The Heights 11/21/2013

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Professor emeritus dies at 72

Campus School may move out of University facilities

BY CONNOR FARLEY Heights Editor

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Last Saturday, Nov. 16, internationally recognized scholar of German Catholicism and retired Boston College professor of theology Donald Dietrich—professor emeritus and chairman of the Theology Department from 1991-2000—died at the age of 72.

A Buffalo, N.Y. native born in 1941, Dietrich was shaped by an ongoing Jesuit education during his undergraduate years at Canisius College and later at the University of Minnesota, where he obtained his Ph.D. in Modern German History in 1969.

Dietrich developed his career in academia at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, where upon completing his doctorate he taught classes, published numerous works, and chaired multiple committees within the fields of theology and German Studies for 20 years.

After conducting a national search for an additional faculty member in 1989, BC selected Dietrich to become a full-time professor within the Theology Department. Just two years later, Dietrich became the chair of the department—a position he would hold for the next nine years.

“For nine years—1991-2000—he held that role with poise, equanimity and a seemingly unflappable demeanor,” said Rev. John Paris, S.J., close friend and Walsh Professor of Bioethics at BC, in a written tribute to Dietrich. “His door was always open, his desk always clean and his attention devoted to making Boston College an outstanding center for theological scholarships and teaching.”

Paris, who has served as a consultant

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BY DEVON SANFORD Assoc. News Editor The Campus School is exploring a collaborative relationship with the Kennedy Day School at Franciscan Hospital for Children that could result in an affiliation of the two entities, according to a press release published by the Office of News and Public Affairs on Nov. 14.

Campus School Director Don Ricciato has signed a letter of intent that will explore affiliation possibilities. Kennedy Day School, like the Campus School, provides special education services to students, ages three to 21, with severe disabilities.

The school currently hosts approximately 70 students, while the Campus School serves 38.

Ricciato informed his staff, parents of Campus School students, and Boston College students and volunteers of the recent development at a meeting this week.

“These discussions are in the early stages, so we do not have specific details to share at this time, but we wanted our staff and the parents of Campus School students to be aware that discussions are taking place that are focused on how best to serve the students at both schools,” Ricciato said in the press release. “A joint advisory committee has been formed to lead the process, and we will provide additional information

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Winter sports kick off without promo event Athletics and UGBC consider interactive events going forward

BY AUSTIN TEDESCO Heights Editor Changes could be coming for the way in which Boston College’s winter sports— mainly men’s and women’s basketball and men’s and women’s hockey—are promoted to the student body, although the exact details aren’t clear yet.

“I think our job is really to help fill the stadium and build tradition in our winter sports,” said UGBC president Matt Nacier.

“But we’ve got to explore new avenues for it.”

A record student attendance was set at BC men’s hockey’s season-opener against Wisconsin last month, which was the first

game at which the high-demand Gold Pass point system was used. Students who had accumulated enough reward points through the new ticketing initiative gained access to the game and combined for a student attendance of more than 2,400, as well as a better than 90 percent show rate.

There was also an increase in student attendance at the men’s basketball season-opener against Toledo last week, as students were encouraged to go due to the offer of double Gold Pass points. The six points given that night, with the two for early arrival, were the most for any game this year.

While this athletic season has seen the addition of the Gold Pass and a new seating arrangement in Conte Forum for men’s basketball games, a larger-scale event such as 2010 and 2011’s Ice Jam or 2012’s Pack Power was not hosted before the start of the season. Both Ice Jams featured the splitting of Conte Forum into half ice and half

basketball court, combined with entertainment such as Bob Costas, Steve Levy, and Vanilla Ice. Last year’s Pack Power event was much smaller than the Ice Jams—the men’s basketball team played a scrimmage in Power Gym and the athletic department provided pizza.

The athletic department centered most of its efforts heading into the winter sports season around the Gold Pass system and logistical support for the new seating, according to Associate Athletics Director Jamie DiLoreto. The department also didn’t go into the year committed to hosting a large-scale event in conjunction with UGBC. “A lot of our efforts have been new initiatives,” DiLoreto said. “It’s not that I’m not open to doing [a large-scale promotional event], it’s more that we need to set up the program to be able to do it together.”

mathematics,” he said. “They talked about his research, and his work in creating the Ph.D. program in mathematics here, but he’s also heavily involved in mathematics education at all levels, not only undergraduate and graduate but also K-12. The honor is very well deserved.”

Although in past years the new fellows

have been alerted by letter, Friedberg found out about his award through an email from the American Mathematics Society office.

“I was reallay pleased,” he remembered. “I was very excited to get the notification.”

As the second BC professor named

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Platt, former ambassador and diplomat, spoke as part of the China Watching Series.

Platt reflects on experience Math department’s Friedberg earns AMS accolade in China PHOTO COURTESY OF THE OFFICE OF NEWS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Dietrich, a former professor in the theology department, passed away on Nov. 16.

BY JENNIFER HEINE Heights Staff The American Mathematical Society has recognized Professor Solomon Friedberg, chairperson of Boston College’s Mathematics Department, as a Fellow, an award that honors his long career as a mathematician and researcher.

According to the organization’s website, “The Fellows of the American Mathematical Society program recognizes members who have made outstanding contributions to the creation, exposition, advancement, communication, and utilization of mathematics.”

Founded in 1888, the society seeks to further mathematical research and scholarship in the national as well as international community. The AMS began naming fellows last year, who then have the responsibility of representing the society, furthering mathematical research, and helping to select new fellows.

According to Professor Robert Meyerhoff, also of the Mathematics Department, who will serve as interim chair during Friedberg’s sabbatical, “pretty much all the mathematicians in the U.S. and a lot

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BY DANIEL PEREA-KANE of foreign mathematicians belong to the American Mathematical Society, and so to be honored by them is a big thing.”

“As an organization concerned with research in mathematics, the AMS is an organization whose goals are close to mine—concerned with advancing scholarship in mathematics, scholarship that can be used or studied by anyone anywhere in the world,” Friedberg said.

As an award, then, the fellowship recognizes the research Friedberg has performed over his career. Specifically, the American Mathematical Society cited Friedberg for “contributions to number theory, representation theory, and automorphic forms, and for the establishment of a new Ph.D. program in mathematics.”

It therefore refers to all of Friedberg’s contributions to the study of mathematics over his more than 30 years at BC, identifying his research and scholarship as well as his work in creating the doctoral program as chairman of the department.

Meyerhoff observed that Friedberg offers even more to the field over his long BC career than his nomination suggests.

“It’s interesting that the AMS didn’t even mention all of his contributions to

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Solomon Friedberg of the math department was honored earlier this semester for his research.

For The Heights Diplomat Nicholas Platt came to Boston College Wednesday night to show footage from his trips to China during the 1970s, comparing and contrasting China then to China today.

The footage he showed to students was from home movies he took while in China on two separate trips from 1972 and 1973. The first clips Platt showed were ones he took of Richard Nixon shaking Mao Zedong’s hand during his visit to the country in the 1970s.

The next clips were stirring shots of Nixon on the Great Wall with other videos showing the former president going to the Ming Tombs. “Quite a few press people and quite a few others there were extremely curious about us,” Platt said.

Fourteen months after his first trip to China, Platt returned to help set up the U.S. Diplomatic Liaison Office in China, an office that had not existed there since 1949. Platt said that everything was of interest to him when he took his videos,

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things to do on campus this week

1 2 3 Multifaith Gathering

Philippines Benefit

Today Time: Noon Location: Heights Room

The Interfaith Coalition of Campus Ministry presents this annual celebration that includes members from different religious traditions. There will be music, stories, prayers, and meditations. A light lunch will be provided.

The Story of Illness

Today Time: 7 p.m.

Location: The Rat

Co-sponsored by RHA, UGBC, and PSBC, various campus groups will perform. Refreshments will be provided and cash donations will be accepted to benefit those affected by the typhoon in the Philipppines.

Friday Time: 5 p.m.

Location: Higgins Hall, Room 300

Sponsored by The Institute for the Liberal Arts, physician and Columbia professor Rita Charon will deliver the keynote address at the Symposium on Genetics, Narrative, and Identity. The event is free and open to the public.

FEATURED EVENT

Athletics panel stresses importance of teamwork

BY MORGAN HEALEY For The Heights On Tuesday night, students interested in athletics, sports management, or taking advice from the all-time winningest coach in NCAA hockey histor y attended a panel led by several prominent figures in Boston College athletics. The panel included Director of Athletics Brad Bates, as well as head coaches Jerry York of the men’s hockey team, Erik Johnson of the women’s basketball team, Alison Foley of the women’s soccer team, and Mike Gambino of the men’s baseball team.

The evening, run by the Sports Business Society of BC, was geared toward providing students with insight and perspective into the world of coaching, leadership, and team dynamics.

“Tonight was our first event for the organization,” said Will Habib, CSOM ’15 and founder of the SSCA. “There are plenty of people at BC who are passionate about sports, teamwork, and camaraderie, which is why I figured an outlet like this would be a good match for the school.

“I think the club is going to be a great way for students to not only show their interest, but network with great professionals in the industry going for ward,” Habib said. “We received 300-plus emails after the student involvement fair this fall … it was extremely gratifying.”

Habib’s endeavors are gaining at-

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Jerry York gave students an inside look into the world of coaching at an athletics panel. tention, as the professionals were able to provide a glimpse into the life and spirit of BC athletics.

“It’s really a family here,” Johnson said. “There’s just something about this place that connects people, and brings them together to want to accomplish, to want to excel—but to work together while getting there.”

The concept of teamwork was con-

sistent throughout the panel discussion—both Johnson and York agreed that the success of every great team lends itself not only to hard work and dedication, but also to the winning spirit of teamwork and leadership necessary to reach this collective goal.

Brad Bates joined BC last year and began his role as athletic director, contributing to the “team” and “family-oriented”

mentality he has come to know throughout his many years in athletics.

“Here, we’re all about the team atmosphere,” Bates said. “The players rely on the coaches, but really, it’s about how they rely on each other ...

Love is at the center of everything.

It’s about having those kinds of true, bonded relationships on a team that make you successful. That’s what we have at BC. Those are the kinds of relationships that bring out the best in people.”

After the panel, a brief questionand-answer session was held, allowing students the opportunity to converse with the coaches and pass along their personal questions and insights.

“It was a really good turnout,” Habib said. “I’m looking forward to even more events in the future.” The club is planning more events and networking-type forums for students to connect with faculty and other members of the community interested and involved with athletics.

“We want players who have good character,” York said. “In the recruiting process, we sit down with both the kid and their family—we want to see the dynamic, see how they interact in their ‘team’ at home, and assess how they’ll contribute positively to ours.”

“There’s a certain heart at BC that makes us who we are,” Johnson said.

“It’s palpable—and it’s this very thing that makes us so successful as leaders, and as a family, both at BC and in the world beyond.” 

POLICE BLOTTER

11/17/13

Sunday, November 17 12:01 a.m. - A report was filed regarding medical assistance provided to a BC student in Cushing Hall who was transported to a medical facility.

12:10 a.m. - A report was filed regarding medical assistance provided to two BC students in the Lower Lots who were transported to a medical facility.

1:52 a.m. - A report was filed regarding medical assistance provided to a BC student in Loyola Hall who was transported to a medical facility.

1:54 a.m. - A report was filed regarding medical assistance provided to a BC student in the Middle Lots who was transported to a medical facility.

5:09 p.m. - A report was filed regarding larceny in Maloney Hall.

6:09 p.m. - A report was filed regarding marijuana possession.

6:39 p.m. - A report was filed regarding medical assistance provided to a BC employee in Corcoran Commons who was transported to a medical facility.

12:14 a.m. - A report was filed regarding vandalism in Ignacio Hall.

8:32 a.m. - A report was filed regarding a traffic infraction. An officer stopped a vehicle because it drove over the curb to enter Campus and also drove on the sidewalk in Lyons’ side lot.

12:16 a.m. - A report was filed regarding medical assistance provided to a subject on 90 More Road who was transported to a medical facility.

11:29 a.m. - A report was filed regarding medical assistance provided to a BC student in Kostka Hall who was transported to a medical facility.

1:22 a.m. - A report was filed regarding a motor vehicle accident with no injuries on Lake Street.

1:30 a.m. - A report was filed regarding vandalism in the Mods.

4:14 p.m. - A report was filed regarding a fire in Rubenstein Hall.

—Source: The Boston College Police Department

College Corner NEWS FROM UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY

BY ANDREW SKARAS Asst. News Editor On Tuesday, President Barack Obama announced a new competition for educators and administrators to devise plans for high school students to earn college credit before matriculation. According to The Chronicle of Higher Education, the $100 million grant competition, called “Youth CareerConnect” will be focused on technology schools.

One of these programs has already been started in Brooklyn, NY by the City University of New York in partnership with IBM. There, students begin “Pathways in Technology Early College High School” in ninth grade, graduating in four to six years with an associate degree and a path to a job at IBM. Elsewhere in New York City and Chicago, similar schools are being opened and developed, in partnership with companies such as Verizon and Microsoft. Thus far, the schools

have more boys than girls and few offerings outside of science and technology classes.

Funding for the competition will come from the Department of Labor and will be disbursed in $2 to $5 million grants. There will be approximately 25 to 40 grants and the recipients will be required to offer matching funds.

Within Congress, there was some discontent over how the plan was started. The Chairman of the Education Committee in the House of Representatives, Rep. John P. Kline, Jr. (R-Minn.), was displeased that Obama launched the program without consulting Congress. One concern was that the money would not impact rural and low-business areas.

While some researchers, such as a NYU professor, have denounced the system of competitive grants, others, such as representatives from technical colleges and tech company executives, think innovation in technical training programs is necessary. 

9:22 p.m. - A report was filed regarding an event ejection due to alcohol possession.

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VOICES FROM THE DUSTBOWL “What is the craziest thing you would do for a better class pick time?”

“Buy everyone in Mac dinner.”

—Chris Marino, A&S ’14

“Try to buy it off someone.”

—Molly Shine, CSOM ’16

“Donate to every service trip asking for money.”

—Ellie Tanji, A&S ’15

“Beg past the point of embarrassment.”

—Eleanor Vorys, A&S ’16

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Theology professor emeritus Dietrich passes away at 72 Dietrich, from A1 to the President’s Commission for the Study of Ethics in Medicine and has published over 100 essays within the fields of law, medicine, and ethics, was a friend and colleague to Dietrich for the entirety of his time at BC. “The Don Dietrich I know is not the one of the heilsgeshichte or visenshaft that mark his scholarly output,” Paris said. “Rather it is the always welcoming colleague in the office in Carney or Campanella where for some 20 years we daily shared lunch of an apple and a yogurt.”

Over the course of his scholastic career, Dietrich wrote three books, edited two volumes, authored over 146 book reviews, and published dozens of essays on theological aspects relevant to Holocaust studies and Catholic human rights.

“Since his arrival at BC Don has set a high standard for scholarship,” Paris said. “While quietly handling the duties of chair, fostering the careers of young faculty, mentoring students, and teaching, he delivered lectures at Oxford, London, Madrid, Leuven, Aalbourg, Berlin,

Graz, Utrecht, Haifa, and Vancouver.”

During his time at BC, Dietrich— among his academic pursuits and theological scholasticism—also met Linda Ross Yood, who then worked in BC’s Fine Arts Department.

“At Boston College—Don found not only scholarly achievement and administrative success—he also found and wed the love of his life—Linda Ross Yood,” Paris said. “Of all my memories of Don Dietrich at Boston College the most vivid—and most memorable—was presiding over his wedding to Linda.”

Dietrich is survived by his wife, five children and stepchildren, nine grandchildren, and his brother Thomas. A funeral Mass was held yesterday, Wednesday, Nov. 20, at St. Joseph’s Church in Belmont, Mass. to commemorate Dietrich’s life and teaching legacy.

According to the Office of News and Public Affairs, donations can be made in Dietrich’s memory to support BC scholarship funds at https://www.bc.edu/content/bc/giving/schools/as_theology.html or by mail to Oscar Pena in the Cadigan Alumni Center, with the designation of the Donald Dietrich Memorial Scholarship Fund. n

Friedberg named American Mathematical Society fellow Friedberg, from A1 a fellow, after professor Avner Ash in the society’s inaugural group last year, he hopes the award bodes well for BC, and the mathematics department in particular.

“The Ph.D. program was explicitly mentioned in the citation,” Friedberg said.

“I think it’s nice for Boston College because it tells us that creating a Ph.D. program has been a really high-profile event for the national and perhaps even international mathematics communities.”

He takes the recognition in stride, as motivation to continue his work. “I feel encouraged by this award to do research that makes a difference for my discipline, and to help our department make a difference for BC,” Friedberg said.

“It’s great when we see that our faculty are recognized by their peers for their contributions, and I think it’s valuable for students at all levels to interact with

people who are very engaged in their discipline and contribute in a way that has a lot of impact on the field,” he said.

Still, Friedberg emphasizes the contributions of the entire Mathematics Department, particularly with regard to the creation of the Ph.D. program.

“I am pleased to be in a department where a lot of people are making individual research contributions that make a difference, and one in which we also care a lot about teaching our students, and in using mathematics in the context of service to the wider community,” he said.

“You want to be in a department where a lot of people are making individual contributions that make a difference, and then we also want to unify our energies in the context of teaching our students, and in using mathematics in terms of service, and by doing that, I think we can make an important contribution to Boston College,” he said. “That’s certainly our goal.” n

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The Campus School, located inside Campion Hall, was founded in 1970 and educates students aged 3 - 21 with multiple disabilities.

University weighs Campus School move Campus School, from A1 as it becomes available.”

Both the Campus School and the Kennedy Day School have faced declining enrollment in recent years. As local school districts continue to develop special-needs programs for students, the two schools are now under-capacity.

“What Don had in mind is, take the best of Campus School—the students, staff, and BC volunteers—and meld it with the best of the Kennedy Day School, which is just two miles down the road,” said University Spokesman Jack Dunn.

“Everything would continue, just continue in better facilities.”

The Kennedy Day School underwent renovations in 2012 that resulted in a new, 20,000 square-foot building. The school’s facilities include a supplemental health room, sensory motor room, vocational skills area, therapy pool, and gymnasium.

If the merge were to occur, the Campus School students and staff would move to the Kennedy Day School facility in Brighton, two miles from BC’s main campus. BC students would still have the opportunity to volunteer.

In a letter to members of the BC community, Interim Provost Joseph Quinn invited Campus School families to tour

the school’s new facilities and meet with staff members.

“In the meantime, we promise to keep our parents, staff and volunteers informed as the discussion progresses,” Quinn said in the letter.

A petition was anonymously created two days ago on Change.org, titled “Supporters of Students with Special Needs: Don’t let BC close the Campus School.” The petition states, “Boston College has kept an earth shattering decision for 38 students and families, a secret in order to strain away from the public eye. Father Leahy is planning to move BC Campus School to Franciscan Hospital due to a ‘space shortage’ on campus … Father Leahy has not come out with a public statement, as he plans to shut down the BCCS on campus and move it to Franciscan Hospital, with the final decision being made within 90 days. Please sign this petition in efforts to establishment [sic] a word of mouth movement.”

At the time of print, 1,759 people had signed the electronic petition. A Facebook page, “Support for Boston College Campus School,” was created yesterday and asks viewers to share their experiences and their love for Campus School students.

Dunn said a time limit has not been set on the discussion of a collaboration.

The Campus School Volunteers Marathon Team, a group of students who run the Boston Marathon in an effort to raise money for the Campus School, would also continue if the two schools were to merge, he said.

Chris Marino, co-president of the Campus School Volunteers of Boston College (CSVBC) and A&S ’14, spoke for the student volunteers as he expressed his support for the members of the Campus School during this development.

“The Campus School volunteers support our students, faculty, and staff to the fullest extent, and only have their best interests in mind as we learn more about this collaboration,” Marino said. “Moving forward, we hope to have an open dialogue regarding the future plans of the school.”

Dunn emphasized that any decisions made will be in the best interest of the Campus School students.

“For parents of special needs students, change is all the more difficult,” Dunn said. “We understand their concerns.

But what Don Ricciato, Maureen Kenny [Dean of the Lynch School of Education], and Joe Quinn are asking is for parents to consider the benefits of combining the best of Campus School and the superior facilities and dedicated staff of the Kennedy Day School.” n

Athletics and UGBC look for ways to involve fans Winter Sports, from A1 After seeing a drop in attendance from the first year to the second year, last year’s UGBC administration decided to discontinue Ice Jam, according to Nacier.

“Not having an Ice Jam is not something I’m particularly excited about,” Nacier said. “But at the same time I don’t know if I can make the argument to bring it back yet if we’re not going to get the turnout that we’re hoping for.”

Both DiLoreto and Nacier acknowledged the significant cost and resources required to put on an event like Ice Jam. “I know we saw in year two a drop in attendance versus year one, so I think the amount of time that was invested in it and the commitment that athletics had around it—I think we were concerned that if that continued, it would be one of those things that would be a challenge for us based around the time commitment and the amount invested in it,” DiLoreto said. “But I think it’s a fantastic and unique tradition and I would love to continue it if we can continue to get the support for it.”

Although bringing back Ice Jam in particular is not being directly discussed, it is one of many options being considered going forward.

“I’m open to bringing back Ice Jam,” DiLoreto said. “If the student body thinks it’s something that they’d love to see and we can reenergize and get the support for it, I’d be all open for it.”

“Now it’s up to us to figure out if there’s a demand for it, what’s the next step if there is one, and what’s the best way to make sure that it lasts,” Nacier said. “But there is an acknowledgement that there needs to be a tradition in our winter sports. The best way to develop that tradition—we do not have an answer for that yet.”

Athletics and UGBC have meetings scheduled to begin to find those answers, and it may start with fostering a more direct connection between the winter sports teams and the student body.

“Our thought was that we want to get our teams connected with the student body, so we’ve been talking about programming to go connect with the students,” DiLoreto said. n

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For the past three years, the athletics department and UGBC have collaborated on events like Pack Power and Ice Jam (above) in order to foster interaction between fans and athletes.

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Currently, 38 students are enrolled at the Campus School. The University is considering a partnership with the Kennedy Day School in Brighton.

‘China Boys’ author shares perspective Platt, from A1 given how little experience he had in China prior to those trips.

For example, Platt took videos of a little boy with his grandmother, a woman with bound feet. The footage serves as an artifact from a time in China that has since changed drastically due to the country’s Cultural Revolution. “The hard part of the Cultural Revolution is over and now it’s just a matter of encouraging people to do more work,” Platt said.

Platt also discussed the problem of pollution in China today and how it existed to a great extent even in the 1970s as illustrated by his footage. “In those days, it was a huge problem,” he said. “Now, of course, the pollution is more serious.”

Platt argued in terms of infrastructure that buildings back then were still magnificent, but have since been improved and increased in number.

“The Western Hills are still in China, but what’s different now is that empty space on these videos has been filled in with hotels, institutes, and office buildings,” he said.

The year 1973 marked the beginning

of the American and Chinese exchange between peoples. “The important thing to remember is that these two peoples have formed the most important bilateral relationship the world has ever seen,” Platt said. “They must be doing something right.”

Still, Platt did not hesitate at other points in the speech to criticize certain aspects of the Chinese legal system and to condemn problems of poverty in China. The videos Platt showed, however, did not illustrate these points.

Instead, the videos showed images of prosperous communes outside Shanghai and other things the Chinese allowed Americans to see.

Platt noted other sites the Chinese made a point of showing him, such as an impressive steel mill and a teaching hospital where Platt learned about the possible benefits of acupuncture.

Platt ended the footage portion of his speech with an image of a setting sun in China before seguing into a description of the bilateral relationship between U.S. and China since the 1970s.

To illustrate this relationship, Platt focused on Nixon and his strengths in the realm of foreign policy. Platt

discussed his own meeting with Nixon and how he gave Platt the title for his book, China Boys, when he told Platt “you China boys are going to have a lot of work.”

Platt then focused more on the relationship between Americans and the Chinese in the context of diplomacy.

“Chinese and Americans have an interest in mutually beneficial understandings,” he said.

Professor of history Rev. Jeremy Clarke, S.J. praised Platt at one point for his elucidation of this relationship. “You’ve done a very good job,” he said.

Platt also focused the future of China. He said that China is at a point where it must change. “It cannot continue to simply build bridges and cities,” he said. “All I can tell you is that 15 years hence, China has to change and will change. The people and leaders there understand this.”

Platt was optimistic that this is possible. “I’m an optimist and I have been an optimist for 40 years,” he said.

“Optimists in this field have generally been right. There will be growth in the future, but it will not be as fast as it has been going.” n

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Students advocate for immigration reform B y K ayla F amolare Heights Staff

Daniel Lee As a former photojournalist, I wanted to be dropped in the middle of conflict zones and capture the reality of the Third World. I still do believe that, if opportunities were given, I have an obligation, with my skills, to write about and photograph the neglected truth in those regions, such as Central Africa with ethnic conflicts, the Middle East and North Africa with religious conflicts, South Asia with poverty, and North Korea with everything. Now that I want to study the nature of human conflicts in the future, I hope to visit those places to observe and feel the fundamental issues at their site.

Until three years ago, such a thought was unimaginable for me—I dreamed of financial success and a comfortable future for myself. As I learn more about the world, though, my thoughts grow reckless in terms of my own safety. When I told my parents that I wanted to dive 30 meters under the ocean, they raised a safety concern, as normal parents would, regardless of how much safety was guaranteed. To get a step closer to saving a whale—my childhood dream—I decided to become certified in the freezing East Sea of Korea two summers ago. Of course, I don’t believe my diving skills would save whales. My point is that the idea drove me into action. My next goal is to jump out of a plane—the next after that is to fly a plane. Some may laugh at this, but who knows what I could do next year.

Nicholas Mevoli, a New York freediver—diving with one breath beyond 100 meters—died on Sunday in an attempt to set a record in the Bahamas. Last year, the world held its breath when Felix Baumgartner jumped from space.

Some of my friends were upset that these people risk or waste their lives while others die at every moment by irrepressable force, such as disease and political injustice. These people like Baumgartner don’t aim to die, however—they understand well the overwhelming chance of accidents and the effect of their possible accidents on their neighbors. Yet, they strive for their own physical achievement.

Their tendency toward risk comes from the subconscious desire to achieve and strive for omnipotence—a part of human nature.

Against the natural environment, humans have striven to be more indestructible over thousands of years.

Such efforts have led to the Industrial Revolution, the Enlightenment, and globalization. Human beings have an urge to achieve omnipotence in physical expression. Equally, we’ve striven for perfect ethics—consider the truth in the allegory of the cave.

Perhaps my desire for risky hobbies comes from my subconscious response to my future risks in conflict zones—I need to be more capable for protection.

Nonetheless, I must make a distinction between the inner, spiritual emulation of God’s image and the external emulation of it. The aim for the physical image of God could be hubris if not tempered by a consideration for the common good.

Consider the deaths of the humanitarian workers in Somalia, Nigeria, the Gaza Strip, and Afghanistan.

Bill Keller, a writer for The New York Times, told us at Boston College to consider the sacrifice of the international journalists in Syria who contributed to the precise confirmation on Assad’s use of chemical weapons, contrary to the rising rumor that the rebels used the weapons. Their sacrifice made real changes to the world.

Mevoli’s death made me think about “how can man die better,” parallel to my subconscious wish to be in conflict zones and my risky hobbies. Death is not the point, but the way of life is. As I make a light joke out of my wish to be dropped in danger zones, my friends express their concern for my safety. My way of life could be more meaningful with attempts to achieve the common good, not for any political boundaries, but for those who need help.

Daniel Lee is a senior-staff columnist for The Heights. He can be reached at news@bcheights.com.

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Heather Richardson of the history department (top), spoke during Tuesday’s Gettysburg Address celebration.

CYC chapter aids local businesses B y A llie O livieri For The Heights

Fifteen colleges and hundreds of students in the U.S. are currently participating in the Consult Your Community Program (CYC), and the numbers are only increasing.

The Boston College chapter of C YC assigns students in groups of four or five to a small business run by low-income and/or minority individuals in the Greater Boston Area, where they share their insights and help the owners improve their business.

Adam Minuto, CSOM ’16, started the BC chapter in July when his friend told him about the program, which was started at the University of California at Berkeley. Harvard, Yale, Columbia, and Stanford are also participants in the program.

“I wanted to give back using my business skills and I felt that there was a lack of service opportunities that were more tailored to CSOM students,” Minuto said. “It seems audacious for college students to go and consult small businesses.”

According to the CYC website, each team of four or five students is “advised by business school faculty, graduate student mentors, and experienced professionals from top-tier consulting firms like McKinsey, Bain, and Deloitte.”

“The idea is that the students will work with the business owner and not go into the office with the mindset that they will propose a solution that will solve everything,” Minuto said. The businesses are generally small, retail-oriented busi-

nesses. According to Minuto, however, “[they] are still in the process of finding clients, so it is possible that the type of business may vary from case to case.”

The steps that a student needs to take in order to be a part of the program are very simple, and highly qualified applicants are invited back for a second round of case interviews. If the student has expe-

“I wanted to give back using my business skills and I felt that there was a lack of service opportunities that were more tailored to CSOM students.”

- Adam Minuto Started the BC chapter of Consult Your Community and CSOM ‘16

rience and the executive board likes what the student has to offer, there is a good chance it will accept the student.

“We want to be accepting of everyone,” Minuto said.

“I personally don’t like that we have an application process,” Minuto said, but since CYC is a new organization on campus, finding qualified students would be tough otherwise.

Minuto and the rest of Consult Your Community expect to have around 40 or 50 applicants and he, along with the other seven members of the executive board, is hoping to find 25 to 30 highly qualified students out of those applicants. Once students are accepted to CYC, they can expect to dedicate five to seven hours per week.

At Wesleyan College, the micro finance club teamed up with the Consult your Community program. Therefore, in addition to consulting, they have been offering micro-loans to the small businesses. Microloans have low interest rates, which are critical for small businesses.

“I would love to start doing this at Boston College,” Minuto said. “I want to reach out to more colleges in Boston like Boston University and Northeastern,” Minuto said.

Minuto tutore d students during his freshman year and enjoyed it, but wanted to do community ser vice that was more tailored to business, as that was his chosen career path.

He also went on the Appalachia Service Trip during his freshman year and had such a great experience that it inspired him to look for service opportunities that related to his career path.

“The point of the trip was that we were just being neighbors in action, and that’s the kind of mindset I want to bring to CYC,” Minuto said. n

This past weekend, 13 Boston College students , along with campus ministers Re v.

Donald MacMillan, S.J., and Christine Cichello, ventured to Washington, D.C. to participate in the Ignatian Family Teach-In For Justice. The Teach-In is designed to connect students and faculty from Jesuit institutions around the U.S. to fight for and advocate on behalf of important social justice issues. This year, the conference focused on immigration reform.

In 1980, Archbishop Oscar Romero, a priest serving communities in El Salvador during the time of great civil conflict, was assassinated. Nine years later, six Jesuit priests and their house keepers were slain in El Salvador. The culprits of these attacks were funded and instructed by the School of the Americas (SOA) in the U.S. After these attacks, protesters flocked to Fort Benning, Ga. in protest of the SOA, the military institution that was instructing foreign soldiers on military tactics in order to prevent the spread of communism. Members of the school were believed to have perpetrated the killings of the Jesuit priests and Archbishop Romero. “The school is a war machine,” MacMillan said, “it needed to be stopped.”

Each year, around the time of the attacks on the six Jesuits, protestors gathered in Georgia to participate in prayerful and peaceful protests against SOA, many from Jesuit institutions.

Bob Holstein, a member of a Jesuit community, created the Ignatian Solidarity Network , the group of protestors from Jesuit institutions that attended the annual protests in Georgia.

About 3,000 people convened yearly in the networks’ tent set up for the weekend of protests, where speeches and prayer services were held.

“We would hold this ceremony naming all the Jesuit martyrs who lost their lives [in El Salvador] and each name would be on a white cross,” MacMillan said.

“When their name was called, the cross holder would hold it up and say ‘presente,’ meaning present, and that they were there with us in spirit.”

In 2010, the group moved its movement to Washington, D.C. in hopes to discuss policy reform with representatives on Capitol Hill in the Ignatian Family TeachIn. In the spirit of defending those in El Salvador, participants used this weekend as an opportunity to defend unjust policies, especially for immigrants. The 15 BC representatives who participated in these events attended keynote speeches, prayer services, and workshops in advocacy training on Saturday so that they were prepared to speak with congressmen on Monday.

The BC participants debated

issues of immigration reform, fair wages, and access to food for low-income families through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) with Senators Edward Markey and Congressman Joseph Kennedy.

“We partnered up with students from Holy Cross, Notre Dame Academy, and B oston College High School to speak to representatives and their aids from Massachusetts,” MacMillan said. “The unfortunate thing is that our Massachusetts representatives were already on board with the policies we were hoping to discuss with them. We were ready for a fight. We just have to hope the others we were with were able to talk to representatives from other states and have positive outcomes.” MacMillan suggested that in future trips, BC students speak to representatives from their home states. “That way,” he said, “we can reach more representatives.” “[Representatives] get really excited to see college students defending policies,” said Christian Lopez, a participant on the trip and CSOM ‘14. “It’s reassuring to [representatives] that young people care about these policies.

It’s also reassuring to us that they are doing their job and that they care.”

Many of the students who participated in the Teach-In this weekend, expressed interest in policy reform. Lopez participated in three workshops the day before the appointments on Capitol Hill, including immigration reform.

“As the daughter of Bolivian immigrants, the fight for immigrant rights has always been a huge component in my life,” Andrea Roman, A&S ’14, said in an email.

With Congress going into recess in a few days, students found it especially important to urge their Congressmen to propose an immigration reform bill. One of the issues students were advocating for was humane immigration reform, protesting immigration policies that often split up families. “While Congress will go into recess in a few days, millions of families will continue to be torn apart,” Roman said.

The group will continue to spread awareness of the SOA Watch and immigration reform on campus. To fund the trip, the group sold “I Love Jesuit” tshirts and sent out informative letters to friends and family. On Dec. 2, the group will hold a prayer service for four religious women killed in El Salvador to accompany the white crosses displayed on the Quad commemorating the Jesuit martyrs in the El Salvador attacks.

“The Teach-In brought hope that people will continue to push for this reform no matter how long it takes,” Roman said. “Some may want us to back down, but with over a thousand students gathering this weekend, our voices will be heard.” n

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Thursday, November 21, 2013

QUOTE OF THE DAY Courage is being scared to death ... and saddling up anyway.

-John Wayne (1907-79), American film actor

Students and administration must ensure they are putting the Campus School students’ interests first Earlier this week, a press release from the Office of News and Public Affairs stated that the University is considering a partnership between the Campus School and the Kennedy Day School at the Franciscan Hospital for Children in Brighton. The Campus School, founded in 1970, educates students with multiple disabilities from ages 3 to 21, and has become an integral part of the Boston College experience through volunteer opportunities and the annual Boston Marathon fundraiser.

According to Director of the Campus School Don Ricciato and the Office of News and Public Affairs, the partnership is under consideration in part because of low enrollment at both facilities and in part because

Before the University makes a decision about whether to move the Campus School, it is crucial that the administration seek out the honest opinions of the volunteers, parents, and staff who work every day with the Campus School students. the newly-renovated Kennedy Day School has more modern facilities than BC does. According to them, the move would not end the volunteer partnership between BC students and the Campus School, and students would still be able to run the marathon in order to raise money for the school. Other details, however, are few and far between.

A few days after the press release, a petition was put up on Change.org calling on the BC community not to “let BC close the Campus School.”

While it is understandable that many people feel very strongly about the Campus School and are opposed to any changes, the petition appears to be based on emotions rather than facts and includes some misleading

statements. First, it states that the decision to move the Campus School has already been made, accusing the University of keeping the news “away from the public eye”—a statement that contradicts both the existence and content of the BC press release.

The petition goes on to say that University President Rev. William P. Leahy, S.J. will not release a statement before shutting down the Campus School and moving it, stating that a decision must be made within 90 days. It is unclear where the author of the petition found his or her information—but the decision to move the Campus School or keep it on campus will likely not be made unilaterally by a single person, and no such 90-day deadline has been made public. Members of the BC community who are concerned about these proposed changes should not hesitate to make their opinions known, but they should take care to have the full story—or attempt to get it—before rushing to an unequivocal decision about the move.

By the same token, before the University makes a decision about whether to move the Campus School, it is crucial that the administration seeks out the honest opinions of the volunteers, parents, and staff who work every day with Campus School students. While the University has already informed volunteers of proposed collaboration, administrators should invite the input of those closest to the students. These discussions should not only occur, they should take place in an open, town-hall style format so that all interested parties can attend and make their voices heard. Many people in and around BC will be affected by the decisions made, and to exclude them or keep any dissenting opinions out of the public discourse would be irresponsible. The administration has a responsibility to take its time with this decision, welcome suggestions from the BC community, and make public the pros and cons of such a move.

All parties involved should keep in mind that the health and wellbeing of the students at the Campus School is the highest priority. Whatever the final decision, it must be made based on what is best for the Campus School students.

Athletics should bring back pre-season event UGBC, Athletics can use the Gold Pass to ensure high turnout at future promotional sporting events Athletics has worked hard this semester to increase student investment in Boston College sports, primarily via the introduction of the Gold Pass and, in the case of basketball, a rearrangement of student seating. These changes have proved effective in drawing students to the games, and the enticement of six gold pass points—including an additional two for arriving 30 minutes early—brought a crowd to this season’s first home basketball game that filled the floor-level seats. This was a significantly larger crowd than that in attendance at any except the most high-profile games last year.

These improvements, while important, allow for limited engagement between the students and the players. Athletics’ strong focus on establishing the Gold Pass and the new seating arrangement, as well as a lack of interest on the part of UGBC, led to the decision not to host a pre-season event geared toward promoting interest in the winter sports this year.

In 2010 and 2011, however, Athletics and UGBC collaborated to put on Ice Jam, an event modeled after Midnight Madness but intended to generate excitement for both

the hockey and basketball teams.

Although the attendance for the second year of Ice Jam was lower, resulting in the smaller-scale “Pack Power” event in 2012, the idea of a large-scale, joint-sport pep rally before the beginning of the winter season should not be abandoned.

Athletics should capitalize upon the fact that BC boasts competitive teams in both hockey and basketball—something few other schools can claim. In addition, by offering Gold Pass points to those who attend such an event, Athletics can ensure a high turnout. Events such as Ice Jam, or even smaller scale events, allow for a more personal interaction between players and students, and can help foster an investment in the sport that runs deeper than simply being entertained by a hockey or basketball game.

The pep rally hosted before the Homecoming football game this year serves as a good model for future events—it used Gold Pass points as an incentive to draw a crowd and allowed for a different form of interaction with the team.

Athletics and UGBC should keep in mind the success of this event when planning a winter event in the future.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR More must be done to fight the prevalence of eating disorders at BC The Monday morning after Love Your Body Week at Boston College, my inbox still full of inspiring messages to bash fat talk and the “You Are Beautiful” t-shirt folded neatly in my closet, I opened my laptop to find that countless friends had shared a blog post with the title “5 Reasons to Date a Girl with an Eating Disorder.” My heart sank, my stomach clenched, and—trigger warnings unheeded—I read the article.

The article was sickening, but as much as I was disturbed by the author’s point of view, the real shock was the realization that we are combating a powerful dominant culture of thinness. Though the Women’s Resource Center’s Love Your Body Week campaign incited thoughtful discussion about the prevalence of eating disorders in and beyond the BC campus, my simple cry is this: we need more.

BC needs more advocacy for the issue of eating disorders. If only a cultural revolution will reverse this sickening trend, the cultural revolution needs

to begin at BC. Perhaps the issue stems from the academic pressure that women face. As Dr. Hesse-Biber claimed in her lecture “The Cult of Thinness,” gains in women’s status almost always coincide with a preference for thinness. That is, as women make strides in society, their tendency to become thinner increases. Perhaps women at BC, in their quest for academic success, mirror this macro trend. Or maybe the “Plex Culture” puts undue pressure on women to upkeep their physical appearance and adhere to unrealistic standards (who has that much energy?). The ideal BC student is smart, dedicated, involved, kind, and thin. Whatever the cause (though I believe there are many) eating disorders remain rampant on BC campus. We need more than one week of permission to love our bodies.

CARLY BARNHARDT A&S ’17

JFK’s assassination should be commemorated with talk of his life This week marks the 50th anniversary of a moment any middle-aged American remembers vividly.

On Nov. 22, 1963 in Dallas, Tex., President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. The Massachusetts native is remembered as one of the most beloved presidents in our country’s short timeline. Lately, however, articles have been published through various media focusing solely on the “JFK Conspiracy.”

Although Kennedy’s last moments in Texas are still unexplainable, at this time it seems more important to focus on the life he led.

I would like to see a discussion in the coming days about his presidency, although unfairly punctuated, rather than an Internet investigation to solve the case or corroborate theories regarding his death. Most of the population was not alive during his time, and this unfortunate anniver-

sary should serve as an educational opportunity.

Admittedly, this letter stems from my own lack of knowledge about Kennedy’s presidency. Upon news searches, hoping to find out why he was my grandmother’s favorite president, I found myself sifting through useless conspiracy articles. I decided that his assassination was not his defining moment, and I think others should realize this too. On the 22nd, I hope people can read past Lee Harvey Oswald’s name, just for a moment, and onto Kennedy’s heroic military service, role in the Civil Rights Movement, or essential victory in the Space Race. These are some highlights by which he deserves to be remembered.

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The true meaning of ‘pro-life’

Evan Goldstein the Big Stall - We don’t really know why, but we have a strong urge to Thumbs Up stalls with sinks in them, such as the one in Stokes.

We rarely actually use these sinks, but it feels nice to know we have the option to wash our hands without leaving the stall, should the fancy strike us. It adds a hint of luxury to the whole ordeal, and the small dose of comfort and reassurance afforded us is well worth a thumbs up.

The ‘Moist’ Trend - This one is guaranteed to be controversial, but we’re just going to go ahead and spit it out: We like the word moist.

More than that, we feel bad for it.

Someone, somewhere, a few years back, decided that “moist” was a gross word, and now it’s a pretty universal consensus. But here we are, taking a stand for the underdog and saying we actually like this often-oppressed, seldom-used word, and we resent that person who made it cool to hate on it ceaselessly. Who’s with us?

Crunch Time - In exactly one week, we will be home with our families, gearing up to commence on the digestive escapade through the wonders of mountains of mashed potatoes, spoonfuls of stuffing, and thick slices of freshly carved, moist turkey (see what I did there?).

Before we are induced into that food coma, all we want to do is glide through the next four days of classes as quickly as possible. But, it seems as if the professors of this University have conspired against us and colluded to schedule all of their last exams and papers before finals come around in the week before Thanksgiving. We get it—you want the break to grade our papers.

But we want to be able to go home with our sanities intact.

Office Supply Deficit...Or Surplus? - At the beginning of the school year, we are all so prepared.

We go to Target/K-Mart/Office Depot/Enter-your-regional-officesupply-store-here and we stock up on pens, mechanical pencils, highlighters, paper, notebooks, a stapler, paper clips, etc. When we move into our dorms or houses or apartments, we neatly arrange all of these items in our desk drawers, excited to embark upon this wellorganized, adequately-supplied, and sure to be color-coordinated journey of knowledge that is this next year of classes. But then, a week and a half into classes when your first mechanical pencil, which is of course also the only mechanical pencil you carry around with you, runs out of lead, you totally forget that you have 15 more back in your middle desk drawer (which you never ever open). And so you spend the rest of the semester sneakily stealing other people’s pencils and pens and paper and paperclips and wishing you had a highlighter until right about now. With just a couple weeks left in the semester, when you’re hunting down those scissors that you desperately need and know are in your room somewhere, you come across this pristine display of every flavor of school supply you could possibly desire. And you imagine the cartoon version of yourself dramatically slapping him/herself in the forehead with the palm of his/her hand, and then you sigh, knowing that you will never use these beautiful materials and it was all for nothing and your semester was certainly anything but color-coordinated.

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Texas gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis angered conservatives a few weeks ago when she described herself as “pro-life.”

Davis, a state senator, is famous for waging a 13-hour filibuster against legislation that threatened access to healthcare for millions of women in Texas. The bill, which was opposed by the Texas Medical Society and the Texas chapter of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, threatened women’s health clinics with impossibly high regulatory standards—many of which, like ceiling heights and the width of hallways, had absolutely nothing to do with the safety of abortion procedures. While it’s too soon to know the full extent of the bill’s effect, it’s entirely possible that just five abortion clinics will be left in a state with a population of nearly 25 million people. For some women, reproductive health clinics are their only access to any healthcare at all, and yet the Texas legislature put an ideological social agenda over the health of Texas women. Though Senator Davis prevented the bill from being passed in one special session, Governor Perry simply called another, and the bill passed.

So suffice it to say, many were surprised to hear senator Davis characterize herself as “pro-life.” Isn’t this the woman who literally stood up for the right of Texas women to exercise their constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy? But I’m glad she did, because Senator Davis’ comments speak to a broader problem with the extremist rhetoric we hear from “pro-life” Republicans: they falsely claim that opposing abortion is the same as being pro-life. How many “pro-life” Republicans have taken votes to restrict access to contraception? How many “pro-life” Republicans advocate abstinence-only sexual education?

How many “pro-life” Republicans have fought for expanded prenatal care with the same vigor that they’ve fought against abortion rights?

When you look at the data, it turns out making abortion harder to access is nowhere near as effective as contraception and sexual education at reducing the rate of abortion. What’s more, restricting access to abortion pushes poor women into the back alley black market, where shady, exploitative people peddle services far less safe than Planned Parenthood’s. Where’s the concern from “pro-life” Republicans for the thousands of women who die every year from illegal abortions? “Pro-life” Republicans were happy to politically exploit the evil of Kermit Gosnell to push a new wave of anti-abortion legislation, but how many recognized that shuttering legitimate clinics only increases the likelihood that Gosnell will be able to prey on women in the future?

But beyond simply reducing the number of abortions, the Republican “pro-life” track record is utterly abysmal. How many “pro-life” Republicans objected to spending trillions of dollars on two wars during the Bush administration? How many “pro-life” Republicans have tried to abolish the death penalty? It’s absolutely absurd to me that Republicans can claim to be “pro-life” and then shut down the government because they refuse to help millions of Americans get healthcare. It’s absurd that Republicans can say they’re “pro-life” while neglecting our inner cities, where shameful rates of poverty and crime persist. It’s absurd that Republicans say they’re “pro-life” while refusing to expand Medicaid to 5.4 million more Americans who don’t have healthcare.

Conservative outrage over Senator Davis’ claim demonstrates the fundamental hypocrisy of the “pro-life” movement. They mock the senator for daring to suggest that being pro-life might encompass more than just being anti-abortion. Indeed, Senator Davis seems to be suggesting that one can be pro-life while still supporting the right of a woman to terminate a pregnancy under Roe v. Wade. The audacity! Of course, if you think about it for one second, it’s obvious that everyone who’s pro-choice should also be pro-life—being

anti-life would be a fairly ridiculous position to hold. But Senator Davis is right on: one cannot be pro-life simply because one opposes abortion. And when you consider the myriad of threats to life in our society—crime, inadequate access to healthcare, disease, environmental degradation—abortion seems like it should be fairly low on the list of priorities for a “pro-life” group. Shouldn’t pro-lifers in Texas be outraged that their state has killed 60 people since 2010? Shouldn’t they be outraged that their state has the highest rate of teenaged pregnancy in the country? Shouldn’t they be outraged that their state has the highest rate of uninsured people in the country?

I don’t mean to diminish the importance of the moral debate over abortion, or minimize the weightiness of the decision for women.

And though I clearly have an opinion on it (hint: it has a lot to do with it being none of my damn business when a woman decides to have a baby), this column isn’t really about abortion.

My point is this: Senator Davis is right. You’re pro-life? Great. Me too. But if you’re going to claim to be “pro-life,” you can’t sermonize on one issue and ignore the others. You don’t get to pray in front of a Planned Parenthood and feel like you’ve fulfilled your duty to protect life. If you’re pro-life, be pro-life, but be consistent. Be pro-life all the time. We may differ on abortion, but surely we can’t differ on the notion that there are so many other threats to life in our society and we should tackle them all. If we’re going to be pro-life, we need to get serious about ending gang violence. We need to get serious about expanding healthcare, about ending homelessness, about so many other issues other than abortion that anyone who’s truly “pro-life” should care about. As the Benedictine nun Joan Chittister said, “your morality is deeply lacking if you want a child born but not a child fed, not a child educated, not a child housed … that’s not pro-life. That’s pro-birth.” We should all be pro-life, and that should have little to do with abortion.

Evan Goldstein is a staff columnist for The Heights. He can be reached at opinions@bcheights.com.

Despite high ranking, CSOM can improve

Stephen Sikora Earlier this month, tens of thousands of business students across the country received an email from Bloomberg Businessweek. Inside contained a link to Businessweek’s student survey, which will determine 30 percent of the website’s 2014 undergraduate business school rankings. In 2006, the first year the rankings were calculated, BC’s Carroll School of Management (CSOM) finished 23rd. The school has steadily become closer to the top spot as the years have progressed, culminating in a university-best sixth place finish in 2013.

Yet we still have ample room to improve. In a March 2013 Heights article, CSOM Associate Dean Richard Keeley explained that BC’s worst metric in Businessweek’s rankings was, in fact, the student survey. Despite our overall sixthplace ranking, CSOM finished 15th among schools based on results from the questionnaire, which asks about classes, faculty, career services, program satisfaction, and much more.

As a CSOM student myself, I’m excited to complete the survey and share my thoughts about the school. I read through the entire questionnaire, and I’ve identified key areas where I believe BC can improve. If the following suggestions are implemented, I’m confident that our 15th-place showing in the student survey will steadily rise.

The first improvement I’d like to see is our academic advising, featured in the survey when students are asked to rank the quality of advising they’ve received. Freshmen are paired with their Portico professor, which works well—in addition to being a great introductory class, it allows students to adjust easily to the first semester of college. When students become sophomores, however, they’re given a new advisor, as Portico professors work with the next incoming class.

As a second-year finance student, I was paired with an advisor from the marketing department. I understand that CSOM encourages students to find informal mentors,

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especially as juniors—where the entire class shares one advisor—and as seniors, when we don’t have one. But for young students still finding their way at college, it’s hard to approach an unknown professor. Crucial academic decisions can take place as early as a freshman’s first semester, when, for example, the choice of taking accounting in their spring semester allows one to begin their finance progression early. This allows students to take finance electives that will be highly beneficial when choosing and applying to internships in their junior year, rather than having to wait until they’re seniors.

While I applaud the school for implementing its peer advisor program—seniors who serve as student mentors along with the Portico TAs—I strongly believe that having a professor in a student’s field of study for all four years can greatly benefit both their course choices and job placement.

A second area for improvement is in three of the 13 academic areas in the questionnaire.

This starts with macro and micro economics.

Though CSOM requires students to take intro courses in both subjects, they’re often comprised of nearly 300 students, and taken alone, can dissuade a student from continuing in the economics discipline.

I’d like to see BC implement a program similar to University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, which requires the course Monetary Economics and the Global Economy.

Besides helping students understand the role of finance in a global economy, it may encourage more students to take up economics—a great path, considering finance and economics are strongly linked.

The third academic area is quantitative methods. As more of the world—especially in finance and investments—is being run on big data, developing skills to analyze statistics is imperative. Yet CSOM’s curriculum offers little besides the required introductory stats course and a 600 level forecasting elective. A new Predictive Analytics class will be offered this spring, but more can be done. MIT’s business school, for instance, has courses titled Analysis of Algorithms, Data Mining, and Engineering Risk-Benefit Analysis. These would make excellent additions to our current offerings, helping to prepare quantitatively-minded students for roles in regression analysis, risk

management, or portfolio analytics.

Third, in what may be a surprise to A&S students, is that a great deal of improvement can be achieved in CSOM’s career services area.

The business school currently has just one career advisor for its students. As we approach 2,000 full-time students, that’s not enough. My recommendation is for multiple new hires of human resources professionals that have experience working for finance and accounting firms.

These advisors would be available to students of all years, and should have experience selecting applicants based on resumes and cover letters and connections to firms in the industry.

Finding entry-level jobs in finance and investments, especially after the 2008 crisis, has become an ultra-competitive process.

Landing these jobs requires networking starting as early as freshman year, and resumes and cover letters specifically tailored to investment firms. The best finance professors I’ve had worked in the industry before teaching—the same mindset needs to be applied for career services administration.

CSOM’s career website also needs work.

There are formatting errors throughout the site, the same mistakes that will cost an applicant an interview chance if made even once on a resume. I often turned to Wharton’s site for helpful career information instead of BC’s, as Penn’s business school features vast resources for networking and interviewing tips, and also has numerous links on how to use new functions such as LinkedIn. Though CSOM is proud of its No. 6 ranking, we cannot accept the status quo. The school is equipped with top-flight faculty, exemplary students, and the beautiful Fulton Hall. We have the necessary infrastructure to remain a high caliber business school, though given that we’ve come so far since the rankings began, that’s not enough.

Our Catholic rivals from Indiana currently hold the No. 1 spot, making a jump to number one even more enticing. Just as the Fighting Irish will have to be on the lookout for our improved football team in the next few years, they also better watch their back in the business school rankings.

Stephen Sikora is a staff columnist for The Heights. He can be reached at opinions@ bcheights.com.

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Student in college?

Lucy Smukler You roll over in bed, and look at the clock. In the warmth and darkness of your double, you read the numbers 1-03-0. It’s 10:30 a.m. on a Saturday, and you have to start drinking in an hour. After all, the game starts at 12:30 p.m., and you can already hear the excited shouts of tailgaters outside your window.

You sit up and stretch, preparing to mobilize for the day when reality hits you and sends you back against the pillow, cowering beneath the covers.

Two papers, a presentation, and a test next week. And a class trip to the MFA tomorrow. In other words, academically, you’re screwed.

In this situation, for those of us who don’t identify as die-hard Eagles football fans, it’s easy to say, “I wish there wasn’t a game today.” We probably wouldn’t go.

We may, instead, crawl into a corner of O’Neill and camp out there for the day.

This alternative, however, is virtually impossible with the all-inclusive, pointdriven Gold Pass.

As someone who falls into this camp of moderate football fans, I purchased the Gold Pass because I wanted to attend at least some of the games.

With the Gold Pass, there is no longer the option to give tickets away or buy tickets from other students, giving yourself more flexibility to skip games on busy weekends. The $175 commitment looms over you, forcing you out of bed and guilt-tripping you into Alumni Stadium.

Football games, as most of us know, are generally a full-day ordeal. You go from bed to Shea Field to the actual game to Shea Field and then back to bed again for that my-legs-are-exhaustedfrom-standing-for-six-hours nap. You wake up disoriented and bleary-eyed at 7 p.m., wondering where on earth the day has gone.

This inevitably packed game-day schedule leads to my main point: it’s easy to be a college student, but sometimes (specifically on football weekends at Boston College), it can be hard to be a student in college. When I stated this claim to one of my roommates, she looked back at me with a quizzical look.

So I tried to explain: During the week, we are pushed to our limits with work, work, work. Our professors ask too much of us. Our employers ask us to clock in an hour early. So many of us desperately want to immerse ourselves in our classes, but virtually can’t. (Don’t professors know we take four other classes, and not just theirs?) Looking forward to the weekend becomes looking forward to getting life back on track, actually doing the reading for that class you’ve been putting off for the past two weeks, and really doing research for that term paper you’ve been meaning to start. We are interested, passionate, and feel a little nerdy for fostering this desire to learn or create or analyze. But isn’t that what got us here in the first place?

The work hard, play hard mentality can be challenging to reconcile. During the week, being a student in college is something we can do—surrounded by professors, mentors, inspiring peers, and tons and tons and tons of books. But this drive gets temporarily stinted once Saturday rolls around. Don’t get me wrong, sometimes you need this brief hiatus from the stresses of collegiate study.

Sometimes you need someone to hand you that beer at 11 a.m. so you can decompress, and just be a college student.

After this explanation, my friend drew an interesting conclusion. At some schools it can be harder to be a college student in the social, carefree sense of the term than a student attending college. BC prides itself on its mission to educate the whole person—intellectually, spiritually, and socially—whereas some schools do not necessarily value this philosophy. Sometimes more personal growth can come not from imprisoning yourself in the library, but taking time to set aside the stress and just be a college student (though often easier said than done).

So maybe the Gold Pass isn’t the best choice for people like me. As much as it pains me, sometimes I have to miss a game to study for a test or finish a project. I may get points on my exams instead of points for attending games. I shouldn’t be reprimanded for this, however. It’s just my way of balancing a dual identity: fun-loving, free-spirited college student, and dedicated, curious student in college.

Lucy Smukler is a staff columnist for The Heights. She can be reached at opinions@bcheights.com.

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Thursday, November 21, 2013

MARYLAND VS. BC

KEYS TO THE GAME BOSTON COLLEGE STAY STRONG IN THE MIDDLE BC’s linebackers must build off the impressive performance last weekend to slow the Terrapins’ offensive efforts.

USE SPECIAL TEAMS Nate Freese has yet to miss a field goal this year and can be relied on to turn good field position into reliable points.

MARYLAND PREVENT THE BIG PLAYS The Terrapins must limit BC’s rushing attack to short-yardage gains in order to keep themselves in the game on Saturday.

CHALLENGE BC’S SECONDARY C.J. Brown should look to challenge the Eagles’ secondary early and exploit their recent depth issues due to injuries at key positions.

PLAYERS TO WATCH BOSTON COLLEGE ANDRE WILLIAMS WEIGHT: 227 HEIGHT: 6’0” POSITION: RB YEAR: Senior

STEELE DIVITTO WEIGHT: 237 HEIGHT: 6’2” POSITION: LB YEAR: Senior

MARYLAND C.J. BROWN

WEIGHT: 210 HEIGHT: 6’3” POSITION: QB YEAR: Senior

SEAN DAVIS

WEIGHT: 190 HEIGHT: 6’1” POSITION: DB YEAR: Sophomore

OUTCOMES BOSTON COLLEGE WILL WIN IF...

It can diversify its offense, utilizing Chase Rettig and the passing game with plays to Alex Amidon as well as runs with Andre Williams on the ground.

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It can control BC’s run game, esecpially Williams and Myles Willis, and keep the Eagles on defense, controlling possesion.

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BC’s aggressive defense will be tested at Maryland Football, from A10 “Coach Addazio came in and you could tell he was aggressive,” said sophomore defensive back Bryce Jones after BC topped Wake Forest in Week Two. “He was straight-forward and detailed and it carried on to the rest of the coaches.

They always talk about organized chaos and we’re all buying into it, so it works out. We’re a lot more aggressive.”

BC allowed just 55 rushing yards to the Deacons in that game, after giving up 116 in the matchup the year before.

“It means everything,” Jones said.

“Coach Brown’s thing is stopping the run. He wants to stop the run. Our defensive line is playing great right now.

Our linebackers are giving the DB’s a

chance to cover and just worry about the receivers.”

Covering opposing receivers has been the main issue for the Eagles with the increased pressure in the backfield. BC is heading into Saturday’s matchup with Maryland ranked 115th in the country in total pass defense, giving up an average of 277 yards per game. Opponents have scored 21 touchdowns through the air against the Eagles and are averaging 8.5 yards per completion.

BC’s best defense for the pass has been the pressure from Pierre-Louis and Edebali, both of whom have broken free under Brown. If the duo of lineman and linebacker can get pressure on C.J. Brown, then the Eagles will be able to quell Maryland’s big-play threats down the field. 

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The Eagles have upped the pressure under new defensive coordinator Don Brown this season.

Maryland defense prepares for aggressive BC run game

BY MARLY MORGUS Asst. Sports Editor

It has been an interesting season for the Maryland football team. The Terrapins started the season with four straight wins, including a 37-0 shutout of West Virginia, but Florida State turned the tables on the Maryland offense the next week, keeping it from scoring any points in a 63-0 blowout.

Since then, the Terrapins have continued to struggle, losing four of their six last games, including dropping a road decision to Wake Forest, which ranks last in the ACC in scoring offense, total offense, and touchdowns scored.

Those tides turned again, however, when the Terps scratched out a road win over Virginia Tech in overtime.

While the Hokies have had ups and downs of their own this season, the Terrapins’ win came along with one of their best defensive performances of the season.

The defensive line held Virginia Tech to just 54 yards rushing while recording seven sacks and 11 touchdowns for a loss, a season high. Leading that effort was Sean Davis, who recorded five solo tackles and four assisted, and Andre Monroe, whose four solo tackles and five assisted included 3.5 for losses, a total of 24 yards. As a whole, the defense allowed Virginia Tech to convert just 25 percent of its third downs.

The high sack count served to raise Maryland’s season total by more than 50 percent, as its cumulative total reached 20.

The rushing defense has held opponents to just under 140 yards per game, putting the Terrapins at fourth place among ACC schools in rushing defense, behind Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech, and Florida

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Maryland’s entire defensive line needs to step up this weekend to stop BC’s rushing offense.

State. As for the pass defense, it allows 227 yards per game, good enough for eighth in the ACC. Those numbers will be tested

by Boston College’s ground and pound offensive style.

“They present a tremendous challenge with what they do running the football,” said Maryland head coach Randy Edsall.

“They have an outstanding running back who is an All-American in my opinion and a Heisman candidate. And so we have got to make sure we put the best plan together and give our kids the best opportunity to go out there and be as productive as they can.”

BC has the second highest number of rushing yards per game in the ACC, spurred on by Andre Williams’ average of

163.4 yards in his nine outings so far this year. Edsall had high words of praise for the nation’s top-producing running back.

“Well, he’s strong, he’s powerful, he’s explosive,” he said. “He’s got great lower body strength and he can run with his pads out in front of him. He’s flexible.

He’s got a good offensive mind, too. But he wears on you. And what you’ve got to do is you’ve got to tackle him. You’ve got to wrap and tackle and bring your feet. He’s an outstanding player.”

The rushing defense will be one of the most important factors for the Terrapins as they try to limit the Eagles’ scoring chances, but Edsall doesn’t see a single one of his defensive linemen as the key to controlling Williams and the BC run game.

“I think all 11 guys are the key,” he said. “The thing about anything on defense, it’s about everybody doing what they are supposed to do collectively on each and every play, and if we can get everybody doing that, then we’ll give ourselves an opportunity to play well against the run. But you can’t miss gaps.

You’ve got to tackle. You’ve got to be able to get some penetration. You can’t let them stay on schedule.”

Williams has excelled in the fourth quarter during his past two outings, putting up two big runs to help the Eagles past New Mexico State and two more to help the Eagles past NC State on senior day. His ability to keep pushing through defenses during the fourth quarter could prove valuable, as the Maryland defense has allowed more points in the fourth quarter than in any other—the tally on the season coming to 84 while the next closest quarter, the second, has seen 61 points allowed on the season.

Edsall will hope to slow Williams down and keep the game under control by having a calculated, team-oriented approach to defense this weekend.

“So it’s a mixture of just playing great team defense,” he said. “When you play great team defense, then you have a chance to stop the run. But if you’re not playing great team defense, then it’s hard to stop the run.”

With both teams bowl eligible, they will each be hoping to make a statement in the final weeks of the season.

“I think that [the players] knew the magic number, the least to be eligible, doesn’t guarantee anything,” Edsall said, “but you have to continue—we got that and we have two more games to go.” 

How ‘The Shot’ defines the game GRAHAM BECK What has always fascinated me about photojournalism is its power to convey a story in a single image. When I was first learning to take pictures, I admired the work of great portrait photographers, landscape photographers, and advertising pictures.

But what kept me staring for more than just 30 seconds, or a minute, or even 10 minutes, was the work of great photojournalists. I admired the photographers, the artists who compose in the viewfinder. I was captivated by the images that they published in Time, Sports Illustrated and more. Ultimately, I was drawn to what I first learned as Henri Cartier-Bresson’s “Decisive Moment,” but for what, during my past seven years of editorial photography, I have called “The Shot”.

For those confused by this jargon, I’ll explain. “The Shot” is that image that captures the defining moment—the most storytelling image with the most artistic and awe-inspiring potential. It is more than just great. In a presentation I gave on this concept and sports photography last weekend to several hundred high school students, the best popular example I could give was the image taken by the Boston Globe’s Stan Grossfield of bullpen police officer Steve Horgan celebrating David Ortiz’s grand slam against the Rays.

My friends on The Heights laugh and joke with me about my obsession with this concept. It drives me when I photograph.

But if there is anything that I’ve learned from shooting, it is that you can’t get them all. In very few games have I been able to truly say to my sports editor, “yeah, I got the shot.” A vast majority of the games I’ve covered I’ve had good images, but the shot could happen in an instant, and sometimes it’s just being in the right place at the right

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Important moments like Boston College’s last-second win in the 2012 Beanpot over Harvard can be captured in one, striking image. time. The best or worst moments in sports photography, or the best “shots,” visually intrigue. There’s composition, exposure, timing, positioning, and most of all, there’s luck involved. It’s exhilarating when the action is great, it’s fun to be so close to the game, and most of all, it’s challenging to get a great image that tells a story.

Those great “shots” have come from great players and exciting games. It started with covering Kristie Mewis dominating the soccer field, capturing Bill Arnold’s gamewinner penguin dive in the 2012 Beanpot, and admiring Matt Humphrey’s swag on the court. Then there was covering the Frozen Four, which was not only fun, but it was special to cover that group of players, from Chris Kreider to Barry Almeida to Parker Milner. Then there were the athletes who just made great pictures—Johnny Gaudreau and the ease with which he scored goals, Olivier Hanlan and getting him to smile off the court for our basketball preview shoot, and Kevin Pierre-Louis and his explosive

tackling ability, to name a few. Other great moments were getting out of the familiar walls of Conte to cover women’s crew on a beautiful fall afternoon for the Head of the Charles.

But while it’s fun to shoot the great teams, players, and events, I’ve had my share of covering losing teams as well, and it’s still just as challenging and emotional. The onepoint loss to Duke last winter stuck with me for the longest time, since I was so ready to capture a game-winner and instead found “The Shot” being made in the victory of Duke’s Tyler Thorton as Ryan Anderson lay on the ground. There are countless others, but regardless of the box score, I’ve looked for that moment that tells a more unique story than just another cool action shot or reaction shot—that’s the nature of what I have to do.

There are the people I have loved working with, and the traditions and memories made with each game covered. It started my first year with covering the very young

men’s basketball team’s game against Clemson with my then roommate and current sports editor, Austin. Then it was getting to the glory of working with Greg Joyce at the Frozen Four and the tradition of Starbucks iced mocha breakfasts. These, and so many more, are my “shots.” They are moments that I will remember long after the last issue I’ve kept in a box yellows and is ready to be thrown out.

When Steve Addazio and his team won against NC State last weekend, and I found myself a few feet from him as he yelled victoriously into his microphone among a sea (and I mean a sea) of happy, screaming fans, I did what I had trained myself to do—experience this special moment through my viewfinder, set my exposure, frame wide, and take the shot.

Graham Beck is an editor for The Heights. He can be reached at sports@bcheights.com.

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Thursday, November 21, 2013 The Week Ahead

Standings

Men’s basketball meets UConn on Thursday night at Madison Square Garden. Meanwhile, women’s basketball will host FIU. Women’s soccer heads to Nebraska for the second round of the NCAA tournament.

Football seeks its second road win at Maryland. The Broncos and the Patriots meet in Foxboro.

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Men’s basketball dropped a narrow decision to Toledo. Men’s hockey won the first game and tied the second in the home-and-home series. Women’s soccer beat Northeastern in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Field hockey was eliminated by UConn.

The LA Clippers beat the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Women’s Basketball

Guest Editor: Sean Keely

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“The Dude abides. I don’t know about you, but I take comfort in that.”

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Tonight, BC hosts Florida International University in search of its second win of the season. Coming off of a dissapointing overtime loss last weekend at BYU, the Eagles hope to even their record at 2-2 before heading to the Cancun Classic after Thanksgiving. The Panthers are 0-3 to start off the season, the most recent loss coming to Harvard on Tuesday when the Crimson edged them out 64-52.

If the Eagles win, it will be their first win at home this season, but to do so, they will have to shutdown Jerica Coley, who averages 22 points per game.

Tonight, 7 p.m.

Eagles head to Madison Square Garden for two-game tournament best foul-shooting team in the country,” Donahue said. “We don’t have a bad shooter on the team.”

After shooting 71.2 percent from the line last season, Donahue’s team has improved, scoring 83.2 percent of free throws in its first four games.

BC shot 24 of 27 from the stripe against FAU. Hanlan had half of the made attempts, including the 10 of 11 free throws he knocked down in the game’s final 3:43.

The sophomore guard noted that the new hand-checking rules make it easier for players to get to the line.

“With the new reffing styles, it’s a lot easier to get to the line,” Hanlan said. “I think I shot a little more free throws this time, because of the new rules.”

BC must take advantage of its free throw shooting during its visit to the Garden, because it will play disciplined teams. Thursday evening will be hard for the Eagles, when they play a UConn team averaging just 19 fouls per game.

Donahue’s defense is ranked 277th in the country in that same category, giving up 23.5 fouls per game.

BC’s defensive struggles are easily exploited, as opponents can drive to the basket and get to the line, whether that be through a shooting foul or the bonus.

“It’s hurt us in terms of figuring out how to guard properly, but it’s our fault,” Donahue said. “I think it’s a clean whistle.

It’s the same each way. We’re getting advantages on that end. We’ve just gotta figure out how to do it better.”

Of the three teams the Eagles will, or have the chance to face, each have taken more fouls than they have given. Teams that can draw fouls will find it easy to get to the line against this BC team.

If Donahue’s team cannot find a way to defend properly, it could be a miserable trip to New York. 

BY ALEX FAIRCHILD Heights Staff

Justin Raffington’s left arm reached for the ball. Ryan Anderson stood behind the Florida Atlantic center, and due to new NCAA rules, was able to put his forearm across his opponent’s back.

Taking advantage of the Eagles’ weakness, Raffington turned Anderson on the baseline and went to the hoop for a dunk.

It was Raffington’s fourth point of the game and not even a minute had passed on the clock.

On the other end, the center forced two horrendous shots from Anderson, forcing BC head coach Steve Donahue to look at his bench after two minutes of play. He called KC Caudill into action.

The substitute was able to be a presence in the paint, but neglected to scrape a board in the eight minutes he played. He also looked extremely awkward on the offensive end, missing a wide-open look midway through the first half from the side of the key.

“We just don’t have a lot of depth up front,” Donahue said after his team’s first win of the season.

BC’s rotating front three—Garland Owens, Patrick Heckmann, and Anderson against FAU—does not have the bench required to battle with physical mid-major outfits. Eddie Odio did not play against Florida Atlantic due to injury, leaving the team without a big body down low. Will Magarity and Caudill were used to fill that void, with Alex Dragicevich looking to use his size at times, though their efforts would not be enough.

At Madison Square Garden, the Eagles will have to deal with Connecticut, which averages 38 rebounds per game as a team. With the nation’s most dynamic point guard in Shabazz Napier starting for the Huskies come Thursday,

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Olivier Hanlan and the BC men’s basketball team will play two games at Madison Square Garden this weekend in the 2K Sports Classic. the Eagles will have more on their hands than picking up the UConn bigs. Napier is averaging 9.5 rebounds per night after four games.

Come Friday, Donahue’s squad will be contested by a Washington team that has three players averaging more than six rebounds per game, or an Indiana squad that has out-rebounded opponents on average 52.2-33.5 in its first four outings this year.

With energy, the Eagles could be able to work around their lack of strength

under the rim, but will need to box-out opponents the whole night, which guard Olivier Hanlan acknowledged did not occur against FAU. “We didn’t play too good of a defensive game in terms of rebounding and blocking out,” Hanlan said.

Donahue concurred with his starting guard, who lit up the scoreboard with 38 points against the Owls.

“At this point, teams sense our inability to guard down low and they take us down there and throw it up on the

glass and the amount of foul shots that teams get against us, in particular, it’s always the second half,” Donahue said.

“We out-rebounded Toledo by a lot in the first half and we out-rebounded Florida Atlantic, but they’re a big Conference U.S.A. team.”

Despite a dreadful start to the year on the defensive end, the Eagles attack has exceeded last year’s, especially from the charity stripe.

“We’ve really shot fouls well this year and I tell these guys, I think we can be the

BC wins road duel at Harvard

Treasuring the little things Column, from A10 appeasing the demands of America’s favorite pastime and the Freehold, N.J. tee ball fanatics in the stands. I cut across the diamond and finally reached the first base bag at the culmination of my odyssey, thinking, Did I really miss Rugrats for this?

And for the record, I was still safe.

To this day, my parents still remind me of that infamous play, and how it was the unlikely trigger for a life-long love of sports. Hundreds of games, countless teams, and 16 years later, I’d like to think I’ve come pretty far. From the ball fields of Freehold, N.J. to covering Boston College sports over the past two years for The Heights, I’ve taken every step of the journey in stride.

Still, I truly believe it’s moments like an infamous tee-ball at-bat that can turn a game into a moment, and a moment into a treasure.

If we degrade sports to just a game, that’s all they’ll be. If we open our minds and let them give, they’ll gift us with more than we can ever repay.

These moments can be subtle, and are often barely recognizable when they happen. They’re not always accompanied by a championship banner or a victory parade because, quite frankly, they don’t have to be. They’re faint

flickers in the odyssey of life, coming and going like days on a calendar.

But they matter.

It’s the genuine warmth you feel tossing a football with your dad as he talks about how he grew up watching some of the game’s greats. It’s realizing that magic can happen on a makeshift wiffle ball field when a bunch of neighborhood kids grow close like brothers.

It’s cheering at the top of your lungs alongside an entire student body as if all were one.

And it’s watching years of frustration and missed chances dissolve into a sea of Superfan shirts singing on the field of Alumni Stadium.

Don’t get me wrong—winning is important, but it’s not the end all. When we touch the trophies we idolize, “the gild will stick to our fingers” as French novelist Gustave Flaubert warns. But the meaning found in small moments and memories are real, so real you can take hold of them and carry them with you wherever you go through life.

With that, I sign off for the final time as a sports editor for The Heights. Good luck, God bless, and thank you from the bottom of my heart for the past year.

Chris Grimaldi is the Assc. Sports Editor for The Heights. He can be reached at sports@bcheights.com.

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one in the second. Cangelosi, with the puck near his own blue line, spotted Gaudreau splitting the defense and sent Gaudreau on his way. Gaudreau caught the puck at the opposite blue line and increased the lead to 3-0 with 5:50 left in the second.

Gaudreau added to his and BC’s total in the beginning of the third. With the rebound from Teddy Doherty’s point shot skittering into the slot, Gaudreau managed to fit his stick between two defenders and backhanded in his 12th goal of this early season to put BC up 4-0 2:21 into the third.

Fitzgerald, too, would get in on the scoring just two minutes later, when he one-timed a nice feed from inside the left faceoff dot from Hayes past Girard at 4:22.

Doherty, scratched for much of the season, had an assist on this one as well.

A flurry of late goals led to Harvard’s only goal at 16:06. Luke Esposito banged in a power play score from the slot for his first career goal. It was obviously too little and too late. 

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2013

AFTER A CONSERVATIVE APPROACH IN 2012, THE BOSTON COLLEGE DEFENSE UNDER NEW DC DON BROWN HAS BECOME

HARD NOSED

BY AUSTIN TEDESCO, SPORTS EDITOR

GRAHAM BECK / HEIGHTS EDITOR

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evin Pierre-Louis said the I’m a big believer in playing for tackles for first day of spring practice loss and being disruptive and making life for Boston College was like difficult for the quarterback. We’re going being retaught how to play to attack. That’s the style of defense that football.

I’ve employed. We’re going to fly around “It was a crazy practice, but the de- and attack the pass.” fense started to pick it up at the end and Brown made an immediate impresthe offense brought a lot of energy,” said sion on Pierre-Louis. the senior linebacker eight months ago.

“A lot of energy,” Pierre-Louis said of “I’m excited for how the spring game is Brown. “That guy brings a lot of energy. going to look once we get everything nice If you’re not bringing energy, he’s goand settled.” ing to make you bring energy and that’s There never was a spring game—it definitely something that we need from was canceled during the week of the Bos- the defensive side of the ball.” ton Marathon bombings—so And from day one, the the BC defense remained a Eagles have followed through mystery until the season openon Brown’s promise. After er. New defensive coordinator letting up 14 points to VilDon Brown came to Chestnut lanova in the first quarter NOV. 23, 2013 Hill promising a new system, of the opener, BC held the BC vs. NC State but little was known about it, Wildcats scoreless for the 3:30 ON RSN particularly how effective it game’s duration. The Eagles could be. The Eagles were returning most finally settled down, controlling the of their defensive players from 2012, a chaos to find success in Brown’s scheme. season in which BC’s hyper-conservative They constantly attacked Villanova style helped lead to a 2-10 season. quarterback John Robertson, forcing him Despite keeping the same person- into two interceptions, four sacks, and a nel, Brown still planned on flipping the key fumble, courtesy of Josh Keyes, that gameplan, forcing opponents to adjust to sealed the BC victory. an aggressive and relentless BC defensive Although BC hasn’t always found the attack. same amount of defensive success in the “I’m a firm believer that you play the weeks since the opener, the intensity game on the balls of your feet, not on has only been raised. In six games this your heels,” Brown said in a statement season, the defense has done enough to after his hiring. “From day one, we’re win. The reward of the pressure has outgoing to be aggressive. We’re going to weighed the risk, and that’s all Brown and attack the line of scrimmage. We’re going head coach Steve Addazio can ask for. to get after the quarterback. We’re going to play with our hair on fire on defense.

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2013 DEFENSIVE

STATISTICS All stats are per game

Kevin Pierre-Louis

Points 27.4

Rushing Yds 152

Solo Tackles

TO Margin +6

For The Heights

For the first time since 2009, the Boston College men’s hockey team faced off against Harvard in the regular season last night at the Bright Hockey Center in Allston.

The layoff did not change much. BC beat Harvard handily, winning 5-1, improving its record against the Crimson in its last 11 games to 8-3.

A mismatch from the outset, the Eagles outshot the Crimson 17-3 in the first period. Harvard was fortunate to escape the period letting just one of those shots through. The first and only goal for either side in the period came 4:46 in, and it came again from BC’s potent front trio.

Senior center Bill Arnold, sensing pressure on his back side, fired the puck across the net area to a strangely open Johnny Gaudreau. Gaudreau fed an unmarked Austin Cangolesi in the slot, who one-timed his shot past Crimson goalie Steve Michalek.

Harvard’s lone flurry came at the beginning of the second period. The Crimson controlled the play for the first several minutes, culminating in a BC penalty from forward Destry Straight 5:58 in.

Both during and prior to Harvard’s man-advantage, BC goalie Brian Billett continued his steady play and rejected all Crimson offerings. Then, after Straight got out of the penalty box, an Eagle 4-on-2 ended in a goal for Straight. The goal, coming just a minute before the halfway mark in the game, was set up by a beautiful back and forth between defenseman Danny Linell and forward Kevin Hayes. Hayes, just above the right faceoff dot, sent a cross-ice pass that hit Straight’s stick’s tape at Michaleks backdoor and then found the back of the twine. The goal rewarded the faith of the coaching staff, who promoted Straight to Hayes’ line for the first time in the game.

BC and its top line would add another

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Kasim Edebali

A captain this season, Edebali has already racked up more sacks through 10 games in 2013 than the Eagles had all of last season.

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Give and let give, to the tee-ball field and beyond

Eagles top Crimson in crosstown domination

BY MIKE HOFF

The BC senior linebacker has been free to make plays all over the field under Don Brown, rushing into the offensive backfield and also dropping back into coverage.

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GRAHAM BECK / HEIGHTS EDITOR

Johnny Gaudreau led the Eagles to a 5-1 win over Harvard last night with two goals.

BC basketball takes the Big Apple

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My first career t-ball at-bat is one that I’ll never forget.

Stepping up to the plate in my oversized uniform t-shirt, four-year-old me took a hack at the sponge ball and gave it a ride—that is, a three-foot dribble in front of the tee.

And then chaos ensued.

All of the parents in the bleachers started cheering and shouting, “Run, Chris. Run!” Now mind you, I’m four years old at the time and quite unfamiliar with sports in general, let alone the intricate

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details of a baseball game. But I did know how to listen, so run I did— straight to third base.

So there I am, strutting like a Hall of Famer toward third base with everyone yelling from the bleachers. I finally arrived at my destination, hopped onto the bag with a great big grin, and thought to myself, Did it!

Yet my moment of adulation was suddenly interrupted when I glanced over to my mom and dad. I saw them pointing frantically in the other direction with the rest of the parents. As if in unison, they all exclaimed, “Wrong way!”

To put it lightly, my preschool mind was confused. This base is just fine, thank you. Why do I need to go to another one first? Why don’t they just call it first base then, huh? Oh wait…

So I sighed and resigned myself to

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Thursday, January 17, 2013

ALBUM REVIEW

‘SHANGRI LA’

AN INTERACTIVE VIDEO RESURRECTS A BOB DYLAN CLASSIC PAGE B2

JAKE BUGG SHOWS PROMISE ON HIS NEW ALBUM, BUT THE YOUNG SINGER STILL NEEDS TO HONE HIS VOICE, B5

MUSIC VIDEO OF THE WEEK

‘BOUND 2’

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‘Tis the season

BY SEAN KEELEY, ARTS & REVIEW EDITOR | ARIANA IGNERI, ASSOC. ARTS & REVIEW EDITOR | JOHN WILEY, ASST. ARTS & REVIEW EDITOR Brace yourselves: with Thanksgiving fast approaching, movie theaters are about to get much, much more crowded. As Oscar season kicks into high gear, studios are set to release a bevy of awards contenders alongside big-ticket crowd-pleasers like Anchorman 2. To cut through all the confusion, we preview 12 of the season’s most promising titles, from Oscar contenders to massive blockbusters to independent releases.

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My random access memories

Thursday, November 21, 2013

SCENE AND HEARD

BY: HARRY MITCHELL

SEAN KEELEY Life, like art, develops sometimes in gradual steps and sometimes in great leaps.

Though time passes gradually and imperceptibly from day to day, some moments inevitably stand out as turning points, clearly formative moments in one’s life.

One such moment for me, funnily enough, came at the age of six in Fulton Hall. Long before I set foot on campus as a student—before I had started kindergarten, as a matter of fact—Boston College was a familiar environment to me. It was the place where my parents met as grad students, the place whose logo graced the tiny, worn-down baseball cap I often sported, and it was my dad’s workplace. At least once a year, my dad would take my siblings and me into work, so my childhood is filled with vague memories of watching movies at the Media Center, swimming at the Plex, and eating at Lower.

This day, though, was special. It was the day I first saw Star Wars.

I still remember taking over a lecture hall in Fulton with my brothers to screen the VHS on a big projector screen, sitting next to my oldest brother as he read me the opening crawl and John William’s bombastic score resonated throughout the room.

For two hours, that classroom became our own private screening room.

I was thrilled out of my mind, and from that point forward, there was no turning back. My Star Wars obsession led to Indiana Jones, and then to Steven Spielberg’s filmography. Fascinated by the character of Obi-Wan, my dad also introduced me to some older Alec Guinness movies, and within a few years I was learning to appreciate classics like Lawrence of Arabia and Kind Hearts and Coronets that it’s safe to say other third-graders weren’t watching.

The movie buff was born.

Fourteen years later, as I finish my year as the Arts editor of this paper and prepare to head abroad next semester, I have come to appreciate the strange continuity of my life. Just as my early childhood was marked by a formative artistic experience at BC, so I can mark and measure my college years by the movies, music, and art I have experienced here—and the people with whom I experienced them.

I can never hear Tom Waits’ gravelly voice without thinking of my experience early freshman year, holed up in Bapst trying to write my first album review for The Heights. Whenever I go to Coolidge Corner, I recall the cold December night when I went to see Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy with three fellow Medeiros residents, and I realized that these were friends I wanted to keep. I will remember trips to the MFA—often mandated by class requirements, Honors House events, or story assignments—which turned from annoying obligations to valuable opportunities to get better acquainted with art and friends. I will never be able to think of Spring Breakers without recalling an outing with my fellow arts editors—two people whom I met a year ago as near-strangers and who have blossomed into the best of friends. And the songs of the British singer-songwriter Passenger are forever etched into my mind as memories of my roommates’ Columbus Day weekend road trip, when we broke into Acadia National Park during the government shutdown and rented a lakeside cabin in New Brunswick, because why not?

Such memories are a reminder of art’s uncanny ability to entwine itself with personal life. In art as in life, of course, not all memories are good. It’s safe to say that I would not have been worse off if I never had to see Bullet to the Head or listen to Bon Jovi’s Because We Can, just as there are elements of my first few college years that I regret—friendships that I should have pursued sooner, or made more efforts to maintain.

But these minor disappointments are offset by the bounty of good memories that have graced my time at BC. Since I am jetting off for Russia in January, it is appropriate that my mind turns to The Brothers Karamazov, a book that had a deep impact on me when I read it around a seminar table in Stokes sophomore year. One of the book’s main themes is the healing power of memory, the idea that good memories can save us even in times of distress. “Even if only one good memory remains with us in our hearts, that alone may serve some day for our salvation,” says the main character Alyosha in the epilogue.

Heavy stuff to ponder before a semester abroad? Yes, admittedly—but it’s also a sentiment that is comforting no matter its context. As I head off for a cold and faraway country, I will cherish those words. Above all, though, I will cherish my own memories—shaped by art and life and this little haven of a place known as Boston College.

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

2. OUTKAST AGAIN

1. STAY CLASSY, EMERSON

Nearing the 20th anniversary of their first collaboration, the members of the iconic and legendary musical duo “Outkast” are reuniting to play at multiple music festivals in the coming year. Although both members of the group (Big Boi and Andre 3000) have discussed the reunification, no new material has been promised.

Having not performed together in nearly a decade, the two plan to play Atlanta’s CounterPoint Festival in April, potentially Coachella, and a number of other festivals across the country.

On Dec. 4, Emerson College in Boston plans to rename its School of Communications “The Ron Burgundy School of Communications” for one day only. Actor Will Ferrell is slated to hold a news conference explaining his path to success and to offer an early screening of Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues.

Lee Pelton, president of Emerson College, said that Burgundy is the perfect character to represent the school, as he “understands the power of media, as well as hairspray, firsthand.”

4. PYTHON REUNION

They’re not dead yet. Last performing together in 1998, the five surviving cast members of legendary British comedy troupe Monty Python plan to reunite for a stage show in London. The group is scheduled to hold a press conference Thursday at The Playhouse Theater in London (the original home of Spamalot) to further discuss the details of the reunion.

3. A TRIUMPH FOR SELFIES

5. ‘SLAVE’ CONTROVERSY

Each year researchers at Oxford University Press pick a word or expression that best represents the general attitude of the times. This year, narrowly beating out the words “twerk,” “showrooming,” and “bitcoin,” “selfie” was named the 2013 word of the year. As a result, the word has been added to the online version of the Oxford dictionary and will be considered for future inclusion in the formal Oxford English Dictionary.

Steve McQueen, director of 12 Years a Slave, has faced criticism about the brutality of the film since its release last month. Defending his movie, McQueen told CBS News that with a film about slavery, “there’s no cutting corners … [It’s] a part of history that needs to be visualized, needs to be told.” The film is already an Oscar favorite and, despite its brutal nature, it continues to do well in the box office.

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‘Bobdylan.com’ just released an interactive channel-surfing music video for ‘Like A Rolling Stone,’ featuring synchronized clips from various TV shows.

The times they are a-changin’ for the music video MATT MAZZARI If I told you someone recently made an interactive music video with a surreal command of pop culture, who would you think did it? Yeezy? Lady Gaga? Some indie bluegrass/hard rap fusion band from Portland nobody knows? If you guessed the third one, you’re still wrong, but it’s what I would have thought, too. (Their name would be The Mama Coyotes with an album called Please Restock the Banana Soda, Thank You dropping soon.)

But no, this latest milestone was hit by none other than legendary artist Bob Dylan, now 73. The featured song is “Like a Rolling Stone,” now 48-years-old and probably just as iconic as the musician himself. Back in 1965, this single saved Dylan’s career: at the time he’d felt, in his words, “very drained” and was considering quitting the music biz, but recording the six-minute rock track changed everything. It marked the beginning of Dylan’s electric phase, a direction that was highly controversial but proved monumentally successful and securely established Dylan as one of the best musicians ever to live. Now the hit from nearly half-a-century ago has a newfangled look with its first official music video, created by Interlude to celebrate the release of Dylan’s staggering 47-disc Complete Album Collection: Vol. 1.

So what makes the video so impressive?

Well, the design imitates channel surfing through modern TV: viewers use the arrows on their keyboards to flip through 16 inde-

pendent videos playing simultaneously. One “channel” is airing The Price is Right with Drew Carey, another is an episode of Pawn Stars, another is a music video by rapper Danny Brown, and so on. The trick is that, as the song plays, the people on each show are lip-syncing the words. The viewer can flip from a documentary to a romantic comedy to a cooking show, and on each channel one of the actors on screen will be mouthing the lyrics in time.

The video has received very enthusiastic praise, which isn’t shocking considering that most current music critics would give Dylan enthusiastic praise if he exposed himself at the Super Bowl Half-Time Show. That said, I sincerely suggest checking it out. The effect is profoundly strange and engaging. It’s a video that can be watched again and again without ever happening the same way twice.

Though it isn’t the first-ever interactive music video (Arcade Fire’s “Reflektor” and “We Used to Wait” videos included interactive features that were simultaneously inventive and fantastically creepy), it’s certainly an atypical maneuver for Dylan and a creative benchmark for the industry overall.

However, the question still remains: is it any good?

My general stance on music videos is that I’m not a fan. As I’ve written before, I think they have a tendency to be unnecessary and irrelevant at best and, at worst, can detract from the song by derailing the listener’s personal interpretation. Music is not visual, that’s the point: you’re supposed to conjure up the imagery in your own mind.

That’s why, in my opinion, it’s difficult and

rare for a music video to add something to a great song that wasn’t already there. What can Dylan’s “Interactive Masterpiece” (in the words of Wired Magazine) add to one of the greatest songs ever? What does channelsurfing have to do with this bitter, poignant, and, monumentally influential ballad from the ‘60s?

On face value, the answer is “not much.”

See, “Like a Rolling Stone” is one of the angriest songs ever written. There’s an intensity in the “How does it feel?” refrain that TV hosts and news anchors can never convey. In fact, vapid pop-culture is exactly the sort of thing this song is railing against.

So, while the video itself may be done extremely well, the gimmick falls flat in relation to the song itself.

But there’s another potential angle here to explore. The seemingly benign video begs a disturbing question: now that we’re so far removed from its original release and the track has been so engrained in our lives, is “Like A Rolling Stone” a part of that mindless pop culture that we take for granted?

Now that everyone seems to know the words but not the meaning underneath, has Dylan’s masterpiece become something visible and remembered but not understood?

That’s just my interpretation, and there are sure to be others. If you haven’t already, take some time to see the video. At the very least, it’s a thought-provoking and entertaining watch on its own.

Matt Mazzari is a staff columnist for The Heights. He can be reached at arts@bcheights.com.

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“I NOMINATE ‘ICONIC’ AS THE MOST ICONIC CRITICAL CLICHE OF 2013.” @JOSHGONDELMAN (JOSH GONDELMAN, COMEDIAN AND WRITER)

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Thursday, November 21, 2013

Oscar Hopefuls AMERICAN HUSTLE (DEC. 18)

Directed by: David O. Russell Starring: Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams David O. Russell, director of Silver Linings Playbook (2012) and The Fighter (2010), is rolling his crew back into theaters for American Hustle. If it isn’t broken, don’t fix it—Christian Bale (The Fighter), Amy Adams (The Fighter), Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook), Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook), and Robert De Niro (Silver Linings Playbook) all delivered Oscar-nominated performances in previous films with Russell, and will appear again in the mob drama expected in theaters Dec. 18.

Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker) and Louis C.K. will also star in the film, joining a cast so qualified that the Oscar committee might need to make up a couple new awards to give out just to articulate how fond they’ll likely be of this collaboration. –J.W.

INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS (DEC. 20)

Directed by: Joel and Ethan Coen Starring: Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Justin Timberlake The premise, admittedly, does not portend holiday cheer: an idealistic folk singer named Llewyn Davis (Oscar Isaac) struggles to scrape together a living as a folk singer during a harsh Greenwich Village winter in 1961 and an even harsher set of personal circumstances, dealing with an angry and pregnant ex-girlfriend (Carey Mulligan) and the fallout from his musical partner’s suicide.

Despite (or maybe because of ) all the gloom, Inside Llewyn Davis has attracted rave reviews and Oscar buzz since its debut at Cannes in May. The movie’s nostalgic folk soundtrack, and some inspired casting decisions—including Justin Timberlake and F. Murray Abraham—have made Inside Llewyn Davis one of the most anticipated movies of the winter. With their latest venture, writer-director team Joel and Ethan Coen seem set to combine the bleak existential drama of A Serious Man with the musical throwback that was O Brother, Where Art Thou?. –S.K.

THE WOLF OF WALL STREET (DEC. 25)

Directed by: Martin Scorsese Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matthew McConaughey, Jonah Hill Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matthew McConaughey, and Jonah Hill walk into a bar—or maybe more of a production studio. To be fair, at this point Scorsese probably carries DiCaprio around on his back, Yoda-Luke Skywalker style, and Hill doesn’t exactly look like he walks anywhere. Anyhow, this is not the setup for a bad joke, but rather one of the year’s most anticipated films, The Wolf of Wall Street.

The film tells the true story of Jordan Belfort (DiCaprio), a Wall Street broker who served 20 months in jail for defrauding investors in the ’90s. From green lights to green paper, it has been an eventful year for DiCaprio—perhaps this year at the Academy Awards, he will have finally won more Oscars than the average American. –J.W.

Y A D I L O H 2013 GUIDE MOVIE

Family Flicks FROZEN (NOV. 27)

Directed by: Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee Starring: Kristen Bell, Josh Gad, Idina Menzel After its hit Rapunzel fairytale Tangled, Disney is back with a flick that’s sure to snowball into another huge success. Frozen is an animated adventure tale that tells the story of a fearless Norwegian princess named Anna (Kristen Bell) and the epic journey she embarks on with Kristoff, a rugged mountain man; Kristoff ’s loyal reindeer, Sven; and an endearing, goofy snowman named Olaf (Josh Gad) join the pair as they try to find Anna’s sister Elsa, who trapped their kingdom of Arendelle in an eternal winter with her magical icy powers. Even with its mostly typical princess-movie characters, Frozen seems like it’ll be more than a light-hearted comedy, happily-ever-after—because beneath its surface, it’s also a movie about the importance of family and the relationship of two sisters. With that said, Disney’s latest is likely to melt hearts. –A.I.

SAVING MR. BANKS (DEC. 20)

Directed by: John Lee Hancock Starring: Tom Hanks, Emma Thompson, Colin Farrell Saving Mr. Banks explores the relationship between two of America’s most charismatic historical and cinematic characters. The movie, set in the ’50s, is about how Walt Disney tirelessly tried to win the rights to author P.L. Travers’ beloved literary nanny Mary Poppins, so that he could make a film adaptation of her book and keep the promise he had made to his daughters. In the process, Disney discovers something not only about Travers but also about himself. Starring Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson and directed by John Lee Hancock (The Blind Side), the biographic comedy is sure to charm both parents and children alike this season with a story that’s as sweet as a spoonful of sugar. –A.I.

THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY (DEC. 25)

Directed by: Ben Stiller Starring: Ben Stiller, Kristen Wiig, Adam Scott Ben Stiller both stars in and directs this holiday’s The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, a story about a play-it-safe kind of guy who escapes his mundane existence by daydreaming about a world of adventure, heroism, and romance. Eventually, Mitty decides to make his fantasies realities, taking off from his work at Life magazine and launching an exhilarating worldwide expedition that surpasses even his grandest imaginings.

Kristin Wigg and Sean Penn act alongside Stiller in 20th Century Fox’s adaptation of John Thurber’s 1939 classic short story. With its inspiring lead character and its thrilling plot, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty seems like a promising way to keep the excitement of this year’s Christmas spirit alive, even after all of the cookies have been eaten and the presents have been unwrapped. –A.I.

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Blockbusters

THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE (NOV. 22)

Directed by: Francis Lawrence Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth The sequel to the hit Hunger Games trilogy (based off Suzanne Collins’ books), Catching Fire is blazing into theaters this weekend. It’s already receiving positive critical reviews, making the action-packed flick a hot must-see this Thanksgiving. Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, and Donald Sutherland, the movie picks up where the first installment left off—after Katniss and Peeta win the 74th annual Hunger Games Tournament. Riots spark throughout Panem, as the victorious tribute couple tours the various districts and President Snow starts planning the next year’s games. With rebellion simmering and a love triangle smoldering within the confines of the film’s plot, Catching Fire is sure to be a flaming box office sensation. –A.I.

THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG (DEC. 13)

Directed by: Peter Jackson Starring: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom There and back again: a Hobbit’s tale by Peter Jackson. At the end of Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, Sam Gamgee puts down Frodo’s book describing their adventures. “You finished it,” Sam says.

“Not quite,” Frodo replies. “There’s room for a little more.” The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, the second installment of three, comes to theaters Dec. 13. So it seems, Jackson is making Lord of the Rings into a clown car franchise. With J.R.R. Tolkien’s prequel now broken down into three parts, it seems Frodo knew all too well what Jackson was up to—Jackson saw room for a little more. Martin Freeman, Benedict Cumberbatch, Orlando Bloom, Cate Blanchett, Ian McKellen, Christopher Lee, Andy Serkis, and Stephen Fry all will be part of what collectively is one of the most talented casts in years. While many critics had their problems with the first Hobbit film, The Desolation of Smaug shall not pass unnoticed. – J.W.

ANCHORMAN 2: THE LEGEND CONTINUES (DEC. 20)

Directed by: Adam McKay Starring: Will Ferrell, Kristen Wiig, Steve Carell Nine years and two trailers later, we’re all fairly certain this movie is bad news for the Anchorman legacy, but “bad news” somehow won the world over the first time around, so perhaps there’s still hope for Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues. Will Ferrell will reprise his role of Ron Burgundy in a film that’s stacked to do so well in theaters, it’s yet to include any real elements of plot in its promos. Think of all the funny people that exist in the world—if you have any loose sense of who they would be, you already know Anchorman 2’s cast. Alongside Ferrell, the film stars Jim Carrey, Kristen Wiig, Paul Rudd, Steve Carrell, Vince Vaughn, Sacha Baron Cohen, Christina Applegate, Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, Liam Neeson, Nicole Kidman, and Harrison Ford. All right now, just go see the movie. Hopefully it won’t hurt too much. –J.W.

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BY SEAN K ERI, ASSOC. ARTS & W EDITOR IE N ARIANA IG , ASST. ARTS & REV Y E IL JOHN W

Under the Radar NEBRASKA (NOV. 27)

Directed by: Alexander Payne Starring: Bruce Dern, Will Forte, Bob Odenkirk Alexander Payne’s last outing as a director, 2011’s The Descendants, boasted the star power of George Clooney in the lead role, not to mention the young talent of Shailene Woodley. Nebraska, Payne’s latest release, is a more modest affair. A drama about an alcoholic father (Bruce Dern) and his estranged son (Will Forte) trekking from Montana to Nebraska to claim prize money, Nebraska was shot in black and white to achieve what Payne describes as an “iconic, archetypal look.” The movie’s run on the festival circuit and its release in New York and LA has been met with wide acclaim, with critics praising the movie for its naturalistic performances and crisp visuals. A vocal minority, however, has accused Nebraska of being condescending and mocking toward its Midwestern characters—a frequent complaint lobbied against Payne, previously responsible for such biting satires as Election and Sideways. –S.K.

HER (DEC. 18)

Directed by: Spike Jonze: Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Rooney Mara Despite the pedigree of the cast and the talent behind the camera, the latest effort from director Spike Jonze (Where the Wild Things Are) has yet to penetrate the holiday movie discussion in a significant way. Judging from the trailer, though, Her shows the potential to be a dark horse in the Oscar race this season. The movie is set in a futuristic Los Angeles, Calif. and stars Joaquin Phoenix as a depressed writer who becomes emotionally attached to a super-intelligent operating system voiced by Scarlett Johansson. The quirky premise seems rife for allegorical readings about modern attachment to technology, but the tone seems to be more playful than heavy-handed. If anyone can pull this off, it’s Jonze, who has spent his career making movies like Being John Malkovich and Adaptation that are at once high-concept, accessible, and emotionally satisfying. –S.K.

THE UNKNOWN KNOWN (DEC. 25)

Directed by: Errol Morris Featuring: Donald Rumsfeld Errol Morris may not be a household name, but since the ’70s the Cambridge-based documentarian has established a sterling reputation among film buffs. Roger Ebert called his 1978 Gates of Heaven one of the 10 greatest movies ever made, while his true-crime expose The Thin Blue Line unearthed a long-buried murder case to get an innocent man released from prison. Morris’ latest seems a companion film to his 2003 Oscar-winner The Fog of War, about Vietnam strategist Robert McNamara. The Unknown Known is a documentary about Donald Rumsfeld, the former U.S. Secretary of Defense and a chief architect of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Framed around extensive new interviews and re-enactments of Rumsfeld’s own memos, The Unknown Known promises to be both a fascinating personal portrait and a probing journalistic look into the deepest corridors of power in Washington. With the perfect meeting of subject and filmmaker, The Unknown Known is the documentary to beat this season. –S.K.

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Thursday, November 21, 2013

WILEY’S FOLLIES

MUSIC VIDEO OF THE WEEK BY RYAN DOWD

Conquering the West’s video is bound to raise questions about his motives social monster Kanye West’s latest music video, “Bound 2,” shows the brilliant, controversial rapper simply strutting. Most of the video shows Kanye riding a motorcycle straddled by the subject of the song, Kim Kardashian.

She’s not wearing any clothes by the way.

“Bound 2” is the cathartic final track on Kanye’s furious, forthright Yeezus. Any informed listener or Kanye fan knows that when he says “one good girl is worth a thousand bitches” he’s talking about Kim Kardashian.

It’s cathartic for the listener, because after all we’ve been through with Kanye over the years, from his biting declaration “Gold Digger” to his confessional epic “Runaway,” it’s just reassuring that Kanye has finally found a good girl. The song lets us

TITLE: “Bound 2”

ARTIST: Kanye West DIRECTED BY: Nick Knight THE TAKEAWAY: “Bound 2” doesn’t live up to the legacy West has created for himself with classic videos like “Runaway.” The imagery is blunt and lacks creativity.

PHOTO COURTESY OF DEF JAM RECORDINGS

imagine Kanye and Kim sitting in a cafe in Paris, carrying out some warped yet peaceful existence.

The video smashes that image.

“Bound 2” is better as a song because it’s just Kanye’s voice in all of its newfound conviction.

It’s somewhat unfair to compare the “Bound 2” video to the “Runaway” video, a disorienting, creative masterpiece. But “Bound 2” is such a far cry from “Runaway” not in its tone or subject but in its presentation.

“Bound 2” is just Kanye strutting on a motorcycle imposed onto scenic backgrounds. Aside from the herd of white horses splashing through the mud at the video’s opening, the video is devoid of the imagery that makes Kanye videos so darn fun. It’s a blunt song turned into an even more blunt video. 

FASHION FORWARD

The insensitivity of ‘North Korea Chic’ High fashion is out of touch with human rights concerns

THERESE TULLY Have you ever wanted fashion tips for dressing like a dictator? Click fast before it’s gone. “North Korea Chic,” that is.

Elle Magazine’s creative director, Joe Zee, used this tag as his letter N in his A-to-Zee fashion trends series for this autumn. Although posted in August, the article has begun to gain a lot of attention for its questionable taste in recent days. Would you call it tackier than a fanny pack?

Or is this reference just downright outside of the bounds of fashion’s realm? With all of the negative attention that this article has gained, it wouldn’t be surprising to see it quietly disappear from the magazine’s site, and yet, it still remains.

Zee explains this specific trend as “take-noprisoners tailoring.” Although fashion mags are notorious for their snappy, punny, alliterationfilled content, it seems that perhaps Zee and Elle have gone too far. In a region of the world that is marked by violence and turmoil, it seems that maybe this is one place that fashion cannot play.

An outfit has the power to bring people together, to connect them in many ways, and to break down barriers. But this is one realm that fashion should possibly keep its kid-skin-gloved hands out of.

Zee went on to say that this is military-inspired fashion as we all know it, but that it is also “edgier, even dangerous.” Once again, equating an actual dangerous zone in the world with camouflage pants seems irreverent, and not in a good way. Actual people live in North Korea.

Actual people fear for their lives and struggle to earn a living in this country. Actual people have lived under oppressive regimes in this part of the world. These are people and their lives—this is not just fodder for fashion rags. Max Fisher noted in The Washington Post that it seems a bit silly to talk about a $425 pair of designer camo pants as an example of “North Korea Chic” when it is thought that the average North Korean makes about $4 a day. Just seems wrong, no?

Backlash has been slightly varied, but mainly negative. Elle took to posting feedback from

readers, specifically about the choice to include “North Korea Chic” in its lineup. Notably, positive commentary was placed at the top of the page—although, none of it was specific to the breakdown’s letter N choice. On the other hand, negative commentary was not difficult to gather, it seems, and “North Korea Chic,” claimed some serious reactions: “I just read the most recent issue of ELLE and was perturbed. I found N: North Korea Chic in ‘All the Trends That Fit’ to be absolutely insulting to anyone who has ever lived under the reign of a dictator. To insinuate that there is anything classy or stylish about a ruthless country that lets its children starve to death is offensive. I can’t believe such a forward-thinking magazine like ELLE would publish a snippet such as this,” said Abigail Vacca in an email.

It’s the classic case of human rights abuses versus $425 pants, am I right? These are the downfalls of the fashion world. It is moments like this that give fashion lovers, followers, writers, etc. a bad reputation in the world of news and journalism. Why did no one pull this from production at any point? Why didn’t enough people pipe up and say, “Hey, maybe we shouldn’t use North Korea to talk about petty fashion today?”

Where was the sense? You need only a shred of knowledge about the state of the world to know that the state of affairs in North Korea is not something to be taken lightly. The country is riddled with real issues and horrors. Let’s not use it for this year’s fall trends, okay?

What part of this even makes sense? Is Elle suggesting that we should all dress like North Koreans? What would that even mean? It is hard to find words to express the stupidity and insensitivity of this act. It is hard not to question the reasons behind such a choice and the complicity that allowed it to be published in the first place. Aside from pulling the article, or choosing a new letter N for fall fashion, an apology statement would be nice. It would be hollow and corporate sounding, I am sure, but undoubtedly it would be a step in the right direction to prove that someone at the publication has an eye to the outside world and to humanity in general. Seriously, what’s next?

May Elle bow its hypothetical head in shame.

Let’s keep fashion where it belongs, and turn our attentions toward the news when necessary and away from strappy heels and trendy pants.

Therese Tully is a senior staff columnist for The Heights. She can be reached at arts@ bcheights.com.

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‘Elle’ creative director Joe Zee (top) released a ‘North Korea Chic’ fashion line that makes little consideration of the country’s condition.

The magazine’s ‘take-no-prisoners tailoring’ approach shows the insensitivity of higher fashion.

THIS WEEKEND in arts

BY: ARIANA IGNERI | ASSOCIATE ARTS & REVIEW EDITOR

Friday

1. MY MOTHER’S FLEABAG FALL SHOWCASE (FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, 11/22 & 11/23, 7:00 P.M. & 10:00 P.M.) The oldest collegiate improv troupe in the country, Boston College’s comedy club My Mother’s Fleabag is presenting its Big Show on both Friday and Saturday night in the O’Connell House. Admission is free.

2. B.E.A.T.S. WINTER SHOW (FRIDAY, 11/22 7:30 P.M.) Boston College’s only R&B a capella group, B.E.A.T.S., is hosting its final show of the semester on Friday. It will feature several new song renditions and will be held in McGuinn 121. Admission is free.

Saturday

Sunday

3. AMOS LEE CONCERT (SATURDAY, 11/23 7:30 P.M.)

5. HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE (ONGOING)

As part of his “Mountains of Sorrow, Rivers of Song” tour, musician Amos Lee is making a stop at Boston’s Orpheum Theatre for a concert.

Tickets for the “Sweet Pea” singer-songwriter’s show start at $37.55, including fees, through Ticketmaster.com.

The next highly anticipated installment in the Hunger Games trilogy is opening nationwide this weekend. Starring Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson, the movie continues the story of Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark, focusing on the Panem rebellions sparked by their Hunger Games victory in the last film.

4. SWINGING IN THE SNOW (SATURDAY, 11/23 8:00 P.M.) Members and nonmembers are invited to attend the Swing Kids’ annual winter dance in the Rat. The evening will include live music and dance lessons, as well as a choreographed performance by the Swing Kids. Admission to the event is free.

COURTESY OF LIONSGATE ENTERTAINMENT

JOHN WILEY What was the last thoughtcrime you committed? Big Brother is watching you—or to be more clear, we are watching each other.

Americans ages 18 to 24 on average spend 21 hours a month on social media, according to a Nielsen report, with the predominant social network being Facebook. We are increasingly becoming consumers of each other’s lives—and with employers, admissions officers, and law enforcement officials now frequently using social media as a tool, the stakes have never been higher for us to become genuinely boring human beings.

Welcome to 1984—as George Orwell aptly wrote in the novel, “if you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—for ever.”

We are formless, faceless, and pandering to one another as we seek the constant approval of an anonymous jury. Social media is popular opinion limitlessly applied. It seems, we are always just one “like” away from contentment, but never quite there.

Some things are worth sharing, and others worth saving. Social networks give us the capability to share so much more, and the incentive to save so much less.

Searching for validation, we live less authentically. In the case of Facebook, we are given a powerful forum to share content with thousands of people—and somewhere caught in the stream of cat videos and Buzzfeed lists, I do believe there is an opportunity to share something genuine, but that opportunity is slipping away. We have taken up a new uniform, acting as the police of each other, checking off on the content we approve of, and skimming past the content we don’t. The individual has been democratized, his opinions elected, his interested checked.

And with so much pressure to win approval, Facebook users frankly aren’t that interesting anymore.

Looking at what I see shared, it seems we all roughly listen to the same music, read from same sources, and come to appreciate the same humor. We engage content collectively, and develop opinions as a group. Strangely, however, the collaborative nature of social media doesn’t seem to make us more interested in each other. If anything, it makes us more interested in ourselves. Narcissism, at its heart, is this constant need for approval.

It’s the dark part of our attraction to social media we aren’t so quick to address—we are becoming social monsters.

But let’s save the melodrama for the morning paper, shall we? Anything damning the Internet is already obsolete. Technophobia is a sweet sentiment shared by all people who haven’t another luxury.

Social networking is unavoidable if you’ve any desire to maintain the appearance that you actually exist. While I’ve yet to meet anyone who downright loves social media, it does seem most people at least vaguely “like” it, and feel a strong practical need for it. Social networks are like toilets—it’s gotta go down somewhere.

The problem comes when we mistake this toilet for a throne. There’s no glory in social networking—it’s more of a bodily need at this point, and if it were just something we did in the morning and before we went to bed, we’d be fine.

But our technological bladders are becoming overactive. In class and at the dinner table, on dates and with friends, we need constant relief—seemingly from how uninteresting we’ve become in these social situations.

Some moments are worth saving— they don’t belong in the toilet with the rest of them. Let’s not sanitize ourselves.

We need other outlets for our opinions, and other spaces in which we can judge ourselves outside the context of a large, anonymous mass.

Because at the end of the day, I don’t fall asleep with 1,600 of my closest friends—no one’s there to “like” me but myself. And if I’m just a boring person who manages to fit in well on social media, it’ll do little good in how I live my life.

What was the last thoughtcrime you committed? When was the last time you dared to like something, and not tell the world about it?

Find the things you love, and find the courage to share them with no one, because there are some things worth saving.

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

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Thursday, November 21, 2013

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‘Idol’ star washed out on fourth release ‘Baptized’

BY MICHELLE TOMASSI Heights Editor

There are few artists born from American Idol who have been able to make a name for themselves completely independent of the show. Kelly Clarkson, for example, has produced top hit after hit, causing one to maybe forget that she started on that very first season of Idol. Chris Daughtry, season five finalist and front man of the rock band Daughtry, might be striving toward that goal, with the recent release of his band’s fourth album Baptized.

Daughtry certainly has some things going for him—he was the first American Idol artist to have two consecutive No. 1 albums on Billboard, Daughtry and Leave This Town, and has managed to prove that winning isn’t everything, as he has remained in the public eye far longer than his season five rivals Taylor Hicks and Katharine McPhee. While Daughtry’s solid fan base might be pleased with his newest release, its predictability, overly simplistic lyrics and themes, and monotonous sounds ultimately fail to gain any support from new or casual listeners.

Contrary to the title of the album, there does not seem to be any form of renewal or new beginning with Baptized. Daughtry attempts some diversity in a few tracks, but the choruses are lacking creativity, leaving listeners uninspired and begging for anything other than another song about nostalgic longing for the good old days. Some of his tracks might be

considered catchy, such as the single “Waiting For Superman,” but phrases such as “He got stuck at the laundromat washing his cape” just scratch the surface of lyrical potential and can only be described as cute at best.

Songs such as “Wild Heart,” “The World We Knew,” and “18 Years” make it apparent that Daughtry insists on using the same few phrases in variation—whether it be about the stars, summer nights, or constant themes of going back and trying to “keep pressing rewind.” It’s as if the band is trying to get away with it by using acoustic variations and diversifying the background instrumentals, but there’s the sense that we’re getting the same song over and over again. Sorry Daughtry—you’re not fooling anyone.

Any attempts to deviate from Daughtry’s laid-back style are not complete failures, but unfortunately each has some aspect that falls flat— making it clear that perhaps Daughtry can only stick to what it knows. With “Battleships,” it’s the incessant “boom ba-booms” that become exhausting by the end of the song, detracting from the somewhat unique sound of the track. We have another battle-themed song with “Traitor,” perhaps the most intense of his rock songs, but the song sounds completely out of place among the other tracks of the album. As he shrieks “The only thing worse than a hater / Is a traitor / A traitor / A traitor,” it only seems as though Daughtry is the traitor here—betraying its fans with shrill, grating vocals that are both unexpected and unwelcome.

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BAPTIZED DAUGHTRY PRODUCED BY RCA RECORDS RELEASED NOV. 19, 2013 OUR RATING C-

PHOTO COURTESY OF RCA RECORDS

Daughtry’s latest, ‘Baptized,’ is predictable and average at best, lacking in innovation and relying on old sounds.

Fear not—the voice that got Daughtry through the American Idol competition resurfaces with “Broken Arrows,” in which the piano complements his melodies quite beautifully.

It’s surprising enough—we get the earthy Daughtry sound without the rock band behind him—and it distinguishes itself from the rest of the album. Look out for this one toward the latter half of the album—it’s one of the few that you won’t feel the need to skip.

It seems as though Daughtry is passively admitting to his struggles with the song “Witness,” as he sings, “Are you sick and tired of being sick and tired / Hollowed out and feeling uninspired.” These lyrics embody exactly the problem with Baptized, and maybe the band could have benefitted from a slightly longer hiatus before releasing its fourth album.

After Daughtry’s third album Break The Spell failed to go platinum, it was faced with a decision: to return to the

days that produced “Home” and “It’s Not Over,” or to seek an alternative style in the hopes of branching out and stirring new conversation around the band’s name. Ultimately, Daughtry commits to neither, instead trying to balance between the two and weakening the potential for each of his songs.

Hopefully Daughtry will try some collaborations in the future, because it’s uncertain whether his Idol name is enough to keep him in the spotlight for much longer. 

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Bugg searches for a balance between rock and folk on ‘Shangri La’

BY RYAN SCHMITZ For The Heights British singer/songwriter Jake Bugg is far from the norm when it comes to popular music today.

His sound is rougher than folk rock bands like Mumford and

Sons and has an edginess to it that separates him from most of the mainstream rock on the radio.

With his second album Shangri La, the still very young Bugg reached back into the past, grabbing the real, authentic rock and roll sound of the ’60s and ’70s in

order to create one of the year’s truer rock albums.

The 19-year-old Bugg has accumulated quite a bit of fame in his home country since the release of his premiere self-titled album one year ago. Though he hasn’t really broken through to

SHANGRI LA JAKE BUGG PRODUCED BY VIRGIN EMI RECORDS RELEASED NOV. 18, 2013 OUR RATING B-

PHOTO COURTESY OF VIRGIN EMI RECORDS

A down-to-earth sounding record, ‘Shangri La’ by British singer-songwriter Jake Bugg channels ’60s rock and roll.

the same level of notoriety here in the States, his second album shows serious potential. With the help of legendar y record producer Rick Rubin and various major musical cameos like Chad Smith from The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Shangri La has taken all the help it can possibly get.

One of the better parts of the album is the songwriting—the lyrics are more authentic and reflect the real Jake Bugg (or, should I say, the real Jake Kennedy) and his experiences as a rising star in the music industry.

In one of the more gentle tracks on the album, “Me and You,” Bugg describes his adjustment to this lifestyle, singing, “All the time, people follow us where we go / We both should believe the path that we chose.”

Between his nasally voice, the rhy thm paire d with the acoustic guitar, and his personal songwriting, Bugg evokes a Bob Dylan-esque quality to a few of the tracks on this record— though he makes sure to save the most authentic-sounding

’60s folk tune for the final track.

“Storm Passes Away” sounds like it could come right off of The Times They Are a-Changin’.

What is so interesting about the album is the dichotomy of the music—one minute you’re listening to the Greenwich Village folk scene of the ’60s, and then the next you’re in some underground London club listening to some new Punk band.

The album starts out heavy, with powerful drums that kick you awake, and strong distorted guitar riffs that show just how serious Jake Bugg is about rock and roll music. The issue is that his voice simply does not match that brand of music.

There is no doubt that he is a talented musician and can write songs that support a louder, more rock and roll sound, but Bugg’s voice is more suited toward his softer folk songs. Because of the quality of his voice, it often sounds like he is singing a punk song but playing a more traditional rock melody—it can feel confusing and unnatural.

Where Bugg truly shines is his folk songs—they feel more personal and his voice fits, though occasionally the style does seem a bit unoriginal.

Bugg came out with a very Americanized product thanks to the help of his new producer.

Whether that will bring him the level of recognition he received back in England is yet to be seen, but he has shown potential to be a serious musician.

When he settles into the softer tunes on the album, Bugg is right at home—his voice fits and his songwriting supports the often morose, self-reflective genre that is folk. But the hard rock songs on the album still come off as immature. Bugg’s voice and his guitar never really find the same style of music which creates a kind of disconnect.

While the melodies are as authentic and genuine as rock and roll comes, his singing just does not support the sound.

Shangri La shows that Bugg has great potential, but still has some growing up to do musically. 

Blood Orange’s album ‘Cupid Deluxe’ shoots for a nostalgic vibe

BY ARIANA IGNERI Assoc. Arts & Review Editor On Cupid Deluxe, Blood Orange drapes late-night urban anxiety over a melancholy, nostalgic soundscape of smooth ’80s signifiers and crisp hip-hop beats. It sounds like how New York City at 3 a.m. feels to an outsider—lonely but bustling, chic but gritty, wistful but infinite. With so many seemingly contradictory elements, Blood Orange’s second release capitalizes on juxtaposition, musically capturing the mysterious allure of metropolitan life.

Dev Hynes, the artist behind the one-man band Blood Orange, uses inspiration from his past to form the distinct sound of Cupid Deluxe. The 27-year-old singer, songwriter, and producer was born in Texas and raised in London. Now, however, he’s based in Manhattan. Sonic ’80s influences like the suave sax solo on “Chosen” or the stuttered electro-pop synths on Michael Jackson-esque songs like “Time Will Tell” are indicative of disco and dance music popular

around the time when Hynes was growing up.

Comparably, thematic and lyrical elements of the album, like alienation and despair, could be seen as the result of Hyne’s own feelings about starting a new life in the big city. These ideas permeate the whole of the album: on the lead single “Chamakay,” for example, Hynes croons “If giving left me lonely / If giving was my friend / I’d keep in all the old themes / I keep in all the sense.” And on “Uncle Ace,” the tone is similarly desperate, as he confesses, “I’ve lost my sense of ‘where.’”

Hynes has always been a sort of loner, even in his own musical sound. Over the last decade, he’s drastically shifted his style, trying out numerous genres: from energetic punk-rock with Test Icicles, to orchestral indie-pop with Lightspeed Champion, and now to neo-soul funk with Blood Orange.

By drawing on vagabond emotions such as these, Hynes creates an all-inclusive album that describes heartache in all its forms through the common language of loss and

desire. The result is a record that is universal and welcoming—a record for everyone, even for urban misfits like the artist himself.

Like other aspects of the record, the vocals throughout Cupid Deluxe are ambiguous and contradictory, but interesting. Hynes switches from a high, feminine voice to a deeper, more masculine one from track to track—and even within a single song, he layers these different tones to produce an enigmatic effect. As he alternates back and forth on songs such as “You’re Not Good Enough,” the androgynous quality of the music makes the listener imagine the various New York City midnightdrifter characters Hynes could be channeling.

While Hynes does a decent job diversifying the sound of Cupid Deluxe on his own, it’s his ability to incorporate the talents of a host of guest artists almost seamlessly that makes the album as intriguing as it is. Featured guests include New York singer Samantha Urbani, British rapper Skepta, and electronic artist Adam Bainbridge, among

others. Generally, their contributions blend harmoniously into the airy atmosphere that Hynes creates, on tracks like “No Right Thing.” But other times, the guest appearances come off as jarring on a record that is already so sure of its intent. Rapper Despot’s verse on “Clipped On,” for example, is sharp

and drawn out, and while the song works out of context, within the confines of the album, it seems out of place. But then again, this is just what Hynes’ record is all about—it’s about being alone, and deciding whether it’s worth trying to fit in.

With its ’80s musical influences and urban vibes, Cupid Deluxe is as

sentimental as it is cool. It shines like the bright city lights of New York City, making listeners long for something lost, even if they don’t quite know what that something is. It’s an album that embraces isolation and distress, but hopes that through it, listeners can find comfort in being alone together. 

CUPID DELUXE BLOOD ORANGE PRODUCED BY DOMINO RELEASED NOV. 18, 2013 OUR RATING B+

PHOTO COURTESY OF DOMINO

On ‘Cupid Deluxe,’ Blood Orange explores themes of despair and isolation using hip-hop beats and ’80s influences.

SINGLE REVIEWS BY HARRY MITCHELL Justin Bieber feat. R. Kelly “PYD” PYD (short for “put you down”) delivers a more mature sound than what most Justin Bieber listeners are used to. Bieber teams up with an R&B music veteran, R. Kelly, to produce a successfully sensual song filled with smooth synths and a slow-moving beat that provides Bieber listeners with a breath of fresh air.

Britney Spears “Perfume”

Schoolboy Q “Man Of The Year” Following the release of “Work Bitch,” the first single off her new album, Britney Jean, Britney Spears releases “Perfume,” which employs light piano and a refreshing beat, effectively complimenting Spears’ vocals. Spears does well with “Perfume,” as she somewhat removes herself from the heavy, distracting electronic style we’ve become so used to hearing.

Although many have proposed that Schoolboy’s new release “Man Of the Year” is a response to Kendrick Lamar’s appearance in GQ’s “Men Of the Year” issue, this is simply another solid track from Schoolboy, as he delivers clever verses paired with an exciting chorus. Look out for Schoolboy’s new album Oxymoron, slated for release before the year’s end.

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THIS WEEK IN...

BY SARAH MOORE | FOR THE HEIGHTS

EDUCATION

MEDICAL

On Sunday night, Kanye West surprised students at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design with an unplanned visit and lecture. Kanye, accompanied by Kim Kardashian, was invited by the GSD African American Students Union weeks earlier and agreed to make the stop before his concert later that night as he has a self-proclaimed passion for architecture and design.

While on campus, Kanye toured the school, observing students’ projects and research before he spoke to them about his appreciation and admiration for both the potential of architecture as well as the college’s success. The surprise didn’t stop with just a visit from Yeezus—he also gave the first 300 students that came to his lecture with their GSD ID tickets to his TD Garden concert that evening. After their visit, Kardashian has taken to social media declaring she wants to “go to Harvard, not just go to Harvard.”

On Mond ay, Cambridge-based Aileron Therapeutics announced that it has raised the $30 million in Series E funding necessar y to b e g in te sting it s ne w c ancer drug on humans. The medicine, AL R N-6924, is an incre dibly powerful activator of tumor suppressor protein p53, which is one of the most important oncology drug targets. If human trials are successful, this drug could treat breast cancer, leukemia, melanoma, and colon cancer, among others. President and chief executive officer of Aileron Therapeutics, Joseph A. Yanchik III, said in a press release on Monday that the drug “has the potential to address up to 50 percent of all cancers.”

The biotech company was able to reach their funding goal with help from investors including Apple Tree Partners and Excel Venture Management.

NEWS

LOCAL

SPORTS

To day, B oston Mayor Thomas M. Menino and his wife, Angela Menino, will be recognized for their work to mitigate sexual and domestic violence with the Delahunt Award for Extraordinary Public Service. The honor highlights the Meninos’ efforts against sexual and domestic violence including the co-founding of Mayors Against Illegal Guns with Michael Bloomberg of New York City, the start up of Employers Against Domestic Violence, as well as continued tolerance toward Boston’s GLBTQ community. Expected to celebrate with the Meninos are former Congressman William Delahunt, the Boston Chamber of Commerce’s Jim Klocke, Jerry Rossi of The TJX Companies, and Anne Marie Delaney from the Family Justice Center. The ceremony will be held at Boston’s Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel and is courtesy of Jane Doe Inc.

On Wednesday it was announced that Peter “Zebbler” Berdovksy, who caused a January 2007 city-wide bomb scare, has been contracted to organize the electronic show for the Copley Square New Year’s celebration. The Massachusetts College of Art graduate caused Boston police and bomb squads to shut down part of the city after he placed 40 devices with LED lighting and visible wire across Cambridge and Somerville in late January, 2007. Although the electronics were suspicious, Berdovsky’s stunt was aimed at promoting a movie based on a children’s show, Aqua Teen Hunger Force.

Despite the past concern, Zebbler is one of the premier video artists in the country and plans to project iconic city scenes on the Boston Public Library during the upcoming First Night Boston, to be held on December 31.

On Sunday afternoon, a fan fell from the third deck of Ralph Wilson Stadium during the second quarter of the Buffalo Bills’ game against the New York Jets. Rob Hopkins slid down the railing of the third and highest deck of the stadium to fall 30 feet below onto spectators seated on the second deck.

Hopkins sustained a minor shoulder injury, while the man who he landed on was rushed to the hospital after sustaining a head injury—neither injury, however, was considered life threatening.

As of Monday, Hopkins has been banned from the stadium and could potentially face criminal charges due to reckless behavior considered harmful to others.

Adding to the aftermath, Hopkins was fired from his job on Tuesday. Despite the dilemma in the stands, the Bills went on to overtake the Jets 37-14.

RESTAURANT REVIEW

Downtown bar, versatile menu

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For college students in Boston, it can be difficult to find a place in the heart of Boston that is affordable on a limited budget and is more than a take-out sandwich store. The Pour House Bar and Grill in Boston fills that void.

Located at 907 Boylston St., it is only a short walk from the Hynes and Copley T-stops. It is a great location to get brunch, lunch, or dinner with friends after spending time in Copley Square or to gear up for some retail therapy on Newbury St. The Pour House has the atmosphere of both a sit-down restaurant and a bar. On the street-level floor there is a bar and a section of booths and smaller tables past the bar, so you’re not overwhelmed by the noise and rambunctiousness of the bar patrons, which is much more important if you’re planning to eat there late at night than in the morning or afternoon. The restaurant seems overwhelmingly small and crowded until you realize there is also a bottom floor, which has a larger wrap-around bar and several booths that are good for bigger parties. The decor is classically Boston, featuring old MBTA signs and Boston-inspired artwork—the Pour House would be a great place to catch a baseball or hockey game on TV with your fellow Bostonians, but the TVs certainly don’t overwhelm the restaurant.

The atmosphere is laid back and casual, but sometimes to too great of an extent. The booths on the bottom floor did not have napkins, but instead had rolls of paper towels. The “seat yourself ” policy that the Pour House employs can be frustrating if it is a particularly busy time of the night, and you feel like you are forced to stake out a table to be able to find a place to sit. As the restaurant gets busier, especially on a Friday or Saturday night, you may find groups hovering nearby your booth if you finish your food or begin to put on your jacket.

The Pour House has a big selection of appetizers that are great if you are hungry from a day in Boston and just can’t wait for your meal

to come. The best of the appetizer choices is the nachos. They came out on a platter about the size of the one that holds a Thanksgiving turkey. They could easily be split between six to eight people, but only cost $8. They were topped with cheese, olives, peppers, lettuce, homemade salsa, and sour cream, but the toppings were layered throughout all of the layers of chips and not just on top.

For those over 21, the beer menu is certainly not expansive, but the 22-oz draughts definitely make up for this. They are served in tall, thick glasses with handles that look like they were imported to Boston straight from Oktoberfest.

LOCATION: 907 BOYLSTON STREET CUISINE: American SIGNATURE DISH: State Burgers ATMOSPHERE: 8/10 AVERAGE MEAL: $10 OVERALL EXPERIENCE: A The menu has something for everyone and, surprisingly, some great healthy options.

There is a wide variety of sandwiches, wraps, and salads as well as Mexican food, steak tips, and wings. The star of the menu, however, is the burgers. They are all named after states, such as the Hawaiian (grilled pineapple and teriyaki sauce) and the Idaho (bacon and cheddar fries). You can order a single or double patty burger to customize how much meat you want. And, every Saturday from 6 to 10 p.m., the burgers are half price.

The Pour House has affordable prices— most of the items on the menu are less than $10. The portion size and quality of the food, however, is more than what you would expect from such an inexpensive meal. College students who think they won’t be able to afford a great meal in the center of Boston should not overlook the casual atmosphere and great food of the Pour House. 

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A life spent living in elsewheres

Thursday, November 21, 2013

JFK Museum commemorates Kennedy’s death

2 Ryan Towey When author and MIT professor Junot Diaz came to speak at Boston College in February 2012, I was still a high school kid in New Jersey.

Jersey—the same place that Diaz grew up and attended college, and the place that would provide a significant setting in his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. When Diaz spoke at BC, he referred to Robert Smithson, author of Learning from New Jersey and Elsewhere. In that book, Smithson wrote about New Jersey as one of the places that is forgotten in the world of high culture.

As Diaz put it in his lecture at BC, “New Jersey is the ultimate elsewhere.

It lives within a mile of the ultimate somewhere.”

Cast in the shadow of the nearby cultural center of New York City, Jersey is disregarded as a noncontributory, insignificant place for the uncultured.

Diaz said that New Jersey is so “close to New York City, but we could be on Mars the way people treat us.”

Granted, my upbringing in New Jersey was unlike Diaz’s. I grew up in a homogenous, middle-class town, he grew up an immigrant. I left the state to attend a private university, he worked himself through state college at Rutgers University. Our experiences, certainly, were different. But I sense that our takeaway may have been similar.

Growing up, I was always conscious of my quiet suburban existence in comparison to the blaring urban life less than 40 minutes away. Mostly, I loved where I grew up, loved driving down familiar streets, knowing almost everyone in town—the whole thing sort of felt like a 24-hour family sitcom sometimes, minus the laugh track.

Still, I yearned for a place that would make me feel more significant, a place that would make me feel more “somewhere” than “elsewhere.”

In his talk at BC, Diaz compared New Jersey to the Dominican Republic—the DR is so close to the U.S., yet so few Americans know anything about, or care anything for its history. As Diaz made the connection between my home state and his home country, I hope he would not mind if I extend his thoughts to the University that I call home.

BC—a place that I have often seen as another kind of elsewhere, just on the edge of Boston, not quite in the explicit somewhere of the downtown area.

When I arrived at BC, I was determined to make use of Boston in a way that I had not made use of New York City growing up. Just as I wanted to be part of something bigger than my suburban upbringing, I wanted to be a part of something more significant than BC’s campus on the quaint Chestnut Hill.

I want to do this, however, without losing sight of where I am from. Yes, I love the pulsation of places like New York and Boston, but there is something in my soul that is distinctly Jersey.

Diaz now lives in New York City (I will never understand how he lives in New York but also teaches at MIT—one of life’s mysteries). But, when people ask, he still says that he is from New Jersey. I hope to emulate this.

Diaz said that there is some strength in some marginality—that a little distance provides some advantage in seeing the world, and he makes this evident in his work.

When fellow students ask where I am from, I usually say it this way: “North Jersey, about a half hour outside New York.” Perhaps my home state will always be seen in terms of its distance from somewhere deemed more significant.

And perhaps my college will always be judged in terms of how “far” it can be from downtown Boston. Though my dorm room actually is within Boston’s city limits, one will rarely hear me say that I live in Boston.

No, I go to BC—I have always lived in elsewheres.

Thanks to people like Diaz, I’m proud of it.

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

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1. President John F. Kennedy’s casket approaches the White House in 1963. 2. JFK and the First Lady arrive in Texas on Nov. 22, 1963. 3. The flag on JFK’s casket will be on display at the exhibit.

Fifty years after his assassination, a new exhibit will honor President Kennedy

By Ryan Towey Asst. Metro Editor Tomorrow, it will have been 50 years since President John F. Kennedy was fatally shot while the presidential motorcade drove through Dallas, Tex. The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum seeks to mark the anniversary of the 35th president’s death, in part by presenting a selection of historic artifacts never before displayed.

“The Kennedy Library seeks to honor the memory of John F. Kennedy every day by serving as a dynamic center for discourse, storytelling, and debate that inspires the younger generation to engage fully as citizens,” said Tom Putnam, director of the Kennedy Library, in a press release. “Fifty years after his death, we pause to look back at symbolic artifacts from this defining mo-

ment in our nation’s history.”

The display will be open from tomorrow, Nov. 22, to Feb. 23, 2014, and will include artifacts like the American flag that draped Kennedy’s casket following his death, film footage from the State Funeral, and notes written by First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy as she planned her husband’s funeral.

“All of the items that will be on display are in our collection,” said Stacey Bredhoff, curator of the new exhibit. “We just took them out of storage to have them publicly displayed for the first time in 50 years.”

Bredhoff said that she is confident that the exhibit will speak to people who lived through the tragedy of the president’s assassination, as well as those who are too young to have been alive.

“I think that one of the things that we really aimed to do was to help people that weren’t alive, our younger visitors, to help

them understand what a shock it was to the nation,” she said. “It’s almost hard to convey how the nation felt when this young, vital president was just suddenly gone.”

Bredhoff said that one component of the exhibit is a 16-minute film that shows the outpouring of public emotion as people paid their respects to the fallen executive.

“The entire adult population was glued to their television sets for the three days after the president died,” Bredhoff said. “What we really aimed to do was to let people know not only what happened but what it might have felt like to actually live through those days.”

For those who are old enough to remember the events of Nov. 22, 1963, Bredhoff said the exhibit will be especially emotional.

“I think it’s very evocative, because we’re showing a lot of film footage, and some of the iconic imagery that are seared into our nation’s memory,” she said. “Images of the horse-drawn casket going through the streets of Washington. Mrs. Kennedy and

the way she conducted herself throughout the ceremonies, seeing her with the two children. I think these are the things that people really remember and really resonate.”

Bredhoff finds the American flag that draped the president’s casket, which was folded and given to Jacqueline Kennedy at her husband’s burial, particularly evocative.

“For me, that’s one of the strongest items,” she said, adding that the exhibit “reflects a proud tradition of how the nation lays to rest those who have died in service to the country.”

As part of its tribute tomorrow, the Kennedy Library will present a live webcast of a musical tribute performed in the Library’s glass pavilion. Musical performers will include James Taylor, saxophonist Paul Winter, and the United States Naval Academy Women’s Glee Club.

While the public is invited to the library to view the webcast, the musical performance will be left without a physical audience. According to a press release, “the sea that the president loved so dearly” will be the tribute’s only backdrop. n

Murthy recognized as leader in HIV prevention Murthy, from B10

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Each year, runners begin the Boston Marathon at the starting line in Hopkington, Mass.

BAA will send limited invitations to 2014 race Marathon, from B10 The 118th Boston Marathon will be held on Monday, April 21, 2014. Officials said they are starting preparations early and focusing on security.

Meetings have already begun between state and local public safety agencies within many communities.

“While 2013 has been challenging, we appreciate and acknowledge the outpouring of support which we have received and to

which we have been witness,” Grilk said. “For 2014 and with a larger field size, we wanted to achieve the correct balance among the field of participants by accepting as many qualifiers as possible, accommodating those who were prevented from crossing the finish line in 2013, and recognizing some who were directly involved. We will next address the allocation of remaining slots in as fair a fashion as we can across people and groups who are or represent those most affected by the events of April 15.” n

and criticism if appointed, as the act has been criticized for its less-than-perfect implementation.

Some speculators, on the other hand, say that Murthy may be able to avoid a lot of this scrutiny because the Surgeon General signifies more of a figurehead position.

Norris Kamo, a physician from Seattle who knows Murthy from Harvard and from working with Doctors for America, told The Boston Globe he hopes the Senate will concentrate on Murthy’s impressive record and qualifications. “Ideally they’d focus on his credentials, but who knows with the political environment now,” he commented.

Murthy has additionally been recognized as a leader in HIV prevention and AIDS education in the U.S. and India.

In 1995, he formed Visions, a non-profit AIDS and HIV educational group, for which he served as both its president and chairman of the board. Adding to his list of credentials, Murthy has been the co-founder and chairman of the board of TrialNetworks, formerly known as Epernicus, since 2007.

Murthy founded the software startup company based in Needham, Mass. in 2007, with the goal of helping drug developers efficiently collect information from clinical trials.

Congressman Joe Crowley, vice chair of the Democratic Caucus and co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian-Americans, described the prospect of Murthy’s appointment as “a historic moment” for Indian-Americans across the U.S. “Indian-Americans have made many important contributions to American society, including in the medical field, and it is great to see another well-qualified leader rise in government,” Crowley reported to The Deccan Herald in India.

Massachusetts democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren calls Murthy “a great choice,” mentioning that she is “proud to see someone with such strong Boston roots” be nominated.

Since Warren serves on the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, she would have a significant role in Murthy’s confirmation, as the committee will be in charge of the initial public vetting. n

Emerson to promote Ferrell’s ‘Anchorman 2’ Burgundy, from B10 has yet to host a celebrity of the same caliber as Burgundy.

“A visit from Ron Burgundy is a chance to engage with someone who understands the power of media, as well as hairspray, first-hand,” said Emerson President Lee Pelton.

San Diego’s top anchor is set to make his writing debut as well in his own memoir, Let Me Off at the Top! My Classy Life and Other Musings. This will be available for fans on Tuesday, Nov. 19.

Burgundy described his other business adventure as “kind of a big deal.”

Burgundy is set to unveil Anchorman: The Exhibit, opening at Washington

D.C ’s Newseum. This display will feature multiple attractions for fans including costumes, props, footage from the movie, and even the Channel 4 Evening News desk. The museum is open now through August 2014.

The “Stay classy, San Diego” news anchor can be seen nationally in Anchorman 2, premiering Dec. 20. Emerson students will get to see Burgundy a few weeks ahead of schedule. Starting at 11 a.m. on Dec. 4, the School of Communication will begin their naming ceremony.

If you can’t make time to watch the five-time Emmy Award-winning journalist in action, don’t worry. Emerson will be broadcasting the day’s events on their website. n

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Ron Burgundy, a character played by Will Ferrell pictured above, will visit Emerson College.

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Doctors provide care and supplies to survivors Hayian, from B10 nesian tsunami, and the Haitian Earthquake of 2010, Cranmer and the MGH Center for Global Health are recognized as leaders in rapid post-catastrophe medical response.

The MGH team, scheduled to return to Boston on Dec. 8, was deployed as part of a coordinated effort by the Center for Global Health and the nonprofit humanitarian relief group International Medial Corps.

“Our plan to respond to this typhoon was to work with international partners who had worked in the region, to work with the government, and the national aid orientation,” Cramer said. “We didn’t want to bring duplicative aid and are trying to support what they have and not replace,” Cramer said. Among the team members are Filipino-Americans pharmacist Carmela Berlain and physician Roberto Coganda who both speak Tagalong, the nation’s primary language, as well as other dialects that will increase efficiency on their 21-day deployment around the island nation.

According to Jeanette Ives Erickson, the MGH chief nurse, the International Medical Corps and the Center for Global Health are working with the humanitarian organization Project HOPE and the U.S. Navy to send a group of as many as 60 physicians, nurses, and social workers to further typhoon relief efforts after Thanksgiving.

Fredrick Gerber, director for Special Programs and Operations for Project HOPE, told The Boston Globe on Sunday that the organization was planning multiple three-week rotations of medical personnel and professionals from MGH and other U.S. hospitals in the Philippines.

Unfortunately, it is here, in this meeting place in the pavement, that my reflection stops. As I continue on my way, my thoughts drift from the issue just completed to tomorrow’s to-do list. Linden Lane often brings thoughts of weekend plans and Saturday errands. By this point, I may have pulled out my cell phone—a personal restriction on my midnight reflections. As I turn onto Commonwealth Ave., I am ready to collapse.

By the time this column is printed, I will have walked my final walk home from the

Where did you learn that word?

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DAVID GUTTENFELDER / AP PHOTO

A soldier carries relief goods brought down from a U.S. helicopter on Wednesday. More than 4 million people have been displaced.

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center has also been contributing to typhoon relief, sending six doctors to the hard-hit city of Talcoban just days following the disaster.

Gregory Ciottone, director of Beth Israel’s Disaster Medicine Training Program, told The Globe that the efforts will be concentrated on helping the Philippine government reopen a deserted hospital. In addition, a second team of four Beth Israel doctors traveled Sunday from the capital city of Manila to Cebu where many injured from rural areas are just now being brought. A third group of doctors is expected to arrive in the Philippines later this week.

Ciottone explained that much of the work necessary after a disaster is not only tending to injuries caused directly by the incident but also deals with the lack of sanitary conditions and access to care for those with preexisting medical concerns.

Professionals like the Boston-area doctors are necessary to provide typhoon survivors with everyday medical care and safe medical facilities.

Despite the storm’s destruction of the islands, the relief teams are positive concerning the situation in the Philippines. Ciottone told The Globe, “Each time we do this … we try to

look back and see how we could do it better. I think the world is making steady progress on that. I think it’s better almost every time.”

Cranmer encourages those who want to get involved in the Philippines to do so by increasing their perspective, saying, “There is no right way to go overseas … you have to start somewhere. It is getting out of your comfort zone, traveling, and not having access to a bathroom all the time. That is where awareness is going to start.”

Currently, MGH and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center are accepting donations for relief efforts online. 

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THE HEART OF THE CITY

Heights office.

Long before this column was printed, I knew it would be my last.

As The Heights begins a period of transition into the new calendar year with a new 2014 editorial board, I cannot think of all the reasons Metro made me busy. I cannot think of the free moments consumed, cannot think of the entire days spent in the basement of Mac, cannot think of the countless words on countless pages.

All I can think of are the venues in which The Heights has allowed me to reflect.

The opportunity to write this column each week has provided challenges, dif-

ficulty, joy, and fulfillment more than any academic class. I am forever grateful for these little strips of white space. They have allowed me to grow, to commune, to connect, and to reflect. My only hope left is that you have gained an inkling of something from any of these words in the past year.

(Oh, and I sincerely hope you learned something about Boston, too. That was kind of the whole point.)

There will never be enough white space in this newspaper, however, to think of and thank all the fellow board members who made this year the best of my life, so I will not try.

All I can say is that when I left the office last night, there were still dozens of editors working to make this paper. Dozens of editors whom I consider to be some of the best people at BC. Dozens of editors to whom I owe this past year.

As I leave and they stay, I will think of dozens of excuses not to walk out the door.

But it will be a good walk home.

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

COLLEGIATE ROUND-UP

BY TRICIA TIEDT | METRO EDITOR

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

13-year-old teaches MIT grads how to program MIT has found its newest potential undergrad. Quin Etnyre, a 13-year-old from Southern California, has set his sights on the institution whose alumni he is now teaching.

BBC featured Etnyre last week, recording him teaching a class on programming to members of the MIT club of Southern California. The club is “a volunteer-run organization that unites alumni and friends of MIT.” His mother, Karen Mikuni, told Boston Magazine that her son has been overbooked with adult students trying to get into his classes.

In addition to teaching classes and going to his own— Etnyre is still enrolled in secondary education in California, and has no plans to drop out—the 13-year-old also runs his own business. In an effort to excite kids his age about computer programming, Etnyre founded Qtechknow.

HARVARD After 16 years at the university, one of Harvard’s most vocal faculty members is stepping down. According to The Chronicle of Higher Education, Cathy Trower is “one of the country’s most prominent experts on faculty members’ working lives.” Next week, she will step down from her research post at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education, where she helped found and direct the school’s Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education. With her Ph.D. in higher education policy, Trower has taken a critical look inside the world to which she belongs: faculty culture. Trower’s most noteworthy research has been in debunking myths about university tenure programs and exploring the hidden implications behind such a position. Trower told The Chronicle that she will leave Harvard simply because, “I had made my mark.” She will continue to be an independent consultant for non-profit organizations and their board members, an endeavor which she has balanced as part of Harvard’s faculty for years.

The company creates electronic bits to aide people’s “pet projects.” As a young enthusiast, Etnyre wants to revitalize the education system, integrating programming into everyday classes.

BBC listed more of Etnyre’s early accolades, which include building a moveable robot with advanced detection skills. Etnyre learned electronic programming, created his own company, and began teaching MIT alumni in less than three years.

While MIT has not commented on Etnyre’s success nor on his unusual teaching capabilities, Mikumi and the rest of her son’s support system is hopeful. “That’s all his idea, there is no assurance from MIT, but he has met a lot of good-willed people, including some engineers from the school,” Mikumi said. “He heard that MIT was good for engineering, so he decided that’s where he wanted to go.”

NORTHEASTERN Three months after Northeastern University prohibited smoking on its entire campus, the ban is getting mixed reviews. While university officials seem pleased with the overall initiative of the student body to support a smoke-free campus, students say the results are not as positive as meets the eye. Instead of eliminating smoking, the ban has caused certain areas around Northeastern to become congested with cigarette butts and students lighting up. “It doesn’t decrease smoking—it just concentrates it to certain areas,” Damas Limoge, a fifth-year student at Northeastern said to Boston.com. “I’ve never seen this many people smoking on Huntington [Ave.] before.”

While the ban prohibits smoking on all grounds owned or occupied by the university, there is no punishment in place for violating the new rules. Going smoke-free is a collegiate trend currently sweeping the nation, but with questionable results. “The question becomes ‘are you looking to eliminate smoking,’” Limoge said, “or are you looking to say you’re eliminating smoking?’”

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SUFFOLK Last Thursday, Suffolk University broke ground on its latest academic building, located at 20 Somerset St. The 10-story building will hold “flexible classrooms that look to support active learning,” according to The Boston Globe. In a statement, Suffolk University president James McCarthy said, “The 20 Somerset academic building will provide Suffolk students with a whole new learning environment designed to connect them more closely with faculty and peers for a collaborative and interactive approach to scholarship. The building also will enhance our teaching of the sciences.” The building will house science, technology, engineering, and math departments. As of now, construction is scheduled to be completed in time for the building to debut in the fall of 2015.

Classrooms now located on Temple will move to the new building, which is being constructed on the site of the former Metropolitan District Commission headquarters. Suffolk University currently operates in 14 buildings in the downtown and Beacon Hill neighborhoods of the city.

The very first time I said “wicked” I thought it was a bad word. I must have been four or five years old and my mother and I were standing in line at the local bagel store. The minute I said that dreaded Boston word and my mom’s eyes got as wide as saucers I knew I had said something wrong. She quickly snapped, “Where did you learn that word?”

The answer was, of course, I had heard one of my friends say it. I was not really in trouble for saying “wicked.” But to my parents, natives of New York and Ohio, it was awful.

It meant that, despite their very best efforts, they could not completely fight the effects of living in Massachusetts. They had to take the risk of their children picking up some of those nasty Massachusetts speech patterns.

I do not have an accent, and I’m happy about that. It keeps my speech from revealing too much about who I am. Strangers cannot immediately orient me or define part of my background based on my speech.

That being said, sometimes when I’m on vacation or when I get a telemarketer from another part of the country, I will get asked if I’m from Boston. There is a secret pride that bubbles up within me because my rapid cadence or occasionally lost “rs” are marking me as a Bostonian.

I know people say that the Boston accent sounds cheap and uneducated.

It can, but in some ways, I always think there is a tangible appeal to the Boston accent. Yeah, it’s not pretty by any stretch of the imagination, but there is a hardness and an honesty captured in the unrefined words and syllables.

Things that conjure up strong emotions are often wickedpretty, wickedcool, or wickedannoying, said so quickly all the words blur together and it’s just one long run-on of excitement or disgust, only given form and boundaries because of the hard “k” in the middle of the emotion.

The word “frappe” instead of the word “milkshake” is one of the best examples of how perfect Boston colloquialisms can be. “Frappe” sticks in your mouth thick and delicious just like the frozen drink it is describing, whereas “milkshake” conjures up images of a thin, runny concoction that sounds less than appealing.

Other words have the same effect. Rubbish. Bubbler. Cellar. The rounded sounds pop out of your mouth like little hard candies. With the most authentic accents, the “r’s” at the end are often diminished to hard “–ah’s,” basically a Bostonian arrogance in assuming that threefourths of a word should be enough to convey the meaning. (Isn’t it ironic that most Boston slang words have “r’s” in them, even though it’s a letter the city chooses to disregard? One would think if we disliked the letter so much we would stop trying to put it in slang altogether.)

There is a certain charm to the Boston accent. It is distinct and unapologetic, much like the city itself.

No one claims it is pretty to listen to, but we like it because it’s ours, and has been like this for as long as we can remember. It unifies the city with a palpable trait.

To a Bostonian, an outsider trying to imitate the Boston accent is almost laughable. Forcing out a poor imitation of “Pahk the cah on Hahvad Yahd” is almost as grating as calling it “Beantown.” Advertising firms who think slapping an arbitrary “wicked” in front of a word on a billboard on the Pike will give it local flavor is almost insulting to Bostonians. It almost never achieves what the advertising firm wanted. It simply serves to separate “us,” Massachusetts natives, from everyone else. Despite all of the accent’s drawbacks, I still secretly share in the pride that comes with it.

Sorry, Mom and Dad, I think I’ll keep that pesky “wicked” after all.

Maggie Powers is an editor for The Heights. She can be reached at metro@ bcheights.com.

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The BAA is accepting applications for a 2014 bib from those affected by bombings

BY SHANNON INGLESBY Heights Staff The Boston Athletic Association announced Monday that it will send out a limited number of invitations for the 2014 Boston Marathon to those who were most affected by the bombings that killed four people and injured over 260 last April.

BAA officials expanded the field by 9,000 individuals for the upcoming marathon, reaching a total of 36,000 prospective participants. The surge in runners accounts for those who were stopped on the course after the bombings at the finish line, as well as people who are interested in running the first marathon after the bombing.

Invitations will only be offered to potential runners who demonstrate how they were affected by the tragedy in a 250-word essay, according to the BAA. Applicants must have been “personally and profoundly impacted by the events of April 15, 2013,” according to the BAA’s website. In addition, those who wish to apply must also be able to complete the 26.2-mile race within sixand-a-half hours, and must provide some evidence of similar athletic achievement if requested by the organization. The BAA clearly notes, however, that although these guidelines are important for eligibility, neither a Boston Marathon-qualifying performance nor fundraising will be required.

In a statement, BAA Executive Director

Tom Grilk noted, “The BAA has created an opportunity and a process for those who were most affected by the events of last April to submit a request for entry into the 2014 Boston Marathon. Now, we are making additional entries available by request to those who were personally and profoundly impacted, and this is in addition to an allocation which we have made to The One Fund community, first responders and Boston-area hospitals which were involved.”

The One Fund is the charity established to help the bombing victims, first-responders and Boston-area hospitals where the wounded were treated.

Back in May, the BAA declared that to be eligible, runners must have reached the halfway marathon mark in the April 2013 race, would have to pay an entry fee of $325, and would have received a special code to register for the 2014 Boston Marathon. At

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Mass. doctor nominated for new Surgeon General

BREAKING BOUNDARIES

One more midnight

BY LAUREN TOTINO Heights Staff

TRICIA TIEDT

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Amid the articles, interactions, and opportunities at The Heights, there is one part I cherish more than any other, week in and week out.

The walk home.

As a resident of Lower Campus, the walk from McElroy Commons proves to be quite the trek in the wee hours of the morning. I make the walk alone, sometime past midnight, every Wednesday.

I consciously leave the Heights office by myself. I like it that way.

As an editor on the newspaper’s 2013 editorial board, it is one of the many opportunities The Heights has given me to reflect.

After all classes have ended for the day, all clubs have adjourned for the evening, and all library rats have given up for the night, the campus is still.

It is this time when Boston College most feels like home.

The sprinklers are often on. Stokes, in all its grandeur, looms over adjacent walkways.

This time of year, you can see your breath in the air.

After strolling through the new quad, I climb the steps between Lyons and Fulton.

If another person crosses my path, it is here, in the diagonal stretch of the Main Quad.

There is no need for the BC look-away after midnight on a Wednesday. We smile.

Sometimes, people even say hello.

The windows to the music practice rooms on the fourth floor of Lyons are open.

Chords and notes strung together float down and swirl amongst the grass, already wet with dew. Four weeks ago, someone was playing my favorite Dave Matthews song.

It was a private concert not even the musician was aware of.

At the end of the Quad, where the pathway merges with the vast gray cement that overwhelms the rest of middle campus, I stop.

I turn back around.

I pause, my gaze pointed back toward the office. Although I walk these same paths every day, it is only now that I see.

I take a moment to identify with this view, to make this place my own.

Out of my periphery, Gasson shines.

I suck in a cold breath. It catches in my chest.

I am halfway home.

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this point, it’s still unclear how many of those who were unable to finish last April will be allowed to participate under these new guidelines, but roughly 27,000 marathoners ran in total last year.

Now, with the prospective field size totaling 36,000, the 2014 marathon will be the largest Boston Marathon yet. When registration opened Sept. 9, 22,000 timequalifier spots opened up, with the fastest qualifiers able to sign up first. Within a day, 17,000 runners had submitted their entries.

Those who have submitted a qualifying performance that was one minute and 38 seconds below the qualifying standard for their age and gender have been accepted.

These qualifying performances must have been run between Sept. 2012 and Sept.

2013.

Typhoon Haiyan brought destruction to the Phillippines, killing over 4,000 and injuring 18,000.

Boston medical teams aid in aftermath of typhoon Philippines are in desperate need after destruction

BY SARAH MOORE For The Heights Boston-area doctors and nurses are headed to the Philippines to provide relief to areas of the island nation that were hit hard by Typhoon Haiyan earlier this month.

Teams from Massachusetts General Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, both located in the city, are already working with typhoon survivors in the Philippines to provide access to medical care as well as clean water and food.

The tropical cyclone hit the northern tip of the Cebu Province of the Philippines on Friday, Nov. 8, and headed northwest across the islands, flooding many cities and villages

under feet of water.

The category-five storm was not only the strongest typhoon this year—with winds gusting up to 170 mph—but it is possibly the most intense storm to ever hit land. With nearly 4,000 people dead and more than 18,000 injured, the Philippines is in desperate need of the help Boston-area hospitals are providing.

A group of seven medical experts from the MGH Center for Global Health, including four nurses, two physicians, and one pharmacist, left Boston for the Philippines on Nov, 17.

Hilarie Cranmer, director of Disaster Response for the MGH Center for Global Health, expects the team will be well received. She notes, however, that the task at hand is not an easy one, “It is a very fluid situation—we are really not quite sure what the medical needs will be next week”.

After providing disaster relief following Hurricanes Rita and Katrina, the 2004 Indo-

President Barack Obama announced his nomination of Vivek Hallegere Murthy, MD, MBA, for the new Surgeon General of the United States last Thursday, marking the second such nomination made in the president’s almost-five years in office. Murthy is a surgeon at Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital, as well as an instructor at Harvard Medical School.

He has the potential to become the newest Surgeon General if a majority of the Senate confirms his nomination, which would make him the top spokesperson in the country on public health matters for the duration of a four-year term.

If the Senate confirms the appointment, Murthy (36) will become the first Indian-American, as well as the youngest doctor at 36-years old to be Surgeon Gen-

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eral. He would replace Regina Benjamin, who was appointed to the position by Obama in 2009 and resigned in July.

Murthy was born in England to parents of South Indian origin but spent most of his childhood in Miami, Fla., where his father was a primary care physician and his mother worked for his practice. Murthy received both his medical degree and his MBA from Yale University, and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in biochemical sciences from Harvard University. His position at Brigham and Women’s is parttime, leaving him ample time to devote to other professional interests.

He is the co-founder and former president of Doctors for America, which had originally been called Doctors for Obama.

The group is comprised of more than 15,000 physicians and medical students who rally around Obamacare. Murthy had been an early supporter and grassroots advocate for Obama’s Affordable Care Act, which passed in 2010, and was appointed the following year by Obama to serve as a member of the Surgeon General’s Advisory Group on Prevention, Health Promotion and Integrative and Public Health, a position created by the Affordable Care Act. Alice Chen, MD, executive director of Doctors for America, made a statement to MedPageToday expressing how Murthy has been “a tireless leader in bringing together 16,000 doctors and medical students from all 50 states for the common cause of improving the health of the nation.”

His close association with the Affordable Care Act, however, may lead Murthy to be faced with tough questions

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Emerson to host Ferrell as Ron Burgundy B Y B ENNET J OHNSON For The Heights Ron Burg undy, st ar of KV W N Channel 4 Action News in the hit comedy Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, will be visiting the campus of Emerson College.

On Dec. 4, for one day only, Emerson will rename its School of Communication the Ron Burgundy School of Communication. The name change is to honor the news anchor played by actor Will Ferrell, who is scheduled to visit Emerson’s campus in order to promote his new movie Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues.

The man behind the famous phrase, “You stay classy, San Diego,” is plan-

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ning on sharing his “path to journalism greatness” throughout the day to communication students at Emerson.

Currently, Emerson’s big e vent includes a morning press conference, the official naming ceremony of the Ron Burgundy School of Communication, and an evening screening of Anchorman 2.

“Naming our school in his honor, for one entire day, compels us to honor the Ron Burgundy that’s inside all of us…to live out our dreams in full color and matching polyester,” wrote Phillip Glenn, the interim dean of the School of Communication, in a press release Monday.

After the generous invitation by Emerson, and a chance to promote his

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movie in the city of Boston, Burgundy also hopes to spread his love of journalism, saying, “I had to pinch myself really hard when I learned that Emerson College was naming its School of Communication for me. It’s kind of a big deal. I can’t wait to inspire students with my story of how I got to the top … the very top. I’m not going to sugarcoat it. It’s a lot of work, especially if you don’t have good hair.”

Emerson has hosted a number of prominent comedians, including Jay Leno and Denis Leary—however, the college

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