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My Mother’s Fleabag performed its Fall Big Show this weekend in the Vandy Cabaret Room, B8

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nized by Afua Laast, vice president of Diversity and Inclusion for the Undergraduate Government of Boston College and LSOE ’16—was staged as a sign of solidarity with the University of Missouri in response to recent online death threats directed at the University’s black students. At the “Blackout,” BC students

shared their experiences with racism on campus and spoke about why they stand with Mizzou.

Laast developed her plans for the demonstration on Wednesday night, promptly creating a Facebook event to which 770 students responded that they planned to attend.

“I was reading a number of articles, and Facebook statuses and the pain that people were feeling was tangible,” Laast

said in an email. “In reading through everything and by being a Black woman on this campus I heard what other students were saying and felt that something had to be done to acknowledge the current struggle particularly at Mizzou, but also acknowledge that BC also has students hurting from similar narratives.”

On Thursday morning before the “Blackout,” Laast met with Dean of Students Thomas Mogan and UGBC

president Thomas Napoli, MCAS ’16, to discuss the demonstration and receive permits to hold it on the lawn. Mogan granted the last-minute permits. He said he believes solidarity is an important concept within Catholic social teaching and students should express this when they feel called to do so.

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?<@;@ ;FE> =fi K_\ ?\`^_kj All Boston College students studying abroad in Paris are safe, Nick Gozik, director of the Office of International Programs, confirmed in an email Friday.

The onsite coordinator, Ophelie Landrin, has reached out to and received responses from all of the students, Gozik said.

University Spokesperson Jack Dunn also confirmed that all students have been accounted for in Paris.

On Friday, Paris was rocked with multiple acts of terror around the metropolitan area, including a shooting rampage, explosions, and a mass hostage-taking, according to The New York Times.

Dozens had been killed in coordinated attacks outside of the country’s

main sports stadium, as well as four other popular restaurants around Paris. The first of the string of attacks took place near the Stade de France, where the French and German national teams were playing a soccer match, and was reported to be a suicide bombing. Soon after, 39 were killed in a total of four restaurant shootings.

The deadliest attack, however, was in the Bataclan, one of Paris’ most popular music venues. Around 100 people were killed at the Bataclan, where hostages were held during a two-hour standoff with police. The shooting was described as a massacre, with four gunmen shooting into the crowd with AK-47 assault rifles. A witness reported that one of the gunmen shouted that the shooting was in retribution for France’s operations in Syria.

Although there was no immediate claim of responsibility following the

assaults in Paris, members and sympathizers of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria showered Twitter with celebratory tweets.

President of the United States Barack Obama, in the White House briefing room, condemned the attacks in Paris as “an attack on all of humanity and the universal values that we share.” Other world leaders followed in speaking out to condemn the egregious attacks on Paris.

Boston also showed solidarity with France. On Sunday afternoon, close to 200 people gathered on the Boston Common and waved french flags, sang La Marseillaise, and mourned the victims of the vicious terror attacks. Although FBI agent Harold H. Shaw stated that there is no threat to the New England area, Massachusetts and Boston safety officials have increased security in response to the attacks, and are looking out for threats of violence in Boston.

The notion that journalists are the watchdogs of democracy is a standard that Noam Chomsky has lived by over the course of his career.

On Saturday, the “father of linguistics” spoke to a silent crowd in the Heights Room of Boston College’s Corcoran Commons. Chomsky is an institute professor and professor of linguistics emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In addition to having built a career as a philosopher, scientist, activist, and commentator, Chomsky has authored over 100 books.

The recipient of the Sydney Peace Prize and several other awards, he presented a lecture titled “Freedom of the Press in the Middle East.” This talk was a part of the larger, day-long symposium co-sponsored by the Peace Islands Institute and the Islamic Civilization and Societies Program at BC. “ The situation is pretty awful,” Chomsky said, speaking about the Middle East.

He explained that some countries have made significantly more progress than others have, highlighting Lebanon as one of the more developed nations in the area. The press in Saudi Arabia and Turkey, on the other hand, have not seen quite as much political independence.

“There’s no point talking about the press freedom in Saudi Arabia, so we

won’t mention it,” Chomsky said.

He then turned the audience’s attention to Turkey, acknowledging the upcoming G20 Antalya summit that is taking place on Nov. 15.

This meeting will be the 10th annual conference of the G20 members, including Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Due to the large participation in and significance of the meeting, Chomsky explained that journalists from all over the world will be flocking to Turkey to cover the event.

The issue lies in the fact that Turkish journalists have been barred from reporting on the summit, Chomsky said. This was an order from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and he said it exemplifies the control that the government has over the press in such parts of the Middle East.

Chomsky then went on to describe some of his own personal experiences with journalism in Turkey, saying he has witnessed the horrors of buried truths.

In one of his stories, he described sitting in a courtroom while his friend, a publisher, was tried by the Turkish military.

“Turkey is the only country I know, today and back in the past, where prominent intellectuals not only protest the crimes of the state, but undertake civil disobedience against it,” Chomsky said. He then continued to express the great extent to which these writers and artists suffer for their attempts to

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On Monday, five social entrepreneurs from Boston will discuss their sustainable innovative organizations they started to create a positive social change.

The interactive program will take place in the Fulton Honors library at 4 p.m.

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BC Law is sponsoring a panel discussion titled ‘Refugees Without Refuge’ on Monday, Nov. 16 at 1 p.m. in Devlin Hall 26. The panel will focus on the legal, ethical, and practical dilemmas that the millions of Syrian refugees face during their emigration.

Margaret Grey, dean of the Yale School of Nursing. will be at BC on Tuesday, Nov. 17 at 5 p.m. in the Murray function room as part of the Pinnacle Lecture Series. The series brings renowned nursing leaders to campus to discuss health care issues.

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C` i\Zf^e`q\[ Xj 8DJ ]\ccfn Tao Li, a professor in the mathematics department, has been elected a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (AMS).

The American Mathematical Society recognizes those who have made outstanding contributions to the creation, exposition, advancement, communication, and utilization of mathematics, according to the organization.

Li was one of 50 distinguished mathematicians elected to the 2016 class of fellows, recognized for his contributions to low-dimensional topology—in particular, the topology of threedimensional manifolds.

Through his research, Li hopes to explore the connections between these structures and other areas of mathematics, such as knot theory and geometric group theory, according to his faculty website.

“I am honored and excited to be elected an AMS fellow,” Li said to the Office of News and Public Affairs. “I would like to thank all my colleagues for their support. This honor is also a recognition of the contribution that the BC math department makes to mathematics.”

The goal of the AMS Fellow program is to create a larger pool of mathematicians recognized and celebrated by their peers for their contributions to the industry—to honor, as the AMS puts it, not only the extraordinary, but also the excellent.

The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, popularized by Pete Frates, BC ’07, went viral on the Internet soon after its conception in 2014. Videos of celebrities, students, and families pouring buckets of ice water over themselves cluttered Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter feeds.

On Thursday, the Undergraduate Government of Boston College’s Council for Students with Disabilities hosted Nancy Frates and her son, Pete, an ALS patient, and the former captain of the BC baseball team.

The Ice Bucket Challenge, which first gained prominence in August of 2014, was a social media phenomenon meant to raise awareness and funds for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), more commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, a debilitating and ultimately fatal condition. Frates and her family became involved in ALS advocacy in 2012 after Pete’s diagnosis.

Speaking in front of a crowd of over 100 students at the Yawkey Center, Frates began her story by discussing her history with BC. “This is a story about family,” she said, referring both to her immediate family, and the communities like BC that had given her family support as they tried to raise money and awareness about ALS. Frates and her husband both graduated from BC in 1980.

During his time at BC, Pete made a name for himself as the captain of the baseball team, and the MVP of the 2006 Beanpot. After he graduated, he moved to Germany to compete in the German Baseball League,

Rev. Kenneth Himes, O.F.M., an associate professor in the theology department, explores the moral implications of drone technology in his recently published book, Drones and Ethics of Targeted Killing.

Himes provides a deeper look into the use of drones in national security, exploring the ethical issues of drone warfare. Drones have become essential to U.S. national security efforts, but also represent a point of contention for many.

Himes examines much of the controversy surrounding drone technology, from their effect on soldiers to their impact on terrorist organizations and civilians, according to BC Bookmarks.

Himes also traces the role of targeted killings in history, from ancient times to the recent conflicts in the Middle East.

“It is my hope that even if a reader disagrees with my conclusions I will have provided the information and identified the concerns in a way that is helpful for moral reflection,” the book’s preface reads.

Himes, who teaches American Catholicism and Social Reform and Ethical Questions on War and Peace, among other courses, is a moral theologian whose research and writing addresses ethical issues in war and peace-building, according to his faculty website.

His previous publications include Christianity and the Political Order, Modern Catholic Social Teaching, and Responses to 101 Questions on Catholic Social Teaching.

Who belongs at an institution of higher learning? Do institutions of higher learning tolerate the equality that they preach? Can a liberal education be inclusive? These are the questions Michael Roth, current president of Wesleyan University, a small liberal arts college in Middletown, Conn., asked students at “Why Liberal Education Matters” on Thursday evening as part of the Lowell Humanities Series.

Contentious debates over the benefits and drawbacks of a liberal education are as old as America itself, which is why Roth focuses on historical events to shed light on the current discourse about vocational versus liberal education. The former professor of humanities at Scripps College, associate director of the Getty Research Institute, and president of the California College of the Arts described the project of liberal education in four moments: liberate, animate, cooperate, instigate.

To describe the first moment, liberate, Roth discusses Thomas Jefferson’s belief that nurturing a student’s capacity for lifelong learning was both useful for science and

commerce and also essential for democracy.

According to Roth, Jefferson founded the University of Virginia because he believed America needed an alternative to Harvard.

“Jefferson said that the problem with Harvard was that students, when they enrolled, were asked to know what they were going to do when they finished,” Roth said.

Roth said that education should surprise you, shock you, unnerve you, and take away your foundations—not affirm you—because you do not know who you are yet and you might become someone.

Like Jefferson, Roth believes education sets us free from self-imposed immaturity.

To illustrate the second moment, animate, Roth uses Ralph Waldo Emerson because he, like Jefferson, was appalled by Harvard when he visited Cambridge.

“He was appalled by the ways in which education was meant to drill people into having a certain reaction to the events around them—it was meant to train you,” Roth said. “Emerson didn’t want colleges to drill students into performing tasks in a disciplined way, he wanted colleges, as he said, to ‘set souls aflame.’”

POLICE BLOTTER Wednesday, Nov. 11 2:06 p.m. - A report was filed regarding a larceny at Lyons Hall.

Thursday, Nov. 12 12:03 a.m. - A report was filed regarding a fire alarm activation in Stayer Hall.

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The popularity of the challenge on social media garnered national attention. first communities to participate in the challenge. With the help of emails sent by Pete, the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge went viral, with celebrities like Bill Gates, Jack Black, Katy Perry, Drake, Mark Zuckerberg, Taylor Swift, and Lebron James participating. Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan, a classmate and friend of Pete’s, was among the first to take the challenge.

The popularity of the Ice Bucket Challenge spurred local, national, and eventually international media coverage. The response, Frates said, was enormous. In total, over 17 million videos were uploaded to Facebook, and these videos were viewed over 10 billion times by 440 million unique users. The Frates’ also said that the financial benefit to ALS charities was massive. In only six weeks, over $220 million was raised for ALS research and treatment, including money from 2.4 million new donors.

The awareness raised was also significant, with Google reporting that “ALS” was the most searched topic in their “what is” category for 2014, and “ALS IBC” was the sixth

most popular search of 2014. ALS also reached a global audience that year, with Ice Bucket Challenge videos being uploaded from 150 different countries, according to statistics from YouTube.

Frates said the challenge also had a major impact on the progress toward a cure, citing higher rates of early diagnosis, increased interest in the field, and greater collaborations between professionals studying the disease.

Toward the end of the talk, Frates was joined onstage by Pete, who is currently paralyzed, unable to speak, and confined to a wheelchair. With her son, she relayed some of the lessons she and her family had learned throughout the course of Pete’s battle with ALS, including the generous nature of people, the importance of being surrounded by a supporting community, and that great leaders are those that bring out the best in those around them. She stated, however, that the most important lesson had been her family’s commitment to keeping a positive outlook.

“Every day we wake up and choose to live in positivity,” she said.

Roth claimed we are constantly alongside what is happening in the world, and that education should allow us to make the world more alive for ourselves. According to Roth, Emerson said we make the world alive so we can participate in it.

Jane Addams’s emphasis on the cultivation of empathy and John Dewey’s calls for education as civic engagement were often rejected as impractical by those who aimed to train students for particular economic tasks. Roth explored these arguments as he described the third moment, cooperation, and claimed that something like philosophy recovers itself not by drilling down to the messages of philosophical analysis, but by applying philosophy to human problems–and that the same is true of history, literature, and other disciplines. Roth said cooperation is essential in this endeavor.

“John Dewey said our education, especially in the early years, is really a cultivation of neurosis, of psychological disability, because we cultivate independence in such a way that we can’t work with other people,” Roth said. “You want to be a hero, you want to be a star, and by wanting to stand out, be inde-

pendent, on your own, self-reliant, you are completely isolated from other people.”

Around the same time, W.E.B. Du Bois made a similar argument about cooperation, not just for practical purposes, but because cooperation and a broad education empowers students for what they are going to do after they leave college.

“Du Bois said there’s such an emphasis on vocational education … that if Socrates came into the room they would say he’s a nut because he’s not practical enough.”

Roth quoted an old professor of his who said, “If [college] turns out to be the best four years of your life, we’ve failed you.”

This idea of empowering lead Roth to close on the last moment— instigation—and encourage students to enact change with the knowledge they have gained while in college.

“Education should no longer be about giving material to people, it should be about facilitating their ability to throw off the traditions they’ve been taught,” Roth said.

“That education should not be training, it should be the encouragement of instigation of social change.”

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but returned to Boston a few years later. It was during his time back in the U.S., while competing in Boston’s Intercity League, that Pete would be diagnosed with ALS at age 27.

After a check up for what seemed to be a routine wrist injury, Frates’ test results indicated he had ALS. Nancy Frates described the shock and terror she felt upon hearing the diagnoses, recalling her own diagnoses of cancer early in her life. She noted, however, that while she had been presented with two possible treatment options, her son’s doctors had no cure and no treatment, only the information that most ALS patients survived about 3 to 5 years after diagnosis.

“We’re going to look forward,” she recalled Pete saying after the diagnosis. “What a chance we’ve been given to change the world.”

Frates said the family immediately began thinking of ways to put ALS in front of a mainstream audience to raise money and awareness.

As business majors, they began to think of ways to effectively brand and market ALS awareness. Shortly after Pete’s diagnosis, they founded Team FrateTrain, a community dedicated to promoting ALS awareness and fundraising.

Frates said that the idea for the Ice Bucket Challenge first came about in August of 2014 from Pete’s friend Pat Quinn, another ALS survivor from New York that had reached out to Pete after hearing his story. Quinn had seen an Ice Bucket Challenge video on the Internet and thought it might be the way to bring ALS in front of a mainstream audience.

The challenge started locally, and Frates noted that BC was among the

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9: Z_fj\e ]fi cXleZ_ f] 9XiYfli XdYXjjX[fi gif^iXd 9P ?<@;@ ;FE> =fi K_\ ?\`^_kj As the first-ever Barbour College Brand Ambassadors, juniors Emily Wilson, MCAS ’16, and Gabriella Candelieri, MCAS ’17, have been chosen from a pool of six candidates to spread the brand around BC’s campus.

BC was chosen as the one Boston school to launch Barbour’s College Brand Ambassadors Program. The closest Barbour story to BC is on Newbury St. The program is an initiative meant to help grow the Barbour

brand. Wilson and Candelieri are officially doing their internship with Barbour’s public relations firm, Cone Communications.

Barbour is a family owned clothing and accessories business that began in 1894 in South Shields, a town in England.

Barbour’s vision is to be recognized as the best British lifestyle brand in the world by 2020, and its mission is to build a long term, sustainable business.

The company hopes to ne able to honor the Barbour family values and the British heritage, while providing quality prod-

ucts with excellent customer service.

“They were looking into all the Boston schools because their PR firm, Cone Communications, where we’re officially doing our internship, is based out of Boston,” Wilson said.

“They were looking at a Boston School and BC’s traditional values lined up with Barbour’s.”

“They really liked how BC had that sense of community and family where the alums would come to tailgate for games and how the alums would get involved with BC all the time.”

Out of the six Brand Ambassador interviews that were conducted, Wilson and Candelieri were chosen for the position based on prior experience.

Wilson participated in the Nordstrom Fashion Board Program for three years during high school and Candelieri had worked at Regan Communications, a public relations firm.

Wilson and Candelieri are tasked with driving up brand interest on BC’s campus through blogs, social media, and various events. They started a selfie campaign to get the word that

Barbour is at BC onto social media. When students see Wilson or Candelieri on campus, take a selfie with either of them, and then post it on social media with the hashtag #BarbourBC, they can receive 15 percent off at the Barbour store on Newbury Street.

Their first event as Barbour College Brand Ambassadors was a Women in Business event on Nov. 2.

This event attracted over 100 attendees, setting the record for the largest WIB event, after the general information meeting at

the beginning of the year.

The event featured Barbour’s U.S. Director of Marketing , Elissa Millican, who gave a talk about the trajectory of her career, and her experiences when she worked at Puma.

Now, Wilson and Candelieri are busy planning an in-store event at Barbour on Dec. 3.

“It’s supposed to be like a little party,” said Candelieri.

“There’s going to be hot chocolate, cookies, other snacks, BC balloons, and even custom made BC M&Ms. It should be really fun.”

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A f te r C h o m s k y f i n i s h e d speaking, the event was opened up for questions from the audience of BC students and faculty, as well as members of the greater community.

The first person stood up and inquired as to whether Chomsky believed the recent terrorist attacks in Paris will lead to fascism in Europe. Chomsky replied that ultimately, it is very possible.

He also connected the event to another—the bombing of a Russian airliner in Egypt.

He explained that Russia, France, and the United States are the three countries that are currently fighting radical Islam, which is why it would make sense for Paris and Russia to both be targeted.

Another member of the audience asked what Chomsky thought the role of journalists and the U.S. should be in terms of intervening in foreign affairs.

Chomsky responded immediately that the U.S. needs to observe

the hippocratic oath.

This oath is taken by individuals beginning to practice medicine, and essentially states the ethical guidelines that he or she will follow throughout their career. Chomsky paraphrased the beginning of it, emphasizing that the U.S. must aim to “first, do no harm.”

“If you get that far, you can actually do something positive,” he said.

He continued with this idea to use NATO’s actions as an example of the United States’ failed approach to solving foreign affairs. Chomsky said that the meetings NATO held in 1999 were devoted to deciding how to take action on the horrible crimes that other countries were conducting. Chomsky asserted, however, that what they should have been doing was addressing the crimes that were taking place within NATO. T hus, he concluded that instead of merely claiming to be in favor of democracy, the America’s government needs to actually be in favor of it.

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Noam Chomsky, who teaches at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, also spoke at BC in 2011, when he was hosted by the Muslim Students Association.

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My immediate reaction was panic. I thought of the attack two years ago in our city of Boston.

On that beautiful April afternoon in 2013, no one thought that there was any reason for concern, including me. I had just crossed the finish line after four hours of running. I was on top of the world, feeling more accomplished than I ever had before.

I felt like this for about 40 seconds and 100 feet past the finish line. Then I heard the blasts go off in front of the Hancock building.

Having grown up in the post9/11 era, I had no doubt that the explosions were an attack. I had watched the second World Trade Center building fall from my home in New Jersey, and my immediate reaction was that a building was going to fall. I ran as quickly as I could, making sure not to lose the two friends who had jumped into the race with me from Boston College at Mile 21. We would run or walk an additional five miles that day.

Luckily, one of them had brought a phone, and I was able to call my dad. Our plan had been for him to take the T from BC after I passed, and we were going to meet at the finish line. When he picked up, I was relieved to hear that he wasn’t at the site, but he was on a train heading that direction. I screamed at him to get off, knowing that public transporta-

tion was a primary target. The line cut, and I wouldn’t hear from him until we embraced at BC several hours later. Though a terrifying day, I was relieved we were both unharmed.

So, I understood to an extent what Parisians are feeling today as they mourn their tragic loss and try to make sense of the chaos that

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What cannot be questioned is the bond that we in Boston share with those in Paris, not because of these events, but because of the strengthened solidarity that these events demand. No other city in the world shares our fundamental ideals of equality and liberty more so than Paris. The city is the pioneering force of our liberal project, and America owes much to France, as our greatest and oldest ally.

In the next few weeks, as events continue to unfold, it will be vital for us as well as our partners across the Atlantic to hold strongly to these ideals, which demand the open and compassionate treatment of the Muslim community among us and throughout the world.

We cannot let fear bring us to

stigmatize and punish Muslims in Western countries, as many are already calling for. The problems that we face are immense, but the answer is not to exclude Muslims from the process of facing them.

Particularly as Europe is faced with a growing population of refugees from Muslim countries, it must be remembered that the challenges that they have already faced, including attacks in their home countries, do not warrant further maltreatment and disregard, but rather mutual support.

I say mutual support because whenever such attacks occur in the West, millions of Muslims throughout the world offer their heartfelt condolences and prayers to those affected. I visited Kuwait, Qatar, and the UAE for a month shortly after the Boston Marathon bombings, and in each country people spoke to us compassionately in support of our country as it faced this tragedy.

Just last week, I spoke with Shirin Ebadi, an Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner, and her colleagues about their perspective on America. I commented that they seemed to love America more than many Americans do.

To some surprise, one of them remarked that the American people’s best attribute is our ability to love one another despite differences, and that this can be seen in the peace and compassion of our society.

This is something, she said, one does not find in the Middle East, and that this is the reason one sees so much trouble in the region today. People do not know how to love each other.

In these troubling times, let us not forget what makes America great: our capacity for love.

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Walk down any busy street and you can easily brush past one of the estimated 20.9 million victims of human trafficking.

To bring light to the issue of trafficking on a domestic level, the student organization Rallying Efforts Against Contemporary Trafficking (R.E.A.C.T.) will be hosting an event called Breaking the Chains: A Panel on Human Trafficking next Wednesday, Nov. 18 at 7 p.m. in McGuinn 121, featuring local speakers involved in the fight against human trafficking.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security defines human trafficking as a “form of modern-day slavery, [involving] the use of force, fraud, or coercion to exploit human beings for some type of labor or commercial sex purpose.”

According to Kelly Sennott, president of R.E.A.C.T. and MCAS ‘16, common perception of human trafficking is heavily influenced by the media, with sensationalized stories of men, women, and children being smuggled away and sold into labor or prostitution becoming two-dimensional representations of a much more complex issue.

Traffickers in the U.S. rely more on emotional and financial manipulation than outright coercion to trick already marginalized communities suffering from political instability, economic hardship, or geographic displacement into forced labor.

This psychological dimension of human trafficking adds to the difficulty of recognizing it in the U.S. and providing care for survivors.

As a result, many cases go unre-

ported, with published statistics underestimating the true magnitude of the problem within the country.

Wednesday’s panel includes speakers from the Boston area involved in the fight against trafficking.

“We wanted to emphasize the fact that trafficking is not just an international issue, but also an issue right here in Boston, the place that we call home,” Sennott said.

The speakers include Stephanie Clark, executive director of Amirah Boston; Sarah Durfey, director of the Abolitionist Network; Eileen Campbell, senior director of advocacy at International Justice Mission; and Jasmine Marino, a human trafficking survivor from Chestnut Hill.

“To have a survivor who was trafficked out of Chestnut Hill is incredibly powerful, and I think is really impactful for Boston College students,” Sennott said.

“This is our home, where we feel most safe, yet there are people here who are subject to a terrible and atrocious institution.”

The panel will also feature current efforts in the fight against human trafficking and helping survivors.

“We wanted to make sure that we’re not only addressing survivors but also the different areas and different levels that go into the fight against trafficking,” she said.

Health care professionals and shelters work with survivors on an individual basis to help them readjust to society, while lobbyists and entire governments are advocating for policy changes to address the issue on a national scale.

The panel is part of R.E.A.C.T.’s campaign to educate students on hu-

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R.E.A.C.T. will host Breaking the Chains: A Panel on Human Trafficking on Nov. 18 to illuminate trafficking issues within U.S. man trafficking within the U.S. and around the world. Previous events have included fundraisers, film screenings, and guest speakers.

“We wanted to have a comprehensive panel to provide a comprehensive

understanding of human trafficking for BC students,” Sennott said.

Members of R.E.A.C.T. hope that the panel’s message of hope will teach students to overcome the stigma surrounding trafficking survivors, recog-

nize the signs of trafficking in their own communities, and inspire them to contribute to the cause with their own skills and abilities with the knowledge that victims of human trafficking can be saved.

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The smell of green enchiladas permeated the air as my family sat down for dinner at my grandma’s house this summer in Los Angeles, Calif.

While we settled into our respective spots at the dinner table, Univision–the popular Spanish language channel–aired a segment regarding the recently announced Republican candidate Donald Trump, speaking about disparaging comments he had made about Mexicans.

While the rest of my family ignored the imbecilic commentary, I looked at

my dainty, 84-year-old Mexican immigrant grandmother across the table and asked, “What do you think about Donald Trump, Abuela?”

Without skipping a beat, she responded, “Él es el pendejo más grande en todo el mundo,” which translates to, “He is the biggest idiot in all of the world.”

While my grandmother’s comment may have been blunt, her words were warranted considering Donald Trump’s egregious generalizations regarding Latinos.

Immigrating from Mexico to the U.S. in the 1950s, my grandmother

worked to achieve middle class status in a foreign land with only a third grade education.

Eventually, she was able to open up a restaurant, and along with my grandfather, raised my father and his three siblings in the suburbs of Los Angeles.

They started from nothing, and created a beautiful life in this country.

However, in Donald Trump’s world, the achievements of my grandparents and Latinos alike are an anomaly as he barrages Mexicans and the Latino population with comments such as: “When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re

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not sending you. They’re not sending you. They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs. They ’re bringing crime.

They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.”

While there are Latinos that may fit Mr. Trump’s critical categorizations, he asserts that the majority of Latinos are scum.

Who pissed in his Burrito? The world may never know, but Latinos have become an enemy of the state to Trump.

If elected president, he plans to deport 11 million undocumented Latinos and force Mexico to construct a wall across the Mexican border. Not just any normal wall, but one that is “not penetrable, a serious wall,” according to Mr. Trump on Stephen Colbert’s The Late Show.

Trump is making quite the splash with Latino voters, and by splash, I mean he’s drawing out about as much water as one would get jumping into a dried up lake in California. His Latino support is slim to none as a result of his comments.

The fourth Republican debate accentuated Trump’s stance, and singularized his view on immigration.

Currently, Trump’s grandiose plan to solve immigration is to simply send all the undocumented immigrants back across the border, as well as relinquish undocumented immigrant children’s birthright citizenship.

His own party takes issue with his outrageous opinions on immigration policy and believe they are detrimental to the Republican party as a whole amongst Hispanic voters.

“This is not embracing American values and will tear apart communities,” Jeb Bush said. “The way you win the presidency is to have practical plans.”

Trump’s racist statements are neverending. In a technological age in which inappropriate Facebook posts, tweets, and Instagram pictures have cost people their jobs, Mr. Trump has yet to withdraw from the Republican primary after tweeting asinine comments such as, “Jeb Bush has to like the Mexican illegals because of his wife.”

His remarks are blatantly inappropriate and make one wonder how someone with such little regard for respectful

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language leads the Republican primaries at the moment.

Ignorance runs rampant across America, and Mr. Trump both epitomizes and perpetuates the problem.

He attempts to make repressed ideas regarding race and ethnicity in American society socially acceptable, when in fact, they should be removed completely.

Moreover, in a time when racial inequalities have been amplified by recent acts of prejudice, a country yearning for racial justice should not stand for such intolerant banter.

When asked about the beating of a Hispanic man in Boston that was administered by two white males in the name of Donald Trump, Trump commended his supporters for their passion.

Trump said, “They love this country and want it to be great again,” only to later clarify he did not condone their violence.

While he may not be a proponent of violence, his bigoted words inspire people to conduct these heinous crimes.

As a L atino, this is an unner ving thought to me.

Trump’s words are resonating with people, and as a result, these radical people are legitimizing hate crimes against Latinos.

More recently, Trump voiced his opinion on the University of Missouri student protests and subsequent faculty resignations.

He called faculty members “weak” and deemed the concerns and demands of the students “crazy” and “disgraceful.”

While the incidents at the University of Missouri were not primarily focused on racism against Latinos, the response given by Donald Trump attests to his overall view on racial equality.

Why elect a president who does not give a voice to the oppressed? Why elect a man who does not stand for justice?

Why give the time of day to someone who embodies ignorance?

Let’s “Make America Great Again” by ensuring this man stays as far away from the White House as possible.

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9: JcXd# K_\ 8Zfljk`Zj# CXl^_`e^ D\[ljX kf g\i]fid Xk ÊJg\Xb FlkË 9P G8KI@:@8 IF;@:8E For The Heights How can the arts address sexual violence? Allie Landes, CSON ’16, responded to this question by formulating Speak Out: Standing Up to Sexual Violence through the Arts—a night featuring literature, art, and music to promote healing and empowerment.

The event will take place on Thursday, Nov. 19 in Cushing 001 from 7 to 9 p.m.

It will be “a night of healing and empowerment” that will feature poetry and prose readings, art, and musical performances by The Acoustics, BC SLAM!, Laughing Medusa, and several other members of the Boston College community from 7 to 8:30 p.m. A reception with refreshments and discussion will be held directly after the performance portion from 8:30 to 9 p.m. in order to debrief the sensitive topics that will arise throughout the night.

Landes is the mastermind behind this project. In the beginning of the semester, Landes proposed the idea of an open mic night to educate on sexual assault, which had never been done by Bystanders before.

The organization promptly encouraged her to move forward with planning the event and reaching out to performance groups on campus.

Allison Kolar, MCAS ’16, and the rest of Bystander Intervention’s advocacy team have also been instrumental in the event’s planning.

Landes was inspired by Take Back the Night, which is a rally that Bystanders presents every spring at BC. She noticed that several students applied to share their experiences with sexual assault, but only two or three were se-

lected to tell their stories.

“I saw a gap there and I wanted everyone to share their experiences instead of just picking and choosing,” Landes said.

“Any medium is welcome for people to express their feelings and their perceptions of this issue,” Landes said.

“We would never say no to someone.

We’re not excluding anyone because we want everyone’s voices to be heard on this issue.”

Landes said that the event’s organizers did have some trouble collecting pieces to be presented. “Getting people to submit pieces is kind of hard because people sometimes feel like it’s censorship because they don’t want to submit their pieces ahead of time,” Landes said.

She said authors are concerned that their submissions will be rejected.

“People think that we’re going to say no to them, which is absolutely not what we’re doing by asking for submissions,” Landes said.

“We’re actually just wanting to prepare ourselves to be able to deal with whatever specific triggering material will be brought up during the night because … we want to provide all of the resources that we might need to.”

In addition to The Acoustics, BC SLAM!, and Laughing Medusa, other notable performers will be featured in the event, including Landes’ creative writing professor, who will be reading an award-winning poem that he penned, as well as a new a cappella group that will be making its debut at the event.

A brief reception will follow these performances so that students will have the opportunity to express their thoughts and feelings about the topic at hand.

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Like this Thursday’s ‘Speak Out’ event, last year’s Take Back the Night event sought to address and combat sexual violence.

“My hope is that people will stay after and share their experiences, whether it was their experiences sharing a piece out loud or whether it was just listening to someone else’s, and that people can kind of connect in their common experiences and be able to relate to one another in something that we normally don’t talk about but that we all experience at a very intimate level,” Landes said.

Bystander Intervention is an organization that operates through the Women’s Center at BC. Its purpose is to inform others about bystander behaviors and to empower students to speak up and take a stand in order to prevent rape and sexual assault on campus.

“The goal is to educate everyone about bystander behaviors and why a lot of times we don’t step in when we see things that are problematic and why we should,” Landes said.

The relatively new organization is known for its film screenings, such as the showing of The Invisible War last year and the upcoming screening of The Mask You Live In next semester, and for giving hour-long presentations on the topic of sexual assault to student groups, residence halls, and any other interested groups.

The organization is adding more emphasis to its advocacy campaigns through branding, posters, and events.

Now, Bystander Intervention is fo-

cusing on hosting prosocial events, like the upcoming Speak Out event, where discussion and interaction will be better facilitated.

The group continues to grow as students show more interest, which Landes said she finds exhilarating.

She hopes that by conveying their feelings through art, students will have a more open discussion about sexual assault on campus.

“I’m really happy that performance and poetry slam have become more popular on BC’s campus in the last year, and I think it’s really exciting that people are starting to share their stories more, whether that be through conversation or through art,” Landes said.

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Soon after noticing the stares and frightened murmurs of her new peers, Laura Rivers—the pretty new girl at Englewood High—discovers that her being new isn’t the only thing putting people off.

To her shock, Laura has an unfortunate doppelganger: the girl who killed herself just a year ago. A dead ringer for a dead girl, Laura’s plight at Englewood High just got a whole lot spookier. So begins Dead Ringer.

“The ingoing objective was to write a young adult (‘YA’) version of Gone Girl,” explained Boston College alumna Jessie Rosen, BC ’05, who released Dead Ringer this past Wednesday.

“It used to be that YA was all [dystopian] universes and Hunger Games stuff, and now it’s sort of become more realistic fiction.”

Though no stranger to creative pursuits in writing, Rosen’s publication of Dead Ringer is her first proper novel, as well as her first endeavor into the popular young adult genre of writing. Formerly involved in the advertising industry—and the creator of the critically acclaimed “20Nothings” blog—Rosen is entering a new space, both creatively and professionally, with Dead Ringer.

“The market is very saturated right now, making it very hard to break in as a young writer,” Rosen explained in a recent phone interview following the release of her book.

“So at the suggestion of my agent, I write a book proposal—they thought

that it would be good in terms of what I like to write, good for my style, and also just a good opportunity to break in. So we talked about lots of different ideas, and I thought, ‘How dark I could write, considering most of my other writing was comedic?’”

A New Jersey resident now residing in Los Angeles, Rosen’s career in writing has been a methodical one, first finding a start in marketing in New York, but eventually leaving behind the 9-to-5 lifestyle in pursuit of writing full time.

“As I started to get more interested in script-writing in particular, which is what I was doing and what I still am doing in addition to the book, I realized that the highest percentage of work in that realm is in Los Angeles,” Rosen said.

“When I first got here I needed to have a full-time job because writing was not yet paying me a full-time job salary, but I worked on my scripts and projects on the side until I was making enough money from freelance writing where I could leave that full-time marketing job.”

Rosen’s bold decision to pursue a career in the ever-uncertain creative industry was, in her mind, partially informed by the values she experienced during her undergraduate studies at BC, in particular those of the Jesuits and their sense of “finding a vocation.”

“It’s the idea that we’re not just supposed to find a job to pay the bills and just get by and live for the weekend, but we can find a purpose in life,” Rosen said.

“I was always really struck by that with BC, the whole discernment process, and that’s what led me to leave my marketing jobs and really pursue my writing full-

time—I really give BC so much credit for that.”

Rosen’s creative side was certainly on display during her time at BC, particularly within the communications discipline.

With classmates, she created what exists now as BCTV. She also founded a weekly news recap magazine called Now You Know, and wrote for The Heights.

Rosen cites her senior year fashion and culture column on The Heights as her true first experience writing creatively and freely in the first person.

“The spirit of BC and the community is a very honest one. It’s like, be honest with yourself, be honest as a person, and share who you are with the world,” Rosen said.

“I think my writing style is very honest because I was given the opportunity to really be myself at BC and it worked for me—people liked what I was writing and what I was about.”

Speaking to the strong market around the YA genre, the Dead Ringer title has long-term ambitions to continue onto a second and third book of the same storyline if the demand is sufficient.

As Rosen noted, “The idea was always that if Dead Ringer did well, books two and three, which are loosely conceived of, would be picked up by the publisher.”

Rosen’s experience at BC, among other motivations, was what ultimately inspired her to overcome the anxiety of potential failure and make the decision to pursue her creative dream. Letting go of that fear, she said, is both the hardest and the most important part.

“There’s just a lot of fear, ‘Can I do it?

Is this going to work out?’” she said. “And then once you say, ‘I am pursuing my

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Rosen’s debut novel Dead Ringer is also her first foray into young adult fiction genre. dream of being a full-time writer’ ... if you fail just the fear of that is terrifying. I wish I had jumped faster, because I just think

that if you do jump, you motivate yourself to make that money and find those opportunities and make it happen.”

J\m\e XcldeX\ ]\Xkli\[ `e >cfY\Ëj Kfg ('' nfd\e$c\[ Ylj`e\jj\j 9P 9I@>@; B<CC<P For The Heights Se ven B oston College alumnae were named in the Boston Globe article, “2015 Top 100 Women-led Businesses in Massachusetts.” According to the article, originally published on Oct. 23, The Globe Magazine and the Commonwealth Institute, a non-profit organization devoted to advancing businesswomen in leadership positions, partnered to “honor those organizations with the most impressive records of innovation and workplace diversity, as well as revenue and employee numbers.”

The organizations were ranked according to a formula made by the com-

bination of the two companies. This is the third year that the two companies came together to compile a list of female Boston business leaders.

Deborah Kincade Rambo, current president and CEO of the Archdiocese of Boston’s Catholic Charities and BC ’78, has served for more than 32 years in the Catholic Charities’ community service centers as an advocate for the poor. She received a BA from Pennsylvania State University and a Masters of Social Work from BC in 1978.

Laura Sen, president and CEO of BJ’s Wholesale club and BC ’78, was profiled in an article released by Bloomberg Business in January and shared how she acquired her position of president and CEO of BJ’s Wholesale club—an

American membership-only warehouse club chain primarily on the east coast of the U.S.. In 2009 Sen was promoted to CEO. In her Bloomberg article, she gave advice to readers, “If you’re curious, enthusiastic, smart, and passionate, you’re gonna get the job,” she said.

Jeanette Clough, president and CEO of Mount Auburn Hospital and BC ’82, graduated with a background in nursing and has worked to drastically improve patient safety in her role as President and CEO of Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, Mass. She was recognized for her work cutting back on unprofitable services and adding revenuegenerating programs that helped to financially stabilize a Waltham hospital where she was CEO before coming to

Mount Auburn in 1998. Her dedication to patient care and building trust are what make Clough unique among other CEOs. Judy Habib, president and CEO of KHJ Brand Activation and BC ’76, which helps brands realize their potential through better branding, strategic problem solving, and the development of an internal culture. Habib has worked at KHJ for over two decades and is known for her welcoming attitude and personal relationships with clients and coworkers. She works to preserve the soul of corporate America, the mission of KHJ. Patricia Maguire Meservey, president of Salem State University and BC ’88, has served as the university’s

13th president since July of 2007 and positioned it as a crucial business, nonprofit, and development resource for the entirety of the Commonwealth.

Working closely with various public institutions, Meservey was instrumental in gleaning for Salem State the “university” status in 2010 and significantly expanding its international repute.

Alicia Barton, chief operating officer of SunEdison and BC ’02, recently stepped down from her position as CEO and executive director of Massachusetts Clean Energy Center. Having served at MassCEC for three years, Barton and her team created nation-leading programs and initiated economically frugal clean energy projects that endeavor to improve the environment.

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N_p ^Xk_\i`e^ kf^\k_\i kf jlggfik D`qqfl dXkk\ij This past Thursday, about 200 students dressed in all black gathered outside of O’Neill Library to share stories of suffered injustices and to stand in solidarity with the students of University of Missouri.

The meeting was most directly connected to online death threats aimed at Mizzou’s black student population, which followed a string of other racist acts near and on the campus that resulted in the University’s president, Timothy Wolfe, stepping down.

The gathering should be considered a huge success, due in part to not only the mobilization of such a large number of students, but also the presence of outspoken faculty.

The current racial climate at Boston College can be traced back in part to last November, when the ruling to not indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson led to dozens of students marching from McElroy Commons to the BCPD’s office on Lower Campus. Ever since, there has been an increased interest in evaluating the University’s commitment to social justice through the lens of racial inequity.

At Thursday’s gathering, there was a noticeably larger and more diverse group of people. Rev. Michael Davidson, S.J., gave the opening prayer and associate sociology professor C. Shawn McGuffey spoke to the stories of racism that he has heard during his tenure.

The event ran smoothly, and the University showed strong signs of unity throughout this display of solidarity.

With the St. Mary’s die-in, last semester’s rallies for divestment, and multiple unsanctioned poster dumps on campus over the past year in mind—all of which drew the ire of administrators—Thursday’s event marked a shift toward more responsive University policies.

Although this “Blackout” rally was short—lasting for only about 10 minutes—seeing all of the students marching and standing in unison created a powerful image. The event was quickly approved by the

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Dean of Students, which allowed for a timely commenting on current events.

On the administrative side, this gathering was an instance where the permit rule—a rule that requires students to attain approval for demonstrations from the Dean of Students—made sense. Happening just after noon on a school day, the “Blackout” could have potentially presented a disruption to classes.

But since administrators were willing to coordinate efforts with students, there was little friction

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“We need, in love, to practice only this: letting each other go. For holding on comes easily; we do not need to learn it.”

-Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926), Bohemian-Austrian poet

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR In response to Karl Salzmann’s letters to ‘The Heights’ To be fair, when my roommate first showed me Karl Salzmann’s first letter to the editor “A Response to ‘The Heights’ Coverage of Coates’ Talk,” I hoped John Oliver would wander onto The Heights website for his latest ammunition. As I read yet another LTE “The Only Race We Should Be Talking About Is NASCAR” and Salzmann’s subsequent chomp on the bait, I scrapped the idea of a segment on John Oliver and hoped for a full-blown reality series. And, given the responses in The Heights comments section and the shared Facebook posts on my news feed, I’m assuming most of you reading this thought his stance would be fit for a sitcom, too.

Yet, I want to take a moment to look at the totality of these letters, so bear with me. I read many comments suggesting Salzmann may be right, and many more condemning him as ignorant, sheltered, or just plain stupid. And I loved all of it. Every LTE he wrote. Every attacking or supporting comment. Hell, even every Facebook post about it. It was great, fantastic even. Let me explain….

I don’t love what Salzmann is saying. Frankly, I’m not sure anyone could.

I don’t even love that he’s speaking without fear of reputation tarnishing or hope of appeal to others. Although, many may find speaking your mind courageous (looking at those in Donald Trump’s camp).

But, I love that he can speak.

I love that he’s able, and apparently more than a little eager, to use his voice. I love that a black presidential hopeful can compare the sitting

President’s healthcare policies to slavery. I love that a billionaire businessman with a fox on his head and an impregnable love of the word “China” can open his mouth to spew nonsense about one group of people one day and another the next. I love that a group of football players can help earn a more important victory off the field than they ever could on it.

Let’s take a wider scope, shall we. It seems every other day the news cycles are filled with outrageous, politically or factually incorrect claims by politicians, celebrities, or Facebook friends you haven’t unfriended yet. You may hate what these people are saying, but you should love that they can say it. You may think they are ignorant or uneducated, maybe even just plain stupid, but they have a right to be, don’t they?

The beauty of this entire situation is that it’s our right to make our own opinions and submit it to newspapers, or to post them on Facebook, or voice them in a conversation.

At the end of the day, we will progress because of our right to dialogue on anything and everything we choose. It is our right to our opinions, right or wrong, that push our country forward.

Growth will only come with unbound dialogue, and unbound dialogue is only possible with freedom of speech.

I don’t like what Salzmann is saying or that he’s saying it, but I love that he can.

The Heights welcomes Letters to the Editor not exceeding 400 words and column submissions that do not exceed 700 words for its op/ed pages.

The Heights reserves the right to edit for clarity, brevity, accuracy, and to prevent libel. The Heights also reserves the right to write headlines and choose illustrations to accompany pieces submitted

to the newspaper.

Submissions must be signed and should include the author’s connection to Boston College, address, and phone number. Letters and columns can be submitted online at www.bcheights.com, by email to editor@bcheights.com, in person, or by mail to Editor, The Heights, 113 McElroy Commons, Chestnut Hill, Mass. 02467.

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in its planning, and the demonstration actually benefitted from the faculty’s increased awareness of it.

Some teachers with 12 p.m. classes even decided to start a half hour late so that students could participate.

At the end of the gathering, a picture was taken of all of the participants with their fists raised up in the air—a symbolic gesture for standing in solidarity with the students in Missouri. It was the University functioning at its best.

In stark contrast to national headlines—which have dismissed similar protests as the outcry of a coddled generation—this was a place for discussion, a place for prayer, and an occasion in which free speech could flourish.

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The investigation into Friday’s events

and those behind it is still ongoing, though the Islamic State has taken responsibility for the attack.

Of those, some were American, including a 23-year-old college student, Nohemi Gonzalez, from California State University, Long Beach.

A few hours after the attack, Nick Gozik, the director of the Office of

International Programs (OIP), confirmed that all of the 37 Boston College students studying abroad in Paris are safe. Gozik said that on-site coordinator Ophelie Landrin, has reached out to and received responses from all of the students just after the attacks.

University Spokesperson Jack Dunn managed to promptly confirm the safety of the students. A release online noted that coordinators in other parts of Europe have been checking in on BC students as well.

The staff at OIP should be applauded for providing information about the safety of BC students so soon after the attack. This prompt response allowed the vital information to be passed along to the student body and the general public within a few hours of the news breaking.

Going forward, OIP should continue to ensure that all students traveling abroad—especially to major world cities that could be more vulnerable to attack—are briefed on the procedures to follow in an instance of terrorism or other emergency.

The views expressed in the above editorials represent the official position of The Heights, as discussed and written by the

Editorial Board. A list of the members of the Editorial Board can be found at bcheights. com/opinions.

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DOGS ON CAMPUS - Can all professors just own golden retrievers?

And can all those professors bring those dogs to work with them?

How miserable can a 9 a.m. be if you walk in to find that there’s a freaking fluffy ball of joy and bliss wagging its tail and running around looking to play with people? Because there’s no, like, socially acceptable way to approach strangers in the middle of the Quad and ask to play with their dog, the professor bringing his or her pet to class is the surefire way to get in time. I mean, you have to be in class anyway.

GREAT JACKETS - Campus is a sea of blacks and greys during the winter—all of those Northface and Patagonia jackets make everything feel so bland and mediocre. As if the weather itself weren’t already bad. So, hats off to those who go outside of the norm. Those whacky, bright color jackets with the strange buttons and huge hoods make the campus look like a carnival show—in a good way.

Things are stressful enough—bring some color into life, people.

THE OFFICE - One of the greatest shows of all time is even better the third time around. When looking to pass the time, it’s easy to turn to all of the new content that Netflix is offering, but sometimes the golden eggs are the ones that have been sitting around the longest.

STOKES’ AMBIANCE - With nowhere to go sometimes, we find ourselves gravitating toward the ne west academic building on campus. Why? It’s strange-looking, yes, and even more strangely laid out—who in their right mind would come up with this maze-like floor-plan—but it’s also comfortable to be in, almost like a fireplace and a blanket on a cold day. Scott behind the counter serving coffee, classrooms with comfortable seats and good lighting—sometimes, it’s the little things.

MAC-AND-CHEESE AT THE RAT - We’re looking for a delicious lunch and quick lines. The Rat only really has the latter. Have you tried the macand-cheese there? We thought that Kraft Foods was getting away with murder with their terrible gooey crap, but it turns out that The Rat looks like it has taken the cake.

THANKSGIVING IS SO CLOSE - Looking forward to getting a break and actually getting to sleep in? Sure.

But we feel like we have so much work left to do here—so much to learn, so many more friendships to form—and so little time to actually do it this semester. When our once-a-week class teacher tells us we only have three classes left, it gives us a reason to freak out.

Finals go by quickly and then we’ll go home, and another semester of our college careers will be put in the books.

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Aspartame. That little, difficult to pronounce word has been villainized and fetishized to such a degree that you would be hard-pressed to find a bigger buzzword in the current consumer climate. Its critics have implicated the chemical in everything from headaches to cancer.

Aspartame, largely known by its common name, Equal, is a victim of unfounded accusations and botched studies that have since been refuted. But in the court of public opinion, those facts matter little. Perception is king in today’s age, a harsh reality which led PepsiCo to drop the chemical from their diet brands at the end of this past summer. Citing flagging sales, the company claimed to be providing consumers with the product for which they had been clamoring. The plan seems to have backfired and now, over recent months, PepsiCo is leaking sales from their diet brands faster than ever. Still, the importance of PepsiCo’s declining profits and the wailing of their diehard fans over the change in formula pales in comparison to their skewed motivation and the utter mania of the market to which they attempted to cater.

Perhaps the most glaring piece of evidence to truly support the accusation of mania is the fact that Aspartame has yet to be dropped in any markets except for the U.S., and there are no plans to do so.

Somehow in an era where the rest of the world is purported to possess scientific superiority to the U.S., American consumers refuse to listen to even international health agencies. For some reason, the customer base and general public refuse to believe the FDA despite the

agency saying the exact same thing as its global counterparts: Aspartame is safe.

The fact that the chemical hasn’t been dropped in other markets is indicative of our collective health mania. Rather than taking the time to tackle something worthwhile like comprehensive and bipartisan health care reform we would rather lobby a company to change one of their main products and proceed to entirely fail to put our money where our mouths are in buying it. If removing Aspartame was really the thing standing between PepsiCo and healthy sales, we should have expected to see an uptake

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Word of mouth has nearly killed the concept of historical truth because when

it comes to health care and illness we, especially Americans, desperately crave a boogeyman. We hate powerlessness and nescience, especially in the face of a prolific terror like cancer. Yet again, rather than putting our money where our mouth is and properly investing in robust disease research, we’re content to childishly extend our index fingers and crown a culprit. The asbestos case gives us something to wrap our minds around. All along we were ignorantly playing with a dangerous substance we took to be safe that ultimately resulted in so many cases of cancer. We so easily invest ourselves in this example because it implies that there is a simple answer, something just out of our grasp that we were too ignorant to see. A direct cause, a boogeyman.

This is why we fall hook, line, and sinker for the snake oil salesmen and health nuts that will point to use of this substance or that and outline our respective salvation or damnation as a result.

Aspartame gives you cancer. Acai berries kill cancer and make you lose weight to boot. The droves of people who hear these things begin repeating them until it becomes a sort of gospel. And rather than addressing the scary idea that we don’t truly understand a horror like cancer we fool ourselves into believing the boogeyman is right there, just outside our grasp. Truth in the marketplace is dictated and established by the customer, but in this case PepsiCo was fooled into following the path of a debacle the likes of which haven’t been seen since New Coke. They were fooled into believing that the truth really mattered to their customers anymore when in reality it is more fragile than ever, a house of cards built from empty words and baseless speculation.

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KATHERINE BELSITO Nostalgia looms. What were once firsts become lasts. No more football tailgates in the Mods. The final time I sign onto Boston College UIS, come and gone. Fall midterms, static events of the past—never did I think I would become sentimental about exams. Amazing what time can do to one’s pathos.

Perspective, perspective, perspective.

That’s what I’m told. Four years—friends made, classes passed, games attended, hours in O’Neill, in Hillside, in Stokes—all culminating in the ending of a moment.

The existential crisis of a graduating collegiate.

Reflecting on this occasion, let us consider recent news about a study conducted by the Office of Institutional Research, Planning and Assessment at BC. The study revealed a disparity in confidence levels between our freshman and senior selves.

The female graduate, despite maintaining a high GPA, has, by and large, lost confidence. As I mull over these last four years, I can (painfully) admit to identifying with this data. Although I do not regard myself as particularly lacking in self-assurance, I do feel as though my freshman self was far more eager to dive in, head first. My senior self, I now realize, is gripping helplessly to memories gone by, wary of leaving them behind as I step out into the arena, the big leagues of adult life.

While it is true that this decrease is partially attributed to experiencing the male-dominated hookup culture, the me-

dia’s pressure on women to be effortlessly perfect, and the stress of our demanding student life, I see a bigger culprit at work here—a lack of an empowered sense of self, due to my own regrets.

Forget external circumstances. In all honesty, my loss of confidence has to do with reminiscing on things I wish I did but didn’t, friends I wish I made but haven’t, relationships with teachers I wish I cultivated just a little bit more, but stopped short instead. I do not mean this to be a treatise on self-pity. I simply mean to impart to younger students advice I wish I listened to when I thought myself more invincible and complete, as I’m sure

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I remember being told at freshman orientation: Get involved. “Of course,” I thought to myself. But then I applied to a few positions and got rejected, so instead I committed myself to my classwork, thinking the whole time, “I’ll apply again to get involved, just not right now.”

As I let semesters pass, it seemed increasingly difficult to insert myself into our vibrant extracurricular life. Maybe that concern has a basis, maybe not—I don’t know, since I never really tried again.

If you are going to heed anything here, it should be this—do not put off what you

can do today until tomorrow. Sentimentality aside, time really does fly by. Opportunities are missed.

That is my challenge to the undergraduates. To my peers in the class of 2016 who might be feeling as I do right now, we can find a different antidote to the problem at hand. Let’s return to the age-old chant— perspective, perspective, perspective. In order to make the most of these coming months, we must not allow ourselves to fall into the trap of retrospective wistfulness.

To once again become that younger, more forward-thinking version of ourselves, we must posture to let the past go. Not to forget the happiness or sadness of reminiscence, no, but to be focused on what is now in our control rather than what was.

Thus our rhetorical situation—if there is any time for confidence, it should be right now. Let us not fall victim to the statistics. Together, we can graduate with a sense of renewed energy, motivation, and power, if we only help ourselves to get there in tandem. We can still make new friends. We can still live new experiences.

We can always keep learning.

Now is the time to do what we haven’t.

We have a rekkj newed sense of purpose— let us act on it. Ask that cute boy in your dorm out on a date. Sit down with your professor and discuss the complexities of life. Take the class you’ve always wanted to.

Ever to excel, right?

If my sentimentality has been mawkish, forgive me. If you are not one for romantic nostalgia, forgive me. But if we look beyond the gooeyness of these words, I know we can all find meaning here. Let us attend to it.

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I like rules. I have for as long as I can remember. When I traveled with my family and my mom would try to board the plane just one group before the one assigned to us, I would stand in place and refuse to go up with her. Back when you weren’t allowed to listen to music before takeoff on an airplane, I would make myself nearly sick with anxiety as my brother blatantly disobeyed the standard and well-known rules. Let’s just say I don’t like to cause waves. I like to maintain the calm at all costs and not draw any attention—something I didn’t fully realize about myself until I came to college.

Growing up in a conservative southern city, I was probably the cookie cutter teenage girl in Dallas—I sported those ridiculously oversized T-shirts (they’re actually extremely comfortable), rocked some pretty rad Chacos (similar to Tevas, but let’s be honest, they are completely different), had at least three different cowboy boots, and I would have taken my parent’s Republican political views to the grave. This was me, and I didn’t really think twice about how I was pretty much exactly the same as every other girl in my school. When I came to Boston College, my self-perception was on a rollercoaster. At one moment, I didn’t mind having the Longchamp tote bag I had since middle school, nor the black Hunter rain boots—materials deemed to be possessed by “The BC Bitty” (I hate that term, for the record). Yeah OK, so I have some of the same things as a lot of other people at BC—but up until I realized that everyone and their mother seemed to have them, I really did like these possessions. Once I realized that these objects were things that my peers rolled their eyes over, classifying them as “basic” among other descriptions, I thought twice before pulling them out of my closet.

On one side, I didn’t want to be just like everyone else. I wanted to sport my individuality and make sure I couldn’t simply be thrown into a classification of “typical.”

But then on the flipside, I didn’t want to be completely different, either. For the first few months of freshman year, I walked around campus almost every day wearing my cowboy boots. I took pride in that sturdy pair of leather boots which represented my home, where I came from, and a bit of my personality. But quickly, I no longer wanted to face the stares that I felt were coming my way. I cringed every time I heard the clackclack of the heels on the pavement, because I knew that sound welcomed weird looks. I retreated to my high school self, and simply wanted to blend in.

So I was stuck. Do I fashion the materials that, although I truly liked them, were regarded as standard uniform, or do I take pride in my unique accessory and rock them anyway? Throughout sophomore year, the boots only made one appearance—and it was for a country-themed party, no less. I finally had an excuse to wear them, because I knew that no questions would be asked.

Individual appearance was not the only aspect that was dulled once I came to BC. As mentioned, I was born into a conservative family where cursing was simply not tolerated (as deemed by my mother). Since birth practically, I have heard that “Ladies do not curse, Catherine, and gentlemen do not curse around ladies.” But once I came to college, so many guys and gals alike amazed me by throwing around the f-word like it was no one’s business. Sure, I would drop an f-bomb here or there on the volleyball court in high school when I would make a mistake, but I would never include it in a common conversation. I just didn’t get that kind of talk. Now, I hear the f-word and rarely think twice about it. In fact, I regrettably even include it my own casual conversations.

Gone are the days when I would cringe at the mention, or make a mental note when someone’s mouth was particularly dirty. I have to question—is this just the way that we speak to each other now? Do I just need to accept this reality?

Part of me wants to hold on to the conservative, cowboy-boot-wearing gal from the South, because it does set me apart. But then again, there’s that other part of me that just wants to blend in and go with the flow.

I think we do need to hold on to what makes us individuals. Anyone can just follow the common vernacular, or dress the common uniform. It takes confidence to break out of this mode, and let one’s personality show, whether it be through dress or speech.

I’ve decided: the language is cleaning up and the boots are coming out.

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Jkl[\ekj Zfem\p jkfi`\j f] iXZ`Xc k\ej`fe `e Ê9cXZbflkË Blackout, from A1 Barb Jones and I had dinner with a group of students recently who shared some painful experiences related to race that they have had on campus,” Mogan said in an email. “I believe that the University has done a good job of responding to incidents of bias and racism that have occurred on campus when they have been brought to our attention. While we address these individual incidents, we are also committed to continuing our work on the larger issues of race and inclusion on campus.”

Approximately 200 students gathered outside O’Neill Library to share their stories on the rainy Thursday afternoon. Rev. Michael Davidson, S.J., started the demonstration with a prayer praising the idea of solidarity and communion. The demonstration validated the struggles that Mizzou students are currently facing, Laast said.

Students from the crowd volunteered to speak about their personal experiences with racism on campus. Many spoke about their lack of comfort on BC’s campus and their frustration with the administration’s lack of effort in addressing racial tensions.

“The Mizzou thing is not unique to that

school because it’s in the South or because it’s in Missouri,” James Kale, chair of AHANA Leadership Council and LSOE ’16, said. “We all go through this across the board at different institutions. It’s something we have been fighting for. At least we know another school is going through what we are going through.”

Sadiq Ervin, MCAS ’19, spoke at the rally about his cousin at the University of Missouri, and how he hopes to show her that there are people who stand with her across the country.

“I just felt like I should come out to support—I have a cousin at Mizzou,” Ervin said.

“I look forward to posting pictures, and having this [event] get around so I can tell her, ‘We stand with you and we support you.’”

Associate sociology professor C. Shawn McGuffey, who has worked at the University for 10 years, spoke about the stories of racism he has heard from students of color during his tenure. He said that the demonstration was the largest showing of solidarity that he has witnessed while at BC. Sociology professor Stephen Pfohl, who was at the rally but did not speak, echoed McGuffey after the event, saying that he believes racism still exists on campus. On the afternoon of

the demonstration, Pfohl wore an “Eradicate Boston College Racism Movement” T-shirt in support of the group whose aim is to eradicate injustice and racism at BC. “While it is fortunate that BC has not recently experienced dramatic displays of overt racism, such as those apparently manifest at University Missouri, it is important to recognize that a variety of more subtle forms of institutional racism and the microaggressions that accompany it remain in place on our campus as in society as a whole,” Pfohl said in an email. “This was underscored in some of the moving comments made by students at yesterday’s rally.”

Pfohl said that Mogan’s approval of the demonstration shows the administration’s efforts to work with students to solve issues that arise from racial injustice on campus.

Laast said that students and faculty should take the love that was shared at the “Blackout” with them into their daily lives at BC. Laast also contacted Cai Thomas, MCAS ’16, to film the rally on Thursday. The footage that Thomas gathered was shown on CBS’ local affiliate, which airs in the Greater Boston area.

“With events surrounding race, you start to see the same people, but I saw faces at the

rally that I had never seen before, which was really cool,” Thomas said. “There are so many students who are really trying to facilitate a different type of change so that freshman students of color come and don’t feel uncomfortable within the first two weeks. It’s very hard to hear stories from freshmen already who are facing intimidation on campus.”

The Thea Bowman AHANA and Intercultural Center plans to hold additional events in the coming days concerning the threats at the University of Missouri. Laast said that the AHANA Leadership Council is currently planning a vigil for those affected by the events in Missouri.

Olivia Hussey, vice president of UGBC and MCAS ’17, said the UGBC Executive Council was in support of the “Blackout” and stands in solidarity with the students at the University of Missouri. She hopes that BC students will continue to come together to fight racism and discrimination on campus.

“The vitality of University life depends on a safe environment, one that is free of racism and fear,” Hussey said in an email. “By uniting together today at the center of our campus, we hope to show Missouri students we stand with them.”

JULIA HOPKINS / HEIGHTS STAFF

Thursday’s demonstration, organized rapidly on Wednesday, saw students join together on O’Neill Plaza to stand in solidarity with the students at the University of Missouri and share their stories of race relations.

8]k\i X n\\b\e[ f] k\iifi# `k n`cc Y\ aljk Xefk_\i Dfe[Xp `e GXi`j Jenn Suh It’s Sunday evening here in Paris, and I am sitting in my room, which I’ve been doing for most of the day, because I’ve been glued to my computer screen following updates about the attacks. Reading old articles about ISIS, Al Qaeda, terrorism, Sept. 11, and the wars in the Middle East, I’m trying to help myself understand what is happening to the world right now.

I wish I wasn’t sitting here doing this. What I really want to do is get away from Facebook, which I keep checking because I think it’s giving me this false sense of security. It’s as if I am with other people during this time of crisis, and am talking, in person, to the BC students studying in Paris about what they’re thinking and how they’re feeling after the attacks on Friday night. Do they feel as scared and confused and shocked and uncertain and lost as I am? And if they do feel the same way, are we all just overreacting to a terrorist attack that is now over and being dealt with by France and its allies?

I’m questioning my own thoughts and emotions, as I’ve been experiencing two different types of reactions when I tell people what I’m thinking and how I’m feeling after the attacks.

The first: they tell me that they are also scared and confused and that they don’t feel safe walking outside in Paris this weekend. The second: they say that I shouldn’t be scared, because now that Paris has been attacked, the government has implemented maximum security and protection within the city.

And, since these kinds of shootings and bombings can happen anytime and anywhere throughout the world, the attacks on Friday night are just one example of what can happen.

This second reaction is what made me question myself, because those words are true—yes, the police are on high alert in Paris right now, and these

attacks could have also happened in another city, in another country, in an entirely different continent. But I think it’s okay to be scared.

The funny thing is, I wasn’t scared on the night of the attacks. I was invited to a dinner party that evening and arrived at an apartment in the 10th Arrondissement with my friend at around 10 p.m. Not too long after we got there, we could hear sirens, and everyone gathered around the balcony to see what was going on, but the police had already passed. Someone eventually turned on the news, and that’s when all of us realized something really bad was happening. I soon had to accept the fact that I was not going home that night, nor was I going to be able to.

To my rough knowledge, the roads near the apartment had been blocked off and the subway had been shut down. I opened the Uber app on my phone a few hours later to see if there were any drivers around, and I got a message saying cars were not available at the moment because of the emergency situation. Still, two friends I had met at the dinner party persisted with me in at least considering going home throughout the night until about 3 a.m, even though we knew all along that we weren’t going home. It would have been foolish to leave the apartment and go outside, possibly exposing ourselves to another shooting or bombing, especially since we were only a few minutes away from the concert venue and the restaurants where multiple shootings had just occurred.

But I think I was in denial that night, not wanting to accept the gravity of the situation. I tried sleeping that night but couldn’t, and I ended up going home in an Uber in the morning.

What I distinctly remember from that night was everyone looking at their phones to send messages, call their family, and follow the news.

Facebook turned on its safety check feature, which automatically asked

anyone in or near Paris to mark themselves safe if they were. I recently deleted the Facebook app from my phone, so I couldn’t do this with my slow Internet connection, but I saw firsthand how useful social media can be for spreading and sharing information in times of crisis.

Around 1 a.m., a friend who is studying abroad in Paris called me.

She asked me where I was and if I was safe. “I’m not at home, I’m in the area close to the attacks, but I’m safe,” I said. She began crying a little, which surprised me, because I couldn’t see in that exact moment why she was crying. I knew she was alone and scared, but I was not alone and not truly scared—yet. It was not until Saturday night, when I tried to fall asleep for the first time since the attacks, that I felt alone and truly scared. My hands

were shaking, and I started to cry. I couldn’t believe I was crying, because I wasn’t hurt or in imminent danger.

I was safe in bed at home, and I knew that President of France Francois Hollande and the French government were on top of this—he vowed a “merciless” response to the attacks.

But I cried anyway, and I let myself cry. Now I completely understood why my friend had felt that way then, and I wanted to rewind time to be with her that night.

Tomorrow, I’m going to wake up, and it’ll be just another Monday. I’ll be sitting on the metro, walking out on the streets, and going to my classes.

And I’m going to stop being scared, because we can’t let the bad guys make us live in constant fear after these attacks.

I’d like to end on this: please,

please, pray for this world. Not just for the people of Paris, but for everyone who has been affected by these evil people whose goodness has been taken away from them. As one of my close friends pointed out, prayer isn’t just for the religious. I don’t even think you have to be spiritual to pray, now that I think about it. I don’t know where I am in terms of religion or spirituality, but I know I’m going to pray with my heart for there to be a better world, for the families and friends who’ve lost their loved ones to heal, for the migrants to get their homes back, and for everyone to realize that blaming a group of people or a religion is not the solution.

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Philadelphia residents gathered Saturday for a candlelight vigil in support of the French people and victims of the Paris attacks.

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The future of Boston College basketball established itself in the present in one brief sequence on Saturday afternoon.

In his own defensive zone, freshman A.J. Turner slid in to help on defense and pickpocketed St. Francis Brooklyn’s Dagur Jonsson. He snagged the loose ball from the hardwood and, all in one motion, wrapped the ball around his back to avoid the desperate reach of Yunus Hopkinson.

Exploding up the floor with agility that few 6-foot-7 collegiate players

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“I know what our team is capable of doing,” Jim Christian said. “It’s just that nobody else does.”

In BC’s 75-49 victory over St. Francis Brooklyn, the Eagles’ extensive freshman class served notice that it was ready for the challenge of filling the gaps on a team that lost 84 percent of its scoring and 79 percent of its minutes from last year. The six freshmen playing meaningful minutes scored 45 points.

While their output may have impressed the fans in attendance, it certainly didn’t shock their coach.

Year Two of Christian’s tenure began with an unexpectedly coherent game on both sides of the floor, mix-

possess, Turner looked up to see his roommate, Jerome Robinson, streaking down the opposite sideline. With a smooth flick of the wrist, Turner snapped off a cross-court pass with ultimate precision as he neared the center of the floor. Robinson caught the ball in stride just outside the 3point line. Without taking a dribble, he sprung from the floor and rose up toward the rim.

St. Francis forward Jon Doss should have known what was about to happen.

He could’ve saved himself (and his team) some embarrassment by just

See BC vs. St. Francis, B3

ing largely positive strides with a few issues that will be of concern for the foreseeable future.

Three Up 1. Team Defense - For a young team, an immediate area of concern is team defense. Coaches worry if young players will remember the scheme, knowing where to help and when to scamper back to their man. Christian echoed this sentiment. “You don’t know what they’re going to retain,” he said. For the moment, it appears that BC’s freshmen retained everything they learned in the film room.

Offensively, St. Francis attempted to generate almost all of its offense from pick-and-roll plays. The team tried to

See Basketball Notebook, B3

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It would have been a reasonable decision for fans to leave Conte Forum early on Friday. Boston College men’s hockey had a huge lead entering the final 10 minutes and looked poised to win behind the strength of goaltender Thatcher Demko. Anyone who did so missed a whale of a finish.

Alex Tuch’s breakaway goal put the Eagles up 4-1 with 7:47 to go. And with a white-hot Demko, a three-goal lead re-

sembled an uncrossable chasm. Michigan State University quickly changed that.

First came a one-timer past Demko’s right shoulder by J.T. Stenglein. Then came a two-on-one breakaway by Cody Milan and Brennan Sanford, the latter of whom put it away only 30 seconds later. Eleven seconds after that, Zach Osburn rifled a shot off the boards that bounced perfectly to Michael Ferrantino, who dished it to Mason Appleton. Suddenly, a 4-1 game became a 4-4 tie.

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9P :8D@CC< ?FD8 =fi K_\ ?\`^_kj In an exhilarating burst in the third period, Michigan State (4-4-1) scored three goals against Boston College (9-1-0) within two minutes to bring the game to 4-4, causing BC to lose its three-goal lead. It was a tie score, and the period was half over.

The Spartans’ Third Period Hustle The first goal in Michigan State’s thirdperiod surge came right off a goal by BC’s Alex Tuch, who skated down the middle of

the ice and sent the puck past goaltender Jake Hildebrand at 12:13 into the period. Despite being down by three goals, the Spartans continued to play hard and pursue scoring opportunities close in on the net.

In an effort to cut the deficit, Travis Walsh skated down the ice toward goalie Thatcher Demko 30 seconds later and sent a pass over to an unguarded J.T. Stenglein at the left dot, who netted the puck. Subsequent goals by Brennan Sanford and Mason Appleton brought the game to an even score. “I

See Hockey Notebook, B3

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Women’s basketball: Perfect start BC began its season the right way, winning on the road at PC and home vs. Maine..B2

Field hockey:

Not quite enough

The Eagles put up a good run in the NCAA Tournament, but saw their season end...B4

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KEATON MCAULIFFE The crowd is going nuts. The roar is deafening, but nobody can make out any words over the noise. School logos and team colors blend together in the mob as they start to creep in closer, trying not to miss a moment of the action, all the while cheering and screaming louder and louder.

But I’m not at Alumni Stadium. I’m nowhere near Conte Forum. I’m not watching football, basketball, hockey, or any sport that involves balls or people body-slamming each other for them.

Nope, I’m in Boston, at Franklin Park, at the NCAA Cross Country Championship.

My relationship with running started pretty much how everyone else’s did: I hated it. I only started to run to train for high school soccer tryouts. From there, it’s a sappy story: I did indoor track to “stay in shape,” as all high school freshman girls like to say. Eventually I started running more and more, and liking it more and more. I decided to ditch soccer, “follow my heart,” and run cross country, as one does.

Anyway, my cheeky love story with running is not the point. I’m not going to preach about how everyone should try running, that they’ll grow to really like it, or that anyone can do it—that sort of thing. I can’t make you love running if you don’t. But I can try to make you like watching it.

Cross country is a spectator sport. I’ll pause for laughter.

It’s hard to appreciate running if you don’t do it. It’s easy to just shrug it off. A lot of people are impressed by the ability of runners, but don’t care enough to go and watch it.

And even those who might have interest don’t understand. They wonder how anyone’s supposed to watch running when the runners are, you know, running.

They disappear in and out of the woods, and you don’t see them half the time unless you run alongside them. What kind of spectator sport is that?

A spectator sport is normally one in which people have a designated place to sit and watch: a stadium, an arena, a couch. When watching cross country, there’s no sitting. It requires constant movement from the people watching, maybe even a bit of running.

I know all of that sounds less than appealing, but stick with me.

There’s a certain amount of energy and spirit that comes with spectator sports.

Think about the sounds and sights of a stadium—think about all that hype. Now take that whole atmosphere, put it in a wide open space outdoors, and set it loose. It’s like releasing a herd of restless golden retriever puppies. Arguably, that’s the scene of a cross country meet.

I’ve never been to a meet just as a spectator, always as a runner. I’ve never been just to watch, and it is significantly different on the other side. Naturally, I have certain emotions attached to cross country—I got nervous and anxious and twitchy just standing and watching the runners go by me. I had to keep telling myself that I was not here to actually race, and there were a few times where I had to tell myself to keep breathing normally.

But regardless of my personal stake in running, I had a new experience the day I went to watch the Eagles’ race. Maybe it’s because I’m usually the one running, and by the finish my ears aren’t working and my eyes can only focus on the next step I have to take. But as I perched along the final straightaway stretch, I felt something I had never experienced before.

Because the crowd really was going insane. There was so much yelling I instinctively covered my ears. You wouldn’t think the quiet sport that strolls through the woods would have crowds cheer-

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THUMBS UP THA CARTER 3  When you watch a basketball player score at will from nearly any spot on the floor, it’s a very special thing.

Eli Carter was in the zone on Saturday afternoon, scoring 23 points on 53 percent shooting.

Even a few of his heat-check shots from deep were connecting. On a team without a lot of proven scoring options, Carter will have his chance to take the lion’s share of BC’s shot opportunities from the field.

GOING VIRAL  So this is what it’s like to be famous. A tweet containing a GIF of Jerome Robinson’s emphatic dunk from Asst. Sports Editor Tom DeVoto (follow him on Twitter @DeVotoHeights) got over 125 retweets and 80 likes during BC’s game against St. Francis Brooklyn. We assume his verified check mark will be arriving shortly.

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There was 6:48 remaining on the clock. Boudreau was handed the ball.

The ref blew his whistle, beginning the five48 second Maine Boston College 55 countdown. Boudreau called out the play: “five.” Her team shuffled around.

Boudreau looked around for an open teammate. Spotted. She inbounded the ball before it was fed back to her.

Boudreau went up for the layup on the right. She faked and dropped it down the left post to Ella Awobajo, who one-timed it in.

The Eagles had to work together to make an offensive push offensively.

But it was not the perfectly planned plays that allowed them to win. The defense stood strong to keep its opponent within reach even when the offense struggled. Boston College (2-0) women’s basketball defeated the University of Maine (1-1) 55-48 in a thrilling home opener.

Junior Kelly Hughes struck first with a 3-pointer to put the Eagles on

THUMBS DOWN CAKEWALK FOR THE IRISH - The latter half of the College Football Playoff Top 10 had a rough weekend, as Baylor, Stanford, LSU, and Utah all suffered losses. While there are still a number of good teams at the top of the rankings, it looks as if Notre Dame should make the Playoff, assuming it wins out.

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With 3:41 to go in the fourth quarter of a tight game, sophomore point guard Martina Mosetti got caught underneath a ball screen, and Maine’s Sigi Koizar buried a three. Finally, for the first time all day, she had broken free from Mosetti’s shackles. The play offered a glimpse of what the storyline might’ve been for Boston College women’s basketball had Mosetti not stuck to Koizar like a tongue on a frozen light pole.

THREE UP Team Defense: “How nice is it to be able to count on your defense when you’re not having a great offensive night?” head coach Erik Johnson said to his team in the locker room.

The Eagles held Maine to 32.7 percent shooting from the floor, and the Black Bears only connected on five of their 26 shots from beyond the arc. Koizar, an America East First Team selection in 2014-15, couldn’t get into any sort of offensive rhythm, as Mosetti chased her around an

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endless maze of ball screens and held the guard to a 5-for-16 night from the field.

This offseason, Johnson scrapped the old zones BC used in years past and implemented the pack-line defense, a conservative man-to-man scheme popularized by longtime men’s college basketball coach Dick Bennett. Employed by such defensive savants as University of Wisconsin head coach Bo Ryan and University of Virginia skipper Tony Bennett, the pack-line defense aims to choke off dribble penetration at the 3-point line and funnel would-be attackers toward help defenders.

“It’s the kind of defense where you have to be there for your teammates,” senior guard Nicole Boudreau said.

Other than a few communication hiccups that led to easy layups for the Black Bears, the Eagles executed their new system to near perfection.

“Everyone’s chasing up and over screens the whole entire game because they know they’ve got someone behind them,” Boudreau said. “That’s something we’re gonna start making

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Boston College took on Providence College on Friday for the women’s basketball season opener in Providence, Boston College 67 R.I. After Providence 41 a disappointing and turbulent 2014-15 season for the Eagles, the team’s potential was shown with a strong victory against the Friars.

While BC came out slow, down 4-0 for the first four minutes of play with a number of turnovers and fouls, guard Kelly Hughes showed fans what this team can do by putting the Eagles on the board with a 3-pointer.

The Eagles return much of the

same starter as last year—Hughes, senior captain Nicole Boudreau, junior Emilee Daley, and sophomore Katie Quandt—while adding redshirt freshman Ella Awobajo to the mix.

Still down 6-5 with 4:40 left in the first quarter, Hughes led the Eagles to 9-0 run with a decisive trey to finish the first quarter 18-16.

The tide began to change for the Friars soon after—PC had multiple turnovers to end the first 10 minutes of play, resulting in BC scoring 10 points off of turnovers in the first frame alone.

Coming off last season as the only returning player who was punished, Boudreau saw one of her few good plays in the last seconds of the first period with a steal and jump shot.

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26-24 edge coming out of halftime, but offensive woes continued into the second half. Black Bears tied it up before slowly pulling away 15 seconds into the half. With five minutes left in the quarter, Maine was up by four and the Eagles had not made a basket in three and a half minutes. Johnson knew he had to step in and called a timeout.

Coming out of the break, Mariella Fasoula wrestled through three defenders on the post to put in a layup. But the Black Bears answered back when Liz Wood drained a three.

Maine had its largest lead of the game with a score of 38-31.

The Eagles did not back down.

Freshman Stephanie Jones responded with a triple.

Fasoula and Boudreau both drained their foul shots to knot the game at 38 with one quarter to go.

Although the offense gave BC the push it needed to get back into the game, the team attributes the success to the defense.

With pathline defense in play, the Eagles need to stick to their opponents on defense but be willing to step off

to help a teammate. “Everyone was chasing up and over screens because they knew they had someone right there behind them,” Boudreau said.

“We are all committed. We have to be there for our teammates.”

The Eagles stood united and were ready to take back the lead. The teams had 10 minutes to prove themselves.

Martina Mosetti nailed a jumper, giving the Eagles their first lead since halftime. And after scoring 15 unanswered points, BC was up 46-38, calling for a Maine timeout.

The Black Bears came back with a little assistance. The Eagles had not committed any fouls this entire quarter, but three shooting fouls and a 3-pointer allowed Maine to close the gap. With 40.6 seconds left in the game, BC only led 51-46.

Coming out of a timeout, Maine inbounded the ball and made a quick, wide-open layup. With 36.2 seconds left BC had the ball.

Mosetti was fouled and missed both shots, however, Alexa Coulombe snagged the rebound and quickly dished it off to Boudreau, who passed it off to Hughes. The junior was

fouled on the play, and then drained both from the charity stripe, her first baskets since the opening string of threes.

Thirty-one seconds remained on the clock. BC led 53-48. With plenty of time to make a comeback, Maine had the ball. The defense was in place, but Mosetti had other plans.

Sophie Weckstrom took the ball across half court, looking for an open teammate. Mosetti saw her chance and swiped the ball straight out of Weckstrom’s hands before tossing it off to Hughes.

Hughes was fouled and made both free throws, sealing BC’s opening day win with a score of 55-48.

The score does not show the struggle. “We never really got on track offensively, but we found a couple of ways to score, we grabs a couple of oboards and we gritted it out,” Johnson said. “We made our foul shots down the stretch and we defended.”

Johnson knows his team struggled, but he is still proud. “To be able to win a game on grit, to win a game on toughness, is a really big step forward for our program.”

a staple of our team.”

Ball Security Among the Guards: After made baskets, Maine employed a three-quarters court 2-2-1 zone press and fell back into an amorphous 2-3 once the Eagles moved the ball past halfcourt.

Mosetti, only a sophomore, handled the pressure with poise, making smart passes and remaining under control. She and fellow backcourt starters Boudreau and Kelly Hughes together tallied seven assists and had only one turnover.

Offensive Rebounding: Down 38-31 with just under three minutes to go in the third quarter, BC went on a 15-0 run to break the game open and flip the script. But the Eagles snagged six of their 12 total offensive rebounds during that stretch to pour in secondchance buckets. It was fitting, then, that an offensive board from senior forward Alexa Coulombe off a missed Mosetti free throw sealed the victory, as the ball then made its way to Hughes, who knocked down a pair of shots from the charity stripe.

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Defensive Rebounding: On the other end, though, BC struggled to keep Maine off the glass. The Eagles conceded 15 offensive rebounds, including six in the final quarter.

Starting center Katie Quandt didn’t manage to snag a defensive rebound, and backup Mariella Fasoula gathered only two. Both players are strong and can hold firm position under the rim, but quality rebounding also requires mobility, something on which the tandem needs improvement.

Johnson’s squad rebounded only 62 percent of Maine’s misses, a number that will have to tick upward if BC hopes to win at a high level in the ACC. Kelly Hughes’ Disappearing Act: Early in the first quarter, Hughes hit her first three shots from behind the arc and didn’t score again until sinking a free throw with 32 seconds remaining in the contest. Even in its 23 zone, Maine directed extra attention to the 3-point marksman and practically ignored freshman forward Ella Awobajo when she was farther than 10 feet from the basket. Even when

Maine doubled in the post, Hughes couldn’t shake free to find open gaps on the perimeter.

“I’m gonna take responsibility for that,” Johnson said afterward. “I’ve gotta do a better job of making sure that we can dictate what we want.”

For BC’s offensive engine to run smoothly, Hughes will have to find ways to create open space and separation from defenders.

Ball Security Among the Bigs: Overall, it was a tough day for centers Quandt and Fasoula. The latter, a freshman playing in her first home game, coughed up five turnovers, including two consecutive slip-ups in the middle of the second quarter.

Regardless, Johnson and Boudreau remained unfazed, pointing to the duo’s lack of experience.

“Our point guards are freshmen and sophomores, our centers are freshmen and sophomores,” Johnson said. “They had to learn that, hey, when there’s congestion, we can’t be dribbling the ball and trying to pass out of double teams without pivoting.”

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BETTER LUCK NEXT YEAR - A number of BC teams’ seasons were ended this past weekend, as both women’s soccer and field hockey were taken down in the NCAA Tournament.

As BC fans have gotten all too used to saying, there’s always next year.

the board. She continued to fire away and went 3-for-3 beyond the arc in the opening minutes to give her team a 9-3 lead. BC maintained a quick pace in order to get ahead early. Although the team struggled to get shots off inside the paint, the Eagles led 14-7 after one quarter.

Maine came into the second frame hot and took advantage of BC’s defense as it slowly broke down. The Black Bears, led by eight seniors, used their experience to find holes down low and connect with wide-open teammates around the arc. Maine’s offensive skills allowed them to close BC’s lead to three with a score of 16-13.

Katie Quandt and Ella Awobajo worked their way inside to give the Eagles the offensive push they needed, but the defense continued to struggle.

The team was frustrated. Coach Erik Johnson was frustrated. The bench called out to players to get back. Johnson shouted players to stick to their man-defense. But Maine still pushed through.

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NO GAME, NO PAIN - The football bye week usually ends up being one of the worst of the semester each year. But since the team was so difficult to watch this season, it actually made the weekend a lot more enjoyable. There was no time to build up hope, nor a chance for that hope to be dashed.

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This momentum for BC carried over into the second quarter with eight straight points, six of them from redshirt freshman Kailey Edwards.

The Friars only points scored in the second period was a 3-pointer from Jaovana Nogic. This 14-3 lead for the Eagles in this period alone contributed to their intensity.

Entering into the second half, BC’s 32-19 lead quickly grew to 20 with a steal and two assists from Alexa Coulombe. Her two assists were to Quandt, who had two lay-ups, and she stole the ball to give Hughes another three-pointer.

This energy made for a strong fourth quarter for the Eagles with Hughes continually leading the team.

She ultimately went 6-8 on three-

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pointers, contributing to her total of 22 points. After not scoring once in a preseason scrimmage game against Harvard University, Hughes has certainly redeemed herself. She is a force to watch out for as the Eagle’s season continues on Sunday against Maine.

The other leaders of the game were Mariella Fasoula and Edwards with 11 points apiece, Awobajo and Mosetti led the team in rebounds, each with a respective six. Yet even with the Eagles affinity for 3-pointers, it outscored the Friars 36-14 in points in the paint.

This defensive showing from BC led to forced turnovers and rushed shots from PC with a final score of 67-41.

After continually struggling last

year in the second half, the Eagles have shown that this is a new season.

This was a different team playing for BC head coach Erik Johnson than from what was seen at the end of last season.

Not only was the team more defensive, but it also played in one cohesive unit. Everyone played a part in this victory, with a total of 19 assists, as well as a big showing from the underclassmen. While a young team might have held BC back last year, the group is shaping up this season.

A 26-point win was not something BC was familiar with last year, but if the Eagles can put up more performances like this by the time ACC play rolls around, it’ll pay huge dividends on their path to a postseason run.

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“There’s always lessons to be learned as we go through the season and that was one of them,” head coach Jerry York said. “It was almost like a heavyweight bout. We took a pretty good punch and got knocked down and were reeling late in the game. We came back and showed some resolve of our own.”

York took a timeout after Mason Appleton knotted up the game, reminding Michigan State to keep its composure and “just play hockey.”

Eagles defenseman Ian McCoshen, however, took a tripping penalty on

the ensuing shift. Extending York’s analogy, BC managed to escape the ropes and danced its way to the middle of the ring by killing McCoshen’s penalty.

Seconds after McCoshen got out of the box, MSU’s Joe Cox tripped Zach Sanford as they were jostling on a faceoff outside the MSU zone. BC now had Sparty on the ropes and took advantage when Miles Wood deflected Austin Cangelosi’s rocket of a blast past Jake Hildenbrand for the game winner on the ensuing power play with 1:54 to go.

“The two keys were the special teams late in the game,” York said.

“We were able to capitalize on a power play of our own with good net position, it went off Wood’s shin pad, so we get a little lucky there, but

great positional play by Miles.”

“When you’re on the road, you can’t take a penalty in the last couple minutes of a game,” MSU head coach Tom Anastos said. “You can’t put yourself in a situation where that call can be made. It was irrelevant to the play and it ends up hurting us.”

Wood assisted on Ryan Fitzgerald’s empty-netter that delivered the official TKO. Though not a conference win, York enjoyed playing and beating MSU in their first matchup at Kelley Rink in 16 years.

“It’s always interesting when two old and traditional college hockey teams get together from different parts of the country,” York said. “I feel good about our club and the win tonight. A lot of excellent things happened to our team tonight.”

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Wanted: The Eagles’ Defense The causes of this extended effort included the Eagles’ lackluster defense. In the case of Sanford’s and Appleton’s goals, the Spartans’ offense sent and received passes close to the net, overwhelming

Demko and the Eagles’ defense. In all of the goals, BC’s defense seemed uncharacteristically absent, leaving Michigan State to take unblocked shots on net.

Not only was this defensive breakdown apparent in the rush of the third period, but it was also seen in the second period. Mackenzie MacEachern, at 4:40 into the second, easily skated up to the front of the BC goal, and, receiving a pass, tapped the puck past Demko. The Eagles were lucky a couple of times in the period, with rebounds shuffled away and potential shots on net stopped by

the whistles of the referees.

Continuing Solidity for the Eagles’ Penalty Kill Even though BC’s defense was lacking, the Eagles’ penalty-killing unit continued its solid play. BC let in no goals over the course of eight power plays for the Spartans, keeping Michigan State from rushing the net, and making many opportune clears to disrupt the power play energy of the Spartans. At one point in a penalty kill in the third, Scott Savage dove onto the ice to sweep the puck away from the net and from Michigan State.

Game, Set, Match for Thatcher Demko Demko met his match in Hildebrand. Demko’s recent shutout streak was snapped, as he let in four goals.

Shots were about equal between the two, at 33 saves by Demko and 30 saves by Hildebrand. To Demko’s credit, he saved 15 of 16 shots that were sent his way in the second period. “There was a relentless effort from both teams around the goal creases, so those more goals are scored,” York said.

Where Demko left off, Colin White, Miles Wood, and Ryan

Fitzgerald, picked up. White notched two goals, one at the beginning and one at the end of the second period.

BC’s first point on the scoreboard came when White received a pass at the front of the net from Matty Gaudreau and sent it to the back of the net. With fewer than five minutes remaining in the second, White scored again, skating up the ice unguarded and hitting the top the net with the puck.

After sending many shots toward Hildebrand throughout the game, Fitzgerald finally delivered. At the start of the third period, with no

one in between him and the net, he skated straight up to Michigan State’s net, and as if in slow motion, the puck streaked past Hildebrand.

Fitzgerald later sent the puck across the ice to notch an empty netter, bringing the final score to 6-4.

The game-winning goal came from Wood, as Austin Cangelosi’s shot on net was redirected by Wood’s shinguard. This goal was initially under review but was soon upheld.

This goal was the only power play goal of the game, coming after an interference call on Michigan State’s Joe Cox.

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Foul. Count the bucket. The crowd at Conte Forum was sent into a frenzy.

In the first half of its first game of 2015-16, BC’s future had arrived.

Not much is expected from the Eagles (1-0) this season, but they gave fans a few reasons to be hopeful in a 75-48 victory over St. Francis Brooklyn (0-1) on Saturday. Everyone, from leading scorer Eli Carter to bench

mob captain Steve Perpiglia, made tangible contributions at some point in the contest.

“For the most part, everyone who got in the game did something well,” BC head coach Jim Christian said.

“That’s something you can build off of, and that’s a good sign for us.”

The biggest contributions to the scoreboard came from Carter and Robinson, who had 23 and 19 points, respectively. The duo took 32 shots, four more than the rest of the team combined.

Based off last week’s scrimmage against Bentley University, it was expected that Carter would take the lion’s share of BC’s shot opportunities, so his scoring output was not exactly

surprising. But Robinson’s contributions, while not necessarily surprising, were particularly impressive.

In addition to the 19 points, Robinson had five assists, splitting ball handling duties with Carter, as well as six rebounds. The assist total is more impressive considering the freshman only had two turnovers.

St. Francis was decimated by a dreadful shooting performance in the opening minutes. The Terriers didn’t get on the board until there were 11 minutes left in the first half—by that time, BC had already built up a 13-point lead.

While St. Francis didn’t present much of a challenge to the Eagles on Saturday, BC came out ready because,

as Christian said, any team presents a major threat in the modern college basketball landscape.

“There are no bad teams anymore,” Christian said. “Those days are gone. If you watch college basketball, there are no bad teams. We had to play really well against a team that won 23 games last season.”

While it might have had a lot to do with the opponent and the score—BC never trailed at any point in the game—this looked like the most fun that a BC basketball team had on the court in a number of years.

Players on the bench hopped up and celebrated any time a freshman scored his first collegiate bucket.

Hustle plays on the defensive end re-

sulted in high fives for everyone, and strong finishes around the rim were met with enthusiastic chest bumps.

Even Christian seemed to crack what might have been a smile during BC’s first-half run.

All that can be attributed to BC’s youthful energy. The new guys brought life and excitement not only to their fellow teammates, but to the fans at Conte. Eight players made their collegiate debuts on Saturday, and five of them played more than 10 minutes. Carter, who was making his third debut at his third school in five years, said he has never been on a team with so many freshmen.

“I’ve never played with this many young guys before,” Carter said. “It’s

good though, and I like it. The guys are fresh.”

Despite having been around the college game for some time, Carter said he couldn’t sleep last night. He was at the gym an hour early for shootaround, and the extra looks this morning paid off.

Carter is undoubtedly the team’s “present”—he’s the most reliable scoring option and most experienced ballhandler for the Eagles. Robinson and Turner represent BC’s “future,” with elite athleticism, well-balanced games and tremendous upside.

On Saturday, the present and the future came together and merged, trouble for the Eagles’ upcoming opponents.

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BC’s freshmen bucked this trend, defending excellently as a unit. Christian attempted to corral the opposing ball handler by having his big men hedge hard, sliding sideways with the ball. This strategy leaves the roll man open for a second, requiring a third defender to momentarily help off of his man.

Once the ball handler gives up the ball, as he has nowhere to dribble, this third man must race back to his original assignment, lest he concede an open three.

BC’s help defense was outstanding throughout the game, particularly in the first half, where St. Francis was held scoreless for the first eight minutes and 28 seconds. Ball handlers had no room to make a play and subsequent ball movement produced

few open shots, as BC’s help defenders were diligent in recovering. A.J. Turner was particularly impressive within this scheme, preventing several threes with hard closeouts.

2. Eli Carter, Scorer - Carter finished 10-for-19 from the field, totaling 23 points. His full offensive arsenal was on display, as he alternated drives to the basket with step-back threes.

Carter had success on isolation plays, such as the one above, serving as the safety valve for BC’s offense late in the shot clock. He effectively created space from his defender on drives to the basket, using his off arm as a shield, while displaying a soft touch around the rim, even on heavily contested drives.

Perhaps the most impressive part of his game was how well he managed to score within the flow of the offense. Carter didn’t unnecessarily stall possessions to attack his defender one-on-one, preferring to attack immediately.

One play BC had success with

was running Carter off a screen into the middle of the floor. Carter would catch the ball around the free throw line, where he could stop for a quick jumper or drive for a layup. During the course of the game, he utilized both of these options.

3. Jerome Robinson - For an unheralded recruit, Robinson is rapidly making a name for himself. Finishing with 19 points, six rebounds, five assists, and three steals, in addition to his highlight reel dunk, he was easily the most impressive of BC’s freshmen.

Christian praised him after the game.

“He picks things up very quickly,” Christian said.

Robinson’s basketball intellect stood out during the game, as the freshman played point guard for the majority of his minutes. He effectively got teammates involved, making very good reads out of pick-and-roll scenarios, displaying a nice bounce pass to the rolling big man. With only two turnovers, Robinson was also highly efficient in his first game.

As a scorer, Robinson displayed a natural ability to get to the rim, often utilizing a spin move. He showed an ability to shoot both off the dribble and off the catch.

Finally, Robinson impressed on defense, forcing turnovers and allowing the Eagles to get out in transition.

He was a key factor in BC scoring 16 points off turnovers in the first half.

Three Down 1. Protecting the Boards - BC surrendered 15 offensive rebounds to St. Francis, an alarming trend, considering that the team conceded 14 to Bentley last week. Last season, St. Francis ranked seventh in the NCAA, hauling in 39.6 percent of available offensive rebounds. On Saturday, the team was back to its old tricks.

Although their 44 missed field goals and 10 missed free throws offered ample opportunities for them to hit the boards, the results aren’t any less concerning. While Dennis Clifford rebounded well, the youth of the team showed in their failure

to protect the boards, as St. Francis’ guards repeatedly got hands on rebounds, with little resistance from the BC perimeter players. If BC doesn’t make a concerted group effort to clean the glass, opponents with greater offensive potency will punish the Eagles with a barrage of uncontested put-backs and open threes.

2. Eli Carter, Passer - Carter took a shot, went to the line, or committed a turnover on 43 percent of BC’s plays while he was on the floor, an astronomical number that ranks third among single game performances on the young season. Despite this, he recorded zero assists to his four turnovers. Carter moved the ball well in the flow of the offense, but when he went two create a shot for teammates, the passes weren’t on point. Carter also lost control of the ball a few times while dribbling, not displaying the prototypical point guard handle.

While this wasn’t too much of an issue on Saturday, with Robinson’s breakout performance, Carter will

have to play a fair amount of point guard against stronger opponents.

If his passing and ball control don’t improve, the Eagles’ offense may stall out frequently.

3. Dennis Clifford - Clifford’s final stat line belies the struggles he faced in the game. Despite finishing with seven points and 11 rebounds, including seven free throw attempts, his play left much to be desired. Even Christian, one of Clifford’s biggest supporters, admitted as much. “Dennis has to get back in a better rhythm,” he said.

Clifford shot just 1-for-6 from the field, with most of his shots coming around the rim. He needs to go up a bit quicker with the ball, to avoid being surrounded by a crowd of defenders, which greatly increased the difficulty of his shots. He also needs to hold the ball a bit higher, as St. Francis defenders managed to force a jump ball twice against Clifford, with BC’s center holding the ball down around his waist.

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You wouldn’t think that there would even be any sense

of competition, either. Tell that to the BC women who raced on Friday and finished fourth overall, with top finisher Laura Hottenrott placing seventh out of 256, while the BC men came in 17th as a team. But that’s where most of the energy comes from in a spectator sport—competition,

right? I’m right.

Well, you arguably haven’t seen competition until you see two runners, inches apart, each fighting to finish ahead of the other. Their faces are contorted in pain, their legs look like they’re made of concrete, their bodies move in slow-motion as if they’re

underwater. But it’s these last few grueling moments that make the race, and make it worth watching. It’s a hard sight, and an even more difficult feeling to put into words, which is why you should all witness it for yourselves.

Cross country seems like a silent sport. Running in general

is only popular in the running community, because it seems as though runners are the only ones who can appreciate it enough to watch.

But regardless of whether you run or not, the same amount of spirit and energy that you would see at a hockey game or a football

game exists on a cross country course. For a lot of people, it’s not a sport worth doing. But it can be a sport worth watching.

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Senior outside hitter Katty Workman had 30 kills this weekend, but Boston College (11-17, 3-13 ACC) volleyball lost twice, (11-17, 3-13 ACC) dropping to 13th place in league play with road losses against Wake Forest (12-16, 4-12 ACC) and Duke (14-12, 9-7 ACC).

On Sunday afternoon, BC squared off with Duke in their

first meeting this year. Both Katty Workman and Sol Calvete racked up double-doubles to keep the Eagles within striking distance, entering the break tied 1-1.

The third set feature d a back-and-forth exchange during which the teams traded the first 12 points.

Two consecutive Eagle attack errors put BC in a 20-15 hole, but the squad responded with four straight points to cut the deficit

to just a point.

The Blue Devil defense held off a streaking Eagle attack to clinch a 25-21 win and a 2-1 advantage heading into the fourth set.

It would prove to be the last, as BC, whose late-game heroics were nowhere to be found, suffered a 25-15 defeat.

The Blue Devils dominated on both sides of the ball, racking up 14 blocks to the Eagles’ four and ending the match with

four more aces than their ACC counterpart. Duke improves to over .500 with the victory, but remains several games back of first-place Louisville (20-5, 141 ACC).

BC’s game against Duke followed an all-too-familiar result at Wake Forest.

Friday’s game at Wake was promising to start, with BC stealing the opening set and jumping to an early 2-1 lead behind a strong performance from

junior Julia Topor.

The Demon Deacons battled back on the shoulders of Matalee Reed to even the match at two games apiece, forcing a decisive fifth set.

The Eagles showed off their impressive attack early, scoring the set’s first four points. Yet, as was the motif of the match, BC couldn’t quite bury Wake, as the Demon Deacons finished the game on an 8-3 run to prevent the Eagles from securing their

fourth league win this season.

Sophomore Brittany Pavich racked up another solid showing, totaling eight kills and nine blocks.

The Eagles’ road trip continues next week at Pittsburgh and Virginia Tech before they return home to conclude the season at Power Gym. Though the team is out of playoff contention, BC will look to score an upset over its last four games to end its season on a high note.

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All good things must eventually come to an end. The University of Connecticut (22-0, 5Boston College 0 0 AAC), Connecticut 1 twotime defending national champions, scraped by Boston College (13-8, 2-6 ACC) with

a 1-0 victory in the NCAA quarterfinals.

The hard-fought game featured 10 saves from BC keeper Leah Settipane, giving her third-most all-time for the Eagles. An immense defensive effort, however, could not save an offense that struggled to find any breathing room on Sunday afternoon.

The Huskies entered the day

having dominated most of their schedule, including a 2-1 win over the Eagles earlier in September.

They conceded a mere 11 goals all year, and had averaged a sizzling six goals per game.

The lone goal of the day came early in the 27th minute.

On a penalty corner, Charlotte Veitner sent in a great pass to Roisin Upton, which she laid off for Sophie Bowden, who fired it into

the back of the net. It was Veitner’s 100th point of the year, more than double anyone else on her team.

Neither team could separate itself from the other in the defensive battle.

Penalty corners were the primary way UConn threatened BC’s net, but only managed one goal despite taking 12 shots.

Settipane made several great saves, laying out multiple times in

front of the net to deflect the ball just wide. The rest of the defense did a spectacular job shutting down UConn on the field.

On the other end, the Eagles got some runs together but could barely muster any shots. At the end of the first half, the Huskies led 9-2 in shots.The second half brought little change.

BC almost struck early with a penalty corner but could not

convert. UConn responded immediately with three corners in a row, but the Eagles’ defense held on.

With BC hanging on by a thread, Upton scored again.

The goal, however, was disallowed. Upton hit the post again minutes later.

The Huskies dictated the game from the beginning to the end, holding BC to zero shots on goal for the entire game.

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But the story was different

this time.

No. 8 BC (12-8, 2-6 ACC) staved off a late comeback attempt by America East champion Albany (19-2, 10-1 AEC) to advance to the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament for the first time since 1998.

A fast start saw the Eagles go up 2-0 early in the first half.

A shot by Kelcie Hromisin deflected into the goal in the second minute. Four minutes later, on a

penalty corner, Romee Stiekema sent the ball past Albany keeper Maxi Primus to double the lead.

But the offense never regained its rhythm after the second goal.

Instead, the story of the match focused on the defense.

BC coach Kelly Doton rotated her players almost eight times as much as Albany coach Phil Sykes, and the fresh legs on defense clearly made a difference.

BC goalkeeper Leah Settipane was not forced into a save until over 20 minutes had passed in the first half.

Eryn McCoy almost added her 10th goal of the year when she launched a rocket off a Frederique Haverhals penalty corner, but the shot ricocheted off the post.

The two teams entered halftime with only three shots apiece.

The second half started almost as fast as the first one, as BC conceded a penalty stroke to Albany just two minutes in.

Paula Heuser could not convert for the Great Danes, as Settipane’s save kept the Eagles in front.

As Albany threw more and more players forward, the Eagles’ defense tightened and held their opponents to three shots in the rest of the half. The lone goal

came for the Danes in the 54th minute when Heuser sent in her 34th goal of the year, second most in the country.

As Albany pushed for the equalizer, Settipane made a great save off a penalty corner in the 65th minute, neutralizing the last real chance by the Great Danes.

After Sykes pulled the goalie, it was just a matter of killing the clock for BC.

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In a sparse crowd of 415 people, “Jungle” blares throughout Kelley Rink, as it always does when an Boston College 6 interNew Hampshire 1 mission ends for Boston College women’s hockey.

There are groups distributed along the glass, but one stands out.

There is a small section present for one player: Kristyn Capizzano.

The women’s hockey team from her high school, Appleby College, came to cheer her on from Ontario. Her fans chose a good game, too—Capizzano earned three assists in the 6-1 win against

the University of New Hampshire (2-10-0, 2-6-0 Hockey East).

The Eagles (13-0-0, 7-0-0 HEA) hit their stride minutes into the first period, capitalizing on a power play to get ahead. BC bombarded the net, with Makenna Newkirk and Dana Trivigno shooting on UNH goalie Kyra Smith. The puck lost in a sea of sticks, Andie Anastos took a shot from the right pipe, finally making contact with the back of the net.

Shortly after the first goal, Capizzano began her hot streak when she passed to Haley Skarupa, who effortlessly nailed the shot past Smith’s left arm.

The Eagles, eager to rack up more goals, found another scoring opportunity within the first

two minutes. After a deflection off Smith’s foot, Capizzano took the puck around the goal and into the right crease and attempted her own shot. It was too lateral to make it into the goal, but the puck eventually went in after a tap from Trivigno.

The Wildcats got on the board after Amy Boucher got the best of BC backup goalie Gabri Switaj.

Despite the goal, Switaj performed well in her second game of the season, her first appearance in a month. Primary goalie Katie Burt often dominates the spot between the pipes, leaving few opportunities for Switaj to shine.

“I figured it was a good time to give Katie a rest and also give Gabri an opportunity to step in

and show what she’s got,” head coach Katie Crowley said.

Switaj’s fellow Eagles supported the move, with the team surrounding her in goal before the game.

BC did not allow UNH to stage a comeback, though, as the Eagles forced two more goals at the end of the second period. After a pass from Capizzano, Toni Ann Miano moved the puck along to Skarupa, who slammed the shot. Skarupa, tripping as she tried to readjust, shot while falling to her knees, but still netted a goal. Later, with 27 seconds left, Alex Carpenter fed the puck to Newkirk, who slapped it backward toward the goal, setting up a perfect shot for Carpenter.

Capizzano set up plays that put the Eagles far ahead of the Wildcats. She notched three assists, her game-high for this season.

Capizzano and Skarupa proved a particularly lethal duo, demonstrating a chemistry that coaches kill for.

The Eagles bookended the game with a goal from the same three that started it all. After Trivigno launched the puck around the net, Newkirk passed again to Anastos, whose puck sailed past Smith for a dose of deja vu.

The level of play against UNH was old hat to Crowley—everyone, from Carpenter to Capizzano, Skarupa to Newkirk, must contribute, every game. “If Alex isn’t scoring three goals a game,

then someone else needs to step up and put some pucks in, too,” Crowley said.

“If Haley isn’t scoring three goals a game, same thing.”

Fortunately for Crowley, this entire team is willing to step up.

Capizzano shined on just the right night, displaying what it takes to play on the No. 2 team in women’s hockey.

“It’s nice for these young girls coming from high school to see what it’s like to play at the college level,” Capizzano said.

She almost gave even more of a show, putting in her own goal against Smith.

“I guess it bounced off the crossbar and out,” Capizzano said “But it’s all good.”

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Boston College women’s hockey maintained its win streak following a 3-0 victory over the University Boston College 3 of New New Hampshire 0 Hampshire.

BC (14-0-0, 8-0-0 Hockey East) extended the streak to 14 wins, remaining No. 1 in the Hockey East against the No. 7 Wildcats (2-11-0, 2-7-0 WHEA).

The match began with an early power play for the Wildcats after a tripping penalty on Toni Ann Miano.

UNH managed three shots against goalie Katie Burt during the two minutes, but none found the back of the net.

BC received its chance to finish the stalemate after checking penalties on Wildcats Nicoline Jensen and Julia Fedeski.

With the Eagles on a 5-on-3 power play, Alex Carpenter set the ball rolling with a goal less than a minute after the play began.

After a pass from Megan Keller, Carpenter slapped the puck past

UNH goalie Kyra Smith, putting the Eagles up 1-0.

Seconds later, BC added to its lead with another power play goal. Lexi Bender fed the puck to Toni Ann Miano, who found an open spot between Smith and the left pipe.

With the goal, Miano broke up her month-long scoring dry spell.

She last scored in October against St. Lawrence University.

Halfway into the second period, the Eagles hit their offensive stride again.

Haley Skarupa snuck a high shot past Smith’s right arm, putting the Eagles up 3-0.

BC would not score for the remainder of the game, despite having five more shots in the second period and another seven in the third period.

The game also marked Burt’s sixth shutout this season. Burt, who sat out in the first of the twogame series against the Wildcats, maintained a three-game shutout streak until facing a tough Boston University offense.

The Eagles did not put up their usual performance, especially against low-ranked Hockey East

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BC scored under four goals for the first time this season in the win over the Maine Black Bears and extended its win streak to 14 to start the year. teams.

With three goals, BC scored under four goals for the first time this season.

The Eagles’ offense did not

shine as bright as it has, with players typically racking up team shot totals in the high 30s to 40s.

BC had only 27 shots total against UNH, and the Wildcats kept close

behind with 24.

Even so, the Eagles managed to come out ahead, shutting down the Wildcats’ offense and executing attacks when UNH was most

vulnerable. BC may not have scored the extra goals that denote a dominating win, but the Eagles still demonstrated their lethal offense in the victory.

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As an intoxicating synthpop beat begins, Sam Smith steps coyly out of the shadows. Behind him stand Howard and Guy Lawrence— the British electronic duo better known as Disclosure—who provide a spectacle of musical multitasking for their Saturday Night Live studio audience. Encircled almost entirely by expansive sound SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE desks, “Elizabeth Banks” the two expertly work complex systems of buttons and dials in between frequent periods of drumming and keyboarding.

Calm, cool, and collected in casual all-black attire, the performers bop along to the rhythm of their catchy single “Omen.” Occasionally, the brothers lean into their microphones and lend some soft vocals to Smith’s powerful set of pipes.

With “Omen,” Disclosure continued the intensity established by its first song of the

night—a percussion-heavy collaboration with Lorde called “Magnets.” In these singles off Disclosure’s sophomore release Caracal, Lorde proposes “dancing past the point of no return,” Smith’s high notes say something about a weird feeling he has, and the audience excitedly sings along.

Despite these delightful collaborations, however, the lyrics of both songs—stripped of their respective relationship-centered contexts—serve as oddly prophetic warnings about the beloved show SNL and its recent dip in comedic quality. If Disclosure’s lyrics are any indication, one is led to infer that this mediocre episode of an already-struggling season of sketch comedy “must be an omen.”

Hosted by Elizabeth Banks, the fifth installment of SNL’s 41st season continues the show’s recent streak of semi-entertaining episodes in which the writing falls flat and its characters struggle to get pity laughs from a pained studio audience. The night’s lineup of sketches failed to playfully insult or excite, as race jokes in “Black Jeopardy” and a pretaped pseudo-commercial about pedophiles were just a few overdone additions to this weekend’s episode.

Banks’ musical monologue references her recent directing stint in Pitch Perfect 2. The gag turned her into a demanding diva and director, which worked to elicit some halfhearted chuckles from the audience. Assigned to be the same annoying millennial stock character for almost all of her appearances, Banks played a basic blonde airhead in the SNL short film “Uber For Jen” and the aforementioned “Black Jeopardy” sketch, among others. Though her roles are rarely varied, Banks performed well by bringing energy to each of her appearances.

The season so far has played out in much the same way, as fan favorites like Vanessa Bayer, Kenan Thompson, and promising newbie Pete Davidson are burdened with the constant pressure of having to pick up the perpetual slack, even with the star power of big-name guests like Donald Trump and Miley Cyrus.

The hype was not nearly enough to compensate for weak writing and jokes consisting mostly overly insensitive commentary.

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2 U,” a foolish but funny ode to the guys who helped them through some of the most awkward stages of puberty. Later, a mock theater production performed by a handful of angsty teenage activists added some much-needed satire to an otherwise uneventful show.

The lack of creative comedy in Season 41 so far seems to be a bad omen for the future of the show. With some cast members breaking character and laughing a lot more at their own one-dimensional jokes than their live audience has laughed, the current

quality of the show’s historically hysterical writing is now called into question. While longing for the good ol’ days when successful eras of the show featured regular performances by top comedians of the time—like Eddie Murphy, Tina Fey, and Kristen Wiig, among many others—fans watch each new episode of SNL with fingers crossed. Only future episodes will determine whether the lackluster sketch show is, as Lorde would sing several times in “Magnets”—past the point of no return.

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So often a punch line the past few years, Justin Bieber reminds us why we fell in love with the imported Canadian popstar in ‘Purpose.’

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It’s been a good while since Justin Bieber has been on the public radar for any reason other than scandal. In fact, many believed that he “peaked” right after skyrocketing to fame as a preteen. Now the 21 year old has returned with a vengeance, dominating radio play and receiving unparalleled media attention. With the release of Purpose, it’s impossible to deny it—Bieber fever is back.

Bieber’s latest album starts with “Mark My Words,” a short, PURPOSE moving Justin Bieber track with a Ti m berlakeesque vocal riff that will surely be stuck in every listener’s head for days. Following suit is “I’ll Show You,” the album’s latest promotional single. In light of the various scandals Bieber has been involved in (and often caused) over the past few years, the lyrics are more meaningful than any in Purpose’s love songs. The popstar croons, “Sometimes it’s hard to do the right thing / When the pressure’s coming down like lightning / It’s like they want me to be perfect / When they don’t even know that I’m hurting.” This is presumably as an explanation for his less-than-exemplary behavior.

The song is an open critique of the pedestal that celebrities are placed on in the public eye, and how difficult it can be for a normal human to live up to those expectations. But however

hard, Bieber has promised to clean up his act, something he has yet to really show us.

The next track on the album is the No. 1 single “What Do You Mean?” The bubbly end-of-summer hit provides a nice change of pace—while the remorseful, mature Bieber of “Mark My Words” and “I’ll Show You” is inarguably impressive, this pump-up album needed a playful dance jam. “What Do You Mean?” is followed immediately by “Sorry” in a back-to-back singles match up. Co-produced

by Skrillex, “Sorry” is the perfect EDM/pop crossover. Featuring vocal manipulations that could now be considered a Bieber signature (a la “Where Are U Now”) and a bass line that’ll blow out any cheap speakers, it’s impossible to listen to the song without dancing—a fact that was highlighted in the track’s music video. The video, which consists entirely of a group of girls dancing in ridiculous outfits and sunglasses, has already inspired imitation videos from different colleges and even Halloween costumes.

Bieber’s absence from the video has sparked a wave of interest as well—some argue that he’s making a feminist statement, some say it’s a nudge suggesting that he’s selfless adult now—proving that there is no such thing as bad publicity.

Purpose slows down as Bieber collaborates with Ed Sheeran on the acoustic track “Love Yourself.” The song is a tastefully snarky letter to an ex-lover (rumored to be Bieber’s ex Selena Gomez), with all the satisfaction of an insult, and none of the resulting guilt. Telling his ex to “go and love yourself” instead of opting for another choice word is too witty for us to call Bieber bitter—a trick that songbird

Sheeran has mastered. The rest of Purpose shines in its various collaborations. “No Pressure,” a vibey EDM crossover featuring Big Sean, and “No Sense,” a trap-influenced track featuring Travi$ Scott, stand out on the latter half of the album.

“The Feeling,” Bieber’s collaboration with rising pop star Halsey, is the closest that Purpose gets to actually toying with the idea of love, unlike the previous Bieber albums that were filled entirely with romantic ballads. He and Halsey asking each other if they’re really in love in this emotional duet will make anyone listening question their motives in having feelings for someone.

Standouts from the rest of the album include the inescapable summer banger “Where Are U Now,” an EDM crossover produced by Skrillex, Diplo, and Jack U, and the pianodriven title track “Purpose.” Bieber begs “Forgive me for my sins / Oh would you please?” tying the album back into its initial requests in “I’ll Show You.” The track ends with Bieber speaking over the music, encouraging both his listener and himself to “give it all you got.” It’s emotional and hopefully genuine.

Purpose, while a skillfully written and produced album, is not finding its success because of the music’s quality—Purpose is all about Bieber growinwwup and rebuilding the fan base that so badly wanted him to get his act together. Is he a decent person? Purpose answers that question both in its more mature sound and its emotional, apologetic lyrics. To make a comeback, Bieber had to prove that he had matured, finally understood guilt, and appreciated his fame. Purpose does just that.

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Though it is laced with anti-social tendencies, it ultimately encompasses so much more about the never-ending plights of the teenage mind.

“Here” is no bubblegum-pop song.

Rather, it parades around a profound issue without the subKNOW-IT-ALL stance Alessia Cara and musical quality to promote anything other than material obsessions and celebrity friends. Instead it is a relatable power ballad covered in an ambiguous haze, exactly like the young teens that it describes.

Cara artfully manages to maintain this foundation with her full-length debut album, Know-It-All. Cara’s wonderful

voice aside, Know-It-All is profound and enjoyable. While the songs point more to the woes of teenagers—in a deeper understanding of the tracks—they encompass a greater notion of coming into one’s true self. The album is an artfully crafted illustration of becoming, discovering your true self with all the gritty flaws. The path is never perfect, and Cara is not trying to be perfect. But there is ultimately perfection in being oneself, and in many ways Know-It-All wonderfully encapsulates this imperfect perfection.

Similar to the unapologetic singularity of “Here” is “I’m Yours.” The title suggests banality, but it could not be more misleading. The track is witty and sophisticated. It’s a teenage love song with no sappy adoration. Cara’s voice also holds up quite well against a more upbeat ballad as she glides through each lively beat in the chorus with fi nesse and charm.

Some of the tracks, like “Seventeen” and “Wild Things,” stray from Cara’s usual encapsulation of the awkward teen. The songs adopt a more socially-

inclined, rebellious tone, both lyrically and musically, but nevertheless maintain Cara’s conscious message of being unapologetically unique. Yet, one faltering issue with the songs is that they sound too much alike. Lyrically, Cara does a superb job of distinguishing each ballad with its own distinct message. But at their cores, “Seventeen” and “Wild Things” exhibit the same energetic beat and electric-pop background tones. In fact, a majority of the tracks are indistinguishable with regard to the music.

While Cara certainly has a distinct style, the similarity of the songs encapsulates more of a musical problem than a stylistic one. Cara’s witty lyrics and mellifluous voice always shine through and leave a different mark on each track however, alleviating what might otherwise be a pressing issue for listeners.

“Four Pink Walls” is one of the most well-crafted pieces on the entire album in terms of its lyricism, sound, and the absolute stunning tone of Cara’s voice.

The track’s hazy and jazzy atmosphere blends seamlessly with Cara’s smoky

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Witty lyrics coupled with a raw, beautiful voice creates an album with a wide emotional range. vocals. The track, like “Here,” is pensive and catchy, and truly sets Cara apart from her peers in the pop world. Cara critiques the sameness of youth while managing to avoid being cliche.

The song that truly encompasses the thesis statement of the exceptional musical essay that is Know-It-All is “My Song.” The song depicts Cara’s uncertainty about the future and her certainty about her ideas and dreams.

It is awkward, ambiguous, and yet perfect. Cara is no Joni Mitchell, and she knows it. For Cara it’s not always the bigger picture, but instead the smaller steps of growing into one’s own. KnowIt-All is as much about its creator as it is the dazed youth that it resonates so effectively with. The album’s perfection and Cara’s blossoming genius is in its imperfect aspirations, rebellions, and randomness.

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With no shortage of excitement and laughter, My Mother’s Fleabag made an extraordinary showing, putting on the group’s side-splitting “Big Fall Show” for an enthusiastic audience of Boston College students.

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or phrases can be seen to spark into motion their creative gears and cogs. The group’s classic ‘185 __’ joke can be filled with anything from Harry Potter to a legume of choice. It is all the same to our Fleabaggers. Taking the banal suggestions of audience members and making them into something funny is not an easy feat. And yet that unknown proves undaunting to Fleabag as it is that unknown

that fuels the shows they put on.

That is why Fleabag is great, not because the situations they present are funny, but because they make them funny. Fleabag makes things funny that might not be, and through their presence on stage, projecting such a level of enthusiasm, we can all be made to see the funny side. Improv provides a home for spontaneous comedy and Fleabag

proves to be a group who loves living on the frontier of creation.

Closing the night out sporting boxers for their opera, Fleabag called to experiences students may have had. Taking Lighthouse’s “You and Me,” Fleabag adds some guy named Steve as he interrupts an intimate moment at the Mods. While it can be said that the picture presented was a funny one, as Steve

fumbled over his words, interrupting two young lovers, the bit spoke to the heart of what is so funny about improv. Neither the fictions created on stage, or the situational awkwardness that comes with the turf, nor Steve and his interjections, but those who make it all happen. The people who make us smile for a moment longer, even after all the laughter subsides.

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Backed by an impressive instrumental ensemble, the University Chorale featured Mozart’s “Regina Coeli.”

:_fiXc\ ]Xcc ZfeZ\ik n`ej Zifn[Ëj ]Xmfi Chorale, From B8 Director, John Finney. He briefly outlined the night’s program, first introducing the two shorter opening works, both written by composers of shockingly young ages in homage to the Blessed Virgin Mary, before introducing what would be the evening’s featured piece: Dvorak’s “Mass in D.” The performance began with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Regina Coeli,” featuring Chamber Singers of the University Chorale and the orchestra. “Regina Coeli,” which lasted just under 10 minutes, was composed by Mozart when he was just 23 years old—a stunning feat considering the beautiful intricacy of the work.

The piece began with the stunning vocals of the male and female Chamber Singers mixed together with the orchestra to produce a robust and joyous sound that collectively enthralled the chapel. As the piece continued, listeners could better identify the nuances of the work—how the exuberant strength of the vocals cooperated with the stunning delicacy of the orchestra, allowing each component to shine. The subtle drama came toward the end as the shifts in dynamics became much more rapid, allowing the music to slide between an almost delicate whisper to a powerful

declaration of euphoric praise.

The program continued with “Ave Maria,” a piece composed this year by BC’s own Andrew Gaffney, MCAS ’16. This performance marked the world-premier of the heartfelt piece, which is scored for the French horn, the solo flute played by Isabelle Pazar, MCAS ’18, and strings. A slow crescendo introduced the piece, layering the long, throbbing, notes of the strings with the almost melancholy notes of the French horn.

As the higher notes of the violins entered, the music took on a beautiful fragility that faded as the male and female vocals intertwined with the music from the instruments. The piece grew even more powerful toward its end, evoking a sense of almost joyous longing before slowly fading into silence. After sitting in appreciative shock for a few seconds, the audience erupted into enthusiastic applause and a well-deserved standing ovation, requiring several bows from the young composer, and prompting Finney to suggest that the audience get his autograph while they still could.

Then began the night’s 40minute finale, Dvorak’s “Mass in D major, Op. 86.” The piece, composed in 1887, was divided into five parts, each with their own distinct personality that allowed the piece to encompass a range of sounds while maintaining a sense

of unity. The first section of “Mass in D” had an obvious complexity, with the entire chorale and orchestra creating a twirling and powerful melody. The strength of each note created a rich drama that ensured the audience was immersed in the sounds and waiting with anticipation to hear each note.

The piece then continued, at times filled with a fast-paced excitement and at others slowing in tempo. It cast a trance over the audience, as if it was recounting a story that the listeners could almost understand. Like any complex narrative, moments during the piece became so ethereal and quiet that it seemed an attempt to lull the audience to sleep. Every delicate moment, however, was balanced with a section of exquisite power that kept the audience at the edge of their seats.

When “Mass in D” came to an end, it was somehow unexpected.

During the performance it seemed that the music would continue forever, forming a beautiful, sound-filled bubble around the audience that would never pop.

Although the Chorale’s enthralling Fall Concert lasted a little over an hour, it left the audience at loathe to return to the reality outside with its frigid temperatures and biting wind, seeming more like winter than ever before.

featured had interesting bright patterns that added to the overall shape and cut of each garment.

Some of the crowd favorites included an interesting, triangular- patterned dress tied with a bow in the back in grey and green; and a knee-length dress with armor like shoulders in a blue, red, and orange mix of colors.

After the styles had gone down the runway, Carlton came back on the stage troubled he wasn’t able to find a girl. Will then suggested that he needed to learn how to dance. From here, BC hip-hop dance company Phaymus came onstage and danced to hit songs from artists including Nicki Minaj and Rihanna.

Fr o m h e r e , o u t f i t s w i t h separate pieces were featured.

These styles also continued the theme of bright, vivacious design.

Following the scene, Carlton and Will took a dance break, which introduced the next set of designs.

It was at this point during the night that the first men were showcased in the performance.

One of the most appealing looks

of the show was a white tunic with gold embellishments across the neckline.

B e fo re th e i nte r m i s s i o n , members of the audience were calle d up onto the stage to participate in a dance off. A variety of songs were played and the audience selected a winner from the group.

The introduction to one of the final fashion groups was, “The way we dressed in the old days made us look like kings and queens.”

These pieces definitely achieved the majestic and regal goal that the designers were aiming for. The models did, as well.

Throughout the night, but especially in this set, the models strutted down the runway with confidence, ease, and strength.

A few even danced and spun, gliding down in their confident ensembles.

Hilary Banks told Carlton that the way to get a girl was to buy her nice things like bags.

From here, the show transitioned to show the work of Chioma Ngwudo’s collection of bags and headpieces.

Following this collection, Carlton disclosed that he needed inspiration from his friends to dance. Members of the student-

dance group Sexual Chocolate came onstage and performed.

The president of the organization, Toluwase Oladapo, MCAS ’16, commented that the fashion show has been present since before she came to the University. The theme of this year’s fashion show centered on African tradition and the beauty and power that comes from it. She also shed some light on why the group chose to use The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air as a transition between acts and pieces of clothing during the show. The show has used movies and television shows in years past to connect the theme to a modern-day audience.

The designer Chioma Ngwudo’s collection was made up of beautiful bags and headpieces.

It was inspired by breathtaking Nigerian textiles.

The makeup of Jason Adu’s collection was included in a variety of pieces, such as a jumper, blazer, a variety of shirts, and pants, just to name a few. This designer had come from Africa and wanted to combine his African background with a European style.

“Africa Fresh Prints” was exotic style, with a pinch of pop culture, done right.

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A surprise visit from ‘Fresh Prince’s Banks family brings Bel-Air to Boston College’s middle campus.

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This year’s WZBC Fall Concert was held Nov. 14 at the Out of the Blue Too Gallery in Cambridge, featuring bands Hellrazor, Ursula, Taxidermists and Puppy Problems.

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Fleabag finds its funny-bone

SUMMER LIN When Kim Kardashian West steps outside onto the rain-splattered pavement in front of the unassuming Greenwich Village apartment that she shares with her husband, Kanye West, she only has a few seconds before the bulbs of the paparazzi cameras begin to flash in her face. Kardashian is dressed for a funeral procession, clad in a crisp, black overcoat, her hair pulled back into a sleek bun. She slinks unabashedly past the paparazzi, her gaze tilted downward and her hands shoved into her pockets, before disappearing into a limo. The photograph of the couple quietly exiting their New York City apartment is splashed across the front page of TMZ the next morning.

Kim Kardashian is inarguably one of the most famous women in the world. She salvaged her then-budding career from the fallout of a highly-publicized leaked sex tape scandal in 2007 that couched her reputation in controversy. When the dust finally settled, Kardashian emerged with an empire and one of the most successful reality shows to ever air on television.

Kim and her sisters, Khloe and Kourtney, made a name for themselves by allowing their lives to be filmed and broadcast on primetime television, the fly on the wall of one of America’s most infamous celebrity families. Keeping Up with the Kardashians spawned spin-offs Kourtney and Kim Take Miami, Kourtney and Kim Take New York, and Khloe and Lamar. Kim became a public relations powerhouse equalled only by her manager and matriarch Kris Jenner. She has amassed a fortune of over $58 million, launching her own successful video game and portfolio selfie book. Together, the extended Kardashian-Jenner clan are worth $300 million and have over 179.2 million followers on Instagram (more than the populations of France and the U.K. combined.)

As far as reality television dynasties go, the Kardashian-Jenner family is unparalleled in terms of fame. In recent years, their social media presence has superseded pure talent alone and has opened the door to more traditional and well-respected channels in the entertainment industry. Caitlyn Jenner came out as transgender on the cover of Vanity Fair and was the recipient of the Arthur Ashe Courage Award and Glamour’s Woman of the Year Award. Kendall Jenner has led modeling campaigns for Lancome, walked runway shows for Karl Lagerfeld, and was hand-plucked for a coveted spot in this year’s Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show.

Kylie has served as the subject of media speculation ever since the 18-year-old began experimenting with body modification surgeries last year, and has used her fame to launch her own website, smartphone app, and anti-bullying campaign.

The majority of the criticism against the Kardashians falls from Kim’s 2007 sex tape scandal, the family’s ostentatious display of wealth, and the vacuousness of their reality television show. That criticism isn’t entirely baseless—Kim’s antics, such as complaining about losing her diamond earring in the ocean or planning out a $10 million wedding to ex-husband Kris Humphries, doesn’t do much to defend her against critics that write her off as a vapid fame-hungry TV star. The public’s main gripe with the Kardashians originates from the fact that while they possess no noticeable talents to warrant their status, the family receives constant attention in the media and has immense wealth. Yet, Kim has managed to drum up publicity by utilizing her family’s social media presence to launch scores of perfume and makeup collections and her video game Kim Kardashian: Hollywood, which has gone on to earn over $43.4 million and 22 million players.

“Social media allowed my career to sustain, and I’ve adapted to the change of it all,” Kardashian said at the Code Mobile conference last year.

Kim knows what she’s doing and has perfected the art of being famous for being famous. You don’t get to 36.2 followers on Twitter and 51.2 million followers on Instagram without making a few enemies.

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Students filled the floor and flanked the balconies of the Vanderslice Cabaret room, coming together in large numbers for My Mother’s Fleabag’s fall “Big Show.” Unsurprisingly, those in attendance were quite familiar with Fleabag and its style, as scores of hands immediately flew into the air and voices shouted in hopes of adding to the night of improv. From start to finish the Fleabag troupe entertained and continually brandished its affinity for the spontaneous.

For the group’s Friday night set, Fleabag brought the skits and games we have come to know and love from the creaking boards of O’Connell to its new home in Corcoran Commons. For the first fall show in Vanderslice, Fleabag has begun a new era, livening up the corner room with the rings of laughter. Though the scenery has changed, Fleabag

is very much the same and continues to do what the group has done well in past shows. The level of enthusiasm and passion paired with the inane suggested subjects is always a recipe for amusement as Fleabaggers bring to life things that one might never even give a passing thought.

In this Fall Big Show, the scripted skits shed light on the struggling marriage of method actor Daniel Day Lewis as a resolute Abe Lincoln. The precise delivery and pointed references by Fleabaggers Ben Halter, MCAS ’16, Chris Prall, CSOM ’17, and Caitrin Assaf, MCAS ’18, made for a funny scene.

Later, the “good cop-bad cop” routine was exchanged for a “hood cop-sad cop” routine and a slew of other unlikely combinations to extract a confession. Culminating in a harrowing tale of a babushka lady, portrayed by Amanda Hoffman, MCAS ’17, scouring the ground for rubles yet finding only used heroin needles, proves to be too much for the suspect in question.

Though the skits are clever enough and are sure to bring about a few laughs and smiles, the true heart of Fleabag lies in the moments the Fleabaggers themselves cannot anticipate. As creation happens in a moment on stage, an idea gives birth to something truly funny. The simple letters “BCT’” turn into the up-and-coming film title “Buffalos Can’t Talk,” tagged by “Or can they?” In an instant, the scene is alive as two Fleabaggers drop to all fours and embody two buffalo plotting to take their farmer unawares.

Brief ideas, fleshed out for just a second is all it takes to bring a smile to the face of those in the audience, like “riding the fastest green bean in the county.” Absurd, yet eloquently executed. These Fleabaggers are the masters of telling a story in three words or less.

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Boston College’s African Student Organization presented its “African Fresh Prints” fashion show in Lyon’s dining hall on Friday. With a Fresh Prince of Bel-Air theme, members of the African Student Organization recreated the iconic cast, with Sadiq Ervin, MCAS ’19, as Carlton Banks, Beylul Nagassi, MCAS ’16, as Ashley Banks, Alyssa Savery, LSOE ’17, as Hilary Violet Banks, and Titi Odedele, MCAS ’18, as Aunt Viv—just to name

a few. Fresh Prince was used as a loose storyline to string together beautiful creative works from talented designers as well as performances from some of the major student-run dance groups.

The show kicked off by introducing the Fresh Prince cast and putting a little twist on the sitcom. To connect the show to its African prints theme, “Will” had come from Africa to see his family.

After the brief introduction, the first set of looks came down the runway. The style

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BC’s University Chorale fills Trinity Chapel with clarion vocals in its Fall Concert.

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This past Friday, Boston College’s Newton Campus was not filled with its usual Friday night crowd. The customary group dressed in BC athletic gear was replaced by sophisticated families and groups of friends cocooned in dark coats as they headed toward Trinity Chapel for the University Chorale of Boston College’s annual Fall Concert. At the doors,

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each attendee was handed a program and personally greeted by a member of the chorale, all of whom were impressively dressed in either floor sweeping black dresses, or formal suits with bowties. The crowd filed in and waited in anticipation for the performance to begin.

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Lyons lights up as students hit the runway for African Student Organization fashion show.

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