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An entrepreneurial vision takes flight, A4
Small Talk, Funky Giant, Will Bolton, and others fought it out for performances at this year’s Arts Fest, B1
BC men’s hockey fell to Northeastern University in the Hockey East Semifinals, C6
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The Independent Student Newspaper of Boston College Monday, March 21, 2016
Vol. XCVII, No. 15
ABBY PAULSON / HEIGHTS EDITOR
UGBC Elections <<<
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DREW HOO / HEIGHTS EDITOR
K?< >I<8K ;<98K< 9p gfglcXi mfk\# J`dfej Xe[ DZ:X]]i\p n`e Ô ijk L>9: gi\j`[\ek`Xc [\YXk\ n`k_ gi`dXi`\j j\k kf jkXik Kl\j[Xp% 9P K8PCFI JK% ><ID8@E 8jjfZ% E\nj <[`kfi On the eve of the primary ele ctions for Undergraduate Government of Boston College president, the Elections Committee held the 2016 UGBC Debate at 8 p.m. in the Vanderslice Cabaret Room. Russell Simons, MCAS ’17, and Meredith McCaffrey, MC AS ’17, received the most votes from the student audience—45—to win the presidential debate. The team of Nikita Patel, CSOM ’17, and Joseph Arquillo, LSOE ’17, came in second place with 27 votes, followed by Anthony Perasso, LSOE ’17, and Rachel Loos, MCAS ’18, with 15 votes. The remaining teams of Matthew Ulrich, MCAS ’17, and John Miotti, MC A S ’17; Ryan Fairhurst, MCAS ’17, and Charlie Butrico, MCAS ’18; and Andrew Meck, MCAS ’18, and Jonathan Barbosa, LSOE ’18, received six, three, and one vote, respectively. “Going forward, we hope to engage the other candidates in greater conversation about how to accomplish our respective goals for next year, since we hope this will allow students to be more informed in their voting,” Simons said in an email. “We believe in our mission of “Strength
in Unity,” and are excited to continue sharing our ideas with the entire student body.” The six teams of candidates discussed issues ranging from diversity concerns to the effectiveness of UGBC in implementing policy. The Ele ctions Committe e received over 50 questions from students through an online form and chose the 15 most relevant for debate. The Elections Committee only asked one question that was drafted by the Committee. The first question asked candidates about how they would increase the support for the arts on campus. Simons and McCaffrey would like to subsidize some of the ticket prices of the performing art shows in order to encourage more students to attend events. Meck drew upon his own personal experience in the theatre department when encouraging the administration to become involved. The Committee then asked Fairhurst about what his efforts would be to make BC’s campus more eco-friendly. While he claims that his personal concentration is not on directly making the campus more eco-friendly, he wants to create a way for students who are interested in that area to
have the opportunity. When asked about gender equality on campus, Patel said she hopes to create a more equal playing field for women and men’s athletic programs. Ulrich and Miotti hope to create additional programming around women’s sports in order to increase campus morale as well. He hopes to organize pep rallies to help school spirit. Patel would like to create a campus calendar for culture clubs, furthering efforts to promote events on campus. Patel and Arquillo also hope to encourage students of color to take on leadership positions for different organizations on campus. McCaffrey countered Patel, adding that UGBC has already begun to create a cultural club calendar at BC. McCaffrey would also like to bring together organizations’ leaders in order to further discuss individuals’ goals and facilitate conversation on diversity issues. Meanwhile, Perasso plans on encouraging individuals to come together and have open conversation. He is aware that UGBC cannot solve the problem of diversity on campus, but it can encourage student efforts for inclusivity, he said.
See Debate, A3
Boston College will be visited on April 9 by a female entrepreneur who began building her career the day she sold a stolen book on eBay. Since then, Sophia Amoruso has discovered more ethical ways of making money and has worked her way up from dumpster-diving and hitchhiking to running her own company. She named her online clothing retailer NastyGal and was CEO until 2015, when she announced that she was leaving the position. Amoruso is coming to BC as this year’s keynote speaker for Boston College’s second annual Women’s Summit: Own It. Own It is part of a series of events held throughout the semester that bring current female leaders from various areas of society to campus to teach young BC students about leadership. The summit’s board invited Amoruso to be its keynote speaker this year. The event was created last year to inspire the male and female students on campus to gain knowledge and leadership skills. Last
year, the summit featured two keynote speeches from high-profile speakers Carrie Rich, CEO and founder of The Global Good Fund, and Kate White, former editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine. “Our goal is to bring together likeminded students looking for ways to gain knowledge and leadership skills to amplify their personal and professional successes,” Alexis Teixeira, co-chair of the summit board and CSOM ’17, said. According to Teixeira, the board thinks Amoruso will do well to inspire and empower BC students so that they can better see their potential. They believe that her authenticity and success are a combination that will capture the audience’s attention, and ultimately motivate it. “What we find most interesting is her background—she wasn’t handed opportunities, she made them,” Teixeira said. “Through hard work, time, and passion, she has been successful.” As a young adult, Amoruso dropped out of community college and worked at a Bay Area art school checking student IDs in order to get health insurance. At this time, she began experimenting with eBay. She attempted to sell vintage pieces of clothing through the platform
See Own It, A3
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JULIA HOPKINS / HEIGHTS EDITOR