is required to feed apps to users, ultimately diminishing the value of the app. NetLive is also open source, so users can look at the source code for the app.

The summer before his senior year,

Lucas interned for 10 weeks at Raizlabs, a mobile development consulting company.

On July 6 of this year, he will begin to work at the company full-time as an Android app developer. He credits his app in helping him land the internship and later the position at Raizlabs.

“At my internship, I could sit in front of a computer for three hours trying to grind my way through a task or turn and ask the developer next to me for advice and get it done in a few minutes,” Lucas said. “It’s important to know how to ask for help.”

Nearing the end of his college career, Lucas looks back at his path and strongly believes that in this day and age, CS101 should be part of the core curriculum.

“You’d be surprised how much you can accomplish with basic knowledge in any of the programming languages, within only a few weeks of learning,” Lucas said. n

Moneyball Management: how numbers can help fix Boston City Hall Bennet Johnson Nobody could have expected that Domino’s Pizza would play a major role in governing the city of Boston.

Daniel Koh ate a lot of the pizza as a student at Harvard, and was fascinated by the company’s online tracking system—which outlines every step of the delivery process, from when the pizza is put in the oven to the moment it is delivered.

Last year, the 29-year-old Koh entered as Boston’s new Chief of Staff and was immediately faced with a number of complaints about filing for permits in the city.

The system was a mess. A permit request typically wasn’t answered for three months.

Koh thought back to his days of ordering Domino’s at Harvard as a possible solution to the problem. He created a Domino’s Pizza tracker that outlines all the steps related to registering for a permit in the city.

What was surprising is that it worked—big time. The idea reduced permit wait times by 25 percent and eliminated a four-month backlog in the system.

“I joke that permitting has never been easier in the city all as a result as Domino’s Pizza,” Koh said to a group of 20 students as a part of lunch hosted by the Winston Center for Leadership and Ethics on Tuesday.

Back in January, I wrote a column about how to make Boston more appealing to new college graduates—encouraging a conversation between students, local bar owners, and city officials. After meeting Dan Koh, I am confident that our generation will be better represented at City Hall.

At just 30 years old, Koh is an ambassador for college students and the 20-somethings living in Boston. What is special about him is that he is using technology and statistics to attack some of the biggest problems in the city. His love of numbers and data stems from his favorite book, Moneyball, and now Koh is using data analytics to usher in a new style of management to Boston—making a notoriously old city appear young again.

One of Koh’s strengths is that he has worked in a variety of fields, and his path to City Hall highlights a number of stops along the way. After taking a sabermetrics course in his junior year at Harvard, Koh became inspired by numbers. He created a report that argued Manny Ramirez was the most clutch hitter in the history of baseball and submitted it to 32 professional teams.

He got 32 rejection letters. But his career in baseball wasn’t finished. Koh worked in Labor Relations for Major League Baseball—researching which teams should pay up for relief pitchers with four to five years of experience.

Koh later decided to go back to Harvard for business school, and worked in the private sector, including jobs in consulting and business relations. Through a program at Harvard he was able to serve as an advisor to former mayor Thomas M. Menino, gaining some initial experience in politics before joining Huffington Post as Arianna Huffington’s chief of staff, keeping the 700-person news organization running smoothly from a business and media standpoint. To add to his extensive resume, Koh was named to the 2013 “30 under 30” list by Forbes.

Now, Koh uses his intertwined experiences in the private sector and media in his everyday role as a key advisor to Mayor Martin J. Walsh, WCAS ’09. With Koh’s ambitious drive for success, the surprisingly young leader is helping usher in a new wave of data in the Walsh era of Boston’s history.

If you walk into Marty Walsh’s office, you will see four screens that display the key metrics of the city, all in real time. This is new in the Walsh administration. City data is now updated daily, as opposed to quarterly in the years of Menino’s reign.

Koh and Walsh expect the data to be there everyday, and they use it to solve some of the problems across the city.

“If we don’t have the data, we don’t know how well we are serving our constituents,” Koh said.

One of the screens displays how Koh tracks snow removal in Boston. In an Uberlike system, each snowplow sends a GPS signal to a large server once every minute.

The locations of some 500 snowplows are presented on a screen that maps out all 850 miles of the city. Another screen tracks which of the 16 Boston neighborhoods Walsh has visited over the past month, and the others meticulously monitor trash pickup and housing inspections across the city.

Koh has also instituted two cellphone apps that are receiving great feedback from people across the city. “Citizens Connect” was created by the mayor’s office, and allows users to take pictures of any potholes, damaged signs, or graffiti they see. The software then finds their location and will send a photo of the completed project to the users. Boston was also the first of 10 inaugural cities to partner with Google’s Waze app to improve traffic flow.

Currently, there are more than 400,000 Waze users in the Boston area, and the app allows the city to share information on road

closures.

With this software, Koh is planning to perform a study of the Green Line—looking at how to make the system more efficient by switching stoplights to green as trains go through intersections, which Koh argues could shorten Green Line commutes by up to 20 percent.

Looking forward, Koh and the rest of the Walsh administration are constantly under the spotlight for a lack of transparency with the city’s partnership with Boston 2024. Olympic Games frequently generate cost overruns and put a city in debt, and we are all still wondering how we can pay for the summer games that could cost up to $9 billion. If Koh wants to set us all straight, he should use his analytical skills to prove to the public that these games can be privately financed.

For now, Koh will continue to work in what he calls “the greatest city in the world.” He will still get up each day at 6 a.m. and report directly to Mayor Walsh. But I’m sure with such an extensive background at just 30 years old, the young leader will be in Boston for many years to come.

Let’s see what he can do in the next 30.

Bennet Johnson is the Metro Editor for The Heights. He can be reached at metro@bcheights.com

City officials, students reflect on historic St. Patrick’s Day for LGBTQ groups

By Will Mennicken Heights Staff

Steve Kerrigan, Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts in the 2014 election, was one of the many LGBT participants who walked in Boston’s St. Patrick’s day parade for the first time in the city’s history on Sunday afternoon.

“When we took the first step, we didn’t know what the reception was going to be, but the people of Boston were welcoming and warm the way they always are,” he said.

From 2009 to 2012, Kerrigan served as the CEO of the Democratic National Convention, and also served as the president of the 2013 Presidential Inaugural Committee.

He currently lives in Lancaster, Mass. with his partner Jacob Watts.

“I got the chance to march with my partner, with whom I marched in many parades during my campaign,” Kerrigan said.

“This is one parade that we purposely didn’t do because of the controversy around it until this year. The look of excitement and the energy behind the crowd’s cheers was really palpable and encouraging.”

Arguing that gay relationships conflicted

teachings of the Roman Catholic Church, the parade’s organizers had excluded LGBT groups for two decades.

For the first time, two different organizations with openly gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender marchers were given the opportunity to join Boston in its celebration this year. The first group, Boston Pride, focuses more on LGBT awareness and has its own parade during Pride Month in June. A group that honors LGBT Veterans, OutVets, marched as well.

“I knew the people of Boston pretty well, I knew they had generous hearts,” Kerrigan said. “Given the decades of debate on this issue, it was remarkable to see the warmth with which people greeted the groups.”

The parade’s route was cut in half this year due to the city’s record high snowfall.

Spectators of every age group, were present at the parade, despite the foul weather.

Overall, the crowd was very receptive to the LGBT participants and cheered them on as they marched across the city.

“We were treated like rock stars walking down the street,” Kerrigan said. “The most encouraging part, I think, was the young

people. It was them with whom I was really impressed with, we could hear them saying to each other, ‘It’s about time,’ or, ‘I can’t believe it took so long to get this done.’”

There has been a highly optimistic and encouraging reaction from the Boston College campus as well. Although there was no organized group that marched in the event, many students were enthusiastic about the historic inclusion this year.

“We are, of course, excited to see LGBT inclusion in the St. Patrick’s Day parade this year and believe it is an important part of the continued equal treatment of LGBT individuals in our country.” said Martin Casiano, Vice President of the UGBC’s Division of Diversity and Inclusion.

Several BC students were overjoyed to hear that LGBT organizations could march in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade after such a long fight of exclusion: “No matter what sexual orientation you are, everyone is a human being,” Veronica Martins, A&S ’18, said.

“It’s amazing to hear about people being able to come together, embrace who they are, and partake in such an iconic event.”

Moving forward, Kerrigan hopes that

there are no more vestiges of discrimination and exclusion left in Massachusetts, and eventually everywhere. Although Massachusetts was the first state to legalize same-sex marriage in the United States, he argues there are still actions needed to be taken to give additional rights to transgender citizens.

“We’ve got a big bill coming before the Legislature about transgender equality,” he said. “We have a Republican governor who supports marriage equality, which is a wonderful thing to have, but he also has to step up when it comes to transgender rights.” n

Steven Senne / AP Photo

OutVets was one of the LGBTQ groups that marched on Sunday afternoon in South Boston.

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World-famous Pepe’s Pizzeria set to open in Chestnut Hill Mall

By Thomas Banfield For The Heights In many ways, Frank Pepe epitomizes the typical American success story.

Pepe was born in Maori, Italy, a town southwest of Naples on the Amalfi coast.

He was illiterate and had little to his name when he arrived in the United States as a teenager in 1909. What started as a career in baking soon shifted to a pizza business.

He established Frank Pepe’s Pizzeria in New Haven, Conn. in 1925. The original location offered only two types of pizza: tomato and anchovy. It has grown to be an award-winning pizzeria.

Today, visitors can still enjoy the original tomato or anchovy pie, but can also choose from a variety of other options, including Pepe’s famous White Clam Pizza. The dish was originally inspired by the Rhode Island clams served locally on the half-shell. The savory special is still made with grated cheese, olive oil, fresh garlic, oregano, and the same fresh clams New Haven residents enjoyed in Pepe’s day.

Since its inception, Pepe’s has been a hit with its customers, and was recently rated as having the No. 1 pizza in America by The Daily Meal in 2013.

The pie was also ranked as one of the “13 Most Influential Pizzas of All Time”

by TIME Magazine. Frank Pepe’s has quickly become a staple in New Haven, and 2015 marks the restaurant’s 19th anniversary.

In 2006, Frank Pepe’s Pizzeria began the process of expanding upon its lasting success, opening an additional location in Fairfield, Conn. Six additional sites in Connecticut and one in Yonkers, New York followed between 2007 and 2013.

As the chain expands, Pepe’s has taken great pains to ensure that the tradition of quality pizza is maintained at each new location.

Jeff Fields, who is in charge of location development for Pepe’s and a dedicated White Clam devotee, credits Frank’s “recipes’ quality of ingredients, and the

Photos courtesy of Pepe’s Pizza

Pepe’s Pizzeria, which originated in Connecticut, plans to bring its nationally ranked pies to the Boston area. Known for its ‘White Clam Pizza,’ Pepe’s hopes to become a local favorite. duplication of the oven” as keys to the company’s success. The ingredients, he says, are the same at every Pepe’s location and are ensured to be fresh. Each Pepe’s restaurant has an identical coal-fired oven, a practice inspired by the founder’s Italian roots. The massive oven, which weighs 52 tons when completed, is handconstructed by specially trained craftsmen. The use of the oven is a critical part of giving the pizza its signature taste.

Fields also credits Pepe’s expert chefs for the company’s delicious product.

“Our pizza makers are as good as anyone, anywhere,” he said. Each goes through an extensive training process, lasting in excess of six weeks. There are three positions in a Pepe’s kitchen. The first is that of the oven operator, the individual

charged with keeping the fire going in the enormous kiln. The second in the “banger,” who pounds the dough used to make each pizza. Unlike other pizzerias, Pepe’s does not stretch their dough, and so forgoes the process of spinning pies overhead. The final position is that of the decorator, the individual charged with adding toppings, be they anything from tomatoes to shrimp. Fields notes that each time a new Pepe’s Pizzeria is opened, the key employees chosen for the site are tried and true pizza making veterans, responsible for consistently creating a pizza that is “indistinguishable” from those made in Frank’s original oven back in New Haven.

Despite almost 10 years of expansion in New England and the mid-Atlantic,

Pepe’s had yet to put down roots in Massachusetts until recently. Many, including Fields, a former Newton resident, would regularly make the trek from the Greater Boston area down to New Haven for a slice of a Pepe’s. The pizza chain has finally decided to bring their White Clam pie and assorted other pizzas further north. After over a year of scouting, Fields decided on opening the company’s newest restaurant in the Chestnut Hill Mall.

Holding true to quality and continuity, Fields promises that “the people of Chestnut Hill are not gonna get some imitation of Pepe’s,” but a restaurant that lives up to the traditions that define Frank Pepe’s Pizzeria as a brand. The location will be established according to the same model, relying on the expertise of seasoned Pepe’s

pizza makers and will feature an oven identical to the seven that preceded it.

The space is a 3,200 square foot, 85 seat restaurant, which Fields says puts it in league with other locations. It will feature parking spaces in the mall’s lot reserved for patrons. Pepe’s Pizzeria wants to make the Chestnut Hill location “as BC friendly as possible,” Fields said. The company hopes to enter talks with Boston College about making payment with an Eagle ID possible. While a specific date has not been set, the restaurant is hoping to open by fall 2015.

“I can say with confidence when you come back to school next fall … you’ll be eating at Pepe’s,” Fields said. For Boston residents and BC students, the wait is almost over. n

Specialty food market Bee’s Knees brings gourmet options to Allston

By Maggie Powers Managing Editor Before he could open a gourmet neighborhood market, Jason Owens needed to become a neighbor. That’s why he moved to Allston six months ago.

Owens, set to open a second location of his popular gourmet food market Bee’s Knees in Allston, is a force on the Boston food scene. He was recruited to come from Tennessee to Boston by the Back Bay Restaurant group, and worked at The Baltimore Bar and Grill in Newton and Local 149 in South Boston before the craziness of the restaurant industry began to wear on him. He opened American Provisions, a speciality food store also in South Boston, so he could serve the Boston food community in a different way. He had always created his own menus, and loved searching for the perfect suppliers and products for his customers. Opening a retail

store allowed him to share this passion full time.

In many ways, Bees Knees Supply Co., Owens’ gourmet market, is more about cultivating relationships than foods. This goes two ways, the relationships with the vendors and the relationships with the customers. This concept, which Owens pioneered at American Provisions, helped him open the first successful location of Bee’s Knees in Fort Point in 2012.

“We’re not a grocery store, we don’t try to be a grocery store.”

Instead, Owens considers himself a “brand ambassador.” If something is in his store, it means it has been welltested and he stands behind it. Whether it is sandwiches made by the onsite chef, fresh-squeezed juices, local cheeses, or the beloved Jamaica Plain ice cream batch, every item in Bee’s Knees is something Owens and his team has carefully selected. The name says it all—it recalls

something older, simpler, but also just the greatest. “If we have it, we’ve vetted it to be the best,” Owens said.

Though a new location is in the works, Owens made it clear that there are simply not going to be two replica Bee’s Knees across the city from one another. “We’re not looking to do the same thing over and over again,” Owens said.

Fort Point, bordered by South Station and dotted with businesses, serves the Boston worker. She can breeze in, choose a carefully crafted sandwich or housemade charcuterie and pickles for lunch, sit in the cafe and sip on her morning espresso, and read The Globe on her iPad or take it to go.

Allston, on the other hand, is the opposite of the breezy business neighborhood. Owens emphasized the neighborhood community present. At this Bee’s Knees location, the focus will be on the resident. He can get a great prepared meal or thoughtfully choose wine and

local cheese for a dinner party. Or, staying true to the persona of the neighborhood, the customers can purchase craft beer. “I know it’s a trend, but we do sell some great craft beer,” Owens said with a chuckle.

The new Allston location, taking over the formerly student-frequented bar Joshua Tree at the Griggs St. T-stop, is looking to integrate itself into the community. They’ve held neighborhood meetings, but even more meaningful to Owens is how often people just pop in to chat. They’re also looking to hire from around the neighborhood, even inviting applications from Boston College and Boston University students for baristas and cashier positions.

Just like the rest of its neighbors, Bee’s Knees’ Allston location was impaired by the insufferable Boston winter. “There are certain milestones you need to hit when building,” Owens explained. When a city literally shuts down, permits and paperwork get pushed to the bottom of the pile

or locked in offices for days on end. These delays cost money, and small businesses like Bee’s Knees feel it. Luckily, the store suffered no physical damages from this winter’s storms, just frustration from the frozen outdoors and frozen bureaucratic process.

As the snow banks grey and slowly trickle down Comm. Ave., Owens is hopeful for the success of his new location, most likely within the next 30 days, according to Boston Magazine.

As Allston residents slowly come creeping out of the safety of their homes into the gently lengthening days, Bee’s Knees Supply Co. will be there to greet them with sunny fresh squeezed juices, macaroons that color of flower buds, and herbal tea to warm those fingers in denial of the still-necessary gloves.

The cheery, black-and-yellow logo of Bee’s Knees Supply Co. will be one more welcome sight emerging from the snow on Comm Ave. this spring. n

Broccoli vs. Bacon: the plight of the plant-based eater in Boston Sarah Moore There are not many things I can guarantee at this point in my life. As an anxious, 19-year-old English major who gets nervous when deciding on which coffee to order at The Chocolate Bar, there seem to be a few constants.

The unwritten rule that my roommates and I order-in for dinner the Sunday before classes begin after a break is one of these rare, resisting guaranties.

Random and insignificant? Yes. Should I probably be more focused on important constants like determining a concrete system of belief or even a Plex Schedule that I will actually stick to?

Definitely, but the rationale is there: no one is running to dry chicken breast and Pic a Pasta after they return from week(s) of Grandma’s secret recipes, Dad’s unbelievable lobster mac and cheese, Mom’s award-winning baked goods. Homemade, comfort food.

While my roommates mourn the products of their mothers’ oven mitts over bites of Eagles Deli, I savor those dinners as celebrations, indulgences if you will, after at least a week of leafy greens.

Some parents buy a dog when their children go to college. When my mom became an empty nester, she decided to become a vegan.

Tofu is her superhero, the juicer her weapon of choice, with zucchini and sweet potatoes always prepared to come in as backups. The possibilities seem endless when cashews can, magically, be transformed into a cheese substitute. Ah, veganism—the success of the super food, the glorification of all that is green.

Though I note that the majority of my mom’s attempts at vegan dinners are by no means as terrifyingly bland as I am making them out to be (most of them are pretty good, as much as it hurts the ice cream enthusiast in me to admit it), they are definitely a new take on comfort food.

As many health benefits as quinoa and cauliflower might have, they can never compete with the stick-to-your-

stomach, post-Thanksgiving contentedness that comes with classic comfort food. Recently, Boston’s favorite coffee and breakfast chain, the beloved Dunkin’ Donuts, has recognized the potential to capitalize on everyone’s ingrained adoration of that which is high carb, high calorie, and high happiness.

The Bacon Donut.

Yes, they dared to do the seemingly impossible. Not only is this newest creation a terrifyingly genius conglomeration of breakfast foods (though I’m sure sudo-alum Leslie Knope would argue that waffles should be involved), but it is also the most superior mix of comfort foods. Sweet and salty, pork and carbs, is there anything more that you could want? A vegan’s worst nightmare, Dunkin’ was right on target with the “Deluxe Bacon Donut,” which is expected to hit stores after franchise feedback.

As I am in the middle of Lentinduced veganism—inspired by my mom’s dedication to a plant-based lifestyle, of course—my immediate bacon delusion begins to fade and is replaced with thoughts concerning the potential of this Frankenstein of breakfast food,

which is absolutely terrifying.

Regardless of the obvious yet enticing horror of the Deluxe Bacon Donut, Bostonians are begging for it to hit the pink, wax, paper-lined shelves of their neighborhood Dunkin’. Now being tested primarily in Providence, R.I., the donut is just close enough to the city limits to create a following that includes local pork fans and Boston Globe business columnists alike.

The bacon donut is just an example of Boston’s dual food personality. For a city ranked consistently by Forbes as one of the Nation’s healthiest cities, Boston has an overwhelming affinity for junk food.

This is a city where sleek, hip, farmto-table cafes are situated across the street from greasy and delicious delis.

The North End is frequently dominated by clusters of people eager to try the infamous “lobster tail” and don’t see any concern with waiting hours for them. Clam chowder—a cup of which represents at least one-fourth of a suggested daily caloric intake, by the way—is one of the most essential aspects of the city’s culture. Even Bostonarea school dining halls are rampant

with unhealthy eats—hats off to Eagle’s Nest for making a caesar salad (952) that has more calories than the Deluxe Bacon Donut (360) itself.

Maybe my few weeks of veganism have made me senile to junk and comfort food, though I note that the Chunky Monkey devotee in me will never die. It’s possible that I will be first in line to the Boston release of the Deluxe Bacon Donut, but for the next few weeks I am going to continue to pretend that I would pick granola and almond milk rather than the bacon creation as a breakfast of choice.

Regardless of my personal decisions when it comes to dinner, the Bacon Deluxe Donut will fall in line with the city’s favorites, earning a place between Roxy’s grilled cheese food truck and J.P. Licks. Comfort food concoctions like this one consistently win over even the most “healthy” locals, which begs the cliche that America runs on Dunkin’ and Boston runs on junk food.

Sarah Moore is the Asst. Metro Editor for The Heights. She can be reached at metro@bcheights.com

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Creating a platform for student musicians

Hours after Chris Paterno, A&S ’15, released his single “Unfaithful” through Soundcloud on Wednesday night, a chain for reposting the track was started, spearheaded by the University’s independent record label Chorduroy and spread predominantly through members of the Music Guild. The logic behind this chain was that if enough students posted the singer-songwriter’s track, it could break out of the Boston College network and attract the attention of the greater Boston music community.

This is the new strategy for independent musicians at BC: rather than target other undergraduates through campus events, they have sought to create a platform for student artists to find audiences beyond the walls of the Chestnut Hill campus.

In late April, the Music Guild will stage a “Break the Bubble” music festival at Faneuil Hall, bringing together over 20 BC groups and musicians in an outdoor setting.

The festival will continue the work of groups like Chorduroy, which aspire to provide professional resources and performance settings for campus artists to broadcast their work.

These groups serve as model organizations in terms of creating productive relationships in the BC community, and something we hope to see more of at BC. The University does host a major arts festival once a year for one

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weekend in the spring, and while it can provide a fun break in a student’s busy day, it is ultimately short lived. The work of students in BC’s music community helps create continuity, spreading the excitement of Arts Fest throughout the year.

Critically, the Music Guild and Chorduroy make it possible for students to disseminate their art beyond the neatly-groomed, strictlydelineated borders of the University campus.

Students can crowdsource the promotion of their work through these organizations so that it reaches ears farther and farther away. By using Chorduroy as a record label and the Music Guild as a coordinator of performances, students have the chance to burst out of the socalled BC bubble and straight into the professional world.

The Faneuil Hall festival makes the work of Music Guild and Corduroy more concrete: it combines the best parts of the Guild’s campus concerts and the record label’s professional production to catapult BC artists into the Boston music community.

This is an intriguing first step, and one that could be replicated in other facets of BC life as well—think how the work of writers, or painters could be better incorporated into the city. It is not often that there is the infrastructure for student artists to step beyond the bubble while maintaining such a strong sense of community.

“Please know that there are much better things in life than being lonely or liked or bitter or mean or self conscious. We are all full of s—t. Go love someone just because, I know your heart may be badly bruised, or even the victim of numerous knifings but it will always heal even if you don’t want it to, it keeps going.

There are the most fantastic, beautiful things and people out there, I promise.

It’s up to you to find them.”

-Chuck Palahniuk (1962 - ), American writer

Shades of grey in free speech on campus When Fifty Shades of Grey was pulled from the Boston College Bookstore shelves last week, the administration leapt to its defense. “When we learned about the incident, we urged Follett to reconsider their decision in light of the inappropriateness of removing books from a bookshelf at a university,” University spokesperson Jack Dunn said in an email.

On Monday, an unidentified group of students spread around 500 fliers on campus with the message, “This Poster Is Illegal - Support Free Speech.” Admittedly, these papers proved to be a nuisance for facilities crews, but their point on the bureaucratic mechanisms limiting the dissemination of information on campus holds. Why is it, in a place of commerce, the University is willing to defend free speech, and even criticise the hindrance of it, while in academic buildings and outdoor spaces, the practice of it is very much limited?

The posters were put up without the approval of the Office of Student Involvement (OSI), and such disruptive displays should not become a common occurrence. There is an irony, however, that anything goes in the campus Bookstore, while those looking to express political beliefs in academic spaces are left to navigate several stages of approval, with campus speakers frequently required to sign contracts imposing silence on issues like gay marriage.

Free speech on campus is an admirable goal, and if the University is serious about it, there’s little room for compromise. Currently, the school requires that all events or programs sponsored by student organizations to be consistent with the values and principles espoused by BC as a Jesuit and Catholic University. This is a fair

stance for a private institution to take, and in choosing to go to BC, students are in a way accepting that there might be some restrictions placed on their ability to express ideas.

The University should not masquerade around, however, claiming this is an open environment for expression when its policies are designed to actively discourage ideas that conflict with Catholic values. And then there are groups like Climate Justice at Boston College (which advocates for an aggressive stance on climate change very much in line with the views espoused by the Vatican) that are kept from having a formalized role on campus, seemingly for the disruptive nature of their message.

Free expression is not the default. It is not appropriate for every institution, and if the University is truly committed to creating an environment that encourages it, there will need be a new expectation for nuisance. The policies proposed for free speech by the Undergraduate Government of Boston College (UGBC) at the end of last semester would open up the floodgates for the proverbial Monday morning poster dump.

Kindly staged demonstrations and flier postings might not set the world aflame, but they make for prettier campus tours. And moving forward, BC will need to decide just what type of institution it hopes to be. It is possible to have very important conversations within the constraints of Catholic social teaching, but there are also plenty of discussions such a doctrine completely leaves off the table.

When it comes to free speech at BC, for now, there are still plenty of shades of grey.

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Letter to the Editor Letter from the Associate Professor of the History Department Fifty years ago this coming Saturday, my mother spoke at Boston College. The Sodality Civil Rights Day brought together students, faculty, clergy, and community organizers to discuss the meaning—the possibilities and dangers—of events taking place at that moment in Selma, Alabama. The “study day” was dedicated to young people’s “place in the movement toward racial peace.” BC students were in Selma at that very moment (see the links following this letter). My mother had just returned.

A graduate student at Northeastern, she had flown there with two BC friends, Leo Haley and Victor Capoccia. This is part of what she recalls: “Our trip to Selma followed a few years of college ‘activism’ and was just a continuation of our ideals and belief that we were at new beginnings of opportunities and fairness for many people. We had been in college during Camelot [the Kennedy administration] and Vatican II, and had a growing awareness of the war in Vietnam in addition to working for civil rights in Boston.

“To us coming from the north, the south was really far away: physically—by planes and bus rides—and then by accent. Not being from there became more and more obvious until we entered the safe haven of black Selma.

“There were clearly marked lines to the neighborhood. White citizens were on the other side.

One crossed the line at one’s own peril; Leo did and was immediately attacked and cut with a knife.

“Life for those several days was centered around Brown’s Chapel. We received instruction on nonviolence, had services and sang, ate food and rested. We slept in people’s homes on their couches or in beds given over to a visitor. We played with children and hung out with other young people.”

Fifty years might seem like a long time ago. Recent events in Ferguson, Missouri and elsewhere, as well as the emergence of the Black Lives Matter movement, prove that issues of race and violence remain entirely unresolved in the United States.

Now as then, there are public forums at BC on these vital questions. Now as then, there are young people motivated to connect the dots between life on campus and what is happening outside “the bubble.” I challenge students—especially white students at BC—to inform yourselves, reflect, and find ways to actively engage questions of racial justice. I’m proud of my mom. When history called, she answered.

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Thursday, March 19, 2015

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Adopting the disconnect

Sean McGowan

The Weekend - Don’t think about it as just another Saturday and Sunday. Think about it as a two-day vacation. After this week, I think we all need a two-day vacation. A two-day vacation means our long lost friend will return: sleep. Oh, how we’ve missed you so. We cannot wait for you to come back, ol‘ buddy, because grades are tanking and we’re trying to look good for graduate school.

Innovative Apps - The App Store is just a mess these days. New content gets uploaded all the time, and it never seems to be anything all that interesting. It seems like we’ve gotten only Tinder knockoffs for the last couple of months.

But, there are those silver lining apps that make a small search worth it. Oneminute is that kind of app. Every day, at a random time, a notification goes out to everyone that has Oneminute, and everyone has—wait for it—one minute to take a picture of whatever there is around them. Then all of those pictures get compiled from across the world, and you can see what that one minute looked like everywhere. How cool is that? Social media that is not too intrusive, not too personal, but the perfect mix of unity and individuality, and it’s set up in such a way that no matter how big it gets, a large chunk of users will miss that one minute, so things will take a long time before they get too overwhelming.

2002: 14 January (New York): Catherine sits, watching the sun set over Kennedy Airport. Twenty minutes to takeoff.

“I told them I’d call home one more time,” she says. Tim, her husband, dials and hands over his blackberry. After a few rings, a voice says the answering machine is full. She says a prayer into the receiver, and tucks the phone back into her bag.

By the time they board and sit down, she’s stowed everything but a marble notebook, marked Journal in black ink. This was an afterthought, something that the kids might read through in a few years, for all the minor details that would slip away from her in time. Over the next 17 days, it’ll be more a comfort to her than anything else.

She flips the cover and starts to write. “I can’t believe where I am: in the air on my way to Paris, then off to Kiev to meet my daughter.”

16 January (Kiev): Winter in Ukraine. The sky is all dust and clouds, slung over the gold-topped cathedrals like a thick, tattered blanket. For two days, they’ve been shuffled around the city, from counselors and lawyers to workers from the agency, all bent on shipping kids across the ocean.

There’s an air of uncertainty to it all, like the ground could go from under their feet at any moment. One lawyer runs through the worst case scenarios: parents who filed all the paperwork to find a child missing, dead, unfit to leave the country. Horror stories, they called them around the office. That night in Independence Square a street vendor offers Catherine a fur coat, then a thick bushel of scarves.

They’re a deep blue, almost black, with fine lines of white stitching in the shape of stars and wild trees, tied off at the tops by hand.

When the riots start, it’s the scarves the

rebels burn first. They light up in seconds and float for hours, softly through the dirty air, like stray bits of tissue paper.

18 January (Donetsk): Catherine finds her daughter in a corner, rocking back and forth. You could almost hear the click, she writes that night, of everything falling into place.

Olga Alexandrovna. That’s her name, for now. Tim gives her a stuffed animal, and she picks cheerios from a Ziploc bag he brought her from home. She’s careful to keep one in her left hand, and eats the rest with her right. When the bag is empty, she holds the last one in both hands and nibbles at it like a chipmunk. “She looks just like you,” one of the older workers says from over their shoulders.

It’s true. Catherine runs a hand over the hard curve of her daughter’s lips and finds her own face in the girl’s, hidden somewhere behind two big red blotches on either cheek.

These are the marks that’ll get her out.

“There needs to be a … condition or something,” they’d told her. “Something they treat better in America.”

The staff had shown them other children too, always the oldest first. The ones who had been there for years, passed over every day by couples like Tim and Catherine. Some are too old, others too sick. One boy looks so much like Catherine’s son back home that her eyes sting at the sight of him. Years later, when coverage of the rebellion comes up on the news, she’ll look for him in the rioting crowds. She’ll see a red baseball hat like the one he’s wearing and wonder if he made it out before the bullets started flying, hoping against all reason that he did. The next morning, she writes her favorite line: “We found her, and she’s perfect.”

22 January (Donetsk): The judge comes late to court and sits at the bench, flanked on the left by lawyers and three women from the orphanage. Often during her daily visits, Catherine can hear them singing the children to sleep.

He questions them both, Tim for two minutes and Catherine for 47. He asks about her maiden name and her relatives, her job, how she’d handle so many children, why she wanted another one, what the other kids were like.

After a stutter on the last question a lawyer starts to speak, lifting his pen to the room. The women from the orphanage shout him down at once before he gets a word out. They’d been ready to pounce. “Baby looks like the mama,” they tell him. “You have to give her to her now.”

29 January (Poland): “She’s ours! I can’t believe it.”

They board a 707 bound for JFK. Their daughter, named Elaine now, is quiet from Poland to the coast, but shrieks over the whole length of the Atlantic.

Just before they land, she gets to sleep, rolling her body back and forth across the seat in slow, self-soothing arcs. It’s an odd habit of babies who don’t get rocked to sleep.

She’ll keep it for years.

2015 (New York): Catherine keeps in contact with the agency for a while. Sends a monthly write-up with six or seven polaroids, contributes a piece to their newsletter. Despite a ban on Russian adoption in 2012, she hears the program is strong as ever.

Then the calls stop coming.

Elaine grows into Laney, and thoughts of where she came from slip away, like they were never there at all.

Ukraine’s economy continues the nosedive it started in ’91, and international adoption rates fall with it. Kids who age out of care at 16 turn to revolutionary groups rather than street gangs. Bigger guns, better media coverage.

One of them gets shot down defending the airport at Donetsk, and a CNN photographer gets a picture. When they broadcast it on the evening news, Laney’s doing a paper in front of the television. She looks up for a moment and sees an interview from the ground. It’s a correspondent on a smoldering sidewalk, about 50 miles from Shakhtersk, where she was born. “… and the Obama administration remains hesitant to pass a foreign aid package for Ukraine,” he says into the microphone.

She looks back down and changes the channel.

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

My weekend in Odds Hell

Nate Fisher The Wind - We left our windows open. And we woke up as all of our posters were blowing around, and all of our picture frames were falling off our dresser. And walking around campus? It was getting colder, but now it’s frigid with this wind. Salt is blowing up in our faces and it’s just plain nasty walking between classes and feeling like we’re in some car wind tunnel.

Complaining About constantly changing Weather - We don’t know how often you read TU/TD, but we’re starting to feel like we’re talking about weather with every single issue. It’s not that we need to talk about new things—if that were true, we would need to go to a new school. Everything stays the same here—and by stay the same, we mean that everything is always different. Hot, cold, windy, snow, rainy, frigid, sweltering.

Who knows what tomorrow could bring? There could be an earthquake, and we wouldn’t be all that surprised.

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For the three percent of you unfamiliar with the game of Odds, it’s a simple game.

The Oddser picks a task, The Oddsee picks the numeric odds he does said task, and, on the count of three, if they say the same number between 1 and the Oddsee’s odds number then the Oddsee must perform said task. There’s little more to it than that, an excuse for hijinks and getting drunk faster.

But when Odds finally comes to your friend group, it will come as a handy Sparknotes for the obscure Bulgarian novel your life has been up to this point.

Your life, or at least your life on Odds, is legible, intelligible.

The rest of you know what I mean.

Odds is the closest thing our nebulous generation has to a code of honor. It’s a chivalrous system in which we can all take part, a millennial bushido that builds friendships, bridges gaps, and gives each of its participants something, anything, to believe in.

Nothing less than a sense of duty to the code and to justice compels you to give “sporting” odds. You may not like the task, it may reduce you to embarrassing lows, but a gentleman’s “dice roll” (a one-in-six) remains the ceiling for most odds, and one-in-15 for the real nasty ones. The “sporting odds” is an intoxicating high, the feeling that you and you alone stand on the precipice of civility and an Oddsless world where no one can be taken at their word. It’s a state our world of today too often resembles. And somewhere, at some archetypal state school, a frat’s pregame time-passer seems to have redeemed the world in the eyes of one generation.

And doing Odds is fun! It keeps everyone on their toes and allows even the most craven and gutless of us (ya boi) to feel mutual pride and honor with your friends.

As soon as that odds-high disappears, though, you sink back into a

world where a man’s word is little more than ruffled noise. But is it possible to keep the Odds-high alive, in its purest form, for as long as possible? What follows are the errant notes I was able to take in my (Odds-induced) immersive investigative search for the permanent Odds-high.

For an entire weekend, I would only give one-of-three odds to any odds given to me.

Night 1 “Odds you buy us this round of drinks.”

“Odds you shower in jeans all weekend.”

“Odds you sleep in the fireplace tonight.”

It’s easy to see why all of my friends are on this new drug craze. This is the jolt our weekends needed. But it soon degenerates into an odds shootout, mostly toward me. The odds are in my favor that they won’t get me, but it becomes apparent over time that they’ve got my number.

When you get oddsed dozens of times, your oddsers start to see your patterns. My social media presence is the first embarrassing domino to fall, and I must now live until mid-April as “Nate Birdman Fisher” on Facebook, with a litany of people well-convinced that I have obnoxious love for a movie I thought was horrid. That hurt worse than all the face-slap odds.

The night ends the way most nights end: distant acquaintances of all sorts getting snapchats I would rather not have sent. At 4:45, I am rudely awoken and reminded that the fireplace is my bed tonight.

Day 2 Most of Day 2 is spent riding the 86 bus to Somerville and walking back. My back hurts.

Night 2 It’s all gone blurry now. I’m bearing the brunt of tonight’s shots odds. Fireball shots, cheap gin shots, and shots of undrinkables. I light a fire in Stokes.

I throw tiny rocks at adult strangers. I narrowly avoid the Pine-sol shot odds.

I do not avoid the vodka-shot-thenchase-a-bus odds.

“Odds you shave half your beard.”

“Odds you jump naked into the

snow.”

One of my friends, not one in particular, but a fuzzy amalgam of each of them, pulls something out of his pocket.

“Odds you stab the bartender in the back of the neck with these scissors.”

Day?/Night? 3?

It never feels good to wake up on the dusty wooden floor of an abandoned loft wondering which of your limbs you’ll be able to feel again first. Or to be woken up by Tank(?) holding a pane of glass over your head asking “Odds you drop this pane of glass on your head and roll down the loft stairs … again.”

“One” cough, “two” cough, “three …”

At the bottom of the stairwell, bruised, bloody, and half-bearded, the word “odds” is as removed and far away as the balanced life I once enjoyed. I hobble home on the 86 bus and take a jean shower.

Epilogue I’m on the Red Line. Someone I haven’t seen in a very long time approaches me. She goes to school around here, but not on the Red Line.

“Where are you headed?” I ask.

“Oh I’m not going anywhere. I actually have to ride the entire red line today. It sounds silly, but there’s this game we play at Tufts called Odds.”

When you move to a new place or take up a new activity, you experience certain intangible sensations whose nature can only be understood after years of familiarity and repetition. You recall in memory the experience of the thing as you first experienced it, the disharmony between the “then” and “now” of the thing serving as evidence for the lost presence of mystery and discovery. We often chase that mystery; this is particularly true for all things addictive. I recall the Odds high very fondly, so fondly that I hardly notice I’ve told her how exciting my one-in-three odds weekend was, and, without missing a beat, was lead smiling into her innocent “Odds you keep doing it.” I got got.

If you see me, odds me. Keep the Odds high alive.

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

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Fences built out of fear

Julia Bogiages Good fences make good neighbors.

Great fences make terrible ones.

There once was a man who was very happy with his job. He sold fences and barbed wire in a small country where theft was normal and trust was not. He was able to sell fences and barbed wire to everybody. He sold tall, high ones with the pointiest of barbed wire to all the grocery stores that wanted to protect their food. He sold thick, beautiful walls and intricate, razor-sharp wires to a handful of wealthy people who wanted to protect their families extra well. He sold long, winding fences and prickly, twisted wires to big, foreign businesses who wanted to protect their bottles, packages, and piles of products in their expensive warehouses and factories. But most importantly, he sold fences and barbed wire to everyone else, because everyone had someone or something to protect, no matter how rich or poor they were.

In fact, his fence and barbed wire business became so successful, that after many years he became the richest man in the entire country. He had everything he could wish for. He gave his family everything they needed, and almost anything they wanted. Fine French food, the newest phones from Japan, and hundreds of Hollywood movies were shipped to him from around the world. He and his family lived very well, safe from theft and the threat of others, behind their fences and barbed wire.

One day this man decided to move to the places where these wonderful new things were being produced and invented. However, he didn’t trust anyone to take care of his business when he left.

He didn’t trust his highest fences and sharpest wires to stop others from looting his fence factories and barbed wire warehouses in his absence. So when he moved away, he decided to simply take it all with him, and move both his family and successful business elsewhere.

However, in the first country he went to, theft was uncommon, and trust abounded. Everyone was worried about how to improve the taste of their famous cuisine. They didn’t care about fences and barbed wire. But he was not concerned. He was so rich. Surely he could move again and again until he found a wealthy country where his business could thrive. However, the same thing happened in the second wealthy country he moved to. Everyone was worried about how to make their phones faster and more advanced. They didn’t care about fences and barbed wire. So he moved again. And again. And again, until one day he realized he was no longer rich.

Now he was worried that he would lose all of his business and embarrass himself and his family. He saw his new friends in these new countries becoming very wealthy and successful at their interesting jobs. Some of his friends invented new technology and sold it to fascinating, futuristic companies for lots of money. Others taught classes and wrote poetry that was published and sold in big, beautiful bookstores. Some of his friends became famous doctors and found cures for terrible diseases, and were always traveling around the country and talking with other interesting people about their discoveries in huge, highrising hospitals. Everyone he knew was worrying about their interesting jobs and didn’t care about his fences and barbed wire. “And why should they?” he thought.

“My fences and barbed wire can’t solve interesting problems, or look beautiful, or help save people’s lives over here.”

And so at last he moved back to his own country, and started from scratch once again. Very soon his business was booming. Very soon he had everything, including a family and an abundance of friends. He certainly loved his big, booming business and lovely, luxurious life in his small country—but he would always envy those fancy, foreign friends for whom fences and barbed wire weren’t part of the deal. “If only they could see how rich they really were, not having to pay me for high walls and sharp steel.”

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

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A8

Thursday, March 19, 2015

Trading tires for train tracks

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A new podcast is uncovering the stories behind some of Boston’s top startups BENNET JOHNSON | METRO EDITOR

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t’s late Friday afternoon, and the HubSpot offices in Cambridge are closing for the day. Dave Gerhardt gathers his laptop and microphone and walks toward the T, ready to unwind after a full workweek. But instead of riding home, he heads downtown to the headquarters of HourlyNerd—a new Boston-based startup that connects businesses with freelance consultants. He walks up to the fifth floor of the downtown building and enters a conference room with Patrick Pettiti, Rob Biederman, and Peter Maglathlin, a group of recent Harvard Business School graduates. The 27year-old Gerhardt takes five to 10 minutes to break the ice, asking questions about how the startup is performing and discussing his work as a marketing manager at HubSpot.

Gerhardt then hits “record” on his device and continues the casual conversation for 30 minutes, getting a candid look at what life is like working at a new startup in Boston.

On this particular afternoon, HourlyNerd is Gerhardt’s latest project as part of his own podcast “Tech In Boston,” which offers a behind-the-scenes look at how people are building companies in the city. Gerhardt has done his homework, and his preparation for the interview stems back to the night before.

On Thursday night, Gerhardt sits on his couch, doing extensive background research on his next startup, looking at LinkedIn profiles, articles, and other news written about the companies. He creates about one page of bullet points and notes to bring to the interview—just in case he needs to help guide the conversation if it starts to get a little dry. Now, sitting around a conference table with the founders of HourlyNerd, Gerhardt plunges right into his questions, provoking a laid-back conversation about some of the incredible stories behind these young companies getting started in Boston.

“I’m not trying to grill people and ask hard questions that they would get stumped on,” Gerhardt said. “It’s more like we’re hanging out over coffee or a couple beers and having a fireside chat type of scenario.”

Following the interview, Gerhardt heads home to take the next steps to disseminate

his 37th podcast to date to his widespread audience. On Friday night, with the interview fresh in his mind, he spends about 30 minutes editing the audio on his laptop and filtering out any excess background noise.

He saves the file and will examine it one last time for any additional tweaks before posting it the following week to his audience of over 15,000 people who subscribe to “Tech In Boston.”

“I’ve had many people tell me that this was a helpful resource for them,” Gerhardt said. “I want to motivate them to be leaders and give them the information they need to start their own companies.”

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erhardt never wanted to be the one to create the media outlet.

He had no prior experience with the podcasts, but became interested in them about a year ago when he was working downtown and commuting daily on the T. He was working for a startup named Privy at the time, and was intrigued by the stories of how companies were built and breaking into the business world. He began regularly listening to “This Week In Startups,” a podcast detailing the stories of a new startup founder or a recent millionaire who had success in San Francisco.

“I thought to myself, this would be cool if there was a Boston angle on it,” Gerhardt said.

He tweeted the idea out to a couple of friends in the tech community in Boston, asking someone to take the project forward.

Many people wrote back to Gerhardt saying that he should take control of his own idea.

“I really thought I didn’t have time for this,” he said. “I wanted to have a side project—something to work on in my spare time.

So I had a designer friend create a logo and I borrowed a microphone from a DJ and was ready to go.”

Immediately, “Tech In Boston” was born.

Gerhardt knew that the tech community in the city was very close, and that there was always a large amount of events and people sharing information. He never expected that his small idea would be so well received.

The first interview he performed was with his boss at the time, Benjamin Jabbawy, the CEO of the young startup Privy. The two sat down in a small conference room and just had a casual conversation. Jabbawy’s startup had just 10 employees, and Gerhardt aimed to ask questions that traditional articles wouldn’t delve into, especially about creating a company out of scratch in a major city.

“We sat down and had a couple of beers and talked about the experience he had of building a company in Boston,” he said.

The podcasts came initially with a number of flaws. During Gerhardt’s first interview, the microphone was backwards and the audio was static. During others, a fire truck or ambulance would pass the conference nearly every 30 seconds during each interview and listeners couldn’t hear the details of the conversation. Some interviewees were not as charismatic or conversational as they seemed, and many did not give great face-to-face interviews, often relaying Gerhardt one-word replies.

Eventually, the podcasts became more of a chore than a hobby, and Gerhard cancelled the program last May. “When I stopped doing them, I got a bunch of tweets and a bunch of emails from people that I didn’t know,” he said.

“People that weren’t my mom—weren’t my girlfriend. That was my big moment where I thought that this could really be something great.”

Gerhardt recommitted to the podcast in early August and began performing one interview per week, sometimes via Skype if he was unable to travel. He eventually got a website up and running and started posting in a few blogs. The podcast quickly spread by word of mouth. After each episode, startup founders would introduce Gerhardt to another five emerging CEOs or prominent business leaders and investors in the area, prompting a continuous cycle of names and companies—including EverTrue, CoachUp, Common Angels, OpenView Ventures, and a Boston College alum’s startup, Drizly.

“This really was the first of its kind,” Gerhardt said.

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ne of the challenges of operating “This Is Boston” on a regular basis is the fact that Gerhardt works a full-time job during the week. He typically spends two to three hours after work developing the podcast each week, with additional time on the weekends.

Currently, Gerhardt creates a new podcast about twice a month, depending on how he can balance his time in the office.

After leaving Privy, Gerhardt moved to his current position at the marketing and sales software company, HubSpot. HubSpot is known for its innovative “flextime policy,” allowing its employees to form their own personal work schedules. An article in the Boston Globe Magazine highlighted that the company cares about results more than how much time one spends in the office. Despite his very busy schedule, Gerhardt still finds time to pursue his hobby.

“As long as I take care of what I need to in my day job, I have the freedom to run out after lunch and meet with company downtown and come back later,” Gerhardt said. “The flexible work environment has been a big help in getting this idea off and running.”

After creating nearly 40 episodes, Gerhardt can closely monitor the progress of each individual podcast. He controls technology that allows him to track how many people on average stream each episode, and how the podcast grows over time. Currently, there is an average of 2,500 downloads per month.

A dashboard also keeps track of user feedback, including content that was positively received and things that could be improved in the future.

Looking to the future, Gerhardt wants to continue spreading his love of startups and the city of Boston to as many people as possible. The podcast currently has a number of big sponsors, and Gerhardt is gaining more followers each month. He doesn’t plan on stopping anytime soon.

“Hearing the stories of 40 people who build companies in Boston is a great opportunity, and I want this podcast to be helpful resource for people to truly see what it is like to work at a startup.” 

Former student sues BC for mishandling assault case Assault Case, from A1 polygraph test, Doe’s attorney and the senior prosecutor for the case motioned for a dismissal of all charged in May 2014. The court granted the motion.

D o e ultimately g raduate d that month.

In the current lawsuit, the plaintiffs have claimed that the University violated laws in its treatment of the case.

The Administrative Hearing Board in the case consisted of Rivera, two other administrators, a visiting professor at the law school, and an undergraduate student. Chebator, the former dean of students, appointed River as the chairperson of the board.

“Boston College intends to defend the matter vigorously in court,” University spokesman Jack Dunn said. “Clearly the family has stated its desire to have his records expunged so that the former student could attend law school, but in our view, the case was correctly adjudicated and we stand by the decision

of the administrators who came to the conclusion of guilt.”

The court record for the case claims that Rivera was openly hostile to Doe in a Nov. 2012 hearing, at which Doe denied having touched the defendant in any way. Eventually, the board issued a finding of “responsible” for “indecent assault and battery.”

Doe went on to issue an appeal of the decision to Chebator and Keating, who rejected the appeal in Dec. 2012. The family went on to approach University President William P. Leahy, S.J., in May 2014 to tell him what had happened.

Leahy responded to refer the family to speak with Jones to conduct a review of the prior decision. Per the court record, this investigation was not thorough.

“In particular, Jones disregarded entirely the scientific evidence that convinced the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to dismiss the criminal charges without qualification,” the record said.

Further, the case hinges on the allegation that the University breached

its obligation to conduct an appropriate investigation of the sexual assault charge.

The plaintiff ’s complaint said Hughes, who now serves as the senior associate dean of students, was not a trained investigator and did not interview Doe about his version of the events. Doe’s lawsuit states that the hearing was held shortly after the incident, which he believes breached the provision requiring a reasonable hearing date. The University allowed Doe to have an attorney present at the hearing, but then “tied the attorney’s hands,” the court record indicated.

“Self-incrimination issues aside, the notion of a young man being able to defend himself competently in this intensely-emotional situation is absurd,” the case said. “An accused student in this situation is bound to be intimidated.”

The sexual assault policy has changed since this 2012 case. Previously, the hearing consisted of a board made up of administrators and students. Now, the University has moved toward an

investigative model. As of last summer, an internal investigator and a Title IX lawyer will consider sexual assault cases. This moves away from scenarios where both the complainant and the respondent must appear at the hearing, like what happened at Doe’s sexual assault case.

Richard DeCapua, the associate dean for student conduct, said he is confident that this new system ensures a fair trial for all students involved. DeCapua, who was not employed at the University during the case in question, explained that previously, cases were adjudicated on a hearing basis with a board. The new system enables a lawyer, Scott Walker, to adjudicate each case.

“That takes it out of the hands of the hearing group as it always had been and now you have a professional person—an external and internal person who adjudicates cases,” Dunn said. “That also gives you consistency because it’s the same two people who are hearing each case.” 

In the legendary summer of ‘14, I drove a 1991 Buick Regal. Its majestic, maroon paint glistened in the sun as I cruised James Bond-style down the Wisconsin highways. The shag-carpeted interior smelled of stale smoke and sweat, and a gaping rusty hole stood well over the front wheel. It was truly a car that oozed class and sophistication.

The Buick offered me the freedom of the open road, the ability to go anywhere as long as my parents were willing to fork up the gas money. Sometimes I would even cross the state line: I was essentially a modern-day Kerouac.

One fateful summer day, while listening to “Dancing in the Dark” and cruising down the highway, the brakes went out and I almost slammed violently into an SUV. My nearly superhuman reflexes saved the day and I managed to run the car off the road and onto the lawn of an evangelical church (Pastor Dan still won’t talk to me).

It was then that I knew the Buick’s days were limited. College awaited me and I would have to find a new form of transportation. I shed a tear for the Buick as it was dragged away to a final resting place.

My elegant machine had been left behind and now I was a student at Boston College. No longer would I bask in the silky smooth interior of my own automotive. Now I was stuck facing a new and terrifying challenge.

Public transportation, something I had only had to deal with four or five times before in my entire life.

Most of the things I’ve been told about life came from my great-uncle Jerry. Great-Uncle Jerry used to regale me with tales of his experiences in the world, mostly regarding milking Norwegian mountain goats, but many of these stories had to do with public transportation (which is surprisingly similar to milking a Norwegian mountain goat).

“Public transport’s for the weak, Arthur,” he would say, swaying vigorously on a rocking chair. “It’s for those pansies who can’t even milk a Scandinavian mountain goat.”

“My name’s Archer, Great-Uncle Jerry,” I would respond.

Then he would tell me to shut up and fetch him some whiskey and ‘taters.

Oh Great-Uncle Jerry, I miss him so.

As you can tell, my experiences with public transportation were slim to none, and going off Great-Uncle Jerry’s ideas, I wasn’t sure what to expect.

At the beginning of my first year in Boston, I took my first steps onto the T. Uncle Jerry’s words rang in my ears.

“The streets are lined with feces, Henry, the trains smell of hippie-stank and the buses are coated in dead rats,” he had told me. I didn’t know what would greet me as I stepped onto that greenpainted metal tube. What I found was a nearly-empty train car, well-lit and with no discernable “hippie-stank.”

After my first T ride, I realized that real life is considerably more boring and pedestrian than bizarre fictional uncles make it out to be. The train was simple, relatively clean, and got me to where I wanted to go (an artisanal ranch dressing boutique, obviously). It became my lifeline to downtown Boston, a place I visited as a child and have a great attachment to.

I thought I would miss the freedom of my 1991 Buick Regal (R.I.P), but I’ve discovered a strange affinity for the train. Knowing the ins and outs of the system, where to change lines, where to catch the bus to the airport, and more, make me feel increasingly connected to the city. Despite the much-ballyhooed and extremely troublesome faults of the T, I’ve still developed an affection for it that has become directly a part of my love for Boston.

Next week’s column: 19 Worthwhile uses of the word “ballyhoo.”

Archer Parquette is an editor for The Heights. He can be reached at metro@ bcheights.com.

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Ryan Dowd You could say summer starts on Friday. That’s when Insurgent (the latest installment in popular dystopian young adult fiction) premiers. It follows up on the middling success of Divergent, as Tris, Four, and their gang of miscast young adults wage stylized war against “the man.”

You could say this semester has finally begun, as BC pounces on another hit song and readies itself to make another fun video of people dancing and being happy on campus. In the very near future, “Uptown Funk” will drop to the exclaim of parents and prospective students. It’s the third entry into the genre of filmed campus dancing to infectious pop hits. Maybe it’s the final entry in a grand trilogy. Maybe we’re still in the beginning. But people love dancing comedy groups, so let’s keep giving it to them.

You could say I’ve seen the second season of New Girl three times. And you’d be mostly right. I’d say I’ve seen each episode an average of three times.

I’ve probably seen Lord of the Rings upward of 30 times. I watch the same stuff over and over again, so how can I fault Hollywood or BC for producing the same stuff over and over again?

It’s really easy to watch the same stuff over and over again. Sure, the original emotion I felt when I first watched it may become sedated or muted over time, but it becomes something I can count on. I know exactly when Merry says, “Buckleberry Ferry, follow me,” that the hobbits will go racing off in what is one of the only action scenes in the first half of the Fellowship. It’s just comforting to know exactly when to laugh or grit your teeth.

It’s something we all do. We’ve all read Harry Potter enough to batter innocent paperback bindings. We’ve all seen Superbad at least five times. We’re all really interested in the genealogy of the families of Westoros (right guys?). I think it’s important to have a few things that you know and a few things you can do really well.

My greatest weakness as a consumer of culture is fear of the unknown. What if Kanye’s album isn’t awesome (just listen to “Runaway” a few times). My time is so precious. Why spend the few hours a week I budget to consumption of culture on a risk like The Royal Tenenbaums (even though it’s fiercely beloved movie) when I can watch that one Friday Night Lights when Riggins leaves college and tosses his books out of his truck (the dream).

So I get why we’re continuing down the road of “Happy” videos. The form is set. It’s now easy to conceptualize. All you need is a working camera and some students willing to make momentary fools of themselves. But like me and my Lord of the Rings, that original thrill we felt more than a year ago as Pharrell narrated a journey of exuberant dance across our picturesque campus will fade with each new video. We don’t have to obliterate the genre itself. Just try to think of something else.

As for you, my Insurgent friend assaulting theaters across America this weekend with a pixie haircut, tattooed triceps, quivering lips, and wide, teary eyes, I don’t blame you. The tweens aren’t going to come to Boyhood. But when folks talk about the death of originality in American film, they’re talking about you. Not because you’re a sequel, a young adult dystopian film, but because you’re blank, empty.

The best scene from any of the Harry Potter movies was when Harry and Hermione danced in Deathly Hallows Part One. It’s not in the books, but it was a moment of actual humanity. And humanity is unpredictable, sometimes uncomfortable. That’s what we’re afraid of when we avoid eye contact or a polite nod in the quad. It’s simple: acknowledge humanity. It’s what we’re missing if we keep recycling the same forms over and over again.

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

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Jared Reinfeldt and Andrew Troum, both A&S ‘16, star as Luke and Adam, the pair of star-crossed lovers in ‘Next Fall,’ a play that conveys themes of homosexual love and religion.

‘Next Fall’ brings homosexuality and religion to light

Chris Fuller Assoc. Arts & Review Editor Family, love, and religion are sometimes incompatible terms. This tension is particularly apparent when a gay Christian man has both a homophobic father and an atheist boyfriend.

Next Fall, directed by Sarah Krantz, A&S ’15, deals with the aftermath of a terrible car crash that puts Luke (Jared Reinfeldt, A&S ’16) in the hospital with a coma. Luke’s friends and family come to his side in this trying time and must wait agonizingly to hear developments in Luke’s condition.

Flashbacks are presented throughout the entirety of the play that depict Luke’s growing relationships with his co-worker Holly (Kate Weidenman, LSOE ’16), boyfriend Adam (Andrew Troum, A&S ’16), and father Butch (Ted Kearnan, A&S ’17).

The production design by Keith Lebel, A&S ’15, and Danielle Wehner, A&S ’16, was crafted so it could easily adapt for these flashbacks. The middle of the stage is an eerily lit hospital waiting room. The flickering fluorescent lights are a small touch that help set the tone of the play. To the sides of this waiting room are Luke’s hospital room, a hospital gurney veiled by a white cloth, and a conservative, plain design of Adam and Luke’s apartment.

This layout made for easy transitions and a dynamic relationship between the waiting room and the other settings. Holly would be pacing in misery in the waiting room while Adam and Luke were battling it out in their living room, serving as a poignant reminder of Luke’s eventual fate.

Luke and Adam’s dynamic is strange, to say the least. It wasn’t that Reinfeldt and Troum’s chemistry wasn’t believable—the characters were just strangely written. While Adam’s atheism and Luke’s Christianity greatly polarize their interactions, the way they bicker about their religious differences makes their relationship generally unbelievable. The two characters bring up compelling points on both sides of the argument, but, overall, Adam and Luke seem to be an unmatchable pair that do not belong together.

Adam’s progression is also a little bizarre as well. Troum, as Adam, handles Luke’s partial rejection of their lifestyle with compassion and confusion—an apt reaction to the conflict, but Adam’s vicious demeanor towards his boyfriend’s faith can seem unfounded and pestering. To hear Adam, as an atheist, tackling Christianity’s concepts could feel awkward and off-putting, but Troum captures Adam’s certitude with force and works to bring out his character’s conviction.

Luke’s divorced parents are also intriguing

on stage. Maisie Laud, A&S ’16, and Kearnan are a good fit for depicting the divorced couple, brought together by this tragedy. The audience is given a nice insight into the couple’s troubled past. Their interactions seem sincere, yet distant when they are brought back together by their son’s misfortune. Laud adds a bit of relief as tension builds on stage. And with Kearnan, she takes on a southern accent that adds a nice touch to the characters, holding it up well throughout the production.

Butch plays the most formidable role in the play. He is the physical manifestation of the tension between Luke’s sexuality and his religion. Luke fears his sexuality will disappoint his father and Kearnan exerts this sense of expectation over his son wonderfully. The audience can feel the palpable fear that Luke expresses at the thought of not living up to his father’s vision for him.

Brandon, a former friend of Luke’s who is listed as his emergency contact, is also sitting in the wait room. Joe Meade, A&S ’15, has a stature and delivery that fits his character well, but his character is left relatively undeveloped in the play—he is only really featured in one oddly paced scene.

Weidenman’s Holly is rather playful and bubbly in her flashback scenes and attempts to be uplifting and hopeful in the waiting room.

She is one of the few characters, interestingly

enough, with the ability to pass between the differing sets on stage. Weidenman can cross this boundary seamlessly and while her character doesn’t have much of an arch, her presence is inspiring to the rest of the characters.

Despite the strange approach the play takes to discuss homosexuality and religion, the rest of the play is captivating. There is more than enough investment in Luke’s character to keep the audience engrossed in his plight.

The relationship between Luke and his father is filled with exciting and meaningful stress and Reinfeldt and Kearnan deliver this conflict wonderfully. The revelations and narrative structure of the production are alluring and well paced, rounding out the play’s story holistically.

Next Fall is a heart-wrenching production.

These characters, immersed in such misery, inspire the audience’s emotions and intrigue exceptionally. The play poses a lot of moral questions, ambiguous and strange as their contexts may be, that are extremely relevant to today’s society. The set design, emblematic of the versatility of Bonn Studio theater, is absorbing and powerfully utilized as a reminder of how close tragedy is to one’s doorstep. Next Fall is a compelling family drama that reminds the viewer of the abrupt nature and taken-for-granted beauty of life. n

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This weekend in arts

By: Chris Fuller | Associate Arts & Review Editor

‘The Gunman’ (Opens friday)

Pasada the Plate (Thursday 6 P.M..)

Based off of Jean-Patrick Manchette’s novel, The Prone Gunman, Sean Penn’s Jim Terrier has had enough being an international hitman. His organization disagrees and sends him running across Europe in escape.

‘Insurgent’ (opens friday)

The second film in the Divergent series sees Tris and Four as fugitives on the run. Erudite leaders are after them with a vengeance, and time is the most precious commodity. Shailene Woodley returns as Tris.

JURASSIC PARKAPPELLA (Saturday 7 P.M.)

The Spring Cafe for the Boston College Acoustics is Jurassic Park themed. The Acoustics will be debuting five new songs at the show. Jurassic Parkappella will be in McGuinn 121— admission is free.

Boston College’s Cape Verdean Student Association is holding a Pasada night in the Vanderslice Cabaret Room this week. CVSA will be collecting donations to benefit residents of Cabo Verde. Admission is free.

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Latin Social (Thursday 8 P.M.)

The Organization of Latin American Affairs is having a social filled with salsa, bachata, and merengue. OLAA is holding Tech Drive at the event with a raffle for a prize. Swing by the Vanderslice Cabaret Room for this Latin Social.

Open Mic Night (Thursday 7 P.M.)

The Music Guild, Laughing Medusa, and the Art Club are hosting an open mic night in the Yellow Room in Mac. There’ll be literary magazine excerpts, art displays, and more.

Psychic Fair (Saturday 7 P.M.)

The Campus Activities Board is having a psychic night filled with tarot card readings, palm readings, and more mind games in O’Connell House.

Admission is free.

R ig h t s o n t h e H e ig h t s I I (Thursday & Friday)

The Acoustics, members of Juice, BC Poets, and various speakers will gather together in O’Neill Plaza to vent frustration over what they perceive to be free speech restrictions and racial inequality at Boston College.

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hris Paterno, A&S ‘15, minds the stage of The Rusty Nail. The local patrons of the Villanova bar have come to know Paterno’s acoustic guitar and two backing musicians. It’s nearing the end of the summer, and some of Paterno’s old high school friends have bustled into The Rusty Nail.

He’s moved through the covers—The Band’s “The Weight,” some Third Eye Blind, and “Jenny (867-5309).”

Paterno strikes the chords to “Morning Light” and there’s a bustle in the crowd. His high school friends know the song from his days as the drummer in Runaway Youth, a local band, and the buzzed patrons know it from earlier in the summer. Paterno rolls into the song and the crowd joins him on the chorus.

For a moment, he’s made it.

“It was just a surreal experience to look out and see people singing along with you to the words you wrote and be in the moment you experienced and have them enjoy the song and relate to it,” Paterno said. “The place is a total dive bar.”

In October, just a few months after this memorable moment at The Rusty Nail, Paterno began writing the songs that will wind up on his upcoming EP Everyday Shadows. He wrote the first track, “Unfaithful” which would become the first track in the three track EP. He has continued to perform, playing at the Music Guild open mics and at Sing it to the Heights. He’s set to perform in the singer songwriter competition later in the month. As much as any BC musician, he’s around.

Paterno was also one of the judges for last weekend’s Battle of the Bands.

Paterno didn’t always play the guitar. Throughout high school and into his first year of college, Paterno was the drummer for Runaway Youth. The band accrued a moderate following in the marginal venues

of Philadelphia. They also released an album that sold better in Japan than in the states. Paterno had picked up the guitar and become the band’s principal songwriter.

But like many high school bands distance eventually grew too much for the band. Paterno found himself alone, musically.

He picked up the guitar more. It’s a lot easier to play in a dorm room than the drums.

“When I first started out, it was simple chords, simple structures,” Paterno said. “My first was just four chords over and over.”

Rediscovering his percussive background (a drummer since the fourth grade), Paterno developed his own acoustic style that involves as much plucking and slapping as simple strumming.

“If I start to pick up on a chord progression that I really like and keep coming back to that, then moving forward with that chord progression, I start humming a melody and trying to find some words,” Paterno said.

He continued to hone his songwriting craft and by the end of his freshman year had frequently participated in the Music Guild’s open mics—a chance for musicians to perform in front of other musicians.

After performing in the singer songwriter competition in the spring of 2012, he realized he wanted to join the Music Guild in earnest.

Now one of the vice presidents of the Music Guild, Paterno has found himself in the epicenter of BC’s music scene. He’s found an easy collaborator in Sean Seaver (of Small Talk), fellow Music Guild-er and A&S ’16, who’s producing the album. Dan Lyle (The Island) has lent his ambient synths during production. Paterno has even brought in Sing it to the Heights winner Wynnm Murphy, A&S ’18, to lend her voice to “Lover When You Gonna Come,” the final track on the EP. Production for Everyday Shadows started in Janu-

ary in the recording studio in Lyons and will continue until the EP’s release tentatively scheduled for Sunday night, when Paterno and Seaver put the finishing touches to the EP that’s taken nearly five months of conceptualization and collaboration.

“It’s about the things we as young adults carry around with us that we don’t really talk about,” Paterno said.

Paterno has one of those “singer songwriter” voices.

It has a folksy quality—that biting quality that’s the common denominator between Ed Sheeran’s bubbly tones and Tom Petty’s southern edge. Like his prominent predecessors, Paterno uses this quality to invite the listener in.

His earlier written work with Runaway Youth that he still sometimes performs is rhythmically pleasing but isn’t as structurally complex or ambitious as the three tracks on the new EP. They’re songs for the bar—but lack the compositional and structural daring of “Unfaithful.” The track starts with some simple chords before rolling into the slapping and picking. The drums kick in, a driving bass line and some electric guitar that riffs off the work of the bass. The song is still catchy, but has more going on than the hook.

The occasional chaos of “Unfaithful” will be balanced out with the bareness of “Your Love,” an acoustic track with just Paterno and his guitar, and “Lover When You Gonna Come,” a folk-rock tune featuring a banjo and Murphy.

There’s a professional tone in Paterno work, but also in his life now. He spends hours a week managing and promoting himself on social media. The hope is that Everyday Shadows can get on the radio and catch the attention of a small record label.

But for now, Paterno is still immersed in the life of music at BC.” n

Across this wild, wild web Chris Fuller The other night, my friends and I were watching The Beatles-centric romantic musical, Across The Universe. As far as musicals go, this one ranks among the highest in my opinion—however, it did bring to mind another Beatles musical that I hold dear to my heart.

Back in 1978, a magical occurrence transformed cinematic history.

Together with Peter Frampton, the Bee Gees starred in a musical very similar to Across The Universe called Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. While Across The Universe was much more seriously toned and thematic, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band was an otherwise silent musical that followed the shenanigans of the titular band, Mean Mr. Mustard, and Maxwell and his Silver Hammer. Sgt. Pepper’s is wrought with Beatles references and Bee Gees covers, along with appearances from Steve Martin, Aerosmith, and Alice Cooper.

It might be hard to find a copy, but any Beatles or Bee Gees fan would surely go to the effort to track down a download of this incredible mash-up.

When I suggested to my friends that we abandon Across The Universe and put on the Bee Gees film instead, they were puzzled by what I have just described to them. The Bee Gees had done a whole Beatles musical? How could this be? How had they never heard of this little note etched in pop-culture history?

With today’s almost complete accessibility to media from the last five decades, it was easy to track down a digital download of Sgt. Pepper’s in minutes and share it in all of its glory with a few friends of mine. Now, with just a quick flash of my memory, five or six people were introduced to a small facet of culture that they otherwise probably wouldn’t have been able to see. Sure, if this were a decade ago, they could have hunted down a copy on tape or DVD, but who would’ve gone to that effort just to satisfy my disco ramblings?

This is one of the beauties of the Internet Age: a user can easily track down some of the most obscure references and media that come to mind in an instant. We’ve all consumed so much media in our lives too, that some of the most enigmatic TV shows or movies still have secret and devoted followings.

Look at Star Wars for example.

Fans are familiar with the six theatrical films as well as with the several video games and TV shows that the series has inspired. The popular Star Wars: The Clone Wars series had been running on Cartoon Network for several years before it was put up on Netflix, where it has settled comfortably to be binge-watched by fans, but there was once another Clone Wars cartoon that is much more highly praised by those that remember it. This Clone Wars cartoon can be found with a quick search on Youtube, in its entirety for free.

Another little hidden gem of Star Wars fandom that would have been a major pain to track down before the age of the Internet is the atrocious Star Wars Holiday Special. Also made in 1978, CBS aired a Holiday Special based on the concept that Chewbacca was trying to get back to his home and family for Life Day, the galaxy’s Christmas.

George Lucas tried to do just about all in his power to erase all traces of this monstrous two-hour scar on the franchise, but thanks to the Internet (and the ability to transfer bootleg tapes to a computer) fans of all generations have a chance to bear through the entirety of this eyesore.

Fans of Toy Story may remember the backstory of Buzz Lightyear and his intergalactic conflict with the evil Emperor Zurg, but how many of them remember the Disney Channel cartoon Buzz Lightyear of Star Command? If you’re a fan of Toy Story, simply search that title, and you come across episodes of the rather impressive spin off series.

Youtube and torrenting provide us with a landscape of entertainment that would have been unimaginable just over a decade ago. Whether it be a Bee Gees musical or a quirky Leonard Nimoy music video, nothing seems impossible to find these days. From late ’90s and early 2000s kids shows and cartoons to underrated masterpieces of ’60s and ’70s, practically anything can be found just with the right search word.

A decade ago, it would have taken a more than proficient techie to track down and download what practically anyone with a computer can find these days. Today, it seems that we are right in the heart of a digital wild, wild west.

Chris Fuller is the Assoc. Arts & Review Editor for The Heights. He can be reached at arts@bcheights.com.

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Kendrick Lamar sheds competition with ‘ To Pimp a Butterfly’

BY HARRY MITCHELL Heights Staff Just 30 minutes before the unexpected early release of Kendrick Lamar’s highly-anticipated, second major-label release, To Pimp A Butterfly, the Compton rapper took to Twitter for just the third time this year.

He tweeted, “Yesterday. March 14th. Was a special Day.” Lamar’s tweet references Tupac Shakur’s Me Against the World, which dropped almost 20 years before Kendrick’s new To Pimp A Butterfly.

As clean and explicit versions of the album flashed across iTunes and Spotify throughout the night, some critics and fans saw the early release as just another stunt for shock value.

The conspicuous presence of Tupac’s influence on the record suggests otherwise.

The final track on the album, “Mortal Man,” features a six-minute edited conversation between Kendrick and the slain rapper. Kendrick continually uses a butterfly as a metaphor to represent his journey as an artist. He ends by posing a question to Shakur. “Although the butterfly and caterpillar are completely different, they are one in the same … What’s your perspective on that?” After seven short seconds, the track ends without a response.

This is not the only ambiguous moment on the album. The entire album is threaded with questions in Kendrick’s urgent delivery. As a whole,

the album forces listeners to come up with their own perspectives and answers to the political, social, and spiritual topics raised, and to reflect on Lamar’s unrestrained persona.

The album is fundamentally focused on questions instead of answers.

Lamar pushes conversation and contemplation from his listeners, something almost entirely unheard of in hip-hop today. On To Pimp A Butterfly, contemplation is more important than aesthetic. The album is not as easy to listen to as good kid, m.A.A.d city, or Section 80. He is not just telling stories or calling out his contemporaries anymore. With To Pimp A Butterfly’s blend of intellect and emotion, Kendrick Lamar has risen above what other hip-hop artists

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even hope to achieve.

The album has a sound rooted in ‘70s funk. It begins with “Wesley’s Theory,” a Flying Lotus beat featuring an appearance from legendary rapper/producer Dr. Dre, in which he warns Lamar of the dangers of success and how one can maintain his influence—a common theme throughout the album. His struggles with fame are further elucidated on the fifth track. “These Walls” is an emotional song in which Lamar offers a window into his personal life and his emotional struggles with his quick rise to fame.

On the following track, “u”—a much darker counterpart of the hugely popular “i”—Kendrick seems to be speaking to himself. The track begins with an eerie, angry scream that gradually builds into an emotional and passionate verse. Kendrick’s crackling voice moves through his insecurities, past selfishness and regret.

One of the most notable tracks on the album is “i,” the second to last track. The song has undergone a significant transformation from the Grammy-award winning, pop-esque version released earlier this year.

On the album, Kendrick simulates a live performance, undergoing lyrical and production changes that give it a much more “real” feel. The new, extended version does not end with the sounds of bustling traffic like the initial release, but with a crowd brawl that rages until Kendrick asks the question, “How many n—as we done lost bro? This year alone.” It is mo-

ments like these when Kendrick forcefully sheds the fourth wall that makes the album, that directly forces the listener to stop and considers questions of great weight and meaning.

The most powerful track , “Blacker the Berry,” is aggressive, provocative, and exciting. While the track dropped only a month ago, Kendrick is said to have been working on it for three years, since he heard about the death Trayvon Martin. Kendrick raps with force over the Boi-1da-produced beat with the help of Lalah Hathaway, who was featured on the hard-hitting hook of Kanye West’s “I’m in It.” On “Blacker the Berry,” Kendrick is blunt with an incredible sense of urgency as he delivers an unforgiving verse about the hypocrisy of society and himself. He raps, “I mean, it’s evident that I’m irrelevant to society / That’s what you’re telling me, penitentiary would only hire me.” It’s a taste of the honesty and ruthlessness on display earlier in his verse on Big Sean’s “Control,” minus the trivial disagreements with other rappers. Kendrick’s honesty and lyricism combine to create one of the album’s strongest tracks.

To Pimp A Butterf ly is not an easily digestible album. It is an epic. It requires thought and consideration to truly appreciate its significance. Already a massive commercial success, To Pimp A Butterfly proves Kendrick Lamar is one of, if not the most, honest, thought-provoking, and prominent rappers in hip-hop today. 

Madonna makes clumsy attempt at contemporary relevance

BY MARIAN WYMAN Heights Staff Well, it is 2015 and Madonna went out and made another album.

And even though Madonna is the Queen of Pop and can supposedly do no wrong, Rebel Heart is just that — wrong. Rebel Heart is the type of record whose best songs can only be described as “less unpleasant” than her cringeworthy worst. Nonetheless, it’s Madonna, so it’s worth a listen, even if only for novelty.

To delve into the musicality of these songs seems wildly inappropriate, but for the sake of fairness, a lot of the instrumentation and effects in Rebel Heart are typical of plenty of today’s best pop artists. Madonna is alarmingly clumsy with the EDM beats and vocal effects. From the start, it is obvious why her album has been poorly received.

“Living For Love” is the record’s first track. Its electronic groove is set from the start and drives through the rest of the song. For a while this song is promising, but it quickly falls apart as Madonna’s computerized voice mixes with a tacky, ‘80s keyboard sound in the pre-chorus. It’s almost as if Madonna is trying to mix up her musical generations — her peak and

present — but it is just too awkward.

Even still, this track is one of the better ones. It has its fun moments, a cool dance breakdown, and eases its listener into what is to come.

“Devil Pray” is another good warm-up tune. Its use of acoustic guitar, clapping, and Madonna’s clearer vocals show a softer dimension to usual rambunctious pop. Very quickly, this track develops an edgier dance beat and becomes a launchpad for Madonna’s entire artistic intent. With lyrics consisting almost entirely of lists of drugs, it seems the Queen of Pop is simply trying to stay relevant and edge herself into in a new, younger scene.

She seems to be fumbling for nothing, though, as the song ends up going way too long and sounds ridiculous.

For the most part, the rest of the songs on Rebel Heart are baffling.

From “Unapologetic Bitch,” with its reggae vibes and really bizarre, car-honking sound effects, to “Illuminati,” with its creepy, whispered introduction.

The underlying theme on this record — if there is one — is at best more than confused. There is almost undoubtedly no vision for this album, and instead it shows Madonna reaching out for young followers in any way she can. Perhaps that coincides

with the album’s title, that the work is something rebellious and new, but it just does not translate with a woman whose music was once so identifiable and loved.

Not to be forgotten, “Bitch I’m Madonna” is a classic for all the wrong reasons. Just about as outrageous as its title foreshadows, this track is so outlandishly overdone it almost seems like a practical joke.

Unless you are a diehard Madonna fan, there is no need or use for this song. Maybe she’s singing it ironically, but by pulling in Nicki Minaj

to rap a verse (the best part of the song, featuring the type of young, fresh, artist Madonna now desperately envies) Madonna shows just how badly she wants these songs to be good.

Madonna rounds out her album with some aggressively sexual tracks “Body Shop,” “Holy Water,” and “Inside Out.” Though these songs definitely succeed in their shock factor, they are the type of tunes that once heard, never need to be heard again. Some might call it edgy and empowering, but most would call it scarring.

Of course, Madonna’s songs “Joan of Arc” and “HeartBreakCity” have to be included in any decent writeup of Rebel Heart purely because they make a listener feel guilty for disliking the album. In hilariously whiny lyrics, Madonna uses these songs as a complete departure. Though they are compelling and seem to elicit real guilt, they cannot hope to save an album that was lost at the outset. If anything, they add to the confused conglomeration of songs that makes up Rebel Heart. 

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Modest Mouse returns with a puzzling, experimental project

BY EILEEN KAO For The Heights Anyone who claims to be a fan of rock has most likely heard of Modest Mouse. Formed in 1993, the band went on hiatus from 2010-2014, but with Strangers to Ourselves, the band re-enters the rock scene, reclaiming a place of prominence within the genre.

Modest Mouse has described the album as “experimental.” It includes both new songs and older ones that the band produced and released during the group’s hiatus. Embracing an indie-folk/rock sound, it has some promising songs and there are some songs that definitely cannot be overlooked. Considering, however, the haphazard way the album was pieced together, the album does not

fit together as neatly and nice as it sometimes sounds.

Loyal listeners can still appreciate the slightly misanthropic lyrics that Modest Mouse has always had in its songs. The title of the album is inspired by a passage written by Virginia Woolf in “The Mark on the Wall.” These listeners, though, may end up the old sound in favor of the newer, blander style.

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The album opens with the title track, “Strangers to Ourselves.” The song is one of Modest Mouse’s more experimental pieces, and the band hits it off really well with this opener.

The song is more easy-going and slow.

The cello and the guitar work together to create a smooth indie quality that underlies the entire piece. Although the song is unlike the usual rock style of the band, one cannot knock Modest Mouse’s execution. “Lampshades on Fire,” “Be Brave,” and “Ansel” are three other great songs on the album that channel the old Modest Mouse rock.

They’re catchy yet diverse.

“The Best Room,” “Coyotes,” and “Wicked Campaign” represent the indie-folk spectrum. The three songs are a good listen. They are a simple, easy listen but lack the dynamic energy of truly great song.

The remaining songs on the album are not as strong. “Sugar Boats” and “The Ground Walks, With Time in a Box” are the last two songs featured on the album that really showcase the talent of Modest Mouse. While both songs have more of a rock element, there isn’t much salvation here.

“Sugar Boats” has a circus tune, and despite the inclusion of a horns section, nothing else about the song

really stands out. “The Ground Walks, With Time in a Box” has a catchy pop rock rhythm with a driving dynamic between the drums and guitar, but the song drags on for over six minutes and leans too heavily on dragging instrumental section. Cutting it shorter would have been a good choice.

“Shit in your Cut,” “Pistol,” “God Is an Indian and You’re an Asshole,” “The Tortoise and the Tourist,” and “Of Course We Know” are disappointing.

Both “S—t in Your Cut” and “Pistol” go a non-conventional route—for Modest Mouse at least. Lead singer Isaac Brock goes for a raspy-sounding voice, but it ends up being inaudible and clouds the entire song. “God is an Indian and You’re an Asshole” relies on the repetition of its title for just over a minute. If it fits into the album, it is as some interlude. “The Tortoise and the Tourist” and “Of Course We Know” are both slower and darker and try to tread into a lower range. They leave the listener in a muddled state of confusion to end the album.

Listeners were prepared to welcome Modest Mouse with open arms.

But the band has sunken into a haze of experimentation with an album made of a series of bizarre pieces without an overall puzzle to place them in. 

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“DEAR FUTURE HUSBAND” MEGHAN TRAINOR

Meghan Trainor might not be a household name yet, but the “All About That Bass” singer is climbing her way to popularity.

The 21-year-old pop artist has already landed two top five hits, and seems to be going for a third with her newest music video release for “Dear Future Husband” on March 17.

In a 1950s-inspired video, Trainor hosts a series of boyfriends, eventually dismissing each of them when they fail to meet her expectations. In collaboration with Kevin Kadish, Trainor’s newest single incorporates doo-wop and R&B influences.

“Dear Future Husband” features Trainor’s list of requirements that her love interests should consider before proposing to her. Donning a blue leather skirt and 1950s garb, Trainor offers a unique take on traditional gender conventions. Employing rhythmic pop and a catchy melody, Trainor finds herself scrubbing kitchen floors and burning apple pies while offering a different take on domestic expectations. “You got that nine to five, but baby so do I / So don’t be thinking I’ll be home baking apple pies,” Trainor sings.

While Trainor sings about being the “perfect housewife,” the video ends with the pop singer dismissing her potential boyfriends, only to repeat the cycle again. The video employs gender conventions and domestic expectations to Trainor’s advantage. Complete with a fake Tinder app and retro signifiers, Trainor’s “Dear Future Husband” video utilizes thematic elements of ’50s doo-wop and Swift-like lyricism as the singer speaks up about how she should be treated.

And while the video offers nothing new in terms of themes, Trainor is going with what she knows and what works. 

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PRINCE & 3RDEYEGIRL “The X’s Face” Albeit a little repetitive and not particularly groundbreaking, Muse’s new politically subversive garage rock tune is a delightfully distorted barrage of bluesy riffs, laced with Matthew Bellamy’s usual operatic-sized voice.

The song signals a step back from Muse’s recent forays into classically influenced music and toward a rawer, grungier sound.

Prince’s latest single is short and minimalistic, relying solely on electronic drums and dubstep patches for the accompaniment. The falsetto vocals and lyrics carry the piece’s energy and the minimalism is an intriguing direction, yet the song feels a bit lifeless by the end, lacking growth and dynamism.

The Waterboys’ latest release tells of the endearing story about a man who loves a girl who loves to sleep.

Its melodic acoustic, soft rock feel, reminiscent of Jackson Browne with a thick Scottish accent, is extremely fitting. But perhaps it’s just a bit too lulling for a five-minute piece.

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March Madness works best with a personalized and unique bracket From Column, B8 which is just fun to say.

The head coach of Eastern Washington, a 13-seed, guaranteed a win over Georgetown in the first round.

That type of confidence, plus Georgetown’s track record of losing within the first two rounds every year, means that you should pencil the Eagles in for the first big upset of the tournament.

While we are on the subject of upsets, pick the Anteaters of UC Irvine. For one, anteaters are awesome, and two, they have the tallest player in college hoops, Mamadou N’diaye, who checks in at 7-foot-6. That, my friends, equals a winning combination.

When in doubt, flip a coin. My “coin-flip” bracket this year has No. 10 Indiana cutting down the nets in Indianapolis after defeating the Aztecs

of San Diego State. You never know, the ghost of Cody Zeller could return and lift the Hoosiers to a national championship.

Coins are hard to come by these days, with the likes of PayPal, Snapcash, Facebook Messenger, and Venmo becoming the favored form of money transaction.

So when you can’t find that spare penny or quarter in your couch, broaden your horizons. You have some options, here. You could pick based on the game of Scrabble, or you could choose the team with the coolest mascot—in which case the Anteaters, Blazers, Chanticleers, Shockers, Leopards, and Great Danes are all set for big runs.

Take an hour out of your morning to devour all the analytics and statistics that come along with the big dance. Nate Silver and the FiveThirtyEight blog is a great place to start,

with interactive brackets that show every team’s win probability in all rounds. Then, jaunt over to KenPom. com and feast your eyes on Ken Pomeroy’s analysis of luck rating (Wofford has the highest!) and adjusted tempo (North Carolina is the fastest tourney team).

Lastly, check out Shane Ryan’s “MoneyBrackets” guide on Grantland. The world is your oyster when it comes to analytics and the NCAA Tournament.

You may not understand it all, but it’s really cool and you’ll sound really smart in front of your friends when you tell them how Wisconsin has the highest adjusted offensive efficiency rating.

Fill out a women’s bracket, and pick UConn to win it all. Notre Dame may come close in the final, but no one can stop Breanna Stewart and the Huskies. Also look for undefeated

Princeton to represent the Ivy League and make a nice run. Plus, the tournament doesn’t start until March 20th, so you have plenty of time to get into it.

Like an aged cheese to complement a fine wine, pair your women’s bracket with an NIT bracket. Ignore the fact that it already started and pick Kiefer Sykes and UW-Green Bay to win it all.

Follow all the teams with any connection to your family. If you want to join my family, get behind Harvard, Notre Dame, Lafayette, and St. Johns.

If you’re mom’s cousin’s son went to grad school at Oklahoma, roll with the Sooners all the way.

On second though, maybe you shouldn’t make a bracket. Watch the games for the fun of it, and just breathe in all the madness around you without the agonizing pressure of having a pick—and possibly money—on the line.

This is the year of the 16-1 seed upset. I was high on the Ospreys of North Florida until they got bounced in the play-in game by Robert Morris, so now I’m going with Colonials to take down the Dukies, instead.

Anarchy!

I’ve been told by familiar sources that this is the year of the perfect bracket, and you have just as much of a chance as anyone to pull off the impossible.

Pick the Anteaters, listen to the stat experts, and have some fun with it. Before you know it, you’ll be screaming at the TV screen as VCU and Ohio State go into a second overtime, and suddenly you’ll thank me for opening your eyes to all that madness within a simple bracket.

Jack Stedman is the Assoc. Sports Editor for The Heights. He can be reached at sports@bcheights.com

Murphy’s NFL future may come as a running back or wideout From Murphy, B8 the passing game. But instead of blaming it on a lack of talent, Addazio feels it has to do with his lack of experience. After all, 2014 was the only full season of Murphy’s career. He spent much of his time at the University of Florida backing up Jeff Driskel.

Regardless of his playing time, Murphy’s arm gives scouts reason to pause before seriously considering him as a quarterback. Murphy rarely made the most of the starts he had, especially in the aerial attack. In BC’s losses, when the Eagles’ 15th-ranked rushing attack couldn’t get going, Murphy had trouble adjusting. Look at the Louisville game: BC’s ground anemia forced Murphy to pass a lot in the second half, resulting in three 4th-quarter interceptions that put the game squarely out of reach.

When the Eagles won, it was often because of Murphy’s excellent running ability. The leader of the ground game rushed for 1,184 yards and 11 touchdowns. Addazio praised his versatility, calling him an “elite athlete.”

His unique skillset begs the question: could Murphy make it in the NFL playing at a different position?

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“He’s ready to play quarterback, but I think he’s the kind of guy who’s willing

to do anything,” Addazio said. “He’ll do whatever it takes, no doubt.”

Murphy admitted he had several teams approach him about making a switch to a position he never played before. “If it’s the only opportunity, I’d be willing to do something,” Murphy said.

“I’d like to stay on the offensive side of the ball. I feel like I’m an offensive guy, but, you know, I’m definitely hoping to do whatever is going to help me at the next level.”

It’s not as radical of a move as it might seem. Yes, it’s rare that a player makes a position switch after playing his full college career behind center. The few that make this switch, however, see a lot of success in the NFL once they did. One in particular, former Indiana quarterback Antwaan Randle-El, found a spot in the Pittsburgh Steelers’ starting lineup as a wideout. Former Steeler coach Bill Cowher drew up the signature play of Super Bowl XL by taking advantage of Randle-El’s throwing ability—his 43-yard double-reverse touchdown pass to Hines Ward sealed Pittsburgh’s 21-10 victory.

The only team Murphy mentioned by name as having a heavy interest in him happened to be the Steelers.

Scouts criticized Denard Robinson, former quarterback for the University of Michigan, for never blossoming as

a passing threat. Yet like Murphy, his athleticism was unquestionable. The Jacksonville Jaguars took a flier on him in the fifth round as a running back, believing in his excellent ground numbers (Robinson rushed for 4,144 yards as a starting quarterback for the Wolverines).

So far, the experiment has worked for the Jags, as Robinson put up a respectable 582 yards in 135 attempts for Jacksonville. Given their similar background, Jacksonville’s strategy with Robinson could work for teams interested in Murphy as well.

Following the Pinstripe Bowl, Murphy revealed his plan if he doesn’t receive good news come draft day.

Murphy envisions himself standing on the sidelines in Chestnut Hill 20 years down the road, leading the next generation of dudes to potential gridiron glory.

Addazio praised his ex-quarterback’s maturity both on and off the field, seeing his potential coaching career as a legitimate possibility.

There’s a good chance Murphy never throws a ball for an NFL team. Attempting a transition to a new position doesn’t bring any guarantees of success. But even with the odds stacked against him, it doesn’t seem like the football world has seen the last of Murph. n

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five points or less.

Discounting the lack of recruiting clout and serious height, you find out some of why the Eagles had a lackluster season within their lineups.

The starters switched from game to game, with no absolute starting five.

The lineup looked best with something like Marti Mosetti, Ashley Kelsick, and Hughes at guard, Emilee Daley at forward, and Katie Quandt at center.

Nicole Boudreau and Shayra Brown also got a number of starting nods. Hughes was really the only mainstay in a side that switched around constantly, trying to find just the right chemistry. Hughes admitted that she found it hard to find a certain rhythm when the four other players were in flux.

Additionally, the starting lineup

consistently featured two or three freshmen, two sophomores, and at most one upperclassman.

Hughes built upon what was a good last season, earning herself an ACC Player Of The Week nomination and scoring the most points of any BC women’s basketball player since 2011 in the regular season game at Wake Forest.

She established herself as a leader on this young team.

“Obviously, we lost Kristen [Doherty] and Katie [Zenevitch] from last year’s team, who were two of our biggest contributors,” Hughes said. “So, we needed someone to step up and replace them … my coaches and assistant coaches trusting in me that they knew I had the potential.”

Perhaps the most turbulent event of the season was a number of suspensions in early February, when one player,

Lauren Engeln, was dismissed from the team. Head coach Erik Johnson only revealed that these came about from violations of team rules, but the disciplinary action solely affected upperclassmen, and shook up the starting lineups even more.

But this young lineup is what makes this year’s somewhat disappointing year so exciting. The team will continue to have its core group of players, many who still have a lot of time to develop their skills further.

With Kelsick’s athleticism, Mosetti’s technical ability, Daley’s all-around ability, Hughes’ shooting, and the continued development of Quandt into a strong player in the post, the Eagles could field a very formidable team next year. As Hughes said, its just a matter of having the right mindset and team chemistry. n

Threes a good company for BC From 3-Point Shooting, B8 be small on game day when the women step onto the court. Besides BC Spirit and the Pep Band, few students are present, yet cries echo off the empty bleachers throughout the game. Hundreds of young girls come out with their families and teams to root for the Eagles. Every call, shot, and play receives a proud cheer from the fans.

This booming atmosphere from a supportive crowd ignited the Eagles to a 9-6 record at Conte, as opposed to a 3-10 record on the road. The young team struggled in the first half of games against top ACC competitors, yet the Eagles surged in the second to muster up a comeback to scare top teams.

“For us, those comebacks have a lot to do with the confidence that the fans and everybody gave us,” Johnson said.

The biggest comeback came at home against No. 13 Duke University. The Eagles started cold, down 9-0 out of the gate to the Blue Devils—it appeared to be just another smothering of BC by a top team. BC did not allow this to happen.

The Eagles continued to believe in themselves.

They pushed hard and cleaned up their game.

“You don’t have to be perfect,” Johnson said. “You don’t have to play amazingly. You just have to be solid.”

The Eagles limited turnovers and gave Duke fits on defense. BC only shot 35.5 percent from the field, but with 13 triples, the Eagles closed out a top-tier team, proving they have the potential to compete at a high level.

This momentum from that win willed the team to four more ACC wins, but for the Eagles, the season ended too early after an upset by Wake Forest in the league tournament.

“There was a hunger in the locker room after the last game—it was really exciting,” Johnson said. “Sometimes you get a feel for your team and when the last game ends, there are some years where the kids are like, ‘Ugh, it’s time to move on.’ There was a palpable feeling that we wish we were still playing.”

In the final few games, everything clicked. The team pushed offensively while limiting opponents’ access to the hoop and reducing turnovers. The team felt as though it finally had its game together on both ends of the court.

The young team rose above expectations and accomplished a lot this season. There is still a long way to go before they become a top team, but the Eagles are confident they can get there with hard work.

“We’re hungry to get back in the gym,” Johnson said with a grin. n

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The women’s hockey team continued its magical season with a dominating 5-1 defeat of Clarkson. In a surprising upset, seventh-seeded Vermont beat the men’s hockey team in two out of three games. Birdball had no answer for the highly talented Louisville Cardinals in a disappointing series sweep. UMass-Lowell ended the Notre Dame Fighting Irish’s season with a 2-1 series victory at the Tsongas Center.

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In another matchup of heavyweight powers from the ACC, the undefeated No. 3 BC lacrosse team heads down to Chapel Hill to take on No. 2 North Carolina. UNC is 8-1 on the year, with the only defeat coming at the hands of No. 1 Maryland.

The Tar Heels, however, looked shaky in their last game, a 15-14 double overtime victory against Towson. Meanwhile, the Eagles keep on rolling.

BC has succeeded especially on the road, where it has crushed opponents, including a win at the Carrier Dome over longtime rival Syracuse.

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Tyler Murphy’s dreams of playing for an NFL team may not come as a quarterback

By Michael Sullivan Sports Editor Tyler Murphy drops back five yards. Josh Bordner cuts across the middle of the field and Murphy rifles a pass across his body, right into the chest of his ex-teammate—a slight wobble, but on target. Nearby scouts barely flinch—one keeps talking to a peer next to him while he tosses another ball to Murphy.

The process repeats, this time with Jarrett Darmstatter lined up tight on the right hash mark. Again, Murphy falls into position, targeting the ball perfectly about 10 yards downfield.

And again, no reaction from the men who hold Murphy’s football future in their hands.

Murphy then turns to the deep ball, lofting one up for Shakim Phillips, who dashes 40 yards down the sidelines. The spiral tightens midair, landing cleanly in Phillips’ arms. A couple of scouts murmur and point, nodding with ap-

proval. They want to see if the man who only once completed more than 15 passes in a game for the Eagles—never once surpassing 200 yards through the air—can repeat a throw like that.

Murphy dances back again, pump fakes, and eyes Bordner on a deep fade route to his left. This time, the ball clanks off the industrial lift, emitting a loud metallic sound that reverberates through the bubble over Alumni Stadium.

Most of the scouts shrug, returning their attention to center Andy Gallik. The quarterback, meanwhile, puts his hands on his hips and looks at the turf.

It’s a crushing feeling for many quarterbacks across the country on their school’s Pro Day—the moment when they’ve realized that there might not be a spot for them on an NFL team. Although the field of competition is larger for players at other positions, so too are the opportunities for them to land on a pro roster. Save for kicker, at no position is it more challenging to find an

If you’re reading this, it’s not too late.

The madness is upon on us, but only the “first four” teams have played so far, which means you probably still have a couple of hours left to fill out your bracket for this year.

Chances are, if you haven’t made a bracket yet, you probably aren’t that into college basketball, which is a shame. But you should fill one out nevertheless, because nothing compares to the big dance—a monthlong, magical journey of mid-major fairytales, unfathomable upsets, and a roller coaster of emotions.

I know what you’re thinking: It’s too late at this point, the first game starts today at 12:15 p.m. Have no fear, though. ESPN and other online brackets may lock automatically at the start of the first game, but you always have time to fill out a good old-fashioned pen and paper bracket. Besides, who cares about the first game, since Notre Dame is going to roll over Northeastern anyway.

Whether you know nothing about basketball, or are just not a big basketball fan, I have the right advice for you—the type of advice that will create the right bracket and will have you glued to every game of the tournament. Follow along:

available spot than QB—NFL teams often carry two, at most three. And unlike at other positions, where teams can stack up a barn of good players (within their cap room) who can catch, run, or play defense, only 32 men can slot in to throw the ball for an NFL team. Those who get lucky, like the Green Bay Packers with Aaron Rodgers, may not be in the hunt for a difference-making quarterback for years.

If a quarterback shows some promise—not the Jameis Winston’s of the world, but someone like Baylor’s Bryce Petty—then he might be drafted with a late pick, destined for a couple of short years as a backup. For a good chunk of the remaining quarterbacks who don’t fall into either category, they’ll be forced to use their college degree for something else.

BC head coach Steve Addazio believes Murphy is not content with that fate. Addazio understands that Murphy leaves much to be desired in

Don’t pick Kentucky. Yeah, they are undoubtedly the best team in the country right now, but a team hasn’t gone undefeated since 1976. Instead, go with a team like Arizona, the contrarian pick of this year’s bracket according to Ed Feng in a Grantland article. Feng has a Ph.D. in chemical engineering, runs his own sports analytics website, and wrote an E-book called “How To Win Your NCAA Tournament Pool.” Listen to what the man says.

Pick all the 12-5 upsets! Except one: Utah. Deion Wright is going to put the team on his back, like Shabazz Napier did last year, and the Utes are headed to the final four. Besides that one, what’s not to like about Buffalo and Wyoming, which both scream “a team full of white guys,” and Wofford,

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Highs and lows of a tumultuous season for BC women’s hoops Suspensions, lineup changes hurt Eagles

By Alex Stanley Heights Staff Kelly Hughes gets up from her seated position and reaches for her crutches. She props herself up and explains to a reporter how a Wake Forest player caught her heel and ended her season nine minutes before the rest of the team.

Wake Forest knocked the Boston College women’s basketball team out in the first round of the ACC Tournament, 69-53. Hughes had beaten Wake Forest before—a dramatic 75-74 regular season matchup where the sophomore guard scored 32 points—but the second time proved to be a different story.

“I think it was an up and down year,” Hughes said, citing her team’s upset of No. 13 Duke, among others, but ultimately pulling away from the season with a losing record and no tournament slot.

Her injury—and inability to finish out the last game of the season—was the ultimate “down” for Hughes.

She hopes to be back on the court in six weeks to work with an optimistically young team that looks to leave behind the turbulent 2014-15 season and prepare for next year.

BC began the season with a strong run, grabbing more wins than losses in non-conference play, with a schedule that included tough games against Stanford and Indiana. The Eagles won neither of these big contests, though—and lost against Maine, Hofstra, and Holy Cross too. They entered ACC conference play with the same record

as last year: 8-5.

But in the Eagles’ first five ACC games, they showed that they did not necessarily have all of the pieces together. In the face of the many big, physical, athletic, and talented players in the ACC, BC fell short with five straight losses. Most of the games were not even close. Notre Dame routed BC 104-58 and Syracuse bested the Eagles 64-46. Even when the team began to pull out wins, the score line was not dominating. The Eagles squeaked out wins against Wake Forest, Virginia Tech, NC State, and Duke, and they won each of these by

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BC lived and died from behind the arc

By Victoria Johnson Heights Staff When learning the basics of basketball, you are taught three things: only pass to a player that’s open, don’t walk with the ball unless you are dribbling, and if you’re open, shoot.

The Boston College women’s basketball team struggled with these elementary rules throughout

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the season. With a young team on the court, inexperience played a major role in the Eagles’ losses.

The team constantly lost composure while under pressure and unsuccessfully tried to pass the ball through defenders. Guards often got trapped and picked up the ball while their feet kept moving, turning the ball over with a traveling violation.

“Those mistakes, that consistency, that absolutely was the difference between our record, what it is and where we would want it to be,” BC head coach Erik Johnson said.

BC’s inability to make shots in crunch time paired with weak defense and turnovers, plagued the team early on in the season. Notre Dame and Florida State came into Conte Forum and handily stormed down the court on almost every play.

After a BC miss, the opponent would aggressively snag a rebound. With quick and effective passing, they broke the Eagles’ press and rapidly crossed midcourt. Using the 2-on-1 advantage, the guard would fake right, dodge left, and pass to a player to complete open layup.

In order to contend in the notoriously difficult ACC, BC needed to find a solution. The answer: shoot 3-pointers—a lot of them.

Making shots from beyond the arc became a trademark for BC in its final games, and many of these triples came from sophomore Kelly Hughes.

She led the ACC and was 47th in the country in 3-point shooting, sitting at a 38.8 percent clip.

Hughes, along with junior Nicole Boudreau, helped the team finish 12th in the country and first in the ACC in 3-pointers made per game with an average of 8.3. The success beyond the arc gave the crowd something to cheer for.

Each completed three received a standing ovation from the fans in Conte Forum. Crowds tend to

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