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Letters on a parking sign in the Mod Lot were rearranged Saturday night to spell out a derogatory anti-gay slur. The sign, which normally identifies which sections are available for parking, partially read “NO FAGS.” Arthur Bailin, MCAS ’17, saw the sign at around 8 p.m. and immediately reported it to the Boston College Police Department.

Bailin filed a report with the police and officers were sent to retrieve the sign, he said.

Representatives from BCPD were not available to speak Sunday. Dean of Students Thomas Mogan was also unavailable for comment.

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D`jk\iN`m\j @dgi\jj\j Xk =`ijk 8eelXc Jkfb\jJ\k 9P K8PCFI JK% ><ID8@E 8jjfZ% E\nj <[`kfi The 2,000 tickets available for students to see MisterWives sold out Tuesday, the day after going on sale. Misterwives took the stage at 8 p.m. Saturday night on Stokes Lawn during the first annual StokesSet. The concert, which was sponsored by Campus Activities Board (CAB), began with a performance by Juice at 5:30 p.m.

“We try to incorporate on-campus artists to open as much as we can, and felt that Juice would be a great fit for the vibe of the concert,” said Kelsey Golden, director of live entertainment for CAB and CSOM ’18.

The event was capped at 2,000 students because the rain location was the

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Flynn Recreation Center, which can only fit that number of people.

Although CAB did not keep track of how many students actually went to the concert, Golden said that not all of the students who paid for tickets picked them up from the Robsham box office.

Golden hopes StokesSet will become an annual event, but that is contingent on several other factors, including weekend football games, the weather, other on-campus events, as well as artist and budget availability.

CAB received a lot of positive feedback from students after the concert, Golden said.

“We really wanted a fun event to kick-off the year and felt that an outdoor concert would be a great way to achieve that,” Golden said.

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CPR: these are the skills Boston College’s Office of Emergency Management hopes students will learn in September, during National Preparedness Month.

National Preparedness Month is a concept that was created by the Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration after Sept. 11, 2001. The purpose of the month is to educate Americans on how to prepare for a crisis or emergency that may affect them, according to John

Tommaney, the director of emergency management and preparedness at BC. The Office of Emergency Management will hold events this year to educate the student population on how to deal with an emergency.

Healthapalooza is an event in which students will be able to learn how to respond in case of a crisis situation.

It will take place on Wednesday from 11:30 a.m to 2:30 p.m. at O’Neill Plaza.

The event is a joint effort by the Office of Health Promotions, the Office of Emergency Management, the Boston College Police Department, and several other offices across campus. Over 1,000 students participated in Healthapalooza last year, according to Tommaney.

“We use it as an opportunity to interact with the campus community to talk about the importance of an emergency kit and being prepared for an emer-

gency,” Tommaney said.

The event will be interactive, as it will feature a disaster obstacle course.

Two students will compete in a course that will include packing an emergency kit, using a fire extinguisher, and responding to an earthquake. In under two minutes, students will be able to learn basic skills in dealing with an

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As part of National Preparedness Month, the Office of Health Promotion will host Healthapalooza on O’Neill Plaza on Wednesday from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The event will feature giveaways, chair massages, food tastings, and health and safety information.

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Boston College will complete a self-study report this year to prepare for a visit by a delegation of educators who will finish BC’s reaccreditation process.

The accreditation is conducted every ten years by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges’ Commission on Institutions of Higher Education (CIHE).

The self-study will report on academics, student life, and organizational effectiveness. The report will also cover four areas in which BC is particularly interested: student formation, integrated science, strategic planning, and the renewal of the core curriculum.

Robert Newton, special assistant to the president, and Seth Meehan, associate director of the Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies, are cochairs of the committee producing the self-study.

“It’s a very different environment for reaccreditation,” Newton said to the Office of News and Public Affairs. “Obviously, this has entailed a change in the way we conceived and organized the self-study.”

The self-study will be presented in digital form, a change from how it’s been done in the past.

“These past several months have been a period in which the BC community has been taking a close look at itself—and there are clearly some common threads between the [University Strategic Planning Initiative] and the self-study,” Newton said to the Office of News and Public Affairs. “It is certainly possible for one process to inform the other.”

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Sheri Wilner, an award-winning playwright and arts educator, is joining the Boston College theatre department this year as the 11th Visiting Rev. J. Donald Monan, S.J., Professor in Theatre Arts.

Throughout her time as a playwright, Wilner has authored more than 20 full-length plays. Her plays have been featured in theaters including the Old Globe, the Guthrie Theater, the Actors Theatre of Louisville, the Eugene O’Neill Playwrights’ Conference, the Williamstown Theatre Festival, and the Boston Playwrights’ Theatre.

At BC, Wilner will teach two courses, Writing Wrongs: Writing the Issue-Based Play, and Contemporary Female Playwrights. Writing Wrongs will look at turning emotional responses to political or social issues into complex works for the theatre. Contemporary Female Playwrights will look at gender inequality in the theatre industry from a female playwright’s perspective.

“Her presence in our department will fuel some fascinating discussions of both gender and racial parity in the entertainment industry,” Crystal Tiala, associate professor and chair of BC’s theatre department, said to The Office of News and Public Affairs.

Prior to coming to BC, Wilner served as the master playwright for the Miami-Dade Department of Cultural Affairs Playwrights’ Development Program. She has also taught theatre at Vanderbilt University and Florida State University.

Most recently, Wilner produced a musical called Cake Off.

The musical received a Helen Hayes Award nomination for Outstanding Musical Adaptation.

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The Career Center will hold a practice interview night on Tuesday from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Career Center office. After registering on EagleLink, students will be able to interview with an employer and discuss tips and tricks for acing an interview.

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The Campus Activities Board (CAB) will host a tie-dye event at the Stokes Amphitheater on Wednesday from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. CAB will provide students with an eagle t-shirt to tie-dye before the first home football game this season.

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9`\em\e`[fj1 :\c\YiXk`e^ ?`jgXe`Z ?\i`kX^\ 9P 8J?<I B8E> =fi K_\ ?\`^_kj The Thea Bowman AHANA and Intercultural Center (BAIC) hosted its eighth annual Hispanic Heritage Month (HHM) kickoff event on Friday night on O’Neill Plaza.

The HHM Bienvenidos festival featured Caribbean music, Latin American cuisine, student poetry, and a guest dance performance, among other festivities.

Danielle R a smus , MC A S ’17, said the event gives her the yearly opportunity to enjoy and learn about a culture apart from her own.

“I love what the Hispanic heritage and culture promote,” Rasmus said. “They are very family-oriented, very friendly and open with their feelings, and very expressive.”

Michelle Castro, CSOM ’18, said the event is an opportunity to celebrate her culture and the experiences people from different cultures have in common.

At HHM, there was a mix of different cuisines from a multitude of cultures, including quesadillas from Mexico and plantains from Central and South America.

Jorge Mejia, a member of the Organization of Latin American Affairs (OLAA) and MCAS ’19,

said that he went to HHM not only because he had a role in planning it, but also because he wanted to celebrate his Hispanic heritage.

Students also had the opportunity to perform their own poetry throughout the evening.

Karina Herrera , MC A S ’17, recited a poem about her own experience growing up in a Hispanic household. Herrera was Mejia’s favorite performer of the night, “She drew a lot of symbolism as to what little things to us meant to her,” Mejia said. “It would be like inculcating Hispanic culture into her life. She took a little trivial event and made it look very momentous.”

The event also showcased a guest performance by Pasión Latina, a dance group from Suffolk University, as well as live Caribbean music featuring a Cuban band.

The mission of the HHM Steering Committee is to create a greater sense of awareness, appreciation, and understanding of the heritage and contemporary achievements of Hispanic and Latino cultures, Marcela Norton, the BC Dining Services employee relations officer, said.

Norton helped to organize the event with the HHM Steering Committee.

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Hispanic Heritage Month was celebrated on Friday at O’Neill Plaza.

Gerardo Acosta, co-president of OLAA and MCAS ’17, echoed this sentiment, noting the importance of Latinos and other minority groups to share their experiences.

“Minorities are very rarely given an opportunity to speak for ourselves, represent ourselves,” he said. “Through culture events, many people know what’s on our minds, not only what we’re proud of, but also what we want to change, and things we want to have happen on campus.”

Acosta hopes to continue this dialogue through future events planned by BAIC, OLAA, and other culture clubs.

“It’s important to spread

awareness about [our culture] and not just let the politics decide your view towards an entire group of people,” Castro said.

This event also follows the BC culture, he said, in that it teaches students to be men and women for others, particularly Hispanic minorities, and to not accept the stereotypes we see in popular culture.

“I think as BC students in particular, we need to realize that there is a kind of curse that we can succumb to—we can become very exclusive, insulated, and not realize that what we see on television and the media are patent and sober realities,” he said.

C\Zkli\ J\i`\j :fm\ij Gfjk$:fddle`jk <lifg\ 9P JFG?@< I<8I;FE E\nj <[`kfi Even after the communist regime in Eastern Europe fell 25 years ago, political and social unrest continued to plague the region. The newly independent countries of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia, which had previously been part of Yugoslavia, struggled to establish a democratic government and create a new identity.

“The question that arose from everyone in that region, which spans from Russia to Eastern Europe, to Southeastern Europe, has been, ‘What kind of government are we? Who are we? What is our identity and what do we believe?’” said Cynthia Simmons, director of undergraduate studies in the department of Slavic and eastern languages and literatures.

Boston College students, faculty, and staff will have the opportunity to learn about the postwar, post-communism climate in these Eastern European nations at the Faith Communities and Civil Society Lecture Series, which will be sponsored by the Institute for the Liberal Arts at BC. The first lecture will feature Marc Gopin from the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University, and will be Sept. 22 at 5 p.m.

Gopin studied the IsraeliPalestinian conflict for years, but his recent studies focus on the

conflicts in Syria. Simmons plans to speak about Syria and the importance of Muslims working with Muslims of other types of Islam.

“The first lecture, I assume, will speak about the very current issue in Syria, and I assume that students in theology and the [Islamic civilizations and societies] program and students in political science, it’s very interdisciplinary, will be interested to hear what he has to say about what has to be a ray of hope for what is happening there,” Simmons said.

The latter two lectures will focus on Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia, which is of particular interest to Simmons because she herself studied in the former Yugoslavia as an undergraduate, and has studied the region since the fall of communism.

Over the past 25 years, she has studied how the former Yugoslavia has sought a new identity and a new, democratic government.

When people sought to form new identities after the oppressive communist regime fell, they turned to religion. Because of the region’s geographic location, however, the people came to identify with all three Abrahamic religions—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

But, she believes, Americans do not understand the role religion plays in the region.

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press, non-government organizations, and religious freedom. But Americans can see religion as a problem in Eastern Europe—they see it as an authoritarian body of power in opposition to democracy and civil society, Simmons said.

Although some of the religious hierarchies in the region became oppressive and unwilling to work with people of other religions, a portion of the public is both religious and open to others, Simmons said.

“I have come to understand that on the ground there are actually members of faith communities, not the hierarchy, I have to say, and again it’s unlike Liberation Theology, but those people who identify with faith, they work closely with the people, and they also are building civil society,” Simmons said.

The latter two lectures, which will take place on Oct. 20 and Nov. 3, will feature Alen Kristic and Zilka Spahic-Siljak, two professors and activists from Bosnia, which experienced a war and genocide in the early 1990s. Thousands of ethnic Bosnians were killed by nationalist Serb forces.

Together, Kristic and SpahicSiljak travel to schools in Bosnia and encourage educators to teach their students about world ethics, so that they can learn to live together even though they are of different religious convictions.

Simmons invited these professors to speak at BC because she

has gotten to know them in her travels to Bosnia over the years.

She hopes that these professors, who work on the ground in Bosnia, will inspire the BC community as much as they inspire her.

She also believes that hosting Kristic and Spahic-Siljak will help them continue their advocacy work.

“They meet obstacle after obstacle after obstacle,” Simmons said. “What is very inspiring to them is a breath of fresh air among colleagues in open societies that sort of, I guess, help to give them a kind of restorative—to meet with people of like minds and people who work across the world that are similar. It is restorative to them, it is inspirational. And they can go back and fight the fight.”

Simmons believes that the lectures will shed light on a conflict that students may not know about, but that is important in understanding global relations and the role of religion in Eastern Europe.

“I hope to bring attention to this part of the world, because again, for my students, when I continue to teach about the world, I think, ‘Where were they 20 years ago?’” Simmons said. “Perhaps not born. So they don’t know about this war and the genocide in Europe after the war, which took place in Bosnia. So it will educate them and remind them what happened. It will bring attention to the situation which is not resolved.”

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Nearly 2,000 BC students attended the first StokesSet concert, which was hosted by the Campus Activities Board, to hear BC student band Juice and pop band MisterWives perform Saturday evening on Stokes Lawn.

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a learning opportunity,” Tommaney said.

Twenty offices across campus will hold activities during a three-hour window that day. For example, BCPD will teach students crime-prevention skills, health coaches will give students tips on how to live a healthy lifestyle, and CPR training will be available.

The Office of Emergency Management will also host Campus Emergency Response Team (CERT) trainings this fall.

CERT is a national training program that is held across the country. The program is designed to teach people how to be part of an organized response in a crisis. Participants are taught disaster skills, including psychological first aid, disaster field first aid, basic fire suppression, search and rescue, and how to organize a response team.

Roughly 200 p e ople have b e en trained in the program over the last six years, according to Tommaney.

The program is open to students, faculty, and staff. Training sessions will be held Tuesday nights during October and November.

“It doesn’t cost anything to participate and people can walk away with a lot of great information on what to do during a crisis,” Tommaney said. “These skills are transferable—participants can go link up with a CERT team in a differ-

ent country and be involved.”

BC has beenw participating in National Preparedness Month for the last eight years, and the Office of Emergency Management has held a few different programs to educate students. There are different steps students should take to prepare for an emergency, according to Tommaney. The first step is knowing what kind of emergency could happen in the Boston area.

Late summer falls during hurricane season, and the Office of Emergency Management has been monitoring the weather in the tropics closely. Hurricane Sandy in 2012 and tropical storm Irene in 2011 were two major weather events that shaped how BC will respond to extreme weather, Tommaney said.

Emergency events are not limited to just weather, according to Tommaney.

Fire, power outages, outbreak of disease, and active shooter situations are emergencies that could potentially affect campus. The Boston Marathon attack in 2013 is an example of the importance of having an emergency plan set, he said.

“I call it creating a culture of preparedness,” Tommaney said. “The idea behind that is knowing the hazards and knowing how we communicate with students in a crisis situation.”

Students can download the In Case of Crisis mobile application, an app

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At Healthapalooza, students will be learn how to deal with crises such as power outages, active shooters, fires, and outbreaks of disease. that notifies students during an emergency and provides them preparedness procedures and emergency contact information.

At the end of the month, the Office of Emergency Management will conduct a full test of its emergency notification system.

Tommaney also stresses the importance of creating an emergency plan with friends and family. In case of emer-

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;\dfZiXkj f] 9: Af`e :Xcc n`k_ K`d BX`e\ 9P K8PCFI JK% ><ID8@E 8jjfZ% E\nj <[`kfi College Democrats of Boston College invited members to join a conference call with Tim Kaine, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, on Friday afternoon to discuss the role of the Catholic community within the Democratic agenda.

Patrick Coyne, MCAS ’18, who currently serves as the finance director for College Democrats of Massachusetts, sent out an invitation to CDBC members Friday afternoon before the call.

If members chose to join the call, they responded to an online form and would be linked to the phone line. Anyone across the country was able to link onto the call. where people were able to ask Kaine questions.

Coyne has worked at the Democratic National Committee for the past two summers. He was asked to bring the call to BC by John McCarthy, who works to coordinate faith efforts for Hillary for America, Hillary Clinton’s national campaign for president.

Coyne and McCarthy thought it was important to bring the call to BC because of the Catholic heritage of the University. They wanted to show students that Democratic ideals and the Catholic faith can overlap on a number of issues.

On the call, Kaine discussed the importance of Jesuit thought within politics. He focused on relating the Gospel teachings in the Catholic Church to Democratic ideals. Kaine talked about the Jesuit mission of being a man or woman for others and encouraged Americans to live by this motto in their everyday lives.

“We just want to make sure with Catholics, and especially young Catholics who are going to Jesuit schools, that they understand that their education is here to help others,” Coyne said.

Kaine attended Rockhurst High School, an all-boys Jesuit high school in Kansas City. He went on to graduate from the University of Missouri in three years and continued his education at Harvard Law School.

After his first year at Harvard, how-

ever, Kaine took a break from his studies to travel on a missionary trip to Honduras. For nine months, Kaine helped Jesuit missionaries run a Catholic school.

He increased enrollment by encouraging locals to get an education.

Kaine has held talks about his connection to Catholicism throughout his campaign with Clinton and discussed it at length during his speech at the Democratic National Convention in July. In the future, he hopes to hold another conference call that directly focuses on issues pertinent to millennials, Coyne said.

Leading up to the election in November, CDBC is holding several events to “get out the vote.” On Oct. 1, CDBC members will travel on a canvassing trip to New Hampshire alongside Congressman Joe Kennedy to knock on doors for the Clinton campaign.

“Kaine just wanted people to understand being a good Catholic is helping each other, doing what is right, and making sure everyone in the community is helped, which is what the Democratic Party is about,” Coyne said.

gency, it is important for students to be in contact with their families, he said.

As part of the month, students can prepare an emergency supply kit. The kit should include a bottle of water, a flashlight, a first aid kit, a change of clothes, and some basic food supplies, according to Tommaney. The supplies in the kit should help students during the first 24 hours of an emergency.

Getting involved is another way students can be prepared for an emergency, Tommaney said.

Students can become a member of the American Red Cross or BC Emergency Medical Service.

“Knowing what hazards can potentially happen and what you, as an individual, would do in that situation is half the battle,” Tommaney said.

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Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn shared their personal experiences of global inequality at Thursday’s event, speaking to issues of cultural insulation in America and historically limited opportunities for women in certain cultures.

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Nicholas Kristof started off his talk in the Yawkey Center Thursday night with a story about a three-foot rat. Known as Gambian pouched rats, the giant rodents are trained to sniff out landmines, which they do 10 times more efficiently than people—despite expecting only bananas for pay. Kristof ’s rat, trained in his name as a Father’s Day present, now spends its days working in Angola. Kristof brought it up as an example of a new, creative way of addressing an old challenge, the type of thinking he and his wife, Sheryl WuDunn, think will be needed to fix global inequality.

“People often ask me how it is that I can be covering global poverty, genocide, sex trafficking, war, and yet be pretty upbeat,” he said. “And the reason is that I think there is a missed perception about the trajectory of the world today.”

Kristof and WuDunn presented “A Path Appears: Reporting on Gender Inequities and Global Health” in two 20-minute talks, part of Boston College’s Park Street Corporation speaker series on health and ethics. Kristof is a New York Times columnist, where he writes about women’s rights, human rights, and international affairs. Joyce Barnathan, president of the International Center for Journalists, called him “the conscience of international journalism” in 2013. WuDunn was the

first Asian-American reporter at the Times, and has also worked as a business executive. Together, they have written two books, Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity Worldwide and A Path Appears: Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity, and won a Pulitzer Prize in 1990 for their coverage of the Tiananmen Square protests.

According to Kristof, polls consistently show that about 90 percent of Americans think global poverty is getting worse or staying the same, which frustrates him because, in reality, major progress has been made. Eighty-five percent of adults worldwide are now literate, and child mortality decreases every year. But an area that still needs improvement, WuDunn and Kristoff said, is women’s empowerment and education, which they called the 21st century’s chief moral challenge, akin to slavery in the 1800s.

WuDunn, who spoke before Kristof, began her talk by telling the audience about Daj Manju, a girl they met who lived in rural China. Daj Manju’s annual school fee of $13 was too high for her family to afford, so she stopped attending despite being the best student. She kept going to the school to wait outside, hoping to find discarded books, pick up bits of knowledge, and maybe see her teachers again.

WuDunn and Kristoff wrote about her in the Times, and readers began sending $13 checks to get her back in school, and one reader even sent—they thought—

$10,000, which could finance the school for years and even pay for a renovation. When they called the donor to thank him, he paused for a minute and said he had only given $100. Turns out somebody at the bank overlooked a decimal point, but no matter—the bank donated the difference.

The result, WuDunn said, was that they could run an experiment with this rural school. They tracked the trajectories of the girls who were able to attend because of the donation, including Daj Manju, who ended up going to high school and getting vocational training in accounting.

Eventually she moved to southern China, got a job, and began sending money back home, where her family rebuilt their house. Other girls in her class had similar opportunities.

“It was a revolution for them, a transformation, and that’s what we learned first-hand that girls’ education can do,” WuDunn said.

Those kinds of opportunities for women have historically been stymied by some cultures. Baby girls are sometimes viewed as undesirable, for instance.

WuDunn showed a picture of an undernourished Ethiopian girl they met in a food clinic, whose brothers were perfectly healthy—her parents withheld food from her because her brothers would be more valuable to them. According to economist Amartya Sen, globally there are about 60 to 100 million fewer women than men, likely because in some cultures women

lack access to education, health care, and nutrition.

“One of the best and most efficient ways to fight poverty, and sometimes terrorism, is to bring women into the mainstream of society and get them schooling and jobs,” WuDunn said. Women’s access to education was one of the key metrics used in Afghanistan by the U.S. military to measure regional stability, for example.

Kristof spoke next, discussing what he called the misguided notion that some of these problems are too big to solve— around the world, for example, 60 million girls who should be in school are not.

“We are not going to solve that problem in this room tonight,” he said. “But I’m a believer in drops in the bucket.”

He also responded to potential questions about his and his wife’s sometimes controversial brand of activist journalism.

At a question-and-answer session before their talks, Kristof and WuDunn were asked whether they believe their work has contributed to a “white savior” mentality of foreign workers going into poor countries or regions, diagnosing their problems, and prescribing fixes.

“I do think that sometimes it’s done in ways that take the voice from local people, leave them bystanders, and I think that’s ethically problematic,” he said. The white savior controversy is closely associated with the Kony 2012 movement, which many criticize as unsuccessful, but Kristof said that empirically, fewer people are dy-

ing in the Democratic Republic of Congo as a result.

“I understand that some people were discomfited by the video, but, boy, Congolese in northeastern Congo were kind of thrilled that finally someone was paying attention, when their own president … was completely uninterested,” he said.

Kristof also talked about the opportunity gap in the United States and worldwide, connecting it to an “empathy gap.” The poorest 20 percent of Americans give more to charity relative to their incomes than the richest 20 percent, which he thinks is about how wealthier people perceive poverty.

“If you are affluent in America in 2016, then you’re insulated from need,” he said.

“You’re intellectually aware of it, but it’s not something you encounter.”

That insulation, he argued, makes it easy to construct narratives where poverty is all about personal responsibility. While Kristof thinks self-destructive behaviors are real and part of the problem, there’s also another side to the argument.

“As long as we’re talking about personal responsibility, I think we also have to be talking about the responsibility of each of us as a society, especially when we have these proven interventions that will create opportunity,” he said, adding that he hopes BC students study abroad in places like Bangladesh or Tanzania, where their perceptions and worldviews can be challenged and better informed.

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Not after the beaver infestation a few years ago, when the globetrotting acrobat had to take to the trees with a gun.

“There were hundreds of them just clogging up the river and creating this insane overflow,” he said. “So one day, in the middle of the summer, I just perched up in a tree with one of our rifles. I’m not proud. It was definitely the most southern thing I’ve ever done. … But those damn beavers.”

Hagan is from from the South, having spent a majority of his life on an alpaca farm on the outskirts of Atlanta, Ga. But his external persona doesn’t exactly scream gun-toting Southerner plagued often by beaver infestations.

You’ll also never hear anything about how much he misses warm weather, good football, Bojangles’, or any other traditional aspect of Georgia culture.

The reason for this? He simply doesn’t.

This aversion to home might also explain, to some extent, Hagan’s penchant for travel.

Since high school, he has studied abroad in Paris, Shanghai, and, most recently, Hong Kong.

Additionally, he’s fluent in English, Mandarin, French, and currently undertaking another linguistic endeavor by enrolling in a Korean language class.

The culmination of these skills contributed to him receiving a Fulbright scholarship to work in a small rural town outside Xi’an, Hong Kong. But instead of jumping at the opportunity, he turned it down.

“If I were to have accepted the scholarship, I would’ve had to take off spring semester, since the fellowship ran from January to August,” Hagan said. “Plus, I was abroad all of fall semester, so I figured it would be nice to come back to Boston. The timing just wasn’t right.”

Hagan did more than study in Hong Kong.

While there, he trained and taught a class in aerial silks. Hagan grew up training as an aerialist at local acrobatic studios.

He was inspired by a Cirque Du Soleil performance his family had taken him to, and figured he would give the sport a shot. Turns out, he had a talent for it.

Over a decade and countless falls later, Hagan trains for roughly 15 hours a week at the Esh Aerial Arts company in Cambridge, which takes nearly an hour to commute to via the T. In addition, while abroad, he taught as an aerialist coach for expats.

“When I was in Hong Kong, I ended up joining this performance company and training studio,” Hagan said.

“Half the time I was an instructor, so I taught ‘Introduction to Aerial Silks’ for expats, which was great since all the students spoke English. The other half of the time I developed acts. I even got one of the performances commissioned for a show in Macau, which is viewed as being the Vegas of Hong Kong.”

Unfortunately, his visa expired right before the show, which prohibited him from performing in the production he had so successfully spearheaded. After graduation, Hagan plans to take a gap year to teach full-time at the studio, before pursuing a full-time position and career in finance.

And if the finance thing doesn’t work out, he always has his beavershooting skills.

PHOTOS COURTESY OF CONNOR HAGAN

Connor Hagan has shared his acrobatic talent with the world, picking up some languages and a Fulbright scholarship along the way.

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“We have been bottled up several years now,” Kann said. “Everywhere else has been running over capacity, and we saw a decrease in the number of people here.”

The renovations began by stripping the space-impeding temporary walls and replacing them with real ones. Then, everything was rearranged to accommodate better traffic flow and more dispensers, like those for coffee and cereal. This new, more open floor plan creates space for easier maneuvering and greater efficiency on the part of the staff. The most noticeable change, however, has been the addition of the Shake it Up station. Similar in style to the ever-popular Green It station in Eagle’s Nest, Shake it Up provides custom tossed salads with a variety of ingredients. These new improvements have created as much as a 10 percent

increase in traffic this semester alone, Kann said.

Before these renovations took place, the Rat was treated by many as “an island of misfit toys,” according to Kann.

It was a secondary concern to the more recent renovations of Corcoran Commons, Carney Dining Hall, and The Bean Counter in Fulton (which occurred 12, eight, and three years ago, respectively).

As Kann explained, a crucial component of these renovations was thinking about the logistics of BC dining halls as a whole.

In addition to having a high density of students around lunch, the Rat serves as Boston College’s second-largest catering location. It is the only place, excluding Conte Forum, that can host upwards of 300 people for a mass catered event.

“You have to think about the logistics of each location” Kann said. “We did our design work to accommodate the catering as well.”

The Rat serves students from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., serves as an extensive catering venue, and is also the distribution center for all Grab ’n‘ Go pre-wrapped food.

Grab ’n‘ Go food is made in small batches in the back kitchen and then distributed to every dining location on campus. Every 36 hours, the entire process is repeated in order to keep food fresh.

“We are able to take the same labor to make Grab ’n‘ Go very consistent and very fast,” Kann said, noting that the renovations expedite the process of making the refrigerated meals. “It really is a huge win for us.”

But no good thing comes without some difficulty. In fact, the new renova-

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From campus bar to concert venue to dining hall, The Rat has continued to reinvent itself to cater to generations of BC students. tions have made the Rat so popular in recent weeks that the staff is already experiencing new challenges in dealing with the increased demand. For example, the Shake it Up station has run out of containers to serve in—it was impossible to ascertain how popular the salad bar would be. The Rat also serves the morning coffee crowd, and has retained its hot bar in order serve lunch dishes like Thursday Mac and Cheese. The combination of these various products can create some

disorder during times of high demand.

These logistical challenges are a good problem to have, Kann said, but it is still important to address them and to find the best way to mitigate them.

“I’m always running time studies here to make things more efficient while giving the students what they want,” he said.

“We’re always talking to the employees as well, even something really simple could make a big difference.”

The renovations were so well received

by administrative staff, in fact, that plans to renovate the dining area of the Rat are already in motion. Although there have been some transitional hiccups, everything is going well.

“When my manager was talking to me about why we ran out of containers [for the Shake it Up station], he asked me ‘What have we done wrong?’, and I said ‘Nothing, we’ve actually done everything too well. We’ve done everything right,’” Kann said.

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D8;<C<@E< CFFJ9IF:B SWUG is a Boston College buzzword, a staple of BC vocabulary that senior girls feel both the need, and maybe even the desire, to embrace.

“SWUG,” for those of you who don’t know, is a name senior women have given themselves that stands for “senior washed up girl.” The SWUG wears sweatpants to parties, she gets wine drunk on school nights, and she’s given up on the idea of a relationship—she considers herself “washed up” at the mere age of 21 or 22.

Branding oneself as a SWUG certainly has it advantages. It makes it okay to go to Cityside in athletic clothes and to make margaritas at 2 o’clock on a Saturday afternoon.

But the label, whether we realize it or not, seems to mask a much deeper issue within the social hierarchy of colleges and universities.

Upon arriving at BC, I remember hearing about the “X” factor. An upperclassman girl the sailing team explained to me that each year, boys become more and more desirable, while girls become less and less. Every girl chases the senior boy and every boy chases the freshman girl. Walk into a Mod party and you will find senior males preying on freshman girls in body con dresses and heels while the senior girls, dripping in sweat (how do freshman girls not sweat?), migrate to the bars in defeat.

The SWUG is both confident in her

SWUGness and insecure about her future. She eats Pino’s with pride while joking about her weight. She radiates an “I don’t give a f*ck” attitude, but does she really feel this way?

I was told early on in my freshman year that while boys become increasingly confident during their time at BC, girls become increasingly less so. This is a terrible thing to be told at such a vulnerable stage in your life, but yet, it’s not hard to believe. If this is true, one can gather that the SWUG is not as confident as she seems, and the term represents much more than the attitude it idealizes.

When you think about it, many of the things that define the SWUG also apply to the senior male as well. All seniors have senioritis, so it’s curious that women have their own label for something that largely applies to both sexes. Why, in our last year of college, are women accepting and embracing a gender-appropriated label that admits defeat, while men are arguably at the peak of their college careers?

Senior girls look back on their college careers and see how much they have accomplished, yet still say they’ve given up in regard to appearance and relationships. The SWUG is successful, smart, and driven, but claims she’s “so over it.”

She’s become so cynical of the essentially nonexistent dating world that she knows better than to give anyone the benefit of the doubt. She wears sweats around campus, claiming she no longer cares about her appearance. She’s got a sixdigit offer from Goldman Sachs, and she still self-identifies as “washed up.”

The senior male, however, continues to thrive. He throws parties in his Mod and asks freshmen who they know there. He doesn’t want the commitment

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For BC women, their four years on the Heights are a time to solidify their identities while battling harmful gender stereotypes. of a girlfriend or the responsibility of a relationship. Senior year, as one of my male friends told me, is for “getting with freshman chicks”—but in more graphic terms. The senior male embraces his spot at the top of BC’s social hierarchy, while the senior girl “confidently” embraces her decline.

I know that we joke, and that SWUG is hardly a serious term. But it’s hard not to think about the gross implications of the label, and the mentalities of senior girls in general—whether or not they self-identify as a SWUG. While SWUGs appear to be confident, any girl that truly embraces a washed-up attitude lacks the

confidence and drive we should have gained during our time at BC. She lacks the confidence and drive that we’re told as freshmen we’ll one day lose, which perpetuates a highly concerning and degrading cycle.

I look at the females in the class of 2017 and have trouble seeing how any of us are “washed up.” We’re all 21 or 22, and next year we’ll be the envy of all the women over 30 in our offices. We’re young, we’re smart, and we have so much to look forward to after graduation.

There are more than eight months until Commencement—almost 25

percent of our college experience. While many of us, male and female, have great jobs already, are applying for grants, will graduate with honors, have won awards, are the presidents of clubs and the captains of teams—the girls are already “washed up”?

SWUGhood is a choice, but the plummeting self-esteem of female students is something that needs work to change. And that work begins with opting out of the washed-up mentality.

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MXe[Xc`q\[ J`^e @e[`ZXk\j C>9KH GifYc\dj fe :Xdglj On Saturday night the letters on a parking sign on Lower Campus were re-arranged to display an anti-LGBTQ message, which included a slur.

The sign was reported to the Boston College Police Department, which removed it. While the vandalism was an isolated incident, it illuminates the need for LGBTQ support from the administration.

Prejudice against the LGBTQ community is still an issue on campus, as evidenced by this public display. This kind of hateful message is unacceptable. Though the intention of the anonymous perpetrator cannot be known, the fact that someone thought this is an acceptable thing to do speaks to a larger undercurrent of antigay thought on campus.

The University should take a stance to support the LGBTQ community, which is often marginalized, and help support anti-hate policies on campus.

The administration has a long history of withholding support from LGBTQ programs, events, and groups. In the spring of 2015, a group of graduating seniors pledged to withhold donations to the University until an LGBTQ resource center was constructed.

This came after plans for BC to host Ignatian Q, the Ignatian LGBTQ and Ally conference, were denied by members of the administration.

This demonstrated a lack of administrative support for the kind of programs the GLTBQ Leadership Council (GLC) has tried to bring to campus.

GLC, which is a branch of the Undergraduate Government of Boston College (UGBC), has had success with events like Support Love Day, despite what senior leaders have noted are administrative challenges.

Another support program, Queer Peers, went through a period of uncertainty when it was cancelled and not held in residence halls as planned.

After the GLBTQ Leadership Council and the Queer Peers program leaders attempted to determine why they were shut down, they were informed that the program had been incorporated into a larger administration-supported program. This lack of communication demonstrates one of the issues that has marred the relationship between

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“Criticism of others is thus an oblique form of self-commendation.

We think we make the picture hang straight on our wall by telling our neighbors that all his pictures are crooked.”

-Fulton J. Sheen

the administration and LGBTQ activists on campus.

Like any group, LGBTQ activists on campus are weakened by a lack of institutional memory, considering leadership of groups like GLC turn over at least every four years.

Programs and initiatives are imagined and led by undergraduates. This means that the treatment and funding for these programs can change by the year, and the continuation of LGBTQ programs at BC is left to be decided by a series of administrative decisions each year, making it more imperative for the administration to assume responsibility.

The vandalized sign should stand as a reminder that issues of prejudice and LGBTQ rights have not been solved on this campus.

There are still problems, and LGBTQ students deserve support from the administration. Queer Peers, while it was shut down for a while, is back in a larger context, which is one step in the right direction.

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Shaun McGuff y, a sociology professor, has spoken to The Heights in the past about these issues, especially in the context of a Catholic campus, and has said, “We have other top-tier Catholic schools who found ways to make this work, so we can make this work here. I think if we want to keep being a leading Catholic institution we need to be prepared for the future.”

This is important to remember going forward. After an incident such as this sign vandalization, the need to support LGBTQ rights and to fight hateful speech is clear.

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In the spring semester of last year, tickets to see The Chainsmokers at Plexapalooza sold out within two minutes.

Students were frustrated with the lack of tickets for such a popular concert. The Heights criticized the two-tickets-perID policy, as it allowed Boston College students to purchase tickets for non-BC friends, and thereby limited BC students from attending while students from other schools were able to.

For this past Saturday’s Misterwives concert on Stokes Lawn, the Campus Activities Board sold one ticket per student ID. They sold out the 2,000 tickets (a capacity dictated by the concert’s rain location, the Plex) and put on a successful concert.

Earlier, The Heights wrote, “As a group meant to promote on-campus activities for BC students, CAB’s priority should be ensuring that the greatest possible number of interested BC students are able to attend these events. … When an event such as Plexapalooza is scheduled, for which great interest is expressed and ticket sales promise to be high, CAB should ... prevent non-BC students from obtaining tickets while BC students are unable.”

For the first ever StokesSet concert, CAB did this, and it proved successful.

The tickets still sold out quickly, but the new policy ensured that this was because of many BC students purchasing tickets quickly, and not because of BC students purchasing tickets for non-BC

students. This policy should continue for future CAB concerts, such as Plexapalooza and Modstock.

Beyond ticketing, the concert was a well-planned event that attracted a good number of students.

An outdoor fall concert is a good way to begin the year, and CAB should try to make this an annual event, if possible. The choice of venue was a good way to prompt interest, as it is in a more central occasion than other venues where BC concerts are usually held. The outdoor aspect and well-designed lights helped make the event a success.

The views expressed in the above editorials represent the official position of The Heights, as discussed and written by the Editorial Board. A list of the mem-

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

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CAB should continue these attempts as the year goes on and use StokesSet as an example.

Both the ticketing process and the planning of the concert helped create a great event for BC students, which should always be CAB’s goal.

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:flek\i`e^ k_\ @[\X f] 8d\i`ZXe ;\Zc`e\ K_\ Gfc`k`ZXc :c`dXk\ Xk 9: IP8E ;L==P LOOKING DOWN AT THE MODS - One of the best parts about living in one of the dorms surrounding The Mods is the chance to stand by your window on a Friday night, preferably wearing sunglasses and smoking a cigarette, while flocks of freshmen descend from Upper and migrate from Newton. Those poor fools, desperate for the college experience. Laughing quietly to yourself, you take a long drag on your cancer stick, the smoke rising up and obscuring your face.

You waited two whole years to be in this position, to be the upperclassman wielding your power over those beneath you. It was all worth it. Now you have the respect of freshmen who … have to knock on doors and try to get into parties … which is really important … and matters … and … and totally validates your existence and importance. Flicking your cigarette out the window, you struggle to form that trademark smirk of yours and fail. Not even cinematic gestures can help you now.

THE TRUTH - After revealing the terrifying conspiracy behind the IIIIs on the BC clocks, the TU/TD team has been busy investigating the horrible plots behind every moment of our waking lives. These brave thumbmeisters are risking death, imprisonment, and housing probation to bring you faithful readers the truth and to save this campus from the brain-melting forces of IIII. Recently the TU/TD crew tapped into radio communications between some higher-ups in the BC conspiracy, evil operators who have infiltrated the very heart of our beloved campus. These radio communications consisted mostly of spontaneous karaoke sessions between conspirators, including an extended and rousing duet of Cher’s “Believe.” What kind of monsters are we dealing with here? TU/TD will never stop investigating. Stay tuned for the truth, BC.

On the eve of a monumental presidential election, the United States ought to do a bit of soul-searching. Discontent pervades the nation: about two-thirds of Americans believe the country is on the ‘wrong track.’ In fact, many seem to believe that the country is already in perilous decline.

A presidential candidate has galvanized his base, appealed to the disaffected, and cemented his brand of change by peddling the sentiment that our best days are well behind us unless he is elected.

The metric that many pundits and critics use to promote the idea of American decline is our country’s standing in the world—or at least their perception of it. They cite decreasing economic robustness, weakening military strength, and waning political influence visa-vis other important global actors.

Vladimir Putin rolled his tanks into Crimea and is still meddling in Ukraine.

Bashar al-Assad has continued to cross President Obama’s “red line.” China is dredging up islands to create military installments in the South China Sea. In the face of aggressive posturing by adversaries abroad, the current U.S. grand strategy is written off as timid and feckless. Slashes to defense spending and a new doctrine of prudence evoke images of an impotent U.S. military carrying its tail between its legs as it trudges into the 2020s.

In 2001, a Goldman Sachs report coined the term BRIC—Brazil, Russia, India, and China—and touted these newly industrialized countries’ meteoric rise to global economic and political prominence. This cohort was seen as a rival to the Western order. Its economic leader, China, will soon eclipse the West’s, the U.S., as the world’s biggest economy.

Once we disentangle reality from the political rhetoric and pull the honest facts from the hysteria, there is a very different story. The American people must be disabused of this narrative of American decline that so often inundates our airwaves and spews from the media and politicians alike.

Consider the following:

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of these problems cannot be blamed exclusively on America, nor can she be exclusively expected to solve them. However, the onus is on the U.S. to lead, which it does, leading the airstrike coalition targeting ISIS, showing leadership and initiative at the COP21 Climate Accords, and providing the largest amount of foreign aid, by a large margin.

Alas, America is not a monolithic block within the global framework. There are pressing domestic issues. We’ve fallen behind many other first-world countries in intergenerational economic mobility. The Culture Wars, with battles over LGBTQ rights and race relations, are a front-burner issue again.

Bloated and mounting entitlement costs threaten to hollow out the national budget.

These issues threaten the unity of the country, but none of them will topple it.

Ultimately, no other state can pick up America’s mantle of global leadership.

Despite countless contentions otherwise, the military and economy are in good shape.

As the world’s most capable and responsible country—and its only superpower—the U.S. has the burden and privilege of keeping order. With domestic issues, regional adversaries, zones of perpetual unresolved strife, and problems of global scale and scope, it is easy to be pessimistic and prognosticate doom and gloom in America. To the contrary, as outlined above, the country has many reasons to be optimistic about its fate.

It is important to differentiate what we know from what we hear every day.

The country’s immense strengths won’t be touted on the campaign trail, nor will they capture the stories of the nightly news.

The “right track, wrong track” polls are no barometer of our country’s direction—according to the polling results, we’ve been on the wrong track since 1972. The zeitgeist of much of America in 2016 is nostalgia and romanticizing the past (hint: Make America Great Again). Unfortunately, the U.S. cannot be what it was in the years following World War II, or after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

So what? We live in a different time and a changing world. There is absolutely no reason to believe—nor is there any proof—that the country has lost its role as global leader and superpower.

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“What are you?” you whisper, turning slowly toward him. Looking into his beady little eyes, you tremble as he caresses his wispy moustache.

“Who am I?” he says. “I am smarter than you.” After he turns back toward the front of the class, you are left a puddle of insecurity and weakness, filled with the knowledge that not even your thoughts are safe.

There has never been a safer and stronger power in modern history. The U.S. spends more on defense than the next seven countries combined. With the permanent positioning of expeditionary forces and nuclear weapons around the world, the U.S. dominates every physical terrain of warfare—land, sea, air, and space—and has a military presence on every continent. The provocations and posture plays of foreign adversaries are mere saber-rattling, and could provoke proxy conflicts at worst.

Reluctance to engage should not be perceived as impotence. Instead, this strategy should be understood as what it is: a costaverse approach willing to risk boots on the ground, and American lives, only when absolutely necessary. The protracted quagmires in Iraq and Afghanistan serve as cautionary tales of risky intervention and have surely informed America’s current foreign policy.

The lack of certainty or control over the Middle East justifiably provokes anxiety and angst among Americans and the rest of the world. The region is embroiled in internecine conflict. Failed states across the region serve as breeding grounds for jihadi terrorist groups that have metastasized beyond their territories. Saudi Arabia, an ally and bulwark of defense against Iran, is occupied with the nearby Yemeni Civil War and the threats of internal extremism. Despite all this, the truth is simple: no Middle Eastern entity, state or non-state, poses any sort of existential threat.

Though the economic consequences of the 2008 financial crisis continue to reverberate around the world, the U.S. economy has made a relatively robust comeback. Compare this to BRIC’s, which have experienced dismal economic records to date. Putin presides over a deep recession, driven by plunging oil prices and international sanctions. Brazil has stumbled into a recession of record severity.

China, too, is witnessing a slowdown in economic growth. BRIC, so-called challengers to the American era, aren’t the powerhouses that they were in the 2000s.

There are great 21st-century dilemmas, but they do not stem from nations. They do not start and stop within borders but are global in nature: large-scale refugee and diaspora movements, a booming illicit global trade, the unchecked catastrophic consequences of climate change, and the unpredictable threat of terrorism. The proliferation

When I had sleepovers growing up, my mother used to change my sheets before I got home. She wanted me to feel fresh, she said, and she knew nothing better for that feeling than crisp, clean sheets. I always agreed. That first night home, I would peel back my comforter, crawl into the white cocoon, scented with Tide laundry detergent and my mother’s perfume, and burrow down until only the top of my head poked out of the sheets. I would breathe in deeply, intoxicated by the sense of safety and comfort and utter satisfaction that comes from returning to one’s bed after a night or two away.

I can still smell it now, that clean-sheet smell, and I’m convinced it is the scent of love.

My mother still does this for me, even at 21 years old. I can guarantee that on December 22, when I push my bedroom door open, bleary-eyed and smelling of airplane, I will see crisp white sheets on my bed.

My mother and I never talk about this little ritual of ours. It goes undiscussed, much like the countless rides to school and birthday cakes and hours of work she puts in to pay Boston College’s exorbitant tuition. It is simply another fact of my life, or rather another fact of our relationship.

I wonder how many of us out there notice these small gestures. At a school where politeness is yet another mode of competition, I wonder how many gratuitous and unthinking acts of generosity exist. It seems every good deed requires a loud “thank you,” and every “thank you” requires an even louder “you’re welcome.”

This insincere sense of politeness

is as natural as air at BC. We all do it.

I certainly do. How many times have you been asked about your summer since returning to BC? How many glazed-over looks have you gotten while recounting your summer? Or perhaps you don’t bother with the recounting any longer. A simple, “Good, how was yours?” will do. Keeps things light and polite, in true BC fashion.

When I first started at BC, these pleasantries were rampant. People told me they loved their new college friends, loved their classes, loved their blossoming social lives. I grew confused and concerned.

Did they really love being far from family, with only tenuous friends and well-meaning but still unfamiliar RAs as substitutes? Did they love the suffocating pressure of college coursework?

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As my friends and classmates started opening up about their own senses of unbelonging and insecurity, I understood that what had passed as love was far from it.

But still, I wondered where love existed on campus. I don’t mean the love that exists on a White Mountain first date, or amid the thumping music in an overheated Mod, but rather that cleansheets love. The love that goes unannounced and uncelebrated, a quietly understood fact of life.

Although I still hear those shallow pleasantries and insincere declarations of love, I have learned to tune them out. Instead, I listen for something a little quieter.

Sophomore year, I often came home from night shifts at White Mountain in a daze. A dull ache hummed through my feet and back, and my mind felt strung out after so many customer interactions.

I wanted to sleep and eat and shower, all at once, and yet I didn’t have the energy for any of it.

When I came home in this state of total physical and mental exhaustion, I often found a single bag of Cheetos resting on my pillow. My sleeping roommate lay like a saint, wholly good and generous. She always reminded me of my mother like that. As I munched on my midnight Cheetos, I could hear it, that quiet hum of love.

As I blaze through week three of senior year, I find myself thinking more and more about the difference between true acts of love and the pleasantries that often pass as them.

Sometimes I worry that we may mistake politeness for kindness, hearing only the loud and insincere thank you’s, and not noticing the tiny acts of love that pop up like fresh blades of grass all over campus.

Perhaps the magic of these acts lies in their invisibility. Perhaps they only survive so long as they are unacknowledged. If that’s the case, then a simple remedy exists. We need not shout out our love from the rooftop of Gasson or declare it on Facebook. All we need to do is pay it forward.

We need to act, and quickly, because so many of us feel alone and misunderstood, and sometimes the only remedy for this loneliness is a clean set of sheets and a gifted bag of Cheetos.

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It doesn’t take long to notice that Boston College students are overall much more politically “mild”—and less politically active—than a lot of their counterparts on college campuses across the country, such as Yale and the University of Missouri.

We’ve had a few jolts of activism in recent years and there is an often-forgotten history of protests decades ago, but it’s not often that we see lively political debate, boisterous rallies for social justice, protests against climate change, demonstrations, sit-ins, or picket signs of any kind on campus. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing. On the contrary, it may in some respects be positive.

I’d like to get to the bottom of this apolitical business and determine whether it’s just an obvious product of a lack of political extremism among the student body (mostly good), or a lack of political interest among the student body (not so good).

It’s not that we don’t have political student organizations on campus—we do, though not many—it’s that these organizations are not very visible, which reflects a want of political activism and interest among students. Sure, we have all the classic elements of political groups on campus, but they lack the verve and presence that these groups exert on many other campuses across the country. Perhaps the most memorable examples in recent years have been the activist efforts of Eradicate Boston College Racism and Climate Justice at BC. Some may remember Eradicate supporters’ marching across campus last year singing parodied Christmas carols to raise awareness of institutional racism, or the time members of CJBC held an overnight vigil outside University President Rev. William P. Leahy’s office to get BC to divest from fossil fuels. But even some of these events were ill-attended, short-lived, and met with hesitation by the administration, including sanctions placed on protesters involved in Eradicate and CJBC. Now, I’m not saying we should go around campus topless to protest gender inequality (“Free the Nipple,” UC San Diego) or, even less, organize a “shit-in” as a campaign for gender-neutral bathrooms (Cal Poly). But still, a part of me wishes BC students would get a little more involved in the political sphere.

I’d posit that this lack of frequent, visible events is due to a combination of both less political extremism and less political interest. A lot of students are just content to go about their busy daily lives and feel no need or inclination to take a special interest in politics.

A lot of students are interested in politics, but their views are so balanced that they don’t translate into special activism or involvement. The oft-heard self-description of “socially liberal, fiscally conservative” may to some extent explain this political mildness, which sometimes isn’t even mildness, but just a general apathy. Then there’s the Jesuit, Catholic aspect of the college that acts as a sort of tempering influence, generally in a positive way. These tendencies and influences, coupled with an administration that isn’t particularly encouraging of political activism, could very well explain this mildness on campus.

Still, college is a formative time and one of the best to be politically active.

Whether we like it or not, politics is an important part of life, and I would encourage students to get more informed, if not involved, with international and domestic politics—especially with the election we have coming up in November. Just a few days ago at Berkeley (surprise, surprise) a pro-Trump exhibit set up on campus was destroyed by students, who later formed an impressive mob around it and started chanting some not-so-nice things at the Trump supporters.

Regardless of my opinions on any given candidate or issue, when I hear about things like that it makes me feel grateful that I go to BC. We may not be the most politically engaged, but at least that mildness leaves room for differing political opinions, and an openness of mind that doesn’t threaten important freedoms.

Political engagement on college campuses is important, but there is an ideal middle ground between apathy and extremism that BC students should strive to reach.

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One such historical tribute, however, goes vastly underappreciated year after year—Boston’s very own Water Day on Oct. 25.

Though the holiday is now fast approaching, Water Day is certainly not top of mind with most Bostonians—much like the clean and widely available public water that it celebrates, it seems to have become taken for granted over time.

The Waterworks Museum of Boston exists as a testament to that historical feat celebrated annually by Water Day. If you frequent the Reservoir on runs and you’ve managed to circumnavigate the body of water, you may have noticed an elegant stone building nestled in the bend around the Cleveland Circle side of the park. This building is the home of Boston’s Waterworks Museum, affectionately referred to as the Waterworks and a celebration of the scientific and engineering triumph that is publically available drinking water. The true importance of this beautifully façaded museum, much like water, seems to be hiding in plain sight.

“The Waterworks preserves a legacy of innovation— a hidden history of innovation,” said Susanna Crowley, manager of outreach and development for the museum.

“But definitely one that very, very deeply impacted the

growth of Boston during the 20th century.”

A relatively new addition to the Waterworks staff, Crowley comes from an academic background in anthropology and environmental sciences—which includes a brief one-semester teaching stint at BC—but she has now shifted her focus to the work exhibited at the museum. For Crowley, her work at the Waterworks, particularly with regard to water science and public health through a socio-historical lens, meshes perfectly with her academic background.

Coming from research focused heavily on global water supply and the interaction of cities and water, joining the ranks at the Waterworks Museum was, to Crowley, “not a huge leap.” Putting this interdisciplinary work into a local Boston history context has made for an extremely enriching experience—one she hopes everyone can enjoy.

“It’s really a place to go where you can explore more than once,” Crowley said of the exhibits on offer at Waterworks. “It has a lot of depth to it.”

Certainly, many museums merely document history—primary sources are put on display and timelines demonstrate the past in a linear way. The greatest museums, however, exist to both document and celebrate history—to tell a story and make a point of it.

Waterworks falls into this latter category.

The Waterworks puts the hidden history of Boston’s often-groundbreaking innovation in public water on full display. The museum boasts about the human engineering feats that made Boston among the first world-class cities to have a fully fleshed-out system of sanitary water delivery.

The history of public water in Boston begins in the 19th century, when the city had thousands of new immigrants arriving and joining the thousands of residents already settled. At the time, unsanitary and inefficient

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A group of engineers, scientists, and architects came together in the 1840s and initiated a program in which they intended to create an aqueduct system—much like that of the Roman aqueduct system—and a reservoir system from western Massachusetts, outside of the urban population. They created a 60-mile long system, bringing water directly into Boston, and by the 1880s this fully formed water system became commonplace, and more firepower was necessary to keep up with demand.

Enter the Waterworks building.

To accommodate this extraordinary demand, in 1887 the Waterworks station was constructed to help facilitate the massive transport of water—now in excess of 20 million gallons daily—into Boston. The aqueduct system from western Mass. pushed everything to the Waterworks building, which further pushed everything uphill to another location named Fisher Hill in Brookline. From here, gravity provided the necessary pressure for the latter portion of the journey into Boston—20 million plus gallons of water flow naturally downhill into the city.

Aside from being able to accommodate the massive demand and transform Boston into a world-class modern city, scientific innovation is where Boston, and consequently the Waterworks, shine. The building claims the first water testing laboratory.

The site of the Waterworks Museum was the first in the country that invested in this new scientific field of water testing—a discipline that would fundamentally redefine public health standards forever. It was in this building that a man named George Whipple, who would go on to co-found the Harvard School of Public Health, pushed the boundaries of water science

and technology.

“He really focused on the components of water and how it impacts health,” Crowley said. “He focused on how we’re able to understand the chemistry, the biology, and the physical qualities of water—and how that affects hundreds of thousands of people.”

With this, Whipple set the precedent for water testing practices and standards.

The ripple effect of this innovation is still felt today, and remains central to the social mission complementing the historical mission of the the Waterworks Museum. The immediacy of water cleanliness’ effect on public health is obvious, and today problems associated with this persist.

The recent water crisis in Flint, Mich., is one such example of the impact that water has had on society.

Once a place for innovation and invention in the field of water science, the Waterworks Museum now hopes to occupy a leadership role in the public health domain.

Crowley spoke enthusiastically about this pivot to the current public health conversation, and she sees the future of the museum as not only a preserver of the past, but also a protector of the future.

“Waterworks is positioning itself to be a part of that conversation,” Crowley said of recent water-related issues pertaining to public health. “Here we are again, more than a century later, talking about water contamination and the impact on public health, and Flint, Mich., is the most visible part of that national conversation.”

Critical now to the mission of the museum, the Waterworks hopes to host programs in the coming year that focus on water science and the fundamental impact it has on public health. As guardians of water science’s technical and historical past, the Waterworks now enters the modern-day political and social spheres of the centuries-old conversation.

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—Susanna Crowley, manager of outreach and development, The Waterworks Museum

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Visitors are greeted by an intimidating steam engine as soon as they enter the main exhibition hall of the Metropolitan Waterworks Museum, with even larger steam engines dominating the back of the hall. You would think that these now-defunct engines, once considered engineering marvels during their industrial heyday in the 1890s, would be gathering dust in the brick-and-mortar sarcophagus of a water station-turned-museum, yet they teem with a certain energy that hearkens back to a bygone era, when the power of steam helped carry society into the modern age.

The millions of gallons of water from Lake Cochituate and the Sudbury River that used to power the steam engines have long since stopped running through them, but to some experimental filmmakers and musicians, it’s high time to wake up these sleeping giants. These artists capitalized on the peculiarities of the museum to transform the location into an unconventional cinema space and concert venue on Friday night, projecting films onto the surfaces of the steam engines and creating experimental soundscapes with varying acoustic surfaces.

“We wanted to design an architecturally difficult concert,” said Susanna Bolle, one of the organizers of the event.

These artists opened the floodgates, so to speak, and the steam engines were operational once again—this time,

pumping vivid colors and otherworldly sound in a way reminiscent of their past.

The Leavitt Pumping Engine was installed at the Chestnut Hill Station in 1894 in response to the increasing demand for access to clean water in a rapidly growing Boston community. The pump, a triple-expansion, three-crank rocker engine able to pump and filter a record 20 million gallons of water per day, was deemed the pinnacle of steam engineering at the end of the Industrial Revolution. “[The engine] was part of a ‘Golden Age’ of Boston that people don’t really know about,” said Eric Metzger, director of Museum Services at the Waterworks Museum.

Generally speaking, all steam engines require a source of heat to boil water into steam. To reduce energy consumption, the Leavitt Engine used a Green economizer to preheat the water before it entered the Belpaire firebox boiler, which contained 201 boiler tubes, two coal-burning furnaces, and a common combustion chamber to produce as much steam as possible. In the 1950s, oil replaced coal as the fuel of choice for the furnaces.

The steam from the boiler was then piped up to cylinders, pistons of various sizes. The steam was constantly reheated as it traveled through the cylinders to maintain a sufficiently high enough pressure to move the pistons, providing the engine’s mechanical force to power the adjoining water pump. The diameters of the pistons correlate to the amount of mechanical force produced—the larger the diameter of the piston,

the more powerful its output. A crankshaft drives a circular gear called a cam, which in turn has rods attached to it that regularly open and close the steam and exhaust valves.

Rods connecting the steam engine to the water pump sit on rockers that also provide mechanical force for the machine. Vacuum chambers use suction from air chambers to draw water up into the pump. The water passes through tubes to condense the exhaust steam from the engine and then is delivered to the force main.

Friday night’s event was a collaborative effort between the Waterworks Museum and Boston’s cultural scene. Designed to be a “living installment,” the film and music are meant to incorporate the architecture and layout of the museum. Visitors are encouraged to walk around the museum to experience the different sights and sounds from different locations.

Non-Event, a Boston-based concert series focused on experimental music, collaborated with the Waterworks Museum for Friday night’s event. The concert featured pieces by Mem1, the electroacoustic duo of Mark and Laura Cetilia, and experimental musician Brendan Murray.

The musical set involved electronic manipulation of sounds produced by a conventional cello to create a distinct sound that bathed the setting in a ghostly, orchestral atmosphere. Experimental musicians push the limits of acoustic principles by using different techniques

to create unconventional music.

The introduction of electronics and specialized computer programs increased the versatility of an instrument and the range of sounds it can produce. With a complex array of microprocessors and computer installations, sounds can be transformed into novel tones, the building blocks of experimental music.

The different acoustic surfaces, from the brick walls of the museum to the iron surfaces of the steam engines, affect the quality of the sounds that bounce off of them.

As a result, the music sounds different depending on where you stand in the museum.

For the film aspect of the night, Balagan Films and AgX Film Collective collaborated with the Waterworks Museum to feature experimental movies produced by Anto Astudillo, Sarah Bliss, Christina Hunt, Frank Aveni, Stefan Grabowski, Susan Deleo, Genevieve Carmel, Youjin Moon, Robert Todd, and Douglas Urbank specially made for the event.

Tinted lights glinting off streams of film hanging from parts of the steam engines created a shimmering effect throughout the museum. Multiple film projectors were set up around the hall, projecting the experimental films onto the walls of the museum and the structures of the steam engines, capitalizing on how we see to create the illusion of fluid motion. The aquatic-themed films, keeping the nature of the venue in mind, were strategically projected onto parts of the steam engines that once contained water, reminding the audience of the past.

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“We got our ass beat today.”

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BLACKSBURG, Va. — Myles Willis didn’t look back.

And there was no reason to—the Boston College kick returner had just broken a tackle and saw nothing but open field ahead of him. Willis high-stepped past the pylon for what he thought was a game-tying touchdown and an explosive answer to Virginia Tech’s first score of the game.

It would be the closest that the Eagles would get to the end zone all day.

Thanks to a block-in-the-back penalty, the touchdown was called back and BC started one of its 10 three-and-out drives, in what

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This weekend was the only time I had all semester to step away from my duties of covering Boston College Athletics. Of football’s 12 games, I’m assigned to 10, including road trips to Florida State, Wake Forest, and, as you’ve already seen, Georgia Tech in Dublin. When the Eagles travel to North Carolina State, I’ll be at Kelley Rink to see men’s hockey take on Providence.

This weekend, it wasn’t my responsibility. Our associate sports editor, Riley Overend, had the privilege of joining football on its trip to Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, Va. I hear the experience was great. Even if the game wasn’t.

Don’t get me wrong, now. I love covering BC, through the wins and the losses. I won’t say which I enjoy more.

Yet it was nice to step away from the pressure-filled grind of meeting deadlines for game stories. I didn’t have to worry about writing eloquent prose with perfect copy in the shortest amount of time, live tweeting during press conferences, or analyzing plays from several decks up in giant football stadiums. This weekend gave me the opportunity to sit back on my deck that overlooks Comm. Ave., eat a couple of hot dogs with a fellow editor on The Heights, and listen to Bruce and Billy.

That being said … I spent much of the weekend watching sports. Yes, I saw BC’s embarrassing debacle against Virginia Tech. But I also got a chance to watch games just for the enjoyment. I haven’t gotten to do that very often on Fridays and Saturdays in the fall the last two years.

The best part comes from watching games in which I had no vested interest. Sure, I saw my beloved New York

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Mets pound the last-place Minnesota Twins in a sweep as they continue their magical September run. And I saw my New York Giants continue their solid start to the season with a 16-13 victory over the New Orleans Saints.

But all of the best moments—for good and for bad reasons—came from college football. In a matter of 48 hours, college football made me sweat, scream, cry, cheer, hold my breath, and let it all out. No other sport can do that with teams you wouldn’t give a damn about on any other day.

My whirlwind of emotion began Thursday. I was supposed to be studying for my interpersonal communication test, but hey, the most exciting team in the nation was on primetime. No, it wasn’t any of the Power Fives—rather, it was No. 6 Houston and Greg Ward, Jr. After muddling along for three quarters, the Cougars were down 16-12 in Cincinnati with less than a quarter to go.

Little more than 12 minutes and 24 points later, a tight matchup turned

into a blowout—40-16 in favor of the Cougars.

In that game, I saw what made me first fall for college football: the plight of the underdog. If you aren’t from a Power Five conference, you have everything to lose and everything to gain each time you step on the gridiron. A loss doesn’t send the fans into an uproar the way it would in Baton Rouge or Ann Arbor. But there’s no sneaking into the playoffs and hoping to get hot. One loss and the nation will find every excuse to delegitimize your team.

Given my New York upbringing, I hadn’t had a stake in any one team. I bounced around. The Florida Gators piqued my interest most (and by the way, if someone has an update on Luke Del Rio, that’d be great).

But I fell first for Boise State, the plucky upstarts from the Mountain West Conference who, in 2007, upset Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl on a thrilling series of trick plays. Houston reminds me of that team.

It’s just a shame that the Cougars

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In the home opener, Chelcie Mendonça scored the game-winner to topple No. 3 UNC....B4

will run into Lamar Jackson this November. I’ve never seen one man embarrass the No. 2 Florida State Seminoles the way Jackson did on Saturday. The 62-20 demolition showed how fleeting a time even the most legendary programs can have on top of the world. I await in eager anticipation how Louisville Cardinals can fly up the AP Top 25.

I don’t always root for upsets—I smile and appreciate dominance when the blue bloods stay on top. The thing is, in college football, the blue bloods always make it exciting. No. 1 Alabama needed a late comeback against Chad Kelly and No. 19 Ole Miss. No. 3 Ohio State lit up Bob Stoops and Oklahoma, thanks to a young receiver named Noah Brown. His catch over the back of Sooner cornerback Michiah Quick will be hard to top by the end of the year. Michigan and Wisconsin fans had to sweat out their wins against lesser opponents. Stanford and Clemson fans … not exactly.

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THUMBS UP LAMAR CAN’T LOSE  Louisville’s Lamar Jackson can’t be stopped.

After another spectacular performance, this time against Florida State, the quarterback has accumulated 18 touchdowns this season. Can you say “Heisman,” everyone?

NOTRE DAME RECORD  If you’re a BC football fan, you might need some cheering up after the game this weekend. This ought to do the trick—BC has the same record as rival Notre Dame.

Oh, and the Fighting Irish still haven’t recorded a sack yet this season, while BC had eight in one game alone.

SOFTBALL SUCCESS - Following a 10-0 victory on Tuesday night, The Heights’s intramural softball team is currently undefeated. With strong bats and quick gloves, the team looks poised to make a deep run this postseason.

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Errors, especially unforced errors, are usually the deciding factor between a win and a loss. This was the case in Boston College volleyball’s two weekend losses against the Harvard Crimson and the Northeastern Huskies. After a home tournament last weekend that saw BC hit, dig, and serve its way to a sweep, the past two games represented the inconsistencies that the Eagles have dealt with this season. They have played exactly one third of their season, and now sit at 5-5 going into conference play, which will see them face some of the best volleyball teams on the East Coast.

The first set against the Huskies was tight at the beginning, characterized by great saves and blocks by both teams. There were numerous long rallies between BC and Northeastern that saw their players sprawled out on the court, arms outstretched just enough to tip the ball to a teammate. BC jumped out to a 3-1 lead on a block by McKenna Goss and a floaty service ace by Madisen Lydon.

Northeastern took its first lead at 10-

TONE DEAF CELEBRATION - Penn State fans continued their campaign to become the most insufferable fans in football as they honored late coach Joe Paterno this weekend in the game against Temple. While Temple fans turned their backs on video montages of Paterno, Penn State fans cheered loudly despite the fact that Paterno enabled Jerry Sandusky’s sexual abuse.

RGIII DONE FOR GOOD? - Oh, man.

Robert Griffin III is now out for 12 weeks—or, more likely, the season. What will happen when fans can’t watch him mess up and then blame his teammates?

Who will fill in for RGIII and get injured unnecessarily as a direct result of his own actions? How will people function without his “inspirational” social media posts? What a shame.

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Duke women’s soccer’s Kayla McCoy was on a breakaway. As she approached the goal, Boston College’s goalkeepBoston College 2 er Alexis Duke 3 Bryant rushed out to meet her. The two players collided. The referee blew his whistle, and Bryant was shown a red card and ejected from the game.

Backup goalkeeper Erin Seppi stepped in to face McCoy’s penalty kick, but the odds were against the rookie. Seppi dove in the correct direction, but just wasn’t able to block the ball. McCoy put the ball past Seppi to give Duke (6-2-1, 1-0 Atlantic Coast) the 1-0 lead. It was just 10 minutes into the game. And BC (8-1-1, 0-1 Atlantic Coast), limited to 10 players, faced an uphill battle trying to recover from the deficit.

The Eagles refused to give up, eventually holding a lead in the game.

It was not enough to make up for the early mistake, however, as the Blue

Devils fought hard, ultimately earning a 3-2 victory on Saturday night. It was BC’s first loss of the season.

It didn’t take long for BC to answer Duke’s first goal. In the 24th minute, Duke defender Schuyler DeBree fouled freshman Jenna Bike in the box. Although no card was given, the Eagles were still awarded a penalty kick. Redshirt senior McKenzie Meehan elected to take the penalty kick, putting it past Blue Devil goalkeeper E.J. Proctor to tie the score at one apiece. It was Meehan’s eighth goal of the season.

This would be the only scoring of the first half, although both teams had more opportunities. Duke recorded six shots in the first half, although it was unable to target its shots on goal.

The Eagles also had six shots, including two on frame. The only corner kick of the half belonged to BC, but nothing came of it.

The Eagles came into the second half ready to roll. Seppi saved a shot from Duke forward Imani Dorsey in the 46th minute. Two minutes later, Hayley Dowd gave BC a 2-1 lead. She

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points, and then cruised to the end of the set.

For the third time in four matches, a BC match came down to a fifth and deciding set. This time, however, the outcome would not be in the Eagles’ favor. BC had two opportunities to put the match away and gain another win, but Harvard was crafty and managed to fend off the match points. The Eagles could not find a late push, and the Crimson won the final set 17-15, a disappointing loss for BC against a team that, on paper, should have provided an easy win.

These ups and downs have plagued BC all season.

“We have not been very consistent—there are times when we serve well and there are times that we block well,” Campbell said. “There needs to be a mental shift to make it our norm.”

After 10 non-conference games, BC begins its play in the Atlantic Coast Conference this Friday with a match against Syracuse.

“We are not a huge team in the ACC, but if we are disciplined, play well in transition, and have a good out-of-system offense, we will have a path to success,” Campbell said.

stole the ball at midfield and took off for the goal, dodging Duke defenders along the way. With Blue Devils approaching from behind, she ripped a shot to the near post. Proctor dove, but wasn’t able to deflect it. Improbably, BC had come back (at least temporarily) while playing down one man, and led Duke 2-1. The goal was Dowd’s fifth of the season.

The lead would last for less than 10 minutes. In the 56th minute, BC found itself defending in its own box as Duke pressed forward. Dorsey received the ball in the center of the box and sent it wide to freshman Ella Stevens. Stevens ripped a ball across the box to the waiting foot of Taylor Racioppi. Racioppi sent the ball past Seppi, netting her third goal of the year and evening the score at two apiece.

McCoy had another opportunity in the 69th minute, but BC’s defense made excellent plays to prevent the Duke forward from scoring. Seppi deflected the ball, but it continued to roll toward the goal line. The defense managed to clear it away from the line

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BC couldn’t recover after surrendering an early goal to the Blue Devils. at the last second, preserving the tie.

The Eagles couldn’t delay the inevitable, however. Duke’s Rebecca Quinn held the ball at the top of the box and slotted a pass to McCoy, who ripped a shot from 10 yards out that Seppi was unable to save. After scoring an early goal and then falling behind, Duke managed to come from

behind for the 3-2 win.

It was a tough night for the Eagles.

Playing down for most of the game and surrendering a 2-1 lead wasn’t the ideal way to open up ACC play.

Moving forward, the Eagles will have to make up for the disappointing Duke loss and establish more momentum as they go deeper into the season.

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The first 45 minutes of men’s soccer’s game Friday night in upstate New York were all too reminiscent of the Elite Eight Boston College 0 game Syracuse 2 nine months ago in December. Half of the game was over, with no score.

To make the trip down memory lane really feel complete, Jonathan Hagman came out of the blast for a strike that no one would forget. In the 50th minute from 25 yards out, he netted the decisive goal of the game as No. 5 Syracuse went on to a 2-0 defeat of

No. 15 Boston College.

The challenge wasn’t a surprise to head coach Ed Kelly. Earlier in the week, he had been asked about facing one of the best teams in the nation, the Orange.

“Well, we know a lot about those teams, Syracuse we lost to in the Elite Eight last year, we played them here in a great game,” Kelly told BCEagles. com. “It’s much better going in to play an opponent even though they are strong and a tough place to win rather than an unknown. It is much more intense here and easy to get people up for a game like this.”

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a Harvard service error gave BC the first set, 25-23.

The second set began much like the first, with the Crimson and the Eagles going back and forth, trading kills. It was a much cleaner set for Harvard, reflected in its 6-1 run midway through the set that it turned into an 18-11 lead. The Eagles, not to be held down for long, stormed back with their own 6-1 run, but couldn’t sustain the tempo. Harvard went on to win the second set 25-19.

Harvard jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead in the third set, but the set belonged to BC as it won 25-17 quickly and dominantly. BC had 15 kills to Harvard’s 11, and only committed three errors throughout the set. The Eagles had an outstanding hitting percentage of .444, compared to Harvard’s .207, which certainly guided BC to the dominant set win.

The fourth set, though relatively close at 25-20, was all Harvard. The Crimson ran out to an early 10-5 lead, which forced BC to use its first timeout. While the Eagles fought back to tie the set at 12, and then take a brief lead at 13-12, Harvard wouldn’t let up. The Crimson took the lead back with five straight

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potent Husky offense, and BC lost the set quickly 25-16.

“We were too comfortable in this match,” head coach Chris Campbell said. “We have done a nice job lately of pushing hard, but we did not show up ready to compete.”

On Friday night, the Eagles made the short drive over to Cambridge to take on the Harvard Crimson. The Crimson had been struggling, losing five matches in a row after their season-opening win. But the outcome of this match couldn’t be determined just by looking at the teams’ respective records. Harvard, though it had been swept in five of its losses, often played very tight and very close sets against its opponents. Many were decided by fewer than five points, and Harvard was ready to show BC what it was made of.

The Eagles got out to a 2-0 lead early, thanks to kills from Anna Skold and Julia Topor. BC was up by as many as six points through the middle of the set, propelled by an even mix of Harvard errors and Eagle put aways. The two teams traded points for the remainder of the set, with the Crimson getting to within one point, but a late kill by Topor and WOMEN’S SOCCER

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9, but a Julia Topor kill brought BC right back into the set. The Huskies went on an 8-4 run, and while BC made it interesting, the Huskies ultimately won the first set 25-19.

The second set started off with two back-to-back long rallies, one that was won by a BC kill and one that was won by a Northeastern kill.

BC jumped out to a quick 5-2 lead that ballooned out to 10-6. But the Huskies kept chipping away, using strong defense mixed with devastating kills to take the lead at 14-13.

From there the teams matched each other kill for kill and dig for dig, trading points until Northeastern finally won the marathon set 32-30 after capitalizing on one of many BC errors throughout the last half of the set.

Northeastern took the early lead in the third set and quickly raced out to 11-7. BC seemed unable to find the open court, with even heavy hitters like Topor struggling to get hits past Northeastern’s athletic front court.

Many of the Eagles’ shots were either blocked right back at the hitter or saved by a great defensive play from the Huskies. The Eagles’ defense was scrappy, but struggled to contain a

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minute. When BC jumped out of the gate and took the first three shots of the match, it seemed like the team was prepared.

Senior Isaac Normesinu had the first shot of the game, which was on net, in the 16th minute. That shot would loom large because it would be the only one that BC (4-2-0, 1-1-0 Atlantic Coast) had on net for the entirety of the 90-minute contest.

Younes Boudadi, a freshman, and senior Zeiko Lewis also took shots in the first half, and BC seemed the more aggressive side for the first 45 minutes.

Going into the break, BC had a 3-1 shot advantage. But Syracuse (7-0-0,

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2-0-0) flipped the script in the second half. Hagman’s goal came just after the start of the second half, and he swung the momentum over to Syracuse’s side. Opportunities for the Eagles to even things came in the 59th minute with two corner kick attempts, but BC failed to get a shot off on either of the corners.

In the 74th minute, the Orange added to its lead and effectively sealed the game. Chris Nanco crossed a ball into the box for Kenny Lassiter, who put the ball in the back of the net to give the Orange a more secure advantage. After falling down 2-0, the Eagles remained incapable of getting another shot off. Another corner kick

opportunity came in the 84th minute, but, again, the Eagles couldn’t do anything with it.

Syracuse head coach Ian McIntyre credited BC after the game with disrupting the Orange early on until they were able to find their footing and score a couple of goals in the second half to put the Eagles away.

That brings up an important piece for BC. With such a young team full of potential, disrupting strong teams like Syracuse is good, but they have to do more to convert chances when they can get them. With three corner kick opportunities down the stretch of the second half, the Eagles should have at least gotten a shot off.

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turned out to be a fitting metaphor for the whole afternoon at Lane Stadium.

Nothing went right for BC (1-2, 0-2 Atlantic Coast) against the Hokies (2-1, 1-0) in a 49-0 defeat, a public flogging in front of 60,000 frenzied fans in Blacksburg, Va. The loss marks the worst of the Steve Addazio Era, an embarrassing all-around effort that featured 13 punts, a BC record for Mike Knoll. The other two drives ended in an interception and a fumble. It is the worst loss in program history since the Eagles fell to Ole Miss, 54-0, on Oct. 7, 1950.

“We just came out, we didn’t play well, we lost a football game, and that’s the end of that,” a visibly irritated Addazio said after the game.

The first half belonged to Virginia Tech, as quarterback Jerod Evans rebounded from a shaky performance at Bristol Motor Speedway to throw for three touchdown passes in the first half-hour of play alone.

First-year head coach Justin Fuente did his research on the vaunted Eagle defense, largely avoiding the front seven and instead scorching the secondary through the air.

Following a quiet opening drive, Tech’s offense came alive after BC wide receiver Michael Walker fumbled and the defense recovered. From there, the Hok-

ies pieced together an eight-play, 58-yard drive that was capped off by a Travon McMillian touchdown catch.

Evans followed it up by leading the uptempo Tech offense down the field again, this time finding Isaiah Ford on a perfectly placed fade route at the end of the first quarter.

Then, with 1:42 remaining in the half, Evans spiraled a dart into double coverage, somehow locating Ford in the back of the endzone for a 30-yard touchdown pass.

Between each Tech score was a series of frustrating offensive possessions for BC, most ending in quick three-and-outs. Every attempt by Addazio to establish the run game was promptly shut down. The Eagles managed just five rushing yards in the first half.

It didn’t get any better in the second half. Evans continued to pour it on the BC defense with consecutive touchdown drives to begin the third quarter. First, he connected with freshman tight end Chris Cunningham.

As if it couldn’t get any worse, Evans dumped it off in the flat to running back Sam Rogers, who scampered into the endzone to extend Tech’s lead to 35-0.

Not only did Evans’s fifth touchdown pass of the day equal the total from his first two games combined, it also tied the school record for most touchdowns in a game.

When the junior quarterback

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Myles Willis (23, B.R.) nearly provided the lone highlight of the day with a kickoff return touchdown, but it was called back on a penalty by Max Richardson. did finally make a mistake, the offense could not capitalize.

Free safety John Johnson picked off Evans in the third quarter and gave the Eagles superb field position and an opportunity for a morale-boosting touchdown.

But Patrick Towles and the offense only went backward, retreating out of field-goal range and eventually punting.

“I didn’t make enough throws.

I didn’t make awesome decisions,” Towles said. “I need to

play better.”

The Hokies would tack on two more rushing touchdowns, courtesy of McMillian and backup quarterback Brenden Motley, before the bloodbath was finally complete.

It’s the type of loss that humiliates a program. It’s the type of loss that makes a lot of jobs very, very insecure. And it’s the type of loss that makes the trip home from Blacksburg feel like returning from a funeral.

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FIELD HOCKEY

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Boston College field hockey. The Eagles (4-3, 1-1 Atlantic Coast) exploded in the second half en route to an easy 8-1 victory over the Huskies (4-2, 0-0 Colonial Athletic).

Though they headed into halftime with only a one-goal advantage, BC beat Northeastern in every major statistical category.

The Eagles had more shots, shots on goal, and corners attempted than

the Huskies.

The seniors in particular stuffed the stat sheet against Northeastern.

Eryn McCoy scored three goals and assisted on two, factoring into more than half of BC’s goals on the afternoon. Brittany Sheehan scored three goals and added an assist, while Emily McCoy scored a goal and assisted on another.

It was the second career hat

trick for both McCoy and Sheehan, as well as the first of the season for both.

BC’s all-time record against Northeastern is still below .500— the Huskies still hold a 17-13 advantage—but the Eagles have been nothing short of dominant in the past two meetings. BC has won those games by a combined score of 14-2.

After struggling in road contests against No. 16 Northwestern University, No. 6 University of Maryland, and No. 1 Syracuse University, the Eagles have, remarkably, righted the ship. BC topped No. 10 Stanford University to cap off its road swing, then defeated No. 3 University of North Carolina to snap a streak of eight consecutive UNC victories in their series.

The Eagles lacked firepower in each of their defeats during that stretch, scoring only three goals in those losses. With an eight-goal outburst against Northeastern, the Eagles ignited an offensive spark that could pay dividends in the coming games.

So hold the Hatfields—the Eagles have two McCoy’s, and they’re on fire.

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The final horn blew, but there was still one corner to be played out. The maroon jerseys stood inside North Carolina 1 the goal, Boston College 2 while Carolina blue wrapped around the shooting circle.

All Boston College had to do was get the ball outside the circle to end the game, but that is never an easy task. The referee blew her whistle, and the ball was inserted. The maroon jerseys flew out of the cage and headed straight toward the ball.

Shot. Diving save. Rebound.

Diving save. Whistle. The players rose and looked toward the referee anticipating a call in their team’s favor. The referee pointed downfield, signaling a 16-yard hit for BC, giving the team pos-

session and automatically ending the game.

No. 18 B C hoste d No. 3 North Carolina for a competitive league matchup. BC would have to fight for the full 70 minutes to beat the top-ranked team. By diving for balls and curbing its opponent’s breakaway chances, BC triumphed. The Eagles took advantage of two chaotic offensive penalty corners to complete a come-from-behind upset with their 2-1 victory.

Pre-game jitters ran into the first half, causing both sides to struggle with ball possession. A few minutes into the game, BC (3-3, 1-1 Atlantic Coast) settled down and quickly took control by pressuring UNC’s defense inside the shooting circle. Yet every time it looked like the Eagles might get a shot off, the Tar Heels (5-2, 1-1) stripped them of the ball.

After 12 minutes of BC domination, the tables turned. UNC charged to goal. After narrowly scoring twice, UNC was awarded a penalty corner. The Tar Heels inserted the ball and made two crisp passes before Lauren Moyer missed wide. But they kept fighting. Ashley Hoffman fired from the top of the circle allowing Moyer to score a tip-in goal past Audra Hampsch.

Minutes later, the Eagles were once again pressuring the Tar Heels defense. After multiple free hits and a string of three corners, BC struck back.

UNC’s defense read the insert perfectly and flew straight to the ball, causing the Eagles’ play to collapse.

No one panicked. The ball was fired toward the goal and a swarm of Eagles flew to the rebound. Brigid Wood found the ball amid the chaos and sent it to

the back of the net, making it a 1-1 game going into halftime.

The Tar Heels came out of the break hungry. After quickly storming down the field and pressuring the Eagles’ defense, UNC had a few looks on goal.

BC struggled to possess the ball and transition downfield, allowing the Tar Heels to dominate on their offensive end. The Eagles pulled themselves together and denied UNC two offensive chances on penalty corners.

With 15 minutes remaining, the Eagles traveled downfield on a string of Tar Heel penalties and received a corner.

When setting up a corner, head coach Kelly Doton has one thing in mind.

“My philosophy is always to get the ball on cage,” she said.

“Just give it the opportunity and if it’s not the initial shot, well maybe the rebound, we’ll have an

opportunity to score then.”

Brittany Sheenan inserted the ball, and BC fired a shot from the top of the shooting circle. Once again, there was chaos in from of the net. Sticks were flying as each team jabbed at the ball.

Chelcie Mendonça reeled the ball in and wrapped it around goalie Alex Halpin, giving BC a 2-1 edge.

This deficit spiked some energy in the Tar Heels. With 10 minutes remaining, UNC received a string of three corners and called a timeout. With a game plan in mind, the Tar Heels set up for their third attempt on goal. The Eagles were prepared, and denied UNC once more.

With 3:58 remaining, the Tar Heels pulled their goalie. The extra player helped UNC put pressure on the offensive end and the decision resulted in a penalty corner after a BC foot

fault with one minute remaining.

The Eagles regained possession, but with 12 seconds left the Tar Heels stormed downfield and received a penalty corner.

With time expired, UNC had one more shot to score and send the game into overtime. The ball was inserted, and two shots were fired. Hampsch dove left and right in order to keep the ball outside her goal. A Tar Heel penalty inside the circle ended the game, handing the Eagles a 2-1 upset.

Doton believes BC won because of the team’s ability to deny UNC of a goal on all eight of its penalty corner opportunities.

“Our defensive penalty corner unit came through huge,” she said. “The type of corners that we saw on film, that Carolina can execute, was a big opportunity and those girls stepped up to the plate and did the task.”

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Oh, but when there are upsets, they’re better than any other sport. And three types of upsets happened on Saturday.

There’s the disrespected team on the road, or basically any time Mark Dantonio steps onto the field. For some reason, No. 12 Michigan State was an eight-point underdog at No. 18 Notre Dame. Entering the game, the Spartans were 10-0-1 in their last 11 against the spread, with five upsets. It wasn’t easy—Michigan State almost gave up the game after running roughshod over the Fighting Irish—but it made me glad that I don’t

gamble on sports. (Yet, anyway.) Plus, Notre Dame losing is pretty great, too.

There’s the College Football Ref Special™ (all rights reserved). As a middle-school baseball umpire, I get this one.

You see kids out there playing a game, you just want to get involved, too. Don’t do it.

Don’t make it about yourself, they tell you. But every week, we find a new way in which the refs make it about themselves. We saw it last week with Oklahoma State and Central Michigan. It popped up again in the Cal-Texas game. I’m sure we’ll be hearing about this one again when the Big XII crowns a controversial

winner.

And finally, there’s my favorite: FCS team downs FBS team. Unlike other matchups, which generally involve a bad top-tier team against a great FCS team, this was a game of heavyweights: No. 13 Iowa vs. FCS five-time defending champion North Dakota State.

The Bison taught us a valuable lesson: stop freakin’ scheduling them. It was only the fourth upset by an FCS team to a ranked team. And the best part was NDSU’s lack of celebration—almost as if Chris Klieman and Co. knew that this game would be like all the others. Poor, poor Iowa.

Not every moment was fun

and exciting. Two fan bases in particular—Baylor and Penn State—found ways to be more tone deaf than their administrations. Baylor, where sexual assault and police-orchestrated cover ups were rampant throughout the Art Briles era, had its fans freak out during Rice’s halftime show. The Marching Owl Band arranged itself in a IX, noting the Bears’ many Title IX violations.

There’s nothing to laugh about in poking fun at those incidents, but Baylor fans appeared more incensed about an insensitive band formation than, ya know, years of Title IX violations. And Penn State … well, just read Mike Wise’s

piece in The Undefeated. That sums up the blind vision by which Happy Valley looks at the legacy of Joe Paterno.

Good on Temple fans for taking the proper stand.

The best moment, though, was uniquely college football. Before its game against Nebraska, Oregon laid a bed of flowers on the 27-yard line.

This was in honor of Sam Foltz, Nebraska’s punter, who tragically passed in a car accident this offseason.

And this was from just three days’ worth of games!

So when BC has a weekend like this, when you tear your hair out and want to give up on the Eagles forever—or at

least ask when hockey season starts (Thursday!)—my advice is to just change the channel.

There are plenty of them. And across the nation, in a span of hours, you’ll experience every emotion possible. That’s what makes college football the best.

The only bad part about loving it? You’ll be back next week, probably watching the Eagles. Don’t worry, I’m sure one of those powerful moments will happen to BC. Eventually.

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It’s mind-bending to realize that South Park has entered its 20th season. Many kids who had to sneak around overbearing parents to watch the show 15 years ago are now legally allowed to crack a beer open while watching new episodes. In its near-two-decade run, South Park has gone through many changes—some more substantial SOUTH PARK than othSouth Park Digital Studios ers. The premiere episode of this year’s season makes these changes increasingly apparent.

While they may be experimenting with the show’s format, opting for a linear story presented throughout the season rather than sticking with their more traditional, episodic approach to storytelling, series creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker hold onto their signature humor tightly. Regardless of what viewers think of the story that ran through last season

and continues forth with this season, fans of show will recognize that Stone and Parker are not lacking in creativity. If anything, their creativity alone could prove to be the downfall of this season. These two have packed so much into this continuous story, from Mr. Garrison’s running for president with Caitlyn Jenner to the overwhelming effects of today’s PC culture, that the show might just burst from the convoluted, crowded mess it’s holding in. The range of material that Stone and Parker are working with is impressive, but as the show continues to work with the same story week after week, the metaphors they’re building and the subjects they’re discussing become tired.

The clutter that characterizes the start of this season may be in part due to the way Parker and Stone produce the show. While most shows’ seasons are filmed and edited in their entirety before a season premieres, Stone and Parker write and animate South Park episodes week to week. In the documentary 6 Days to Air, which covered a week of production at South Park Studios, Stone and Parker made it clear that their approach to making the show is extremely stressful, with some episodes finished hours before airing. It appears this

process has culminated in messy storytelling, at least as far as the last season and the beginning of this season are concerned.

Aside from these flaws in storytelling, the premiere episode of the 20th season was full of great one-liners and its fair share of funny moments. South Park’s problem isn’t its humor; it’s the new narrative form it has taken on, as well as its crudely blatant social commentary. South Park used to be sly. It didn’t need some specific current event to frame its humor around, but now Stone and Parker rely heavily on weekly news stories to tell their stories. It’s not fun to watch these well-known characters with their own personalities spout off some moral rant that’s uncharacteristic of them to make.

In short, the first episode of South Park’s 20th season suggests that Stone and Parker are tired of writing the show. It’s easy to imagine that the two move from week to week, more motivated by their production’s deadline than by stories that they actually want to tell—stories that they’re invested in.

The show’s lazily assembled narrative is proof of their apathy.

Stone and Parker are hysterical, and so

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After 20 seasons, material may run dry and stale, even for a wildly biting show like ‘South Park.’ they are able to inject their poor stories with a fair share of laughs. This, however, is not enough to redeem the dying show. The team would be better off spending their energy on other projects. They’ve proven with their film Team America: World Police and with their musical The Book of Mormon that their creativity is not limited to South Park alone.

As the show moves ahead in the fashion that it has accommodated, the value of the show drops holistically. It might be a little late to say that South Park will end its run on a good note, but Stone and Parker still haven’t poisoned our recollection of how good the

show used to be.

These two men hold two of the brightest and best minds in comedy. They’ve proven over their 20 years in the limelight that they have something meaningful to say about just about anything and that they can have those conversations in new and fascinating ways and platforms. They’re stuck on what made them famous, and they should give it up sooner rather than later.

South Park has been a staple of American pop-culture throughout the entirety of its run, but if it wants to remain one, it needs to end before it loses its worth.

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In an attempt to hybridize its brand of indie rock and electro-pop, Local Natives struggle to maintain a consistent and gripping sounds.

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In a search for innovation, some artists turn back the years, reincorporating old styles in fresh ways. Others reach across the aisle in regards to genre, mixing and matching to create a hybrid that hits all the right contemporary notes. The difficult task then becomes seamlessly stitching the two together, making for an overall viable, cohesive work. In the case of Local Natives’s Sunlit Youth (2016), at some points, its classic indie-rock stylings meshes well with the electro-pop, dance music undertones. At other points, the stitches appear to come undone, leaving a poor half-breed of a song in the eyes of both genres.

Local Natives’ previous achievements have come at the hand of their wistful skill on the six-string SUNLIT YOUTH guitar.

Local Natives Acting center, sharing the audible stage with its simple, yet pointed lyrics, made songs like “Breakers” off of Hummingbird (2013) an enthralling success. Its strong bassline and energetically crescendoed chorus made for a bodily song that filled its listeners with its energy and emotion.

If the group’s early work was as much about the engagement of the body, its work in Sunlit Youth could be categorized as demonstrably more heady. And this may not be a good thing.

The album is littered with electro-pop elements used for varying effects. “Villiany” is a synth-heavy upbeat, cerebral jog through the park. It seems to appeal to the lowest common denominator of synth-pop stylings, complete with long sections of palpable beats and droning keyboard movements. While it is hard to deny that the song does push listeners to internalize the beat, the song in its entirety does little to instill a memorable feeling outside a single listen.

Lyrically, the lines “It takes a moment / For your eyes to adjust” appear for one verse of the song. From its premier song, it appears Local Natives are calling us to acclimate to its new approach.

The next song, “Past Lives,” feels overly complex and confounding. It is hard to discern the lead components of the songs, as the song meanders on and on to a dissatisfying conclusion. As the guitar, synth, and keys slowly compound, the mounting energy is squandered and lost in the chaotic progression.

“Fountains of Youth,” released as a single, is one of the album’s most successful songs in its quaint, coy lyrical content. The rebellious, party nature of the electro-pop elements are brought to beautiful fruition through the inclusion of the lyrics “We can do whatever we want / We can say whatever we mean.”

The dissident energy is funneled through the airy instrumentals into equally as airy lyrics.

Such kinds of compliments feel absent from the previous half of the album. This song is representative of the kind of calculated coupling of content and instruments that augment the listening experience.

From this point on on the album, strangely, the synthetic elements take a considerable backseat, or become nonexistent. Though this transition is not unfathomable, the result is an album that feels like two distinct sets of songs—not one contiguous piece. This may be seen as a way for the group to innovate, while not abandon its past. The album as a whole feels rather uneven as a result.

“Coins” sees the return of the groovy, bouncy chords seen in previous Local Natives’ albums. This song is equipped with harmonies and a vibrant baseline that will surely have the hearts of listeners pattering along. Its ample groove makes for a considerably smooth listen. The opening line, “Time stands still and then one day is gone,” encapsulates the slow journey this song takes you on.

Other songs like “Ellie Alice,” surprisingly incorporate some lovely acoustic progressions, followed by hard-hitting instrumental upticks in keyboards, percussion, and bass.

The push-pull effect of this song is one of the strongest on the album, using the differences between the bridge and chorus to bring attention to the lyrical changes of the song.

While Sunlit Youth is, at times, a testament to the possible union of rock and electro-pop, its inconsistent application makes the album suffer as a whole.

Not without deeply enjoyable songs, the album is certainly worth a gander, but requires a keen ear to sift through unsavory sounds. The arrogance of a sunkissed youth may have us believing we can do whatever we want. Our ears will have us thinking otherwise.

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For fans of horror, the past 12 months in film have been something of a light at the end of the tunnel. Horror has suffered many missteps in recent years, but films such as Don’t Breathe, Lights Out, and The Conjuring II have done much to lend some credence to a struggling genre. As a whole, terror lovers have plenty to look forward to—unfortunately, this is not to suggest that bumps in the road don’t exBLAIR WITCH ist, too.

Lionsgate Adam Wingard’s Blair Witch (a sequel to 1999’s horror hit Blair Witch Project) seems to be one of these bumps.

It is easy to walk into a showing of Blair Witch with high hopes. The trailer featured a heavy focus on a found-footage style of filming, a method that drove Blair Witch Project to cult status. From the outset,

Blair Witch seemed to be oriented toward creating genuine terror of what cannot be seen, rather than a classic, high-adrenaline, chase scene type of fear. It takes 15 minutes into the film itself, however, to see that this is not the case. Perhaps this should come as no surprise, truthfully—in fact, according to Adam Wingard himself, Blair Witch sets itself apart by focusing on “being chased” rather than being lost in the woods.

For those who have not seen the original Blair Witch Project, the film was revolutionary for its focus on the unknown rather than an embodiment of fear—the found footage aspect of it only serving to exacerbate this notion. Blair Witch, on the other hand, takes a step backwards. “Being chased,” as Wingard puts it, does not necessarily make for a poor film experience, but only being chased certainly does. In fact. it is here that two fundamental problems are created.

First, the usage of a found footage style does not lend itself to a “run-and-scream” type of horror film. More importantly, though, Blair Witch seems to rest on its laurels at all the wrong times because of its usage of perspective. Chase scenes evoke fear, yes, but

do they push the boundaries of what the film potentially has to offer? The answer is no, but especially not when used in conjunction with a film style that does not match the film’s end goal. It was in this regard that Blair Witch Project was a masterpiece, but Blair Witch simply falls flat.

Perhaps, though, it is unfair to judge Blair Witch solely on its predecessor. It would be untruthful to argue that Blair Witch does not have its highlights—as the prime example, Robby Baumgartner, the cinematographer behind Argo, There Will Be Blood, and The Hunger Games, has once again proved his talent. More than almost anyone in the industry, he seems to have a mastery of framing tension-building shots, and is perhaps the biggest saving grace for Blair Witch. Riding on his mastery are actors James Allen McCune and Callie Hernandez (James and Lisa, respectively), who both sell their characters quite well. Strangely, the film’s writing seems to be a bit weak, an unusual misstep for Simon Barrett, the mind behind You’re Next. The weak writing can be forgiven, though—nearly every performer involved with Blair Witch adds positive notes

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Without new material, ‘Blair Witch’ was destined to wallow in the shadow of the cult classic. to the film, and (in all honesty) Blair Witch Project was not revolutionary because of its characters anyway.

Remakes, as a general rule, suffer from a common problem: comparisons are killer for films with an older sibling coming 15 years before. Audiences familiar with the subject matter of a remake are bound to compare the new material with the old, thus necessitating that the new material be unique and jawdropping if it seeks to have any impact at all.

Unfortunately, the bottom line for Wingard’s

newest horror flick is that it struggles under the weight of this systemic issue—though it brings a few scares to the table, Blair Witch simply cannot gather enough steam to ever surpass its predecessor. The film is not a failure by any means, of course. No fan of the genre will regret his or her trip to the theater for Blair Witch. But with that in mind, those who loved the original film for its gamechanging level of terror should perhaps steer clear—for them, there is absolutely nothing to see here.

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9: 8 :Xgg\ccX >iflgj :Xekfi ]fi 8 :Xlj\ 8^X`ejk :XeZ\i A Cappella Fest, from B8 to Florence and the Machine. The Common Tones, the youngest of BC’s a cappella groups, drew strong support from the audience and gave a different twist to a night filled with Adeles and Taylor Swifts.

The expressive gospel singers from Voices of Imani pulled a heap of emotion from the bottom of their hearts to bring life and soul to the stage. With Voices of Imani’s singers all dressed in black and white, the performance was focused purely on the music. This music was a nice change from the pop and alternative

that commonly emerge on the radio. It was rooted in meaning and passion, something often missing in a world of catchy chorus lines and fast dance tracks. This group added an interesting twist to the night by performing a spoken word and rap element at the end of their set. Met with cheers from the crowd, Voices of Imani left the audience with an appreciation for the uniqueness of their style of music.

The Heightsmen dre w some of the audience’s loudest screams, and even a few cat-calls. Bearing a striking resemblance to the “Warblers” from the television show Glee, with their

matching jackets, shirts, ties, khaki pants, and brown shoes, BC’s only allmale a cappella group was a fan favorite.

Singing a 1980s medley, they exuded the essence of the decade perfectly. The audience experienced the talent of the group as well as a nostalgic road trip back into the land of skinny ties and wacky hair.

The Acoustics made the entire night possible. Intermittently appearing throughout the show, they “Hit the Ground Runnin’” with Haley Reinhardt’s acoustic hit. Staging a “coup” to sing the song, they soon shifted offstage to allow other groups to perform. They made

sure to schedule their performances in between those of the other groups so they wouldn’t take over the entire show. The group closed out the show with a debut of “Time is Love” by Josh Turner, deciding to strip down the song and stress the lyrics, which made the performance all the more powerful.

Despite the lightheartedness and fun, there was a serious undercurrent to the night. The Acoustics partnered with the Morgan Center to present A Cappella Fest. The Morgan Center was founded by the Zuck family, and it provides a preschool education to children with cancer in a healthy, safe

environment. Because these children are in treatment or recently recovering, their immune systems don’t have what it takes to properly fight off infections.

The Morgan Center allows children to get started off on the right foot and not fall behind because of their illnesses.

Throughout the school year, there are few opportunities for fans to see BC’s performance groups come together. The night went a long way in showcasing the spectrum of styles that BC’s singers enjoy and practice. In this rare moment of unity, the a cappella groups displayed their amicability towards each other while benefiting those who are the most vulnerable.

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Now familiar with much of the band’s original material and favorite covers, the audience sang along to hits “Gold,” “BCY,” and “Pineapple Groove,” among a handful of others. The funk-pop blend blasting through the speakers thanks to the opening band was a perfect prelude for the indie-pop hits MisterWives would bring to the stage next.

After Juice thanked its cheering audience, the stage crew worked quickly to prepare for the arrival of MisterWives.

In the interim, students played rounds of cornhole and other seasonal games provided by CAB. Most others waited impatiently for the headlining group to finally step onstage.

Suddenly, the crescendo-like roar of the crowd indicated the arrival of Misterwives—the six-person, New York City-based band composed of William Hehir, Etienne Bowler, Marc Campbell, Jesse Blum, Mike Murphy, and spunky lead vocalist Mandy Lee. Opening their set with percussion-heavy hit “Best I Can Do,” the song’s jumpy beat coupled with Lee’s impressive vocal range established a high-spirited tone which endured throughout the hourlong set.

“Oh my goodness gracious, Boston College,” Lee shouted at the start of the set. Proceeding to praise the crowd for its tremendous support and impressive turnout, the singer rewarded her fans with a performance of “Drummer Boy,” a new song off of MisterWives’ highly anticipated sophomore album. Having spent the past year writing new music instead of touring, the band treated its BC fans to a snippet of its upcoming indie-pop LP. As expected, the crowd erupted in applause when the band played two of its most popular charttoppers, “Reflections” and “Our Own House.”

Undoubtedly, the standout element of the night was Lee’s impressive performance. Her tireless efforts to get the crowd dancing and singing along were made successful thanks to her unmistakeable charisma. Boasting boundless energy and an impressive set of pipes, her scream-singing and raspy sound made for an endearing performance when coupled with the singer’s eccentric danceskipping across the stage. A testament to her raw talent and the band’s desire to keep its music untainted by overproduced vocals, Lee wowed with a powerful voice that was just as dynamic and stirring as it

is on the recorded album.

In a word, StokesSet was fun— MisterWives made it that way. For an incredibly successful band-on-the-rise, it seems as though the members don’t take themselves too seriously. The fun they have onstage is intoxicating and infectious. Even their music videos are fun. And weird. But this is why they’re so likeable. Unlike most music moguls of today, nothing of theirs is in any way glitzy or overproduced. In the videos, MisterWives’ quality lyrics and perfectly produced music are paired with decidedly silly premises—’80s themed dance-offs and water gun fights being just two.

This year, StokesSet impressed. Juice’s Christian Rougeau, MCAS ’18, expressed his approval and excitement over the newly instated fall event.

“The show was pretty incredible,” he said. “Stokes lawn was a great choice of venue, and MisterWives knocked it out of the park. We had lots of fun on stage, and it was an honor to get a chance to play with those guys.”

A s Mo dsto ck ’s end-of- summer sibling, the new fall concert event is sure to thrive if acts as entertaining as MisterWives continue to take over Middle Campus.

worked on the project do. Students of linguistics professor Margaret Thomas gathered research and created the exhibit in Burns Library after taking her Classics in Linguistics class in the spring of 2015. These students’ enthusiasm regarding the project is evident in the passionate phrasing and tone in their mission statement, as well as in the descriptions for the several artifacts on display.

The books and artifacts that make up the Missionaries & Linguists exhibit range in their ability to captivate viewers. Pieces of the exhibit covering the personal works of Rev. Francis Barnum and Re v. Eugene Buechel and their separate interactions with tribes of Native Americans give the exhibit’s viewers stories that make the display more accessible. While the exhibit explains that missionaries used their knowledge of European and ancient languages to work with the foreign languages and cultures they encountered, one doesn’t really get a sense of how they did so until they come across the descriptions of Barnum and Buechel.

The texts that delve into the Spanish missionaries’ treks in South America in the 17th century and the French missionaries’ work in Africa in the 19th century are much less personal than the pieces focusing on Barnum and Buechel, but still fascinating to an extent. One gets a sense of the complexity innate in these missionaries’ goals of forming a written language for indigenous peoples in foreign lands when observing the dictionaries and catechisms in the collection. Though viewers can only see a few pages of the books on display, the amount of writing seen on these few pages and the books’ large sizes suggest a vast collection of knowledge and linguistic theory in each piece.

To help students and attendees sift through some of the material on display, the Burns Library has put out an iPad with a digital collection of pages from bibles, dictionaries, and catechisms from each of the cultures represented in the exhibit.

This iPad provides interested attendees a view of the full scope of these missionaries and linguists’ projects and goals. This collection also demonstrates the vast collection of linguistic works that BC and the Burns Library house.

The Missionaries & Linguists exhibit, while demonstrating Jesuit missionaries’ attempts to bring together different cultures in meaningful ways, also highlights the cultural loss foreign peoples experienced because of the Jesuits. The Jesuits were, in their own minds, enlightening the people that they encountered. While in many ways, the Jesuits did do good for the communities that they interacted with, the exhibit points out the fact that these peoples’ languages and culturally meaningful words and expressions were lost because of the European linguists’ work. This exhibit does a nice job of trying to explain the full consequences of the linguists’ impact on the cultures they encountered.

Though BC has produced more than its fair share of art exhibits surrounding the Jesuits, the Missionaries & Linguists exhibit is unique in its exploration of the very specific excursions of Jesuit linguists.

While the works on display might not be the most exciting thing to see on campus, all of the stories and concepts that are implied in the exhibit are fascinating to mull over.

The passion that the students who put the exhibit together hold is apparent in how meticulously ordered and presented the exhibit is and in the explanations the group put out for their interest in the subject. This passion is what fuels the Missionaries & Linguists exhibit and gives it most of its meaning.

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CALEB GRIEGO Two men gaze up at a painting, with its array of colors, and discuss the meaning behind it. Its lines and strokes jettison in every direction, giving little in terms of form, and yet, in their entirety, coalesce into an image of ordered chaos. Musing longer over the piece, just as Jackson Pollock’s hand went where it wanted to go when he painted it, one man’s mind uncovers an interesting question.

“What if Pollock had reversed the challenge? What if instead of making art without thinking, he said ‘You know what?

I can’t paint anything, unless I know exactly why I am doing it.’ What would have happened?”

And the man next to him comes to the crux of the issue, as he states plainly, “He wouldn’t have made a single mark.”

This scene from Ex Machina (2015) represents the great struggle of artists.

While many would purport that they are in control of their ways and that their art is reflective of a grandiose plan, the untamed elements, things that cannot be known, might still hold a greater effect. A universal sense of randomness, at times, seems to be the guiding force of artists’ successes and failures.

This struggle is rooted in the idea that artists, or people in general, know what is considered great or successful. Looking at Pollock, what could one truly say about his form, his ability, and his craft when his method could be boiled down to pure randomness? In the end, his pieces have garnered praise and appraisals beyond conceivable belief, but in the moment, could Pollock pinpoint the moment his canvas became unlike any other?

In the music industry, seated at the right hand of grunge, Kurt Cobain was plagued with a great intestinal pain and discomfort. The documentary Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck (2015) sifted through Cobain’s recordings and diaries.

Though he said much in public interviews, the documentary revealed just how tied he thought his music was to his internal bodily anguish. When Nirvana broke into the mainstream, with new resources at his disposal, Cobain worried that curing his ailment would quash the emotional inspiration that came through and with it.

Even then, could he be sure the torment was truly the cause of his success?

Discovering new talents or succeeding in new things is not a feature pre-programmed into the makeup of our daily lives, but an active process that we are a part of. Uncovering and understanding ourselves is the greatest way to reach for inspiration. For artists, as well as ourselves, the laurels on which we will build our lives might have an origin in the intangible, unascribable elements that are hidden inside of us.

We may not find the answers as to why we triumph and why we flounder, but it may be of a small amount of comfort to know that the answer to both those questions may lie in the same place—within.

In the meantime, all we can do is make our mark, without any notion of what or why we are doing it. Our mark is not one characterized by style, perfection, or uniform thoughts. Our mark is one of action.

“Do or do not, there is no try.” This thought from Yoda is not a call to thought or understanding, it is simply a call to action.

There is a sentiment of solidarity in knowing that none of us has a clue. In the age of information, we may feel entitled to the reasons behind everything. But at some point, we will have to come to terms with the unknown sources of power, knowledge, and skills driving us forward.

Trying to subvert that fact is disingenuous.

Instead, find solace in such uncertainty, knowing that the alternative is as far a cry from yourself as you could be—pretending. Get a clue by knowing you do not have one.

The caveat to making our mark is that our time is short. Before long, our marks will make way for new ones, leaving only

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A dinosaur, an elephant, and an octopus walk into a treehouse.

Or, rather, they’re crammed into one on the weirdly wonderful album cover of MisterWives’ debut LP, Our Own House. The band’s endearing quirkiness seems to manifest itself in every conceivable way—in its o dd alternativedance sound, within the unconventional plots of its music videos, and especially in the individual members’ personal wardrobe choices. Everything the band plays is infectiously dance-inducing, the atmosphere it creates simultaneously carefree and passionate. The band makes emotion-soaked songs. Its lyrics are colorful. Its message is fun.

S u c h i s th e m a g i c a l , k o o k y w o rl d o f MisterWives—a high-energy realm that gleefully

welcomed those students who attended Boston College’s first-ever StokesSet last Saturday night.

Coordinated by BC’s Campus Activities Board (CAB), this year’s StokesSet marks the first major fall concert of its kind. Located on Stokes Lawn, the event was yet another opportunity for BC’s music lovers to see some big-name bands right from the comfort of their own campus. Much like Plexapalooza in the winter and the annual Modstock event in mid-April, this CAB-sponsored concert brings both up-and-coming and well-known acts to the Heights.

For an end-of-summer concert, the chosen venue could not have been planned any better.

Aglow with lights and alive with pulsing background beats, the entire space surrounding Stokes Lawn was transformed—if only for just one night. Fulton’s exterior boasted beams of

colorful lights while Stokes bathed in rainbow hues, offering concertgoers an ideal backdrop for photos while mimicking the vibrant and electric mood of a summer music festival.

Both the BC and CAB logos were projected directly behind the stage and onto Carney. The expansive Stokes Lawn easily accommodated an entire stage as well as the horde of students in attendance, with a lot of extra room to spare.

When both acts assembled onstage and began to play, music lovers milling freely around the space or lounging on the grass gathered immediately to form a large mass of bobbing heads and voices singing in unison.

As has become customary for many of the University’s music-related events, BC-born Juice opened the show with a set of original tracks straight off of its self-titled debut album.

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The anticipation was palpable as waves of excited chatter echoed off of the cement walls and the deep, red velvet curtain down onto the empty, black stage of Robsham Theater.

Anxiously awaiting the dimming lights, the crowd, packed tightly into its seats, was a mass of friends supporting friends as well as unaffiliated fans coming to see Boston College’s A Cappella Fest.

Most performers graced the stage

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in black and white, adding a sleek and professional look to their performances.

Others decided to change it up a bit, adding pops of color that illustrated the individuality of each performer. One group even decided the men should wear flannel shirts and the women wear autumn colors. This group, the Common Tones, had a comfortable, fall aesthetic that was completely in line with their sound. They gave off eclectic vibes and sounded remarkably similar

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CHRIS FULLER / HEIGHTS EDITOR

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Exhibits on Jesuit and Christian history, texts, and art are more than prevalent at Boston College. These exhibits, for the most part, shine a light on the daily practices and lives of religious figures and aristocrats throughout history. They do not, on the other hand, tend to focus on subjects outside of the domestic or regular affairs of the people they examine.

The Missionaries & Linguists exhibit,

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on display in the halls of the Burns Library through Oct. 7, breaks this mold, exploring the works of Jesuit missionaries and linguists’ evangelizing of exotic peoples across the globe throughout the last few centuries.

While the actual texts and artifacts gathered together in the exhibit’s two showcases don’t necessarily exude excitement or the fantastic nature of these missionaries’ work in Africa, the descriptions gathered by the class that

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