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her get elected.

While Swift was serving in the Senate, she was seated next to seasoned state senator Michael Creedon, who helped to walk her through the rules of Massachusetts legislature and became a mentor to Swift. She said that he gave her valuable advice that changed the course of her political career.

“Do not become comfortable, and do not stay forever,” Swift said as she recalled advice from Creedon.

Taking his advice, after three terms as state senator, Swift decided to run for Congress in 1996. She did not win the seat.

She recalled her first exposure to the sexism that is prevalent in politics and political media coverage. A majority of the focus, Swift said, was on her clothes, weight, and marital status. Although disheartening, losing the election allowed her to take the position of secretary of consumer affairs for Governor Paul Cellucci.

When Cellucci ran for reelection in 1999, Swift was chosen to be lieutenant governor. In 2001, Cellucci was appointed the ambassador to Canada, and Swift became the first female governor of Massachusetts.

During her term as governor, Swift faced difficulty and criticism because she was a woman and a working mother.

She was the first woman to have children during her term. Swift recalls how some of her harshest critics were other women, and she explained how she often fell into the habit of criticizing her

The 2016 presidential race has been anything but ordinary. Patrick Healy, a political correspondent for The New York Times, emphasized this point in his discussion with Boston College students on Wednesday night in an event sponsored by the Quality of Student Life Committee.

Healy is one of the leading reporters covering the current election for the Times. He began his talk by speaking about the challenges that the publication has faced while covering the unprecedented campaign and lewd rhetoric of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.

“Right now, during a usual presidential campaign, 27 days to go, its two candidates who are giving the same speech over and over and over again, going to like eight swing states trying to energize whoever they’ve identified as their voters, and hope that those people get to the polls,” Healy said. “Instead, you have a 2005 video tape of Donald Trump talking about sexual assault, women, and how he can use his power as a star to grab women’s vaginas and do whatever he wants with them. This has never happened before.”

Trump’s leaked vulgar comments about sexually assaulting women presented Healy with a challenge as a journalist: how to determine the ethical boundaries of a story, and how to go about writing it in an appropriate manner.

After careful consideration, the Times decided to publish Trump’s exact profane language in a front-page article last Friday.

“The feeling was that people would want to know what the words were,” Healy said. “The words that were being used by the man who is now the Republican presidential nominee, at the time he was a reality TV star, matter.”

Having covered John Kerry’s campaign in 2004 for The Boston Globe, as well as current Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s run in 2008 for the Times, Healy has extensive experience reporting on presidential elections.

Healy described, however, that the unusual story of Trump’s comments is a prime example of how much more controversial this election is than those of the recent past, and how this has caused him to changed his approach to writing.

“You find yourself as a journalist wondering ‘Okay, what am I covering?’” he said, “Is this just sort of like tabloid politics? Should I be only asking about and focusing on issues, or do I need to sort of push Donald Trump on his strategy and the way that he is running?”

Healy continued to underscore the uniqueness of Trump’s candidacy, attributing much of his success to his fame as a businessman and television celebrity, the widespread media coverage of his campaign, and his ability to appeal to nationalist sentiments in voters.

He contrasted this with Clinton’s calculated and careful campaign. Healy underscored that while Clinton has worked to remain committed to addressing important issues, Trump has plunged the race into a lower moral ground, seeking to cut into Clinton’s lead by attacking her character.

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Starting on Tuesday morning, 11 demonstrators stood in silence each day this week holding signs that read “No Coal” and “BC: Whose Side Are You On,” at a silent protest hosted by Climate Justice at Boston College (CJBC). The protest involves 15-minute demonstrations between classes to publicize CJBC’s stance on climate justice.

Each day leading up to Friday, CJBC members and those who support the cause have remained silent while holding posters to symbolize the University’s silence on environmental issues. On Tuesday, demonstrators stood on O’Neill Plaza and silently handed out flyers.

On Wednesday, demonstrators moved to Stokes Lawn and handed out about 15 flyers.

On the last day, demonstrators plan to vocalize their concerns, which include the the fact that the University’s endowment is partially invested in fossil-fuel companies.

CJBC, which became a registered student organization last fall after several attempts, has held many rallies and protests against the University’s investment in fossil fuels.

This week’s event was planned for demonstrators to stand in solidarity with those protesting the construction of the North Dakota Access Pipeline, according to Amber Ruther, a demonstrator and CSOM ’17.

Later this month, CJBC organizers will bring in a professor to speak about the theological implications of climate change. Ruther said that this talk will connect back to the University’s role as a Catholic institution and CJBC’s push for divestment.

Last October, immediately after becoming a registered student group, CJBC marched up the million dollar stairs, calling on the University to divest from fossil fuels.

The group wanted the University to pull its stock out of companies including Shell, BP, and Exxon-Mobil.

The march last October came after Pope Francis released an encyclical, Laudato Si’, which addressed climate change.

In the past, CJBC has also held two overnight demonstrations on University President Rev. William Leahy, S.J.’s office’s lawn. At the first sleep-out, which was held in April 2015, eight students stayed throughout the whole night. In the morning, the students presented Leahy with a letter that outlined their hopes for the University.

CJBC’s second sleep-out took place in April 2016 and was meant to remind the University of the group’s requests outlined in the letter.

“This is just a problem that is ongoing,” Ruther said about climate change efforts. “There is not necessarily one particular event that sparked our action, but we have continuously been fighting for divestment from fossil fuels.”

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Jane Swift, the first female governor of Massachusetts, spoke to students on Tuesday.

Jane Swift, the first female governor of Massachusetts, spoke to a student audience this Tuesday in McGuinn Hall about her career in politics and the struggles she faced while in office.

Swift spent over a decade of her life in public service, serving as state senator for the Berkshire, Hampden, Hampshire, and Franklin districts of Massachusetts; secretary of Consumer affairs of Massachusetts; lieutenant governor; and governor. Currently, she is the CEO of Middlebury Interactive Languages, LLC, and serves on the boards of Suburban Propane, the School of Leadership in Afghanistan, Champlain College, and PBS Vermont.

Swift’s career in public office was set in motion just three years out of college, when she began working for former state senator Peter Webber. As the 1990 election was approaching, Webber chose not to run for reelection and invited Swift to run for his seat. She recalled how, without Webber’s invitation, she probably would not have run for office.

Swift won her district’s seat and became the 13th woman to serve in the 40-member State Senate. She explained how being young and female, different from a majority of politicians, helped

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The Clough Center is hosting a talk on Brexit on Oct. 13 at 4 p.m. at 10 Stone Ave. Political science professor and director of European Union studies at Yale University David Cameron will speak about the causes and implications of the United Kingdom leaving the EU.

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Megan Cook, who is an English professor at Colby College, will give a lecture titled “Getting Medieval with Geoffrey Chaucer in Early Modern England.” The talk on the English writer will take place on Oct. 13 at 7 p.m. in Stokes S295.

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UGBC will hold a free breakfast for students on Oct. 14 at 9 a.m. in McGuinn 334 as a part of Pride Week. Students will have the opportunity to mingle with other students and give feedback and suggestions for the future of Pride Week.

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As a part of Boston College’s three-year core renewal initiative, 16 pilot courses were added to this year’s undergraduate curriculum.

These courses are exclusively offered to first-year students and last the entire year.

One of the pilot courses is titled “Narrating Black Intimacies: Black Intimacy and Intersectionality in the U.S.” The course is taught by sociology professor Shawn McGuffey and English professor Rhonda Frederick.

The course will examine issues of intimacy, closeness, and proximity in the context of race and class.

“A Perfect Moral Storm: The Science and Ethics of Climate Change” is another pilot course that was offered this academic year. The course is taught by philosophy professor David Storey and earth and environmental sciences professor Corinne Wong.

“Teaming up with David to present the objective side [of climate change] while having students grapple with the subjective side of climate change only seemed natural,” Wong said to the Office of News and Public Affairs.

In order to create the course, Wong and Storey came up with a list of topics their respective disciplines cover and identified which topics overlapped. They then created a syllabus in which they weaved together climate science and philosophy seamlessly, according to Storey.

Students in the course will hear from two former members of the Obama administration as well as a former Environmental Protection Agency scientist to enhance their learning in the course.

“The goal is to generate a populace that is informed of the challenges that our society faces and inspired to be leaders in working toward solutions,” Wong said.

:;9: kf E\n ?Xdgj_`i\ Members of College Democrats of Boston College (CDBC) are travelling, to Salem, N.H., this weekend to canvass for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. The club is joining members of College Democrats of Massachusetts (CDM).

Buses will leave from Northeastern University and BC early Saturday morning. The trip is sponsored by NARAL Pro-Choice America, a 501(c) organization that fights restrictions on abortion. Because of the sponsorship, the trip is free for students to attend.

Over the weekend, CDBC members will receive canvassing training and then will be sent out to knock on doors in Salem. On Saturday afternoon, NARAL will hold a prochoice rally with Governor of New Hampshire Maggie Hassan.

Students from schools all over Massachusetts, including Northeastern, Boston University, University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Brandeis University, will be attending, in addition to CDBC members.

CDM has travelled to New Hampshire in the past, but with the election coming up next month, this is its largest effort yet, according to an email from Santiago Nariño, a Latin@ Caucus Director for CDM. “We understand it is our responsibility to do our civic duty by talking to undecided voters about this election that is paramount to the future prosperity and vitality of our exceptional democracy,” said Matthew Sanborn, co-president of CDBC and MCAS ’17, in an email.

The granddaughter of one of the most prominent civil rights activists of the 1960s spoke at Boston College this week. In recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month, on Tuesday night, the Winston Center partnered with Thea Bowman Committee and Latinos at Boston College to bring Christine Chavez, farmworker coordinator for the United States Department of Agriculture and the granddaughter of Cesar Chavez, an activist for farm workers rights.

Tiziana Dearing, a professor at the School of Social Work, introduced Chavez and gave the audience three frames to keep in mind while listening to her story: the power of personal narrative, how gender has affected politics throughout the years, and how the U.S. is in the middle of a massive renegotiation of work.

“It’s a new social contract,” Dearing said before giving the stage to Chavez.

As Chavez walked on stage, she displayed a picture of her sister protesting in a strike for workers’ rights.

She used this image to help show the audience how the labor movement fight has been a part of her entire life.

Cesar Chavez founded the National Farm Workers Association in 1962.

“My mom was Cesar’s oldest daughter, and she instilled in us this sense of pride as Latin Americans, as women, as granddaughters of Cesar Chavez,” she said.

Chavez explained how if she and her sister wanted to spend time with Cesar, who fought for fair labor treatment across the western United

According to a recent report entitled “Making Ends Meet in Newton,” it is 15 percent more expensive to live in Newton than in a number of its surrounding towns in the Boston area. This is one of several reasons that the office of Newton Mayor Setti Warren, BC ’93, is teaming up with Boston College faculty to promote Warren’s “Economic Growth for All” Initiative, which is aimed at combating economic inequality in Newton.

At a press conference in the Yawkey Center’s Murray Room on Oct. 6, Warren, along with Health and Human Services Commissioner Deborah Youngblood, University President Rev. William P. Leahy, S.J., and Provost and Dean of Faculties David Quigley, announced the new partnership.

“The issue of our time, I believe, is the issue of income inequality,” Warren said. “The idea that an individual or a family could work hard, take care of themselves, contribute to a community, be self-sufficient, and pass that onto their children may not be possible for future generations in this city.”

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Christine Chavez spoke about her relationship with her grandfather, Cesar Chavez, and growing up in an activist family.

States, they had to be prepared to do it in unconventional ways.

“It was this joke in the community that we didn’t have family picnics, we had family pickets,” she said.

Chavez talked about her time with her grandfather with fondness.

She recalls participating with him in hotel workers’ and farm workers’ protests. She learned through her activism that all labor movements are interconnected.

She went on to explain how her grandfather knew that to be really effective, his own movement had to combine with other movements. He collaborated with people like Martin Luther King, Jr., and Harvey Milk.

Chavez proceeded to read a telegram from King to Cesar.

“We are together with you in spirit and in determination, that our dreams for a better tomorrow will be realized,” Chavez said as she read the letter.

Chavez’s grandfather proceeded to boycott within the Civil Rights Movement, and then applied it to

the labor movement by boycotting California table grapes all over the country.

Cesar received some criticism for combining movements, but he knew it was necessary to make a true change, Chavez said.

Chavez explained that her grandfather’s belief in justice drives her to continue his work today.

“My grandfather thought our country was better than the exclusion he encountered at home and in the service,” she said. “He never let this prejudice diminish his patriotism.”

After protesting with supermarket workers over long hours with unfair pay and treatment, and Hyatt Hotel workers, Chavez knew that the consequence for civil disobedience would be arrest. Her husband asked her if she still wanted to go for it.

“It was tough, but I’m glad I did it,” she said about the experience.

Chavez continues to try to make Cesar’s vision a reality. She advocated for a bill that pays farmworkers in California for overtime work. This

legislation demonstrates that the labor movement continues after her grandfather’s death.

Chavez also explained that, as someone who studied political science, she loves talking about the current elections and urges everyone to become politically active.

She has made political activism her mission by campaigning for the Kerry-Edwards ticket in New Mexico in 2004 and serving as a surrogate speaker for then-presidential hopeful Barack Obama in 2008. She gives talks to young women about the work she does and about how to get involved, saying there are more ways than just voting to get your voice heard. She encourages all individuals, including immigrants, to become politically active.

“Lack of documentation should not stop them from getting out there and continue to take over where these powerful men have obviously failed,” Chavez said. “More than ever, they need to get out there and be politically active.”

For Warren, such an issue hits close to home. His parents came from disadvantaged neighborhoods in Harlem and the Bronx, giving him firsthand experience with economic inequality. He referred to his own economic status when talking about creating plans for his initiative.

“My parents purchased the home where I grew up with my dad’s GI Bill benefits here in Newton,” Warren said. “I live in that house right now. I know that my wife and I would not be able to afford to purchase the home right now. This is personal for me.”

The partnership will create a new range of opportunities for BC professors and faculty to work with officials from Newton on research and policy projects relating to economic disparity in the local community.

Warren described three major areas that the initiative will focus on: investing in human capital so that residents can become selfsufficient, creating more affordable housing and transportation throughout the city, and continuing to grow the “innovation economy” of Newton by seeking to create higher-paying jobs closer to the

suburbs.

Warren, who spoke highly of BC, highlighted the University’s capability to help further the initiative’s goals.

“This University has the leading thinkers around all three of these issues, grounded in science, grounded in research,” Warren said. “You have the ability to work with a city like Newton to ensure that we’re putting the right interventions in place, growing the programs we have in place already, but then looking at creating new, bold imaginative programs for our citizens here in Newton.”

The University has already begun to contribute to the initiative, with Youngblood and her staff partnering with the Center for Retirement Research at BC to create a cost-of-living index for Newton.

Youngblood hailed this project as an example of what the local government can achieve when working in collaboration with the University.

Leahy spoke about the importance of BC’s engagement with its local community, and hailed the newfound partnership as an exemplarily relationship.

“I think there are great possibilities for this partnership to enhance

not only what goes on in Newton,” Leahy said. “But I think there will be lessons for other communities in the United States about how there are ways in which the economic and health well-being of individual citizens can be enhanced by partnerships with institutions of higher education and a caring, dedicated city government.”

As a graduate of BC, where he was Undergraduate Government president, Warren recognized that the goal of combating economic inequality aligned directly with the Jesuit value of working as men and women for others. Quigley emphasized this point, and described the correlation between the partnership and the University’s mission of furthering the common good.

“We’re really trying to push toward research and scholarship as an institutional commitment that has an orientation toward the common good,” Quigley said. “Thinking here in 2016, in metro Boston, in larger U.S. society, there is a real obligation to think seriously about how we contribute to the common good in our own research, teaching, and service, and I think this partnership opens up some rich possibilities for us.”

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By Anthony Rein For The Heights Boston College welcomed renowned writer and activist Phyllis Bennis on Tuesday to talk about the conflict in Syria. Entitled “Ending the Many Wars in Syria,” the lecture focused not only on the Syrian Civil War, but also on the various other conflicts and proxy wars going on in the region.

Bennis is the director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies, a Washington, D.C., think tank, and co-chair of the United Nations-based International Coordinating Network on Palestine. She is the author of several books, most recently Understanding ISIS and the New Global War on Terror: A Primer.

The event was sponsored by the history and sociology departments, the Program on Islamic Civilization and Societies, and the Center for Human Rights and International Justice.

“Right now, the situation in Syria is as dire as anyone could imagine, and it’s as bad as we are hearing in the press, and then some,” Bennis said to begin her talk.

Bennis outlined the conflict as a part of

the broader War on Terror, a war she believes has failed miserably. The conflict stems from the creeping militarization of U.S. foreign policy that has already failed in Libya, Somalia, Iraq, and Afghanistan.

“We’ve been at war with terror for 15 years, and terrorism is doing just fine, which should give us an indication that war is not a very useful approach to dealing with terror,” Bennis said. “Terrorism is a serious problem.

Going to war against it has made it stronger, further afield from where its origins were; it’s made everything worse.”

Bennis’s hope is to de-escalate the conflict back into the nonviolent political movement it was in the early part of the Arab Spring, which would allow the involvement of a much broader coalition including all citizens, not just armed fighters.

The key to ending the Syrian Civil War, she argues, is ending all the proxy wars that have prolonged and intensified the original conflict. Within Syria, Saudi Arabia and Iran compete for regional and religious influence, Russia is struggling against the U.S. for greater influence, and Turkey is attempting to weaken the Kurds, with the added tensions between Iran and the U.S.

“We’re not trying to win the war, we’re trying to end the war,” she said.

Bennis argued that the U.S. should cease bombing operations against Syria to halt the killing of civilians and prevent anti-American sentiment among the local population.

“If your goal in Syria is to stop ISIS or Assad or anybody else from killing Syrians, stop killing Syrians yourself,” she said. “That means stop bombing Syria, withdraw the planes, withdraw the troops, withdraw the special forces … Just stop. It’s not doing anybody any good.”

Further, the U.S. should not try to implement a no-fly zone over the area, which she believes risks sparking a war with Russia and huge losses from Syrian anti-aircraft capabilities. She also pointed out the failure of the Pentagon’s $500 million operation to train Syrian rebel forces, and how the weapons sent to Syrian rebels are ending up in extremist hands.

Diplomacy, not military action, is Bennis’s solution. She argued for a no-fly zone agreed to by all parties diplomatically, rather than having it be a forced U.S. imposition, and called for a massive regionwide arms embargo to halt the flow of weapons into

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Even though the U.S. has been fighting terrorism for 15 years, it remains a problem, Bennis said.

Syria. She also took the position that the U.S. should drastically increase the number of Syrian refugees it is taking in.

Ultimately, Bennis stated her position—the Syrian Civil War cannot and should not be won. It should end with a peace deal involving all sides seeking to gain

from the conflict. That includes not just the Assad regime and the rebels, but the U.S., Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and other countries as well.

“At some point there will be a negotiated settlement,” Bennis said. “The question is what has to happen first.”

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a shock-and-awe strategy to ultimately bring down Hillary Clinton as far as he can, and to energize people who want real change in America, and feel like they’re not going to get it from another politician,” Healy said.

Trump’s denigrating strategy can be seen in his promulgation of controversy surrounding Clinton’s hacked emails that were recently published by Wikileaks. Trump also worked to bring Bill Clinton’s extramarital affairs back into the national spotlight.

Another unique feature of the current presidential race, Healy noted, is that many experts are still unclear about what factors will most strongly influence voters on Election Day. People may vote for a candidate for a variety of reasons—they don’t approve of the way Trump talks about women, they don’t like the Clintons, they want to see a woman in office, or they want a businessman in office.

The later part of the discussion was centered on bias in the media, with multiple students questioning Healy about the liberal bias of the Times and how the publication’s endorsement of Clinton may influence its reporting on the current election. Healy was open to addressing such concerns.

“If I felt like the Times were a hostile workplace ideologically, I might not want to work there, but I don’t get that feeling in the newsroom,” Healy said. “There is a sense of ‘this is an important story, we need to cover it,’ you know, ‘is it fair? Is it something that voters need to know?’ We have news meetings every Monday, and I’ve never found those meetings to reek of liberal bias or conservative bias. What I mean by that is, I never find the ideas to essentially be like Trojan horses for Hillary Clinton.”

Healy summarized the mission of his reporting and the Times in the current presidential race.

“In trying to decide what targets you are going to look at, the goal ultimately is to give readers as much information as we can for people to be making an informed choice when they vote,” Healy said.

female peers.

“Our instinct is to judge women on their clothing choices, grooming, and hair, and that runs really deep,” Swift said.

While in office, she focused on improving public education in Massachusetts.

She instituted the MCAS standardized tests and gave a state of education address to discuss Massachusetts’s educational progress. Swift recalled a Boston Herald story the next day that focused on how she re-wore the same suit but not on the content of her speech.

Frustrated with the way that her appearance was given more focus by the media than the policies and issues she believed in, Swift decided to try dressing differently, and began wearing a basic, white-collared shirt with a blazer. Suddenly, the focus moved from her appearance to the causes and policies she believed really mattered.

While in and after leaving office, Swift was criticized for using a helicopter to be flown home when one of her daughters was sick with pneumonia. She pointed out the double standard, saying that every governor has used a helicopter during his governance, but she was the only one scrutinized for it.

After Swift’s term was over, she chose not to run for reelection but instead to move to the private sector. After having dealt with the pressure of being one of the first women in office, she now feels the responsibility to call out sexism in politics when she sees it and to make her office one in which men and women are treated equally.

Swift ended her talk by taking a few questions. One audience member asked what Swift thinks we can do to close the gap between the perception of women and men in government. Swift replied by saying that she thinks more participation by women will bring change to the political atmosphere.

“Be brave,” Swift said. “Be bold. They can say the worst things about you, and you can still have a great life.”

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By Sophia Fox For The Heights During his lifetime, Galileo Galilei was known for inventing the telescope.

But it was his other scientific discoveries, specifically his scientific evidence in favor of a heliocentric view of the cosmos, that got him into trouble.

Despite what many think, it was not Galileo who first proposed the heliocentric view of the solar system, according to Stanford University professor and awardwinning historian Paula Findlen. Galileo simply used his telescope to prove fellow astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus’s new calculations of the cosmos.

Findlen gave a lecture at Boston College Wednesday night about her work regarding the life of Galileo. Findlen’s research centers on history, science, and the formation of early museums. The lecture, which was part of the Lowell Humanities Series, focused primarily on the nine years after the infamous trial of Galileo.

In June 1633, Galileo was put on trial before the Roman Inquisition, an arm of the Catholic Church. He was suspected of heresy and charged with acting against theological teachings for releasing his findings that the sun, rather than the earth, is the center of the solar system and that the earth itself spins on an axis.

The lecture began with a brief explanation of Galileo’s scientific contributions and the situation surrounding the trial itself. In Findlen’s experience, the

story of Galileo is one of a misunderstood mystery.

“We know who did it,” Findlen said.

“The question is what exactly is the crime?”

In Galileo’s time, the Catholic Church held significant power in the various states of Italy, and his discoveries posed a threat to traditional theology, which taught that the earth God created was the center of the universe.

What is of greatest interest to Findlen, however, was not the sensational trial in which Galileo was condemned, but rather how he lived after the trial.

Findlen presented evidence to suggest that Galileo’s life did not revolve around tragedy, nor did it revolve around his scientific discoveries.

In his post-trial life, the network of acquaintances Galileo had developed became crucial. Residing predominantly in Venice, France, and Protestant strongholds in Eastern Europe, Galileo’s friends and former students worked to restore his reputation throughout Italy. Eventually, they facilitated the publication of several of his works, despite Vatican ordered prohibitions.

The French in particular worked to confirm and expand Galileo’s astronomical discoveries. They became a lifeline, connecting Galileo’s radical findings with the ideologies of the rest of Europe, which were more hospitable to progressive science than Catholicism. Galileo’s supporters in France later became the driving force behind the publication of Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief

World Systems and Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina.

Letters of correspondence between Galileo and his friends in Venice, where he had taught at university for nearly 20 years, were central to Findlen’s research.

They showed a continuation of support of Galileo’s scientific discoveries in spite of the Church’s hostility. For Findlen, these letters are a show of defiance from both Galileo and those loyal to him in the aftermath of the inquisition.

Support for Galileo even continued in Rome, where academics focused mostly on his work in math and physics, which were still permissible in the eyes of the Church. Findlen’s work shows that Galileo was far from a quiet decline in the face of misfortune. He had an “unquiet mind” and a support system that was just as eager for knowledge.

Findlen described the true dilemma for Galileo not as a struggle between the Church and himself, but rather between his faith and his scientific mind. He wanted science and religion to be able to coexist.

Findlen ended her lecture by discussing the almost sanctified way Galileo is portrayed in art and modern society.

Galileo is revered as one of the brightest scientific minds in history, yet what Findlen was most struck by about this man was his optimism. Even in his last days before the trial, he didn’t fear punishment.

“We see a man who believes strongly in the path to knowledge that absolutely had to be explored,” she said.

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Just four years ago, Brian Moy made the leap to open up his own Japanese restaurant in the middle of Chinatown. Moy’s family has owned many restaurants there for quite some time, including China Pearl and Best Little Restaurant, or BLR. But he wanted to bring a modern take on Asian fusion into Chinatown. And so began his journey with his restaurant, Shojo.

Shojo, in Japanese culture, represents a sea spirit with a red face and hair, with a fondness for alcohol, especially sake. Moy wanted to capture this essence when he opened the restaurant,

which prides itself on its awardwinning bar—as well as the Japanese fusion cuisine it features.

When they walk into Shojo, guests are greeted with a warm but industrial interior, with Shojo featuring elegant wood and exposed metal beams throughout.

Given its small space, the restaurant can only seat around 40 people, including those at the bar. The back wall provides visitors with a visual depiction of the theme of the restaurant, which changes every year. This year the theme is about expansion of the business and family.

Hanging on the walls of the rest of the restaurant are paintings that replicate the murals of years past as a way to not forget where they

came from. Moy has a new mural painted annually on that wall to represent the theme for that year and to prevent the atmosphere from becoming monotonous. “[This year] Brian wanted to show the expansion [of the brand and new restaurants],” said Justin Hackett, general manager of Shojo.

Trying to get into the restaurant without a reservation on the weekend is rather tricky—the small seating area limits the number of patrons the restaurant can serve at one time, and demand often exceeds the number of available tables. Luckily, Hackett promises that only a quarter of the seats in the restaurant are used for reservations, with the

rest on a first come, first serve basis. But, he warned that if hungry patrons get there past 6 p.m. on a weekend, they may wait anywhere from 45 minutes to two hours for a table.

Shojo’s bar, rated the best in Boston, focuses on Japanese whiskey. But not just any Japanese whiskey—Moy believes in providing his guests with only the highest-end cocktails. Hackett said that Shojo is the only place in Boston that serves Yamazaki sherry cask whiskey, a single glass of which will cost guests over $400.

Hackett attributes Shojo’s success to their handmade noodles, which began when they invested $40,000 into a machine

to make their own. The homemade noodles provoked so much interest from the public that they could not remove them from the menu.

Moy plans to open up a second restaurant down the street in Chinatown with a focus on ramen only. His plan is to phase out ramen in Shojo and bring it to his new restaurant, Ruckus.

Ruckus plans to differentiate itself with a focus on new varieties of ramen. But how different can the ramen get?

“Currently in Shojo it takes 12 to 14 hours to make our broth,” Hackett said. “In Ruckus, we are planning for the broth to take 16 to 18 hours. … That time difference in cooking the broth

can lead to even more flavorful broth.”

While the ramen will no longer be at Shojo, Moy and Hackett believe this is only the beginning.

Currently, the restaurant continues to provide its guests with an innovative menu that includes duck fat hand-cut fries, wu-tand tiger-style ribs, and the “Shojonator,” a Japanese take on a Wendy’s “Baconator.” Moy hopes to continue to add to the menu and hopefully expand Shojo to other locations in Boston. Ultimately, he wants to provide his customers the best food and drinks in the most innovative fashion in an area that is already flooded with thriving restaurants—and so far, he appears to be succeeding.

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Shojo, located in Chinatown, prides itself on its innovative menu selections, which feature modern takes of traditional Japanese dishes. It was also ranked recently among the best ramen locations in the country

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By Meghan Hokr For the Heights In a day and age when women can look back on history and say they have come far in the fight for equality in society, certain social stigmas still exist for females considering careers in STEM fields. Joulez, a local startup that was a 2016 finalist during MassChallenge, hopes to break social expectations and encourage young girls to pursue STEM careers by using creative building kits tailored for them.

Stephanie Rowe, co-founder and CEO of Joulez, hopes that the design-centered company will expose girls to STEM vocabulary and skills while allowing them to engage in creative, goal-oriented assembly through the use of its products. One of the reasons she got involved in this sector was the relatively low interest in the scientific fields, in which as many as 10 to 15 percent of high school girls saw STEM as unavailable to them, she said. So, Joulez—whose name is a play on Joules, the scientific unit for work—was born.

Driven by her passion to promote equality and opportunity for women, Rowe hopes Joulez will change the perception of what STEM is, as well as those whom society accepts into the field. Rowe was working toward her graduate degree in consumer product education from MIT when she thought of the idea for Joulez. She envisioned a business opportunity that allowed her to integrate her passion and her STEM background. Joulez is that unique intersection.

The startup’s products offer

a self-motivated incentive, as its kits give young girls the tools to express creativity and build toys and other beautiful crafts, all while gaining a deeper understanding of technological foundations. Girls, Rowe believes, learn, expand their minds, and overcome obstacles while enriching their self-esteem as they build resilience and perseverance through failures.

Though not yet on the market, Joulez has already made its mark in the community. Rowe mentioned that people who are eager to experience the innovative world have requested prototypes from Joulez.

Upon arriving at her idea, Rowe started doing research on consumer behavior in order to pinpoint what girls want to do on a daily basis. The company targets 8- to 12-year-old girls as the core market for Joulez, and it aims to gain a new perspective on the world that traditionally has been described as one with a love for arts and crafts, and shift that toward one that values building and creating just as much.

With that in mind, Rowe found that decorating rooms provides the perfect medium for girls to showcase their desire to beautify while attributing STEM skills in building certain products.

Joulez’s first prototype, a lamp, is a useful room element that has been received with much enthusiasm during its showcase demonstration, where Rowe wanted to show the potential of her idea with a simple yet practical object. Participants became excited about technology and proved to the company that by applying their new skills, they

could make much cooler objects that they would normally use on a regular basis.

Rowe also found that forwardlooking technological careers rely heavily on both males and females. As 80 percent of future jobs will one day involve STEM credentials, she said, the need for an introduction into this world becomes imperative for both males and females, which is why she is working to even the playing field for girls. She saw that now was the right time to pitch her idea and go after her desire to make an impact.

MassChallenge, a startup accelerator, has given Joulez great support through its participation in the top 26 startup companies in the program. The collaborative environment has a friendly culture that has made its goal to see new companies reach high levels of success, Rowe said. With the help of mentors and the larger community, the competition aided in the development of her idea and helped launch Joulez to the level of success it has enjoyed, while also creating a community.

She fe els that the social impact of her product is directly proportional to the amount of time she spends with young girls and their families. Reflecting on a personal account of when she truly felt her vision manifesting into something great, she recalled a moment when a father, with tears in his eyes, watched his young daughter assemble a lamp.

“I’ve never seen her so excited,” Rowe said. “I’ve tried finding things for her to create, but nothing has brought her so much joy as this.”

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Over the past year I will admit to having lost two water bottles, a bracelet, a hat, a single earring, three necklaces, countless individual socks, a pencil case, and a tiny stapler. And the loss of each item completely shocked me. Especially the water bottles—losing those really shook me up.

When each item initially disappeared—except for those, like the necklaces, that I lost in a way that I could distinctly remember—I refused to accept that it was lost. I paced around the places I last remembered seeing it. Oftentimes I even asked complete strangers (a sometimes daunting task) if they had seen my missing item. I would look at the world around me with eyes narrowed by suspicion, convinced that I would see some thief waltzing around with my dark green water bottle. Which, I guess, is crazy in retrospect. The people of this world are not out on mission to steal my water bottles and my hats. (Though, I do still think that someone stole my pencil case.)

Perhaps it seems strange to get so hung up on the loss of these items, especially when you consider the general lack of material or emotional value they actually held. I guess I just happen to really hate losing things. I hate the destabilizing sense that follows accepting the fact that I am unable to keep track of my own belongings. It must be linked to a fear of losing control, because each time I lose something I get the sensation that my life is subtly slipping out of my grasp.

Although this feeling is most certainly an overreaction, I can’t help it—try as I might—and so I make a conscious attempt to avoid losing anything at all costs—which is why the sculpture housed in the Porter Square T stop unsettled me the first time I stumbled across it.

When you descend into the stop, you will quickly notice the first glove at the top of the second escalator, the one that takes you completely underground and away from any natural source of light. At first, as you slowly move past the glove while the escalator moves downwards you might think that the glove is real—a lonely remnant of last winter.

But as you continue moving downward, clumps of gloves begin appearing in between the escalator railings in larger and larger numbers. Intrigued as to how this rash of lost gloves has occurred, you might reach out to poke one, and, upon feeling its cold surface, realize that the glove is made of bronze.

The gloves in question are part of Glove Cycle, the public art installation commissioned by the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority and created by artist Mags Harries. Installed in 1984, Glove Cycle aims to build a sense of community and conversation between commuters within the station, and also to construct the narrative of a life cycle.

If commuters in the Porter Square T stop follow the trail of bronze gloves down through the platform toward the left, they will discover a small heap of these gloves, looking carelessly rumpled as though they were carefully thrown onto the tile floor. Covered with decades of dust and dirt, with only specks of bronze still shining through, the pile of gloves truly appears to be lost and forgotten in the rush of daily life.

As I stared at the gloves, I could not help but think about the list of things that I had lost over the past months. As much as losing something can honestly shake me to the core, maybe it is a feeling I need to get used to. Because maybe wrapped up in that fear of losing control is a deeper fear of letting go and changing—two things that are as impossible to avoid in the cycles of our lives as making it through a lifetime (or at least my existence) without misplacing a water bottle now and again.

But that being said: if you have my pencil case, I would really like it back.

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Even in a setting as familiar as Copley Square, it can be possible for Bostonians to discover something new—maybe even a completely new culture.This past Saturday, the chance of discovery became a certainty, as Copley Square was filled with vendors, performers, and visitors who made up the fourth annual New England Indonesian Festival. Beginning at 12 p.m. with speeches and traditional performances as the opening ceremonies, the festival continued until 6 p.m., with activities, such as traditional dances, multiple musical performances, and games, scheduled throughout the afternoon in order to present visitors with multiple examples of Indonesian culture.

Hosted and organized by PERMIAS Massachusetts, the Massachusetts chapter of the Indonesian Students Association in the United States, the New England Indonesian Festival began in 2012 as the brainchild of PERMIAS Massachusetts’s 2012 executive board. Completely run and organized by college students attending Boston-area school such as Northeastern, Boston University, Tufts, and the University of Massachusetts,

who are all members of the current PERMIAS executive board, the planning process for the festival—although strenuous—showcases the organizational and collaborative skills inherent to many students in the Boston area.

This year, the New England Indonesian Festival’s theme was “Ourchipelago,” in order to introduce visitors to Indonesia’s status as the world’s largest archipelago. For this year’s festival, organizers decided to emphasize the six main islands that make up Indonesia: Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Bali, and Papua.

Through a brightly decorated display of tables on the grassy lawn in the center of Copley, festival attendees were encouraged to stop by the table dedicated to each island to learn more about what makes each one unique.

After visiting the display, visitors could lounge on the grass, perhaps even with a picnic of traditional Indonesian cuisine purchased from some of the festival’s many food vendors located all along the perimeter of Copley Square. These vendors, which included Boston’s own Kaki Lima’s, as well as Indomie, Dapur the Tios, and Warung Mba Ning, sold everything from traditional , savory Indonesian cuisine to exotic-looking sweets and brightly colored drinks. Many casual

passersby were drawn in by the food, and then led to explore the rest of what the festival had to offer—an outcome that delights organizers such as PERMIAS Massachusetts’s Head of Marketing and Reports, Dian Mak. “The goal has , I think—aside from [creating a] home away from home [for the Indonesian community in Boston]—been presenting Indonesian culture to people here in the United States,” Mak said. “Indonesia isn’t really that well known, but it’s a beautiful country. We have 17,000 islands, and … we feel like Indonesia hasn’t been very much presented in the eyes of the world, so that’s definitely a goal.”

And it is a goal that has certainly been met over the past few years that the festival has taken place. Not only does Mak delight in receiving social media messages from the festival’s attendees, already eager to return next year, she also notes that the festival’s growth has been the most notable change over the past couple of years, an impressive feat especially in light of the fact that the entire festival was developed and organized entirely by students, each with his or her own rigorous academic life.

The collaborative skills PERMIAS students hone while planning the festival obviously pay

off, as the festival serves its intended purpose of immersing visitors, many of whom are generally unfamiliar with Indonesia, in traditional Indonesian culture. Even the festival’s layout—a ring of white booths enclosing the large stage and traditional Indonesian decorations located on Copley’s grass-covered middle—lends itself to an immersive experience, as festival attendees feel that they enter a bright cocoon of Indonesian culture within the center of downtown Boston. And once in the middle of this bubble, visitors, surrounded by the traditional Indonesian murals used to decorate the space, witnessed performances that Mak emphasized as some of the festival’s highlights.

“Definitely the performances [are a highlight],” Mak said. “We have the dancers fly in, a lot from D.C., and some from Philadelphia They perform traditional dances from different parts of Indonesia, and there’s also a performance with traditional Indonesian instruments.”

Mak said that organizers hope to continue building this immersive experience in the future iterations of the festival in order to strengthen the Indonesian community within Boston, and inform the Boston public of the unique facets of Indonesian culture.

9fjkfeËj C`k\iXip :fddle`kp kf >Xk_\i Xk 9ffb =\jk`mXc 9P N@CC@8D 98K:?<CFI =fi k_\ ?\`^_kj The eighth annual Boston Book Festival kicks off this weekend at a variety of venues around Copley Square, including the Boston Public Library. Beginning with a special presentation on Friday evening, this year’s festival continues through Saturday night, when over 200 presenters will take the stage to close the festival. Admission to the festival is free, and it’s open to the Boston public.

This year, the theme of the festival is “Life on the Margins,” and it will feature close to 90 different events and activities centered on the power that words have to inspire others. The Boston Book Festival is an opportunity to help transform reading into something more communal and shared.

Norah Piehl, the deputy director of the Boston Book Festival, oversees the planning and organization of the presentations and workshops over the course of the day. Piehl explained that the Boston Book Festival helps to draw attention to literary activity in Boston while also being the largest literary festival in New England.

“The festival is an opportunity to not only bring in world-class authors from around the world, but to showcase some of the great writing that is happening in Boston,” Piehl said.

The day’s events include individual speeches , panel presentations , and discussion workshops covering a wide variety of genres from literature and beyond. The festival will also feature an outdoor street fair with 75 vendors and exhibitors, including food trucks, ondemand poetry, walking tours, and live music in Copley Square.

Piehl attributes the success of the festival to the versatility of the location, as many of the events will take place in venues around Back Bay, including churches, cultural centers, and a hotel.

“Copley is one of the few areas in Boston where there is a great marriage of significant historic spaces which can be used for programming with an outdoor park area suitable for the street fair aspect,”

Piehl said.

And after significant renovations, the Boston Public Library is ready for use. This year, the library will serve as the anchor point for the events, and Piehl hopes that it will be a great opportunity for members of the public to both see the new spaces and experience them in the context of the festival.

Kicking the festival off on Friday evening is “Storytelling for Page and Screen,” featuring Emma Donoghue—the author of bestselling Room, which was made into a movie—Maria Semple, and Tom Perrotta.

The three authors—who have experience writing novels, films, and television shows— will be in conversation with Robin Young from Boston’s WBUR. The discussion will touch upon the differences between writing in different styles and for different purposes, while also engaging with what it was like to see their own work on the small or big

screen. Just this past year, Donoghue was nominated for an Academy Award for best adapted screenplay for Room.

This year’s iction keynote speech will be given by award-winning writer Colson Whitehead and moderated by Saeed Jones, an American poet who was nominated for the 2014 National Book Critics Circle Award. Whitehead’s latest novel, The Underground Railroad, has already received widespread acclaim, and was just shortlisted for the National Book Award. Recently, Oprah Winfrey selected his book to re-boot her book club. Piehl described Whitehead as an author who was poised to have a big breakout book.

With the active sports culture at Boston College, “Sports in Context” is a session that may appeal to the BC audience. This sportswriting panel will examine the interplay between college and amateur sports and the social environment of the

sports world. Sports Illustrated writer S.L. Price and former Yale basketball star Onaje Woodbine will explore street basketball in Boston and football in a former steel town in Pennsylvania, dissecting what these activities mean for each community.

This year’s festival will also feature a series of sessions called “Reading like a Writer,” which consist of three 20-minute conversations where an author digs into a small excerpt of his or her most recent work.

This session aims to attract those interested in the mechanics of writing—such as the meticulous choices writers must make about punctuation or word choice.

This year’s Boston Book Festival offers lovers of literature the unique opportunity to come together and hear from the most acclaimed authors in the world. As it has in years past, this year’s festival will continue to foster a sense of community around active reading.

MADELEINE D’ANGELO / HEIGHTS EDITOR

The Boston Book Festival in Copley Square drew a large crowd once more as onlookers searched for new books to take home.

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Throughout 2015, C JB C fought to gain recognition as a registered student organization (RSO) and held a number of protests.

Eventually it was granted RSO status in September 2015.

The group continues to call on the University to remove the portions of the endowment that are invested in fossil fuel companies.

This past Tuesday, as part of a weeklong event, 11 demonstrators involved in the group stood on O’Neill Plaza as part of a silent protest.

They held signs reading “No Coal” and “BC: Whose Side Are You On,” during the 15-minute breaks between classes. This demonstration will continue every day this week with the supporters remaining silent until the last day, when they will vocalize their concerns.

Sustainability and the long-term impacts of fossil fuels are serious issues that need to be addressed.

CJBC hasn’t held a high-profile event since April, when it held an overnight vigil in front of Barat House, the office of University President Rev. William P. Leahy, S.J. It is good that CJBC is returning to continue the discussion of these issues on campus.

Holding events furthers awareness and discussion on campus and prevents the problems from flying under the radar.

One positive aspect of the event is the weeklong extension.

Demonstrating, handing out flyers, and

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having a presence every day of the week is a good way to spread the message to as many people as possible.

It also allows for increased attendance as the days pass. But, the first day’s turnout of 11 people was low, perhaps because of the spread-out nature of the event.

As CJBC is advocating for divestment, something that the administration views as a potentially financially risky change from BC’s past policies, it should strive to show solidarity and strength from the student body on this issue.

Higher attendance would make the events more noticeable to the administration.

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Divestment remains an important BC issue that should be discussed and addressed, and CJBC should continue to plan events that both educate and spark conversation.

This month’s planned talk by a professor about climate change and theology is a good step in extending the conversation.

Although it isn’t a protest or demonstration, it continues to push the discussion forward and stress the connection between BC as a Catholic institution and the importance of addressing climate change.

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Politics probably seems pretty godawful to most people nowadays.

College students preparing to cast their first presidential ballots are faced with the increasing negativity of mainstream politics and the constant bashing of almost all political figures.

While listening to the incessant banter and the brain-melting talking points, it can be easy for students to decide to abandon the world of politics all together. For this reason, it is important that college students are presented with positive and constructive political role models.

This past Tuesday, Jane Swift, the first female governor of Massachusetts, spoke at Boston College about her experiences in the political world.

Her career began when she took a job working for former state senator Peter Webber.

When Webber decided against running for re-election, she ran for the seat and won, becoming the 13th woman to serve in the State Senate.

After a failed run for Congress in 1996, she was made lieutenant governor under Governor Paul Celluci, who was later appointed ambassador to Canada, which meant that Swift was made governor.

Her story shows the possibility of a political career and provides a constructive model for students who might otherwise be discouraged by the current state of politics.

She also spoke about sexism in politics and how she was affected during her time as governor.

This is an important aspect of her experience and her talk helps inform students of these problems, while also hopefully working to address them.

Swift’s talk, sponsored by the Undergraduate Government of Boston College (UGBC), continues a pattern of women in politics speaking on campus.

Last year, Madeleine Albright came to speak about her time as secretary of state.

She was brought to campus by the Council for Women of Boston College Colloquium, which has also worked to bring more female political leaders to campus as part of its Women in Washington series.

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 mem-

bers of the Editorial Board can be found at bcheights. com/opinions.

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These speakers help provide necessary female role models in politics and bring a positive aspect of the political experience to campus.

While these speakers had differing experiences in politics, they are all able to demonstrate political opportunity to students in a time of exceptional political negativity.

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D8KK?<N 9<;L>E@J CANOEING - A few weeks ago, you were made an offer you couldn’t refuse: canoeing on Columbus Day weekend with your friend from the olive oil importation business. So you drive out to the recesses of New England with your trusty canoe duct taped to the roof of your car and go out on an isolated lake. As you paddle through the water, admiring the vibrant foliage along the shore and singing a little Andy Williams to yourself, you realize that this is a great opportunity for the perfect picture: a shot of you paddling toward the shore, looking like an intrepid pioneer exploring uncharted territory under a dark sky. Pulling your phone out of your pocket, you turn around to hand it to your trusted associate in the rear seat. He’s pointing a squirt gun loaded with mayonnaise, your only weakness, at your head. You freeze. “It’s not personal, it’s just business,” he says. “I know it was you. You broke my heart.” “…what?” you say. “You went against the family. You gotta go. It’s the way the boss wanted it.” Realizing what’s going on here, you fling your fly-fishing hat over the side of the boat and begin yelling, “It ain’t the way I wanted it! I can handle things!

I’m smart! Not like everybody says ... like dumb ... I’m smart and I want respect!” “Smart? Do you even read your own stuff? A whole freaking Thumbs Down thing about vending machines? What the hell was that?

Your jokes are getting repetitive and long-winded and you clearly show no signs of improvement.”

You look around, confused for a second, before speaking. “Someday, and that day may never come, I will call upon you—” “Enough of the Godfather quotes,” he interrupts.

“Poorly-executed and intentionally unexplained movie references are just another reason you have to sleep with the fishes.” “Can you at least take a picture of me rowing first so I can post it on Instagram and feel the slightest twinge of the validation I so desperately seek?”

He pauses and then nods, accepting your outstretched phone. You turn back toward the front and he snaps a picture. In the second after you hear the shutter of the camera app, you spin around, leap into the air, and kick him in the face. Tumbling off the boat, he lands in the water and you manage to snatch your phone out of his hand as he falls. In one swift motion, you apply a tasteful Ludwig filter, add an informative caption, and share the picture. With a triumphant laugh, you paddle away from your former friend as he treads water. “This is the day you will always remember as the day you almost caught Captain Thumb Sparrow,” you yell back. “That’s not even from the same genre as The Godfather, you hack,” he screams in outrage. As the sun breaks through the clouds, you sail away toward a future full of ridiculous and overdone TU/TDs.

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In just a few short weeks, Massachusetts voters will have to decide the direction of the state’s public school system.

Appearing on the Nov. 8 ballot, Question 2 would allow the addition of 12 new charter schools or enrollment expansion in current charter schools each year. The rhetoric surrounding the debate up to this point has mostly centered on funding. Opponents of Question 2 argue that expanding the charter school system will weaken and divert funds from district schools.

Proponents, recently bolstered by a Boston Globe breakdown of the fiscal facts, contend that per student spending is balanced between charter and district schools: in the 2016 fiscal year, approximately 3.9 percent of public school students attended charters and 3.9 percent of public school funding went to those charter schools.

But amid all this contention over the finances of the decision, I think many are overlooking the greatest resource potentially leaving district schools if Question 2 is approved: young, talented students.

It is perfectly understandable that parents want their children to attend the best fit, or simply the best school possible. It explains why the waiting list for charter schools is more than 33,000 names long. But if parents truly believe that leaving their district school is the only option to ensure their children’s success, I believe there is another path not raised often enough—Catholic or private schools. Perhaps this is because of the cost associated, and many parents have to focus just on the public and affordable options.

But I know many families who sacrificed greatly to make an investment in their children’s education and future. I know this because my family was one of them, and I remember well the constant

stress my mother was under to balance her budget and ensure that she could afford my brother’s tuition and, later, my own. And I also know many families that couldn’t have sent their sons and daughters to Catholic or private schools without financial aid and generous scholarships. I also know this reality intimately, because it was my own. The cost of these schools can be daunting, and I feel most of the time they scare families away before they have even considered the option.

Private education is a major investment, and tuition has expanded seemingly right alongside the collegiate system. Tuitions at Catholic high schools across the state often approach $20,000. This sum is staggering, and I’m sure the number has the potential to put knots in a curious parent’s stomach.

I find myself even worrying sometimes about whether I will be able to provide the same quality of education I received for my future children. But having seen the commitment of the financial aid offices at schools like Boston College High School and Fontbonne Academy, I can only say that I am heartened by their commitment to ensure that families from all walks of life have the opportunity to give their children premier educational experiences. I went to BC High with young men from very fortunate families, struggling families, and everything in between. It’s an environment that matures students at an accelerated rate not only because of the top-flight academic program, but the combined life experiences of many different socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds.

There are 33,000 people waiting to win the lottery of a charter school experience for their children. For some of them, no amount of hard work or sacrifice could make private tuition possible. And in these cases, I am reminded of how receiving financial aid at a private school can be quite a bit like winning the lottery itself. My education at BC High was very much like a winning lottery ticket. After my mother passed away, my chances of affording tuition were in jeopardy, but I received enough financial aid to make it possible.

To this day I fondly remember scholarship breakfasts with my donor, whose generosity was my lottery ticket to a better education and a brighter life. I carry that lottery ticket with me every day because the education I received has formed the core part of my being.

My donor’s spirit created such a strong loyalty in my own that someday it would be the ultimate honor to give another young man his own ticket to an education of a lifetime. I am not alone in this, and I know several classmates who hold a special place in their hearts for the donors who put them through school.

I encourage all the parents on that waiting list, and all the families who are wondering if their district or charter schools are the right fit for them, to take a look at Catholic schools like BC High and Fontbonne. The tuition can be daunting, even terrifying, and it will demand great sacrifices of most families. Making the tuition at these schools work often isn’t a case of cutting discretionary spending and sometimes takes real pain and hardship to work.

The greatest labor of love I ever saw from my mother was the devotion she showed in putting my brother through BC High.

But I can say with the most heartfelt conviction that this sacrifice is worthwhile, and that an education at these schools can change a young person’s life forever. Those young people are the ones who donate generously to their schools so that families who can’t sacrifice their way into affording tuition still have an opportunity to attend.

And so the torch is carried through the generations by students grateful to their school and those who came before.

Question 2 will decide the direction of the Massachusetts public school system, but it won’t clear that waiting list and it won’t be a salve for the misgivings of many toward their district schools. I hope all these families remember there is a third and worthwhile option worth investigating.

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8C@J ;@:G@E@>8@K@J Is it possible to justify theft? I think so. As I stood in the grill line at Lower, I ran through my usual routine: I ordered three pieces of grilled chicken with Cajun spice, collected them in a to-go container, and then carefully placed heaping spoonfuls of brown rice over one of the pieces of chicken to hide it from the cashier. I have obfuscated my purchase of hundreds of pieces of chicken from Lower at this point, and I don’t regret it for a second.

I feel justified in doing so because of the prices of all of the dining options on campus. A grilled chicken “meal” at Mac or Lower, which includes one 4-oz. piece of chicken and two sides (rice, potatoes, or vegetables), is valued at $10 (from $8 last year).

With these high prices, the declining balance system only hurts students.

Virtually every other school in the United States has a buffet dining system based on “swipes,” where a student pays for a certain number of entrance charges that grant him or her access to an unlimited amount of food after paying a base price. On USA Today’s list of “36 of the Best College Dining Halls in North America,” not one school participated in a declining balance system.

Students are usually granted a maximum number of swipes per day, with rough correspondence to meal times of breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Not only does Boston College’s system empty students’ pockets quickly with high-cost meals, it also causes build-up in the food reception areas and long lines at the cash registers because everyone needs to pay for their individual orders. This would be eliminated if a buffet-style dining system was

implemented.

Another issue with the current system is a lack of consistency at the cash registers. The pricing of food can vary considerably on different occasions. For three pieces of chicken, the cashiers have charged me for three separate meals, other times for one meal and two extra pieces, and sometimes for two meals and one extra piece. I have ordered a triple cheeseburger and two pieces of chicken with rice, a meal that has ranged anywhere from $17 to $35.

This and several other stories speak to the unfortunate reality that BC Dining lacks a consistent charging system for the food that it serves, which can lead to further overpricing.

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Over the summer, this area underwent a renovation that was supposed to streamline the ordering process. The result has done little to lower wait times for the majority of students. The most popular sandwich lines have been relocated to the center area, which is problematic because it interferes with the cash registers that are also in the center but near the entrance. As a result, the middle area is extremely congested.

The center area was restructured to allow for the addition of a new option, the “Harmony Bowl.”

This is problematic for two reasons.

First, from my observation it’s clear that very few people purchase this dish at all.

More importantly, it moves staff away from higher-traffic areas.

This would not be an issue if the center lines weren’t so long and inefficient. During peak traffic times after classes, students can stand in line for 25 minutes or even longer to get a sandwich (this is not a made-up statistic, I calculated it over a period of two weeks).

This long wait time could easily be remedied. It seems that the two most popular sandwiches at Eagle’s are the Tuscan Chicken and the Spicy Steak (though BC should gather statistical data to confirm this, or to determine instead what the most popular sandwiches are). For this reason, BC Dining must allocate time and resources to pre-making these popular sandwiches to be more readily available for the vast majority of students who will order them. Staff should make the less popular sandwiches from scratch as they are ordered. This will undoubtedly cut down wait times.

Ultimately, it is very fitting that nearly 2,000 plates have been stolen by the student body from Lower. Earlier this year, to-go containers were moved from the serving areas and placed at the registers. Students do not want to fumble around with food at the area where they pay, holding up the line further, and therefore are less inclined to use them.

There is a very easy solution to this problem: simply put to-go containers back in their appropriate spots. Until then, the student body will continue stealing from Lower. Perhaps that will spur some critical thought in BC Dining’s decision-making process.

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8EE@< >I8P 9LI>< A few days ago, a friend of mine was standing in the salad line at the Rat when the man who was making her salad pointed at his shoulder and asked, “Sweetie, can you do me a favor?” Confused, my friend asked what he meant. Was there something on his shoulder? Did he need help carrying something? “No,” he replied, “your bra strap is showing and you should fix it.”

When I think of a favor, I think of tying my friends’ shoes in first grade, when they hadn’t yet learned how to tie their own. I think of helping my mom work the printer for the 100th time (despite color-coded, step-by-step, laminated instructions sitting atop the printer, courtesy of yours truly).

Though sometimes begrudgingly, favors are things that we do for people to make their lives a little bit easier. Doing a favor for someone usually causes us to feel good, appreciated, and proud of our deed.

But I can assure you that my friend was feeling none of these things after pulling her bra strap under her sleeve.

Favor (noun): a kind or helpful act that you do for someone (definition courtesy of Merriam-Webster Dictionary).

As it was used in the Rat, the word “favor” has astronomical connotations. The most problematic of these is the suggestion that women dress to appease others, and as such, the opinions of others not only belong in the conversation of a woman’s outfit, but should dominate it. (I will be referring to women throughout this column as a reflection of the population that is most often affected by outfit shaming, but it should be understood that this type of shame is not exclusively experienced by women).

This, of course, is not the case. But if it’s not, then why did my friend pull in her bra strap?

Because, while nobody has the ability to make a woman change her clothing, people do have the ability to shame, and shame is the most cutting form of denigration.

Shame assumes its power through patronization, a lowly source of influence that breaks down others in order to build itself up. Shame causes the shamed to question whether her opinion is right, or even valid.

And when vulnerability and self-inquisition are met not with constructive, personal comments, but with destructive, outward convictions, the question “Am I wrong?” seems to have already been answered with a resounding “Yes.” Discouraged by her apparent deviance, the shamed ceases to question, and accepts the role of the inferior.

What is most problematic with the shaming process is that it validates the shamer. When exploited, the question “Am I wrong?” seems to be a statement of acknowledgment by the shamed—“You’re right and I’m wrong.” The shamer, thereby, assumes false power and influence in a realm that is surely out of his or her jurisdiction. The shamer is made to think that his or her behavior is good, and appreciated. They are made to feel proud. They are made to feel as though they have done the shamed woman a favor.

What the shamers don’t want us to know is that women do have agency in the shaming process. We have the ability to confront.

As we are prohibited from walking around naked (a law that is loathed as much as it is loved), clothes allow us a presence beyond the domain of the shower. Though only small portions of it at times (#bikiniszn), our bodies manifest themselves in clothing when we choose to engage with physical society. Though not all use clothing as a means of personal expression, the clothes that we choose to wear are, inevitably, deeply personal, as we allow them to stand in for our organic selves. So when a woman’s clothes are commented on, questioned, or critiqued, her presence in society seems scrutinized—she is made to feel like a spectacle. This is the shaming process at work. In times like these, the shamed must practice resistance to the petty forms of “power” oppressing them from above, and confront the self-informed opinions and assumptions of the shamer. The shamed, then, must make their voices heard in order to expose shamers to alternate opinions, thereby lifting their veils of ignorance, and doffing their plastic crowns.

For now, I’m happy with my mirror telling me how to dress, thanks.

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Thursday, October 13, 2016

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The main topic of Bowering’s lecture was Islamic theology, specifically Sunni theology. Bowering began the talk by reciting a quotation from the Qur’an that

inspired the lecture.

“Wherever you look, there is the face of God,” he said. “God has a face and no back.”

Bowering explained how God is omnipresent and no one can hide from God. God is also active in each and every moment, and Muslims depend on God in every moment of their lives.

Islamic theology developed well after Muhammad’s death, as most people were illiterate and could not form their own opinions from the Qur’an. Years after Muhammad’s death, the caliphate set out to translate Greek texts into Arabic, so that more Muslims understood Greek scholars’ responses to the Qur’an.

Bowering then detailed God’s different

attributes under Islamic belief. He first made a specific contrast between the form of God according to Christian theology and Islamic theology. Christians believe that God is made of three beings: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, but is also one person. Islamic theology states that God is strictly one person, and there are not multiple facets of His being.

Bowering then explained how although some believe that God is not of human form, the Qur’an specifically states that God has arms, eyes, and sits on his throne. Some interpret God using his “arms” to create the world and his “eyes” to judge people’s actions as a metaphor. Each word of the Qur’an, however, was spoken

by God and is therefore true, according to

Muslims. Bowering said that these words are meant to be taken literally.

He also discussed the relationship between predetermination and human will, or the ability to choose one’s own life path and receive punishment for those choices. Verses from the Qur’an support both views.

Some Muslims struggle to understand why people do evil things if God controls everything. Bowering’s solution to this question is that God’s way of being in control is allowing humans to have the ability to make decisions. It is the decisions people make that determine their afterlives. People who abide by God’s commandments will be awarded eternal life, according to Bowering.

Islamic theologians build their ideas on God’s attributes and teachings. Some individual Muslims, however, feel that Islamic theologians have created a gap between creature and creator, Bowering said. Some sects of Islam have trouble grappling that God is completely different than humans, as he is divine, even though they feel that they are one with God. “This becoming one is rooted in our experiences with God,” Bowering said. “It is how creature and creative combine.”

Bowering ended the lecture by talking about Muslims’ responsibility to spread the word of God. It is their duty, as God always watches their decisions.

“There is nothing that happens without God being involved,” Bowering said.

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Kerry Heckman hurried in with hundreds of cans of different colors, shapes, and sizes—not something you see on an everyday basis. But she did so with a higher purpose in mind: ending food insecurity in Boston. Those cans she brought into the Boston Society of Architects would become the building blocks for the structures featured in its newest exhibit: Canstruction.

Canstruction, the annual charity competition and exhibition run by the Boston Society of Architects, is entering its 21st year with an eye to the future with its theme “Journey into Space.” This year, the 27 participating teams of engineers built structures made entirely out of donated food cans, filling up the halls of the BSA exhibit space with their entries into the competition.

They are then judged and awarded prizes for structural ingenuity, best de-

sign, best use of labels, and, you guessed it, best meal.

Started in 1992 by the Society for Design Administration in New York City, Canstruction began as a community service project for people working on the business sides of design and architecture firms. By 1995, Boston picked up the event, starting with just three structures in the South Station T stop. Since then, the event has grown exponentially, donating the entirety of the 86,000 cans used in the exhibit to the Merrimack Valley Food Bank, which serves Lowell, Mass., where they represent a large percentage of the donations the food bank receives on a yearly basis.

“It is not so much about fighting hunger, but food insecurity,” Heckman said. “[It’s] people that have jobs that still struggle to feed their families.”

When deciding to donate to the Merrimack food bank instead of the Greater Boston Food Bank, where the cans have traditionally been sent, Heckman explained that in the Lowell community,

donations dwindle after the holidays to a level where they cannot meet the demand, especially during the summer—it’s at this time that the food bank uses its donations to bridge the gap.

“People don’t think about donating over the summer, but people are still [as hungry] then as they are during the holidays,” she said.

This past Saturday, the design teams gathered at BSA Space, where teams brought their planned structures, often devised months in advance, to life in a blitzkrieg 12 hours during which they had to complete their structures. The teams must build their structures one can at a time, with many getting so excited about the competition that official judges have to be called in to resolve disputes, Heckman recalled.

The teams are allowed no permanent adhesives as part of their designs, with most relying on quarter-inch-thin leveling material and rubber bands. The majority looks to finish their structures using the

least amount of extras possible, relying solely upon the shape, color, and labels of the cans to bring their creations to life.

After the event, the structures will serve as an exhibit from Oct. 9 through 28.

Although the exhibit is free to the public, several structures require small donations to light up and show their full might. Food bins are scattered around the first level, in which passersby can donate canned goods for the food bank.

“BSA and BSA Foundation are honored to host Canstruction every year,” Tamara Roy, BSA’s President, said in a press release.

“This is a transformative way to show the power of design and the positive impact it can have on the lives of [those] in our communities.”

The competition serves as the charity for many of the teams, which feature professional engineers and consultants competing for a good cause, as well as bragging rights for a whole year. Each team, many of which come back year after year, buys its own cans as part of its donation, with many

featuring as many as 5,000 cans.

The exhibit features corporate sponsorships that also pledge large donations to the food bank, this year featuring Goya and Whole Foods, among others.

This year, large-scale versions of Buzz Lightyear, WALL-E, Spaceships, observatories, UFO sightings, and even Pink Floyd’s iconic prism from The Dark Side of the Moon make appearances. However, there were several conspicuously absent, which Heckman expected to see.

“I’m surprised no one did anything with either Star Wars or Star Trek,” she said. “If someone did a Wookie, they would have won by default.”

The most important thing about the competition, Heckman continued, is that the participants understand that it’s a charity and they like to give back to the community. Many of the cans are exactly what the bank needs—non-recyclables—as the teams strive to use the right products in order to make their donations significant.

JULIA HOPKINS / HEIGHTS EDITOR

The theme of this year’s Canstruction event was “Journey into Space.” Some of the structures from the architects included a flying spaceship, a scene depicting Wall-E and Eve from Wall-E, and a Lego spaceman.

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We are now at that part of the year when time seemingly picks up speed—days suddenly turn into weeks, which then morph into months. Deadlines, which ap-

peared to be far off into the future, instantly congregate right in front of you, ready to force even the most secure and relaxed individuals to feel the burning pressure building up inside to the point of bursting.

Anxiety, it seems, has become the hallmark of our generation, forcing many to look for ways to decompress and stay afloat.

Procrastination promptly seeps in, not as a neglect of responsibilities and obligations as it might have during our middle and high school days, but rather as a selfdefense mechanism. Without a small break in between assignments, meetings, readings, and oh, those small and insignificant blemishes in our routines called exams, days become overwhelming. During these times where I find myself absolutely buried by work, I stop and ask myself, how have I become so involved in assignments and responsibilities that I forget to feel like a kid every once in a while?

This past weekend I had one of those

moments. While walking around Coolidge Corner, as I often do during my weekends—if you haven’t done so, trust me, it’s worth the trip—I noticed something different about the place. The usually busy Brookline Booksmith bookshop had an enormous crowd queuing outside with people going all the way around the block.

This is a sight that I have become accustomed to seeing in movies and in more urban areas of the country, but I had never seen it firsthand in Brookline. It piqued my interest.

I immediately went onto the bookshop’s Twitter page—as a true millennial—to find out more about what was happening right in front of me (odd, I know). Soon, I encountered what I was looking for: actor, author, and Youtuber Joey Graceffa was making an appearance later that day. I had to re-read the information a couple of times just to confirm that my interpretation of the words was correct. A YouTuber making

an appearance at a bookshop seemed really odd to me for some reason, especially because those in line were individuals ranging from 8-year-old girls to grown men with gray hair, and much of the content I encountered from Graceffa would fit into the “too childish” category of entertainment.

Now, I have spent more than my fair share of my time looking around the popular video-sharing platform and have seen it grow from a simple way to pass the time (we have all gone there looking for funny cat videos at some point, don’t lie) into a serious form of media in which the popular channels, including that of Graceffa, are money-making machines that generate thousands of dollars a week from advertisements alone, not to mention other commercial ventures these Youtubers engage in.

At this moment, something clicked.

I realized I had been taking myself too seriously and thought that I was above such forms of entertainment. A hypocriti-

cal thought, since I follow channels that produce content many individuals would also deem childish.

The concept of YouTube became an allegory for myself—someone who had his fun when I was younger and now sought to enter into more serious areas of society, only to discover that I had done so by utilizing the same mentality of my younger self.

Suddenly, the crowd erupted—girls screamed, parents cheered, and passersby stopped to look. Graceffa had arrived and brought with him an unbridled sense of joy.

Little did they all know that I, one of those intrigued onlookers, found a similar feeling of satisfaction. No longer would I take myself so seriously, because after all, where is the fun in that?

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‘WAITING FOR LEFTY’

THE THEATRE DEPARTMENT’S RENDITION HITS ROBSHAM THIS WEEKEND, PAGE B2

COLUMN

LEAVING THE LITERAL UNPACKING THE DEEPER LAYERS OF UNCONVENTIONAL ART, PAGE B3

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THURSDAY | OCTOBER 13, 2016

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Staring straight into the camera, a slightly disheveled, older-looking, and obviously angered Robert De Niro flares up in a passionate rant against the Republican nominee for president, Donald Trump.

“He’s a con, a bulls—t artist, a mutt who doesn’t know what he’s talking about,” De Niro said. “He doesn’t do his homework, doesn’t care, [he] thinks he’s gaming society, [he] doesn’t pay his taxes. He’s an idiot. Colin Powell said it best: He’s a national disaster.”

Now, for an actor that has played such notably fiery, loose-cannon characters, this is the angriest I have seen De Niro either on or off screen in years. De Niro himself, in interviews, seems to be a quiet man—a man that enjoys acting, but likes to live a modest public life compared to some of his other colleagues in Hollywood. When I first saw De Niro’s tirade against Trump, I was surprised at the vitriol that he directed at the real-estate tycoon, but as time went on, I reminded myself that Trump has inspired a similar reaction from myriad people, both famous and not.

Though many people who exist outside of the Hollywood limelight hold valid and compelling arguments against both candidates, I’m particularly interested, at least here, in celebrities’ opinions on the matter.

Jon Voight, an avid Trump supporter, took to Twitter to comment on De Niro’s comments about Trump: “Donald Trump’s words [in the video released last Friday] were not as damaging as Robert De Niro’s ugly rant,” Voight said.

“Could you imagine if any Republican said words like Robert De Niro used—against Hilary [sic] Clinton or Barack Obama? All hell would break loose.”

Besides this disagreement between De Niro and Voight, I haven’t seen any other big-name movie or TV stars battling it out with one another over the upcoming election. This, to me at least, is one of the most intriguing aspects of the debate.

Seeing which celebrities have endorsed the two candidates says something about both Clinton and Trump.

Let me clarify some things. I’m not trying to say that people should base their decisions in this election on celebrities’ opinions. What I’m saying is, I’m a huge fan of the entertainment industry and I think that, to some degree, to be a really notable, special star, to acclaim a certain level of fame, you have to have some sense of how the world works and how people should be treated. This isn’t always the case, but I’d like to think that this is true of a lot of the Hollywood celebrities I admire. None of the people I point to are sociologists or experts in politics, but a lot of them are very charitable people and social activists as well. Aside from my own political beliefs, I think it’s interesting to see which candidates celebrities endorse, especially with viable accusations and claims being raised against both candidates this year.

On The Los Angeles Times’s celebrity endorsement tracker, you can see an accurate list of people who have financially backed and vocally or textually endorsed either Clinton or Trump. Going down the list, some of the most notable names in Clinton’s camp include Steven Spielberg, Richard Gere, Leo DiCaprio, and Tom Hanks. In Trump’s crew, you’ll find people like Mike Ditka, Hulk Hogan, Kid Rock, the Duck Dynasty fellas, and some of Trump’s cronies from The Celebrity Apprentice.

Now, again, I’m not saying the lists of celebrities and their endorsements should in any way affect one’s personal political beliefs. One should always hold true to his or her own principles and try to stay as politically informed as they see fit. I find it interesting, though, that looking through the L.A. Times’s list of endorsements, you’ll find under Clinton some actors, directors, and writers that have put together some of the most iconic works in Hollywood—works that have touched people through generations—and that with Trump, there are men obsessed with manliness and aggression.

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JOSH MENTZER / HEIGHTS STAFF

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The Boston College theatre department presents this show over 70 years later accompanied by its more modern relation, Still Waiting.

Directed by Patricia Riggin, an associate professor in the theatre department, Waiting for Lefty & Still Waiting are two shows far apart in time but very close in message. The performance begins with Waiting for Lefty¸a play composed of seven brief vignettes. It opens in the middle of a meeting between a group of taxi drivers.

The meeting is being led by the taxi drivers’ union leader, Fatt (Gabriel Sagan, CSOM ’20). He tells the group that it should not go on strike, as the timing is not right.

When called out by one of the crowd, Fatt accuses him of being a communist. The crowd begins to question the location of its leader, Lefty, and the play begins.

This meeting among taxi drivers is the overarching storyline throughout the play. There are three vignettes between the events of the meeting as the drivers “wait for Lefty.” Between scenes, there is a short song with accompanying instruments

played by members of the cast. In the first vignette, Joe (Michael Pisaturo, LSOE ’17) and his wife Edna (Michaela Dolishny, MCAS ’17) argue about whether Joe should support the taxi driver strike. Next, Miss Fayette (Lexi Auth, LSOE ’19), an industrialist, tries to bribe Mr. Miller (Michael Mazzone, MCAS ’19), a lab assistant, into designing poison gas for the war and spying on his superior chemist, Dr. Brenner.

After a song, Florrie (Anabel Johnson, MCAS ’20) fights with her brother Irv (Julien Putz, MCAS ’18) for his blessing and acceptance of her fiancé Sid (Tom Neal, MCAS ’20). When Sid arrives, he and Florrie share a heartfelt and loving scene. The show returns to the meeting, to which Fatt has brought Clayton (Michael Joseph, MCAS ’18), a man who reportedly went on an unsuccessful strike in Philadelphia. He is called out by a woman in the crowd (Cassie Chapados, MCAS ’17) as a known strike breaker and the crowd forces him to leave. In the next vignette, Dr. Barnes (Christine Schmitt, MCAS ’20) has a hard discussion with Dr. Benjamin (Stephen Kiely, LSOE ’20) about treating the poor and his being able to stay on at the hospital. The play ends after a man named Agate Keller (Raymond Norville, MCAS ’20) incites the meeting of taxi drivers into a chant of “Strike!”

The story of the show, as would be expected, very heavily advocates for the struggle of the working class. While at times the play’s

soapbox feel can be a little heavy-handed, this does not detract from the experience. The characters are easily understandable and empathized with, and the cast members clearly have good chemistry with each other.

One thing that was especially interesting was that throughout the play, the entire cast stayed on stage. While the action happened in the well-lit center, the other members of the show sat in their “taxi driver meeting” positions in semi-darkness on the edges of the stage. The scenery was sparse, with few props assisting the main action.

Every scene, however, was embellished by the screens hanging behind and above centerstage. The Depression-era images on these screens changed according to what was happening in the show. This simple but fluctuating scenery provided a less distracting, yet still very poignant way to set the scene. The play did not need complex props, and in this way Riggin and the set designers avoid cluttering the space.

Another very important distinction in this version of the play is the inclusion of female characters. In the original show by Odets, most of the characters were male.

The Waiting for Lefty playing this week in Robsham has a strong female role in practically every scene. Compared to the original, Riggin’s play feels more refreshing and relatable today.

Waiting for Lefty is not a very long play, clocking in at about 50 minutes with

Riggin’s addition of the musical numbers.

Thus, the BC theatre department then presented Still Waiting, three modern vignettes that relate to the themes of the 1935 play. In the wake of the Great Recession of 2008, these three shorts land very close to home. Code Blue by Kate Snodgrass shows a group of unionized nurses with conflicting views on an upcoming strike. Some nurses are for the strike, in favor of shorter shifts as they are far too overworked. Others are fearful of leaving their patients and non-union hospital staff to fend for themselves. Labrats by Melinda Lopez, in which one malaria researcher pleads with another to stay, brings up the complex and relevant issue of institutional racism in regard to funding scientific research The show ends with Pipe Dreams by Sheri Wilner, about two plumbers, male and female, who have been waiting in line for hours for the mere chance of an apprenticeship that would possibly lead to a job. This vignette deals with the struggle of homeless people in conjunction with one woman’s position in a field dominated by men.

Both plays are very well done, and their combination provides the perfect theatre-going experience. The similarity of theme between the two plays helps the viewer make modern connections. And the questions posed in Still Waiting leave the audience in deep thought about other issues that it might experience.

JOSH MENTZER / HEIGHTS STAFF

The latest musical to hit Robsham Theater, an adaptation of Clifford Odets’s play, delivers several vignettes surrounding a taxi driver union strike and consequences of the 2008 recession.

THIS WEEKEND in arts

BY: HANNAH MCLAUGHLIN | ASST. ARTS & REVIEW EDITOR

‘THE ACCOUNTANT’ (OPENS FRIDAY)

MFANOW OVERNIGHT (FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)

Drama and crime converge in this story of seedy business deals, deception, and needless murder. Ben Affleck stars as the film’s protagonist, an immoral accountant.

Celebrate today’s biggest artists at this free, all-night art extravaganza hosted by Boston’s Museum of Fine Art. In addition to contemporary art, attendees will enjoy food trucks, exciting lawn games, and exercise groups.

‘MAX STEEL’ (OPENS FRIDAY) Gear up for this action-adventure film about the unlikely bond between a teenager with superhuman strength and his techno-organic alien companion.

Max Steel is a must-see for sci-fi fans of all ages.

GAVIN DEGRAW (SATURDAY AT 7 P.M.) The “Chariot” singer is set to share a Boston stage with pop artist Andy Grammer as part of their joint U.S. tour. Head to the Orpheum Theater to hear some hits off of his newest album, Something Worth Saving.

FELD ENTERTAINMENT

RINGLING BROS & BARNUM & BAILEY (SUNDAY AT 7 P.M.)

ERIC PASLAY (SATURDAY AT 6 P.M.)

a night of death-defying acrobatics and dazzling animal acts.

Get your country fix this weekend with the purchase of an Eric Paslay ticket. The singer-songwriter will bring his unique Southern sound to the House of Blues.

‘WAITING FOR LEFTY’ (THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)

ICA EXHIBIT: LIZ DESCHENES (NOW PLAYING)

The Boston College theatre department presents this Clifford

The New York-based visual artist experiments with geometric designs and colorful hues in her work.

This is your last weekend to experience the exhibit before it leaves Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art.

On Sunday, the TD Garden will play host to this season’s wackiest circus spectacle, Circus XTREME. Bring your family to Boston for

Odeck classic which creatively links a series of episodes into one profound story about a labor strike. By adding three other equally evocative short plays, the department promises to deliver a stirring Robsham show.

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THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2016 (so far)

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In its music video for its standout single “No Woman,” one gets a sense of how tightly packed and meticulously formed the entirety of Whitney’s Light Upon the Lake really is. It’s a simple premise, to be sure. Some buddies, members of the band, hang out in a forest, kicking back with some PBR, taking turns throwing a hatchet at a tree, and going for nature walks along a lake and through some pastures. The lead singer reflects on the stillness after the storm that was a meaningful break up, singing, “I left drinking on the city train / To spend some time on the road / Then one morning I woke up in L.A. / Caught my breath on the coast.”

While more than a few bands have a lot of musicians, Whitney notably has 11 people working on Light Upon the Lake. The band was formed by the former drummer and guitarists of Smith Westerns, Julien Ehrich and Max Kakacek, respectively. The two teamed up with several members of Unknown Mortal Orchestra to perform alongside many of their musician friends throughout 2015.

The collaborative nature of the album is most present in the tightly phrased and crafted lyrics that are attributed to many of the members on each track. Whitney released its first single, “No Woman,” in Jan. 2016, and Light Upon the Lake came out this past summer.

In its debut album, Whitney is focusing on the wake of a relationship ended—what’s left, what has changed, and what will be. In a few songs and in such a short time span (the album is a half-hour), Whitney delivers listeners a transcendent feeling of camaraderie and comfort, as it shares with them the feelings the band members have felt after losing real love. The album successfully travels the spectrum of emotions that can be found in such a

trying and confusing time, while also harping on the fact that significant and worthwhile memories can still be harvested from a love ended.

The heartache of the breakup process is best conveyed through “Red Moon,” “Golden Days,” and, to a degree, “No Woman.” Especially in “Red Moon,” the one instrumental song on the album, one feels a certain rawness or certain dull throbbing in the tune’s soulful trumpet overlay.

The bass and keyboard effects, echoing the same notes as the trumpet in the latter half of the song, sound as if they’re trying to cope with or soothe the sharpness and almost haunting tone of the trumpet. The guitar solo in “Golden Days,” the certified goosebump-inducing string of the album, mimics the moment one realizes that his relationship should or must end.

The heart and soul of the album, “No Woman” is the microcosm of the whole breakup process.

It notably bridges the gap between the two phases of any breakup: letting go and moving on.

Encapsulating both hope and despair, with its guttural acoustic foundation and airy, uplifting horn section toward the end, this is Whitney’s masterpiece—the song the crowds at its concerts will be pining to hear.

Songs like the album’s titular “Light Upon the Lake,” “The Falls,” and “Follow” harp more on the process of moving on. “Follow” notes that the sadness in leaving a love is painful, but that, hopefully, it only lasts for so long. “Light Upon the Lake” shows the singer realizing that he cannot be swept up in his wallowing and that he must avoid being consumed by his despair, as he sings, “Fire across the plains / Light upon the lake / Lonely haze of dawn / When old days are gone / Will life get ahead of me?” In “The Falls,” the singer expresses his wish that he can keep his head up despite his sadness and his hope that he can move on even if he doesn’t know what direction he is going.

Whitney’s Light Upon the Lake is not the best album of all time, but it is the best album of 2016, so far. For a concept album, especially one focused on a breakup, it does a beautiful job of exploring the whole range of emotions involved the process, as well as avoiding some of cliche tropes of the genre. While it will be interesting to see how Whitney defines itself throughout the course of its career, it has instantly made a name for itself with this knockout album.

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Anyone who knows Matty Healy, lead vocalist of indie-alternative rock band The 1975, knows from his expletive-laden LPs and steadfast commitment to carving out his pretentious personal brand that the guy is a real piece of work. Anyone who doesn’t know Healy but might have come across his near-nauseating narcissism in an inter-

view clip or music video could probably surmise the exact same thing.

Oddly enough, this overwhelming air of superiority is precisely what makes his music different—and arguably far better—than the regular, run-of-the-mill alternative music released in 2016 thus far.

Healy takes himself far too seriously for his own good, and—as exhibited by the impassioned, pompous way in which he discusses the purpose of his band’s music—he takes his work as a singer-songwriter just as seriously. This is, for his fans and really anyone who appreciates enjoying quality music, a good thing. Cherishing his own music as a gift to the world, Healy strives for nothing short of perfection—thus creating an infectiously groovy track every time he puts pencil to paper.

I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It is more than just an alternative-rock album that boasts an unnecessarily long title. It packs much more than that into a one-hour-and-14-minute music masterpiece—a delicious tracklist of boppy synth-pop, electro-atmospheric instrumentals, and scintillating lyrics about heartbreak, death, and drugs.

Healy’s got this smart-aleck kind of attitude that, fused with a propensity for perfectly crafted, verbose sentences, becomes absolutely

endearing. His incredible ability to construct poetic constellations of lyrics is reaffirmed in the album’s biggest hits, like ’80s-inspired darling “UGH!” and dance-inducing song “The Sound.”

Confidently, Healy samples his ego-driven lyrics in “The Sound,” confidently singing “It’s not about reciprocation, it’s just all about me / A sycophantic, prophetic, Socratic junkie wannabe.” A few lines later, his linguistic artistry and self-important persona shine through yet again when he references “a simple Epicurean philosophy.”

I Like it When You Sleep delivers 17 perfectly produced songs that introduce a more mature sound than the band’s rock-heavy debut album.

This sophomore release proves the band’s versatility while still retaining its signature, in-yourface atmosphere of unadulterated angst.

The 1975’s second album can be described as chaotic and self-indulgent, and Healy is simply

Iggy Pop 9P :8C<9 >I@<>F 8jjfZ% 8ikj I\m`\n <[`kfi It may be fair to say that the world is, in many respects, crashing down. In such a tumultuous year, we may look to the future with fear, while simultaneously seeking refuge in the past. Comforted by songs of happier days, we find solace for but a moment. But certain musical champions of the past have stood the test of time and broken into the future. Coming from an older world, their outlook on the future may be even bleaker than ours. If there is such an album to summarize the state of 2016, it is Iggy Pop’s Post Pop Depression. Brooding, woeful, and wailing, Iggy Pop is able, in this final album, to capture sentiments about the world that is beginning to forget him. The twilight hour for Iggy Pop is as much about the his personal finale as it is about pop music’s end, a lost sense of self, and the decline of America.

Post Pop Depression discusses sentiments that are commonplace in today’s age. Iggy explores his place in a world seemingly paying him little mind. “American Valhalla” best attests to the idea that there should be something more. The song, outside of its implications for Iggy, poses a question to us all in moments of transition.

What is the next step? Is there a future for us?

Something after?

Being Iggy Pop in 2016 is not as lucrative as being Iggy Azalea. These years have been categorized as ones when we are searching for who we are and where we are going. Though the lines “I’m gonna break into your heart / And follow till I see where you begin” in “Break into Your Heart” talk of exploring the depths of another person, they hold just as much meaning in searching for oneself. If Iggy Pop cannot find his American Valhalla and is losing himself, what chance do we have? When the modern guy loses his way, is there a hope of finding salvation?

This music also touches on a national implication. For America in this age, is there a higher rung on the ladder? After achieving a high level of fame or success, it would appear

that, for individuals and nations, the only place to go is down. The lines “But if I outlived my use / Please drink my juice.” Though one cannot be sure what Iggy means by “juice,” it is reasonable to think that whatever he is selling, people are not buying. For the United States, on the world stage, a diminished influence is as unwelcome as it is unsettling.

The overarching themes on the album are wholly depressing and melancholy. Even when they err on a lighter side, the songs are laced with a strong undertone of the blues. This makes even the more upbeat songs like “Gardenia” end on, at best, bittersweet notes. It is refreshing to see an album devoid of a silver lining. Even when categorically sad, most modern albums are seeded with hope. Maybe this kind of raw and unapologetically downtrodden album could only come at the hands of an older, more worldly artist.

On an intersong level, the hand of one song drags the next to deeper, darker levels of selfdespair. This makes for the instrumentals that end “Sunday” met nicely by the opening strums of “Vulture.” These kinds of transitions reinforce this bleak attitude.

Post Pop Depression is one of the best of the year because it comes from an artist who is as intricately tied to the culture as ever. Even as his final strokes are laid on the page, he is espoused with as much emotional integrity as his former albums are.

Despite its somber tones, Post Pop Depression remains fun as it plays right into the hands of the disheartened. The feelings of a legendary entertainer and an everyday listener are one and the same. Through this shared experience, Iggy is able to point us in the right direction, though he has never made it, like Moses at the edge of the Promised Land. Though the lyrics may be dreary and his fractured voice may make us feel low, Post Pop Depression gives us the wherewithal to know that we hold the keys the the future. In a post-pop age, we are not on the horizon. We are the horizon.

In crucial times such as this, “Every day is judgement day.”

not sorry about it. It’s poised and polished—like the glistening “Paris” and the sweet-sounding “Nana”—but upon deeper analysis exposes a hopelessly tangled mess of emotions.

I think the world circa 2016 is like that, too.

Confusing and profoundly beautiful and deeply upsetting, all rolled into one imperfect narrative of the human experience. Aligning perfectly with Healy’s perpetuation of the tortured-artist stereotype, the year has be en a decidedly overdramatic one. The 1975 released this sophomore album of stunningly strung-together, woe-is-me lyrics at a time when the social climate is shifting to one marked predominantly by self-interest and individual success.

I Like It When You Sleep is the best album of 2016 thus far, simply because it’s exactly what fans were hoping for from the band—honest storytelling in the form of an absurdly artistic alternative album. It’s got all the bells and whistles expected from the band’s eccentric lead vocalist.

The innumerable oddities of I Like It When You Sleep make for the most charming and intriguing album of the year. It’s smart and

suave and demands to be heard, much like the frontman himself. At times stripped down entirely—as in “She Lays Down,” a sweet and starknaked acoustic track—it is also overwhelmingly overproduced at other times (like the jarring clunkiness of “Love Me”).

Urban Dictionary entries of Healy’s name describe the 27-year old, quite aptly, as “a rock & roll poet”— “an emo lord [who] likes using the word ‘juxtaposition.’” This quirky and intimidatingly intellectual persona created by the frontman makes him a rather endearing enigma. In short, he’s music’s most likeable bad guy.

“We wanted it to be in the pursuit of the truth,” Healy says apathetically in an MTV interview about his genre-blending sophomore LP. “[Genres] have never really mattered ... If the concept of genre didn’t exist, the purity of that experience—of listening to music without those rules—is, like, a blissful idea. I really don’t care.

It’s so irrelevant to me.” His voice blares with blatant tones of self-important superiority.

But you forgive him, because he makes a good point. And because his music is very good.

Well I, for one, was utterly stumped.

I was squinting my right eye, tilting my head 90 degrees to the side, and trying for the life of me to understand how the “ingenious artistic piece” my middle school art history class was looking at qualified as both “art” and “ingenious.” There was nothing blatantly odd or extraordinary about the large image projected on the far wall of our classroom. While my teacher blathered on about the sculpture’s unique qualities, convoluted messages, and hidden insinuations, all of us uncultured, art-blind eighth-grade plebeians mumbled the same perplexed question: “You call that art?”

What my teacher saw in this sculpture was some scathing critique of contemporary society—a talented individual’s take on the ways of the world, expressed loudly and in your face. What world-renowned French Dadaist sculptor Marcel Duchamp saw when he created the piece, I imagine, was an unprecedented opportunity to express himself—a groundbreaking commentary on the finer points of this chaotic human experience. What I saw was a urinal—just a urinal.

Now, while I’m all for the perpetuation of waste-management innovation, and while I do have tremendous respect for the art of installing contemporary plumbing apparatuses, I had an admittedly difficult time believing that something as base as a urinal could be so avant-garde.

It was plain and awkward-looking. It was a hunk of cold, unforgiving porcelain, and you can bet I wasn’t buying its coveted classification as meaningful art. Now, more than ever, I believed that my art teacher could have either made it all up as some unnecessarily elaborate joke, or she could have been a bona fide loon.

Calling an integral feature of your average men’s bathroom inspired? I wouldn’t trust her as far as my weak, eighth-grade arms could throw Duchamp’s porcelain piece of junk.

Which wouldn’t have been that far at all.

Now, that urinal-turned-water fountain featured in an early episode of hit Teen Nick show Zoey 101—the one all bedazzled and glammed up thanks to flowers, blinking lights, and a mighty powerful glue gun—was truly something else. I could certainly get behind calling that glitzy, metamorphosed thing a masterpiece. Complete with color, excessive quantities of frill, and a clear indication that the creative process had been applied to its creation, Zoey’s urinal screamed “art” decibels louder than Duchamp’s. Zoey had incorporated a water wheel, for crying out loud.

What I had incorrectly assumed from my middle school lessons, however, was that eccentric eighth grade art teachers had the power to deem virtually anything evocative or poignant art. My proclivity to summon logic and reason when confronted with an abstract problem or an unconventional art piece had failed me. I lacked the open-mindedness and suspension of disbelief necessary for understanding why this wall-mounted plumbing machine could be considered a genius showcase of important social commentary. If this thing is so special, then why can’t I make millions off of broken appliances from my own home?

Several years and many more art classes later, I have come to the realization that thinking literally has its drawbacks. Duchamp’s signature Dada style asked no clear question, and it frustrated me when I couldn’t come up with any kind of an answer. I wanted various aspects of life to come with a set of instructions, and if I abided by the manual, I’d be in the clear.

Until I came to Boston College, everything had transpired as if on a schedule—college visits preceded applications, which came a few months before graduation. I craved instruction, which I would then use to succeed.

Even more destructive was the way thinking literally prevented me from accepting the fact that there isn’t one right answer, and nothing is as simple as we’d like it to be. Not only is there not one clear answer, but there really shouldn’t be.

What I’ve come to appreciate is that this lack of direction affords a person a peculiar kind of freedom. Much like the adult world, the artistic realm is a place where nothing is certain. Very few things are set (clearly and legibly) in stone. One must be willing to establish his own meanings, his own interpretations of puzzling obstacles.

Because as the old adage goes, a porcelain urinal is worth a thousand words.

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In the last few minutes of Netflix’s latest Marvel series Luke Cage, just as the dust settles over Harlem, the show’s titular hero and Marvel’s first African-American protagonist delivers what is probably the central message behind the show’s story while he explains to the NYPD why he feels the need to be the “superhero” that he is: “When did people stop caring?”

Cage asks. “Harlem is supposed to represent our hopes and dreams.

It’s the pinnacle of black art, politics, and innovation. It’s supposed to be

a shining light to the world. It’s our responsibility to push forward, so that the next generation will be further along than us.”

Thankfully, most of Luke Cage highlights and harps upon this message in a less direct manner. It’s not always so bad, on the other hand, to have such a straightforward concept delivered to an audience somewhere along a 12-hour-long season.

If anything, Luke Cage’s length is one of its biggest weaknesses, as the execs and writers behind the program set up an intriguing hero and set of villains in a unique setting that are all muddled by a prolonged plot brought

about by a notably unnecessary character. Despite this problem, Luke Cage introduces Netflix viewers to a side of New York City that they don’t see every day, which, with today’s geopolitical landscape, is probably one of most refreshing and enlightening settings audiences could need and/or hope for.

Trying to live a normal life despite the superhuman abilities that have been imparted to him (nearly impenetrable skin and super strength), Cage sweeps hair in a Harlem barbershop owned by his friend and mentor, Pop. Knowing the skills and powers that Cage possesses, Pop encourages

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Cage to aim for something more than what he is. Cage shakes off his friend’s advice, but when a few tragedies befall him at the hand of local gun dealer Cottonmouth, Cage seeks justice by ruining some of Cottonmouth’s schemes. This angers Cottonmouth, and a war ensues between the two for about half the season.

Several other minor villains and one major one are introduced into the program along the way, which is Luke Cage’s main flaw. The show spends so much time substantively developing Cottonmouth and his corrupt city-councilwoman cousin, Mariah Dillard, that the inclusion of the show’s other major villain, Diamondback, feels entirely unnecessary.

Diamondback’s motives are rushed and seem absurdly coincidental, almost comically so. The time spent with him squanders the setup that Cottonmouth and Dillard are given.

This weird dichotomy detracts from the emotional weight that any of these characters could have brought to Luke Cage, and Diamondback’s inclusion in this season is decidedly the show’s biggest problem, as he could have been saved for the second season.

Cage himself, on the other hand, is brilliant. Mike Colter, who imbues Cage with an overwhelmingly compassionate, sympathetic, and charismatic essence, masterfully portrays the show’s hero. Cage’s struggles,

both past and present, symbolically represent many of the struggles that African-Americans, especially in neighborhoods like Harlem, face every day. Through Cage, these problems are accessible to viewers of any background and are sure to draw sympathy and understanding from any of those willing to go through the journey that is Luke Cage. The character’s endurance, resilience, and respectability are especially inspiring.

Characters aside, Luke Cage is stunningly filmed and has an excellent soundtrack to boot. The filmmakers behind these episodes captured some of the most stunning shots of the New York neighborhood on some of the prettiest days imaginable. The show also introduces those who haven’t seen Harlem to some of the neighborhood’s most iconic buildings, streets, and monuments, giving the viewer a sense of Harlem’s rich history.

In so few words, Luke Cage is a brilliant show that takes one bad turn. The hero, his first few villains, and the show’s message, technical aspects, and soundtrack are all excellent. It’s only with Diamondback and all the s—t that he brings along that Luke Cage loses its footing. So, just like Cage the character, Luke Cage is nearly impenetrable, but not entirely.

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Over the last half-century, one would be hard-pressed to think of a more prolific worker in Hollywood than Woody Allen. Over the last 50 years, Allen has created 47 films.

Within this incredible output, however, there has been a wide variance in quality. His highs are incredible and iconic films like Annie Hall, Hannah and Her Sisters, and Midnight in Paris, but his lows have been forgettable, self-serving, and unwatchable disasters, like Whatever Works and Don’t Drink the Water. Allen’s first foray into serialized television with Amazon’s Crisis in Six Scenes can be placed somewhere between these extremes.

It never quite recreates the magic of his best films, but is still enjoyable.

When Amazon announced in Jan. 2015 that it had signed a deal with Allen to create a television show for its streaming service, it created a commotion. Allen remains one of the premier directors in the world, and the fact that Amazon had landed his streaming show was a huge boon to the service, as it is trying to compete in the ever-growing arms race for online content.

Just four months later, in an interview with Deadline Hollywood, Allen revealed his discomfort in the jump from the big screen to television, saying he only took the offer because

it was too good to refuse, and that he has “regretted every second since [he] said OK.” He also goes on to say that he never watches television and had no idea what he was doing.

His inexperience with this medium shows, as he has basically created a movie that he has chopped into six parts. The total run time of the six combined episodes is just under two and half hours. It is clear that Allen either is not aware of the conventions of television structure, or he does not care about them. Each episode seems to be divided only for the sake of being a television show. This show is best enjoyed when you binge watch it, as it essentially becomes slightly longer than a normal Allen movie.

A Crisis in Six Scenes takes place in America in the 1960s and follows novelist-turned-television creator Sidney Munsinger (Allen) who lives with his wife Kay (Elaine May) in a suburban neighborhood. Their quiet life is turned upside down in the second episode, when Lenny (Miley Cyrus), a young member of the Constitutional Liberation Army, breaks into their home seeking refuge from the law after bombing a draft agency. This juxtaposition between the headstrong and proactive Lenny and the intellectual and cautious Sidney creates most of the conflict that advances the story forward.

The acting is a high point for the show. Cyrus was a surprising choice

for the role, but she proves she was the right choice. She has no problem handling the sophisticated dialogue and injects a life into the show that’s missing elsewhere. She has good chemistry with Allen, who can play a neurotic intellectual as well as ever. May is also a delight to watch.

The funniest bits revolve around her book club, a group of Jewish women that starts as a discussion group, but quickly buys into the ideas Lenny is selling. They quickly start to plan protests with the same tone as they would a home association meeting (“I’ll bring snacks!”). The show also

has very funny guest stars. Lewis Black and Becky Ann Baker have great roles as Kay’s marriage therapy clients who only can find common ground on their mutual love of guacamole.

In addition, the show is technically well done. Allen still manages to get the most out of minor camera work and blocking. He carefully frames each shot to increase the impact of the dialogue without ever creating the big flashy shot that takes the viewer’s attention away from the words or the story.

Visually, it looks and feels exactly like you imagine a Allen film.

If you are a fan of Allen’s films, then you will most likely enjoy his stab at television. He checks all the boxes that his films usually check, and he shows he has not lost his ability to write some of the most clever oneliners out there. Despite this show’s flaws, it is still enjoyable to watch. The actors have great chemistry and the show moves at a brisk pace, picking up speed as it moves toward its sort of absurd ending. Allen might not have a future in television, but Crisis in Six Scenes is worth its short run time.

Sometimes a person has to wonder if album art is something of a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Maybe that’s a tiny bit of a stretch, but after the release of Green Day’s newest album, Revolution Radio, it definitely doesn’t seem that way. The album cover depicts a stainless-steel boombox melting under the heat of a fire—some might find it to be a

symbol of the band setting the music industry aflame. After an analysis of Revolution Radio, it feels more like a meltdown of what gave Green Day its fame in the first place.

It is important to establish that Revolution Radio is not a bad album, per se. Green Day’s newest work isn’t poorly executed at all—quite the contrary, in all truthfulness. On the other hand, though, the band seems to be struggling under the weight of its own fame and long-running

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popularity. For a moment, consider what has driven Green Day into the limelight of the punk rock scene for so many years. There are arguably two major factors at work here: a solid understanding of music fundamentals (necessary for any half-decent band, of course) and a spirit of rebellion that spits in the face of the American status quo. Take either of these things away, and all that remains is a shell of the former Green Day. The music mastery is certainly still here, but the

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fire of unique creativity feels as though it is dimming.

Maybe it’s somewhat presumptuous to assume that the band has completely run dry of ideas—after all, there are a few pieces of Revolution Radio that work rather well. With an extremely strong drumbeat and guitar riff, “Say Goodbye” is a punky anthem for the oppressed in America.

With lyrics like, “Violence on the rise / Like a bullet in the sky / Oh Lord, have mercy on my soul / Kindred spirits sing / For the sick and suffering / The city of damage control / This is how we roll,” the band does not seem to have lost its songwriting edge, either. “Outlaws” is another good example—the intermixing of the “faded memory” of youth and the destruction of suburbia is a nice stylistic choice. .

And, honestly, therein lies the frustration of Revolution Radio. The music is (at very worst) on par with earlier albums, but nothing that Green Day has produced in the past year feels as though it has pushed the band’s envelope by any means at all.

Though it may seem strange to say it—counterintuitive, even—Green Day seems to be nonconformist in the most conformist way possible.

“Bang Bang,” for example, features Billie Joe Armstrong in the guise of a school shooter, singing about his deep desire to murder his peers for fame and TV time. Edgy, right? Well ... not really, especially considering the fact that 10 other artists ran with this idea already (most famously Foster the People with its 2011 song “Pumped Up Kicks”).

Perhaps the cleanest, most colloquial way to say it is like this: with Revolution Radio, Green Day has definitely phoned it in.

Its previous albums produced the classics, songs which challenged not only the band, but also the greater society. And this is exactly where Revolution Radio falls flat.

Even the strongest of Green Day’s newest work is unlikely to have much impact on the band or its listeners.

Love ’em or hate ’em, it’s hard to deny that Green Day’s calling card is a sense of rebellion in the face of a conformist society. In some sense, it embodies the entirety of what the punk rock genre is—non-acceptance of the norm. Now, the band finds itself in a challenging position: find a new way not to conform, or fall by the wayside.

An eerily synth-laden beat gives rise to the killer introduction of The Weeknd’s music video for his single, “Starboy.” Literally, the metaphor for The Weeknd’s self-reinvention is as subtle as gunfire or, as he demonstrates, suffocation.

The audience watches the murdered “former” Abel Tesfaye’s body hit the floor just as the beat begins. The dark, alluring setting is the crime scene for The Weeknd’s death and consequent resurrection as an edgier and more electrifying version of himself.

Pulling off his ski mask and revealing his lethal deed, he embraces his rebirth.

Strutting through the victim’s lavish apartment, he smirks as he touches the posters and record sales certifications that line the apartment. Snagging a neon pink cross from the wall, the video’s resurrection and religious imagery become even more apparent.

Images of the “old” Weeknd flash across the screen as the “new” Weeknd destroys the awards and accolades that made him a “Starboy.”

This devious dance through the apartment further exemplifies the comparison between The Weeknd and the King of Pop, Michael Jackson. With shorter hair and a cockier attitude, The Weeknd evokes Jackson’s image by spinning, shaking, and bobbing his head.

The havoc continues as the music intensifies. Satisfied with the destruction, The Weeknd speeds down Malibu Canyon Road with a black cat turned-yellow-eyed panther in tow—another transformation that symbolizes The Weeknd’s darker and stronger shift.

Although this video seems to be a strong first step in The Weeknd’s new image and sound, viewers will have to wait and see if this new step in his career will propel him to full-fledged stardom or cast him away like his old persona.

SINGLE REVIEWS BY CAROLINE MCCORMACK LADY GAGA “Million Reasons”

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JOHN LEGEND “Love Me Now” With its acoustic sound, this raw piece strikes a different chord with listeners. The reflective tune shows off Lady Gaga’s vocals as well as her storytelling ability. This song marks a turn away from Gaga’s typical flashy style and gets to the root of the artist’s undeniable talent.

John Legend’s “Love Me Now” is an incredibly beautiful and simple song about love.

Incorporating the use of sign language in his lyric video was a wonderful way to point to the universal, ever-present theme. Legend effortlessly weaves in dazzling vocals and instrumentation to create yet another hit.

In its latest single, Kings of Leon honors the memory of the late country singer Blaze Foley.

The lyrics perfectly capture the turbulent life and demise of the great singer. While bringing in some country roots, the band manages to keep its individualized soulful sound, even bringing in some guitar to add a bit of flare.

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On Tuesday night, Boston College men’s soccer couldn’t catch a break.

The Eagles (6-4-1) suffered their third consecutive loss to crosstown rival Harvard (6-3-2) after a couple unlucky bounces put BC in an early hole, and a dominant (yet frustrating) second half couldn’t produce a single goal. Despite outshooting the Crimson 10-1 over the final 45 minutes, the Eagles were stunted by goalkeeper Kyle Parks, who managed four crucial saves in the 2-0 victory.

The misfortune began in the fourth minute, when a long throw-in found Taner Dogan in the box, and the Harvard midfielder rifled a shot from close range directly at BC keeper Cedric Saladin. The Swiss sophomore blocked the attempt, but Dogan anticipated the rebound perfectly and, this time, finished past Saladin to give the Crimson a 1-0 advantage.

In the 21st minute, Harvard extended its lead to 2-0 off the boot of Tyler Savitsky.

Once again, an unlucky bounce plagued the Eagle defense. A Crimson attacker tried to pass a through ball in between BC’s left and center backs, but Callum Johnson was right there for the interception. Except, in the blink of an eye, the ball took an awkward bounce off of Johnson, sputtered past Abe Bibas, and deflected straight to Savitsky, who let his momentum take him behind the Eagles’ back line. The Harvard substitute took a few touches before firing the second

goal of the evening by Saladin’s left shoulder.

BC also fell victim to some unfavorable officiating. Toward the end of the first half, Zeiko Lewis snuck behind the Crimson defense and prepared to shoot a sure-thing goal from about 10 yards out. But a Har vard defender upended Lewis with a dangerous slide tackle from behind that caught little to no ball. The Eagles sideline waited for a whistle and a card as Parks fell on the loose ball and gazed at Lewis, writhing in pain, to his left. No call.

Nothing about BC’s first half was pretty. In fact, the deficit could have easily been three goals if it wasn’t for a Simon Enstrom save off of a corner kick header. But, in typical fashion, the Eagles followed up their slow start with a much-improved second half of soccer, roaring back to pummel the Crimson with shot after shot—only, somehow, nothing would go in.

In the 60th minute, BC nearly cut Harvard’s lead in half when Maximillian Schulze-Geisthovel bodied his defender, corralled a long throw-in from Trevor Davock, and turned to shoot. The scrum in the box produced only a series of deflections, though, as the Eagles couldn’t rattle off a clean shot past the keeper.

Soon after, Raphael Salama won a ball near the opponent’s 18-yard box and poked a pass in Enstrom’s direction. BC’s most powerful shooter hammered a screamer toward Parks’ left side, but the keeper dove and tipped the ball to preserve the two-goal lead.

With 10 minutes remaining,

Lewis made a run down the right sideline before cutting back to the middle. Defenders converged on the Eagles’ best playmaker as he passed it at the last minute to Henry Balf waiting in the middle of the box. The midfielder skied it, and with the missed shot, BC’s chances of another late-game comeback vanished.

As poor as the Eagles’ passing was on Tuesday, don’t sound the alarm quite yet. The nonconference loss will not affect ACC Tournament hopes and BC will have two more opportunities this season for upset wins against elite teams.

No. 3 Clemson will make the trek to Newton Campus Field on Friday, and then Wake Forest will host the Eagles in Winston Salem, N.C., on the following Saturday.

By no means will either game be an easy win, but BC could eke out a victory with its steady defense, electric forwards, and, of course, Zeiko Lewis, who remains one of the best players on the pitch wherever he plays.

Ed Kelly’s squad is hampered by injuries to Len Zeugner, Mohammed Moro, Younes Boudadi, and Joshua Forbes. On Tuesday, all of those bumps and bruises showed in the shutout loss.

Yet, that’s also the magic of a Kelly team: new guys will step up, and Clemson will still take the Eagles very, very seriously on Friday—as it should. But the forwards who have carried them this far with their noses for the goal need to regain that sense of smell, or else the upcoming Top10 matchups may look a lot like the 5-0 blowout at No. 8 North Carolina.

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The last time Boston College women’s soccer played Virginia Tech, a Hokies penalty kick in the second minute of the match proved to be the game-winning goal. Three years later, this rematch would not be decided until the final seconds of double overtime.

Coming off an upset victory over No. 2 Florida State, BC entered Sunday’s Alumni Day match with a chance to pick up its second consecutive conference victory in the third and final game of its homestand.

On the contrary, Virginia Tech had just won its first conference match at Syracuse earlier in the week, and was wrapping up its two-game road stint. But, in the end, it was the Hokies who were able to leave Newton Campus Soccer and Lacrosse Field with another ACC victory, 3-2.

A steady downpour hindered both sides’ possession and ball control. But for BC (10-4-1, 2-4 Atlantic Coast), a team that builds its attack through the midfield and feeds wing players out wide, the effect of the conditions was especially evident. The Hokies (10-4-1, 2-3-1), a more direct, downfield-playing team, turned early BC mistakes into scoring opportunities. In the seventh minute, Virginia Tech’s Kristina Diana led an open Laila Gray into the box, but BC’s goalkeeper, Alexis Bryant, slid to prevent a Gray shot. Just three minutes later, Marie Johnston’s corner kick offered another chance for the Hokies, but the score did not budge.

Eventually, Virginia Tech’s superior possession and set pieces led to the game’s first goal. Lily Weber found Alani Johnson on the right side of the box, and Johnson floated

a shot into the upper left corner of the net in the 28th minute. It was Weber’s fifth assist and Johnson’s sixth goal on the season.

While BC had a few runs in the first half, it couldn’t even the match. Whether it was Jenna Bike’s awkward positioning (36th minute) or a misfire from Olivia Vaughn (37th minute), the Eagles failed to show anything that resembled their performance against FSU. But everything changed in the 62nd minute. In the span of 22 seconds, BC scored two goals, both off of penalty kicks from identical Vaughn and Bike runs on the right side of the field. First, it was McKenzie Meehan who took the shot for Vaughn’s foul. Scoring her team-leading 10th goal of the season, she grounded one into the bottom left corner of the net. Next, Samantha Hiatt lined up to take the penalty kick for the foul on Bike.

Hiatt launched the shot into the midsection of the left side of the goal, giving BC the lead. It was the freshman defender’s first goal of the year.

The Eagles tested freshman goalie Mandy McGlynn several more times, but they could not put Virginia Tech away. The Hokies kept nagging at the BC defense, and, in the 81st minute, a Johnston corner allowed Murielle Tiernan to head the ball near post, forcing overtime.

In the first overtime period, Meehan had an opportunity to close the match. Running down the heart of the field in the 95th minute, Bike danced by defenders, ultimately shooting into the Hokies’ back line.

Meehan located the blocked shot and fired away, but her attempt was also deflected. One minute later, the senior co-captain was kicked in

the face by a Virginia Tech defender as she was cutting inside on a free kick. This sidelined Meehan for the remainder of the game, requiring the Eagles to play the final minutes without their most lethal weapon.

As the 100th minute passed, the game carried over into double overtime. Midway through the final period, Bike, dribbling down the right side of the field, had a one-onone with McGlynn, but her shot toward the right post was denied.

But in the final minute of the match, Virginia Tech led a counterattack, following a BC free kick. It all came down to one matchup—Bryant versus Tiernan. Bryant came out to pressure the senior forward, who had a fellow Hokie at her left side.

Tiernan adjusted, and lofted the game-winning shot into the left corner of the net.

The win further confirms Virginia Tech’s scoring pattern—when the Hokies have scored at least two goals this season, they have never lost.

And now, Virginia Tech has put itself back into the mix of the ACC. For BC and head coach Alison Foley, the team will have to regroup for its three-game road trip, starting next Saturday at Wake Forest.

Foley sees this defeat as a source of motivation.

“Every game is a big game,” Foley said. “We know that. It’s going to leave us hungry to get the next one. It’s going to leave us a little bit annoyed, but hungry for the next one.”

Still, even though the result, as in 2013, was a loss, the way it came about is a bit harder to take.

“Anytime you lose a game in overtime it’s tough, but under a minute makes it even tougher,” Foley said.

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As the rain poured down on Chestnut Hill Sunday afternoon, Boston College field hockey was creating a storm of its own in Bloomington, Ind. BC continually flooded the offensive end and showered the net with shots, but Noelle Rother stood strong against the storm. The Eagles fired an astonishing 19 shots, 10 of which were on goal. The offensive burst kept the Hoosiers on the defensive end, causing them to fire four

shots. Only one of those had to be dealt with by Audra Hampsch.

Ultimately, the Eagles fought hard, defeating Indiana, 2-0.

The Eagles (6-6, 2-3 Atlantic Coast) came out strong against the Hoosiers (7-7, 2-2 Big Ten) and within the first 12 minutes of the game, they had five offensive corners. IU’s defense remained tough and denied all five shots in order to keep it a scoreless game. BC wore down the Hoosier defense and scored 25 minutes into the game.

Lucy Lytle received a pass from Kaitie Fink at the stroke spot. Right

in front of the net, Lytle chipped the ball high past the goalkeeper to give the Eagles a 1-0 lead.

The second half was quiet on the scoring front. Although the Eagles continued to bombard the net with shot after shot, Rother continued to deny each attempt that was made.

BC kept sending quality shots toward the net hoping that Rother would finally be caught off-guard.

With 10 minutes remaining, Fink sent the ball toward Rother.

She made the save, but Brooke Matherson was there and made the rebound off the goalie’s pads

by flicking the ball into the center of the net. The Hoosiers could not put any offensive action together, and the Eagles walked off the field with a 2-0 victory.

On Friday, the Eagles headed down to Louisville, Ky. to face the No. 8 Cardinals (10-3, 1-3). Almost eight minutes into the game, BC was awarded a corner penalty, allowing it to strike first. Eryn McCoy fired a shot on goal and Frederique Haverhals sent it home, giving the Eagles a 1-0 lead early in the matchup. Toward the end of the first half, McCoy attacked again.

She deflected Alessandra Miller’s pass towards the net, sending the ball right over Aiyesha McFerran’s shoulder. After scoring her 80th point, this goal launched McCoy into BC’s top-10 all-time scorers.

With a 2-0 lead, the Eagles had some room to breathe, but they could not relax. Top teams do not stop fighting until the buzzer sounds. The Cardinals struggled to fire shots on Audra Hampsch, but they succeeded in the final two minutes of the first half after a 2-on1 opportunity. With a score of 2-1, it was still any team’s game.

Throughout the second half, Louisville tried to tie the game and send it into overtime, but Hampsch successfully saved both of the two shots she saw. With a strong goalie in the net, it was time for the Eagles to go on the offensive end and seal the game. Only eight minutes remained in the game when McCoy inserted the ball into the circle. Lytle saw an opening and fired the ball from the middle of the circle past McFarren. BC’s 3-1 victory proved that a top-10 team and the nation’s No. 1 goalie were no match for these Eagles.

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Following two tough losses to Florida State and Miami, Boston College volleyball had hoped to turn things around with its games against Louisville and Notre Dame.

But the Eagles ultimately came up short as they continued their eightgame losing streak, with a loss to Louisville in five sets and to Notre Dame in straight sets.

With only two days to prepare for their match against Notre Dame (15-3, 6-0 Atlantic Coast), the Eagles (5-11, 0-6) had bad luck, and not just because of the rain. The Fighting Irish took an early lead of 5-1, visibly shaking the Eagles as

they fell farther and farther behind.

Things started to look up when McKenna Goss won three points in a row for the Eagles. After a service error and a failed block that forced BC into a timeout, the Eagles lost the first set, 25-18.

In the second set, BC needed to communicate in order to get past the tough defense of Notre Dame.

The set didn’t start out very well for the Eagles as the Irish took another early lead, winning three consecutive points and starting out the set, 3-1. Things improved for the Eagles as Anna Skold and Goss matched the score at 4-4, but they couldn’t continue the scoring streak as Notre Dame’s Jemma Yeadon and Rebecca Nunge responded with

three more points. The Irish ran away with the second set 25-21, and BC couldn’t find its rhythm on the court.

The Eagles were cautious at the start of the third set, allowing Notre Dame to win four uninterrupted points early on. After quickly falling behind 8-4, BC was forced into a timeout, a last-ditch effort that proved futile as the Irish won seven consecutive points. BC lost to Notre Dame, 25-12, in the third set, a straight-set defeat.

Against the Louisville Cardinals on Thursday, the Eagles took an early lead. Louisville’s first serve fell outside the lines, giving BC the first point of the game. The lead didn’t carry, however, as the Cardinals

(6-9, 1-4) responded immediately with two points. The set was tied at six with a kill by Goss, but the Eagles fell behind once again when Louisville took three straight points after technical mistakes made by BC. The rest of the set followed that pattern, with BC tying up the points and Louisville pulling ahead.

The tide turned when BC pulled ahead of Louisville with a service error by the Cardinals followed by a kill from Sol Calvete, giving the Eagles a 20-19 lead to force a Louisville timeout. The Cardinals then called a second timeout when BC pulled ahead 23-21 with a kill

by Sophia West. BC won the first set 25-23 after a net violation by Louisville.

Early in the second set, Louisville pulled away with an early 2-0 lead after a net violation and double contact of the ball by BC. The Eagles looked like they had a chance when they took three straight points, giving them an edge of 13-11. But the streak was shortlived when a service error made by BC led to Louisville winning four points in a row to take a 15-13 lead.

The short break proved unhelpful, with Louisville winning two more points. The Eagles ultimately fell 25-18 in the second set.

BC came into the third set looking like a different team. The Eagles took home seven points immediately, forcing a Louisville timeout. The closest the Cardinals

came to BC in the third set was when it trailed behind 16-11, but the Eagles then ran away with the set 25-14.

Unfortunately, BC couldn’t keep the ball rolling and fell to Louisville in the fourth set, 26-24, after taking an early lead. BC ultimately fell in the fifth set as well, losing 15-12 and going home with another loss.

Head coach Chris Campbell noted how tough ACC matches can be.

“There’s no shallow end of the pool once you’re in conference play,” Campbell said. “You get thrown in right off the top, so for all those freshmen getting time, that’s great. Sometimes we make mistakes, but they bounce back really well.”

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<X^c\j Jn\\g 9cXZb 9\Xij 9\_`e[ 9`^ N\\b\e[ Yp =i\j_d\e Women’s Hockey, from B10 “The response from our team to tie the game was extremely important, especially at this early point in the season,” head coach Katie Crowley said.

The Eagles utilized the momentum from their first goal to pressure Maine into another penalty right before the close of the first period. After starting the second period on the power play, the Eagles drew a boarding penalty to make it a 5-on-3.

Aided by these two penalties, just 52 seconds into the second period, Belinskas added her second goal to put BC up 2-1 off a tremendous feed from Lonergan.

Just over a minute later, Belinskas completed her hat trick on the 5-on-4 as she exploded toward the goal from the neutral zone and ripped a wrist shot top-shelf from the faceoff circle.

“I have been focusing on driving to the net, doing my thing, and staying simple,” Belinskas said.

Belinskas added her fourth goal off another excellent feed from Lonergan 15 minutes into the third period. After intercepting a Maine pass near the BC blue line, Lonergan skated through the neutral zone and gave Belinskas a saucer pass over the Maine defender’s stick. Belinskas flawlessly settled the puck like a cool, calm veteran, and finished it past Jackson to put the Eagles up 41. This goal solidified the first four-goal effort for an Eagle since Skarupa did so last year against Boston University on Jan. 9. Afterward, Belinskas reflected on filling the shoes of Skarupa, who notched a hat trick herself in her first professional game with the Connecticut Whale.

“It’s a big role, but you never

want to get ahead of yourself,” Belinskas said.

Finally with just a minute and a half remaining, McCarthy added the fifth and final goal for the Eagles after intercepting a pass near Maine’s blue line. This was the first career goal for McCarthy, the talented freshman on the Eagles’ active second line.

Despite the dominate result, the Eagles were not without their mistakes. The Eagles had seven penalties after having just 12 in the previous four games to start the season. While the BC penalty kill prevented Maine from scoring on all of its attempts, the team will have to clean up its play as its moves on to play better competition in the coming weeks.

“We’ll have to get a better feel for the referees in the coming weeks, but I was proud of how our team killed off the penalties,” Crowley said.

9P D@:?8<C JLCC@M8E Jgfikj <[`kfi Time ticked away on a 5-on3 for Boston College women’s hockey. The Eagles had generated little offensive momentum and desperately tried to push anything they could at the net. Alyson Matteau, however, had different plans. The Maine defenseman pushed a pass into open space on its side of the net, right as Kristin Gilmour and Brooke Stacey came out of the box. Megan Keller laid out to deflect Stacey’s pass, but Gilmour drove it home past Katie Burt. Suddenly, a team that had not come close to beating BC all last season had a tie—and the momentum—to open the second period.

Then came the ne w Alex Carpenter.

On the ensuing faceoff, Caitrin Lonergan dashed coastto-coast after an initial feed by Keller. The heir apparent of the Eagles’ throne used her breakaway speed and long reach to push the puck past Carly Jackson.

A mere 23 seconds later, all was calm yet again in Kelley Rink.

Though the team struggled at times offensively and faced an uncharacteristically strong Maine attack, the Eagles held out for a 2-1 victory over the Black Bears. The strong play of Maine—a team that finished 10-23-2 last season—merely represents a sign of the changing times in Hockey East.

“I think our league has a lot more parity in it this year,” head coach Crowley said. “Obviously we have that target on our back, and I thought our team responded well.”

The E agle s (1-1-1, 1-0-0 Hockey East) got off to a hot start in the first period on the power play after Tereza Vanisova was called for a charging penalty for Maine (1-4-0, 0-1-0). With time

running low on the man advantage, Kali Flanagan blasted a shot that appeared to go wide left of Jackson. But Kristyn Capizzano lunged out with her stick to the right to redirect the puck to the twine for her first goal of the season.

The first period also saw the return of the Eagles’ captain, Andie Anastos, who departed last Saturday’s game against Duluth with an upper-body injury after a big hit. Anastos has not practiced at all this week, making her gametime status questionable to the point that Crowley listed her on the fourth line. While she didn’t contribute on the scoresheet, Anastos had immense success in the defensive zone. She handily tracked Maine forwards, showing off her value as a two-way player for the Eagles. Anastos’s presence made a huge difference for BC’s bench and morale.

“It was an awesome surprise,” Keller said of Anastos’s return.

“I didn’t know if she was going to play or not, and for her to be able to get out there in her senior season and obviously she’s someone we look up to, it was very important to our team.”

With Anastos on the mend, Crowley has used the time to experiment with a wealth of line combinations. One that worked today came from an all-freshman combination. Lonergan, alongside wings Delaney Belinskas and Bridget McCarthy, generated an immense amount of offensive pressure. The unit routinely attacked the net and combined for 12 shots (and, of course, the goal). Its success was a formula that Crowley believes will bring a lot of wins to her program this season, even if the players’ ages make it unconventional.

“A lot of time you don’t put three freshmen together, but toward the end of our last game in Duluth, I thought they play really

well together and feed off each other together,” Crowley said.

On the whole, the Eagles showed that their offense, which relies heavily on new contributors, is a work in progress. BC only converted on 1-of-5 power plays, and struggled with handling pucks, according to Crowley. The 5-on-3—the one that led to the Maine goal—appears to be something that will go back to the drawing board throughout the week.

Additionally, the Eagles failed to generate pressure late in the third, when Lonergan had to be taken out of the game with an injury. She received a hard hit from a Maine player and doubled over, holding onto her arm. [There is no update on her injury as of press time.]

Fortunately for the Eagles, their defensive corps appears as strong as ever. Keller often took on two players in the defensive zone, and used her impeccable reach to prevent shots. Grace Bizal also had a strong game behind the blue line in holding Maine to only 20 shots on goal.

And, of course, BC has Burt, one of the nation’s best goaltenders. Burt expertly manned the crease, using both glove and pad to keep the Black Bears out of the net. She even stopped a penalty shot by Maine’s Anna Wright, who drew the try off a Makenna Newkirk penalty.

Overall, the play of the women behind the blue line helped the Eagles to their first win of the season. Getting that first W on the books after a record-setting season last year was a great first step, even if the game had a different feel from last year.

“That was a tough game,” Burt said. “I don’t think we had many of those last season, where we could say we were pretty gritty to get a win, so we’re feeling pretty good about that.”

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Delaney Belinskas (17, top) celebrates one of her four goals in Sunday’s 5-1 victory over Maine as goaltender Carly Jackson looks on in the background. She was the first BC freshman to score four goals in a game in over 20 years.

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Even without Demko, it was the outstanding goaltending of Woll that kept the Eagles in the game, making one save after another to shut down the Pioneers.

“I thought at our back-to-back

game, [Woll] was certainly a catalyst for us,” York told USCHO.com after the game. “He made some terrific saves. He moves so easily and has a great feel for the game.

You can talk about gloves and angles, but he just has a sense of where the puck is moving to. In that respect, he’s a very smart goaltender.”

The Eagles reclaimed the lead late in the second period on a set play that resulted in a goal by David Cotton—the first of his career.

Cangelosi added an empty-net goal to seal the victory.

In the first round of the tournament, BC faced off against an unranked Air Force team. Little did the Eagles know what was coming that night, as the Falcons upset No. 5 BC, 2-1.

Air Force came out of the gate hot in the first period. The Falcons had plenty of opportunities to claim an early lead, but they failed to capitalize on two breakaways when they shot wide on both. The Eagles neutralized the Falcons for the rest of the period and escaped with a scoreless game after the first. After dodging

these early chances for Air Force, the Eagles took advantage of an Air Force mistake in the middle of the second, as Cangelosi drew a hooking call in the crease, leading to a penalty shot. Cangelosi converted on the penalty for his first goal of the year, giving the Eagles a 1-0 lead in the middle of the second.

Air Force’s misfortunes continued late in the second period.

The Falcons went on the power play for the final five minutes of the period as they drew a major penalty. Like the breakaways in

the first period, however, Air Force was shut out on the man advantage as the Eagles killed the extended power play to carry a 10 lead, and the momentum, into the third period.

“I thought we were playing very well,” York told USCHO. com about his team’s play through two periods. “We capitalized on on the penalty shot, and then we had to kill the five-minute major, and I thought we did an excellent job there.”

The Eagles’ momentum vanished in the third period as Air

Force scored twice to take the lead. On the first goal, the Falcons took advantage of a two-on-one situation, which ended in Matt Serratore snapping high past Woll, tying the game 1-1. Not too long after, towards the middle of the third, Air Force was back on the power play, this time on a 5-on-3. On the ensuing faceoff draw, the Falcons took the lead on a one-timer by Ben Kucera past the outstretched glove on Woll, putting the Falcons up for good as they held on for the 2-1 upset victory.

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“He could not go into the game [after the injury],” Addazio said. “He couldn’t push off it or anything else.

You know, you’ve got a lot of fears.

One of my fears was losing that guy, and that happened.”

But, instead of dropping back into the huddle, the Eagles opted to hurry up. Towles fumbled the snap, eliciting a different kind of sound from the student section.

Fortunately for the Eagles, they received new life on a Clemson offsides. They responded by running the same play up the middle. Both failed, causing a turnover on downs.

At 6-foot-5, Towles was sure he had a score on his first attempt. On his second, he knew the errors were no one’s but his own.

“The first one, I thought I did [get in there],” Towles said. “The next one, we had a new center, and I have to do a better job at getting the snaps. That’s my fault.”

It was the first of two turnovers caused by Towles. The second came on BC’s first real two-minute drill of the season. Down 18, the Eagles got the ball back at their 31-yard line. Tyler Rouse ran for 17 yards, and Towles threw two 10+ yard passes to Sweeney and Jones. On Clemson’s 23-yard line with under a minute remaining, the Eagles had an opportunity to jump back in the game.

It was, again, a dream that never came to be.

Unable to find an open receiver, Towles attempted to scramble on a 1st-and-10. He got hit by Clemson star linebacker Ben Boulware, a tackle that made Towles’s head snap back. The play made Towles fumble the ball, his fourth lost fumble in six games. Afterward, he recognized the importance of holding the ball better.

Initially, the referees bailed Towles out. They called Boulware on a targeting penalty, meaning 15 yards and an ejection. On further review, however, Boulware had not hit Towles in the head, but rather pushed him with two hands in the shoulder pads. The play was overturned, keeping Boulware in the game and giving Clemson the ball. Addazio, though visibly distraught in the moment, recognized that questioning the refs’ decisions now would be futile, even if he disagreed with some calls throughout the game.

“All I can tell you is what flashed in front of my eyes,” Addazio said.

“I can’t speak to it. I wasn’t close enough to see it. I’m not going to speak to all the officiating things that went on in the game, I’m just not going to do it. There’s too many for me to even count right now to be honest with you, okay.”

Meanwhile, that BC defense that averaged 202 yards allowed per game—again, fewest in the nation—had no response for the might of Watson, a Heisman Trophy front-runner, and Gallman, one of the nation’s best runners.

Immediately after the fumble drive, Watson completed three passes before handing the ball off to Gallman. The Eagles had it caged, but Ty Schwab missed the initial tackle before Gallman bounced back to the perimeter and outran BC’s defense for 59 yards and a score.

BC’s response: a first down, then a seven-yard loss.

On Clemson’s following drive, Watson took to the air. He placed a superb pass over the head of Isaac Yiadom, right into the hands of a diving Mike Williams. That pass set Clemson up within BC’s red zone, where Watson again went to the air.

He aimed for Williams once more.

This time, Williams leapt high over

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Steve Addazio looks down in defeat as the Eagles fell to Clemson, 56-10.

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Gabriel McClary, who had no idea the ball was coming until the referees raised their hands for a score.

BC’s response: a three-andout.

A short punt gave Clemson the ball on BC’s 46-yard line. The fast pace got even faster. Like, one play kind of fast.

Clemson’s Jordan Leggett found a hole over the middle of the field, with no maroon and gold in sight.

Watson saw the opening too, and Leggett dashed through the middle of the field. McClary, John Johnson, and Kamrin Moore all had a chance to tackle the tight end. Each one missed him.

“Those three plays were costly right there,” Addazio said.

Still, the Eagles could have mounted a comeback in the second half. A 21-3 deficit isn’t completely insurmountable (for most offenses, at least). But the Tigers never took their feet off of the pedal. Watson tossed another two touchdowns, of 29 and 16 yards to Deon Cain, both with McClary covering. He finished the day throwing 14 of 24 passes for 266 yards and four touchdowns. Addazio repeated after the game that his secondary had good coverage on some plays, but when it mattered most to get off the field,

the Eagles couldn’t execute.

“We were trying to mix and match it—some man, some zone, some man, some zone,” Addazio said. “I thought we did a good job with that, but in the process, we let up too many big plays.”

Despite a Towles touchdown pass to his fullback, Bobby Wolford, Swinney went to his backups in the fourth. Gallman, who rushed for 109 yards and a touchdown on nine carries, gave way to his two backups: Tavien Feaster and Tyshon Dye. Each added touchdowns of their own. Mark Fields capped it off with a 42-yard interception return on a Darius Wade pass.

There are a lot of plays for Addazio to digest throughout the game. They’ll have two weeks to fix them with the bye on the horizon before a visit from Syracuse.

But if he wants to dissect anything, he should start on that first offensive possession. That fumble—a huge, momentum-shifting play on special teams—turned into only a 24-yard field goal from Knoll. Instead of applying the pressure early, the Eagles got a consolation prize.

It was the first sign of many to come that dreams of an upset would soon turn into nightmares of reality.

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that they would reflect poorly on the team and school in media interviews, so it sought to control every aspect of media appearances for the players. And it assumed that players would discuss team secrets to anyone and everyone, so of course the logical reaction is to monitor athletes closely.

Over the past three years, Northwestern players have taken steps to change their situation. It all began in 2013, when then-quarterback Kain Colter met with the College Athletes Players Association to open a discussion about the treatment of players at the university.

In the following years, the players would experience both triumph and defeat in the legal process. First, they were told they could unionize—but following an appeals process, the decision was overturned.

The story didn’t end there, however. As ridiculous regulations continued to be the norm at Northwestern, players continued to challenge them and gain recognition as employees of the school. And the Wildcats finally succeeded late last month.

In an advice memorandum dated Sept. 22 but made public last week, the National Labor Relations Board general counsel found that Northwestern student-athletes are

university employees. As such, the counsel said, Northwestern must lift the restricting regulations placed on players and give them freedom of expression. Of course, Northwestern protested the ruling. Al Cubbage, the school’s vice president of university relations, criticized the NLRB in a statement, arguing that the football players are primarily students and not athletes. This is an absolutely ridiculous argument. The average student isn’t restricted and closely monitored. The average student can discuss anything with the media. Northwestern can’t have it both ways. If the football players are primarily students, then restrictions should be lifted. If they are primarily athletes, then they should be treated as employees. Because they are primarily athletes and employees, restricting their freedom of speech and expression violates labor laws, so the NLRB was absolutely correct in its ruling.

To a degree, Northwestern has recognized how ridiculous the handbook was. It has been changed during the course of the legal proceedings to reflect a friendlier, more reasonable atmosphere. According to the updated handbook, players may now speak directly to the media without going through the athletic director’s office, and may give honest answers to any questions posed to them, although they are

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still encouraged to credit the entire team for individual success. While they still cannot speak freely about injuries and medical situations on the team—citing HIPAA, the team reinforced some stringent measures on injury talk—they are generally free to discuss what they please.

It isn’t just Northwestern that will be impacted by this decision—all the other private schools in the FBS would be held accountable to these new standards. That means Boston College, too. Now that the NLRB has made it clear that it considers players to be employees of the school, it is imperative that BC lifts any similar restrictions on football players to avoid an embarrassing debacle like this. This decision is sure to spark a reaction in the NCAA, and BC doesn’t want to be on the wrong side of history in this case.

Although the decision will affect more than just Northwestern, it all boils down to the courageous actions of Wildcat football players.

This is a huge step forward for a group of people who have been fighting for their rights for several years now. As of right now, they are recognized as employees of the school. Right off the bat, this ruling came with some benefits. They’re not living in a ridiculously strict atmosphere. They have freedom of expression and speech.

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sions from this decision—repercussions that might lead into more controversial conversations and decisions. Namely, we must decide whether college football players are employees.

If they’re employees of the school, they need more than just freedom of expression. Employees get paid. So does this mean that the NLRB is ruling that the football players should be paid? It didn’t exactly address the issue of compensation directly, but it’s not hard to see how the ruling will spark more debate over whether college athletes should be paid for their work. If they are not employees, but rather students, they should be treated as all the other students and retain their freedom of expression. If they are employees, then it is in violation of labor laws not to pay them. The gray area between the two does not exist.

It has to be one or the other, and the NCAA, NLRB, and member universities must make a clear decision.

This NLRB ruling is a significant step forward for athletes. For now, it gives them more freedom. But in the future, it could mean much, much more—and reshape college sports forever.

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There’s only one true superteam in the NBA, and it’s the New York Knicks. They’ve got a former MVP (pending, ya know, a court case), the greatest American basketball player on Earth, and a unicorn. And down in Brooklyn (for now at least), the Islanders boast quite simply the best forward in the NHL in John Tavares. A solid defensive with Johnny Boychuk and Nick Leddy helps, too.

Prediction: New York | New York RILEY OVEREND

Assoc. Sports Editor Curry. Thompson. Green. Durant. Name a more iconic quartet, I’ll wait. To me, even Kylie, Kendall, Kim, and Khloe are more impressive than what’s going on in Cleveland with LeBron, Kyrie, K-Love, and whoever else passes the ball to King James. Haters can throw around 3-1 all they want, but I have another number: 73. The best regular-season team in NBA history just got better, and added Kevin Durant, too. And don’t forget that the Bay’s NHL team was only two wins away from a Stanley Cup win last year, too.

Prediction: Golden State | San Jose ANNABEL STEELE

Asst. Sports Editor G olden State and Cle veland may have dominated last year, but look out for a surprise powerhouse this year. The Wizards are ready for blood after hometown boy Kevin Durant spurned them and went to the Dubs.

Out for blood and ready to prove themselves, the Wizards will take the NBA by storm and win the title. As for hockey? Well, call me foolishly optimistic, but I believe that this is the year for the Capitals to finally win it all. Give Ovi his title! Rock the red, baby!

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9P A@DDP D@K:?<CC =fi K_\ ?\`^_kj Hockey season is back, and after a thrilling 2015-16 season that saw Boston College men’s hockey lose to Quinnipiac in the Frozen Four, the Eagles have returned to the ice with their retooled roster. BC lost several key members of last year’s squad to the NHL, with seven underclassmen making the jump, including Mike Richter Award-winning goaltender Thatcher Demko.

The Eagles look to their returning veterans and influx of fresh young talent to continue their dynastic success under head coach Jerry York. BC opened the season No. 5 in the USCHO Preseason Poll as it made its way into Denver, Colo. to kick off the year in the IceBreaker Tournament. The tournament represented a microcosm of a typical hockey season, during which anyone can win at any time.

On Saturday night, the Eagles had an unexpected top five matchup in a consolation game against No. 3 Denver, who was upset by

Ohio State on Friday night. Essentially a home game for Denver, BC had its work cut out against the team that fell to North Dakota in the national semifinal last season.

Yet after getting upset by unranked Air Force 1-0 the night before, the Eagles added a thrilling victory to their docket early in the season with a 3-1 win over the Pioneers.

The Eagles struck first in the middle of the first period on an even-strength rebound goal by Austin Cangelosi, who accounted for the Eagles’ only goal in Friday’s upset to Air Force, giving BC a 1-0 lead. After heading into the first intermission, Denver capitalized on one of its many power-play opportunities. Dylan Gambrell connected with Will Butcher, who snapped it by freshman goaltender Joe Woll at the top of the zone right before the Eagles’ penalty kill could collapse on him, tying the game at one.

Despite the scoreboard, the Pioneers outplayed the Eagles through-

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9P B<EEP M8CC8:< =fi K_\ ?\`^_kj Three games into the 2016-17 season, Boston College women’s hockey appeared to be a young team searching for its identity. The Eagles struggled on the road against Duluth—a team it swept in Chestnut Hill last year—and gritted out a win against a Maine team that won 10 games last year. The conclusion of the 2015-16 season ushered out a senior class led by the two top scorers in program history, Alex Carpenter and Haley Skarupa, that elevated BC to new heights. But now, in Game Four—a 5-1 defeat of Maine—it appears as though BC might have found the leaders of the new regime that will maintain the team’s 51-game unbeaten streak in Hockey East play.

The second line for BC (3-1-1, 20 Hockey East), composed of freshmen Delaney Belinskas, Caitrin Lonergan, and Bridget McCarthy, combined for all five of BC’s goals in the second leg of its two-game series with Maine. Four of those

five came from Belinskas, making her the first BC freshman in over 20 years to score four goals in a game.

The young line had a tremendous afternoon, showing great potential—something to be excited about for the upcoming years.

“Things are really starting to click,” Belinskas said. “Our line is feeding off each other.”

Despite its inexperience, the second line provided a crucial goal early on. After Maine (1-5, 0-2-0) forward Tereza Vanisova put the Black Bears up 1-0 with 5:41 remaining in the second period due to a sloppy turnover in the neutral zone resulting in a breakaway, Belinskas buried the equalizer just 42 seconds later. Belinskas received a pass from teammate Grace Bizal, and skated into the zone before beating Maine goalie Carly Jackson top right over her flailing glove.

The first goal came amid sloppy play from the Eagles who couldn’t capitalize on four power-play opportunities in the first period.

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All jobs come with rules. That’s a universally accepted fact. When you accept a job, you accept the regulations that come with it.

That might mean anything from a dress code to a language policy, in jobs ranging from an executive assistant to a camp counselor.

How about being a college football player? That’s a job in itself—all the practice, dedication, and work studying up on other teams. There are a lot of rules for college football players, too, and most of them are pretty reasonable. Some, though, seem less reasonable and more restrictive, limiting players’ abilities to express themselves.

Would you be okay with someone controlling every aspect of your social media presence?

For the past few years, Northwestern University has been in the news for how it treats its football players. Under the old system, the university controlled every aspect of life for players, setting down regulations that were, in some cases, absolutely ridiculous.

Social media may seem like a fun, harmless place—as long as you’re smart about what you post—but Northwestern opted not to trust its athletes, instead enforcing strict regulations of what the players could post, if anything, online. If coaches did not approve, players could not post.

Northwestern also decided to control the players’ media presence. While it makes sense that the team would be involved in how the players address the media, the rules became overly strict and just served to control even more of the players’ lives. They were only allowed to speak to university-approved journalists, and could only discuss a limited range of topics. With restrictions on discussing injuries, practice, strategy, and more, it’s hard to imagine that players could give interesting, engaging interviews. It was often reinforced that players had to give only positive answers about teammates, coaches, and the team.

In the team handbook, players were reminded that they were representing the team, and thus would be closely monitored by coaches at all times. Confidentiality was key, the handbook said. Players could not address any team matters with anybody on the outside. To a certain degree, this makes sense. You definitely don’t want players running their mouths and revealing key strategies or potential surprises before gametime. But again, this restricted players far too much. They were told that they would be closely monitored and warned not to discuss anything with outsiders. This doesn’t sound like a welcoming atmosphere.

As you might have guessed, this didn’t go over well with many of the players. And for good reason—Northwestern essentially assumed the worst of its student-athletes.

The university assumed that football players would post foolish things on social media, so naturally their posts would need to be approved before going online. It assumed

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But this time would be different. The Eagles, who have worked so diligently to perfect their special teams throughout practice this week, caught a break. Ray-Ray McCloud called for a fair catch, but allowed it to slip right through his fingers. The ball barely squirted behind McCloud, but a sea of Eagles were ready. John Johnson pounced on the ball, giving BC a first-and-goal from the 9-yard line. Against Clemson, the No. 3 team in the nation, it was the kind of special-teams swing the Eagles needed to pull off an upset.

Raucous cheers burst out from a student section decked out in maroon and gold, with the perfect hint of red for this year’s Red Bandanna Game, in honor of Sept. 11 hero Welles Crowther, BC ’99. Dreams of winning for Welles, just like BC did two years

ago, 37-31, against then-No. 9 Southern California, drifted through Alumni Stadium on a perfect October Friday evening. Once again, students could rush the field and cheer alongside head coach Steve Addazio and a parade of proud Eagles.

Those dreams never came. Neither did the roar of the crowd. Well, not from those wearing bandannas, at least.

Defensively, BC, a team that entered No. 1 in the nation in yards per game, got burned by Deshaun Watson, Wayne Gallman, and the Clemson offense for 499 yards. Several of those came on plays of over 40 yards. And as its defense collapsed, BC’s offense had no response. Turnovers and ineffectiveness plagued the Eagles throughout the night on their way to a 5610 loss. It is the 11th consecutive Atlantic Coast Conference loss for the Eagles, who are without one since Nov. 29, 2014. The 56 points are the most the Eagles have allowed in the Addazio era.

The Eagles (3-3, 0-3 Atlantic Coast) controlled the ball throughout the game against the Tigers (6-0, 3-0). Addazio’s run-heavy offense outpaced Dabo Swinney’s fast-

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paced spread, 38:08 to 21:52. Yet, when they sniffed the end zone, they rarely executed.

Early in the second half, quarterback Patrick Towles led BC on an effective drive from its own 19-yard line. Towles threw two passes—one for five yards to Michael Walker, another for 22 to Tommy Sweeney—for first downs. Davon Jones, a redshirt-freshman running back and No. 2 on BC’s depth chart, gained 16 yards on the ground. Jeff Smith tacked on a 26-yard double-reverse run, too. And down only a couple of touchdowns, BC had an opportunity to get back into it.

But there is something about drives within the one that has had BC fans squirming in the last two seasons.

Towles attempted a QB sneak on 3rdand-1, but was stopped just short. It was a hard play to make, considering center Jon Baker exited the game with an ankle injury.

Jim Cashman, his replacement, had rarely played at the position. Addazio has stated that the biggest thing the Eagles need to do is remain healthy. Losing Baker, he said, was JULIA HOPKINS / HEIGHTS EDITOR

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Patrick Towles gets hit by Ben Boulware on a scramble for his fourth lost fumble of the year.

Men’s S o ccer : Crims on Ups et Hur ts BC Despite Zeiko Lewis’s brilliant play, the Eagles couldn’t stave off Harvard in a midweek non-conference game.....B7

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