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Race is one of the most contentious topics of conversation in our nation today. Across the country, people avoid discussing race for a variety of reasons, whether due to a fear of insulting those around them or a desire to maintain structures of prejudice that benefit some and oppress many.

On Sept. 20, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court started a new race debate with its ruling in Commonwealth vs. Jimmy Warren.

The court’s ruling recognizes the implicit racial bias present in the criminal justice system.

The ruling states that black men being pursued by police have legitimate reason to flee—flight is not an immediate sign of guilt, but rather may be an act motivated by a sense of fear or desire to avoid racial profiling. In Boston and around the country, reactions to the ruling are mixed, ranging from praising the courts for recognizing the bias to condemning the courts for basing their ruling on a study that was heavily biased against police.

Just a few miles from Boston, in a wealthy suburb of the city, the race debate continues at Boston College. This past week, six student organizations collaborated to hold a solidarity march in light of a hate speech incident that occurred in the Mod Lot on Sept. 17.

This march comes the year after several protests on campus, particularly in the latter half of 2015, when there was a protest at a TaNehisi Coates talk, a rally in support of events at the University of Missouri, and a series of Christmas-themed rallies.

This Thursday, the march’s mission statement, according to its Facebook page, was as follows: “We stand with all queer students, both out and closeted, students of color, and students with disabilities, to affirm their right to live authentically both on and off this campus. With this march, we lift up the voices of those who have been silenced.

By coming together, students recognized the intersectionality between various forms of oppression, whether it be related to sexual identity, gender, or race.

Yet many marginalized students on BC’s campus feel that many of their peers do not empathize with or try to understand their experiences of oppression.

“I hear about students trying to negotiate the feelings of being the only person like them in class or on their floor,” said Inés Sendoya, director of the Thea Bowman AHANA and Intercultural Center (BAIC). “They’re wondering whether their peers in the majority understand their experiences and even care to try to understand them.”

How does a student feel when racial slurs are shouted at her as she walks through the Mods, when she is spit on while calling for peace, when she is stared at for not fitting the mold of the stereotypical BC student?

Akosua Opokua-Achampong, chair of ALC and MCAS ’18, has experienced this hate

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Members of the Graduate Pride Alliance, the GLBTQ Leadership Council (GLC), the AHANA Leadership Council (ALC), the Council for Students with Disabilities (CSD), the Graduate Students of Color Association, and the Graduate Student Association organized the march after letters on a sign in the Mod Lot were rearranged on Sept.

17 to say a homophobic slur.

To accommodate students with disabilities, the march began at McElroy Commons, continued across campus, down Commonwealth Ave., and ended outside of Corcoran Commons. Mary

Royer, chair of CSD and LSOE ’17, said the organizers had difficulty finding a route that did not have stairs. The University was cited by a state agency this past spring for disability discrimination on campus.

Christina King, MCAS ’18, came up with the idea for the march about a week ago and contacted student groups on campus. The march was focused around the idea “Silence is Violence,” which represents the University’s silence on the recent vandalism of the sign, disability access on campus, and LGBTQ rights.

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The march was registered with the University, and both Dean of Students Thomas Mogan and Vice President of Student Affairs Barbara Jones were present. Mogan also wrote a letter to the editor in The Heights on Sept. 21 denouncing acts of intolerance and hate toward any individuals or groups of individuals on campus.

“It shows that when you want to do it right, work with a bunch of different groups and work cooperatively, we can do things like this,” Mogan said

In support of the #SilenceIsViolence protest, students carried signs and wore rainbow-colored tape over their mouths to “break the silence” with members of the BC administration.

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open house for students on Oct. 4 from 2 to 4 p.m.

Dean of Students Thomas Mogan hopes that students will come in to learn more about the services and programs his office provides and to meet the staff in the office.

“We’re excited about it,” he said.

He wants students to know that his office does more than enforce the student conduct code.

The open house will have an educa-

tional aspect so that students can learn about the disability and LGBTQ resources the office has for students. It will also discuss the case management services the office offers. If a student is having a difficult time at BC, he or she can come meet with Mogan to discuss ways to get more involved.

“We do a lot of one-on-one consulting with students about how to make their experience here at BC the best it can be, how to make sure they’re really growing

and developing over the course of their four years here,” Mogan said.

Mogan said that the office will be serving food and beverages, including a hot chocolate bar and a candy buffet, and handing out giveaways to attendees.

The open house is one of the ways in which Mogan is getting students more involved with the office. He also hosts office hours on Friday from 2-4 p.m., and he invites students over for dinner through his program Dinner with the Dean.

He always encourages students who come to dinner at his house to follow up with him afterward, and many of them do.

Mogan said he hopes that these outreach efforts will make BC feel less like a medium-size school and more like a small school by creating a close-knit community.

“We want students to feel that they’re getting the personal attention that they deserve,” he said.

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John W. Padberg, S.J., will present a lecture on “The Jesuits After Their Restoration” at 4 p.m. in Corcoran Commons on Oct. 4. Padberg, who has previously lectured on the history of the Jesuits, is presenting as a part of the Feore FamiLecture Series on Jesuit Studies.

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Rev. Cameron Partridge will hold a lecture on Oct. 4 at 6 p.m. in Fulton 250. Partridge, the first openly transgender minister to preach at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., will speak about the intersection of faith and gender identity.

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UGBC will hold “BC Moving Forward” on Oct. 5 from 12 to 7:30 p.m. students will be able to speak with BC administrators about the University’s strategic plan for the next 10 years.

The event will give both students and faculty an idea of how the strategic plan is moving forward.

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Sokiente Dagogo-Jack is an assistant marketing professor. DagogoJack earned his undergraduate degree in economics at Harvard University.

He then spent six years as a Ph.D. fellow at the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business.

Dagogo-Jack’s research includes examining how feedback encourages or discourages one’s efforts to improve performance. Teaching at BC will help him with his research, he said.

“It gives me an opportunity to test some of my research ideas on a broader audience,” Dagogo-Jack said to The Carroll Connection, CSOM’s online newsletter.

Yehua Wei is an assistant professor in operations who received his Ph.D. in operations research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology after teaching for three years at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.

“As a researcher, I’m trained to be critical about existing practice and solutions,” Wei said to The Carroll Connection, in reference to his ability to question his surroundings. “In classrooms I encourage the students to take the same critical, Socratic approach.”

Min Zhao, an associate professor in marketing, arrived at BC from the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, where she was a member of Behavioural Economics in Action at Rotman, the school’s research center.

Zhao’s research focuses on how consumers make decisions about products and their finances.

“Students are excited about learning the latest findings and they also develop more appreciation of academic research,” she said to The Carroll Connection.

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Theology professor Cathleen Kaveny published an article in Commonweal Magazine that encouraged Catholic voters to stop focusing on hot-button issues and look at the leadership abilities of each candidate.

Every four years, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops releases a guide that looks at political issues under a Catholic lens, titled “Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship.” Kaveny discussed how this year, more than most, Catholic voters have turned away from the bishops’ guidance.

Kaveny stressed the importance of the candidates’ moral integrity, leadership skills, and background experience prior to running for president.

Kaveny then related the skills necessary to be president to those necessary to run a religious community. She said that religious leaders often share the same leadership skills and morality with the president.

“Moral commitment is not a sign of weakness,” Kaveny said in the article. “There are strong virtues appropriate for the unapologetically powerful men and women who hold public office.

And in a just society, those virtues should shape their attitude and obligations toward the weak and the vulnerable.”

Kerry Cronin, associate director of the Lonergan Institute and a philosophy professor, discussed the importance of questioning our values and beliefs to better understand ourselves and others at a luncheon on Friday.

The Church of the 21st Century Center and Campus Ministry closed Espresso Your Faith Week with the lunch. Espresso Your Faith Week is a week-long celebration that works to unite the Boston College community and show how faith appears in day-to-day life.

Cronin began the discussion by asking students what was on their minds and inviting them to share what part of their faith drove them to participate in Espresso Your Faith Week. The central focus of the talk was how to have difficult conversations in everyday life about topics such as faith, alcohol, roommates, and marriage.

Espresso Your Faith Week is important, Cronin said, because it allows students to reflect on their faith.

“What I like about it is that sometimes you don’t know what you believe in until you try to express it or until you try to explain it to someone,” she said.

“That’s why conversations are so important.”

Cronin is well known for her talks on dating and the hookup culture. When a student asked

On Thursday, Stephen M. Walt discussed the ways in which the United States should and should not involve itself in other countries using his theory of offshore balancing.

The Islamic Civilizations and Societies Program kicked off its 10-part Distinguished Lecture Series Thursday with Walt’s talk, a professor of international affairs at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. The lecture, titled, What Grand Strategy for America?: Why Offshore Balancing is Best, outlined his own theory of the path the U.S. should take in the world.

Walt is a leading foreign policy expert on the editorial boards of esteemed publications like Foreign Policy and International Relations. He is also the author of several books on international affairs, such as Taming American Power: The Global Response to U.S. Primacy, and, with co-author John Mearsheimer, The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy.

Walt began the event with a simple declaration: “A serious discussion of American grand strategy is long overdue.”

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Professor Kerry Cronin spoke about faith, reflection, and having tough conversation at a lunch with students. her how to change the drinking or hookup culture, Cronin reiterated the importance of conversations.

“If we could have more friendships and more conversations like the ones I hope happened this week, it would be interesting to see the sort of transcendence that would happen on this campus,” she said.

Students who aren’t Catholic or Christian should not be intimidated or feel isolated by Espresso Your Faith Week, Cronin said. The events of the week are about discovering who you are and where you fit in the world.

Cronin said Espresso Your Faith Week inspires conversations on campus—not just about faith, but also about the different issues in the

to the rise of Chinese power in Asia, the growth of nuclear capability in Pakistan, India, and North Korea, the troubling situation in Iraq and Afghanistan and the difficulty democracy faces there, as well as the overall turmoil in the Middle East.

“In particular, I would argue these setbacks are the result of the strategy of liberal hegemony we have followed since the end of the Cold War,” he said.

This strategy of liberal hegemony sees the U.S. as a force for the spread of international institutions, free-market economics, human rights, and especially democracy that goes well beyond U.S. national security needs. This view is good for the U.S.’s self-image, but it is fundamentally flawed, Walt said.

In his view, it increases the area the U.S. must defend, but does not increase the means to defend it, and has led to more failure than success in preventing the spread of nuclear weapons.

Walt then outlined the main topic of the night: offshore balancing.

“Offshore balancing is a realist grand strategy, it eschews ambitious efforts to remake other societies,” he said. “It focuses on what really matters—preserving American dominance in the Western

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world today. One such conversation that sprouted on campus last week was the #SilenceIsViolence march.

“Jesuits are not interested in making you comfortable,” Cronin said. “If you’re too comfortable here, we didn’t do something right.”

When one of Cronin’s students from her Perspectives class asked how friendship and faith interact, she answered that the right kinds of friendships will help you express that faith.

“I think some friendships are acts of faith, I don’t think they’re more than going to Mass or helping a stranger or acts of kindness,” she said. “I think they’re all part of a whole.”

In addition to lunch with Cronin, the Church in the 21st Century

Center and Campus Ministry held events like lunch with Tom Wesner, a business law professor, and the Agape Latte Beanpot, which featured actor Chris O’Donnell.

Cronin concluded the lunch by discussing the importance of questioning and coming to understand your own set of values and beliefs. She said this questioning allows students to be the same people on the weekend as during the week, and it allows them to love one another.

“It’s part of the human condition to ask questions about deeper, more profound things,” Cronin said. “And the more we can set the conditions for these conversations to take place, the better it will be.”

Hemisphere and countering potential hegemons in Europe, Northeast Asia, and the Persian Gulf.”

Rather than take on burdens across the world in the name of liberal values, this strategy would use local powers to prevent the rise of a hegemon in the key areas mentioned, using American military power only when necessary to prevent a country from having too much dominance in the region, he said.

Walt bases this theory on his belief that the U.S. is the luckiest power in history. With no rivals in the Western Hemisphere, an ocean on each side, a large nuclear arsenal, and large economy, the U.S. is able to intervene in many areas of the world. But Walt argues this should make it less necessary to intervene rather than be a reason to be the “world’s policeman.”

The U.S. should keep European and Asian countries focused on internal issues and improvements rather than involving themselves in other countries’ affairs, Walt said. In the Persian Gulf, however, the U.S. should prevent any power from disrupting the flow of oil and harming the world economy, he said.

Walt differentiated offshore balancing from liberal hegemony in that the primary goal is not peace

and democracy. Instead, American power and military might should be used to prevent one nation from gaining too much dominance in a region, and only after aiding other regional states that have a keener interest in preserving the balance of power.

The advantages of offshore balancing that Walt put forward include reducing American defense burdens and putting fewer American lives at risk. With regime change no longer a sanctioned policy, the source for much of the anti-American terrorism would dry up, and in the cases in which intervention would be necessary, American ground troops would be seen as protectors from a rising power rather than conquerors.

Walt concluded by speaking about the goals of the past decades in U.S. foreign policy.

“The bottom line here is that if we want to spread democracy and promote human rights, and I think we should, the best thing to do is set a good example,” he said.

“If other societies see the United States as a just, fair, tolerant, and prosperous place they’re more likely to want something similar for themselves. So building a better democracy here at home is probably the best way to encourage it abroad.”

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Thursday in reference to the march.

Eradicate Boston College Racism had originally hoped to be on the march’s sponsor list, but was denied by the Office of the Dean of Students because it is not an officially recognized student group, Mogan said.

Anne Williams, the chair of GLC, a coordinator of the march, and MCAS ’17, said that the demonstration was not a protest, but rather a space for students to express their feelings and frustrations.

When the students reached Lower Campus, after walking past Gasson and down Linden Lane, they raised their fists and began to chant “break the silence.” Many students stuck rainbow duct tape across their mouths to represent the administration’s silence when it comes to LGBTQ issues.

Organizers kicked off the rally by speaking about their personal experiences feeling isolated on campus. Dylan Lang, head of the Graduate Pride Alli-

ance and GSSW ’17, talked about stories he has heard from students and faculty members, including students who are afraid to go to class and teachers who are afraid of losing their jobs because of their vocal role in LGBTQ issues.

Lang also referred to his experience coming out.

“I have spent too much time silent in the closet, and I won’t be silent anymore,” Lang said.

Akosua Opokua-Achampong, chair of ALC and MCAS ’18, spoke about last year’s Black Out protest, in which students stood in solidarity with protesters at the University of Missouri.

Policy needs to be changed on campus, she said, but so does the interpersonal culture between students and administrators.

“There are so many ways we can come together, and talk about this, and put our minds and our hearts together and stand by the Jesuit values that we enrolled here for,” Opokua-Achampong said.

Royer talked about the need to

remove physical and social barriers for students with disabilities, before inviting up Tara Cotumaccio, MCAS ’17. Cotumaccio shared her experience of being blind in one eye and how uncomfortable she used to be when talking about her disability.

King spoke about the students who she thinks are the most affected by the silence on campus: freshmen. First-year students feel isolated, she said, when they do not realize the support that is present on campus, so demonstrations like this one are important to show students that there is a safe space at BC. Organizers then invited students to the front who wished to share their experiences.

Sarah Joseph, SSW ’17, talked about how, as a woman of color, she does not feel safe anywhere, whether it be in Boston or on BC’s campus. She encouraged students and professors to bring these issues up in class, and attempt to make the University a safe space for students of all colors, sexualities, and abilities.

“If I don’t learn here how to feel ac-

cepted, I cannot help other people feel accepted,” Joseph said about her future career as a social worker.

The rally ended with with the crowd singing along to Sia’s “The Greatest,” which includes the lyrics “I got stamina” and “I’m free to be the greatest, I’m alive.”

Organizers asked students to leave behind posters, T-shirts, or emblems that represented their support for marginalized groups on campus in order to “reclaim their space.”

Students from several groups, including representatives from Campus Ministry, were also in attendance. Zoe Mathieson, LSOE ’16, serves as an affiliate campus minister. She said she attended the protest because issues of race, sexuality, and ability are not discussed enough in the Office of Campus Ministry.

“There is this confusion that Jesus does not care about these issues and that he would not stand up for queer lives or black lives,” Mathieson said about students’ misconception of the

Catholic view on social issues.

Students were also invited to sign the Undergraduate Government of Boston College’s (UGBC) petition for the administration to create an LGBTQ resource center on campus. This comes after UGBC’s Student Assembly passed last week a resolution to call on the University to create a center for LGBTQ students. University Spokesman Jack Dunn said in an email to the Boston Globe that the University is a “welcoming community that embraces all of its students.”

King said that what made this demonstration different from those in the past was the union between graduate and undergraduate students. She hopes that the coordination will allow the march’s message to spread even farther.

“To whoever defaced that sign, from me to you, I would like to personally thank you,” King said. “I believe in a God that works in mysterious ways, and because of you, the last straw broke my back, and here I am.”

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After opening performances by Sexual Chocolate, the all-male step team, and Christian Rougeau MCAS ’17, the electronic violinist from Boston College band Juice, O’Donnell, an actor and Golden Globe nominee, took the stage to speak about his life journey.

O’Donnell grew up in Winnetka, Ill., as the youngest of seven children in a Catholic family. He talked about how thankful he feels for having grown up in a large family that provided a built-in support system.

“I always felt secure because I had this real great support system with my brothers and sisters and my parents, and that was important,” he said.

While attending Loyola Catholic High School, O’Donnell discovered his passion for acting. O’Donnell recalled his many failed attempts at age 14 to find an agent who would agree to meet with him. Through the help of his sister, however, he was able to connect with an agent and begin acting.

O’Donnell explained how he acted

in commercials and did photoshoots throughout high school. He was given the opportunity to pursue acting in a more serious capacity when, after many auditions, he was offered a role in the comedy-drama film Men Don’t Leave.

The movie was set to begin filming the summer before his freshman year of college and would not wrap until the fall.

Throughout his talk , O’Donnell stressed that he always intended to complete college and had promised his father he would finish. He did not want to take a role that would derail his college career. He recalled how it almost seemed fated that, after being placed on the waitlist at BC, he was accepted for the spring semester. This gave him the opportunity to shoot the movie.

From here, O’Donnell landed a series of roles, including a key role in Scent of a Woman, in which he starred alongside Al Pacino, which led to a Golden Globe nomination.

During his time at BC he was starring in high-profile movies, but he did not let fame take over his life. He shared what his father told him during his rise to fame.

“He said, ‘You can’t get too built up by the excitement, because it’s never gonna last and when it collapses you’re going to be devastated,’” O’Donnell said.

He said he enjoyed spending time at BC with his friends more than being a

part of the crazy Los Angeles lifestyle.

“I’d fly to LA for a meeting and come back the next day,” he said. “I’d go for one night just because I didn’t want to be away from BC.” After graduating, O’Donnell continued to act in movies for a few years but, after a few of his movies did not do well, he decided to take a hiatus from the business to focus on himself and his family.

When he felt ready to go back, he found it difficult to land the type of roles he wanted. This was extremely discouraging for him, he said.

During this period, he auditioned for and got the lead role in an Arthur Miller play called The Man Who Had All the Luck. He explained that he thinks it is the biggest risk he has ever taken in his career, having never done live theater prior to that role. The play was a success, both personally and critically, and went on to run for a limited time on Broadway.

Shortly after that success, O’Donnell landed a guest role on Grey’s Anatomy.

He said that this part renewed his confidence and made him feel like he could take on any role. It helped to launch his career again and eventually led to his being cast in NCIS: LA, which is currently in its eighth season.

The discussion then turned to faith, and O’Donnell talked about how, grow-

KEITH CARROLL / HEIGHTS STAFF

The NCIS: Los Angeles and Grey’s Anatomy star spoke his career path Thursday evening. ing up in a Catholic family, faith was a part of his life from a young age. He said his faith has helped him throughout his life.

He ended his talk with a word of advice to the audience—to try things that are out of your comfort zone or seem risky. These are the times when

you can experience the greatest successes, he said.

“It’s OK to fail, because those are the experiences that are going to make you better, and you’ll become the person you were meant to be and you have to find that at some point in your life,” he said.

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For many students, last week’s incident in the Mod Lot represented a tipping point.

“Students looked at me and said, ‘People are dying, people spew hate around our school, nobody cares about us—no one knows what we’re going through,’” Achampong said. “What do we need to do to humanize each other?”

Opokua-Achampong was part of a group that organized the solidarity march.

“It was lovely to see people embracing things about them that others have always demeaned,” Achampong said. “We are an institution with great intention and great values, but we don’t recognize that groups have been marginalized. Why are we still having these conversations over and over? We are not seeing any action, any change.”

For several years, a variety of organizations at BC have worked to inform the student body about race and spark discussions about difference.

FACES is committed to educating the BC community on matters of race, identity, and systems of privilege. Through discussions and academic forums, FACES fuels dialogue and hopes to empower the elimination of structured inequality, discrimination, and racial polarization on campus.

“Our purpose is education,” said Hailey Burgess, a FACES Council member and MCAS ’19.

Among the student body, organizations like FACES and ALC bring speakers to campus and hold events to keep conversations going.

Furthermore, BAIC provides resources and spaces for students to discuss racial issues and find support in the BC community.

“We see the Center as a place where different cultures come together, where students learn from each other’s experiences and where they gain intercultural skills, hence the ‘intercultural’ in our name,” Sendoya said.

The BAIC offers a wide variety of programs and services for students, including Racial Identity Development Experience (RIDE), a conference scheduled for Jan. 13 to 15, 2017.

Furthermore, the BAIC is celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month this month. In collaboration with the Winston Center for Leadership and Ethics, BAIC will host Christine Chavez—the granddaughter of Cesar Chavez—to give a speech regarding the topics of civil rights, social justice, and labor equality.

The event is scheduled for Oct. 11 at 6 p.m. in Gasson 100.

Sendoya and the staff of the BAIC believe the University can still improve, however.

“We, as an institution, need to continue to provide spaces for students to come together, have dialogue about the ways in which they are similar and different, and understand each other’s experiences,” she said. “Students, especially those who are not used to having these conversations or being in those spaces, also need to be courageous to place themselves in those uncomfortable spaces.”

Both Achampong and Burgess noted that often, the same students involved in the same organizations are working to improve the racial climate at BC, making the widespread education of the student body difficult to achieve.

“Solidarity only comes as a result of many people carefully listening to the experiences of others, reflecting on their own experiences, and acting accordingly,” Sendoya said. “This is what Jesuit education is about.”

And that Jesuit education is slowly shifting to become more inclusive. Collaborating with administrators and professors alike, Min Hyoung Song of the BC English department works to develop new classes for the core curriculum.

“We ask ourselves, ‘How do we take these requirements and make them more meaningful for students?’” Song said.

In order to make courses more meaningful, Song and other professors have proposed diversifying curriculum to include more perspectives of minorities, especially people of color. In March, African and African Diaspora History courses were added to fulfill the history requirement in the core curriculum.

Song is the current director of the AsianAmerican Studies Program. This spring, a new course called Asian American Experience will be offered to all University students. The course will address the role of Asian-Americans over the course of history.

“We hope that many students, both AsianAmerican and not, will use the course as an opportunity to discuss how Asian-Americans have been racialized over time,” Song said.

“What does it even mean to be an Asian or an American? How does race work in a porous environment like the United States?”

Although the University is making strides toward diversifying curriculum, Song believes further steps need to be taken in order to be a more inclusive and educated community.

“We want our students to be prepared for the world they’re going into,” he said.

“But the biggest problems of the world today can’t be faced without addressing issues of racial inequality.”

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Thursday’s march, which was organized by six student groups, aimed to promote campus conversation on race at Boston College.

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Every Wednesday from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in St. Joeseph’s chapel, upwards of 80 BC students find themselves preaching to the choir.

More specifically, this dedicated group is practicing its scales and arpeggios with the Liturgy Arts Group, BC’s student church choir.

The group sings regularly at St. Joseph’s Chapel, Trinity Chapel on Newton Campus, and Lannon Chapel at St. Ignatius Church under the guidance of campus minister JoJo David and LAG director Meyer Chambers, a 17-year veteran of the program.

Emphasizing the spiritual fulfillment felt by many in the group, Meghan Leger, LAG president and MCAS ’17, and LAG vice president and LSOE ‘17 Claire Messina, spoke about the community that LAG fosters, and how it has helped to build its harmonious nature, both vocally and spiritually.

“Our members just feel so loved and cherished and that’s what keeps the club going,” Messina said. “It speaks to the club that there are no requirements but members still come back.”

Not even living off campus last year could deter Messina from making the 9 p.m. Mass at Saint Joe’s.

A weekly trip on the Comm. Ave. bus was a small burden to bear compared with the amount of joy singing at Mass brought her, she said.

Leger, who has been a member since her freshman year, additionally conveyed LAG’s impact on its members as a whole.

“It’s a really strongly-knit community that gathers in faith but also in friendship.”

Leger said. “It symbolizes a foundation for you to build your faith on during your BC experience.

Whatever you give to LAG, we will give back to you 10 times harder. If you show any kind of interest we are going to welcome you and make you feel loved.”

Soyun Chang, a newcomer the group and MCAS ‘20, noted that her transition into LAG was especially inviting.

“It’s honestly like a family,” Chang said.

“The people are so open and welcoming.

There has been a lot of bonding time with this huge group of people all across grade levels.”

While singing in the University churches and helping the community through song in that way is an integral part of LAG, some of its most rewarding events have been the ones that occurred off campus, such as its annual trip to Massachusetts Correctional Institution-Framingham, the women’s prison, where they sing at Mass and then spend time talking to the prisoners.

Other events include caroling in the

winter and its annual Arts Fest concert in the spring.

In one recent standout event, LAG performed at the State House for an event sponsored by the Massachusetts 9/11 Fund, marking the 15th anniversary since the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Chambers’ wife works at Catholic Charities, an organization that worked with the Massachusetts 9/11 Fund following the attacks, and that relationship has continued.

The State House staff requested that the group sing “Lean On Me” to close the event after having listened to the group’s performance at the spring Arts Fest.

If LAG had any anxiety about performing the song with little preparation at such a somber event, it didn’t show it.

Instead, it followed the sound advice of its director—sing from your heart.

“That song makes everyone feel good, and it is very reflective of what our group is,” Leger said. “The other performances were beautiful, sad, and reflective, and then we closed the whole event with ‘Lean On Me’ and changed the mood around. ” The emotional aspect of the event was very compelling and at times difficult for the whole choir to experience.

Every student, whether he or she was in the United States at the time of the Sept. 11 attacks or not, was moved by the stories and the tangle of emotions etched across the faces of the families. Seeing such pain fueled the group with a need to help the families in the best way they knew

how—through its salve of song.

“I didn’t know what to expect going into it,” Leger said. “There were a few times where I was just overcome with emotion, like when we were sitting in the balcony area overlooking the families below us. I found myself watching different families and seeing their [emotional responses] broke my heart.”

While Leger and Messina are melancholic at the thought of leaving LAG behind after graduation, they are excited to watch the group grow.

“You don’t realize how important what we do is until you have experienced it,” Messina added. “Not until you are standing and singing with the congregation and you see them and how it brings them joy.”

PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF LITURGY ARTS GROUP

Liturgy Arts Group, BC’s student church choir, was recently asked to perform in a 9/11 memorial event at the Massachusetts State House commemorating the 15th anniversary of the attack.

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Like the Jesuits of old, BC students take time out of their busy week to stop and medidate by participating in the examen reflection.

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As Anthony Perasso, chair of the Examen Board and LSOE ‘17, turned off the lights of a small, warm room in the Manresa House, the sense of peace was paradoxically overwhelming.

In a college environment, students

rarely, if ever, find time to reflect on their lives and the amazing journey they are on. The role of the Manresa House examen, which takes place every Wednesday night at 9:45, is to provide the exact environment conducive to reflection. As Perasso put it, “It’s a place to be quiet and think.”

Students, almost 60 this week, sat

wherever they could find space in the room. For about 20 minutes, there was complete silence, accompanied only by guiding questions presented by a senior member of the Examen Board. The scene, which was somewhere between prayer and meditation, was incredibly powerful. Each student, while doing the same activity, was reflecting on some-

thing completely different.

“That’s that the beauty of it,” Perasso said. “It could mean 50 different things for 50 different people.”

The history of the examen stretches back centuries. The spiritual activity was practiced by St. Ignatius, whose Jesuit followers popularized the activity.

Rev. Terry Devino, S.J., who originally organized the reflection, summarized the purpose of the examen.

“It’s to get people to notice how God operates in their lives,” he said.

Certainly, his mission was accomplished this week, as each student sat reflecting on his or her own distinct experience.

But this purpose is in no way exclusive.

The sanctuary of reflection is open to anyone of any faith.

“It’s religious or not religious,” Perasso said. “It’s as religious as you want it to be.”

Undoubtedly, to try and identify the examen with only a few factors would destroy the intrinsic beauty of it. By creating an environment of inclusivity and reflection, one can be vulnerable and at peace.

Other than creating an incredibly powerful atmosphere, the Manresa House and the reflection process created a noticeable sense of community among students. Devino noted the beauty and importance of providing an environment like the examen.

“It’s the most energizing experience as a priest,” he said. “I’m just so happy to see people here.”

The same core group of students comes to each examen.

“There seems to be a community, there seems to be a connection, there’s a need for quiet,” Devino said.

While the Manresa reflection itself is a wholly student-run affair, it falls under the roof of the Jesuits at Boston College.

Originally, the examen was a process undertaken by Jesuit priests in order to reflect on how God operates within their lives.

In modern times, the examen has been modified to a certain extent, but it has held key factors constant. By allowing students to run the actual event, the process is much more effective and real.

“It’s for students, by students,” Perasso said. “It allows busy students to take a weekly repeated pause.”

Rather than delegating the task of creating guiding questions to a priest or Jesuit, Devino chooses the member of the examen who he believes will answer the needs of the students best. Instead of locking the examen into rigid tradition, Devino and the Examen Board realized that what students here need is not what the Jesuits of old needed.

The Jesuit community here has prudently allowed the examen process to naturally evolve into what students want and need.

The examen can contain an element of intense spirituality and faith for some, it is a wholly separate experience from formal prayer or devotion. In the warm Manresa House, students of all faiths come together to step away from the world for a moment.

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Agape Latte, named after the Greek word for ‘love that seeks nothing in return,’ has been spreading the love around campus for 10 years with Espresso Your Faith Week.

This past week, Agape Latte highlighted the story of Dorian Murray, the 8-year-old from Rhode Island who battled a rare form of pediatric cancer through cycles of remission and relapse for four years, until succumbing to the disease last March.

The hashtag #DSTRONG, inspired

by Dorian’s story and wish to be famous “before I go to heaven,” as he put it, was shared by news stations around the country and in France, Italy, and China.

He was immortalized here at Boston College in a video that features BC students encouraging Dorian in his fight, with signs assuring him that he is famous at BC.

Dorian’s story was first picked up

by Lea Nelligan, MCAS ’18, who saw Dorian’s story on social media.

Something about his story touched her, and she went immediately to the Agape Latte office and suggested they do something to help Dorian’s dream come true.

John Walsh, CSOM ’17, a film minor, proposed making a video and started making signs the same day.

Both students reached out to friends around campus, crashed a few dance and band practices and—with the full support of the students—finished the video in record time. The Murray family appreciated the video’s message of hope.

“We were really making the video for Dorian, thinking of what he would want,” Walsh said. They stayed in touch with the family, eventually leading to the Agape Latte event on campus.

The “Remembering Dorian” event this Wednesday brought Dorian’s mom, Melissa, and the author Nicole DeRosa Cannella to campus to keep his memory

alive, share their insights into Dorian’s life, and raise funds for a book by Dorian and Canella.

Their collaboration is called Leaving a Mark, and in it Dorian shares his words of wisdom to children and parents deal-

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ing with a serious illness.

Dorian wrote the forward to the book, in which he shares his message of hope: “Don’t be afraid…Always believe in yourself. And never give up.”

Dorian’s family plans to give 100 percent of the proceeds from the book to pediatric cancer patients and research.

“It’s almost taboo to talk about pediatric cancer,” Melissa Murray, Dorian’s mother, said. Due to the minimal attention paid to the illness and lack of proper funding, research in pediatric cancer is behind that in other forms of cancer.

Dorian is still passing on his faith and strength through the Dorian J. Murray Foundation, a nonprofit whose goal is to finance new research and help other families like the Murrays, as well as his GoFundMe. “Remembering Dorian” added another story to the large, meaningful collection Agape Latte has been collecting over the past decade.

The week focused on individual faith as well as coming together as a community.

Agape Latte’s message of hope is shown in the Life is a Dance video, also produced by Walsh, with the dance as-

sistance of Kimberly Newton, MCAS ’18.

The video, narrated by Rev. Michael J. Himes, S.J., features 11 BC dance groups and the improv comedy group My Mother’s Fleabag.

“Dance groups are great as a metaphor,” Walsh said. “They have such a joy and spirit about them.”

The video was meant to capture the spirit of Agape Latte and its ability to bring people together from all walks of life.

The ultimate goal for Walsh, his countless collaborators, and Agape Latte as a whole is to get people to go home and continue the conversations beyond what Agape Latte started at these events.

The “latte” part refers not only to coffee but also to the intimate, comfortable coffeehouse vibe organizers aim for. “[Agape Latte] allows people to find meaning for themselves,” Walsh said. “I get to be a facilitator for that.”

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Boston College students with a sweet tooth, look no further—the Baking Club is here to satisfy your sugary cravings. Founded four years ago, the Baking Club is a collection of students with a penchant for creating new sweets, ranging from your staple cookie to more exotic fare, like a pretzel pizza.”

The club sprang into action last Sunday for the first time this school year, when it hosted its first baking event.

The theme of the event? “No Bake.”

As the name suggests, the challenge was to create delicious dishes without the use of an oven. The club created treats such as s’mores, cookie dough pops—Reese’s pieces covered in cookie dough—cake pops, Rice Krispy treats, among other desserts.

Unfortunately for the club, baking without an oven is a challenge they must contend with every time they bake on campus. While there are plenty of ovens on campus, the club has had no access to these ovens since its inception.

Victoria Rizos, president of Baking Club and MCAS ’18, noted that this has been a restraint for quite some time now, and particularly an obstacle when it comes to accommodating the entire group.

“It would be a lot easier if Baking Club could have a multi-oven space,” Rizos said.

“Somewhere we can store our supplies, ingredients, and run our events. This would enable us to host more members at a time.”

In the past, the club has attempted to contact the administration about getting access to an oven on campus. Specifically,

the club has tried to use the Vanderslice Hall oven, which is currently broken. In addition to the use of the oven increasing the number of dishes they could make, Vanderslice’s central location would make it much more logistically convenient for interested students.

But the administration has been unable to help the club in its quest to use ovens while on campus. BC officials have been quick to inform the club that it would be both too costly and too much of a hassle to fix the oven.

Members of the administration have since proposed the idea of allowing the club to use the oven in the O’Connell House this semester. Now, the club is looking into this possibility.

In order to confront this difficulty, the club often hosts events off campus in members’ homes.

This is done particularly in the interest of getting access to an oven, but also allows crucial access to refrigeration. Boasting a 40-member roster, with many more on the waiting list, the club requires large quantities of ingredients—and refrigerated storage space—to help students make the perfect dish.

In addition to these facility restraints, there also exists the logistical issue of obtaining the enormous amount of ingredients necessary. While BC provides the funding for ingredients, transportation of the large quantity of raw material to and from the grocery store is an issue that the club has had to cope with.

Though these challenges are plentiful, Rizos said tackling these obstacles makes the

club an even more close-knit group.

“Since our bakers are working in teams of three to four with people who they might not necessarily know, board members will go around and help facilitate conversation,” Rizos said of the events. “After a couple of minutes, everyone is off chatting on their own. Since our events can sometimes run upwards of two hours, we find it important that everyone gets to know each other to

strengthen our baking community.”

In addition to baking, this semester the club is looking to explore the deep culinary tradition of Boston by taking frequent excursions into the city. Of particular interest to the club are the so-called Cannoli Wars that take place in the North End of the city.

The Cannoli Wars, Rizos explained, are an annual culinary showdown between Mike’s Pastry and Modern Pastry Shop.

These historic rivals, both located on the famous Hanover Street, have inspired a fierce debate in the baking community—one that is not taken lightly within the ranks of the Baking Club.

Club members are eager to weigh in on the debate, and perhaps try their hand at making their own cannolis later in the semester. Either way, a meeting of the BC Baking club is sure to be a sweet time.

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The Baking Club makes the most of their difficult situation to make creative treats as a group without the use of an oven or stove.

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The march, which was registered with the University, centered around the idea of University silence in the face of this vandalism, as well as its silence in response to other issues involving disability access, race, and LGBTQ rights.

Over 200 people attended the well-organized, effective protest. The route encouraged maximum exposure while also emphasizing a lack of accessibility on campus by walking down Commonwealth Ave.—this is one of the only routes from Main Campus to Lower Campus that doesn’t have stairs. One important aspect of the protest was participation by administrators and faculty members, including Mogan and Vice President of Student Affairs Barbara Jones. In a previous editorial, The Heights called for sympathetic members of these groups to speak out about these issues on campus. While appearing at an event demonstrates a response to student concern and provides administrative support, it stops short of giving a campus-wide response that would address students beyond those who attended the march and read The Heights letter to the editor.

There could be a perception among top-level University officials that more conservative donors might view the creation of an LGBTQ resource center as an abandonment of Catholic values and might withdraw support from the University if one were to be created. Georgetown, also a Jesuit university, received significant criticism after it created an LGBTQ resource center in 2008, which could easily worry BC’s administration. When the University appears to be more progressive on social issues, it is called out by Catholic publications, like when Crisis Magazine painted the University in a negative light for what the publication saw as collusion with Planned Parenthood. But dozens of alumni, mostly recent graduates, have come out to publicly say that they will not donate to the University until an LGBTQ resource center is created. These alumni and student leaders have described a history of tension between the LGBTQ population and University administration and have expressed their wants in a number of letters to the editor sent to The Heights. By favoring the potential financial loss from donors over a certain financial loss from young alumni, the University is making clear where its loyalties lie.

Balancing these pressures, the administration has a moral imperative to condemn these hateful actions and not allow the issue to fester. As a Jesuit school, BC is built upon its Jesuit values, which draw many students here. LGBTQ students have expressed the importance of a resource center as well as a response to the sign vandalization, and these same Jesuit values dictate the importance of caring for the well-being of these students. Pope Francis, a Jesuit, has emphasized the importance of welcoming LGBTQ people into the Church community, and has advocated apologizing for past offenses. As Martin Casiano, former vice president of diversity and inclusion for UGBC and BC ’15, said in 2015, “If we’re going to continue to talk about ‘cura personalis,’ we can’t continue to ignore that sexuality and gender are part of that whole person. It is rooted in our Jesuit values.”

Further, a 1997 pastoral message from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops titled “Always Our Children” counsels parents on accepting their homosexual child. It reads, in part, “Nothing in the Bible or in Catholic teaching can be used to justify prejudicial or discriminatory attitudes and behaviors” and “Our message speaks of accepting yourself, your beliefs and values, your questions, and all you may be struggling with at this moment; accepting and loving your child as a gift of God; and accepting the full truth of God’s revelation about the dignity of the human person and the meaning of human sexuality. Within the

Catholic moral vision there is no contradiction among these levels of acceptance, for truth and love are not opposed.” Responding to the concerns of LGBTQ students does not contradict Catholic values, but in fact supports them. The administration has, of course, not been outwardly discriminatory toward members of the LGBTQ community, and recent efforts by Mogan point to a more communicative future. And yet, when so many students are troubled by the silence of the administration, it seems as though the University is contradicting its Jesuit roots by not addressing inherent problems on campus.

The University has multiple potential courses of action.

One possible administrative response to the sign and resulting march is to refrain from any sort of public action. At this time, there hasn’t been an email or campus-wide communication to assure students that BC condemns such actions and stands behind LGBTQ students. This is not a good option for the administration. A lack of this sort of mass, public response only allows resentment to grow among students, who have already demonstrated their frustration in a number of ways. University Spokesman Jack Dunn told The Boston Globe in an email that BC is “a welcoming community that embraces all of its students.”

He also said that BC will work with students to address concerns. While this is a response to inquiry, it is very generalized and vague. It does not tell students much about actual support of the LGBTQ community on campus. In the same article, Jones told the Globe that there was “a lot more to discuss.” This is true and is something that should happen in the future. There hasn’t been any further public discussion since the march on Thursday, and the administration must act to further the discussion.

While a presence at the march by some administrators was a way to show engagement with these issues, it still holds back from a public response that would involve students who were not a part of the protest or any of the activism on campus. A second option for administrative response would be a mass email or another form of campus-wide communication to address the fact that there was hate speech against the LGBTQ community on campus, and a statement of support for all affected students. In 2013, when the Lambda office, BC Law’s LGBTQ coalition, was vandalized with profane graffiti, a letter was sent to the BC Law community by the Dean of the Law School Vincent Rougeau, in addition to an email to all Newton Campus residents from then-Dean of Students Paul Chebator and Office of Residential Life Director George Arey. A public statement like the one The Heights is calling for is not without precedent.

If the University does choose to address recent events in a campus-wide email, students would likely increase calls for an LGBTQ resource center. In that case, the administration would have to be prepared to answer these calls and engage students in a conversation over the plans for the center, whatever they may be. Transparency would relieve some of the obvious tension over a perceived silence from the administration. The main options for responding would be forthrightly saying that a center will not be created, that one will be created, or that there is potential for one in the future. This would open the door to further debate and open dialogue on the issue and how students can attempt to advocate for the center.

Each year, the education of undergraduate students is worth over $597 million dollars, including tuition fees and financial aid. BC is, or should be, a center for education, and one cornerstone of education is communication. The University, however, has continually denied the chance for transparent communication between the administration and students who feel as though their needs are not met. When students have concerns about campus culture or their education, those concerns ought to be prioritized, especially when considering how much their education is worth.

To show that education of students is prioritized by the University, officials must publicly condemn the act of hate speech and pledge to work with students on concerns. There are several paths that could be taken, but only one of those paths proves to the students that BC is committed to its role as a Jesuit center for learning.

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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Monday, October 3, 2016

“Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.”

-Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience and Other Essays

LETTER TO THE EDITOR An Alumni Response to “Parking Sign Defaced With Anti-Gay Slur” Following an act of homophobic vandalism on Boston College’s campus, a letter to University President Rev. William P. Leahy, S.J., was organically circulated among BC alumni. In just five days, the letter was signed by over 1,000 alumni from 38 different classes spanning over 50 years (1963-2016), and from 42 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and 19 countries on six continents. The letter will be sent on October 3, 2016. We kindly ask that The Heights publish the letter in full. We are eager to work with the university to make Boston College a welcoming place for all students.

The only thing we would add now is a direct message to current BC LGBTQ students: We hope that during your time on the Heights you feel valued and are given the space to develop fully—personally, academically, and spiritually. Know that we support you.

Dear Fr. Leahy, As LGBTQ and Ally alumni of Boston College, we are disturbed by the homophobic vandalism that occurred on campus on Sep. 18, 2016, in which letters on a sign were rearranged to read, “No fags.” Not only does this hate speech tell LGBT students that they are not welcome, but the school’s relative silence in response reaffirms its failure to effectively address what one current BC student called a persistent “climate of homophobia” in a Heights Op-Ed following this incident.

Despite this, we are encouraged by the progress that has occurred at Boston College. By the early 2000s, BC had finally added sexual orientation to its non-discrimination clause and eventually got removed from Princeton Review’s list of the most unwelcoming schools for LGBTQ students. The

GLBTQ Leadership Council (GLC) has accomplished much and was recently given the Ever to Excel Award for making BC a more inclusive place. We applaud the Office of the Dean of Students for strengthening the resources for LGBTQ students. We are proud to be Eagles, but, especially in light of recent events, expect more from our alma mater.

We hope that you and other senior administrators will soon take action to support, develop, and keep safe BC’s LGBTQ students. Specifically, we call on you to publicly condemn the recent incident and declare your support for BC’s LGBTQ community. In addition, we call on Boston College to outline and publish a plan with concrete steps it will take immediately to address homophobia at Boston College.

Such steps should include hiring a full-time staff member dedicated to LGBTQ issues, creating an LGBTQ resource center, and adding gender identity and gender expression to the non-discrimination clause. As alumni, we are eager to support these efforts (financially or otherwise) and welcome an invitation to meet with you and other senior administrators to discuss how we can work together.

Support of BC’s LGBTQ students is not antithetical to the school’s Jesuit Catholic identity. What is happening now, though, is.

We are confident that Boston College will do better by its LGBTQ students.

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Another Response to “Parking Sign Defaced With Anti-Gay Slur” Community Confession I am the sixth leaf falling from the tree.

And I am the grass pushing up each spring.

But the tree contains more than just one leaf, And the lawn stretches beyond everything.

We contain multitudes: we can be large.

I am large: I fear but I hope each day That every bud may bloom and not decay, In the still quiet eternal dawn ray.

I am the green first year far from my home, Celebrating myself; tears in my heart.

And I am Alphonsus, ‘working’ this door, Wondering of the culture I im-part.

I am the drunken analyst, breaking Words into letters and slurring letters Into stones, and I am Stephen, stoned for The Truth, refusing these iron fetters.

For I am the broken queer, far from home, No one should be so broken and alone.

So please, my friends, don’t throw these jagged stones: Yet the second thrown is somehow my own?

Give me, loved ones, justice for my late crime: Lash my back and crown me for my success: I was wholly a fool with no excuse, But the hole truth is in my hands’ aggress.

Blame not my peers and friends for their silence, Nor my su-peers for their unleavened bread.

Instead burn out my wretched heart transgress’d: For after the fire a still small voice said: Stop giving away my heart, my dear friends.

Please blame me for my evil and my good.

Please know me by my true names when I knock, For I am large, but this is our neighborhood.

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:fej\imXk`m\ fi C`Y\iXc6 Pfl :XeËk Y\ 9fk_ :ifjj`e^ k_\ Gc\o ;`m`[\ IP8E ;L==P THE END OF SEPTEMBER - September is the absolute worst month. After three months of heat and sun, you can feel your organs beginning to slowly cook inside of you, like a human crock pot, and it just stayed hot.

You have to deal with the return to school, the slow wave of assignments bearing down on you, all alongside the sheen of back sweat forming between your shoulder blades. But that’s finally over and now we can all enjoy October, a month of hoodies, pumpkins, cider, and all-encompassing dread. Seeing as all-encompassing dread is a part of every month, this seems like a pretty good deal.

So goodbye, September, you were kind of the worst. Except for March.

You know what you did, March, you selfish hussy.

MAKING INTENSE EYE CONTACT WITH PEOPLE ON PASSING TRAINS - Hello, strange man with flowers tied in his hair. What is your life like? If we weren’t on two passing trains, the amount of eye contact we’re making right now would be super weird, but you’ll disappear from my life in about two seconds, so why not keep staring at each other? This is a nice little … what is that you’re holding—a baby picture? What’s the name written on it? It looks like my n … Why are you crying? Oh my God. Grampa Alighieri, they told me you died in that forest. I have to get off this train. No. No. Open the doors.

That’s my long-lost grandfather, you apathetic bastards, no I will not step back behind the white line. Please stop the train. It’s pulling away. I can still see his hand against the glass.

Grampa Alighieriiiiiiiiiiiii.

Snoop around any American university for long enough, and you are guaranteed to hear the observation, “I’d say I’m socially liberal and fiscally conservative.”

There it is—the political rallying cry of a generation, a tepid stab at engaging and defining one’s political views, a timeworn evasive maneuver. At Boston College, an institution with many students of affluent backgrounds and a culture of social justice, this mold is especially common. And barring further review, it is an entirely plausible proposition.

Let’s call this group the ‘compromise crowd,’ since it opts for an intersection between different strands of political thought. The compromise crowd is much more socially progressive than its predecessors, coming of age when divisive issues such as gay marriage have been legalized and relatively normalized in American culture. Thus, it makes sense that a progressive position on social issues comes naturally. The compromise crowd has also witnessed in its lifetime an unwieldy and inefficient government, prohibitive red-tape regulation, and a bloated bureaucracy. Therefore, its members naturally ascribe to the credo of fiscal conservatism: minimal taxation, small government, deregulation, and the infallibility of the market.

Pundits, parents, and professors occasionally chide the young for their political idealism. Look no further than the ‘social liberal-fiscal conservative’ amalgam as justification for this criticism leveled against us. That this coupling could exist harmoniously in theory is unlikely and in practice impossible. Indeed, the dissonance and mismatch of these incongruent ideals are jarring and cacophonous.

Fiscal and social issues are not mutually exclusive. They’re deeply interwoven.

Economic policy-making does not exist in a vacuum—any given policy with an economic focus or intent will have spillover into the social sphere. Likewise,

social policy-making requires cost considerations, thereby adding an economic element to virtually any new social policy.

A ‘social liberal, fiscal conservative’ position, whether intentional or unintentional, is the ultimate dodge of substantive policy discussion. With this simple response, one can ward off consideration of the real issues. For high-profile social matters such as gay marriage, it makes sense that a change in policy—a simple flip of the switch—could come without substantial costs or augmented government. But reality is never this simple.

America has a cycle of poverty, which is a social problem. To not consider it a social problem is to adopt the narrowest of definitions for ‘social problem.’ For those Americans in deepest financial despair, the prospects of socioeconomic mobility are stunningly bleak, and the specter of perpetual poverty looms large not only over them, but also their children.

Disproportionately, these disadvantaged communities are people of color.

These are inarguably issues that merit a social liberal’s attention and action. The canon of fiscal conservatism, though, calls for tax cuts, smaller government, and budget slashes that would be of no help to these communities. The two beliefs are incompatible—one compels the compromise crowd to support the plight of the poor, while the other reduces and restrains the mechanisms that would achieve this goal.

Reducing income inequality and funding public schools and universities are two potentially effective policy mechanisms to mitigate the problem of poverty in America. These are social strategies to uplift disenfranchised populations. The corollary, of course, is that they come with a cost, in the form of more government spending and higher taxation. In many cases, the tension between the two strands of thought is zero-sum: advancing a socially progressive agenda undercuts a fiscally conservative one, whereas measures of fiscal conservatism worsen many of the country’s most pressing social problems.

Let’s not forget about the slew of issues that defy categorization by either of these parameters. From entitlement spending, to the plight of war-torn refugees, to foreign policy, there are hard

decisions that the compromise crowd’s paradoxical ideology cannot address. So where does it stand on these issues that are difficult to categorize?

Take climate change, for example. The young are the primary stakeholders in the compromise crowd, so an intergenerational and global issue that will only get worse in our lifetimes should be a critical concern. Try to fit it within the socially liberal, fiscally conservative framework.

Environmental stewardship can’t be narrowly construed as a social issue, but in a broader sense it is a social good. Thus, the compromise crowd would be inclined to favor action on climate change.

But, when viewed from an angle of economic prudence, the whole calculus turns upside down. On the merits of cost alone, the actions required to curb climate change make it enormously unenticing. Government intervention is required at every step—subsidize clean energy, regulate emissions, and tax fossil-fuel emissions. This is anathema to the doctrine of fiscal conservatism.

Imagine fiscal hawks salivating over a new piece of legislation that matches the New Deal in scale and scope. Equally entertaining is the thought of social progressives cheering on a reduction in the minimum wage or a wide-sweeping trend of deregulation. The goals of social liberalism—common welfare, health care, education, to name a few—and goals of fiscal conservatism—deregulation, low taxes, small government—cannot be wedded. So what is one to do?

Decide. In just over a month we will have the option to act on our convictions, and everybody would be better off knowing exactly where they stand. The compromise crowd should research the issues, define priorities, and come to a conclusion. Who and what one chooses is entirely his or her prerogative—Left or right, Libertarian or Green. As much as we cherish nonconformity, lament the two-party system, and love cherry-picking from the best of what all ideologies have to offer, we can’t peg our political orientation at a crossroads that doesn’t exist.

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C\Xie`e^ Le`kp `e k_\ Le`k\[ JkXk\j “THE BEST FOUR YEARS OF YOUR LIFE” - We get that when people say this, they’re trying to get you excited for college, to make you appreciate the opportunities you have here, but Lord, does anyone realize how depressing this idea is? So you’re telling me that this is it? The 50-60 years that will hopefully come after this are just some kind of sad epilogue?

Great. No, that’s fantastic. You didn’t want to do anything worthwhile after college anyway. There’s nothing better than peaking with three quarters of life left to live. Maybe marriage, the birth of a child, achieving a dream or two will come up, but you’ll always remember that they’ll never measure up to that one house party on Foster when a girl vomited on your shoes or that one class on SocioPsychoChemical Scatology you took. From here on out, you’ll just spend your days sitting alone in a dark room remembering these four years of your life and how they were the best.

TALKING LIKE A GRIZZLED 70-YEAR-OLD DETECTIVE BECAUSE YOUR THROAT IS CONGESTED - Walking silently out of the library, you hear a friend call out to you. Turning, you hold out your hand and growl at them like a wildebeest. They flinch away at the horrible death-curdle coming from your throat. Holding your elbow up to your mouth, you struggle to clear your throat and end up coughing like a maniac. Your friend slowly inches away from you, meekly whispering that they have to get to class. It’s a Saturday.

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I<9<::8 DFI<KK@ A few weeks ago I wrote about how Boston College students are relatively apolitical, and how we should try to get more engaged in politics during the years we have here. This Thursday, over 200 BC students marched across campus to demonstrate solidarity with LGBTQ students. The protest didn’t materialize because of my column, but rather because of a parking sign in the Mod Lot whose letters had been rearranged to spell out a homophobic slur. Although the protest was prompted by this incident, many students joined because they felt marginalized for reasons other than sexuality, including race and disability. The march made me think about something our country has been lacking lately—unity.

As I suffered through the presidential debate on Monday, I couldn’t help but notice how divisive both candidates are.

All kinds of tensions and hatreds are flaring, and Americans are becoming used to making enemies out of each other, compartmentalizing into groups and identities that further aggravate this fracturing and create a society of “others.” Factionalism is a necessary component of a healthy democracy, but too much of it is neither healthy nor necessary. According to a poll conducted by the Pew Research Center, partisan antipathy has reached a new high, and Democrats and Republicans are more ideologically distant than they’ve been in recent history. Rather than searching for a middle ground, both parties have been moving toward extremes, meaning that those with mixed political views—roughly 40 percent of the population—are poorly represented. This polarization isn’t restricted to the realm of politicians, but extends to individual relationships. The number of Americans

who expressed mixed political views has shrunk significantly since 1994, and animosity has grown between members of each party, while dialogue between them seems to have declined. It’s uncommon nowadays to see close friendships, much less marriages, between liberals and conservatives, as people increasingly prefer to associate with those who share their own political views. This is a dangerous trend, which is coming to threaten an important ideal.

Although I was born in the United States, my parents were not, and I lived in Italy with my family until I was seven.

When we moved here, the first thing I noticed and loved about America was its diversity. As the daughter of an Israeli Jew and an Italian Catholic, I finally felt at home in a country that was all my

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How could a country with no unifying identity or culture, whose people hail from all corners of the globe, be so damn patriotic? In Italy—and a lot of other countries—it’s considered taboo to even hang a national flag outside.

Even 200 years ago, a Frenchman visiting the United States wrote, “Nothing is

more annoying … than this irritable patriotism of the Americans.” I was tickled by this line of Alexis de Tocqueville’s. Of course he expresses a lot of praise and admiration for America, but this line really got me, because I think he’d still say that today.

To me this patriotism is endearing, because what people are expressing pride in is not a land that their fathers have walked since the beginning of time, or a people who share certain genes and a certain history. What people are proud of is something intangible—just a belief, an idea maybe—but an idea that makes them American. It’s this acceptance of a government created by and for the people, a respect for the freedom and equality of others, which makes the country what it is. It may sound corny, but to a large extent it’s true, and it’s a fact that people seem to be forgetting, or at least failing to appreciate.

Living in other countries can open your mind to this, but even a quick study of the international spectrum must remind us that we are lucky to be living where we are. If you turn over a penny, you’ll notice the Latin phrase E pluribus unum: Out of many, one. When the motto was developed for the seal in 1776, its meaning was already ambiguous. Out of many states, one nation. Out of many countries, one democracy. And the most important, at least to me: out of many peoples, one people. This country needs leaders that will unite it, because in unity there is power. We must address our grievances, and never forget that at the end of the day we’re one people. To end with another line by that brilliant Frenchman, “America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great.” Things may seem bad, but if we remember what unites us—which is really what makes us great—we will always be good.

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One. Two. Three. I lifted the dumbbells up to my chest, then let my arms fall back down to my hips. Of course, words like ‘lift’ and ‘let’ imply a sort of grace or ease of movement that just didn’t exist here.

Rather, I pushed the dumbbells up to my chest, feeling as though I was moving my arms through drying concrete, wrists shaking uncontrollably and face contorting with pain. Once the dumbbells hit my chest, I let them drop down to my hips in a sudden burst of relief. Twelve more to go.

Do I sound like an athlete? A constant gym-goer, someone who tells you to love the pain and work to fatigue and treat your body like a temple? That’s not me. I’m an occasional jogger and a yoga enthusiast who has never actually done yoga. In short, I’m a fraud.

Recently, I set out to change this.

Armed with an illegally downloaded fitness plan and a trusted workout buddy (i.e. someone to force me to go), I entered the Plex. Of course I had been to the Plex before (I’m not a sloth) but this time I walked straight instead of turning up the stairs to my trusted treadmills and ellipticals. I walked to no-man’s land, or rather no-woman’s land, the section of the Plex designated for weights and strengthtraining machines.

The testosterone hung in the air, a cloud of sweat and Old Spice deodorant. Metal weights clanged in their places and dumbbells hit the floor with resounding thuds.

The only voices were quiet, low, muffled in the sounds of the whirring fans.

My friend and I walked through the maze of machines and bodies, and I wondered if anyone would notice if we turned around and bolted out of the building.

Our plan was simple, a short circuit of bodyweight exercises and light lifting. We started at the weight bench for dumbbell chest presses. The weight bench was small and maroon, far less complicated than the medieval torture device I’d expected. As we stood before it, a strange look came over my friend’s face.

“Can we just use it?” she asked me. I met her questioning gaze with an even more uncertain one. What were the rules here? What were we allowed to do?

As we stood by the weight bench, paralyzed by uncertainty, I looked around at the other lifters. Boys in BC T-shirts and sweat-drenched tanks weaved between barbell racks, proving their membership with an easy nod. There didn’t seem to be anything easy about this to me. Perhaps this apprehension was due to my inexperience in the weight room. Or maybe it was because I had never been initiated into the increasingly obvious boy’s club, the club that encourages deadlifts and pull-ups and cold, metallic weights. I had been initiated into a different club, one with calorie counting and cardio.

The boundary between these two clubs seemed impenetrable.

Then something odd happened. I looked to my left and saw a girl in a neon pink tank top. She held a 30-lb. barbell in her two outstretched hands and an intense look in her eyes. Her hair was pulled back in a self-assured bun. I watched her from the corner of my eye, trying not to stare so obviously. She squatted down and then lifted the barbell up in a fluid snap of her body, confidence cutting through the heavy layer of testosterone in the air. She hadn’t asked for permission to use the barbell or tried to justify the space she took up.

My friend and I later tried to deadlift, and we looked nothing like the girl in the neon pink tank top. We looked nothing like the bulgy-eyed boys around us either, though we never expected to. As we tried to mimic the fluid snap, I felt the boundary between the two clubs breaking down, brick by brick.

While slogging through bicep curls, my arms were even shakier than my breathing.

Each lift of the dumbbell felt like pushing against a steel wall. I spotted the girl with the neon pink tank top again, this time walking toward a friend in a gray T-shirt.

They gave each other an easy nod, a quick flick of the head to prove their belonging.

The boundary seemed less certain now, maybe even a low fence I could hop over with a running start.

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A8

Monday, October 3, 2016

WATCH YOUR MOUTH 9\ ZXi\]lc n_Xk pfl jXp `e glYc`Z% K_Xebj kf Fm\i_\Xi[ 9:# `k d`^_k \e[ lg fe @ejkX^iXd% 9P A8D<J CL:<P =\Xkli\j <[`kfi Sometimes, if you just take a second and listen to the people around you, you’ll be amazed at what you hear. On the other side of that coin, if you’ve shared an intimate secret on a stroll across campus recently, be warned: you might want to check your Instagram to see if that conversation was truly as intimate as you believed.

A ne w player in the B oston College Instagram game, Overheard BC, has been rapidly expanding its follower base by simply doing exactly what its handle suggests—overhearing.

Currently hovering at over 1,200 followers in just about a month of existence, the anonymous ears of Overheard BC have been hard at work picking up and making public the highlights—and lowlights—of everyday BC conversation.

Under the cover of darkness at a confidential location on campus, The Heights met with the minds responsible for BC’s newest and most incognito Instagram account: four senior girls.

The moderators wish to remain anonymous to promote relatability—if people knew who ran the account, fewer people would likely feel as though the quotes relate to them individually, one of the girls explained.

Just how was this idea conceived? Like any historically great brainchild, inspiration struck one night at a bar over some drinks. “ We were at Cityside one night, and we just heard a bunch of random stuff,” explained one of the anonymous masterminds.

“I don’t remember what we heard that night, but we were just like, ‘That was funny, we need to put

it out there,’ so we just made it in our living room one day.”

With that, Overheard BC was born. Inspired by “overheard” Instagram accounts in New York and Los Angeles, BC’s overheard account is apparently venturing into uncharted territory for universities—it appears to be one of the first of its kind.

Initially troubled by maintaining a balance of anonymity and entertaining content, the group found it essential to be cautious about its posting habits. A few slip-ups and excessively obvious

“I think if it really relates to BC and it’s funny, we’ll post it,” explained one of the Overheard BC masterminds who is tasked with the actual uploading of overheard content.

While uneventful overheard submissions are certainly plentiful, ranging from discontent with cereal to complaints about the sweatiness of Mod parties, the majority have been highly entertaining.

“There’s been a lot of stuff about [sex],” said one of the team members unexpectedly. “I

ÈPfl e\m\i befn n_\e pflËi\ ^f`e^ kf Y\ fm\i_\Xi[%É conversation leaks put the group’s identity in peril, but for the most part, the whole “anonymous” thing seems to be working.

“We can’t really post ones we hear anymore,” explained one Overheard BC authority.

“Someone asked me if I was overheard because, ‘the aesthetic matched my aesthetic,’” added another.

Identity troubles aside, the account’s following was bolstered by a few early, overheard anecdotes that instigated discussion and tagging in the comments. At this point in its life, Overheard BC has gained a strong enough following to begin accepting submissions from like-minded eavesdroppers.

remember specifically receiving a submission and being like, ‘We’ve already done a [sex]post, and we can’t do it again.’ That was an aggressive first post.”

Going for ward, the group has ambitions to expand its reach, which the y belie ve is predominantly female-based at the moment. A recent change in profile picture and a few posts from males have done much to this end, but comments with the familiar ring of the “BC Biddy” have thus far been the bread and butter of the account. The hope is that the eclectic mix of the two will give the account a healthy variety.

“I think that makes it even better when we get one from a

guy,” one moderator said. “There are so many that are like ‘BC biddy,’ but then you get one from a guy and it’s really funny.”

Now established as a true BC Instagram player in the league of former greats like BC Makeouts and BC Confessions, this core group of Overheard BC ma sterminds roams campus equipped with sharply perceptive ears. According to them, the best overheard moments happen to fall into their laps—taking a simple stroll through campus is apparently one of the best ways of finding content.

“A lot of them come from outside in the Quad area, and it’s best when you don’t know the context,” one mastermind noted, also adding that listening in on a night out is a great way to give the feed some drunken color (see: “The guy is about 5’12,” maybe 6’1””).

For now, the group hopes to build toward a goal of 3,000 followers by Thanksgiving, a definite possibility in light of the recent influx of new followers who are coming aboard. Also joining the Overheard BC party are some recent alumni, and even a BC mom or two.

“We’re not in it for the money, just the fame,” they assured me.

“The anonymous fame.”

With a growing base and a ramp up in post frequency, the group encourages the public to forward them any and all overheard moments they feel are worthy of publicizing. For the rest of the student body, it’s important to stay alert—the walls of BC not only have ears, but also a really popular Instagram account.

“It’s a fun kind of scary,” one Overheard BC master said. “You never know when you’re going to be overheard.”

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Rev. Robert Keane, S.J., pauses before stepping through St. Mary’s black, iron-wrought gates. He smiles, admiring the Latin Gospel verse wielded high above the empty hall corridor.

“Domos Mea Domos Orationis,” he read aloud. “My house is a house of prayer.”

Over 50 Jesuits consider St. Mary’s Hall more than just a home, but few students see past its Gothic exterior.

Freshmen running down Linden Lane late to class often mistake St. Mary’s for Lyons. The occasional senior calls it a monastery.

Go figure.

Originally built in 1916, St. Mary’s was the second building on the Chestnut Hill campus. Gasson, of course, was first.

“The building is over 100 years old,” said Keane, the Jesuit rector at St. Mary’s.

“Any building that’s 100 years old needs massive renovation.”

Frigid New England winters chipped away at the building’s exterior, while the interior floor wax and wood-paneled surfaces wore away, season by season. The shrinking number of Jesuits, faulty plumbing, and need for central air demanded reno-

vations a century in the making.

So St. Mary’s closed its doors for renovations from January 2013 to January 2015. In that two-year span, the Jesuits living in St. Mary’s moved to the top four floors at 2000 Commonwealth Ave. Instead of celebrating Mass in the hall’s chapel, the Jesuits moved their service to Gasson 100.

The renovations proved worth the wait. Two years later, and the changes go far beyond the naked eye.

“Can’t you hear it?” Keane asked, in reference to the air conditioning blasting behind his wood desk.

“When they renovated the building, the only changes are the ones you can’t see.”

Of course, the building has its fair share of structural changes.

Eighty-five Jesuit bedrooms turned into 30, saving room for refurbished bathrooms in each room. Serving as the private residence for the Jesuits, the upper floors of St. Mary’s aren’t open to lay people.

Keane and Rev. Don McMillan, S.J., the building’s minister, decide which Jesuits live in the renovated hall.

“It’s not competitive, like a housing lottery,” said the rector with a chuckle. “The rest of the Jesuits live in satellite houses on the periphery of the campuses.”

The two Jesuits consider health, age, and responsibilities of each candidate when selecting fellow members of the order. They prefer Jesuits who serve an active duty within St. Mary’s in order to build a cohesive community.

The dining hall moved its kitchen from the St. Mary’s basement to ground floor, providing easy access for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. A buffet-style layout allows Jesuits to come and go as they please. Red carpentry and white-clothed tables offer a quaint aesthetic.

“We’ve retained the ground floor on the wing,” Keane said in reference to the extent of the Jesuit rectory.

Boston College presides over the south side of the hall, called St. Mary’s South. It houses the University’s departments of communication and computer science along with the Woods College of Advancing Studies. The renovations refurbished classroom and office spaces for students and administrators. A separate entrance facing O’Neill Library keeps the living space separate from the academic areas.

St. Mary’s main entrance faces Bapst Library. It provides a student entrance for a chapel that hosts Mass at 8 a.m., 11 a.m., and noon Monday through Friday. Though it originally planned to build a free-

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Jesuits living in recently-renovated St Mary’s Hall can curb their hunger each day at this buffet-style dining hall. standing chapel a century ago, BC saw its plans fall short due to glaring needs elsewhere.

“Things happened like the Depression, World War I, and the huge influx of veterans after World War II,” Keane said.

With limited resources available, the University built its Gothic chapel as a part of St. Mary’s Hall. The chapel’s eight altars reflect a time, decades ago, when each Jesuit living in the building needed to perform

his own separate Mass prior to an 8 a.m. breakfast.

Outside the chapel, new glass windows fill the marble-floored corridor with light. Rooms built adjacent to the chapel reserve space for Jesuit reflections and meetings. Next to the dining hall, the Jesuits’ living room provides an entire library of reading material for Jesuits hoping to take a break. A snack bar accompanies a television room where Jesuits also have the chance to pick up their

daily mail.

Special enclaves along the interior walls of St. Mary’s offer a glimpse into the hall’s future. University President Rev. William P. Leahy, S.J., intends to fill the enclaves with customized statues, according to Keane. The enclaves, originally created when St. Mary’s first opened its doors, served no purpose for an entire century.

Thanks to the renovations from 2015, St. Mary’s offers a space for both Jesuits and students to prosper

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Boston College football largely relied on Rouse, a senior running back from Baldwinsville, N.Y., to bring any competence to its offense in 2015. A broken foot knocked out Jonathan Hilliman post-Week Four. Shoulder injuries hampered the Eagles’ No. 2, Myles Willis. And the other

backups weren’t productive, whether it was Marcus Outlow, who never seemed to find his footing at BC, and Jordan Gowins, who had fumbilitis in his young freshman campaign.

Yet as he has throughout his career, Rouse stepped up to take the handoffs. He doubled his attempts from 2014, to 101 from 49. He was second on the team with 426 rushing yards, only trailing then-quarterback Jeff Smith. Like many on the Eagles, Rouse was hindered by the poor play of BC’s offensive line. And it’s fair to note that a majority of his production came in three games, two of which were against FCS opponents Maine and Howard.

But the third big start came against his hometown team, Syracuse. At the Carrier Dome, Rouse ran for 111 yards on 24 attempts with two touchdowns. It’s the second time Rouse has had a huge game against the Orange—he had nine attempts for 59 yards and a touchdown back on Thanksgiving weekend, 2014.

In fact, Rouse has a history of coming in when the Eagles have their backs against the wall. Way back in the Andre Williams era, the 2,000-plus yard back hurt his shoulder toward the end of the 2013 season. He came back for the Advocare V100 Independence Bowl, during which he rushed for 75 yards on 26 attempts and a

hasn’t had value for this team. Far from it.

Rouse now serves as the Eagles punt returner, a position that plagued the team heavily last season. Sherman Alston, who has now transferred to Stony Brook, performed in that capacity in 2015. Alston looked lost in the role, calling for fair catches on balls that weren’t reaching the end zone. Twice, he fumbled on punts. (Thankfully, BC’s unbelievable defense prevented scores both times, with an interception against Notre Dame and a goal-line stand against Duke.) In total, Alston (and his eventual

touchdown in the 42-19 loss. Rouse, however, showed flashes of his potential for the Eagles, with 54 yards and a touchdown on only six attempts.

With both Gowins and Outlow transferring and no scholarship freshmen coming in, Rouse looked to make an impact this year. It hasn’t turned out that way.

Head coach Steve Addazio has ridden Hilliman with a majority of the carries.

Willis has received a decent share as well.

Redshirt sophomore Davon Jones has broken out as an electric option as evidenced by his 93 yards against Wagner.

To date, Rouse only has seven yards on 11 attempts. Yet that doesn’t mean he

See Tyler Rouse, B4

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This week’s game plan was clear.

The University of Buffalo came in with the second-best passing defense in the nation and the second-worst rushing defense. Steve Addazio loves to run the ball at Boston College. Surely, a match made in heaven for a BC offense that has muddled along through four games.

A bruising performance for BC’s defense is no surprise. Attacking

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Parents weren’t the only people who swept into Boston College this weekend.

Along with all of the families visiting for the weekend, the University at Buffalo paid a Saturday visit to Chestnut Hill, seeking to upset BC football on its home turf.

It was a doomed quest, as the Bulls fell to the Eagles, 35-3. Buffalo (1-3) simply could not generate any offense against BC (3-2, 0-2 Atlantic Coast), which racked up 400 yards of total offense en route to the blowout victory.

It was a confident team victory for the

through the air with a mix of first-down passes and long throws? Unheard of.

Let’s be real. When has anything ever turned out for the Eagles in typical fashion?

In total, BC gained 400 yards exactly while controlling the ball for 43 minutes. But on the ground, the Eagles looked “herky jerky,” as Addazio said after the game. So the Eagles took to the air and it paid off, big time. Quarterback Patrick Towles

See BC vs. Buffalo, B3

Eagles and a good sign heading into Friday night’s matchup against Clemson.

1. Davon Jones Last week, running back Davon Jones made a name for himself against FCS opponent Wagner. This week was no different. Jones seemed to be involved in all of the big plays today. He gained 53 yards on 14 carries—and, significantly, he didn’t lose any yardage at all. Jonathan Hilliman, by contrast, gained 64 total yards on 19 carries, but accrued negative yardage on four plays, losing 10 total yards throughout the game. This brought his net yardage to 54.

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BOSTON — After losing seven underclassmen to the National Hockey League, Boston College men’s hockey had a lot of questions entering the 201617 season. Who would replace Thatcher Demko in goal? How will the top line mesh? Will the defense hold up well?

Can the freshmen contribute?

In a scrimmage at Warrior Ice Arena, the Eagles answered some of those questions, while they widened the gap for others. Against Carleton University, a team in Canadian Interuniversity Sport, BC took home a 4-3 victory—not to mention a couple of bumps and bruises, after 103 penalty minutes combined between the two.

The first period kicked off flashing the skills of BC’s incredibly strong power-play units. Coached by Greg Brown, special teams has been a dangerous unit for the Eagles in the last couple of seasons. Despite the loss of forwards such as Alex Tuch and Zach Sanford, and good puck-handling defensemen

like Ian McCoshen, BC looks to still have that winning formula. The firstline power play of Colin White, Ryan Fitzgerald, Austin Cangelosi, Christopher Brown, and Casey Fitzgerald generated immense pressure on Carleton goaltender Francois Brassard. Though they didn’t come away with a goal, they gathered several shots, including one post by White.

The second-team power play, however, did come true. That unit—J.D. Dudek, Matthew Gaudreau, Julius Mattila, Jesper Mattila, and Scott Savage— continued the strong attack. Dudek rocketed a shot off of Brassard’s pads, before Savage reeled in the rebound.

That assist was the beginning of a strong game for Dudek, the sophomore forward from Auburn, N.H. Dudek seamlessly fit onto the first line on the right wing by Ryan Fitzgerald and White, showing a good chemistry with two forwards who are already familiar with one another. Though his game was cut short with an ejection following a game misconduct in a brawl at the end of the second, Dudek flashed his

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potential.

That improvement was highlighted by his goal at the beginning of the second period. Gaudreau evaded two defenders before sending a pass backward to Dudek between the circles.

Dudek shot it top shelf past Brassard, giving the Eagles hope for the future of their first line.

BC’s young offensive weapons continued their success, particularly with Graham McPhee. The freshman from Bethesda, Md., whose father won the Hobey Baker Award at Bowling Green when Jerr y York was head coach, showed off his flair with the stick. He went coast to coast along the far boards early in the third, deking out a defender to give BC its third goal. Though he got too cute with the puck handling at times, leading to turnovers, McPhee’s skill will be key for the Eagles.

And, of course, BC’s veterans came up in the clutch when they needed to, this time on that first-line power play.

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See Men’s Hockey, B4

Several freshmen made their debut for the Eagles on Sunday, including forward Mike Booth.

Women’s Hockey: Bulldogs Bite BC

Women’s Soccer: Wolfpack Get Physical

Katie Burt allowed eight goals in two games as the Eagles had a loss and tie vs. Duluth.....B2

North Carolina State brought the punches, with eight yellow cards in a win over BC....B2

TU/TD...................................B2 Men’s Soccer..............................B2 Volleyball..................................B4

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THUMBS UP ACC ACES  Clemson and Louisville’s heavyweight matchup on Saturday night certainly lived up to the hype. Lamar Jackson brought the Cardinals roaring back from a 28-10 halftime deficit, scoring on five consecutive drives after the break. But then Deshaun Watson threw for two of his five TD passes in the final seven minutes in the Tigers’ thrilling 42-36 win.

IM UPDATE  Last Tuesday, the Heights Sportz coed softball team tasted the sweetest kind of victory—win by forfeit. This week, Heights Sportz has a rematch with Major Keye, which will be seeking retribution for a 10-0 beatdown in the season opener.

RYDER CUP RUSH - Team USA won the Ryder Cup for the first time in eight years. In your face, Danny Willett’s brother! USA! USA! USA!

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Boston College women’s soccer was coming off of a tough stretch after losing two of its previous three games.

1 NC State BC was Boston College 0 looking to establish momentum with an emphatic victory over North Carolina State. But on a drizzly Sunday afternoon in Newton, the Wolfpack scored early and then stifled the Eagles for the remainder of the game, finishing with a 1-0 victory.

The game was characterized by aggression from NC State (9-3-0, 3-1 Atlantic Coast) and determination from BC (9-3-1, 1-3).

The first few minutes of the game saw possession from both teams. The Eagles managed to get a shot off first—Gaby Carreiro tested NC State goalkeeper Sydney Wootten in the fourth minute, but Wootten handled the shot with ease.

The next scoring opportunity belonged to the Wolfpack and came one minute later. NC State pressed forward, pushing BC back into the box. NC State’s Ricci Walkling found the ball at her feet and fired

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The absence of Boston College women’s hockey’s newly-graduated members was felt deeply in its first two games of the season. The Eagles, who had an impressive 40-1-0 campaign last season, fell short in both of their games against the University of Minnesota, Duluth.

On Saturday, BC (0-1-1) took a beating from the Bulldogs (1-1-0), falling 5-2 after attempting to recover offensively in the third period. The Eagles came out strong against UMD, taking the first shots of the game and going on a successful penalty kill in the beginning of the first period.

Right after the penalty kill, however, senior Demi Crossman put one in for the Bulldogs. BC staved off any more goal chances for the Duluth, but also

couldn’t get a goal for itself. Late in the period, captain Andie Anastos was checked in the boards and immediately exited the game. She returned to the bench later in street clothes, and her current injury status is unclear.

Almost immediately after the second period began, UMD struck again. The goals started piling on, and the Eagles had nothing to answer for them. All but one of the goals scored by the Bulldogs came from the sticks of seniors.

BC, however, retaliated in the third period with its freshmen. Firstyear standout Caitrin Lonergan capitalized on a power play and put the Eagles on the board with only six minutes left in the game. The Eagles got into the power-play groove, with Delaney Belinskas notching her first goal of her career. But it was too little, too late, and BC flew back to Chestnut

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Rankin’s teammate Hannah Keogh was shown yet another yellow card.

As the teams lined up for the free kick, there was pushing and shoving that resulted in Dowd hitting the turf once again. Cailyn Boch was given a yellow card for her part in this, NC State’s second yellow card in a matter of seconds. Once again, BC failed to take advantage of the set piece, sending the ball right into Wootten’s waiting hands.

“We didn’t do well enough to take advantage of the set pieces they gave us,” Foley said after the game, adding that set pieces will be a point of emphasis in practice this week.

In all, NC State accumulated eight yellow cards—including one for Santoro late in the game. The Wolfpack committed 20 total fouls, while BC finished with 13.

If being overly aggressive and committing hard fouls was Santoro’s strategy for the Wolfpack, it seemed to work—they earned the win, after all. But Foley said that breaking the game up and limiting momentum for both teams wouldn’t be her strategy.

“We would concentrate a little bit more on how to be productive with the ball,” she said.

Hill with little to show.

The outcome the night before was more favorable for the Eagles, but BC still did not come up with the win, ultimately settling for a 3-3 tie.

The Eagles came out much stronger in their first game of the series, with senior Haley McLean, who seldom played in the previous three seasons, starting the goal-scoring just 17 seconds into the game.

UMD took time to answer back, with Ashleigh Brykaliuk putting one in the net 15 minutes later. BC ramped up the pace, and Lonergan launched the puck to the back of the twine to put the Eagles up again while on the power play.

Both teams adjusted play in the second period, particularly on the defensive side. Neither team could get a shot past goalies Katie Burt and Maddie Rooney. Eventually, UMD got

hold of the puck long enough to score its second goal of the night, tying it up once again. The offensive energy fizzled out yet again to end the period, keeping the score at 2-2 until later in the third period.

By the middle of the third period, it appeared that the Eagles would claim their first win of the season. After a goal by BC captain Anastos to set the score at 3-2, the victory seemed secure. With less than 10 minutes left in the game, Toni Ann Miano landed in the penalty box for tripping. This did not read as a fatal error—the Eagles had killed five penalties in the periods prior. But this time, UMD capitalized.

Brykaliuk notched one to garner her first hat trick of the season.

The last time BC had entered overtime was during the Frozen Four semifinal, which it had won just 58 seconds in with a goal from star

Haley Skarupa. This time, however, the Eagles could not put it away easily. The time expired with the score still 3-3, and BC had its first tie since Feb. 21, 2015.

Though the weekend did not have the outcome BC wanted, the Eagles showed a lot of promise. While UMD relied heavily on its seniors for scoring, BC’s freshmen scored a majority of its goals. Having their program essentially gutted this season, the Eagles played solidly without its six former seniors, including Skarupa and Olympian Alex Carpenter, and had an especially deadly power play. Burt also performed well under the pressure of more shots, which she did not have to deal with last season.

If BC continues to get more experience over the season, it will be able to defeat a team like the Bulldogs down the line.

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The differences between Boston College and Louisville men’s soccer are as clear on paper as they were on the field.

1 Louisville Th e Eagles Boston College 1 thrive with a fast-paced style, centered around the speedy play of wingers and towering presence of Maximillian SchulzeGeisthovel and Simon Enstrom up top. Ten of BC’s 11 starters are from outside of the United States, adding a creative, international feel to the uptempo attack.

In comparison, Louisville plays a more technical game, but also has explosive forwards who have caused nightmares for opposing defenses all season. But there isn’t quite the same flair in the Cardinals lineup, which has just one foreign starter.

On Friday night, however, all game

plans went out the window when rain started to pour two hours prior to to the match. The wet conditions meant both teams were thrown out of their comfort zones and had to adapt to a new, slippery environment. When that happens, the outcome is often decided by a simple question: Who is the best player on the pitch?

Under the lights at Newton Campus Field, the Eagles and No. 9 Louisville tried for 110 minutes to answer that question, but to no avail. Cardinal midfielder Daniel Johnson and BC’s Zeiko Lewis made strong cases, each adding a goal in the second half. Yet shutdown defensive performances by both squads in the first half and overtime kept the scoring at that, resulting in a 1-1 tie against the Eagles’ third Top-10 opponent in four games.

Johnson and Lewis traded punches all night. The Louisville (7-1-2, 3-0-1 Atlantic Coast) senior first threatened BC (5-3-1, 1-2-1) in the seventh min-

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cross sent in by the Eagles found a Wolfpack defender—BC didn’t create any real chances with crosses.

BC’s best chance of the game came in the 33rd minute. There was a mad scram in front of the goal.

McKenzie Meehan pushed a shot off, but Wootten blocked it. The rebound fell to Emily Langenderfer, and she fired a shot off. Wootten once again managed to deflect the shot, but once again surrendered a rebound. Lauren Berman took the third shot for the Eagles, but her attempt was blocked by an NC State defender, ending the danger for the Wolfpack.

Meanwhile, the game was getting steadily more aggressive as tensions ran high between the two teams. Both teams continued to commit fouls, but Walkling’s yellow card would be the only card of the half.

The second half was a different story. As frustrations grew, players committed harder fouls. Samantha Hiatt earned BC’s only yellow card of the game.

NC State’s Kia Rankin was shown a yellow card for a hard push against Hayley Dowd, who fell and hit her head against the turf. Later,

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PRAYERS UP FOR GARRISON Chris Garrison suffered a broken tibia in football’s victory over Buffalo this weekend. He will be out for the season and questions persist whether he will be able to get a medical redshirt. Prayers up for Chris as he recovers from his injury.

The Wolfpack, however, showed an unusually high level of aggression in its play.

At one point, BC’s Jenna Bike was running side by side with an NC State defender in the Wolfpack box.

It appeared as though the defender intentionally tripped Bike up—she crashed to the ground, allowing NC State to clear the ball out of the box and eliminate the danger. The referee didn’t bring his whistle out, allowing play to continue. Had he made the call, BC would have been awarded a penalty kick and the opportunity to potentially tie the game up. Foley was furious about the non-call, shouting, “Hey! She took her down in the box! Linesman!”

Despite her protests, play continued without interruption.

NC State continued to test the referees with acts of aggression throughout the game. In the 14th minute, Walkling was shown a yellow card and BC was given a free kick. The Eagles were unable to take advantage of the set piece, as Wootten handled the free kick without difficulty.

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off a shot. It was blocked, but the rebound fell to her feet again.

She managed another shot and was blocked yet again. The third time proved to be the charm for Walkling. She gathered in another rebound and let loose with a third shot. BC goalkeeper Alexis Bryant couldn’t save the shot, and the ball found the back of the net.

As the NC State players celebrated and jogged back to midfield, their coach Tim Santoro shouted at them, “Don’t let up! Don’t let up!” Meanwhile, Bryant called her defense in for a quick huddle. When they broke, the Eagles looked determined to come back from the goal.

“It’s not ideal to be down early in a game, but then again, it happened early, so we still had 85 minutes,” head coach Alison Foley said after the game.

BC responded to the goal well, challenging the Wolfpack in the first few minutes following the score.

Carreiro tested Wootten again, but the goalkeeper secured another save to preserve NC State’s lead.

After the goal, the game began to get chippy on both sides. BC was whistled for a couple of fouls in the minutes following the goal.

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ute, when he combined for a give-andgo in the attacking third and ripped a shot toward the upper left corner of the net. Goalkeeper Cedric Saladin leaped into a full-extension dive and batted the ball away with two hands to keep the game scoreless.

Minutes later, Lewis responded by winning the header in the midfield, beating his man, and taking the ball down the left sideline with daylight ahead of him. Right before he reached the 18-yard box, though, a Cardinal defender made a superb tackle to stop the attack.

In the 17th minute, Lewis once again won the ball on the left side, this time nutmegging his defender before streaking down the field and earning a corner on an attempted cross. For the rest of the first half, the back-andforth continued, but both back lines made tackles when they needed to. In particular, Tomas Gudmunsson, the 6foot-5 replacement for the injured Len

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Twenty minutes into the second half, Johnson finally broke the stalemate with a little help from the unfriendly weather conditions. A Louisville corner kick caromed off of Geoffrey Dee and Johnson controlled the cross at the edge of the box. The Maryland transfer took two touches to his right and fired a one-hopper that skipped off of the wet turf and through the legs of Saladin.

With four minutes remaining, late-game substitute Trevor Davock created an opportunity for the Eagles to equalize. The sophomore striker broke off a run down the right side and lined a shot that deflected off of the Cardinal keeper and landed at the feet of Enstrom. Holding away defenders with his signature box-out move, the Swede tapped the ball back to Lewis at the six-yard box and he finished from close range to tie the game. It was BC’s

first ACC goal in nearly three weeks.

“I saw Simon back to the goal, I told him ‘Drop it,’ and I was just praying I didn’t miss,” Lewis said. “Scoring and drawing to them and not losing to them this time was a big step in the right direction for us. And I enjoyed every second of it.”

In overtime, the Eagle defense fended off one last series of attacks to maintain the 1-1 score. Louisville outshot BC 4-1 in the two 10-minute overtime periods, including forcing Saladin to make a game-saving block with 36 seconds left. After the game, head coach Ed Kelly was proud of his team—and rightfully so. The Eagles concluded a brutal stretch of games with one of their best defensive showings of the season, and made one of the nation’s best teams fight to earn a draw.

BC deserves a breather, and the team will finally get one with seven days off before matchups against Pittsburgh and Harvard.

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Monday, October 3, 2016

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FOOTBALL

Saturday By the Numbers Plays

Total offense

rushing yards

passing yards First downs

84

400

142

258

21

42

67

26

67

5

passing

passing

Patrick towles:

tyree jackson:

14 25, 234 yards, 2 td

9 21, 42 yards

Rushing

Rushing

jonathan hilliman:

johnathan hawkins:

19 att, 54 yards, 1 td

6 att, 22 yards

davon jones:

tyree jackson:

14 att, 53 yards, 1 td

3 att, 2 yards

rECEIVING

RECEIVING

jeff smith:

mason schreck:

5 REC, 65 YARDS

2 rec, 26 yards

charlie callinan:

marcus mcgill:

2 REC, 22 YARDS, 2 td

5 rec, 23 yards

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completed 14-of-25 passes for 234 yards and two touchdowns spread across seven different receivers. It’s the most passing yards in a game for a BC quarterback since John Fadule had 253 against North Carolina State last year.

“I said that earlier in the week that we wanted to throw the ball, even with the conditions” Addazio said. “We probably would’ve liked to throw the ball even more, to be honest with you.”

That aerial effort helped BC to a 35-3 rout in a rainy Alumni Stadium on Parents’ Weekend. The victory gives the team a cushion heading into a five-game ACC stretch that includes three ranked teams: Clemson, Louisville, and Florida State.

“We’re getting there,” Addazio said. “We’re going to face a buzzsaw this week, so we’re going to have to play at our top level.”

It didn’t start out so easily for BC. Like they have all throughout this season, the Eagles (3-2, 0-2 Atlantic Coast) started off slowly in the first quarter. Missed passes

by Towles, drops by Jeff Smith, and negative yardage by Jonathan Hilliman plagued the team. After two punts, Matt Milano gave the Eagles a prime chance to change that sluggishness. For the third time in his career, Milano burst through the line to block a punt. That gave the Eagles a first down at the 41-yard line of Buffalo (2-2). But again, Hilliman faltered on three consecutive runs to the left. Smith then dropped a fourth-down pass, as the boo birds

flew out from the 24,203 reportedly in attendance.

Then Addazio made the switch to Davon Jones.

Jones gained 11 yards on his first two carries. With maroon and gold in his sights, Jones grabbed another three, before spinning and winning onto the A in Eagles painted on the south end zone. In total, Jones gained 53 yards—all of them for positive yardage—on 14 carries. And for the first time in 2016, the Eagles had the first lead of the game.

“We’ve been slow starting a lot,” Addazio said. “It seems like with our young guys it takes a while to get into a groove.

Towles brought BC into the red zone on that drive with a long pass to Chris Garrison. The 44-yarder was slightly behind the redshirt sophomore. While reaching back for the completion, Garrison’s leg got tied up in the defender. Once he hit the ground, he immediately called for medical assistance. The diagnosis came shortly after: a fractured tibia, likely a season-ender for Garrison.

“Chris has become a really integral part of what we do here, so all we can do is say a prayer and hope for the best here, right?” Addazio said.

Seeing the success of that first scoring drive, Towles and Co. got to work in a way the Eagles rarely have.

BC has traditionally relied on firstdown runs—this year, Addazio had called a run to open a set of downs a whopping 76.1 percent of the time entering the game. So naturally, BC became a little unpredictable.

Towles found Smith and Tommy

Sweeney on a couple of long first downs, while scrambling for another. Once in the end zone, Towles again eyed one through the air. On a slowly developing play, Towles aired out a pass to Charlie Callinan, who dove in the back of the end zone for the score.

Toward the end of the second quarter, Towles came at Buffalo again through the air. This time, he did it with a little help from his running backs. On 3rd-and-18 from BC’s own 8-yard line, Towles quickly dumped a pass off to Tyler Rouse.

The senior, who has become a whiz at returning punts, made several tacklers miss en route to a 27-yard gain. Soon after, Towles curled out of the pocket to the left, planting his feet to find Jones without a man on him. Towles threw across his body to hit Jones for a 38-yard catch, setting up BC inside the red zone.

Towles capped the drive off by unleashing the fearlessness he has always claimed to have. With the pocket quickly collapsing and time soon to expire in the second quarter, Towles lofted a ball into the back of the end zone. His pass should have gone higher in the back of the end zone, Towles admitted after the game. But it barely stayed afloat over the gloves of Buffalo’s Jarrett Franklin into the hands of a diving Michael Walker. Even Towles himself was surprised by the outcome.

“As soon as I threw it, I didn’t know if it was going to get over the top of his fingers,” Towles said. “I’m obviously extremely thankful that it did.”

Of course, as it usually does, BC’s

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Michael Walker celebrates his touchdown at the end of the second quarter by handing the referee the football. defense deserves the bulk of the credit. As a unit, the Eagles allowed only 67 yards—third-fewest in BC history—and five total first downs.

They held Buffalo’s dynamic dualthreat quarterback, Tyree Jackson, to a mere 9-of-21 passing for 42 yards and a net -2 on the ground.

The individual performances are as praiseworthy. Kamrin Moore and Isaac Yiadom showed why they received praise as up-and-comers last season. The two shut down the Bulls’ young wide receiving corps, with a couple of notable breakups on third down and in the end zone. Ray Smith, whose position spot at defensive tackle was up in the air to enter the season, played exceptionally well with a couple of bruising tackles for loss. Harold Landry added a booming nine-yard sack. And naturally, Milano and Connor Strachan were all over the field, recovering fumbles

and blocking passes.

“We just had to play fast and play physical,” safety and team captain John Johnson said of the negative plays BC forced. “We had a great week of practice, and we saw most of the plays they ran at practice, so we were on top of them.”

BC’s most important defensive sequence came after one of Towles’ two fumbles. The Eagles had a 14-0 lead midway through the second quarter, but a missed block allowed a defender to come right at Towles to knock the ball out. To the dismay of the parents in attendance, the Bulls had 1st-and-10 deep within Eagle territory. The defense, however, held tight again, forcing three incompletions (and aided by a big drop by Mason Schreck) to force the field goal. It was the kind of defensive stand that can prevent momentum shifts, and will lift any team—espe-

cially one built like BC—to victory every week.

But the Eagles’ success begins and ends with the play of the quarterback. Despite the statistics, it still appears like a work in progress.

At his worst, Towles wildly missed open receivers, scrambled when he didn’t need to, and struggled to hold onto the ball.

Yet, at his best, Towles flashed the potential Kentucky fans always dreamt he could have. He combined sharp play-action passes on first down, deep throws, and quick feet to gain over 250 yards on his own.

If those mistakes can be eliminated, BC might just have a chance at salvaging its season, which looked sunk only two weeks ago against Virginia Tech.

And the Eagles will have to. Because starting this Friday, the work really begins.

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Not ever ything, however, led to good news for the Eagles, particularly in goal. This is not to say that neither freshmen Joe Woll nor Ryan Edquist had good games—quite the contrary, in fact. Woll, who took the first period, and Edquist, in the second, did solid jobs fending off the many penalty kills the Eagles

incurred. The goal Woll allowed to Sean Bamford came as Bamford left the box, while Edquist’s was on a 5-on-3.

That being said, the performance did little to separate the two in the quest for the starting job. Though Woll is the favorite—he has been a commit to BC for some time now, and was a third-round pick in 2016 of the Toronto Maple Leafs—expect Edquist to get significant playing time, similar to Demko and Brian Billett in 2013-14.

Additionally, few defensemen had standout games, aside from Savage. Luke McInnis, projected to be a top-four defensemen, did not see the ice. Casey Fitzgerald was quiet for most of the eve-

ning, as was Michael Kim. Connor Moore was burned on the breakaway that led to the goal allowed by Woll.

Most significantly, Michael Campoli showed his enforcerlike tendencies, not showing any fear in throwing punches. While entertaining for the crowd, that likely will not be a net positive for BC. Still, the Eagles look overall to be in good shape heading into their weekend opener in Denver against Air Force. And if they can continue strong performances on special teams, and solid ones in goal and on defense, BC could silence some haters who expect the team to falter after losing so much last year.

successors) had 235 yards on 29 returns, a measly 8.24 yards per attempt.

In only five games, Rouse has had 14 returns for 208 yards, a 14.9 yards per attempt average. The dynamic Rouse has added is something his head coach is really excited about. “I think Tyler has done a good job all camp as a punt returner,” Addazio said following the Georgia Tech game. “He’s going to field the ball. He’s a confident, veteran guy.”

The new role is one that excites Rouse. He’s a team-first man who’s just looking to do whatever he can to get on the field. Fortunately, he doesn’t have much to change throughout the week. His routine mostly remains the same. Rouse tries to get as many reps as possible receiving punts from Mike Knoll in practice, while getting a diet of handoffs and receptions as well to stay ready in the event the offense needs him. He showed off his excellent skills against the Seahawks last weekend.

The numbers don’t even give him full credit. He had a second big-time return against Wagner that was negated because of a block-in-the-back penalty.

Rouse has that natural field awareness, though he defers the praise to his blocking corps. On that play, he easily kicks out. Once he hits the seam, he’s off. “I want to make the most guys possible miss,” Rouse said following Wagner.

“This weekend, it resulted in big-time runs.” Buffalo, however, allowed Rouse to show off his most electric skills. Even if, once again, the scoresheet won’t show it.

Rouse proved how he is always ready for offense early in the second

quarter. With their backs against their own end zone, the Eagles had a 3rd-and-18 from their own 8-yard line. Most teams—not just ultraconservative, pro-style offenses like BC’s—choose to opt for a dump pass or a draw to give their punters an extra six to 10 yards of room to flip the field.

The Eagles were no exception. Patrick Towles dropped back and gave a glorified handoff to Rouse a couple of yards in front of the line of scrimmage.

The nimble, 5-foot-6 back did the rest. Rouse dashed ahead, making a couple of defenders miss, for a 27-yard gain. His great play set up the Eagles for a touchdown later in the drive. Then Rouse got back to what he now does best: returning punts. Late in the third quarter, Rouse found another one of those seams. This time, he exploited it for a 60-yard gain, topped off by a leap over a Buffalo defender.

Once again, however, the play was called back for another block-in-theback penalty. As Addazio admitted afterward, this messiness has to stop.

Unfortunately for the Eagles, he’s in a bind. He understands the importance of special teams electricity, like what Rouse can provide.

Addazio knows that Rouse can shift the field for his offense in a hurry— something BC will desperately need on Friday against Clemson. Naturally, from an outsider’s perspective, that should mean that Addazio has to put his best guys out on the field. Imagine that: Matt Milano, Connor Strachan, Charlie Callinan, all out there on special teams.

Fast, big-time bruisers.

But it’s not that simple. Addazio doesn’t have the depth—really, no

team does—to allow his veterans to get gassed like that by playing every single facet of the game. He has to turn to his younger guys—especially the freshmen—to develop skills quickly and to get them some playing time.

“It’s a catch-22,” Addazio said after Buffalo. “I mean, I really feel like we’ve got to develop these young guys, and you’ve got to invest in them, and we’re hoping that’s what we’ve been doing last week and this week is investing and that we learn, because we have a lot of veteran guys out there. … So I think we’ve got to live with some of this until we can kind of grow through it a little bit, and I think it’ll pay dividends for us. You know, that’s kind of where we are right now.”

While Addazio isn’t wrong—he has to do whatever he can to make sure this team isn’t “young” anymore—there must be an added emphasis on special teams throughout the week to prevent these silly mistakes. Plays like what Rouse can give could change the entire dynamic of a game against a big-time ACC opponent like Clemson, Louisville, and Florida State, all of whom are remaining on the docket for the Eagles this season. A silly penalty like that may not hurt BC against Buffalo, but it could be the difference between an upset and heartbreak against a top-10 opponent.

As for Rouse, he needs to just keep doing what he’s doing to help the team win. And if that means needing to provide a SportsCenter Top 10 Play every week, so be it.

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In sports, more so than in any other discipline, it is often not what you do right that is important, but what you do wrong. That was the case for Boston College volleyball’s two conference losses in Florida this past weekend.

BC’s trip down South looked to provide a much-needed change of pace for the Eagles, who were just coming off a pair of tough losses to Syracuse and North Carolina, but unforced errors on the part of BC (5-9, 0-4 Atlantic Coast) ended any hope of a rebound.

In the first set against No. 15 Florida State (11-2, 4-0), the Seminoles took the early advantage and BC kept pace, but the Eagles were never able to take the lead. Things

still looked promising with BC only down by a point, 21-20, but Florida State took control late and concluded the first set with a 4-0 run that gave it a 25-20 win.

Florida State extended its momentum from the first set into the second with a 6-2 scoring advantage. But BC halted the Seminoles, going on a run of its own powered by three assists from Camille Oemcke, who led her team with14 assists in the matchup.

The Eagles tied the game at 1212, but Florida State soon retook the momentum as it immediately scored four unanswered points, on its way to winning the second set 25-17, and in the process setting up the third set as a must-win for the Eagles.

Florida State took control of the third set from the outset, going on

a 6-2 run early before a kill from Sol Calvete momentarily halted the onslaught. BC was able to hang on for a few points, until a 10-2 scoring drive smashed any hope of a comeback for the Eagles. Florida State went on to take the set 25-15 to extend BC’s ACC losing streak to four.

Florida State was a formidable matchup for BC, but the doesn’t make the loss sting any less. Coming off of a loss last week to No. 12 North Carolina, head coach Chris Campbell noted the struggles of his team against better opponents.

“There is a big difference between conference matches and non-conference matches,” Campbell told BCEagles.com. “The quality of play jumps as soon as you get into the ACC.” Coming off two tough losses to

open up ACC play, BC hoped that a trip down to the Sunshine State would warm up its play. During the final set of its loss against North Carolina, BC started to develop real chemistry and fire, and upon the opening of the first set against Miami (7-9, 1-3) this attitude seemed to be carrying into its next match.

The two teams exchanged points, with neither truly dominating. BC was able to capture an early lead, but three consecutive BC errors tied the game up at 9. After BC again built up a slight lead, spearheaded by six kills from Calvete, Miami went on a 7-2 scoring run to capture the first set 25-23 and gain the early advantage.

Miami carried over its momentum from the first set into the second, as it opened up play by going on an 8-3 run that was helped

along by five errors from BC. The Eagles were able to pull the game to within two as the score sat at 10-8.

BC looked poised for a comeback, but back-to-back errors stalled any progress it had made, as Miami took control late in the set to win the second set 25-17.

Going into the third set, BC needed to make a statement to regain the confidence that was seemingly lost somewhere in the first two sets. Unfortunately for the Eagles, the Hurricanes came out swinging in the third set with an early 12-2 run, which gave Miami a 16-5 lead. Late in the set, Cat Baldio led a BC surge with two impressive kills, but this last-ditch effort proved futile, as a BC error put Miami up 25-14, and thus the Hurricanes took the set 25-14, and with it swept BC to take the

match 3-0.

Despite the apparent domination by the Hurricanes and the Seminoles, the only areas where BC and its opponents truly differed were hitting percentage and errors.

These two categories proved to be BC’s downfall. The offensive attack of the Eagles is not as effective as it could be, despite great production from Jill Strockis and Anna Skold.

This languorous offensive attack is not helped along by the sheer number of errors committed by BC over the last two games.

This weekend, the Eagles committed two errors for every one that their opponents had. This ratio cannot produce a winning volleyball team, and BC needs to focus on reducing the number of errors as it moves on to Louisville and Notre Dame.

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Jones also scored his first collegiate touchdown. In the final minute of the first quarter, quarterback Patrick Towles tossed the ball back to him, and he dashed forward, spun around a Buffalo defender, and dove into the end zone for the score. His touchdown opened up scoring on the day, giving the Eagles a 7-0 lead heading into the second quarter.

Jones was involved in another crucial drive in the closing minutes of the second quarter. On fourth down, he was given the ball and managed to dive for a first down, extending the drive. A few plays later, Towles rolled to his right and saw Jones open on the opposite sideline. His lofted pass to Jones was on the money, and Jones managed to pick up a few more yards before being pushed out of bounds at the Buffalo 15-yard line. The play was good for 38 yards, and set up a touchdown pass to Michael Walker just a few snaps later.

Last week, Addazio praised the redshirt freshman for his grit and determination.

“It’s really hard to stop Jones for less than four yards,” he said following BC’s victory over Wagner. The same

held true today. Buffalo struggled to bring Jones down all game, and on more than one occasion he juked defenders out by spinning around them before continuing to gain more yards.

Jones has emerged, seemingly out of nowhere, as a potent threat for this team. He doesn’t go down easily. He only has a few college games under his belt, but he looks like a more mature, experienced player on the field. Jones has used his spin to juke out defenders for the past two weeks, allowing him to gain even more yardage after he’s seemingly run into opposing defenses.

After the game, he said that he has confidence in any of the running backs to make an impact, but also that the decision is ultimately up to the coaches.

“Here at BC, I think the coaches are just going to play the best people, and whoever those best people are, they’re going to play,” he said.

Over the past two games, Jones has proved that he is a dangerous offensive weapon for the Eagles, and arguably one of the best members of the offense. Don’t be surprised if he becomes a major part of this BC offense moving forward.

Field Position Midway through the first quarter, the BC defense had stifled Buffalo yet again. The Bulls lined up to punt. The ball was snapped back to the punter,

who went through his motions and began to punt the football downfield.

The ball never made it.

The offensive line struggled to hold BC back from the punter. Linebacker Matt Milano and defensive back John Johnson exploded past the offensive line and lunged toward the punter. Milano dove as the ball left the punter’s foot, hands outstretched.

He solidly blocked the punt—the ball spun in the air before shooting out of bounds.

When the Eagles took over on offense, they had great field position at the Buffalo 41-yard line. The next three play calls were runs for Hilliman, resulting in no significant gain. On fourth down, Jeff Smith wasn’t able to hold onto a shaky pass from Towles, resulting in a turnover on downs.

The defense gifted the offense with great field position, but BC didn’t even get a field goal out of it. Against Buffalo, this squandered opportunity didn’t matter—BC won handily. But in the future, against tougher opponents like Clemson, this kind of mistake will be killer for the Eagles.

When BC has good field position, it absolutely has to take advantage of it.

A touchdown is, of course, preferable, but even a field goal helps. Turning the ball over on downs is unacceptable in this situation.

BC started three drives in Buffalo territory, but only scored on one

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Redshirt sophomore tight end Tommy Sweeney hauls in a pass during the Eagles’ 35-3 win versus Buffalo. of those drives (and it was during garbage time). The other two drives resulted in the turnover on downs and a punt from Mike Knoll, respectively. The Eagles have to find the end zone when they get opportunities like these.

Addazio remains frustrated with special teams mistakes’ taking away great field position for the Eagles, too. In the second half, Tyler Rouse had an electric punt return (including a leap over a Buffalo player) that would have given BC good field position to drive and extend its lead.

The return was waved off because of a block in the back. “[I’m] obviously disappointed in the 60-yard field position swing on the punt return,” Addazio said after the game. “[We] can’t make bad decisions that are going to result in 60-yard field position swings.”

On the other side of the ball, the defense made some big plays to prevent Buffalo from taking advantage of great field position. In the second quarter, Towles lost control of the ball on a sack, and Buffalo recovered. The Bulls had possession of

the football on the BC 11-yard line, giving them a great opportunity to punch the ball into the endzone.

The defense dug its heels in and refused to allow Buffalo to find the back of the end zone. A couple of big defensive stops paired with a dropped ball from Buffalo’s Mason Schreck brought up fourth down.

The Bulls made the field goal attempt, but it was still a great defensive stand by the Eagles. Limiting Buffalo to three points, given its field position, was impressive for BC.

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Mark Wahlberg should really know better.

How many scripts do you think he reads? Probably a lot. Deepwater Horizon was never going to be a movie that cared much about dialogue, so I’m not saying that he picked a poorly-written script. There were a couple conversations in the movie that actually seemed so quick and sharp that DEEPWATER HORIZON I probably would’ve Summit Entertainment been impressed, if I’d understood a single word he or anybody else had said. No, I’m saying that Wahlberg picked a script that should never have become a movie.

That’s right: not only is Deepwater Horizon miscast, tone deaf, loud and flashy yet somehow boring and slow, confusing, poorly acted, and generally overwrought—it’s wholly unnecessary. But even if it were a worthy subject, it would still be pretty bad.

Big Mistake Number One: Everybody

knows this story already. In 2010, an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico exploded after some (huge) missteps by a grossly negligent team from BP that was behind schedule, way over budget, and just trying to make some cash. A couple hundred million barrels of spilled oil, nearly incalculable ecological and economic destruction, and billions of dollars in fines later, and people think of Deepwater Horizon as right up there on the stupid scale with Watergate and whoever greenlit Cars 2.

Big Mistake Number Two: Despite attempts at hero-worship, Deepwater Horizon does little to add to that story. Wahlberg plays Mike Williams, the chief electrician for Transocean, the company that owns the rig and rents it to BP. John Malkovich is BP bad guy Donald Vidrine. Kurt Russell, as Williams’ boss, Mr. Jimmy, is more mustache than man, but the executives behind the movie might as well just put Kurt Russell in it, because why not?

Kate Hudson is Felicia Williams, Mike’s wife, and she’s only here because in addition to the physical stakes of maybe, like, dying in a fire, Deepwater Horizon needs to remind people every 15 or so minutes that oh yeah, he has a wife, too. Hope he makes it out OK.

And it goes as you’d expect. Vidrine, who Malkovich plays with an impenetrable Southern accent that somehow still sounds exactly like Malkovich, wants to make his bosses happy, so he pushes the rig’s crew to drill, against the advice of Mr. Jimmy and Williams. The story is told from their perspective because you need somebody to root for, which is fine. But here’s the thing—the whole movie basically hinges on a fairly routine conversation (Malkovich: “Pls?” Russell: “No.” Malkovich: “Let’s just do it.” Russell: “OK maybe.”

Malkovich: “Ty bb lol.”) and there just isn’t enough tension between BP and Transocean to really make Vidrine the villain. He comes off as greedy, yes, and negligent, but so does Transocean. He’s also barely in the movie once the rig explodes.

Deepwater Horizon reaches for emotional investment, but there isn’t enough build-up, and so there is no pitying that can be done, only head-shaking. And after it reached for emotional investment during all the action, the movie assumes it succeeded—and because it didn’t, the ending, the tearful homecoming, is more worthy of a shrug and a “hang on a second” than tears. Where is the consciousness?

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Simplifying the events and ramping up the action, the film fails to make strong emotional ties.

Why make a movie about something so political, try to make it emotionally compelling, and, having failed at that, not at least address the politics of the thing, not even walk through BP’s much-deserved day in court?

Some smaller mistakes: At the beginning, when they first catch sight of the rig from a helicopter, an Unnamed Stupid BP Person says, “Anything that big oughta be made by God.” Oh, I get it! It’s like they’re tempting fate!

Thanks y’all. Also, believe it or not, there’s a girl in this movie—a total genius mechanic played

by Gina Rodriguez who seems like she has a major role … except the first thing anybody

says to her is, “Are you still dating that skinny guy?” To the movie’s credit, she doesn’t engage him, but then she doesn’t have a line for, like, 40 minutes, so…? And Deepwater Horizon completely, obnoxiously, unforgivably sins when, three seconds before the rig blows up, Mr. Jimmy gets an award from BP for safety.

What movie should they have made?

Something about the inner turmoil at BP and in the government after this thing went down, a well-researched, flawlessly written behindclosed-doors account of power politics. People would watch the hell outta that movie. Don’t waste your time on this one.

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Its 10th and final album, Yellowcard rewards devoted fans with some of its most fleshed-out work, ending a lengthy career with immense power.

9P :?8E;C<I =FI; ?\`^_kj JkX]] In what seems like something of a self-articulated epitaph, Yellowcard’s 10th and final album opens with “Rest In Peace,” a goodbye song for the giant of the alternative rock industry. It’s a sad, “long-live-the-king” type of feeling to watch Yellowcard bid its fans farewell, but the band has exited the stage with form and finesse, a huge accomplishment regardless of one’s time creating music.

Yellowcard, the band’s first self-titled album, may actually be one of the most impressive works t in its 19-year lifespan.

“Rest In Peace” begins with a sobering stillness, incredibly uncharacteristic for the punk rock scene as a whole. For any other band, YELLOWCARD such Hopeless Records a slow start may have come across as a misstep—Yellowcard, though, seems aware of its lingering moments in the limelight. As they sing “Rest In Peace,” these first lines stand out: “It was the best that you could be for me / I think we were lucky just to stay alive / Even when you had only fire to breathe / I know you were only trying to make it right.” Sure, on the surface, Ryan Key sings to a lost love, but it doesn’t take more than a casual listen-through to

know that the band is thanking those who have remained devoted to its work for so long.

Even though the album may start with a soothing tone, Yellowcard is not afraid to channel the band’s classic “Lights-and-Sounds”-esque uptempo.

Yellowcard hits audiences with “What Appears,” “Got Yours,” and “A Place We Set Afire,” each with its own unique touches of passion. It’s refreshing to find that listening to the band’s faster beats takes no effort whatsoever—earlier iterations of Yellowcard’s music suffered the most from a lack of polish. Anger and fire in songwriting are completely okay, as long as they have been tempered with maturity, and Yellowcard is the key example of the right way to do this.

Naturally, not every single element of Yellowcard is entirely up to par. The sound of the album may (thankfully) be diversified, but Yellowcard does suffer a bit in the department of pacing. Some songs carry on a bit longer than necessary, instrumentals holding out in a bit of grandiosity. In particular, “The Hurt Is Gone” drags on too long, somewhat messily transitioning into “Empty Street.”

At times, it can be difficult to track which direction Yellowcard seems to be heading in. Still, these issues detract from the work in only the smallest of ways, and the band’s stronger aspects more than make up for its tiny weaknesses.

Yet another element of Yellowcard’s mastery is its willingness to diversify its own sound. Every upbeat song is sepa-

rate but equal from every other song, an unusual trend for a band that has producing music as long as Yellowcard has.

The album feels as though it is a labor of love rather than a straight cash grab, and that fact becomes clearest when listening to the final, most heart-wrenching song of Yellowcard: “Fields and Fences.”

As with many words of affirmation, the word “masterpiece” is thrown around all too often. That being said, as the last song of the band’s last album, “Fields and Fences” is an unbridled masterpiece.

Ryan Key and Co. have produced a song with a precise blend of acoustics and uptempos, almost surgically pulling at the heartstrings of anyone who listens.

As violins swell (strangely enough) and the band’s life comes to a close, it is a wholly emotional experience to see how Yellowcard has stepped down as one of the premier alt-rock bands in America.

In the most beautiful of ways, the sound of Yellowcard has matured from that of a young, angry group of boys to that of first-rate performers and artists.

Fans of Yellowcard can release a deep breath held since the band announced its impending breakup. Yellowcard, though imperfect, is a remarkably solid swan song. For any fan of alt-rock, it really is a tragedy to watch the band depart from the music scene after becoming one of the most incredible performers and creators. Perhaps, though, even the most beautiful things must fade—if this really is the case, then Yellowcard has exited the building at just the right time.

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Jg\bkfi :fdgfj\j D\dfiXYc\ Dfd\ekj `e ÊI\d\dY\i D\ kf C`]\Ë 9P :<:@C< C8>@E<JKI8 =fi k_\ ?\`^_kj Between the recent release of the hit theme song “We’ve Got Time” for Netflix’s original series Orange is the New Black and her cover of George Harrison’s “As My Guitar Gently Weeps,” it was assumed that singer-songwriter Regina Spektor was preparing for her entrance into the mainstream. To the delight of her dedicated fan base, her newest album lives up to that assumption. On Remember Us to Life, REMEMBER US TO LIFE Spektor remains Warner Bros. Records true to her indie/ folk roots while experimenting and evolving her interest in creating a more mature and refined sound.

The Russian-American artist released her first album, 11:11, in 2001, but her career didn’t truly take off until the release of her 2006 album Begin to Hope. With hit songs like “Fidelity” and “US,” Spektor solidified herself as a talented, spontaneous, and some-

what offbeat artist. Spektor is known for her storytelling ability and unique approach to songwriting and production. Remember Us to Life is the follow-up album to 2012’s What We Saw From the Cheap Seats, and is Spektor’s saddest album to date. In contrast to her earlier work, this album views the world through a more somber and straightforward lens.

Remember Us to Life is successful in both of these regards. This album, as compared to Spektor’s earlier works, seems less introspective and more worldly and holistic in its theme and content choice. On songs like “Small Bills” and “Grand Hotel,” Spektor poses questions about consumerism, capitalism, and corporate greed. In typical Regina fashion, she answers them through the stories and thoughts of her well-developed characters.

Audiences love Spektor’s ability to captivate and tell a story using a variety of sounds, musical compositions, and keyboard arrangements. Remember Us to Life is no exception.

The range of musical styles present on the album is stunning. The use of unconventional instrumentation and orchestration make Spektor a standout in the indie/folk genre. Listeners can expect a smooth, silky vocal delivery

over an unconventional mix of keys, drums, and strings. Spektor’s voice is reminiscent of other indie artists like Suzanne Vega, Ingrid Michelson, and Fiona Apple. Her rhythmic compositions, on the other hand, set her apart. Spektor has a unique ability to flawlessly fuse her deeply moving and raw lyrics with a melody line. Remember Us to Life does not disappoint in this regard.

Audio production adds a complex layer of color and originality to the album. By taking a simple piano track and utilizing other instruments and digital special effects, she can build a soundscape around her vocals, which increases the dynamics of the song without raising or pushing her vocal range.

This album provides listeners with a strong dichotomy between the lighthearted, childlike vocal and instrumental delivery, and the deeply dark and brooding lyrics that lie beneath. There are a few songs on the album that feel slightly unnecessary and overworked.

The lyrics on those resemble vague poetry and fail to express the powerful message that Spektor’s other work provides. “Obsolete” and “Tornadoland” are tracks that break the cohesive message of the album as a whole.

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Capitalizing on unique instrumental pairings, Spektor’s melodies cast tight spells on listeners.

They take attention from the real stars of the album, such as “Bleeding Heart” and “Grand Hotel.”

“Bleeding Heart” is the standout pre-released track off the album. The song uses an unconventional arrangement to tell a story of overcoming social anxieties and loneliness.

The lyrics, which address the listener in the second person, overlay a seemingly joyous, bouncy tune and highlight the passage of time and the struggle of overcoming obstacles and achieving happiness. The creativity behind the

track is representative of Spektor’s style. The song progresses through distinctive moments in the subject’s life, which are accompanied by instrumental variation. This four-minute song provides the listener with four distinct tracks merged together.

Still not conventionally mainstream in the slightest, Remember Us to Life is a big career shift for Regina Spektor. It will serve great importance to her devoted followers and fans, who have been charting her growth as an artist and a storyteller.

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The Eugene F. Merkert Chemistry Center is perhaps the most unlikely place on campus to find anything resembling culture. Typically the building where the dreams of frazzled potential premeds like myself go to die, the building rarely hosts anything uplifting, unless of course, collecting the perfect percent yield of a recrystallized compound is the highlight of your existence. But for the rest of us, it’s hard to find something to fill your soul in the sterile, functional science building.

It was different, however, this past We d n e s d ay, w h e n M e r k e r t 1 2 7 w a s transformed into something entirely. With the addition of string lights and soft hip-hop, the mood of the lecture hall adjusted for the first poetry slam of the year. Organized by Boston College Slam! (Soul, Love, and Meaning), the only spoken-word poetry group on campus, the slam included performances by members of Slam!, alumni, and anyone who was inspired to share their own work.

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paramount. The members of the E-board outlined how BC Slam! is dedicated to its mission of creating an open and loving environment where ideas and emotions are expressed freely and without judgement. It is designed to be a safe space for healing, or a “Slam-ily”, where one can be the most honest and true version of oneself without fear. The discussion of sensitive topics is not only allowed, but welcomed, as it is intended to serve as a forum for expression to encourage change. Discrimination, rape, identity, mental health, privilege, and gender were among the many brought up. As strangers shared raw, beautiful, and meaningful things with the crowd, the importance of such an environment was evident as the crowd expressed its empathy, sympathy, and all around support for the art that was being voiced.

With slam poetry, the audience and the writer truly have a symbiotic relationship.

They are intertwined and interdependent.

The strength of the poetr y ignites the response of the audience, which in turn fuels the confidence and willingness of the writer to give himself to the crowd. The experience

of poetry, connecting and responding to the work, elevates the written word from the level of confession to an open dialogue. For every speaker, whether a new inductee to the Slam! culture, or a seasoned poet and member of Slam! since its origins, the crowd universally responded to the reader with some show of encouragement. Especially when the poets were new or uncomfortable with sharing their work , the audience approval physically bolstered and uplifted the writers. The resounding snaps and “sex moans” collectively boosted the poet’s ability to convey his or her personal voice.

The encouragement allowed the writers to confidently deliver their art to a crowd of relative strangers. It gave the writers an opportunity to give the words penned on paper a tangible life.

It was truly unlike anything one would expect of a stereotypical poetry reading.

Although the language was creative and artful as in most poems, with unique imagery to convey impressions, the power of the pieces flowed from their deliver y. The beauty of spoken word in comparison to written poetry is that meticulously chosen words

that attempt to create an intended mood can be enhanced further with the inflection of the writer as it is voiced to the crowd. The different methods of dictation did special things for the pieces. For one poem read by a new member of Slam!, the soft, confessional, almost pleading method of speaking made the piece intimate and human. This mirrored the simple, yet eloquent exploration of the nature of the individual in the context of a relationship. Conversely, with the poem by a Slam! alumnus regarding his identity as a Latino man, the frequent pauses and strong emphasis on certain words gave a more pointed and accusatory tone that translated to an active call for the injustice of current race relations in this country. Both methods affected the audience in drastically dissimilar ways, yet both were effective. Both readers clearly influenced the listeners, opening the minds in the audience to the contemplation of their topics with the strength of their voice.

The strength of voice was used in some cases to read the work of other poets. For example, the animated and active delivery of the poem “Stop pretending it’s boring to be alive”, by Steve Roggenbuck, by the co-

president of BC Slam! captivated the audience with the way she expressed the snarky and enlightening words about appreciating the mundane. Her enthusiasm while shouting “water is FALLING from the SKY” was completely, yet necessarily, absurd, opening the audience’s eyes to how sheerly absurd living really is. Several others also shared works of other poets that influenced them.

The defining characteristic of BC Slam!’s brand of poetry is that it demands to be spoken out loud and receive this sort of welcome. On a campus where open dialogue is not commonly accepted by the general population, sharing one’s personal reflections could be received incorrectly. It could risk the chance of being passive. But the words of the writers who shared their impressions are not passive in any sense. Slam poetry is pure fire.

It filled the room with the energy of watching your favorite team win a championship while maintaining an air of reverence and respect that one usually reserves for places of worship. The result of this mix was two hours of performance poetry that left you wishing for more.

;`jZfm\i`e^ Le[\ijkXe[`e^ K_ifl^_ M\ij\j f] Jgi`e^jk\\e DAN FITZGERALD Growing up, the music of Bruce Springsteen filled my Erie, Pa., house on a daily basis. It was the soundtrack to life in the Fitzgerald family, the omnipresent musical force that no one felt the need to question. Bruce was simply the accepted standard, as typical as CCD classes on snowy Saturday mornings, as routine as those few hours each Sunday when the whole world, in my eyes, paused to watch every play of the Steelers game in true diehard fashion.

For me, the influence of Springsteen’s music was just another one of the many sentiments a kid picks up during those impressionable years from the parents he idolizes. Indeed, love of Springsteen was as ingrained in me as the manners they taught me and the teams they told me to love.

As a kid, idolizing your parents means assuming that the things they

are passionate about must truly be incredible. It becomes easy to quickly build those things up in the mind as some magnificent fantasy that we can only hope to someday understand.

But as we grow up and develop our own unique worldviews, we usually conclude that those things aren’t nearly as compelling as we originally thought. Interests and opinions that once seemed to be the glue that held everything together are revealed to, in fact, be deeply flawed, and adulthood no longer looks as fun as it did before.

This growing apart, it seems, is an unavoidable step in the process of gaining independence.

Despite the series of revelations that expose every superficial difference, there are always certain things that anchor members of the family and remind them how similar they really are, things that make differences seem obsolete. For my family, that anchor has been—and continues to be—the

music of Bruce Springsteen.

Until recently, the reason why Springsteen’s music was the household standard was completely over my head.

It’s fair to say I was more surprised when I learned that not everyone loved Springsteen than I was during the talk in fifth grade.

My dad would often say, “It just feels like every single Bruce song is about me,” and I would nod in agreement without really grasping what he meant. I would even sometimes wonder if Bruce was actually the god that we made him out to be, or if it was possible that I was just so used to his sound that it had inadvertently become the paragon for good music.

His music had not changed over the course of time, but the way I saw it did.

At the ripe old age of 19, I think I’m finally starting to understand. Maybe his music so moved my parents because it has the strength to bring serenity and hope in times of despair, and the

power to inject pure adrenaline into the mundane parts of life. Maybe they feel a special connection to his music because the words remind them to keep their hearts centered and their eyes fixed toward the things that really matter, but also help gently push them into the often-ugly experience of solemn self-reflection.

Maybe his lyrics fill them with memories of better days while also pumping them up with anticipation for what’s coming next. At least that’s what I have experienced through the healing catharsis of the Springsteen discography.

It stands to reason that my own Bruce affinity is derived mostly from its constant presence throughout my childhood. But as I journey through college, Bruce’s message has developed and changed along with me, allowing me to respect his work in an entirely new ay. Songs like “Badlands” and “The Rising” used to seem like the ultimate

pump-up songs, but now their themes of determination and abounding hope resonate in a way that is both refreshing and profoundly humbling.

Some of Bruce’s earlier masterpieces like “4th of July, Asbury Park,” and “Lost in the Flood” were the kinds of tunes that usually had a bit less attention paid to them, but now the authenticity of their poetic storytelling and goosebump-inducing one-liners is more enrapturing to me than even the loudest, hardest-rocking anthems of his contemporaries.

Bruce’s music can be interpreted in ways that are as malleable and dynamic as the lives we lead, meaning the words of a given song can continue to accompany us no matter how much things have changed since the first time we heard it. And to me, that’s what makes Springsteen’s music so meaningful—and it’s what makes his ceaseless presence throughout my life entirely justified.

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:_Xe^\ n`k_ k_\ 9\Xk CALEB GRIEGO In films, the standard unit of progress is the beat—the moment when a character’s disposition shifts, resulting in a change in their course of action.

Sometimes this change is the opposite of the character’s initial intent, leading to a very powerful and emotionally charged moment on screen.

The simplest of beat changes can propel the plot forward, like Daniel Plainview’s forced baptism in There Will Be Blood (2007), which changes, irreparably, his relationship with both his son and Eli Sunday. These kinds of beats are significant and relatively easy to spot in the context of a feature-length film, but the power of a beat can lie in a single sentence, changing a character’s goals in an instant.

One of the most stark beat changes in cinema that often comes to mind is from Return of the Jedi (1983). While aboard the Death Star, Luke confronts his father and comes in with the express purpose of turning him to the light side and overthrowing the Empire once and for all.

Appealing to the Jedi that was once in his father, Luke pleads his case, stating vehemently that, “I will not fight you.”

But as quickly as he states his noble cause, Darth Vader subverts that wholesome goal by threatening his sister, saying, “If you will not turn to the Dark Side ... then perhaps she will.”

And with that, Luke lights his saber and viciously hacks away at his father. I suppose Vader should not have said that.

The thought of the Empire ruling, with its heel on the throat of the galaxy, was not enough for Luke to destroy his evil father.

But the idea of his sister being corrupted was.

It would seem Luke was able to warp his principles. Cinematically, this allows the film to reach its proper climax, as we are given reason for Vader and Luke to finally come to blows, but one may wonder why Luke didn’t just go in with the express purpose of killing his father.

The key to this beat and beats like it lies in the fact that without it, Luke could not be our hero. Unless provoked, Luke would not have had the ability, with his rage, to defeat his father. But this comes through the inversion of his motivations—through a jarring change of character. Such a change came about through an exchange of words, nothing more.

In an instant such as this, people’s fickleness becomes pretty clear. Regarding the character’s development, this kind of change seems to speak to a weak-willed, unprincipled character, but I would posit that in most moments in our lives we are much more like Luke than we would like to believe. We may be baited, for better or worse, to change.

The beats in our own lives may be small and inconsequential, but they change our outlook on the world nonetheless. Through the slightest beats, we may be brought to a different state of mind.

One might believe that it would take a Red Dawn-style (1984) invasion to inspire an unprecedented amount of patriotism, but such a sense could be instilled by seeing a flag blowing in the wind or hearing the anthem at Sunday’s football game.

It might be hard to believe that the beat stemming from achieving musical infamy in Whiplash (2014) could be rivaled by the beat of eating a Slim Jim for the first time in The Fundamentals of Caring (2016). Certainly each character responds in various ways to his unique circumstance, but the overall effect could be of comparable gravity to his story. The value of these moments, big and small, could have considerable effect on the character’s worldview thereafter.

The smaller beats, in the words we speak and in the minute aspects of our daily lives, may toll different outlooks in us. Compounding these small changes in our character lends to our overall development.

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Hair slicked back with gel and styled in fabulous updos. Dressed to the nines, the crowd was ready for quite a show. Conte Forum was transformed Friday night for the 24th annual Pops on the Heights Gala, with the food stands selling beer, wine, and an assortment of cocktails.

The night carried itself like an evening at Symphony Hall. The lights from above streamed in a warm, welcoming red. The stage was set with seats for the Pops, with the screens on either side of the stage projecting scenic spots on campus.

Round tables lined the floor of the arena, covered with white tablecloths and elegant glassware. Under each arena seat and dinner chair sat canvas bags with a glow stick for the fun ’80s medley part of the performance.

The night funded over 300 scholarships for Boston College students. Raising, in the words of Kristin Chenoweth, “a crap ton of money,” the night was a huge success. Bringing in $9 million this year, up from last year’s record of $7.5 million, Pops on the Heights Concert funded more scholarships than ever before.

The technological features of the night perfectly complemented the star-studded musical talent gracing the stage. Improving from last year, the images and videos seemed to fall in line with the performances and were on par with the magnificent talent on display onstage. The videographers took video footage from in front of the conductor and displayed it up on the screen so the audience had a clear look at his facial expressions and gestures as he conducted the Pops. Members of the University Chorale were broadcast on the screen, allowing the audience to see the faces of the large and talented group.

One of the most outstanding moments of the night was when Chris Vu, MCAS ’17, soloed with “Clair de lune.” The solo was beautifully done and perfectly paired by the backdrop of the Boston Pops.

As Vu sat down at the piano, a camera above his hands captured his elegant moments as he moved them about the keys.

This beautiful artistic choice put a splendor to the way in which he gracefully hit each note. There was something breathtaking about just seeing the pianist’s hands glide across the instrument.

Simultaneously, there was a video compilation of life on the Heights, ranging from fun times in the dorms to the food in the dining halls to beautiful scenic shots of

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Gasson. The videos enhanced the music onstage and made the presentation come to life.

After the Pops played a handful of iconic compositions, such as the Star Wars theme, a BC student was welcomed onstage to perform for the crowd of 5,300 people.

Christy Coco, MCAS ‘17, emerged in a pink and black ballgown and walked over to the waiting microphone. Coco, who studies theater and art history, currently stars in the off-Broadway revival of ‘Fiorello!’ Throughout her performance, the audience sat in awe of the senior’s impressive voice and stage presence.

The University Chorale did much to augment the lively spirit inside Conte Forum, for the group sang a medley of iconic songs from the 1980’s while the Pops provided booming background instrumentals. The audience was treated to a blend of hits like Lionel Richie’s “All Night Long,” Bon Jovi’s “Livin’ On A Prayer,” and Van Halen’s “Jump.”

Multicolored glow sticks provided to each of the audience members made an appearance during this high-energy number. The soft glow of the small neon lights perfectly channeled the colorful aesthetic of the decade.

The BC Golden Eagles Dance Team, decked out in bright pink tutus and neon green accessories, parawded across the front of the stage and performed choreographed dance numbers. Moving in sync, the Golden Eagles’ dance routines added a captivating visual element to the spectacle.

As the familiar notes of “Walk Like An Egyptian,” the Ghostbusters theme, and “Walkin’ on Sunshine” pulsed throughout the arena, audience members swayed together and danced along enthusiastically to the throwback ‘80s tracks.

The final song in the medley was ‘80s pop chart-topper “We Are The World.” The song was a perfect selection for the gala, as its charitable message of benevolence paralleled the event’s spirit of generosity and this year’s record-breaking fundr a i s i n g effort.

After the Chorale performed a handful of songs, including Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “It’s a Grand Night for Singing,” conductor Keith Lockhart

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introduced Kristin Chenoweth and welcomed her to the stage. The former Broadway star accompanied the Chorale in singing A special arrangement of the song “I Was Here,” which was created by prominent Broadway musician Mary Mitchell Campbell.

Chenoweth was magnificent. Clad in a beautiful black gown and a BC T-shirt, she swiftly stole the show the minute she strutted onto the stage.

With every bob of the head and wink at the camera, she had the audience under a trance. Asking the maestro how she looked in her BC shirt, she kept the night entertaining with her quips between songs.

Choosing to sing a few of her favorite covers, the singer offered a taste of the tracklist on her newest album The Art of Elegance, in addition to a few others that do not appear on the LP. A moving performance of her own rendition of “Smile” was followed by an impressive and animated cover of Judy Garland’s “The Man That Got Away.”

The impassioned rendition of “Moon River” showcased Chenoweth’s impressive vocal range and versatility as a singer. Her powerful voice easily filled the arena, and the passion she projected enchanted the audience.

Her final song, “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” was another nod to Garland. Her evocative performance, coupled with a whimsical and carefree atmosphere created by rainbow lights shining over the audience made for an appropriate goodbye to such a charismatic star of stage and screen. As the Pops played the song’s last few notes, Chenoweth thanked the audience and shuffled offstage.

Perhaps the most entertaining bit of her performance was the political statement she made regarding Donald Trump. She said he had called her that morning and wanted to know how she had become so well-liked. From there, the star launched into Wicked’s “Popular.”

In all the evening was a wild success, championing the skills of some of the worlds finest musicians.

Although Chenoweth was the star of the show, she made sure to acknowledge the talent that accompanied her onstage.

She sang the praises of the Boston Pops and spoke from the heart about the University Chorale. She revealed that she could feel the love from the group of young students singing behind her. The singer also made a point to articulate how she wanted to leave a positive impact on the world. She prompted an audience member to longingly remark to her mother, “I want to be her, I just want to be her.”

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