The Heights September 12, 2016

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Reps from BC landscaping on sod and asthetics, A4

Students turned up in huge droves for the student opening of the new McMullen Museum, B8

Simon Enstrom’s strike took down the Blue Devils in the ACC opener, B4

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The Independent Student Newspaper of Boston College Vol. XCVII, No. 30

Monday, September 12, 2016

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inaldy Cadet, MCAS ’20, seems like any other freshman on Boston College’s campus. He wears a backpack and has headphones in his ears as he walks to class.

But the story of how he got here is unlike any other student’s at the University. Cadet immigrated from Haiti when he was a toddler, and his path to citizenship has been plagued by obstacles that made a BC education seem out of reach.

A few weeks before the fall semester began, Cadet was denied a green card, which he needed to receive his financial aid package.

He was unsure how he would pay to attend BC, and it was too late to enroll at any other university.

“My family, on August 11, at the site of the interview, started crying, and I started crying as well,” he said.

But before that, before the absent green card caught the attention of a former and a current senator, an archbishop, and The Miami

Herald, his college application process started out like many other high school seniors’.

“The whole college process was sort of random,” Cadet said.

When he was first getting ready to apply to college, he didn’t have a top choice. He had been applying to various schools but wanted to really involve himself in one application and put his best foot forward. After spending a weekend reflecting on what he wanted in a school, he decided BC was the school for him. He learned about the university through older friends and Google searches.

“Boston College really focuses more in terms of education, which I really enjoy coming from a high school that was all about sports,” he said.

He applied regular decision because he missed the Nov. 1 early action deadline, and got the response he was hoping for—an acceptance letter.

After being admitted, he was fairly sure he wanted to enroll at BC. Cadet said he received a potential financial aid package a few days later that would allow him to come to BC. But BC could only give it to him if he had an I-485, or a green card. Minaldy is an immigrant from Haiti—he moved to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., in 1999 when he was just

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Pemberton had never really thought about the idea of attending college. He grew up in the foster care system, and a higher education didn’t seem like it was in his cards.

But after seeing pictures of the Heights on the cover of the pamphlet, Pemberton began to rethink his future.

From that point in the seventh grade onward, Pemberton was determined to beat the odds and become an Eagle.

Pemberton carries himself with a certain presence. He must reach just over six-feet, and has a voice that booms throughout a room. He is the kind of guy who has a firm handshake, seemingly developed from years of working in the corporate world. In casual conversation, he addresses people by their first names, giving off a sense of importance and professionalism.

From the looks of Pemberton today,

one would never believe what he endured as a child.

Pemberton, who is now the global chief of diversity for Walgreens Pharmacy, grew up in an abusive foster family. He describes his childhood as a constant struggle of trying to find his identity.

He struggled to decipher where he came from and who his parents were. Pemberton recalls constantly feeling forgotten and alone, and describes his foster parents as doing everything in their power to thwart his efforts to find his identity.

They limited his access to libraries, computers, or extracurriculars, preventing him from researching where he came from and who his parents were.

Despite the tribulations he faced as a child, he found solace in books that his neighbor, Mrs. Levin, would sneak him weekly. He started to picture a life outside of his own, and to this day is thankful for Mrs. Levin’s gift, he said.

When he was 16, Pemberton finally escaped the foster system. He recalls the joy he felt when he finally slipped away from the grasp of his abusive foster parents. This ecstasy was short-lived, however, as he soon realized that he had nowhere else to go.

To this day, Pemberton describes his high school English teacher as his greatest inspiration in life. In his final year of high school, when he had nowhere else to turn,

his teacher, Mr. Sykes, took him in and gave him a home.

“All he had to give me was a home, a place to live,” Pemberton said. “And boy, that was exactly what I needed.”

From people like Mrs. Levin and Mr. Sykes, Pemberton began to understand the real meaning of the Jesuit mission. He is well aware of the importance of being at the service of others, he said.

After losing parents, siblings, and any semblance of a community or home in his childhood, Pemberton, more than most, understands the goodness of a servant’s heart.

Now, he strives to give back to his family, friends, and community, and sees the value in doing things for a greater good, he said.

Despite how far he has come in life, developing from an orphan into an executive in the corporate world, Pemberton still said that he has never been satisfied.

He describes this as his Achilles’ heel.

Because he was born into a struggle, Pemberton has trouble seeing the good in the world, he said.

“My wife is working on me,” he said.

Everytime he returns to BC, however, Pemberton once again feels at home. He fondly recalls moving into his freshman dorm room in Duchesne East, watching the Marathon from his perch in 66 Com-

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The Undergraduate Government of Boston College (UGBC) has a really nice office on the first floor of Carney. It’s bright and air-conditioned, with a bunch of cubicles set up on all sides for the heads of UGBC’s different departments.

It seems like the type of place where open and clear discussion between different groups would be easy, which is why it’s surprising to hear UGBC’s members say that it’s not.

In years past, several told me, the organization has suffered from a general lack of communication between its branches and a marketing operation that hasn’t done enough to tell students about UGBC’s accomplishments. It’s also battled the perception that it’s exclusive and insulated from the student body, and general frustration at the slow pace of policy change in working with the administration.

This year, many hope, that’s going to change.

Last spring, I talked to Russell Simons and Meredith McCaffrey, this year’s UGBC president and executive vice president, both MCAS ’17, about their plans for their tenure. Student perception kept coming up, as, at the end of a confusing and drawn-out election season with the lowest turnout—by far—in years, UGBC seemed to be at a crossroads. It had to act, Simons said. Transparency was seen as critical to the group’s future.

So over the summer, UGBC’s com-

munications department got a fresh look.

Led by Emily Yu, this year’s vice president of communications and MCAS ’17, the department, formerly focused solely on internal event marketing, added an outreach arm to work on student perception and branding. It just might save the day. *** Toward the end of every school year, after the UGBC presidential election, students apply to the executive board, home to the vice presidents of the different branches.

Those are—in addition to communications—diversity and inclusion, finance, student organizations, student initiatives, and the Undergraduate Leadership Academy (ULA), a group of about 40 freshmen who get an orientation to UGBC and an intern-like spot in one its departments.

Usually the people who get those positions helped out on the winning team’s presidential campaign or have been in UGBC for a while. Not Emily Yu. “I’ve actually never been a part of UGBC before, so this is a completely new experience for me,” she said. “To say the least, it’s been an adventure.”

Before this year, Yu worked on marketing for the Asian Caucus, which gave her a sense of how campus groups attract and direct attention. It also gave her a pretty negative view of the organization she now helps run.

“Why would you go out and try to vote for someone when the change that they promise isn’t going to come within the next four years?” she said, talking about how she’s felt in years past. “A lot of people aren’t invested in long-term development of BC and UGBC because they just don’t feel represented. Which is what I thought, as an outsider.”

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The Fall Career and Internship Fair will take place in Conte Forum on Tuesday from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. The event will feature over 140 organizations, both for profit and nonprofit, recruiting students for internships or full-time employment.

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As the Office for Institutional Diversity celebrates its 45th anniversary, it will host Boston College’s second diversity and inclusion summit on May 24.

The first diversity and inclusion summit, held in the spring, was a success, according to Patricia Lowe, institutional diversity’s executive director. After receiving a postive response, the Office for Insitutional Diversity decided to hold another summit in 2017.

“The 2016 Diversity and Inclusion Summit provided a welcoming and respectful venue for more than 200 faculty, staff, and administrators to engage in dialogue regarding the work taking place related to diversity and inclusion across campus,” Lowe said to the Office of News and Public Affairs.

Last year’s summit featured a series of discussions about how BC supports the Jesuit social justice mission of creating a diverse and inclusive community. The summit this year will focus on similar themes and will invite guests to speak.

University President Rev. William P. Leahy, S.J., opened the summit with welcoming remarks.

Damon A. Williams, senior vice president and chief educational and youth development officer at The Boys and Girls Club of America, was the keynote speaker.

“OID is pleased to hold the Second Annual Diversity and Inclusion Summit,” Lowe said.

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On Tuesday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., the GLC will host a fall welcome social in the Vanderslice Cabaret Room. At the event, the GLC will inform students of the resources on campus for the LGBTQ community. There will be food and games for attendees.

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The Office of Student Affairs received feedback in two ways—focus groups and online surveys—according to Carrie Klemovitch, special assistant to the vice president and director of special projects. The Office of Student Affairs also talked to resident assistants, resident directors, and other staff to discuss potential changes to Welcome Week. “ The biggest change was in direct response to student feedback, around the MOSAIC program,” Klemovitch said.

MOSAIC is a program in which upperclassmen share their stories about understanding their identities and the meaning of community at BC. The program was split into four time slots in order to accommodate all of the freshman class.

Through the online survey sent out to the class of 2019, the Office of Student Affairs discovered that many freshmen did not get to reflect on their MOSAIC experience during their floor meetings days later. As a result, the Office of Student Affairs decided it was more productive to hold reflections directly after

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“We wanted to make sure that we were intentional about providing an opportunity for students to reflect on what they heard and to have a dialogue on their own identity and the identities others bring to campus,” Klemovitch said.

Bowman Advocates, a new student leadership group out of the AHANA Intercultural Center, partnered with members of FACES and resident assistants to facilitate the reflections after the program.

The Office of Student Affairs sent out a survey to the freshman class on Tuesday, Sept. 6, asking for their feedback on Welcome Week. The survey received 475

responses within the first 24 hours, an impressive response rate, according to Klemovitch.

Although the survey is still open, the early data has been positive, Klemovitch said.

Eighty-nine percent of the students expressed that Welcome Week met or exceeded their expectations. Seventy-four percent of students were more inspired to understand difference and explore their own identities after attending MOSAIC. After attending Welcome Week, 80 percent of students could name one person they would go to for academic support, and 75 percent could name a person or an office they would go to if they had a personal prob-

lem or concern.

The top three events the class of 2020 would recommend for new students are the opportunities fair, Discover Boston, and their floor meetings.

This data will help the Office of Student Affairs plan Welcome Week 2017, according to Klemovitch.

“The Welcome Week was a great way to get adjusted to BC,” Michael Zuppone, MCAS ’20, said. “By the time classes started, the campus felt more like a home to me than a giant, intimidating maze. The week also made me excited to start classes and showed me all the cool ways I could get involved in the BC community.”

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BC Health Services relocated to 2150 Commonwealth Avenue in June.

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Along with its new first-floor location in the Thomas More Apartments at 2150 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston College University Health Services (UHS) has implemented an online portal students can use to schedule their own appointments.

Students can now go to the UHS website, click the online appointment tab, and log in with their BC credentials. A list of available appointments will appear, and students can book one via the portal.

Previously, students had to physically visit UHS or call to make an appointment.

Scott Jusseaume, associate director of UHS, set up the online appointment-booking system.

“This just allows students a little more freedom to schedule their own appointments,” Jusseaume said. “So if they are sick at 2 a.m. and want to see someone the next day for illness, they can get an appointment at that time.”

Students must book their appointments, however, via BC’s Wi-Fi, eduroam. This is in order to avoid a security breach into UHS’s protected health information net-

work. Students who live off campus will be required to download an app to link into BC’s network.

The addition of the online appointment scheduling was phased in as a part of a two-year technological update project for UHS. The new location of UHS will also serve as a benefit to students, according to Thomas Nary, director of UHS. UHS was previously housed in Cushing Hall for 30 years. This facility lacked space when compared to other universities, according to Nary.

It was agreed two years ago that UHS would be moved, and it took a year to plan the move, as it required the help of the information technology department and an outside contractor.

The new facility is equipped with the newest technology and machinery. The space will also be able to handle a larger flow of students.

“We are extremely pleased to be in the new residence hall, a really luxurious building,” Nary said. “It gives us space consistent with other college health services and benchmark health clinics in general. It allows for more efficient handling of the volume of students we see each year and incorporation of current technology.”

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Wednesday, Sept. 7

1:08 p.m. - A report was filed regarding a larceny at Keyes Hall.

10:30 a.m. - A report was filed regarding found property at Maloney Hall.

Friday, Sept. 9

11:50 a.m. - A report was filed regarding a medical incident at an off-campus location.

1:51 a.m. - A report was filed regarding a towed vehicle from the Commonwealth Ave. garage.

11:43 p.m. - A report was filed regarding a cruiser repair at BCPD headquarters.

Thursday, Sept. 8 12:23 a.m. - A report was filed regarding alarm problems in Medeiros Hall.

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José Gomez, the archbishop of Los Angeles, addressed students on Sept. 8 on the issues of immigration, national identity, and the Catholic conscience.

His visit to Boston College was part of the Church in the 21st Century Center’s speaker series.

In his talk, Gomez pointed out that both Hispanics and Asians reached America prior to the Pilgrims.

Often people see the nation as being a project of Western Europeans, but that is an incomplete version of the United States’s history, he said.

“Something we should think about: the first non-indigenous language spoken in this country was not English,” Gomez said. “It was Spanish.”

Gomez spoke of the injustices that Hispanics face in the United States. He talked about how immigration today is also a spirtual issue that tests our faith and compassion. He believes that people talk about the poor, but not to them.

G omez said that he w a s not referring to any politicians in particular throughout his speech. He was not addressing the 2016 presidential election, but rather referring to the shifting national conversation on immigration. He also discussed the national immigration policy and the lack of inclusiveness in the nation.

“Immigration reform is one of the great issues of our day,” Gomez said. “It’s about more than politics and economics. It is a struggle for justice, dignity and human rights. It is a challenge to the conscience of every individual.”

The Shea Center for Entrepreneurship will host a lunch with Mike Farber, founder and partner of LaunchSquad, on Wednesday from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. in Cushing 208. Those interested must register for the event online, as space is limited.

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At Orientation this past summer, each freshman was given a copy of Pemberton’s book, which tells his story of growing up in the foster care system. From a young age, Pemberton was abused and without a family or home. But through the help of his teachers and strangers, he managed to escape the foster care system and attend BC. Pemberton began his Convocation address with a forewarning: he was not there to be a memorable or profound speaker. He did not want to preach or act like he had wisdom to give, he said.

Pemberton realizes that students have their own struggles in life. After his rocky childhood in an abusive foster family, he realized that he did not need adults to give advice

because each individual’s experience was different. Rather, Pemberton was speaking at Convocation to start a conversation and share his personal experience, he said.

When Pemberton first started writing his book at 4:30 a.m. in 2011, he did not realize the impact it would have. Throughout the speech, he referred to several people who reached out to him, sharing their stories or personal connections to his memoir.

He shared the story of a 73-year-old man from Ireland who sent him an email. The man said that after reading Pemberton’s book, he felt that his struggles in life would not go with him to the grave, but rather, that he would die in peace.

Years after writing his book, a 5-year-old boy also sent Pemberton a letter. In response, Pemberton reached out to the boy’s elementary school, asking if he could come and visit.

The principal was at first apprehensive about allowing Pemberton to speak at the school, until she read the back cover of his memoir and realized that she was Pemberton’s secondgrade teacher.

From these experiences with people,

Pemberton came to realize that everybody has a story to share. He posed students with the challenge of asking their peers about their own individual narratives, and trying to see how they connect to their own.

In his speech, Pemberton also identified some of the heroes in his life. After working on the custodial staff at BC during the summer after his freshman year, Pemberton made mentors and lifelong friends in his co-workers. He admired their attention to detail and their dedication to their jobs.

When one day he told them that he would like to follow in their footsteps, his co-workers instead pushed him away, claiming that they had higher expectations for him despite his difficult background.

Pemberton identified three qualities in his heroes: the ability to pause and reflect, the willingness to compromise, and the courage to take big leaps in life.

When asked where he attended college, he will always respond, “I went to school in Boston.” According to Pemberton, people will normally be prompted to say “where in Boston?” and in response, Pemberton

will often take a hefty pause before saying “Boston College.”

He finds this pause necessary for his own personal reflection. BC, to Pemberton, was his home. He considers Duchesne East on the Newton Campus, where he lived freshman year, the place where he grew up, matured, and found his faith. He finds it necessary, when asked about his college experience, to pause and remember his roots at BC. “I have heard Father Leahy say many times, that you are to reflect on where you are and where you are going,” Pemberton said. “It doesn’t mean that they stop moving, but they take a moment in every single day to reflect.”

Pemberton also referred to the current divided state of the nation, in which people and politicians are unable to compromise.

He claimed that he is afraid of the future state of the nation if moderates continue to disappear. Pemberton believes people must be able to compromise if they choose to follow in the footsteps of heroes.

And finally, Pemberton brought up his 14-year old-son, Vaughn, when talking

about taking leaps. As a kid, Vaughn was known for jumping off household objects, no matter the height. Pemberton asked him what he expected to change after falling so many times. Vaughn responded, “Something.”

“Sometimes in life, you just have to jump, knowing something is going to happen,” Pemberton said. “You don’t know exactly what is going to happen, but sometimes you have to leap when the landing doesn’t immediately appear.”

To close out his speech, Pemberton told the students that he does not wish them success in the future. As students of BC, he knows that the class of 2020 is already on the right track to finding a career and excelling. Rather, Pemberton hoped that students would find fulfillment in life by asking people their stories and creating new relationships.

“The people that you meet here at BC— the faculty, the staff, the groundskeepers, the people who serve you food in the cafeteria—ask them their stories,” Pemberton said. “They have a chapter for you.”

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“That’s where the conflict started, because at that time we didn’t have the I-485, but we were strongly confident that it was going to come very soon,” he said.

BC then gave him an unofficial financial aid package, which his financial aid advisor said would become official when he received the I-485. It turns out that the process was not as simple as they assumed.

This past summer, Cadet and his family were approved for an interview with the Immigration Office in Florida, which is usually one of the last steps in the process of getting a green card. riginally, Cadet’s interview for a green card was supposed to be in September. Although he was confident that he would be approved, Cadet contacted some people in July in an attempt to move the interview date back to August so that he wouldn’t have to go home in September for it. He managed to get in touch with former senator Chris Smith, who helped him move his interview up to August, before school began.

At the same time, Cadet said, he struck a deal with BC, which told him that he could begin school with the freshman class in late August and then go back to Florida in September for his interview.

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“But that kind of fell through because I wanted to do the interview in August and surprise them with the green card,” he said.

At the interview, however, the immigration officer told Cadet and his family that they could not get their green cards because they had overstayed their visa between the time that they first arrived in the United States in 1999 and when they started to apply for the green card in 2004.

“Immigration had us going for 12 years thinking that we were in the clear,” he said, referring to the time period between 2004 and the interview that took place this past August.

“If they had informed us that they were not able to get it because of something that happened in 2004 back in 2004, we would’ve gone a different route or done something else different. But we weren’t aware at all.”

Back when they first arrived in 1999, his father paid someone to take care of the paperwork for him. But the man turned out to be a fraud, submitting the wrong documents.

“I’m not too aware of what happened at the time because I was so young,” he said. “But, from what I understand, he took advantage of my family, and instead of doing this, he did something else.”

Once his parents realized what had happened, they decided to restart the application process on their own in 2004. The plan was to have Cadet’s grandfather, who is a citizen of the U.S., apply for Cadet’s father to be a citizen, and Cadet’s father would then apply for the

rest of his family to become citizens. This sort of application is known as an I-30F. Cadet said that this is a widespread issue within the Haitian immigrant community— many of his mom’s Haitian friends overstayed their U.S. visas as well.

“The way I’ve been told and the way I’ve experienced it is that from 2004 to currently we’ve been doing everything in the right steps,” he said.

His parents have sent in all of the required paperwork and paid the fees associated with them for green cards.

“For each step, we’ve been approved all the way,” Cadet said. “My parents reassured me that we were going to get it—we didn’t do anything wrong, we were never on the wrong side of the law.”

Following the interview, Cadet and his family went to an immigration office. The people working in the office told them that they were beginning to strictly enforce this law.

“It was, I guess, bad timing that we went,” he said. he immigration officer called BC and asked if there was any way he could still receive financial aid.

Bernie Pekala, director of student financial strategies, told him that BC’s policy states that if you are eligible for federal aid, you also qualify for BC financial aid. This policy has never been waived, but they said if Cadet could get some letters of recommendation,

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When he describes home to his family and friends, Pemberton is always thinking of his four years on the Heights, he said. Since his graduation 27 years ago, he has spoken at BC five times. He never gets tired of coming back, he said.

“You are so unequivocally and absolutely alive when you are here,” Pemberton said. “There is no way you can’t be alive. There is no way you can treat this place like a hamster wheel.”

Pemberton still lives by the advice that one of his freshman professors gave him when he turned in an assignment late: “You’re going to do this, or you’re

not.” Pemberton remembered taking that as a challenge and still thinks about

“You are so unequivocally and absolutely alive when you are here. There is no way you can’t be alive.”

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the slogan in his day-to-day life.

Day-to-day, Pemberton lives with

his wife and three children. When he started talking about his family, his face lit up.

Pemberton married his wife, Tanya, 19 years ago. Together, the y have two boys, Quin and Vaughn, and one daughter, Kennedy, otherwise known as “daddy’s girl.” From his children, Pemberton has learned how to be in a happy family.

Without ever having parents of his own, Pemberton is always learning what it means to be a father. Over the 16 years since his first son was born, Pemberton has learned about parenthood through the eyes of his kids.

“To have a child teach a parent what it means to have a parent, isn’t that an amazing circumstance?” Pemberton said.

they would try to help him.

“That’s what I did immediately,” he said.

Cadet returned to his high school and asked several professors and guidance counselors to write him letters. He also spoke with Smith and Archbishop Thomas Wensky of Miami.

Despite the numerous letters he submitted to BC, Cadet’s request was not approved.

“I was majorly heartbroken,” he said.

A few days later, in a last-ditch attempt, he and his parents drove to BC from Fort Lauderdale and asked if there was a way he could do one semester. At this point, it was too late for him to enroll at any other school because all of the deadlines had passed.

A BC adviser put in a request for Cadet to receive financial aid for the first semester, but Cadet’s family worried he wouldn’t hear back before school began. So, his father decided to take out a loan to pay for the first semester.

Since the ordeal last month, Cadet’s story has gotten some attention. The Miami Herald interviewed and wrote an article on him after his father took out the loan. Florida Senator Marco Rubio reached out, Cadet said, telling him not to worry about money. Rubio’s office confirmed to The Heights that he has been working with Cadet and his family to discuss possible solutions. Cadet also has a GoFundMe page, which has raised just over $5,000 so far. All of this media attention has made lawyers want to represent him and people want to support him.

“I’m just really humbled and honored that people are supporting me,” he said. adet has not yet heard if BC will support him for the fall semester.

Right now, Cadet is paying for this semester with his father’s loans. Financial services representatives from the Office of Student Services were not able to comment at this time.

“If we can get our green card, the whole issue would be solved,” he said. “So that’s what we’re aiming at—getting the green card.”

Rubio is doing all that he can to help him get a green card, Cadet said. And for now, Cadet is one of the 2,319 freshmen in BC’s class of 2020. Cadet moved into his dorm on Upper Campus on Monday, Aug. 29 at 1 a.m., and started classes later that day.

Cadet is looking forward to getting involved with community service, which his high school didn’t really offer, through his PULSE class. As a biochemistry major, Cadet is also taking cells and molecules, calculus, and general chemistry. Though he was originally interested in joining a dance group, he decided the time commitment would be too much. Cadet’s parents are making a financial sacrifice to send him here without the aid package, so he feels that it’s best to stick to his studies.

“So far, so good,” he said. “I’ve been studying sort of religiously. When I’m done with classes, I spend like six hours in the library just reviewing all of my notes and homework.”

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This Summer, Professors Hit the Books James Lucey

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For many Boston College undergraduates, this past summer of 2016 meant toiling away at internships, working and studying abroad, taking classes to tack on credits, earning money at any cost, or, in some cases, simply sprawling out across beaches of all geographies.

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While we worked and played, BC professors of all disciplines had their noses to the grindstone, conducting original research to their hearts’ content and working tirelessly in the name of academia. Now that you’ve heard all about your friends’ summers, lets hear a bit about what your professors were up to.

Professor of Business Law and Society

In the realm of legal studies, Business Law and Society professor Christine O’Brien spent her summer working on important labor issues and writing a paper on the subject to be published in the University of Pennsylvania Business Law Journal. More specifically, her work was focused on the forced signature of arbitration agreements by new hires, relevant particularly to workers not in unions.

“So you as an individual go to get a job, and they’re going to hire you but you need to sign a line saying that you’re not going to sue in court,” O’Brien explained. “The issue is for the individual—you’re forced to go to individual arbitration and you can’t join in a class action.”

Coming to the defense of the worker, O’Brien feels this work is important due to its wide-reaching implications for powerless

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working individuals. These cases, she explains, generally have to do with individuals who have been denied repeatedly over time, and have filed complaints of everything from discrimination to statutory.

These issues have been highlighted in particular recently by the sexual harassment lawsuit that former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson filed against Fox News CEO Roger Ailes this past summer, O’Brien mentioned. This case, unfolding dramatically in the public eye, serves as a very effective backdrop to O’Brien’s work in the field of labor relations.

“People think, ‘Oh, you just don’t sign things like that,’” O’Brien said of these complex and sometimes coercive agreements. “But if you want a job, you sign it—it’s not like jobs are just on every corner.”

Assistant Professor of History

Across the pond, Zachary Matus, an assistant professor in the history department, spent a portion of his summer slithering through the endless manuscript collections of Oxford University, studying the complex topic of medieval engagement with and representation of the serpent.

The symbolic history of serpents and snakes is deeply rooted in human history, and serpent imagery resonates powerfully even to this day.

Of particular interest to Matus is the space at the intersection of science and culture where serpents have historically existed.

“Whats interesting to me, is the ways in which different cultural modes bump up together,” Matus said of the cultural and scientific overlap in his study of snakes.

Essential to Matus’ study of medieval serpents is Alchemy, the medieval forerunner of chemistry, which had heavy superstitious and religious implications as well.

“It’s another place where religion and science or proto-science bump up against one another,” Matus said of alchemy. “It has a desire to explain the world according to rational and observable phenomena, along with a strong sense that there is a real presence that orders and guides that world.”

To Matus, details like this are what truly illuminate the past. The messy picture of history, not found in “clean” texts purely devoted to one discipline, bears a much closer semblance to how things actually worked.

This messy interdisciplinary picture is exactly what Matus has in mind for his work, which is built heavily upon his own original manuscript translations—taken from the neglected corners

of history.

The “weird poems” and anecdotes in the margins of major theological and scientific texts are often neglected by historians and discounted as useless superstition. Matus, however, feels differently–that these comments in the margin can tell an important story.

An example of this? A superstitious snake poem found in the midst of a treatise about alchemy that plays with and destabilizes the whole work. Matus feels that anecdotes like these illuminate a less “clean” but more meaningful picture of the past.

“This tells us that back then the scientific mind didn’t work in the same way,” Matus said. “They were open to possibilities that might be far beyond their knowledge–not everything could be reproduced, but there would be meaning in that lack of reproduction. It’s an embrace of paradox and an embrace of impossibility.”

The future for this research? According to Matus, it’s up in the air–he prefers his work to have a life of its own.

“I didn’t know what my last book was going to be until I finished it,” he said. “It’s good to go in with questions, but always be willing to be led to somewhere that you didn’t expect to go.”

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Joshua Greene

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Professor of Mathematics

If you spent your summer teaching sailing in Martha’s Vineyard or Newport, you may think you know a thing or two about tying sailing knots. Odds are, however, you still know infinitely less about knots than mathematics professor Joshua Greene, who spent his summer talking about and researching a somewhat obscure field of mathematics known as “knot theory.”

As difficult to describe as it may sound to someone outside of the mathematics world, knot theory is, in many ways, exactly what it sounds like—the study of different knots and knot patterns.

“It’s the mathematical theory of knotted curves in space,” Greene said. “And how a knotted curve relates to the space around it,” he added.

Though difficult to grasp from a mathematical perspective, the practices of those who study it are largely problem-based—researchers address a knot that exhibits a certain behavior and aim to unlock more about how it interacts with the space around it.

“A knot is a one-dimensional object in a threedimensional space,” Greene explained, gesturing toward some simple drawings and models he had close at hand. “You can study its relationship to twodimensional shapes, there’s an intermediary in threedimensional space.”

Greene’s summer work in the area of knot theory

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was built on his past work in the discipline, including multiple conference appearances and a collaborative effort toward an academic paper—“Coloring Curves on Surfaces.”

A culmination of gradual work in the area, Greene noted that his and his colleague’s enthusiasm on the subject is a product of both its novelty and its general appeal in mathematics.

Though not a particularly widely covered subject, knot theory connects rather broadly with some wellresearched strands of mathematics. To this end, though Greene’s work stands alone, it connects many areas of mathematics that researchers are interested in.

Moving forward, Greene offered that it’s often hard to predict where a particular project in this realm of mathematics might lead, but unsolved problems have a way of keeping him and his colleagues coming back for more. Often, it seems that a stopping point for this type of research can be difficult to pin down.

Still, though, it seems to Greene that a muted sense of pride in calling it quits in mathematics is a virtue— something difficult to identify with such an infinite problem, but something rewarding nonetheless.

“It’s an ongoing challenge,” Greene said. “Sometimes you feel like, you know, I’m pretty proud of these few things that I can prove, and it makes sense to tie it off now.”

Associate Professor of the Practice of English

If you asked Joseph Nugent, associate professor of the practice in English, about his summer, the direction of the conversation might surprise you.

Nugent wasn’t eternally buried in books and research as one might expect from such a prominent heavy-hitter in both the English and Irish Studies departments.

Instead, he dedicated an enormous amount of time to learning something entirely foreign and new to both his department and himself—virtual reality and gaming.

“Gaming machines are not the kind of things that you’ll find in the average classroom,” Nugent said. “The problem was how I was going to teach a class something about which I knew absolutely nothing.”

The class in question is his exciting new part-undergraduate course, part-revolutionary project, “Analyzing Joyce: A Digital Adventure.” This class is a team effort on the part of undergraduate and graduate students from not only BC, but universities across the country and world, and strives to render the legendary James Joyce novel, Ulysses, in an unprecedented way—virtual reality.

The objective of this, Nugent explains, is to construct a game that allows the story to be experienced in a sensory way like never before.

“Virtual reality has been called the ultimate empathy machine–now I’m not too sure what that means,” Nu-

gent joked. “But somehow or other, the idea is that this thing would promote and assist us in actually feeling and feeling other people’s feelings. The idea of doing that with a book as great as Ulysses is mind blowing.”

Beyond simply researching the VR technology necessary for this project, Nugent’s summer also involved doing a ton of on-the-ground work in Ireland, making sure the class and the project had the appropriate resources at their disposal to execute the project accurately.

Making alliances in Ireland with the archivists at Irish National Television and Radio was one important win, but another huge victory for the team was won with the Irish- and EU-aided body Discover Ireland. With Discover Ireland, Nugent was able to gain access to 3D models of every great monument in Ireland, including Martello Tower—a central monument to both the novel and the VR experience to come.

The goals of the class and the book go beyond purely literary accuracy and homage, however. Nugent hopes that this project will be an emotional and physical exploration of a whole new world.

“The fabulous thing is that we’re not just really learning skills and reading the book,” Nugent said. “There’s really some very deep, conceptual thinking going on.

We’re trying to think through what it means to be a character in virtual reality. It’s really fabulous stuff.”

CXe[jZXg`e^ k_\ B\p @e^i\[`\ek kf J`^eXkli\ 9: 8\jk_\k`Z 9P ;A I<:EP =fi K_\ ?\`^_kj Making campus beautiful requires a lot of effort. Behind the countless mowing crews and pruning squads lies an intricate operation whose sole purpose is to give Boston College its signature aesthetic.

“So much effort goes into giving campus that ‘wow’ factor,” said Gina Bellavia, director of landscape planning and services. “It is really important to make a good first impression, especially considering that we had about 30,000 prospective students last year.”

Working in conjunction with Scott McCoy, associate director of Landscape Services, Bellavia explained that there is an entire network of dedicated employees working around the clock to keep campus beautiful.

“It’s a lot more work than it appears,” Bellavia said. “Most people just don’t understand how the environment works. It’s a lot more complicated than just throwing some plants in.”

BC’s landscaping services aren’t responsible solely for the various flora on campus, either. They are also responsible for services like paving, masonry, garbage removal, and future landscaping projects.

“There are many logistical challenges that you guys wouldn’t recognize that we deal with on a daily basis,” McCoy said.

“Every year we want this campus to be a showplace, so we make the investment on an expensive landscape.”

McCoy explains that although some landscaping practices may appear unnecessarily expensive and wasteful, there is a definitive purpose behind every landscaping endeavor on campus. The value added, in the eyes of the administration and the teams that work the grounds, vastly outweighs the surprisingly miniscule total cost of these landscaping endeavors.

This train of thought plays into many of the most often criticized practices of BC’s landscaping, most notably the re-sodding of the lawns on Middle Campus every year. As both McCoy and Bellavia bemoan, it is really difficult to show students the value that they are getting out of the new grass.

“If I were to put you next to a train station in downtown, it’s usually kinda seedy, and that evokes a certain feeling,” Bellavia said.

“Now, I drop you on BC’s campus, and it feels warm and welcoming. You don’t evaluate why, you just like it. That’s aesthetics.”

As noted by the two senior staff members, it is not as expensive and wasteful as people might make it seem.

“I couldn’t immediately identify a percentage [of tuition that goes toward landscaping], but it really is miniscule,” Bellavia said. “But what you get in turn is the experience. We are two miles from downtown Boston, and we have our own little oasis here.”

The budget covers more than just new sod. Watering, seasonal replanting based on season, mowing, and other projects are also incorporated. And logistically, none of the challenges the crew encounters are simple.

“Oddly enough, one of the biggest challenges we face is having a D1 football program,” McCoy said. “We have 20,000 people coming to campus for seven weekends in one season, which happens to be the season we want to prepare for winter.”

McCoy also stressed that this is one of the main reasons for the re-sodding in the spring. The one-two punch of football season and a New England winter takes its toll on all of the plants on campus. Not only that, the fact that some of Lower Campus is land created from a filled-in reservoir cre-

ates myriad other issues regarding the soil and the water table.

But, everyone wants campus to look its best in the spring, especially the landscapers who must overcome the challenge of a rain deficit to maintain the BC aesthetic and ensure that lasting memories are made on campus during the busy season.

At BC, the word “aesthetic” carries a special meaning, Bellavia said.

“When you think about the aesthetics of a place, it evokes emotion. You don’t have to know why you like it, you just do,” she said.

“No one sits around analyzing why they like it, it just happens.”

This is the entire mission of BC’s landscaping ventures. Looking good while keeping costs at a relative minimum is a challenge, but not one that has gone unnoticed.

“We’ve come a long way, and we’re always focused on bringing it to the next level,” Bellavia said. “If visiting students don’t get the ‘wow’, they might go somewhere else, and current students want the ‘wow’ as well.”

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“When they picked the new VPs last year everybody was like, ‘Who’s Emily?

She’s new? What?’” said Prianka Bedi, director of outreach for UGBC and MCAS ’18. “So many people were so excited, like, ‘Oh my God, they’ve chosen somebody from the outside, that’s so good.’”

This is Bedi’s third year in UGBC, and for the first two she’s been frustrated by the criticism leveled at it by students. Every semester, the group creates a list of its accomplishments, which she said is always long but little-discussed by the rest of the school. So last spring, Bedi started looking for ways to fix that. At a UGBC general meeting, she and Matt Baldwin, MCAS ’18, stood up and said that anybody who was interested could step out into the hallway to brainstorm. That hallway session yielded an outreach pilot program, which officially launched this year.

Added positions include photographers, videographers, coordinators for events, brand, and research, and an interdivisional liaison to fi x communication between UGBC’s branches. The goal is to create a sleek and efficient operation that seeks to clarify to students just who’s doing what. Yu told me that last year, she was at the AHANA Leadership Council’s (ALC) annual Showdown dance competition when somebody said they had no idea that ALC, a subsidiary of diversity and inclusion, was part of UGBC. That stuck out to Yu as a major problem with a simple fi x, and Meg Loughman, outreach’s brand coordinator and MCAS ’19, did a lot of work over the summer to standardize UGBC’s logo to make sure people know, for example, that it runs ALC. In addition to being a source of student confusion, those inter-UGBC relationships have been a problem in the past, so the communications department’s reorganization also serves as a streamlining that should help UGBC work better.

Loughman said that last year, as a freshman in Undergraduate Leadership Academy, she was thrown into the communications department, which lacked clear focus.

“I literally had no role,” she said. “I didn’t know what to do, and without formal Photoshop training I really couldn’t contribute to the team at all. It was a lot of people doing their own thing, a lot of people with certain artistic talents being really overworked and others really not doing anything at all.”

That led to this year’s rotation system for marketing design, led by “creative coordinators” who will work on making sure there’s a more equal allocation of jobs.

The research coordinators, Derek Xu, and Chris Liu, both MCAS ‘19, worked all summer to create a statistically viable survey that will help UGBC measure its approval rating and get a sense of its place on campus and of what students want to see it do. They’ll issue a similar survey in April or May to see how the approval rating and student feedback change.

“If you asked somebody what UGBC does, you’d get 10 or 15 percent able to tell you,” Bedi estimated. “By the end of the year, we want that to be 20 or 30 percent.”

The pilot program also led last spring to a March Madness policy bracket. Outreach started with 16 different policy proposals submitted through Campus Voice, a space on UGBC’s website for students’ ideas, and as people voted throughout March those options got whittled down until just one policy remained: avocados—that Holy Grail of Mac food—in the dining halls. Sometimes it’s that simple.

Usually it’s not.

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hen I sat down with Yu and Bedi, the conversation eventually shifted from how to market the stuff UGBC does, to the stuff UGBC does and how it does it. Fixing student disillusionment is going to be in part about making sure it doesn’t take literally 10 years to put printers in Lower, and that means working with the school. Which can be hard.

“A lot of people see UGBC as this huge bureaucratic body that has a lot of people in it but doesn’t really get to do anything, and a lot of people see the president and the EVP as just another title, like a resume padder,” Yu said. “Which is somewhat true, because UGBC is limited by a lot of administrative barriers.”

According to Bedi, those barriers are related at least somewhat to the admin-

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istration’s structure. With any policy goal, she said, there’s no one channel to go through to make it happen. It’s always about multiple layers of approval, going first to one person, waiting for them to say yes or no, waiting for their boss to say yes or no, and so on. And that wears on UGBC’s members.

“Last year, people would come into the office and be like, ‘I’m done, I’m quitting, it’s been two years of this, I’m done,’” Bedi said. “The thing that keeps people going is the passion. So many people who are in UGBC, we’re not doing it for the title, we’re doing it because we genuinely want to help the student body.”

Here’s an example that frustrates Bedi: for two years, UGBC has been trying to get T passes for nursing students to travel to their clinicals downtown at hospitals like Mass General. Nick Raposo, CSON ’18, told me that a semester of clinicals can cost a nursing student $140 or more in T charges, even though the work is unpaid.

He said that, when one of his classmates was touring BC as a high-schooler, she was told the school covered nursing students’ transportation costs, which is not the case.

In order to get to that point, UGBC has to gather data to make sure that the students will actually use the T passes, which requires a pilot program, a restructured

budget, and the OK of nursing, student affairs, and finance administrators.

Another issue, Yu said, is that sometimes both sides of the negotiating table are on different wavelengths. Administrators, many of whom have been here for a long time or will be here for a long time, naturally tend to take the long view, while in the grand scheme students pushing for big changes have a pretty short window in which they can get what they want.

If their four years end without success on that front—well, then it just doesn’t matter. Off they go, out into the world, their spots filled by new, similarly hopeful faces. Students’ interests move in cycles, edging forward in fits and starts, while the administration forges a clear path toward BC’s overall goals in the form of 10-year plans and billion-dollar fundraising campaigns. But in general, Yu said, administrators share UGBC’s goals.

“I think sometimes we might demand something kind of crazy, and be like, ‘We want this done in three years,’ and administrators just say, ‘No, you can’t do it,’” she said. “Then I think people just say, ‘Oh, the administration is evil,’ even if that’s not the case.”

Mark Miceli, associate director of student engagement in the Office of Student Involvement, works closely with UGBC

and has seen its efforts up close. He said in an email that, from an administrative standpoint, most projects on campus tend to run in six- to 18-month cycles.

And those projects almost always have complicating factors.

“What might seem very easy to implement on the surface, can quickly balloon into a substantial project unexpectedly,” Miceli said.

So UGBC has to think about the existing schedule of projects, and find a place to fit in its new initiatives. That’s on top of additional budget conversations that need to happen. Moral of the story: the entire focus can’t just shift. These things take time.

A one-year UGBC project is an extremely difficult undertaking, so Miceli recommends that it spread its projects out over more than one term. But that can be tough. Maybe there’s a problem with how the election works: because turnover is so high—the president, executive vice president, and executive board members all have one-year terms and are often seniors—long-term focus could be almost impossible.

But maybe this is the year. UGBC has the help of some experienced members in Simons, McCaffrey, and Bedi, and a fresh-faced pragmatist in Yu. Don’t count them out.

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The same question presented itself dozens of times. Everyone asked it.

Professors, roommates, and, yes, even my parents: “What are your plans for senior year?”

I contemplated this question again as I began to write my first column for The Heights in the Chocolate Bar early one morning. Dozens of thoughts rushed through my mind as I stirred whatever remained of my Dunkin’ Donuts iced coffee.

Thoughts of an upcoming Falmouth Half-Marathon rang a bell. A few Career Center dates loomed. Thinking harder, a certain LSAT prep book remained a paperweight. But remembering two weeks ago, I found my answer in a car ride home from Martha’s Vineyard.

Driving on 495-North from Falmouth to Worcester, my younger brother Max turned on our Volvo’s broken speakers.

A familiar tune broke through the radio’s cloudy static. Usually, it takes less than 10 seconds for my brother to name the song and artist. The Doobie Brothers, Tim McGraw, Kanye—you name it, Max knows it. Hearing James Taylor’s gentle voice split the empty silence, Max needed only a few guitar strokes.

“You can play the game and can act out the part / even though it wasn’t written for you / Tell me, how can you stand there with your broken heart / ashamed of playing the fool?”

Years ago, my mom played these same lyrics off her old cassette tape during our 6 a.m. drives from Shrewsbury to Martha’s Vineyard.

Back then, I heard ice cream, sunshine, and the beach whenever Taylor strummed those first few guitar notes.

The lyrics meant a simple time—a time when your day’s greatest problem was sand in your sandwich.

During that long drive home, I heard a different tune. Taylor’s lyrics look the same on paper, but I can’t help but think

of senior year.

Unlike most Boston College students, I’ve committed myself to—well, non-commitments.

Now, before you ask why, let me assure you that I write this column with the utmost respect for all of BC’s extracurricular activities.

Volunteer groups like 4Boston and Arrupe play integral roles in the Boston community and across international borders.

Club sports, Campus Ministry, dance groups, and dozens of other clubs offer a chance to grow in ways many students never thought possible—I applaud this.

That said, I do not feel compelled to conform and meet the perceived status quo. After all, to paraphrase Taylor, why play the game and act the part even if it wasn’t written for you? For me, I see un-involvement as the best way to fulfill the joys I find most pleasure in.

During my first three years here, I drowned myself in activities, from The Gavel and 4Boston to ELP and Kairos.

Each experience taught me something new. I grew. I laughed. I learned.

But something felt missing. Something felt lost.

Why? Well, for starters, I had no time for the things I loved most. Club commitments tore me four different ways. I found no way to pencil in a run around the Res. Weeks passed without going to one of Fr. Casey’s Thursdaynight masses.

Worst of all, an empty seat often sat across the table from someone who needed it filled, whether in the Chocolate Bar or back home in Shrewsbury.

Why go through your time here at BC not focusing on the things that matter most to you? For me, that means family, sports, faith, and writing. If I lose sight of what I love most, I find myself lost. After all, to re-paraphrase Taylor, why play the game and act the part even if it wasn’t written for you?

A perfect senior year never happens.

We plan, God laughs. But having the time and liberty to go out to watch my roommate compete at the Head of the

Charles, drive home for a family dinner, or attend an October baseball game at Fenway certainly helps.

Spend your senior year focused on those who love you, not what others expect of you. Sure, clubs look fine and dandy. But if you find yourself overcommitted, take a step back.

Treat your joy like a muscle. Exercise it every day. If not, you risk standing there with a broken heart, ashamed to play a fool.

For seniors, a world outside of cozy Chestnut Hill looms closer and closer each day. After May 23, your infinite amount of time suddenly turns finite.

Welcome to the real world. No more trigger warnings and safe spaces. Get over it.

But today is for you.

Cherish every second. Yes, make time for others. But, most importantly, make time for yourself.

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The museum boasts a number of impressive collections and also offers a rooftop view and glass-walled staircase.

Attracting students to the museum is important so that these many advantages don’t go to waste.

It might seem difficult to bring large numbers of college students out to an art museum on a Friday night, but this recent event proved that it is possible and very doable.

The event was heavily attended, with a steady stream of students attending during its four hours.

This success must be imitated in the future by other Boston College groups.

The event was prepared, marketed, and executed in a way that brought out large numbers of students who were able to make the most out of what was offered.

This success began with the planning of the event. By integrating multiple aspects into the museum, such as musical performances, food and drinks, games, and activities, the event was set up to attract people who might otherwise be uninterested in art.

This demonstrates an effective way of planning events. The event took advantage of every aspect of the McMullen Museum, from the beauty of the building itself and the view it offers, to the collections within and the museum’s potential as a venue.

Musical group performances and planned activities not only brought interested students, but involved students who are a part of these groups and expanded the natural promotion of the event through this.

Monday, September 12, 2016

“Lonely people tend, rather, to be lonely because they decline to bear the psychic costs of being around other humans. They are allergic to people. People affect them too strongly.”

-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again

After this, the use of effective marketing spread the word. Flyers, emails, and reminders kept the event from flying under the radar.

This marketing is essential to any event on campus. Ensuring that every student is aware of what is offered helps make the event successful and prevents student, who would want to go from missing out.

Promotion through student workers and ambassadors also helped in this way. Ambassadors made the experience interactive and enhanced the event as a whole.

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The art, such as the Beyond Words collection and the museum’s permanent collection, deserve attention from students and events like this make that possible.

The McMullen Museum student opening is a great model for future events of this magnitude.

As BC and BC students groups attempt to plan and promote similar programs, they would do well to use the planning, marketing, and execution of Arts after Dark as a template.

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If you see a pack of roving CSOM kids covered in red welts, know that it’s part of the newest Office of Sustainability project: an urban beehive installed on the top of Fulton Hall.

Director of Sustainability Bob Pion was approached by two Boston College parents and donors, Fred and Donna Siegel, who offered to pay for the installation and maintenance of this beehive. From its rooftop position, the manufactured hive receives the necessary air, sunlight, and space to thrive.

Workers will maintain the hive and monitor bee activity.

Since winter is coming, bee enthusiasts will have to wait until spring to witness the full-strength buzz. The bees serve as a way of attempting to sustain a dwindling bee population, while also offering opportunities for study.

At this point, the beehive is not being used for classes, as the main purpose is to promote environmental sustainability, including protecting creatures from environmental degradation.

This beehive stands alongside a number of recent sustainability efforts over the past few years, like game-day recycling efforts, bike projects, and BC Dining’s refillable container discount.

As Pion said, “It reinforces the message that we have about the importance of preserving the environment and doing what we can to mitigate detrimental effects resulting in bee colony extinction in the natural environment.”

In the future, there are plans to use the beehive for classes and these plans should be implemented as soon as possible. The study and observation remains a good use of the hive, and bringing the project to students would only enhance the usefulness of the hive.

By using this project as a way to engage

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students environmentally, BC would be taking a small step toward addressing other environmental issues on campus, notably improving the environmental studies department.

Using this resource alongside others, such as the garden in Brighton and the greenhouse in Higgins Hall, the department can offer students further opportunities to interact with the environment during their classes.

While this specific resource would simply be a useful way to help students explore ecosystems and promote interest in environmental studies and classes, the concept relates to a general need to improve and expand the environmental studies program.

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It demonstrates a commitment to the changing interests of students and the increasing call for sustainable living.

Small efforts like this beehive should be used to help promote a stronger environmental studies program by increasing interest that could slowly precipitate the larger necessary expansions.

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

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K_\ J_`]k`e^ >\e[\i Ifc\j f] DX[ DXo Q`bX Xe[ Gi\^eXeZp 8EE@< >I8P 9LI>< CONVOCATING - Ah yes, we all remember those innocent days, dressed in our little blazers and dresses, strolling along Linden Lane like a pack of feral mongoose. Four years of greasy fries and cheesy pies lie ahead of you, little ones. Man oh man, seeing these freshmen join our ranks is like watching a bird glide slowly toward a live electrical wire. Except in this metaphor, electrocution is a good thing. I guess.

LISTENING TO “THE DEPARTED TANGO” WHILE RIDING THE T - Nothing says “looking ominously out a train window while wearing a Sox hat and stuffing your hands in your jacket pockets” quite like Howard Shore’s The Departed soundtrack.

What begins as a simple T ride (the ear-rending screech of brakes, the dingy smell of the underground, an old man in a tank top staring at you while repeatedly flicking his tongue against his upper lip), quickly turns into a cinematic experience when you pop in your headphones and crank up the tunes. Instead of just being another listless nobody riding a slow train to nowhere, you can spend 28 minutes pretending to be a working-class hood, an undercover cop, or any of the other Boston movie stereotypes. Pull that Sox cap down over your eyes and stuff those hands as deep into your pockets are they can go. Don’t be a product of your environment. Make your environment a product of you.

In the beginning of their song “Once In a Lifetime,” The Talking Heads sing “And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile / And you may ask yourself, ‘well, how did I get here?’”

It is not often that we ask ourselves this question, especially behind the wheel of a car. Cars are means of transition—of movement from point A to point B. The “here” of a moving car is ever-changing, suggesting, to some, that cars are not a place to take stock of one’s life—that transitions themselves cannot be a location.

Mad Max: Fury Road dispels this notion.

Within a 45-minute futuristic car chase (complete with its own electric guitarist) George Miller, Mad Max’s director, confidently confronts the present-day issue of heteronormative gender roles in our society. In Miller’s dystopian desert land he creates a near-utopia for those hoping to eliminate stereotyped gender roles.

When I was 12, a Facebook quiz told me that my celebrity look-alike was Vin Diesel. As a scrawny, red-haired girl, I had trouble finding similarities between myself, and the entirely bald, extremely muscular man that is Diesel. Curious to see if Vin really was my brother from another mother, I decided to watch Fast and Furious, in which Diesel is the protagonist.

Though the plot now escapes me, one scene in particular does not.

Diesel’s character, Dom, is riding down a highway, leading his brigade in a gasoline heist. Of the three cars in Dom’s posse, men drive all three. In one car, a woman occupies shotgun. During the heist, she performs her task when the man driving tells her to. She is obedient and mechanic, not saying a word throughout the entire scene. In Dom’s car, his supposed girlfriend rides shotgun. Though she is given a more difficult task than the first woman and is confident in her ability, she eventually messes up, necessitating Dom’s role as savior. In the third car, a man rides shotgun, yet he is teased by the others for

his timidity and inability.

In cinema, there are rarely strong, capable female protagonists. This is especially true in movies with car chases. Most often, women are cast as the sexy thing sitting shotgun, or the damsel in distress in need of a male savior. Even when a woman is cast to be strong and confident, she receives the same status as a weak, incapable man.

For a 12-year-old who had just been told she looked like Vin Diesel, watching Fast and Furious rendered my future even bleaker. As a woman, it seemed I was meant to be obedient, anonymous, or incapable—even my successes were painted as inherently inferior to those of men. What does it do to the female psyche when women are constantly put in shotgun? What does it do to the male psyche when men are expected to be the protective savior?

Mad Max: Fury Road challenges the associations that come with heteronormative gender roles, asserting that women can be in the driver’s seat, and that shotgun is not the throne of the inferior.

In Mad Max, Miller creates multi-faceted characters that empower women and men alike to reject gender stereotypes. In the interactions between these characters, Miller shows that one sex is not inherently rendered weaker by the strength of the other.

In the desert world of Mad Max, warlord Immortan Joe (Hugh Keays-Burn) reigns supreme over his impoverished kingdom. Though most are affected by severe physical deformities, there are five beautiful women who remain untainted.

Joe provides the women (whom he indentures as his wives) with anything they ask for, yet keeps them locked away from the world, unable to get out. Despite Joe’s attempts to silence them, however, The Five Wives reject the role of the silenced, obedient woman. In an act of rebellion that catalyzes the plot of Mad Max, The Five Wives write “WE ARE NOT THINGS” on the floor of their chamber, and escape from Immortan Joe’s oppressive grips. The Five Wives exhibit bravery, selfhood, and voice in a female role, all the while maintaining pride in their identities as women.

To further challenge heteronormative gender associations, it is not a man,

but rather Imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron) who occupies the role of savior in Mad Max. After devising a plan of escape, The Five Wives call on Furiosa to assist them in its execution. Furiosa agrees to help them escape, risking her life time and again in order to protect theirs. By contrast, Max (Tom Hardy) is haunted throughout the movie by the voices of those he failed to save during the destruction of the world. These voices, however, ultimately ground him, empowering him to find a purpose greater than following his survivalist instinct. In assigning Furiosa the role of savior, Miller insists that women, too, can be a protective force and can feel the stress and obligation that come with one having another’s life in her or his hands. And in denying Max the role of the savior, Miller makes the claim that men need not always succeed as protector, but can feel fulfilled and make contributions in other positive ways.

Challenging the notion that men should value brawn over brains, Max’s greatest contributions to the survival of Furiosa’s brigade are tactical and mindful. Max often suggests alternate routes, which prove integral to the group’s success. That being said, Max proves himself as a formidable fighter, yet he is not the only one. Both Max and Furiosa prove their physical capabilities, once fighting each other, each person dealing and receiving equal blows. Though he is riding shotgun and she is behind the wheel, Max and Furiosa work together as equals, without one person’s strength causing weakness in the other.

The multi-functionality that Miller affords his characters is revolutionary in the world of cinema. All of his characters are assigned character traits that are typically associated with members of the opposite sex, yet each character maintains his or her gender identity. In employing such a structure, Miller creates a hero for everyone, showing that by rejecting heteronormative gender roles, women and men gain more freedom to be themselves and can achieve greater successes working together, as equals.

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Af_ejfe Xe[ k_\ =lkli\ f] K_`i[ GXik`\j THAT GUY WHO SAYS YOUR ANSWER BEFORE YOU CAN - You’ve been sitting in class for an entire hour waiting for your chance to strike, to prove to Professor Hufflepants that you have a couple of neurons floating around up there. An opening emerges. You know the answer. You can make the point. The thinking will be critical.

The analysis will be insightful. The tone of voice will be condescending.

It will be the perfect class contribution. Your hand snaps up. The professor’s sunken eyes flit over to you, and a bead of sweat drips from the top of your head, down your neck, along your spine, and finally rests in the hollow of your back.

“Well, I feel like what Tocqueville is saying here is like, that…” a voice from across the room draws your attention. Your face turns red. It’s the guy who’s been answering questions all class. He’s stealing your only shot at participation points. Look at him over there, acting like he knows things and enjoys intellectual discussion. He doesn’t even realize that the world revolves around you.

Sinking back into your chair, you huff audibly to express your disdain.

Three months later you get a C- in the class. His fault.

BEING FOLLOWED - Ever since last week’s TU/TD investigation, things have been a little bit strange. Men in gray suits and fedoras seem to be popping up everywhere. Shadows flicker in and out of periphery vision. The forces behind IIII are closing in. Watch your clocks, people. Things might get crazy, but they’ll never stop the thumb from pointing up or down.

D8KK?<N 9<;L>E@J If you’re like me—one of many Americans currently trying to choose between the political equivalents of a rock and a hard place—you may have been excited by the prospect of a third voice on the stage of the presidential debates to come.

I think many have been receptive to the idea that another candidate couldn’t possibly make things worse. In fact, a whole movement has sprung up around getting the former New Mexico governor and Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson the right to appear on stage.

He was seemingly on track to earn that privilege by polling at close to 15 percent of the vote. The debates are already set to be more akin to wrestling title matches than the dignified discourse of a modern republic, so what harm could a third voice possibly do? It turns out, perhaps, quite a bit.

In a recent MSNBC interview, Johnson needed a prompt regarding Aleppo, the war-torn city in Syria. He went as far as to utter the question, “And what is Aleppo?” Far from being the answer to a Jeopardy question, this response might well be the last words of Johnson’s presidential campaign. Aleppo has received national and international attention for the bloody conflict of a civil war, with the United States and Russia supporting opposing sides. It would be difficult for anyone with his or her head not firmly entrenched in the sand to be unaware of the city’s existence and importance, let alone a potential contender for president of the United States. The future of Aleppo has major humanitarian and strategic implications, which makes the error all the more shocking. Not only does this blunder raise questions about Johnson’s foreign-policy qualifications,

it raises questions about his qualifications as a candidate in general.

Johnson said that he blanked and that he’s actually quite well-versed in the politics of the Syrian crisis. I don’t necessarily doubt this, yet we college students know all too well that it isn’t how much you think you know before the test, but rather what you’re able to produce on the spot that counts. I don’t expect politicians to be superheroes with perfect responses to every question. And I realize that with the multitude of issues facing modern America, some things may get lost in the wash.

But Johnson’s gaffe pulls the door wide open for Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton to deflect from real issues and questions and focus on him.

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Johnson could have provided a stabilizing voice in a battle of fire and ice, but now he’s likely to be little more than a convenient distraction for the two main candidates. Better for Trump and Clinton to duke it out on stage against each other one-on-one with no added distractions.

I had high hopes for the potential of a third-party candidate in these presidential debates set to be fought between two dramatically polarizing candidates.

I wanted to believe that a legitimate third-

party figure could be more than a protest vote. I defended Johnson when people made those predictions. I argued that perhaps between all of the bluster about tax returns and emails, Johnson may have actually gotten a cogent word in.

But this gaffe has allowed me to move on from that perhaps too-ambitious hope. I’ll file it as yet another disaster in this dysfunctional race and steel myself for the shouting matches to come. Disillusionment has been a key theme of this election cycle and it’s hard to dispute that this misstep has just added another disappointment to the pile. I think Johnson’s lasting impression with most people will be his look of bewilderment when asked about one of the most critical international issues facing our next commander-in-chief.

It’s truly too bad because I believe that, like myself, many people feel that the two-party system in America has become unwieldy and intractable. The spectrum of issues facing Americans today is as complex as ever, even while the parties grow more isolated and obstinate. We could have used a legitimate third voice in this race, if only to provide a different perspective from the party politics we have come to expect.

Worse still, I fear that Johnson’s flub may have damaged the respectability of third-party candidates not only in this race, but moving forward. This election cycle was the perfect opportunity to show how broken the two-party system is, and a promising third-party possibility may have just knocked himself out of serious consideration. It’s been nearly a quarter-century since a third-party candidate made it to the broadcast debates, yet we need viable outside options and voices now more than ever. For Johnson to have come this close only to regress sets a poor precedent for the hopes of third-party candidates of the future.

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The geopolitical discussion of the Zika virus holds significance in the realm of medical ethics, especially as it pertains to the issue of abortion. Pregnant women infected with the virus run the risk of giving birth to infants with severe physical abnormalities. Women in the United States, who are afforded limited rights to abortion, enjoy a much more forgiving policy than those in Latin America, who only proceed with the procedure under extreme circumstances. An assessment of the legislation that paved the way for this somewhat restricted freedom reveals, however, that American women faced with the prospect of giving birth to infants with permanent physical deformities due to infection with Zika are in fact not presented with much in the way of relief.

In Roe v. Wade (1973), perhaps the most controversial Supreme Court case of the 20th century, a majority opinion citing protection of the health of women as its main priority clashed with an opposing governmental desire to protect the life of the fetus. This controversy eventually led to a compromise that affirmed the autonomy of women in the first trimester, during which they could elect to terminate their pregnancies.

States retained the power to regulate second-trimester pregnancies and ban abortions in the third, assuming of course that the pregnancy did not impact the health of the woman.

The abortion controversy would not end with Roe v. Wade, as the later case Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992) abandoned the consideration of abortion with the organizational framework of the trimester system in favor of a viability argument. Most states assert that a fetus becomes viable—physiologically capable of living independent of its mother, and thus having a status of personhood that makes its termination morally impermissible—late in the second trimester. Before this time, states respect the woman’s right to choose but can elect to ban abortions thereafter.

The crucial distinction that bears heavily on mothers infected with the Zika virus is that no state permits abortion in cases of fetal disease or severe abnormality.

In the case of Zika, the exact point of viability of the fetus holds ultimate significance. Women infected with the virus risk giving birth to a child with microcephaly, a disease characterized by an underdeveloped brain. An abnormally small head, the primary indication of affliction with microcephaly, becomes visible only in the beginning of the third trimester. The central problem, as an Aug. 24 Economist article explains, is that “by this point the window of legal abortion has, in most states, already been slammed shut.”

Women are thus faced with a dire situation and few outlets. One option is to wait for an ultrasound test to detect and confirm microcephaly, at which point they must travel to one of only seven states that lack any lateterm abortion restrictions. Doing so, however, incurs an extreme financial and temporal cost. The other option is quite literally a gamble: women afflicted with the Zika virus can proceed with an abortion in the first trimester, but there is no way to confirm microcephaly of the fetus at that point. Women undergoing these early abortions would necessarily operate under the assumption that the fetus will in fact have microcephaly, apparently a 1 in 8 probability, according to the same Economist article.

Nonetheless, early abortions are likely to rise in the wake of the Zika outbreak, ironically due to stringent state restrictions on late-term abortions imposed by Roe v. Wade.

The circumstances as described pose a considerable moral dilemma for pregnant women infected with the Zika virus, and abortion policy must be amended accordingly to resolve it.

It seems that the status quo of American health care practice is in need of massive revision, as it was nearly four decades ago.

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BEE CONSCIOUS 8 i\Z\ekcp$\jkXYc`j_\[ Y\\_`m\ fe k_\ kfg f] =lckfe ?Xcc `j gXik f] 9fY G`feËj gcXe kf \eZfliX^\ jljkX`eXY`c`kp% 9P B8PC8 =<IE8E;F 8jjk% =\Xkli\j <[`kfi This year, Boston College welcomed an additional 10,000 new Eagles to campus with the installation of an “urban beehive” on the roof of Fulton Hall. At press time, the bees declined to comment on their new identities as avian predators, preferring instead to buzz around their hive in an assertive display of character. The bees’ tenacity in the face of rebranding at the hands of the University and—on a more serious note—a looming swarm of environmental perils, makes one wonder if it’s time to rename our mascot Baldwin the Bee.

HISTORY OF THE HIVE BC’s Office of Sustainability doesn’t get much time in the limelight, but that doesn’t deter sustainability director Robert Pion from steadfastly working with students, faculty, and staff on various initiatives to raise awareness of environmental and sustainability issues in the BC community.

But if you were to ask him seven years ago, “sustainability director” was a career that never would have crossed his mind.

“My work as a designer and project manager were instrumental in my growing awareness that campuses have to be sustainable,” Pion said.

Trained in architectural design, Pion got his start at BC 29 years ago in facilities services, working his way up to become project manager oversee numerous inhouse renovations. It was during this time that he became more aware of how efficiently resources are used and reused in the construction industry. After developing an interest in designing eco-friendly, “green” buildings, Pion began collaborating with BC’s first sustainability director.

“Before becoming sustainability director myself, the director at the time and I shared interest in sustainability programs and worked together on a number of initiatives,” Pion said.

This meeting of the minds made the Office of Sustainability what it is today, with Pion now entering his seventh year as director.

So when Fred and Donna Seigel, donors

and current BC parents, came up to Pion offering to pay for the installation and maintenance of an urban beehive on top of one of the academic buildings, it was an offer he couldn’t refuse. Earlier this year, a beehive was up and running on top of Fulton after three months of negotiation.

The building was chosen as the optimal place for the hive because of its easy rooftop access, level rooftop surface, relative seclusion, and direct exposure to sunlight, joining other similarly adorned buildings in major cities such as Boston, New York, Washington, D.C., and San Francisco. The Fulton hive is one of many manufactured by the Boston-based company Best Bees.

The company is collaborating with the Seigels in their mission to establish urban hives to supplement the dwindling global bee population and to study the behavior of bees in urban environments.

Beekeepers from the company regularly tend to the hive, monitoring the health and productivity of the bees on a monthly basis.

With the cool days of autumn approaching, hive activity is beginning to slow down as the bees build up their store of honey in preparation for hibernation. Come next spring, the hive should resume its normal buzz of activity to replenish the honey consumed during the winter.

THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES Bees’ main food source is the nectar produced by flowers. Because of their foraging habits and ability to fly distances of up to five miles from their hive, bees are also vital pollinators. As they hunt for nectar, they also assist flowers with reproduction by carrying pollen from one flower to fertilize the ovules of another.

Most agriculture is dependent upon bees to pollinate crops that come from flowering plants—without bees, there wouldn’t be apples, carrots, tomatoes, squash, or cocoa.

With a rapidly increasing global population comes a greater demand for food, putting pressure on the agricultural industry to produce more crops at a higher risk of pests and diseases that cause extensive and costly damage. In response, federally approved, “eco-friendly” pesticides have been

used to protect crops. While these sprays successfully deter invasive species from destroying crops, they also have detrimental effects on bees and other pollinating species. Coupled with the destruction of their natural forest habitats, these populations have experienced a marked decrease over the past several decades, according to surveys conducted by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). These sobering statistics have launched movements like establishing urban beehives to raise awareness of the importance of bees in maintaining a healthy environment.

Bees carry nectar back to their hive and deposit it into honeycombs, wax compartments constructed on the interior of the hive. An average hive is as large as a kitchen trash can and houses 10,000 to 15,000 bees. With their collective body heat, the inside temperature is a sweltering 95 degrees Fahrenheit. Bees maintain the hive temperature by beating their wings, which thickens the nectar into honey as water evaporates. Honey acquires its recognizable appearance and viscosity and is ready to be harvested when it reaches a water content of approximately 15 percent.

Apiculture, colloquially known as beekeeping, has been practiced in various human societies since the development of agriculture and domestication of animals.

The method of housing bees in containers and harvesting the honey has remained the same, though the material of the artificial hives has changed. Modern hives are constructed out of wood and resemble a filing cabinet with stacked drawers called “supers” containing several movable frames. The frames are constructed of wire, wax , and plastic , which the bees use as foundation to build honeycombs. The queen bee, whose sole job is to lay eggs, is isolated from the rest of the hive while worker bees are free to enter and leave the hive and move between frames to tend to the honeycombs. A bee colony in a 3-foot-tall structure

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like the Fulton hive can produce on average four gallons of honey in a year.

BUZZING DEVELOPMENTS The Fulton hive, while small in stature, has great potential to further the mission of the Office of Sustainability.

“It reinforces the message that we have about the importance of preserving the environment and doing what we can to mitigate detrimental effects resulting in bee colony extinction in the natural environment,” Pion said.

While the hive addresses environmental concerns, it also raises new ones. The long-term effects of the introduction of urban beehives on the status quo of an ecosystem is also an area of interest for researchers, especially their effect on competition among wild bees that have already established hives in the local vicinity.

The beehive would offer a new, hands-on experience for students to educate themselves on sustainability and the structures of ecosystems.

“There have been some students who are interested in beehives and beekeeping who’ve contacted me,” Pion said. He would like if the beehive could be used as an educational tool in some science classes, eventually. Along with the vegetable garden on Brighton Campus and the greenhouse in Higgins Hall, the Fulton hive could be a valuable resource as another small-scale model to study the interactions between flora and fauna.

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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — In 2015, because of injuries, Boston College turned to a young quarterback named Jeff Smith. An 18-year-old from Clearwater, Fla., Smith struggled to throw the ball, completing only 27 of his 82 attempts for 253 yards.

But man, could he run.

Smith showed off his legs, with 71 attempts for 450 yards and six touchdowns. The highlight: an 80-yard scamper against Notre Dame. His shiftiness and speed proved valuable to the Eagles, but if he couldn’t throw, where would Smith play?

Well, we have that answer.

In 2016, the Eagles, now with a true No. 1 quarterback in Kentucky graduate transfer Patrick Towles, spent the spring searching for wide receivers.

Several stood out as potential starters, from Charlie Callinan, the stalwart from the last two seasons, to the sharp-cutting Michael Walker. Yet on gameday, one has stood above the rest.

His name? Jeff Smith.

Against the University of Massachusetts, Smith showed off his deep threat capabilities. Twice in the second quarter, Smith and Towles connected on deep passes for touchdowns. That gave the Eagles all the offense they would need in a 26-7 victory over the Minutemen in today’s Battle of the Bay State at Gillette Stadium. It’s the first time BC has won on the gridiron since Sept. 26, 2015, against Northern Illinois.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Connor Strachan only has one gear.

Banged up with a shoulder injury during last week’s loss against Georgia Tech, the senior linebacker fought through the pain and delivered an outstanding defensive performance in BC’s 26-7 win over UMass (0-2).

“I’m not gonna go out there and not play at full speed. That would be disrespectful to all my teammates,” Strachan said.

“If I’m cleared to play and I’m going in the game, I’m not going to hold back—regardless of what I got going on.”

The Wellesley, Mass., native tallied a career-high 2.5 sacks for a loss of 19 yards against the Minutemen, including a strip sack of quarterback Ross Comis on a crucial 3rd-and-9 late in the second quarter. With UMass marching into Eagle territory and trailing by just six points, Strachan bulldozed his way through the offensive line and knocked the ball loose for one of BC’s three forced turnovers.

The forced fumble came on the heels of a Patrick Towles interception, proving once again that this defense can pick up its offense when needed.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — University of Massachusetts quarterback Ross Comis looked down the field, rolled to his right, and threw the football. Tight end Adam Breneman was somehow, impossibly, wide open at the Boston College 40-yard line. He caught the pass cleanly and ran it in for a touchdown. And thus, to everyone’s surprise, UMass opened the scoring in Saturday’s Battle of the Bay State matchup at Gillette Stadium. Fortunately for BC fans, the Minutemen would not score again in the game.

The Eagles stormed back, attacking through the air and on the ground to finish the game with a 26-7 victory. It was BC’s first victory in almost a full year.

The Eagles controlled the game and rightfully earned the victory. Let’s take a look at the things that stood out from today’s game.

1. Air Game The Eagles dominated in the sky today. Quarterback Patrick Towles completed 12 of his 22 attempts for 191 yards and two touchdowns. Wide receivers made impressive, highlight-reel leaps to bring the ball in. UMass looked completely outmatched by the passing attack.

Best of all for BC fans? The growing relationship between Towles and receiver Jeff Smith. Both of Towles’ touchdown passes were to Smith, who tallied 98 yards today on just five catches. Towles praised

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D@:?8<C JLCC@M8E FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — It hasn’t always been fair for Mike Knoll.

Steve Addazio recruited Knoll to Boston College as the No. 2 kicker in the class of 2014, according to Rivals.

His task wasn’t a simple one: replace the great Nate Freese, who capped his stellar career with a senior season in which he made all 20 field goals and 40-of-41 extra points. His freshman year, Addazio threw Knoll into the fire

as the starting placekicker, splitting some time with senior Joey Launceford and punter Alex Howell. And, for the most part, Knoll performed serviceably.

Yet his missed extra point against Penn State in the Pinstripe Bowl is all many remember. He’s the living embodiment of why that whole “sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me” adage your mother probably taught you is bulls—t in the internet age. The nastiness and vitriol Knoll endured on social media are something no one should undergo.

To make matters worse, Knoll fell out of favor with the coaching staff, largely replaced by a freshman, Colton Lichtenberg, in the 2015 season.

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So on Saturday against Massachusetts, Knoll was just happy to be there.

He had already made an impressive debut against Georgia Tech as the team’s new punter, now that Howell has departed. Knoll showed he can flip the field, especially on his punt that was downed at the one-yard line.

The best part was his smile on the big screen. Knoll waved his hands in air guitar fashion, similar to Michigan State kicker Michael Geiger’s celebration last year against Ohio State.

But with Lichtenberg sidelined with a quad injury, fate called Knoll back to the placekicking position.

When that was discovered, Twitter went into a frenzy, crazed that BC’s pitiful kicking game would somehow

get worse. In fact, many wondered if Knoll would even get an opportunity.

Initially, Addazio didn’t. On 4thand-5 in the first quarter from 45 yards out—admittedly, a very long attempt—Addazio elected to go for it, but the Eagles failed on downs. After the game, Addazio had a reasonable explanation.

“I wanted to make sure Mike had another opportunity to get back on track,” Addazio said. “I felt like it was too far, and I didn’t want to put him in that position, at that distance. I wanted to give him a situation where I could put him in and it would give him some confidence.”

That chance came in the third quarter, though the situation wasn’t

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entirely different. From 40 yards out—still a considerable distance for an inexperienced kicker—on 4thand-8, Addazio called on Knoll. He drilled it down the middle. Only three minutes later, Knoll knocked another through the uprights, this time from 37 yards away.

Knoll’s performance was spectacular given what he has gone through, and what BC has gone through on special teams over the last three seasons. It’s most certainly far from fixed.

Who knows what will happen when Lichtenberg heals? Plus, Knoll failed on an extra point earlier in the game, once again bringing out the eggs from

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Monday, September 12, 2016 WOMEN’S SOCCER

THUMBS UP ...FINALLY  BC ended a nearly year long drought without a win against UMass on Saturday, holding the Minutemen to -23 yards rushing in a 26-7 win. The best part? The Eagles made their first field goals of this season (after missing an extra point, of course).

BLUE DEVIL DEFLECTION  Never doubt the soccer gods. After a 2-1 loss to Villanova in which the Eagles could not catch a break, they received their share of good fortune on Saturday when Simon Enstrom’s shot bounced off a Duke defender and into the net. It would prove to be the game-winner.

BACK TO THE GRIDIRON - Oh, how we missed you, football season—the lazy Sunday afternoons, the fantasy frustration, and classic Cowboy fourthquarter meltdowns.

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Three seconds. That’s what decided whether Boston College women’s soccer would suffer its first loss of Boston College 2 the seaNortheastern 1 son or remain unbeaten.

After spending 89 minutes and 57 seconds outplaying Northeastern (34-1) without producing a goal, senior Andrea O’Brien finally broke through with her first score of the season, extending the game to overtime, when redshirt senior McKenzie Meehan’s header off a set piece lifted the Eagles (7-0-1) past the Huskies, 2-1.

O’Brien’s was a play borne of desperation. With seconds remaining, BC junior Lauren Berman found herself with possession of the ball to the right of Northeastern goalkeeper Nathalie Nidetch. Without a clear angle toward the goal, Berman did something she normally wouldn’t in that particular spot if she were playing for a professional team: She sent the ball sailing toward the net, hoping for a deflection, because time was of the essence.

College soccer is different from the brand you might see on television.

In the pros, the referee is timekeeper, and the game ends after the last pos-

session has expired. Not so in the NCAA, which counts down from 45 minutes each half and sounds a final buzzer when the clock flashes doublezeros—no matter where the ball is.

O’Brien, in the right place at the right time, deflected the ball into the net, evening the score at one at the eleventh hour and setting the scene for Meehan’s late-game heroics.

Northeastern got its lead in the 62nd minute, when Huskies midfielder Breeana Koemans netted a penalty kick after a BC foul in the box.

After that goal, though, the Eagles dominated possession of the ball and pushed as many numbers forward as they reasonably could, creating a slew of scoring opportunities but failing to capitalize.

BC defender Allyson Swaby served up a dangerous corner kick that found senior forward Hayley Dowd in the box, but Nidetch scurried over to make the save.

Just minutes earlier, Dowd looped a shot over the wall and on target from 24 feet away off a free kick. Nidetch collected the ball confidently.

In the 84th minute, freshman defender Samantha Hiatt kicked a laser that doinked off the post.

The Eagles outshot Northeastern 20-7 in regulation and 23-9 overall, finishing with 10 shots on target compared to the Huskies’ five.

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Redshirt senior forward McKenzie Meehan, BC’s all-time leading scorer, directs traffic during a game last week.

Meehan finally broke the stalemate a minute and 14 seconds into the second overtime period. Cagey freshman forward Jenna Bike recorded her team-leading fifth assist of the season by chipping the ball to Meehan off a set piece just outside the box in double-overtime. Dowd earned that free kick for the Eagles by drawing a foul on the Northeastern defense.

Meehan’s game-winner was the 18th of her career, a school record.

She now has seven goals on the season.

Junior goalkeeper Alexis Bryant turned away four of the Huskies’ shots, including two critical blocks from close range as the first overtime period wound down. The opportunities were Northeastern’s first since its lone goal in the 62nd minute.

With the win, BC has swept the Boston schools—Boston University, Harvard, and Northeastern—outscoring them by a combined margin of eight to one.

The Eagles’ defense has surrendered just four goals in eight games so far this season, a testament to the

strong play of Hiatt, the U.S. Under18 national team captain, and her back line teammates.

Top Drawer Soccer has BC ranked No. 13 nationally in its latest standings, the highest the Eagles have climbed in recent memory. According to NCAA.com’s RPI ratings, BC rests much lower at No. 41 due to its relatively cushy, non-conference slate.

The Eagles have one more tuneup game at home Wednesday against LIU Brooklyn before the ACC slate begins.

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THUMBS DOWN C’MON REF - Central Michigan’s Hail Mary to beat Oklahoma State quickly went viral on Saturday, but it turns out it should have never counted in the first place. The MAC suspended the eight-man officiating crew for two games for the error.

FIRST-QUARTER QUALMS - Saturday’s matchup with UMass ended well for the Eagles, but it didn’t always look that way. At one point in the first quarter, BC trailed the Minutemen 7-0 while Howard—the same team that lost 76-0 to the Eagles last year—was beating Rutgers.

Even though both teams came back to win, you couldn’t help but cringe early on.

WRONG WAY, TERRENCE!- With the clock winding down and the Cowboys approaching field goal range, Terrence Williams caught a pass near the sideline and opted not to go out of bounds to stop the clock. Not only did it cost Dallas a chance to win the game, but it also cost Williams precious points off of his Madden awareness rating.

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After a disappointing drop in the rankings, No. 18 Boston College field hockey needed to snap its two-game losing streak in order to work its way back up. Facing the No. 1 and No. 14 teams back-to-back would be no easy task, but BC was up for the challenge.

On Saturday, the Eagles (23, 0-1 Atlantic Coast) faced the No.14 Stanford Cardinal (1-3) in Syracuse, N.Y. The majority of the first half was quiet, with both defenses shutting out their competition. With five shots on goal in just the first half, it looked like the Cardinal would be the first team to strike first.

But BC kept its opponent quiet in order to go on an offensive push of its own. With 30

seconds left in the first half, the Eagles were awarded a penalty corner.

The ball was inserted and a shot was fired at Kelsey Bing’s cage. Brittany Sheenan snagged the rebound and slipped it into the net to give the Eagles a 1-0 lead going into the half, despite Stanford outshooting the Eagles 7-5.

The Cardinal came back onto the field hungry for a goal. Six minutes into the second half, Caroline Beaudoin passed the ball to Sarah Hegleson, who tipped the ball in high from the far post in order to tie the game.

The Eagles were not ready to let Stanford steal the game from them and within two minutes, regained the lead. Eryn McCoy fired the ball toward the goal, but it hit the post. Lucy Lytle was there and put the rebound

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The ball flew past Bing, signaling the end of the game and the start of a BC victory celebration.

There was less for the Eagles to celebrate the day prior, after a disappointing loss to the host team. No. 1 Syracuse (5-0, 1-0 Atlantic Coast) proved why it is the reigning NCAA champ by beating BC 3-1 in its home opener.

Playing such a tough opponent, the Eagles knew they had to strike first if they had any hope of beating the Orange.

Just 12 minutes into the game, Sheenan scored a goal by tipping in McCoy’s shot as it crossed the line. This 1-0 edge did not last long.

With 10 minutes left in the

first half, Syracuse tied up the match after driving the ball into the circle and using a backhand strike to get past Hampsch. Tied at one at the half, the Eagles still had a chance to win a seasondefining upset. The Orange, however, had other plans.

Five minutes into the second half, Annalena Ulbrich sent a long ball to Liz Sack, who scored to give Syracuse a 2-1 lead. The Eagles continued to fight, but to no avail.

With less than five minutes remaining, Roos Weers passed to Elaine Cary on a breakaway.

Cary put some insurance on her team’s lead in order to complete the comeback win and deny BC an upset to open up league play.

After a 3-1 loss, the Eagles split the weekend, a small but significant step in working their way back up the rankings.

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According to quarterback Patrick Towles, that never phased Knoll. In fact, Towles believes that cold-hearted demeanor when the clock is running mixed with his childlike joy to be playing the game he loves on television makes Knoll even stronger.

“Mike’s mentality and attitude never changes. He’s always even-keeled,” Towles said. “If he misses a kick, he’s going to have the same look on his face as if

he hit a 45-yarder.”

That’s why Knoll is perfect for this team. He never loses that appreciation for playing football. For a team that went through so many hard times just a season ago, you have to have that light-hearted attitude on the sidelines, as long as you’re focused when on the yard markers. And Knoll knows better than anyone else that there’s more to life than football, which helps him immensely. On days he isn’t kicking or punting, Knoll is an active member of Boston nightlife. He spins mad

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past Bing.

Of course, the Eagles did not make things easy. BC committed a foul in the circle that, according to the ref, “blocked the probable scoring of a goal.” Because of this, the Cardinal was awarded a penalty stroke with 17 minutes remaining in the game. The captain, Fran Tew, stepped up to the penalty spot, just seven yards in front of Audra Hampsch. Tew flicked the ball into the net in order to tie the game.

Neither side was able to find the offensive momentum needed to finish out the half, sending the game into overtime tied at two.

The Eagles needed to pull themselves together in order to win their first game against a ranked opponent.

Stanford tried to attack first, launching a shot at Hampsch, who saved her team from a gold-

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It would be hard to blame BC if it came out completely flat against UMass, with that same negative attitude. After all, just a week ago, the Eagles lost in the final minutes to the Yellow Jackets, an ocean away from home. Last year, when the many heartbreaking losses came, the team’s will to play on left. It wasn’t fun anymore.

Judging from the screams of “For Boston” and emphatic

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cheers of victory from the locker room, those days are long gone. It’s hard to imagine Knoll’s infectious attitude not having a significant positive impact.

And, of course, when he got the opportunity, Knoll displayed that joy himself. After the game, the junior took to the podium beneath Gillette Stadium with a humored smile.

Truly, he seemed shocked that he was called to speak in front of the media. He answered questions calmly and professionally, deflecting praise to the

guys around him like a true BC athlete. Knoll even mixed in some jokes.

“You don’t get called up very often, so thanks for bringing me in,” Knoll said. He was even more gracious that it was for good reasons instead of negative ones.

But, as he’ll be the first to tell you, that’s just the life a kicker chooses.

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Saturday By the Numbers passing Patrick towles:

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11 22, 191 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT

11 28, 145 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT

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The two teams traded three-and-outs, but BC appeared to put things together on its second drive. An offensive attack that featured a couple of empty sets and sweeps from Myles Willis set up 3rd-and-2 at the UMass 23. Instead of passing on third down against a weak UMass (0-2) secondary, the Eagles opted for a pitch to Jonathan Hilliman, who was dropped in the backfield for a three-yard loss.

That put BC in its worst possible spot.

On 4th-and-5 from the UMass 27, and with kicker Colton Lichtenberg ailing, Steve Addazio decided to go for it. That led to a Towles scramble that was quickly stopped. Addazio wants

to see some improvement with the running game, which stalled mightily in the first half “Our rushing attack needs to get better,” Addazio said. “For us to rush for 153, you know, we want to be over 200 all the time.”

To make matters worse for the Eagles, the Minutemen immediately responded. UMass tight end Adam Breneman exposed a significant hole in the BC secondary, getting wide open for QB Ross Comis. The Penn State transfer outran everyone for a 58-yard touchdown and a 7-0 UMass lead.

Just in time for the Smith Show.

Early in the second, two UMass drives stalled—one because of a Connor Strachan seven-yard sack—setting up a BC first down at the Minutemen 46-yard line. On first down, Towles saw Smith on a double move over the middle, stretching out against

cornerback James Allen to dive into the end zone for the score.

But shades of BC’s woes reappeared. Inserted again as place kicker, Mike Knoll, who had been punting, missed the point-after attempt. It wouldn’t be much longer until he had another chance, thanks to Smith.

The Eagles’ swarming defense came again at the throat of Comis.

The UMass quarterback attempted to run on a long third down, but Isaac Yiadom blew up the play with a huge fumble. Strachan recovered the ball at UMass’s 36-yard line, setting the Eagles up again with a short field goal.

No matter the distance. It would only take BC one play to reach paydirt again.

This time in double coverage, Towles lofted a pass over Smith’s right shoulder in the back of the end

zone. Smith reeled it in mid-dive for his second touchdown of the day. He would finish with five receptions for 98 yards, both career highs. Knoll made up for his earlier mistake with a PAT, putting BC up 13-7.

“I used to say in high school, ‘If somebody’s even, they’re leaving,’” Towles said. “Jeff is that guy. If there’s someone running with Jeff, three steps later and he’s by them.”

BC nearly lost the momentum at the end of the half. Following a drive that ended in an 11-yard sack by Matt Milano, Towles threw an interception on a poorly telegraphed pass deep within BC territory.

The No. 1 defense in the nation returned with a vengeance. On 3rdand-9, Strachan forced a fumble on Comis, recovered by Zach Allen.

A new BC team came alive in the second half. One that passes the ball

down field, even on first down … and makes field goals. After a holding penalty and Harold Landry sack, Towles methodically picked at the Minutemen secondary. Passes of 15+ yards to Michael Walker, Charlie Callinan, and Tommy Sweeney put the Eagles in UMass territory. It’s the kind of strategic offensive attack, especially on first down, that Towles wants to see more of.

“I think a lot of pro-style offense can sometimes get predictable,” Towles said. “People don’t expect shots on first down, especially from us.”

But on 4th-and-8, Addazio had a decision. Go for it, or pour your faith into your second-string kicker?

So Addazio trotted Knoll out there onto the field. His trust was rewarded.

Knoll drilled a 40-yard field goal down the middle of the posts. Seconds later, after a Will Harris interception,

Knoll would do it again, this time from 37 yards. After the game, Knoll was just happy to be in a postgame press conference for a positive result. Such is the fate of kickers.

“Hey, man, it’s the life we chose,” Knoll said.

By the fourth, Hilliman, who had struggled all game to separate himself, iced the Minutemen with a 15-yard touchdown scamper. After the game, there was nothing but cheers and smiles from the BC locker room.

“You need to enjoy the wins,” Addazio said. “God knows we’re going to get back in and get back to work. … It was really important for us to bounce back this week.”

But after 339 days of tough, onescore, gut-wrenching losses, BC deserves that chance to scream and yell and cheer, even if it’s just for one day.

:feefi JkiXZ_Xe C\X[j ;\]\ej\ `e DXlc`e^ f] D`elk\d\e Connor Strachan, from B1 “They’re absolutely incredible,” Towles said of the defense, which allowed negative-23 rushing yards, the lowest total for BC (1-1, 0-1 Atlantic Coast) since 1991. “They always make plays on the football. From the back end up to the front, they’re so much fun to play with.”

Earlier in the second quarter,

Strachan also made a pair of gamechanging plays that kept the Eagles fired up while the offense worked out its kinks.

First, he shot through a gap on third down and delivered a bone-jarring hit to the upper body of Comis, halting the UMass drive and forcing a punt. Although Strachan doesn’t seek out the “truck stick”-type plays on defense, he doesn’t shy away from

them either.

“I don’t think about trying to make a big hit as much as just make the plays,” Strachan said. “If you do get a time where you’re coming in clean, you’re coming in fast, and you can light a guy up, definitely. It’s a big momentum swing in the game.”

Later, Strachan showed off his nose for the football when he picked up a loose fumble forced by team-

mate Isaac Yiadom. On the next play, Towles connected on a deep ball with Jeff Smith to give BC a 13-6 lead—a perfect example of how this defense leads to offense.

No one is safe from this Eagles defense right now. Last week, Strachan recorded eight solo tackles, including a career-high four for a loss of yards. On Saturday, linebacker Matt Milano nearly bested

Strachan’s effort with an eight-tackle afternoon of his own, including a sack for an 11-yard loss. Add Harold Landry to the equation, and the linebacker core is as deadly as any.

At this point, BC’s front-seven feels that it can match up against the best offenses in the nation—teams like Florida State, Clemson, and Louisville, which come later in the Eagles’ schedule.

“You gain confidence by knowing that the guy next to you knows exactly what he’s supposed to do. So I think that throughout the whole defense it’s like that,” Strachan said.

A strip sack, a fumble recovery, and a hit on the opposing quarterback that registered on the Richter Scale: all in a day’s work for one of the best players on one of the best defenses in the country.

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Smith, BC’s newest deep threat, was not the only receiver to tally some serious yards. Charlie Callinan recorded 48 yards on three catches, including a leaping catch bringing BC deep into Minutemen territory and setting up a rushing touchdown several plays later.

Head coach Steve Addazio named Callinan’s catch as one of the key moments in the game.

Towles was able to show off his arm today, but that doesn’t usually

happen in this program. Far from being a pass-happy team, the Eagles typically rely on the running game.

But today, BC wasn’t able to excel on the ground. Jonathan Hilliman rushed for a touchdown, but the rest of the Eagles’ points came in the air or from field goals. In fact, Towles was the leading rusher for the Eagles, finishing with 66 yards. Hilliman came next, with 54. Myles Willis averaged 7.3 yards per carry, finishing with 22 total. Addazio likes to see at least 200 yards on the ground to consider the rushing offense successful. In future games, BC will also need to establish the running game as a threat, or else it will not see the

same level of success as today.

BC’s breakout day in the air was good news for the program.

The Eagles aren’t typically known as a passing threat, so Addazio was especially pleased with the progress he sees in his offense and hinted that fans may be seeing more throws in the future.

“Hey, we can throw the ball,” he said. “I think our passing attack is getting better, and we’ll see more of that.”

2. Sack City After the game, Addazio revealed that UMass’ touchdown was a result of a mix-up and blown coverage. It certainly makes sense,

because for the rest of the game BC’s defense was stellar, never allowing the Minutemen to gain momentum.

Comis’ touchdown pass was one of the only times he was able to find an open receiver downfield. He finished the game with 11 completions for 145 yards on 28 attempts, but often looked overwhelmed by the Eagles’ defense. Only three UMass receivers finished with double-digit gains. BC applied pressure on the quarterback throughout the game, forcing him to scramble around and look for a receiver. The coverage was so tight that he was often unable to find one in time, resulting in

an astonishing eight sacks for the Eagles on the day. Connor Strachan recorded two and a half sacks, while Zach Allen added one and a half.

Matt Milano chipped in one sack and eight tackles.

But the defense stifled the Minutemen in more ways than just one.

3. Turnovers BC’s tough pressure forced UMass to turn the ball over several times today. Late in the third quarter, deep in their own territory after two incomplete passes, the Minutemen lined up on third-andlong. Comis called for the ball and tried yet another throw. BC’s Wil-

liam Harris was ready for it. Harris stepped in front of the UMass receiver and cleanly intercepted the ball. His pick set the Eagles up for a 37-yard field goal just a few minutes later.

Aside from the interception, the Eagles also forced three fumbles, recovering two. Late in the second quarter, Comis tried to rush on first-and-10. Isaac Yiadom was ready to meet him with a powerful hit, forcing the ball out of Comis’ hands and into the air. Strachan dove on the fumble. The very next play for the BC offense was a 36yard bomb from Towles to Smith for a touchdown.

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“Have you ever seen someone work that hard?” Boston College head coach Ed Kelly asked during the 0 Duke postBoston College 1 game interview.

He was referring to Simon Enstrom.

“Oh my god,” Kelly added.

“And then he smashes one as well.”

Enstrom had just scored the lone goal for BC in a 1-0 win over Duke in the Eagles’ ACC opener.

The highest praise Kelly could give, though, was comparing Enstrom to Alejandro Bedoya, former BC standout and current USMNT member. On a team with a signature work ethic in world football, Bedoya is one of the hardest workers and has kept himself in Jurgen Klinsmann’s good graces for that very reason.

Now, Enstrom is creeping into that special category of player who can be the hardest worker on the field and reap the benefits with goals.

BC (4-1-0, 1-0-0 Atlantic Coast) has switched things up in recent weeks, opting to put long-time central midfielder Zeiko Lewis out wide while Enstrom moved into Zeiko’s former role behind the striker.

Central midfield is a grueling position—Kelly calls it “dog’s work in there”—that can often go unheralded. But Enstrom is happy to contribute however he can, no matter how much added work he has to put in.

“Now I appreciate how much work our midfielders actually do for us,” Enstrom said.

The decision to move Enstrom, the star striker from last year, into a new position was made much easier with the arrival of Maximillian SchulzeGeisthovel, who warranted a

starting job after scoring four goals in four games.

Through the start of the season, Enstrom and SchulzeGeisthovel had been splitting time up top, but the timeshare didn’t allow either player, especially Enstrom, to find much rhythm or consistency. Kelly had been flirting with the idea of playing the two together, but decided the two wouldn’t work as partners up top.

The new combinations of players looks to be a smart move

by Kelly after the team’s performance against Duke (2-1-1, 0-1-0). Schulze-Geisthovel was a one-man wrecking machine, often going up against three Blue Devil defenders and still holding the ball up well.

Out wide, Lewis can still work his magic. As the game went on, Lewis got himself onto the ball more and more, weaving through defenders and cutting in toward goal, looking to curl one past the keeper.

The hard work was needed from the first whistle, as both teams came out flying and the game could very nearly have been 2-2 in the first 10 minutes.

Cedric Saladin made a tremendous save to deflect the ball off the crossbar from point-blank range in the fourth minute. Two minutes later on the other end, Schulze-Geisthovel missed an easy near-post header.

After leading in shots eight to four in the first half, BC’s breakthrough came in the 51st minute. Enstrom received the ball around the midfield with open space in front of him. Barrelling down on goal, he unleashed a powerful shot that found the side netting thanks to a deflection off the defender. It’s these lucky bounces that come when you put that work in.

Behind Enstrom, a strong trio of midfielders showed up against Duke. Lasse Lehmann returned to the starting lineup after suf-

fering an ankle injury, Henry Balf made the most of the shared playing time as Lehmann’s sub, and Rafa Salama was the vocal leader as the defensive midfielder, sharing in the unheralded work with Enstrom and others.

The team got more solid as it moved toward its own goal.

Most telling is that a now-fit Len Zeugner—who Kelly emphasized is his best player—was ready to play for the first time this season.

The backline, consisting of Mo Moro, Josh Forbes, Tommy Gudmundsson, and Younes Boudadi, was too good to break up, however, and Zeugner didn’t make his debut.

Between the sticks, Saladin once again has come up big for the Eagles. With two minutes left, Duke forward Cameron Moseley was clear on goal, but his curling effort from the top of the box was met by the outstretched arms of a diving Saladin to preserve the precious lead.

BC’s strong defensive shape and work ethic were put to the test as Duke relied on route-one soccer to try and equalize in the final minutes.

The big save by Saladin led to back-to-back corners that included Duke goalie Robert Moewes in the mix.

D uke had one la st s olid chance with 12 seconds left.

Forbes, instead of letting the clock run out, made a rash challenge in the corner for a dangerous free kick.

The ball pinged off one Blue Devil in a sea of bodies for a goal-kick and the BC victory.

A well-earned victory kickstarted the Eagles’ 2016 ACC campaign, and having bounced back from the Villanova loss, the team is trending upward as the going gets tougher.

“You need to play an ACC team to get your level up,” Kelly said. “It brings it out in us.”

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BC lined up for 12 corner kicks, five more than the Blue Devils, in its 1-0 home victory.

Almost every Eagles corner left the foot of Callum Johnson. Only a freshman, Johnson spent his high school years with the New York Red Bulls Academy and started 20 games for the No. 4 Under-18 Red Bulls team.

Johnson leads the team with three assists (all came in three conse cutive games prior to Saturday’s win) on the season, and is head coach Ed Kelly’s man of choice at all four corners.

“Coach put me on that role for the team: set pieces,” Johnson said. “Early in the season we converted from some of them, so I just try to put it in a dangerous area whenever I can.”

Despite coming off the bench and only playing nine minutes in the first half, Johnson, an “assistfirst” player, took three corner kicks before the first horn. The entire team had only taken two before he entered the match.

“He’s got great instincts for passing,” Kelly said. “He gets down there, and fights like a dog, saves it. Guys are trying to pull him off, and he puts it back across for [Zeiko Lewis]. Good kid, good player.”

In addition to creating corner kicks, BC (4-1-0, 1-0-0 Atlantic Coast) spreads the field. With the finesse and energy of Johnson on one side of the field, and the agility of Lewis on the other, the Eagles are poised to find an opening in the middle.

Up to this point of the season, most teams have rivaled BC with

physicality. Both Duke (2-1-1, 0-1-0) and BC fouled each other 13 times.

Whether or not the fouls are called, the aggression remains a constant, especially with ACC play underway.

For instance, Duke frequently double- or triple-teamed the big-bodied, 6-foot-2 forward Maximilian Schulze-Geisthovel, often forcing him to the ground.

Competing with teams that consistently enter with a “rough and tough” mentality perhaps led Kelly to val ue the perimeter of the field.

All season, BC has played well out wide. But, following the Sept. 4 loss to Villanova, Kelly made a change. Not a stylistic one, but rather a new look on the field.

Kelly moved Lewis to the left wing and placed Simon Enstrom in the center. Enstrom was thrown into what Kelly calls “dog’s work” in the Eagles’ bout against Duke. Standing at 6-foot1, seven inches taller than Lewis, Enstrom was able to fortify a stronger position in the middle of the field.

Meanwhile, the adjustment allowed Lewis to maximize his

speed on runs down the field.

In fact, it was Lewis, on the defensive side of the field, who located Enstrom, paving the way for BC’s game-winning goal in the 50th minute.

Another mixup included giving Schulze-Geisthovel his first start of the season. The Dresteinfurt product leads the team in scoring with four goals, and while he did not score against Duke, he had many opportunities. A matter of inches could have exchanged a missed header and rebound for a goal or two.

Naturally, the start of ACC play spawned excitement, as overtime appeared probable after the first half.

The Blue Devils extended their stretch of striking play, succeeding in getting an upset win over No. 8 UCLA. At times, Duke’s passing was effortless, smooth and quick, enabling the team to control the ball in BC’s backline.

The goalkeepers Cedric Saladin (Eagles) and Robert Moewes (Blue Devils) made incredible saves throughout the game, but Enstrom’s zinger was enough to send Duke back to Durham with its first loss of the season.

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Midfielder Simon Enstrom controls the ball, shielding out Duke’s Brian White.

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9: :fdgc\k\j KflieXd\ek Jn\\g n`k_ Kfl^_ N`e Fm\i LDXjj 9P K8IPE 9I8Q =fi K_\ ?\`^_kj It appeared to be a case of déjà vu. For the second time in as many nights, Boston College volleyball found itself at the bottom of an uphill climb. While it was playing competitive volleyball, BC was going into the fourth set down two sets to one. The sets against UMass Lowell had been tight to this point, with the largest margin of victory only being four points. Despite a second set win, the Eagles struggled to separate themselves from the River Hawks , and were now

facing a daunting task: needing to win two consecutive sets in order to win the match and stay undefeated in their own tournament.

While this may be a tough position for many teams to be in, the Eagles had been in this exact position the night before.

So BC took a page out of its own playbook and stormed back in the fourth set. They jumped out to a quick 20-12 lead during the set.

UMass Lowell was forced to call two timeouts in order to try and contain the Eagles’ onslaught, but nothing the River

Hawks did was enough to slow down the Eagles.

BC won the fourth set decisively 25-18, but this swing of momentum still did not guarantee an addition in the win column for the Eagles. BC had won the tight second set, but the River Hawks had come right back to win the third set.

Lead changes were the main theme of the fifth set, as both teams had opportunities to go on a big run and win the set.

Instead, BC and UMass Lowell found themselves tied at 13 points, then at 14, then at 15, and for the last time at 16, until

two errors from the River Hawks granted the Eagles their second five-set win in two days, and on the season.

BC found its rhythm late in the match, emphasized by its .333 hitting percentage in the fourth set, and their .458 in the fifth set. Julia Topor again led the way for the Eagles, registering her 10th career double-double with 16 kills and 12 digs, and leading all players for both teams in kills. She was named the MVP on Saturday night after the conclusion of the tournament.

After a tough Friday night match that saw them pushed to

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The Eagles defeated UMass Lowell, Fairleigh Dickinson, and Rider University, earning a complete weekend sweep in the Boston College Tournament.

the brink, the Eagles welcomed their Saturday morning match against the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights. BC cruised past the Knights in three sets, conceding 42 points while racking up 75.

The Eagles won the first five points of the match, leading to a 12-3 run to start off their day.

BC then extended its lead to 175, prompting the Knights to call their second timeout of the set. It was not much longer before BC won the first set easily, 25-12.

The second set started off with a little drama, as neither team started hot, until BC went on a 7-0 run, followed shortly by a 9-3 run, and culminating in the Eagles winning the set 25-13. The third set started off even closer, until the Eagles jumped out to a 12-8 lead and never conceded. BC swept the Knights, winning the third set 25-17. Freshman Jill Strockis tallied 18 kills in 25 attempts, for an outstanding hitting percentage of .519. BC as a team had a hitting percentage of .390 for the match, highlighted by its .480 in the first set.

On Friday night, the Eagles beat the Rider University Broncs in five sets, the first win of this kind for BC. The Eagles lost the first set 25-14, after a hot start that saw BC up 4-0, punctuated by a Camille Oemcke ace. The Broncs then went on a 8-3 run of their own, tying the game at five, and then went up 11-8.

BC struggled to find its groove and lost the first set after Rider went on another big run, this one 11-2.

The second set was much tighter from BC, but Rider also upped its game, and it was close going into the first timeout.

However, BC put forth an impressive .448 hitting percentage that ultimately provided the difference in the set. The Eagles took the second set 25-20, and

kept that momentum going into the third set.

Topor was the catalyst for an 8-3 run for the Eagles, contributing two kills and a solo block.

The third set saw Rider call two timeouts to try and contain the Eagles, but BC’s aggressive style of play led them to win the set 25-14.

Despite being down two sets to one, the Broncs did not go away easily, and they were able to squeak past BC 25-23 in the fourth set. There were multiple ties and lead changes as the Eagles attempted to put the match away, while Rider was trying to stay alive.

BC rallied and was able to tie the match at 23, but could not find that extra push, and the match went to the fifth and decisive set.

With the fifth set only going up to 15 points, the Eagles knew that they had to get out to an early lead, and they did, going up 3-1.

BC was unable to sustain its lead, and throughout the set no team was able to open up a lead of more than two points.

Rider had a match point at 14-13, but the Eagles put up an impressive fight to tie the set and then pull out the win, 16-14.

The Eagles were able to display a wide range of their talents in the Boston College Tournament, ranging from a blowout sweep to two nail-biting thrillers.

Unlike its last tournament, in which BC faltered down the stretch, there was no disappointing ending to this weekend.

The Eagles’ impressive tournament sweep should give them confidence as they go into matches against in-state rivals Harvard, which has been slumping lately, and Northeastern, which is on an upswing after an early losing streak.

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Clint SULLY EastWarner Bros. Pictures wood’s latest film, Sully, starring Tom Hanks as Sullenberger, attempts to explore the nature of those actions. The film begins in the days immediately after the crash, presenting a troubled Sully, plagued by doubts and haunted by nightmares. A bureaucratic National Transportation Safety Board investigation uses computer simulations to claim that he could have landed safely back at Laguardia or in New Jersey, avoiding the harrowing water landing. At the same time, he has a vision of a

plane flying in low and crashing into the heart of downtown New York. His wife is being harangued by reporters at their house, and he is living in a hotel. Facing trauma, questioning, and constant press attention, he adamantly stands by his actions.

From this beginning, the film moves through the subsequent days and presents the water landing in a series of flashbacks to maintain tension and interest throughout. We witness the ordeal from various viewpoints, with the most fascinating, the cockpit, mostly withheld until the end. Each scene depicting the landing and subsequent evacuation portrays the fear and amazement of the moment through masterful directing. Instead of resorting to excessive dramatic music or other gimmicks, Eastwood lets the acting and cinematography evoke the terror in each passenger, the uncertainty in the stewardesses, and the stoic determination of Sully as he decides to land on the river.

Hanks’s performance drives each scene and makes the understated, humble captain a moving and endearing figure. His determination and calm demeanor during the landing give way to an almost desperate look as he

searches the flooding cabin for any last passengers. Hanks expresses the breadth of Sully’s experience, including the surreal difficulty of the days after the landing. He is backed up by solid performances from Aaron Eckhardt as the first officer on the plane, and Laura Linney as Sully’s wife, Lorraine.

The movie contends with inherent issues of timing and pacing. Turning an event that lasted about four minutes into a feature-length film clearly requires deft maneuvering. Mostly, the film avoids lag, with a consistent tension during the landing scenes and a fascinating introspection from Captain Sullenberger in its aftermath. Two flashbacks to Sully’s youth seem unnecessary and add little to the overall narrative. Beyond that, some portions of the investigative hearing scene just before the climactic and final re-examination of the landing seem dragged out when the outcome should be clear to any viewer. Outside of these issues, the time-jumping structure, moving between the aftermath and the crash itself, keeps the movie interesting and intense.

Though Sully maintains this feeling of intensity throughout its duration, it does not embellish the story. In an interview with the

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Eastwood’s latest film explores the human side of the man who landed a plane on the Hudson.

Los Angeles Times, Eastwood spoke about Sully’s place among the never-ending barrage of superhero movies. He said, “I just long for reality rather than these made-up things.”

Themes of reality, humanity, and even simplicity run through parts of the film. Sully refuses to believe the computer simulations that say he made the wrong decision. He cites the “human factor” in a situation like this. So instead of trying to introduce new and revolutionary factors into cinema, Eastwood revels in the simple reality of an extraordinary man.

The idea of a realistic hero, of unimaginable courage coming from one person, is the

crux of the film. Eastwood explores the consequences of heroic actions and the interior lives of those who perform these amazing feats.

Despite the pain an experience like this causes, this is a movie about the best human beings have to offer each other. It is about the first responders who came together to save the 155 men and women standing on the wings of the sinking plane or floundering in the freezing water. It is about a resilient city. It is about the captain who made unbelievably difficult choices in seconds and risked everything to protect his passengers. And most of all, Sully is a movie about heroism.

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actual conversations one would have in real life. Only two episodes into the first season, the writers have already created memorable, multi-dimensional characters. A good pilot show introduces the characters and sets them in a situation—this pilot does all of that and more.

It’s hard to think of an example of a show that has more rapidly established a cast of characters as distinct and believable in such a short span of time.

The rising star Keith Stanfield (Short Term 12 and Straight Outta Compton), playing Darius, Paper Boi’s right-hand, emerges from this great cast as its scene-stealer. Darius is a stoned-out, eccentric character that delivers non sequitur after non sequitur, but somehow is able to impart emotion into every line.

After pulling up to Ern’s dad’s house, he earnestly asks, “You don’t know me, my name’s Darius, but I was just wondering, can I measure your tree?” And after being told not right now, he replies with a devastated, “Man, ‘not right now’ means no.” While Darius has yet to be critical to the plot, he has become much more important than simple comic relief and has shown incredible potential.

While the show has been a hit with critics and fans, it is a relatively niche show that might have trouble attracting viewers. The authentic atmosphere of the Atlanta rap scene might make it difficult to draw in viewers, but the quality of the writing and the execution will suck in those lucky enough to give Glover’s new project an open-minded view.

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We all know the type of person that seems to be incapable of failing. No matter what venture he tries, he finds success. He has a seemingly endless well of energy to draw from, all while making it look effortless in the process. Donald Glover is this person.

This modern renaissance man got his start by creating some of the first scripted YouTube content. He was then hired at the ripe age of 21 to write for the Emmy Award-winning show 30 Rock, which he later left to star in NBC’s Community, all the while launching a highly successful stand-up comedy career, creating two critically received specials. Not only this, but he also simultaneously launched a rap career under the name Childish Gambino, creating multiple mix tapes and two albums, recently ATLANTA netting FX him two Grammy nominations in 2015. For many, this level of achievement would be enough, but not for him. With his busy and overachieving mind, Glover has written, produced, and starred in one of the most exciting new show of the fall TV season, FX’s Atlanta.

Atlanta premiered on Sept. 6 with a double episode, and is already on the top of critics’ list of shows to watch. The show follows the rap scene in the city of Atlanta through the eyes of Ern (Glover), a Princeton dropout

who is stuck at a soul-sucking job selling rip off credit cards to unsuspecting airline customers. Ern sees a chance to change the situation for himself, his daughter, and Van (Zazie Beetz), his daughter’s mother, after he hears a new single by his rapper cousin Paper Boi (Brian Tyree Henry). Ern becomes Paper Boi’s manager, and the two attempt to navigate the Atlanta rap scene.

Tonally the show hits a variety of notes by virtue of Glover’s adaptability, not as a result of sloppy writing. The success of this partially comes from the ability of director Hiro Murai, Glover’s go-to music video director, to steer the tone from dark comedy, to tense, to surreal, to poignant, often effectively combining several of these emotions simultaneously.

The razor-sharp writing allows the show to balance both Glover’s comedy and important topics such as social injustice, mental disabilities, poverty, police brutality, sexuality, and more. In one representative scene, Ern goes from being stuck between an awkward but comedic fight, to being stuck, helpless to stop police abuse of a mentally disabled man.

Glover has made an effort to make the show feel real, to make it a reflection of what Atlanta is really like. The writer’s room for this show is entirely made up of African-American writers. This set up helps create an authentic tone, but is not without controversy. A profile for Vulture opens with Glover saying, “I wanted to show white people, you don’t know everything about black culture.” This comment was met with some backlash, but the success of the writing speaks for itself.

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HARDCOVER FICTION BESTSELLERS 1. A GREAT RECKONING Louise Penny 2. THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD Coleson Whitehead 3. RUSHING WATERS Danielle Steel 4. THE WOMAN IN CABIN 10 Ruth Ware 5. THE NIX Nathan Hill

6. TRULY MADLY GUILTY Liane Moriarty 7. ALL THE LIGHT Anthony Doerr 8. THE JEALOUS KIND James Lee Burke 9. STING Sandra Brown 10. FTHE NIGHTINGALE Kristin Hannah SOURCE: New York Times

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Diving into a purely acoustic front is not the most revolutionary decision that Wilco has ever made, but it is certainly an

effective one. From the very outset of the album, Wilco’s deviation from earlier work is extremely apparent. Schmilco opens with “Normal American Kids,” in which Jeff Tweedy laments that he was “always afraid of those normal American kids” as he grew up on empty summer days. In classic Wilco style, Tweedy tugs at the heartstrings of his listeners, leaving twinges of sorrow throughout his work.

“If Ever I Was A Child” and “Cry All Day” follow much of the same pattern. Interestingly, it is about midway through the album that Wilco breaks away from its typical style—rather than sweet, introspective melodies, Tweedy picks up a sense of brooding in his voice, twisting the notes of “Common Sense” into a more foreboding tone. “Common Sense” is by far the most unique song on Schmilco—though not the best endeavor put forth by Wilco, it is certainly one of the more compelling artistic choices in a while.

Fortunately, Wilco’s songwriting is as enthralling as ever, and the midpoint of Schmilco, “Happiness,” deserves a special spotlight. Tweedy sings the following: “My mother says I’m great / And it always makes

me sad / I don’t think she’s being nice / I really think she believes that / So now I bend my days around the people / All the people obey, whoa.” It is Tweedy’s propensity to put himself in a position of “otherness” that perhaps makes him so appealing—whether lamenting his fear of normal American kids, or feeling his detachment from his mother, Tweedy comes across as mysterious (even ethereal at times). Going all the way back to 2002’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Wilco’s songwriting has been its strong suit, and Schmilco very much still follows this pattern.

The album is rounded out by the fittingly named “Just Say Goodbye,” and even though the latter half of Schmilco is not nearly so strong as the former half, the album does feel rewarding to listen to. This is an excellent culmination of all of Wilco’s strongest parts, and for longtime fans, Schmilco will feel like yet another strong work by a band rooted in its own form of expertise. There is even something to be said for the album’s cover art—created by surrealist comic artist Joan Cornella, the art depicts a young child’s father electrocuting himself in order to power a record player. Certainly not the most

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Despite a lack of major innovation, Wilco releases a well-rounded collection of heartfelt pieces. lighthearted of concepts, but it is executed cheerfully enough that it will garner a laugh from nearly anyone who sees it.

Nothing is perfect of course, but examining the progression of Wilco’s work, one trend becomes quickly apparent: a tendency toward acoustic sounds. This style works well for the band—in the album description, critic Ryan Deming calls Schmilco “joyously negative” (a very accurate description), and the light strumming of a guitar creates the perfect environment for a bit of angst

toward the classic American Dream. It does not seem that Wilco has any desire to catapult itself into the public eye, but if it did, its new brand of acoustic melancholy works incredibly well for putting records into the hands of consumers. Schmilco is an interesting milestone for the band in that sense—though there is not a lot in the way of innovation here, there is a huge amount of indie rock mastery, and for a band that has survived as long as Wilco has—well, that’s remarkably okay.

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N`k_ Fe\ =`eXc P\Xi# Al`Z\ @ek\e[j kf DXo`d`q\ `kj K`d\ Juice, from B8 Stevens, MCAS ’17, looks like he’s heading a team of Power Rangers about to morph into their suits. While this sounds like a comical image, it actually encapsulates a dynamic that makes Juice both unique and so variable. Juice is, obviously, a large group. With eight musicians, there’s most certainly a lot at play technically in each song the group performs or creates. One of the main reasons why Juice has always been such a popular band here at Boston College during its three-year existence has been the complex cohesiveness that characterizes most of the group’s songs.

It’s more obvious than ever, seeing the camaraderie and literal, spatial unity of the group, that Juice has honed this musical and aesthetic cohesiveness to a

professional point.

That isn’t to say that the individual band members’ talents and specialties aren’t readily apparent or highlighted to those in attendance at one of their concerts. Especially this last Friday, standout solos and duets could be found in every song that rang through the venue.

Whether you’re looking at bassist Rami El-Abidin’s, MCAS ’15, solo in “Shoot Me Down” or violinist Christian Rougeau, MCAS ’17, gliding into the middle of “Workin’ on Lovin’” with an epic rap, Juice’s variability and stunning individual components were on display throughout the entirety of the show.

While it is evident that Juice, in several respects, has mastered its craft both collectively and as individual musicians, there is always room for improvement. For starters, members

of the band shouldn’t be so assuming about which of their songs is the most popular or the biggest crowd-pleasers. Just before starting “Gold,” one of Juice’s hits, Stevens told the crowd, “We’re sure you guys are gonna like this one.” Once the opening notes echoed across the room, the audience whirled up in applause and excitement, but as the song went on, it grew less and less overwhelmed by the song. Stevens seemed to aggressively pine the audience to keep up its energy throughout the song, but it just didn’t seem to be there with the audience. This was a bit off-putting. Other songs in the setlist, like “Shock” and “Shoot Me Down,” seemed to hype the crowd more than “Gold” did. While having the firmest grasp on which songs get a crowd going isn’t at all the most pressing component of being a great live performer, it could help the band maintain better pacing throughout a show. Juice does,

however, keep its stage presence lively for the entirety of its setlist.

One moment of particular note was the seamlessly executed transition between “Shoot Me Down” and “Thrones.” Reminiscent of the epic transition between “Us and Them” and “Any Colour You Like” on Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of The Moon, the smooth interlude between the two ballads was awesome to behold. There was a moment, however, when the transition felt too smooth—like it was too similar of a sound to the previous song.

But, again exemplifying Juice’s tonal and sonic spectrum, the band picked up its pace and turned the morose and soulful “Shoot Me Down” into the epic, multi-faceted rap that is “Thrones.” While both songs were obviously crowd favorites, they garnered very different emotions and expressions from the audience. The complex, polar relationship

found in the small medley is emblematic of Juice’s fascinating musical composition and the group’s masterful execution of some of its more lofty technical endeavors.

For those who have been avid Juicers for the last couple years, it might be weird seeing the group this year. Seven of Juice’s eight members are seniors, and the one who left graduated in 2015. What lies ahead in the talented group’s future is unforeseeable to most, if not all. At its first concert of the year, however, looming possibilities do not appear to be on the group’s collective mind. Juice is the same old Juice, thankfully.

Juicers and newcomers alike, on the other hand, will get to see how the rest of the school year shapes Juice’s performances and interpersonal dynamic.

It’s morphin’ time, Juice. Good luck and Godspeed, gentlemen.

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the mustache on the Mona Lisa. This was a fun adaptation of the laid-back and simple game of which many people have fond memories, and it fit right in with the coloring books and card game that helped make this an especially studentfriendly event.

Among the arts and crafts available to entertain students included booksculpture making, in which students could bring a hardcover book and fold the pages into artistic pop-out sculptures. Some of the results were more elaborate than others, but overall the end sculpture looked like a creative and decorative piece that brought new life to what was once a regular hardcover book. Besides the sculptures,

the arts and crafts continued with manuscript-themed coloring pages, which provided students with an even greater appreciation for the sophisticated collection of manuscripts in McMullen’s Beyond Words: Illuminated Manuscripts in Boston Collections exhibit. To add to the experience, many of the arts and craft events were held on the museum’s rooftop terrace, which showcased picturesque views of BC and beyond and contributed to the relaxing atmosphere the event worked to create for everyone.

Perhaps most impressively, the Art After Dark event was an effective endeavor in getting students to come out to an amazing museum, while also alerting people to quirky and sometimes bizarre details of these historic art collections.

were especially alluring. Summer Morning (2011) consists of wide purple strokes atop a yellow background embellished with green swaths. These features together evince a sightly floral pattern. The other piece, Inferno (2011), uses red to a powerful effect. The blood-red background appears to be welling up, as lava flows, through the addition of gray and black splotches that litter the canvas.

Photographs by Kevin Tringale (Exhibits, Burns Library) are astutely reminiscent of M.C. Escher. Their various forms capture sharp geometric points and patterns within Indian architecture. Panna Menna ka Kund, India (2015), depicts a repetitive zig-zag staircase stacked horizontally, giving a repeating diamond shape viewed head-on. Another of Tringale’s pieces, Jantar Mantar, New Delhi, India (2015), is a peek through a red plastered window.

Inside, beams supporting the structure can be seen, casting a shadow in between their lengths. The shadow created, coupled with the colors of the supports, gives off a regular semi-circular black-and-white pattern.

This dynamic, together with the color of

the window, results in an enticing urge to look inside.

Collages by Terra Kallemeyn (Electronic Resources & Acquisitions, O’Neill Library) act as magnificent and slightly comical ventures into a surrealist wonderland. Prairie Soup (2015) depicts a Western canyon with children, proportionally enormous, peering through to an even proportionally larger bowl in the foreground. A large ladle dips into the pristine waters of the bowl, picking up one of the tiny swimmers wading inside.

Another piece, Space Ping Pong (2015), depicts a celestial struggle. A mountain expanse, with stars overhead, is overcast by shadows as the arm of a space giant uses his Ping-Pong paddle to bat the earth into the nearby moon. In the foreground, an audience of finely-dressed bodies observe the cosmic ongoings.

The digital work of Chris HP (Web Design & Communications, O’Neill Library) cleanly catches the eye. A beigesided house with white windows is broken up by a woman lazily leaning out into the world. Above her, and only her, blue leaves fall as blue flowers sprout below.

Aptly titled Lady in the Window (2015), it provokes sentiments of boredom between

the avenues of new and old seasons, or even life and death. In another spin of the digital brush, the Devourer of Worlds, the God of Oblivion himself, Galactus makes an appearance in Galactus (2014). As Galactus steadily put his hands about the earth, one can be sure that there is no hope, as the world we know becomes his sustenance.

In a more abstract fashion, Laurie Maywille (Access Services, Bapst Library) has two unfolded white paper bags on display, one vertical, one horizontal. Initially, one may not recognize the bags, a possible play on seeing objects in a different light or form. Alternatively, one may see the precise straight lines of the once-folded bag as a painful reminder of the bags true form—its true potential—now destroyed and undermined by a cruel, unforgiving world. Projected onto a human being, a simple paper bag sings a dour song. Untitled (2016) seems more of a suggestion.

The exhibit summarily showcases the many talents of the library staff.

Whether their art depicts Galactus, starmen playing ping pong in the sky, the sun, or a paper bag, the people of BC’s libraries are more than the title on their desk.

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It is safe to assume that Roman Emp eror The o dosius could ne ver have imagined one Maryland-born, 6foot-4 fish out of water would become a cultural icon and one of the most winningest American athletes to date—a man who can attribute all of this glory and 28 Olympic medals to the very games Theodosius deemed pagan and abolished in the year 393. It is also easy to infer that, had the emperor been witness to the return of the Games some 1,500 years after their termination, orchestrated by Pierre de Coubertin, he’d be pretty pissed about that whole revival effort, too.

Against the far wall of O’Neill Library’s third-floor reading room stands

a few glass cases in front of a rather long, wall-mounted timeline. Sports-related novels and event programs crowd the interior of the display while photos of athletes in action fill the cases to capacity. Various ticks on a timeline of Olympic history indicate noteworthy events or groundbreaking changes to the entertaining summer spectacle.

Rather ironically, it is in this small space allotted to the Faster, Higher, Stronger exhibit that the rich history of one of the biggest and most important global sporting events is on display.

Just a fe w seconds of browsing the contents of the exhibit instantly piquesone’s interest in an age-old athletic tradition. Found in the first display case, one book details the successes of track star Wilma Rudolph. Photos and article clippings depict the successes of this

American woman who won three gold medals in track and field during a single Olympic Games. In the adjacent glass case, a German book is opened to a page that keeps record of the incomparable Jesse Owens’s accomplishments during the 1936 Berlin Games—track and field victories that delivered a caustic blow to Hitler’s long-preached idea of Aryan supremacy.

At the far right side of the timeline, a plaque commemorates and congratulates those Boston College students who have competed in the Games during one Olympiad or another. While this element of the exhibit acknowledges athletes who specialize in an array of different sports, the three events that Olympic-qualified Eagles seem to flock to most (including both the Summer and Winter Olympic events) are men’s

hockey, women’s hockey, and finally track and field.

The ever-growing list is a nod to the talent and athletic prowess of just some of the University’s star athletes—past, present, and future.

An e ye- p opping a ssor tment of Olympics posters broke up the monotony of statistics, wordy descriptions, and grainy, monochromatic pictures of gymnastics squads and crew teams in the exhibit. These advertisements and graphics were created for each Olympiad to announce the upcoming global competition. Most were composed of wild graphics and incorporated the colors of the famous Olympic rings. While some opted for an optical illusion-like pattern—the dizzying Mexico ’68 ad, for example—other host countries decided on something

simpler—Tokyo’s plain poster for the Games in ’64 was evocative of Japan’s simple flag design.

The exhibit is an unexpected, but highly informative, blip in the heavily populated third-floor reading room. It offers students and staff the opportunity to learn a handful of interesting facts and figures about all of the record-shattering performances, caustic controversy, and malicious acts of violence in the name of sabotage that have transpired over the course of the Games’ tenure in history.

Easily capable of being missed or passed by without a glance, the unassuming exhibit acts as a showcase of the ways in which sports have evolved dramatically, united quarreling countries under the universal love for the game, and shapeshifted global relations in the name of intense competition.

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CALEB GRIEGO I have spoken ad nauseum about why music is crazy good. Like no other form of media, music has the ability to change a mood or feeling in an instant. In that respect music has always seemed like the best prescription for just about any emotional ailment. But, even as I express these things again and again, I am impressed to discover new things about music I had no inkling of.

My brother has always played guitar.

I never had the inclination, though I jealously looked on as he began to strum away at songs we had grown up to know and love. I was more content to listen, leaving those who created the music in the first place to play it as it should be—at their hands. Demotivated by stubbornness and remaining affixed to a lazy attitude, I was never more jealous than when he started learning the soundtrack to Into the Wild (2007). As he began picking through the Eddie Vedder tracks, all I could do was hum along, clinging to a small parcel of imitation. By the time he had nailed “Rise” and had begun his attack on the chords of “Guaranteed,” I relegated myself to relishing in his accomplishment, living vicariously through him by requesting songs.

After swallowing my pride, I soon had him teaching me what he could, though I wished to elevate myself to a higher echelon of skill too quickly. And after a time, I dropped it.

This year, I appear to have been given a second chance. One of my roommates also plays the ukulele and mandolin. And Vedder is among his playing repertoire.

So, naturally, we are back.

But this time it seemed different. From the moment I plucked my first note, right up until the first chord, I felt connected to the song in a whole new way. I have always sung lyrics to myself, and hummed along when I could, but hearing the exact sounds of songs come through an instrument I was playing was much different.

These are songs that I have loved and that have been part of my life for a long time.

I believe a lot of the fear in continuing to learn stemmed from an idea of corruption. These songs, in my mind, are perfect.

But by my hand, I could fail to make them what they ought to be. But, whether it is through a new sense of confidence or musical literacy, my feelings have now changed. As I reject notions of perfection with regards to the music I hold so dear, I can make it more mine than it has ever been.

When I felt those new feelings I realized that even if I fail, each note that rings true is a success, each fumbled chord a triumph. Those notes are still part of a greater picture that brings me closer to the music than I otherwise could be.

In the past, at concerts, when performers would deviate from their sound on an album, I would be a little lost. The album, personally, was to represent a blueprint for performance, the standard by which all iterations of the song are to be judged.

But after a time, I realized that missteps, changes, and alterations make for a more unique experience for both the band and the fans.

As I apply that to my own musical endeavor, I realize that, if anything, I am simply making the song more of my own, ornate with my own strumming, humming, and picking. The mistakes I make are a stamp, my signature on the work.

Hopefully, hard work will yield results.

As I invest more time, progress will be made, although how much is yet to be seen. As my fingertips begin to lose their sensation and strumming patterns become instinctual, the songs I play will begin to take a more recognizable form.

But even if they do not, my fondness of these songs will never fail to bring a smile to my face, even through a single note.

And it seems that the songs themselves have been telling me as much the entire time, expressed in a line from “Rise.”

“Gonna rise up / Turning mistakes into gold.”

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The student opening of Boston College’s McMullen Museum of Art, part of its Art After Dark series, drew large numbers of students together in an event dedicated to the appreciation of both modern and medieval art collections. Complete with performances from campus music groups and an amusing assortment of games and activities, the event proved to offer an agreeable blend of intellectual and relaxing activities.

Guests were greeted immediately with BC music promoter Electronic State of Mind’s energetic collection of tracks, ranging from Justin Bieber’s “Sorry” to Drake’s “Hotline Bling.” The group’s focus on electronic music contributed a modern feel to the museum amid the collections of medieval and Renaissance era

manuscripts, while lending an appealing amount of anachronism to the event’s theme.

Outside, on the back lawn, teams of people played Concentration on oversized cards, with the goal of memorizing where different card matches were on the lawn, and be the first team to flip all sets of cards over in a minute and a half. All the cards had assorted artworks on them, so the activity enhanced the theme of the museum’s student opening night, while fostering an environment of friendly competition among the teams.

In time for the second wave of students in attendance, the a cappella group BC Dynamics made an appearance with their signature pop sound. The group started with a full cover of The Neighborhood’s “Sweater Weather,” which brought a unique and spirited personality to an old, crowd-pleasing favorite. The group proceeded to cover additional songs including

“Crazy” by Gnarls Barkley and “Beggin’’” by Madcon in a throwback medley.

One of the main events of the night was centered around the Art After Dark scavenger hunt the museum put together. The hunt was a clever way to guide students through the varying types of artwork on display, and with amusing clues such as naming the piece of art that had “A dragon being slaughtered by a man in an elaborate halo-hat,” the trip through the museum was especially entertaining. From taking students through the museum’s Beyond Words manuscript collection to works in McMullen’s permanent collection, visitors were treated to a diverse display that nurtured existing interests in the artworks and sparked new ones as well.

The fun and games continued with a historical version of the popular childhood party game: pin

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The Brighton Music Hall is always a funny place to be. If you stand back from the crowd for a few moments and people-watch a bit, you’re sure to see some underage hooligans vainly scraping away at the black “X” on their hands signaling to the venue’s staff that they are definitely not supposed to be holding that Mai Tai. Some girl is most assuredly nodding to her friends across the bar, hoping that they’ll realize she needs to be relieved of

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the pesky, boring guy talking her up, while the bartender lets out an aching sigh as he notices that some guy just tripped and knocked over his buddy in the process.

It’s only when the epic ensemble that is Juice graces the stage that your attention is ripped away from the stupid shenanigans of the evening’s audience and settles on the soulful, funky essence that Juice exudes in all its performances.

Flanked by four of his bandmates, two on each side of him, lead vocalist Ben

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A library that just houses books is not a library at all. Those who traverse and stock the shelves make the library the place it is. As we combat a new semester, and the library hours extend into the terminal hours of the night, let us remember who keeps the light on for us. The library staff are our silent champions. But as is commonplace among the ranks of champions, the library staff possess skills beyond realms of stocking shelves, cataloguing, maintenance, and

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research—they have a creative side as rich as that of anyone strolling through the front doors.

The Celebrating Creativity of the Boston College Libraries’ Staff exhibit, on display this month in the first-floor gallery of O’Neill Library, brandishes the imaginative side of these unsung heroes through a collection of their paintings, photography, computer graphics, writing, and handiwork.

Two acrylic paintings by Barbara Adams Hebard (Conservatory Lab, Burns Library)

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