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CCIS Service workers rally with Warren unveils data science program

By Bradley Fargo News Correspondent

Northeastern students

By Catherine Lindsayin the College of Computer and Information Science (CCIS) can now major in data science – a study that drives everything from transactions in the stock market to Amazon advertising campaigns and Netflix suggestions.

By Naomi Stapleton “A data scientist is someone who takes data from multiple sources, integrates it and uses machine-based technology to make predictions,” said Martin Schedlbauer, a Northeastern CCIS professor and the director of data science and information science majors.

According to Schedlbauer, degrees in data science are rare – especially in undergraduate programs – but there is tremendous interest from a variety of industries for those with data engineering skills.

Graduate students can also now enroll in two master’s programs, data analytics and data science.

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Felipe Arroyo, left, a security worker at Harvard University, holds a sign at the rally at the Boston Common. “It feels great that the members are coming out for the cause,” he said. “It makes me feel good that we’re unified, being stronger together.”

By Olivia Arnold Deputy City Editor

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren joined a rally of thousands of union janitors, food workers, security guards and others in the

Boston Common early Saturday afternoon to advocate for a new contract with higher wages and expanded benefits for city workers.

“This city needs you,” Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, told the crowd from the Common’s Park-

man Bandstand. “These gleaming towers around us, well, they wouldn’t be so gleaming if it weren’t for the people who came in every night, who worked hard, who dusted, who vacuumed, who emptied the trash, who kept it all

going for the rest of us.”

The Sept. 10 rally was organized by 32BJ Service Employees International Union (SEIU), a labor union that represents 18,000 New England janitors and security ofContract, Page 6

MFA exhibit showcases diverse American artists

By Juan A. Ramirez A&E Editor

Attempts to define Modern American art are as futile as trying to pin down what exactly an American is. Luckily, a continent

comprised of such varied peoples and perspectives can speak for itself, as can be witnessed firsthand at the Museum of Fine Arts’ (MFA) new Art of the Americas reinstallation, “Making Modern.”

“This project was the brain-

child of our director [Matthew Teitelbaum], who wanted to redo the top floor,” Eliot BostwickDavis, chair of the museum’s Art of the Americas collection, said. “‘Making Modern’ is a way to bring together the similari-

ties between [Modern American artists], but also their distinctive personalities as they formed a statement about Modern art.”

Drawing heavily from their Lane Collection – which contains more than 6,000 photographs,

100 works on paper and 25 paintings, according to the MFA’s website – the exhibit spans five galleries of the museum’s top floor. Spurred by their acquisition of Frida Kahlo’s “Dos Mujeres” Collection, Page 8

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The Museum of Fine Arts’ “Making Modern” exhibit is anchored by pieces from American Modernists with a wide range of identities, backgrounds and cultural inspirations.

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NU offers tech-based major Degree, From Page 1 dent enrolled on the graduate level and four students majoring in data science as undergraduates. Alexei Goldsmith, a freshman, is one of these four. He originally enrolled in computer science and mathematics, but he found out about the major over the summer and switched in.

“When I describe it to people, I say data science is like fancy statistics,” Goldsmith said. “When you get to modeling systems and classification of data, you get to use all these fancy algorithms. I don’t really understand them in this point of my career.”

At an internship last summer, Goldsmith identified cell membrane

boundaries in high-definition brain scans in a lab at Harvard University.

From April until early September, he worked at Carbonite, a cloud-based backup company, interning with the data analytics team on a model they could feed variables into to predict whether a certain customer would cancel their subscription.

Andrew Sy, a sophomore majoring in computer science and mathematics, says he is interested in the field.

Two summers ago, he worked for Zap, a retail company in the Philippines, creating a system that would use customer data to flag certain customers as fraudulent.

“I was basically catching criminals using my laptop,” Sy said. “It’s

really cool how there’s a lot of data in the world. It’s only now that you can log all that stuff. But most people don’t use it all.”

Schedlbauer is currently teaching the only undergraduate data science course offered this fall – data collection, integration and analysis. The next level of courses will become available next semester. Interested students can apply to transfer into the program.

“You get to learn some statistics, data visualization, data modelling, cleaning data and also managing large amounts of data,” Goldsmith said. “I think it’s really intellectually challenging – it’s an area of research that’s gotten really big recently. It’s going to get bigger.”

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Delta Alpha Pi (DAP) brings disability advocacy to the campus and community by recognizing the achievements of its members and visiting local schools.

DAP honor society reinstated at NU

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CCIS Professor Martin Schedlbauer said employers from a variety of industries are interested in data science skills.

Researchers fight trolling

By Mack Hogan News Staff

Researchers at Northeastern University and Northwestern University have been awarded $499,571 in grants by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to combat online trolling.

The primary investigators, Alan Mislove, a Northeastern associate professor of computer science and associate dean and director of undergraduate programs, and Aleksandar Kuzmakovic, a Northwestern computer science professor, are working to identify and eliminate trolling.

Trolls, described in the grant as groups attempting to “influence public opinion on the Internet, by leaving biased, false, misleading and inauthentic comments and then artificially amplifying their ratings,” can be fought using tracking infrastructure already in place online, according to Kuzmakovic.

“When you go to a website you get a cookie that tracks you,” said Kuzmakovic. “We’re trying to see how we can utilize this to combat the multiple identities used by trolls.

In a nutshell, what it does is that when you come to a website and try and comment or vote, the website asks you to show a unique identifier that shows that you’re a legitimate user.”

Trolling has become more popular recently, as groups realize the power that inauthentic accounts can have in shaping a conversation, Mislove said. In recent years, reports have speculated that Russia and China are using accounts online to shift public opinion in their favor.

Businesses and other pages have been accused of similar practices.

“On Facebook, for instance, one of the things people want is ‘like,’” said Mislove. “There are somewhat sketchy services out there that control thousands or millions of accounts where you can pay them money and they’ll have all of their accounts ‘like’ you. It’s an easy way for you to sort of look like you’re popular. These sorts of things exist for Twitter, they exist for Pinterest, they exist for pretty much every site.”

“We’re very concerned about user privacy, but at the same time the tracking infrastructure that exists today […] has significant privacy implications for users,” Mislove said.

“What we’re trying to do is to turn that around so it benefits users.”

Mislove said that he is teaming up with Kuzmakovic to create a system that, without having to work directly with advertising networks, could use the trackers and cookies left behind by the tracking systems to verify that there is a unique user who exists outside of one website.

A website could then allow each unique user to make one account, preventing the inauthentic comments, likes and vote manipulation that comes from online trolls.

This verification, Kuzmakovic hopes, will be possible without compromising on privacy like current anti-trolling measures do.

“The website will just know you’re unique,” Kuzmakovic says.

“They’ll have no idea who you are.”

The NSF provides funding to projects it sees as important to national security, science in general and the economic competitiveness of the nation. In the past, it has funded a variety of projects seeking to explore and understand online behavior, according to Darleen Fisher, a program director in the Division of Computer and Network Systems at the National Science Foundation at the NSF. “This project was supported through the National Science Foundation’s Networking Technology and Systems program, which supports cutting-edge research on fundamental scientific and technological advances in communications networking,” Fisher said in a statement. “The work aims to address a relevant and timely emerging trend with the goal of evolving networking practices that can combat multipleidentity attacks while preserv[ing] internet users’ privacy.”

This fall, a group of Northeastern students, in conjunction with the Disability Resource Center have introduced a new honor society, the Rho chapter of Delta Alpha Pi (DAP), to the Northeastern University campus. The organization aims to recognize the academic achievements of students with disabilities and advocate for disability awareness, according to the group’s website.

DAP was founded in 2004 at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania, and now has chapters at over 100 colleges and universities across the country, the group’s website says. These colleges include Bentley University, the University of Connecticut, Alliant International University and Cornell University.

“The purpose of DAP is to recognize students who maintain a high GPA despite having disabilities,” said John Lambert, junior behavioral neuroscience major and president of the Northeastern chapter of DAP. Northeastern’s chapter of DAP was originally introduced in 2008, said Max Sederer, a specialist at Northeastern’s Disability Resource Center (DRC) and the advisor of Northeastern’s chapter of DAP. After a few years, the organization was no longer recognized by the Center of Student Involvement because the co-op structure of Northeastern made club organization difficult, Sederer said. Sederer, who introduced the idea of reinstalling the club, said that students responded positively to this opportunity.

Alina Donato, senior graphic design major and secretary of DAP, said in an emailed statement to the News that the group’s executive board spent the past spring and summer working to make DAP an official campus organization.

Donato said that she has dyslexia, which has presented challenges for her in her college life.

“When I first entered college it was very challenging and I struggled to get my work done,” she

said. “However, with the help of the DRC, I was able to get comfortable with college classes and obtain the help I needed so that now I feel very good about college.”

DAP is the only honor society on campus that focuses on students with disabilities, according to Sederer. Members of DAP hope to engage in disability advocacy and education through the program, Donato said.

“We want to go to local schools and talk to the students with disabilities and let them know our experiences, that they can succeed in college and answer any questions or fears they may have about school,” Donato said. “We also want to talk to those who may not know about disabilities or who have misconceptions.”

While the Northeastern chapter of DAP is classified as an undergraduate organization, both undergraduate and graduate students at Northeastern are eligible to apply, Sederer said.

According to the DAP website, undergraduates must have a GPA of at least 3.1 with over 24 credit hours, while graduate students must have a GPA of at least 3.25 with over 18 credit hours.

DAP currently has 42 members, Donato said. She added that many other students showed interest in joining DAP at Northeastern’s Fall Fest.

Although DAP focuses on students with disabilities, any student meeting the grade and credit hour requirements and who shows an interest in disability advocacy can join, Sederer said.

At this time, all members of DAP at Northeastern have a disability, Lambert said. These disabilities include dyslexia, mental illness, physical hardship and others, he said.

Donato said she feels that DAP creates a supportive community on campus for students like her with who cope with disabilities on a day to day basis.

“At DAP, we are all in the same situation, and we can work together and help one another out,” Donato said.

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Northeastern University Public Safety Division Sunday, Sept. 11 @ 9:51 p.m..

A Northeastern University (NU) staff member reported a large knife and a puddle of blood in the first floor men’s room of the Marino Center. Northeastern University Police Department (NUPD) responded and reported no blood in the area but a large kitchen knife in the stall. NUPD secured the item and returned it to headquarters for disposal. A report was filed.

Monday, Sept. 5 @ 9:02 a.m.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division A confidential domestic violence incident on Columbus Avenue resulted in the arrest of a subject, unaffiliated with NU.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division A confidential domestic dispute case occurred on Leon Street.

Monday, Sept. 5 @ 10:48 a.m.

Tuesday, Sept. 6 @ 3:24 p.m.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division A confidential domestic dispute case occurred on Hemenway Street. A report was filed.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division Wednesday, Sept. 7 @ 9:18 a.m.

An NU staff member reported an intoxicated man, unaffiliated with NU, in the lobby of the Stearns Center. NUPD responded and placed the subject under arrest for disorderly conduct.

The subject was found to have six previous incidents with NUPD, a positive criminal history and a warrant out for disorderly conduct. The subject was transported to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Transit Police Department for booking, and a report was filed.

Center highlights campus diversity

By Rachel Morford News Co-Editor

Students and staff gathered Wednesday at noon in what once was the Curry Student Center game room to share pizza, soda and conversations about inclusivity. The Center for Intercultural Engagement hosted a dialogue focused on the intersectionality of identity, the first in a series called “Conversations That Matter: Campus Dialogue Initiative.”Bob Jose, the associate dean of Cultural, Spiritual and Residential Life at Northeastern, and Dr. Chong Sun Kim-Wong, senior director of student affairs operations, co-hosted the event, which was the first held at the venue. Jose said he wanted the center to serve a unique role on campus.

“We need a place to have conversations that matter,” he said.

“Conversations that are important.

Conversations that are hard to have.

[The center] will be a place of training, where we teach people how to have these difficult conversations.”

Jose opened the dialogue with an explanation about how the conception of the center arose.

“When we have the identity discussion, we recognize that identity – each of us has several of them, and they intersect,” Jose said. “Was there a place on campus that totally focused on that? The idea was pitched to [Northeastern President Joseph E. Aoun], and he agreed.”

Jose said he wanted the center to form in the direction students lead it.

For this reason, the center’s future has been left partially unplanned.

“It is critical that we have student input,” Jose said. “This is just the starting point. We purposefully designed it that way.”

On the walls were signs which represented various aspects of identity, including race, religion, disability status, sexual orientation and gender. Kim-Wong, who led the activity, would read a statement to the group and participants would move to the sign that they most identified with. Once in groups, the ensuing conversations covered topics like police brutality, religious stereotypes, transgender struggles, immigration law and socioeconomic privilege.

Sixteen people representing a variety of backgrounds participated.

The group included Center for Spirituality, Dialogue and Service staff and members of the Feminist Student Organization (FSO) and Pan Asian American Queer Alliance.

Throughout the event, Kim-Wong continually emphasized that the center was a location free of judgement.

Some individuals said this emphasis was essential to their experience in the dialogue.

“Somehow everyone just really opened up,” said Nicole Erikson, a third-year marketing major and director of operations of FSO. “It is a testament to the skill of the moderators and their commitment to maintain the safety of the space.”

After engaging in the dialogue, Erikson already has ideas for how the center could serve both her organization and the Northeastern campus in general.

“I’m definitely going to tell a bunch of other student groups about [the center], because it seems the space is for us,” she said. “Right now, [student groups] are sort of operating alone, without a whole bunch of communication. I think [the center] will be a place for likeminded groups to meet.”

Wednesday, Sept. 7 @ 11:53 a.m.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division An NU student reported paying $1,400 for a room and later found out it did not exist. A report was filed.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division Wednesday, Sept 7 @ 12:33 p.m.

An NU staff member spoke to a caller who witnessed an assault outside the front doors of 140 The Fenway. NUPD responded and spoke with an NU student, who reported being assaulted by two men. Both men had entered a sedan and fled down The Fenway toward Boylston Street. A report was filed.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division Wednesday, Sept. 7 @ 8:37 p.m.

Facilities Customer Service responded to a fire alarm from an apartment in 319 Huntington Ave. A proctor also called to report the resident alerted him to the fire, which was on a stovetop in an apartment. NUPD responded and found heavy smoke in the apartment, but the fire had subsided by that time. The fire was attributed to an oven mitt left in the oven. Boston Fire Department (BFD) arrived and assisted with ventilation. NUPD reported the oven was burned through the inside and will need to be replaced. NUPD stood by until the room was properly ventilated and the alarm was reset. A report was filed.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division Friday, Sept. 9 @ 2:40 a.m.

An NUPD officer was stopped by an individual, unaffiliated with NU, at Ruggles Street and Parker Street. The woman explained she had just been robbed behind BPD headquarters. NUPD reported the suspect gave the victim four fake $100 bills in exchange for a Playstation 4 and left on foot toward Annunciation Road. BPD was notified and assumed jurisdiction. No weapons were shown or mentioned, and the area was searched with negative results.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division A confidential sexual assault case occurred off campus.

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Friday, Sept. 9 @ 9:16 a.m.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division Friday, Sept. 9 @ 9 p.m.

NUPD stopped a homeless man on the corner of Huntington Avenue and Gainsborough Street for procuring alcohol for two underage subjects, unaffiliated with NU. A 30-pack and 24-pack of Bud Light were confiscated and the parties were sent on their way.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division Saturday, Sept. 10 @ 1:20 p.m.

A proctor in Stetson East received a lost international driver’s license belonging to an NU student. NUPD determined the date of birth on the license was not the student’s real birthday. The license was confiscated, and a report was filed.

Sunday, Sept. 11 @ 1:31 a.m.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division An NU student in Burstein Hall reported her roommate was heavily intoxicated and foaming at the mouth. EMS was notified and transported the student to Tufts Medical Center for further evaluation. The RD on call was notified, and a report was filed.

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Top: The former Curry Student Center game room was recenty renovated to become The Center for Intercultural Engagement. (Photo taken after event).

Bottom: A student participates in discussion as part of an exercise on identity.

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Column: STEM needs more ladies

It’s no secret that women have been historically underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. For many women of the early 20th century, becoming a scientist wasn’t exactly encouraged. Marie Tharp, a female geologist at a time when women earned less than 5 percent of degrees in the earth sciences, discovered the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Earth’s largest physical feature beneath the ocean floor. However, her finding, which would later play a crucial role in ocean drilling initiatives, was at that time dismissed by a male colleague as “girl talk.”

Another victim of this offhand discrimination is British chemist Rosalind Franklin, whose images of DNA in the early 1950s were the first evidence of its double helix shape. However, Franklin received almost no credit for the discovery, which is now primarily attributed to male colleagues James Watson and Francis Crick.

Though the gender gap has narrowed over time, it plays a continued role in the scientific community, especially in areas like math, computer science and engineering, where being a woman is still far too unusual. Explanations for this inequality range far and wide. Some studies show that women have less interest than men in pursuing careers in the sciences, instead preferring more artistic paths that allow them to work with people. Others suggest that abstract stereotyping causes women to think that they don’t fit the conventional image of a scientist, mathematician or engineer, leading them to lose interest early – a Gwen Schanker phenomenon known as the “leaky pipeline.”

These factors combine to create a barrier of entry for women in scientific fields that persists today. However, contemporary female scientists have made it a priority to show that science is for everyone by providing mentorship opportunities for women of all ages. I encountered one example while on my co-op in communications at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI). One of the researchers I interviewed, Anna Michel, is developing laser technology that can sense greenhouse gases in the deep sea. I recently learned that Michel also runs an annual weeklong workshop for elementary school girls: The Girls in Ocean Science and Engineering (GOES) Institute.

Through GOES, girls from local schools spend a week at WHOI exploring oceanography and engineering. Graduates of the program also return to the institution for alumni days each summer. Michel has always been passionate about inspiring the next generation of STEM leaders.

“Very few women go into engineering, because girls just don’t get the message that they should be engineers,” she said in a 2006 interview with the MIT-WHOI Joint Program.

The GOES program, funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation, plays a critical role in establishing a more equal playing field for female engineers.

In addition to in-person mentorship, living in the digital age also allows young female professionals to connect online, contributing to a global network of female scientists. Organizations like Women in STEM (WiSTEM), TechWomen and the International Network of Women Engineers and Scientists (INWES) all help to bring together current and future leaders from around the world. There’s also plenty of STEM networking happening right here at Northeastern. Recently, I had the chance to write about the Science Club for Girls for the College of Science website. Other clubs like the Northeastern University Women in Technology (nuWiT) and the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) also help to connect female science majors.

As young girls, Marie Tharp and Rosalind Franklin didn’t have mentors to look up to, nor were they exposed to the supportive network that exists today. With programs like GOES and a growing global community of women in STEM, there’s no limit to what today’s generation of female scientists, engineers and mathematicians will accomplish.

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Manning may set precedent The U.S. Army ruled Tuesday that Private Chelsea Manning, who is serving a 35-year prison term for passing classified files to WikiLeaks, will be allowed to receive gender transition surgery, according to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).

According to Reuters, Manning, who came out as a transgender woman after being convicted of espionage, began a hunger strike on Friday that ended with the Army’s ruling.

Manning’s psychologist recommended in April that she receive gender reassignment surgery as treatment for gender dysphoria, a psychological condition in which a difference between a person’s assigned gender and the gender with which they identify causes significant clinical stress. Manning will be the first transgender inmate to receive gender-affirming surgery while in prison, according to the ACLU. “I am unendingly relieved that the military is finally doing the right thing,” Manning said in a statement Tuesday. “I applaud them for that.

This is all I wanted – for them to let me be me.”

Manning attempted suicide in July as a result of the stress caused by her gender dysphoria. She began hormone therapy in 2015 but has been forced to comply with male hair standards. ACLU staff attorney Chase Strangio said in Tuesday’s statement that the government plans to continue enforcing these standards.

According to FindLaw, any punishment that violates the basic concept of a person’s dignity may be found to be cruel and unusual.

Inmates who need mental health care are entitled to receive adequate treatment in a manner that is appropriate under the circumstances.

It should follow that all prisoners who experience gender dysphoria are entitled to mental health care – which, all too often, they do not receive.

Luckily, this year, the United States has been taking important strides in the treatment of transgender inmates. On March 25, 2016, the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued new regulations clarifying guidelines it set in 2012 for the treatment of transgender inmates.

The new DOJ guidelines state that treating inmates based on their ex-

ternal genital anatomy is in violation of the federal standard, which mandates that prisons consider both inmates’ gender identity and personal concerns about their safety when assigning them to a housing facility, according to Mother Jones.

The question remains whether Manning’s access to gender reassignment surgery will set a precedent for how transgender prisoners are treated in the United States.

Too often, transgender inmates are subject to sexual harassment, discrimination and abuse at the hands of other inmates or those directly involved in the system. If they are granted full personhood – something they are currently lacking – this abuse can begin to decline.

The U.S. Declaration of Independence establishes that all people have inalienable rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Prison cannot and should not strip people of those rights. An inmate is just as human as anyone on the outside. If, for Chelsea Manning, the pursuit of happiness necessitates that she be able to fully express herself through her physical and anatomical appearance, that right should be granted.

Many of us tend to see Israel in terms of its seemingly unique attributes – perhaps as the legitimate homeland of the Jewish people or as the target of more than 70 United Nations resolutions. Yet, in terms of the way that residents there handle intransigent bureaucracies and slow-to-change norms, Israel is no different than other advanced, industrial democracies facing both internal and external challenges.

Like most societies, partisan forces and polarization stymie Israel’s national government from making innovative or radical change. Despite such blocks, local movements and leaders in Israel can alter the society from below, attempting new approaches and trying out experiments beyond the reach of the central government.

One of my colleagues has written about the ways that here in North America, state- and city-level bureaucrats have made more progress in adapting to climate change than our federal government has. While Congress itself may be divided into those who believe in climate change science and those who do not, middle-level civil servants have instead taken a pragmatic approach to the challenge.

Israel, too, has individuals outside the government who have tried to solve society’s problems.

On a recent tour run by Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP), I and a number of colleagues had the chance to speak with people from all parts of Israeli and Palestinian civil societies. What excited me were the experiments and progress being made by individuals often working outside the system. Such people are known as “policy entrepreneurs,” as they find the gaps in

existing frameworks and work to create new projects and services to fill those gaps. I saw these activists as successful integrators of publicprivate partnerships, entrepreneurial users of international social networks and the changemakers who learned lessons from personal experience.

We spent a morning visiting the Al Mustaqbal School in the Arab town of Jaljulia and speaking with principal Fatina Hijly, who has made tremendous changes in the lives of her pupils and teachers.

Greeted by students singing in Arabic, Hebrew and English and then signing in sign language (as a number of their pupils suffer hearing loss), we learned of their lessons in applied hydroponics, music and art therapy and written and spoken Arabic (along with the standard curriculum of math, etc.). With the support of Israeli high-tech philanthropists through the Tovanot B’Chinuch initiative, Fatina has received funds to hire teachers and enrich the lives of students, most of whom come from families without strong educational backgrounds or well-paying jobs. The school stands out not only because it is the result of a partnership between tech titans and a local principal; it also provides much-needed social services to a vulnerable population.

Our group also spent time at the Taybeh Winery located in the last Arab Christian village just outside Ramallah in the West Bank, where a local family with connections to the United States has not only created a new hotel but also been brewing craft beer and wine. The founder, Nadim Khoury, returned to the area after being inspired by the Oslo Accords and has pioneered

alcohol brewing in a society with few connections to the field. His family’s success shows the power of international social networks and the increasing mobility of many residents.

Finally, we had the chance to hear from and talk with Pnina Tamano-Shata, a lawyer, journalist and politician who served in the Knesset, Israel’s legislature, as a member of the Yesh Atid party between 2013 and 2015. Pnina remains the first Ethiopian-born woman to hold a Knesset seat. She bluntly discussed the racism she and others have experienced, ranging from name-calling as children to the fact that blood donated by Ethiopians was initially rejected

by Israeli blood banks. When she served in the Knesset, she pushed the government to end social support programs which further isolated minority groups in their attempt to provide specialized services. She found from her own experiences in a boarding high school that integration, and not further isolation, helped her and the students around her find their places in multiethnic Israel.

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- A modified version of this article appeared in the Jewish Advocate. Daniel P. Aldrich is co-director of the Security and Resilience Studies Program and professor in political science and public policy at Northeastern University. Aldrich has published four books and more than 30 peer-reviewed articles and has written op-eds for the New York Times, CNN and many other media outlets.

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Somerville festival sees tricks, tails and treats

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At the 7th annual Somerville Dog Festival on Sunday, dog owners could enter their pups into contests and treat them to paw printing and dog-friendly ice cream.

By Alejandro Serrano City editor Scores of dog tails wagged all over Trum Field last Sunday for the 7th annual Somerville Dog Festival.

“This town is incredible to come out after that [morning rain], I’m impressed,” said festival co-coordinator Marjie Alonso of Somerville, Massachusetts.

The festival, presented by The Somerville Foundation for Animals, began at 11 a.m. with activities such as the “Doggie Fun Zone” obstacle course where dogs hurdled, ran through small tubes and climbed a ramp for a timed

finish. While some dogs ripped through the course, others got distracted by the audience or were uneasy about particular obstacles.

“I really look forward to seeing dogs and people learn[ing] something new,” said Alonso. “We started this because we wanted people to see the healthy eccentric things that you can do with your dog.”

There was a “Doggie Looka-like” contest where the audience judged which contestants looked most similar to their dogs.

Shortly after, a “Doggie Trick Contest” showcased the trained tricks of dogs and their owners – both on the main stage.

Amy DeThomas’s dog Jenga won second place by playing peeka-boo, somersaulting off DeThomas’ back and playing dead after DeThomas pretended to shoot him.

“It was fun to get out and socialize with other pet-friendly people,” said DeThomas, a Somerville, Massachusetts resident, adding that Jenga had won first place the last couple of years at the same festival. “I like to meet with different vendors and see what they are offering and meet dogs.”

Across the field, Somerville Police Officer Tim Sullivan demonstrated a canine search by dropping practice evidence in the middle of

a fenced-in part of the field, then letting his dog out of the police car Approximately 15 minutes later, the canine found the evidence and laid down in front of it, pointing at it with its snout to let Sullivan know where it was without touching it.

Back on the main stage, Porter Square Veterinarian members set up “The Ugly Duckling,” a play starring four-legged actors.

“It’s a lot of fun and haphazard. No one takes this too seriously,” said the play’s narrator, Pietro Castelli, of Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania, after the show. “The dogs not wanting to go on stage, the dogs almost fall-

ing off the stage, the dogs knocking stuff over [makes it better].”

Other activities included paw printing and eating dog-friendly ice cream.

There were 21 sponsors for this year’s festival, according to the event’s website.

Although the festival is free, donations were accepted for several organizations, including a pet food pantry, said Alonso.

“We want to keep dogs at homes and if you can’t feed your dog, you can’t keep your dog,” she said. “We are doing what we can to promote physical and behavioral help when they need it.”

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Janitors organize for higher wages, benefits contract,

From Page 1 ficers, including the Northeastern University Janitorial Workers Union. The fight was personal for Warren, whose father was a janitor, she said.

“I saw how underappreciated [my father’s] work was. I also saw how important a paycheck is to keep a family together,” Warren said. “And so I wanted to be here today for exactly one reason, and that is to say: In this fight for fair wages, I’m with you.”

The current contracts, which are set to expire on Sept. 30, cover over 13,000 janitors who clean buildings such as the Prudential Center and 200 Clarendon (formerly the John Hancock Tower) and institutions such as Harvard University and Tufts University.

32BJ hopes to negotiate new contracts that include wage increases that keep up with rising costs of living, full-time employment opportunities and employer-paid health care that extends to families of full-time workers, according to a Sept. 8 statement from the union.

“The Boston office market is booming, but for too many hardworking men and women, making ends meet is still a challenge,” 32BJ New England District 615 Vice President Roxana Rivera said in the statement. “While our economy overall has rebounded, we need to ensure that strength is reflected in the jobs and wages of working people.”

The energetic crowd of 32BJ workers and supporters donned matching purple shirts and held signs that read, “Raise America with good jobs” in English and Spanish. The rally attendees continued to chant phrases like “justice now” in Spanish, even as pouring rain dampened the event.

Although the rain cleared before City Councilor at-Large

Photo by Scotty Schenck

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren addresses thousands of janitors and security officers rallying in the Common.

Ayanna Pressley took the stage, she said she wished it had continued to pour because the weather was symbolic of their movement.

“Every one of you – when it was raining, when you were sick, when your children were sick, when your body was hurting – you still returned to work every day,” Pressley said.

Elias Ventura, who has worked for Northeastern’s cleaning contractor for the past nine years, said it felt great to be supported by so

many people at the rally. Ventura, a 45-year-old Roxbury resident, works full-time cleaning 716 Columbus Avenue, a Northeastern building that houses several offices including the Alumni Center and the human resources department. “[The rally] was important because a lot of workers were still on the fence, a lot of workers didn’t know about how powerful 32BJ is,” Ventura said in a phone interview in Spanish through a transla-

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tor. “When we take the streets, you realize that it is for real [...] you realize that you are not invisible.”

Ventura, who is also a bargaining member, said he is optimistic that the union will be able to negotiate a favorable contract.

“We are trying to keep what we have,” he said. “And we want a fair raise, which is what we have been having over the last four years – a wage that increases with the cost of living.”

Juan Nuñez, 36, traveled to the rally from Manhattan, where he works as a cleaner at 30 Rockefeller Center. He said he hoped the event would inspire politicians to make it easier for janitors to work and make money.

“If nobody is going to make a stand, then we’re going to have to make a stand,” said Nuñez, who was joined by several of his co-workers. “That’s why we’re here, to show our support.”

Trevor King, a 46-year-old security officer for the New York City Housing Authority building in Staten Island, came from Brooklyn to stand in solidarity with Boston’s workers. “[I’m here] for these workers to get the contract they deserve, to help a strong job market for working families,” King said.

Members of the Northeastern Progressive Student Alliance (PSA) also attended the rally as a show of support for the university’s janitors and other Boston workers.

“I feel like everyone in America should have at least a decent working contract,” said PSA member Irem Girmen, a senior sociology and international affairs major.

Sarah Anderson, another PSA member, stressed the importance of having strong unions to stand behind its workers.

“It’s important to everyone in Boston that unions are strong here,” said Anderson, a junior environmental studies and political science major. “It’s important to all cities.”

Warren agreed that labor unions were vital for ensuring a successful future for the country. The workers in 32BJ have something her father didn’t have, the senator said – a strong union that has their backs.

“Labor built America’s middle class,” Warren said. “And labor unions are going to rebuild America’s middle class.”

MBTA picks app

By Maxim Tamarov News correspondent

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) endorsed a Montreal-based transit application as its official mobile app Tuesday, Sept. 6 as part of its efforts to connect with its customers.

The winning app, Transit App, competed alongside three other finalists, Moovel, Moovit and Swiftly, in a competition held by the MBTA this summer. Transit App presents users with all nearby bus and train stations, as well as bike and ride-sharing options. It also has trip-planning features, reports on expected delays and realtime locations for nearby trains.

“The more options, the better off the city is,” said Transit App representative Laura Jane Heller.

“MBTA is one of the many agencies integrated into the app. We have a number of the suburban lines [or] you can grab an Uber — it’s not just about using public transportation.”

The finalists presented their product to a panel of judges who selected Transit App for its userfriendliness, departure alarms, offline mode and stop announcements, according to a statement posted to the MBTA’s website.

“I have it up right now. I just type in where I’m going and it gives you options about which line to take,” said Emma Guido, a freshman music industry student.

“It gives you Uber price and time as well. I just click on the closest one and it tells me where to go.”

Uber is an affiliate partner of Transit App, Heller explained, and the company is working on partnerships with Lyft and other rideshare services.

Guido, who has been using Transit App for a year, was shown the app by a friend to help her get around the New York subway. Before she discovered the app, Guido didn’t take public transportation at all.

“I just wouldn’t do it,” she said. “I’d just take a cab.”

But commuting is common at Northeastern, where, according to the most recent numbers from the office of Off Campus Student Services, approximately 48 percent of undergraduate students live off campus. Predicting the arrival of the next train or bus can be the difference between getting to class on time or late.

Third-year communications major Robert Bond, who commutes to his job from campus, said that he has been late because of the train several times before.

“It happens,” Bond said.

“Probably four or five times — not that much.”

Transit App joins a long line of other apps that commuters rely on to track the MBTA bus and train lines.

Sean Velazquez, a first-year law school student, takes the commuter rail from Leominster to North Station, then the T to Northeastern.

He has been using the MBTA’s trip planner online “to alleviate any type of delays” en route, he said.

A crowdsourcing initiative that will allow users to share information about delays in transit, similar to the popular Waze app, will also soon make its way to Boston, Heller said. The feature is currently being tested in Pittsburgh.

“People through the app can report service problems, accidents on the road — anything they see that can affect their transit route,” Heller said. “It’s all about convenience.”

A&E NU Stage explores adulthood through comedy

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New and returning students gathered at the Fenway Center Saturday to watch members of NU Stage, Northeastern’s student-run musical theater group, air out their young adult grievances in the summer revue “My Quarter Life Crisis.”

Performances by 26 Northeastern students provided a comedic look at the problems faced by those rapidly approaching the void of total adulthood.

“I’m about to graduate, so [the theme is] definitely poignant and very real for a lot of people right now,” Alyssa Rubin, an NU Stage guest choreographer and senior international affairs major, said. “I love performing and finding something that connects with the audience. Every college student feels a little bit of that existential crisis.”

With songs from musicals like Spring Awakening, Fun Home, Avenue Q and The Book of Mormon, NU Stage performers used modern language employed by contemporary playwrights and lyricists to reflect their current situations.

“There are a lot of young playwrights talking about relevant issues, so I felt the songs really reflected how the cast felt about this point in their lives,” Rubin said.

“When you’re singing about how you might never find your perfect life, it can get a little too real sometimes.”

To avoid entering the grimmer recesses of early adulthood, the cast and crew opted for lighthearted takes on heavy themes.

Though the idea of laughing to keep from crying is nothing new,

Rubin describes it as a “more productive and enjoyable” way of coping.

“From the beginning, we knew we wanted it to be very satirical,” Anna-Rose Schenerman, the senior graphic and information design major who directed the production, said. “I think people in theater have a tendency to take things too seriously sometimes, but I wanted to tackle this with a very lighthearted attitude.”

The performance, which was heavily advertised, sold out online and had to turn away some prospective patrons at the doors of the Fenway Center, a relatively small venue which seats up to 300 guests.

“I found out about an hour before the show that we’d sold out, which didn’t really surprise me,” Schenerman said. “They had to add an extra four rows in the back of the theatre and actually turn people away because it was getting to be a fire hazard. I felt bad turning people away, but it’s amazing that so many people wanted to come.”

The mixed audience included the usual crowd of friends and family of the performers, as well as a large number of freshmen and new students interested in NU Stage, the topical theme or the idea of a performance more loosely structured than a typical production.

“Revues are more casual than full-on productions,” Annie Pahlow, a sophomore communications studies major and NU Stage member, said. “If you like a particular theme, there’s no reason you shouldn’t enjoy yourself. With this one, each number got laughs even if the overall themes were kind of upsetting.”

Rewarded with applause and

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NUStage member Rebecca Sorrell points during a rendition of The Bad Years by Kerrigan-Lowdermilk. The music theatre company held the event called “My Quarter Life Crisis” on the night of Saturday, Sept. 10. standing ovations, some NU Stage “I’m a senior with only two show together] didn’t help me deal members were able to find some ca- more classes left until graduation,” with any of my problems, but it’s tharsis through the experience.

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Review: “Sunday in the Park with George” What shines brightest in the Huntington Theatre Company’s respectful new production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s musical “Sunday in the Park with George” is the sheer brilliance of Sondheim’s music and lyrics. Performed as the season opener and part of the Huntington’s “Sondheim Cycle,” the classic 1984 musical is currently playing at the Boston University Theatre, the company’s main stage.

Based on pointillist painter Georges Seurat’s “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte” and awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1985, the play examines what it means to be immortalized, however accidentally.

Split between two centuries, the first act explores the lives and foibles of the Parisians depicted in Seurat’s masterpiece, including his tempestuous affair with Dot, the main figure in the painting. A shorter second act involves George, Seurat’s fictional great-grandson, himself a struggling artist in the 1980s New York art scene.

With each actor performing different roles in the different eras, the spirited production features a credibly disquiet Adam ChanlerBeret as both artists. If his portrayal of Seurat seems at times aloof and passive, it only enhances his George, an artist both plagued and fascinated by his heritage. ChanlerBeret, while seeming more at home in the contemporary surroundings,

ensures the audience finds the connection that exists among artists throughout the ages, destined to be misunderstood and discontented.

However, it is Jenni Barber’s electric portrayal of Dot, and later Marie, George’s grandmother (Seurat and Dot’s daughter), that gives the production a necessary jolt of life. The restlessness and passion for her lover in the first act give way to a poignant wistfulness as an old matriarch in the second.

While the rest of the cast performs with energy and gusto, the production at times suffers from its stately respect for the material – there are no new discoveries made and no standout additions to the work.

Of course, because this is a Sondheim creation, it does not make for an uninteresting night of theatre. The production is superbly well-executed and inspires awe and goosebumps as the artist perfects his craft, with the first act culminating in a tableau vivant recreation of the iconic painting. The genuine thrill of seeing a master at work is doubly impactful as one watches Seurat stab flecks of color onto his canvas while hearing Sondheim’s endlessly inventive score, which mirrors the artist’s impressionistic artistry; punchy and pointillistic when Seurat deals with his present work but lingering and persisting when looking toward the future.

Questioning ideas of art as personal fulfillment, creation for posterity and the ghosts that continuously haunt artists, the production benefits from being a revival, as its dated depiction of the 1980s

Adam Chanler-Berat faces his canvas as Georges Seurat in a scene from “Sunday in the Park with George.” as contemporary times imbue the latter half of the show would know sively blurs the lines between the work with a sense of prescience, that they would one day be seen as two and creates the impression of of knowing that art – and anything dated and ridiculous. being in a living work of art. we hold to be current and true – is “Sunday in the Park with Christopher Akerlind’s someconstantly passing. None of the what unimaginative lighting adds to George” is in performance at the subjects of the original painting the set, designed by Derek McLane. Huntington Theatre Company’s knew they’d be immortalized, just Flowing smoothly from the titular Boston University Theatre through as none of the characters from the island to the artist studio, it impres- Oct. 16.

Collection, From Page 1 painting earlier this year, the museum’s curatorial team set to work on highlighting not only the unique perspectives that Modernism affords, but also the diverse female, immigrant and minority artists featured in their collection.

“It was very much our intention to get people to think about their own voices and what it means to be American,” Bostwick-Davis said. “This is a nation of immigrants, which has always been one of our great strengths. But we were also thinking about the

Americas and how artists were responding to their cultural contexts, as well as their heritages.”

With works by the likes of Frida Kahlo and Georgia O’Keeffe, the exhibition increases the visibility of female artists in the Modern movement and focuses on the in-

By Juan A. Ramirez A&E Editor

Photo courtesy Paul Marotta, Huntington Theatre Company

Modern art displayed in museum exhibit fluence of immigrants in the early 20th century.

“Certainly, part of the conversation between these works deal with the experience of artists coming from Europe,” Katie Hanson, assistant curator of paintings for the Museum’s Art of Europe collection, said. “Integrating these works into a primarily American collection speaks to the interactions that happen between artists and adds a lot of variety and nuance to the exhibit.”

One of the galleries, titled “Pollock/Picasso,” showcases the ways in which Pablo Picasso, the Spanish master, influenced American Jackson Pollock.

“When you look at the conversation between Pollock’s and Picasso’s works, you realize that though they never met one another, the movement of bodies of works can impact artists abroad,”

Hanson said.

This conversation taking place between the vastly different works throughout the exhibit is rendered brilliantly visible by the addition of insightful quotes by some of the artists themselves. In “Making Modern,” the vibrancy of individual expression is made clear and celebrated.

“You know, it astonishes me that women in this country have only had voting rights for about a century,” Heinz Hofer, a first-time visitor to the MFA from Zurich, said. “It’s important to show the different points of view of people.

Anything that is put out to show equality and respect to other genders, races or religions – as long as it is respect they have in mind – I will support.”

“Making Modern” is part of the Art of the Americas wing of the MFA.

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An MFA visitor admires Frida Kahlo’s iconic painting “Dos Mujeres.”

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OneRepublic, Ingrid Michaelson and Shaggy play MixFest

Saturday, Sept. 17 The radio station Mix 104.1 is off the air and live at MixFest 2016 with a star-studded line-up. Pop artists OneRepublic, Ingrid Michaelson and Shaggy are set to appear, alongside the still-to-be-announced winner of the “15 Seconds of Fame” local artist contest. Although the first artist is expected to take the stage at 1:45 p.m., festival-goers are encouraged to arrive when the gates open at 11 a.m., as space quickly fills up and the gates will be closed once the field is at capacity. Come for a full, free day of live music, dancing and socializing with the Boston concert scene. DCR Hatch Memorial Shell, 47 David G Mugar Way; 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.; free

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Light-up swings, larger-than-life jenga, live music and dancing: Thursday kicks off an early weekend at the Lawn on D in the Seaport District. Crowds of people buzzing with energy, beer in hand play lawn games and sway to the music as they shrug off the stress of the work week. Friday will see the Boston Herald broadcasting live from the Lawn until 4 p.m., and at 6 p.m., Harpoon Flannel Friday starts up, offering patrons the chance to try the newest concoctions from Harpoon Brewery.

Saturday from 6 to 10 p.m. is Music Saturday, and Sunday from 3 to 6 p.m. is Sunday Funday after a Jazz Brunch. Admission is free.

420 D Street, Seaport District; 3 10 p.m.; free

Explore 100 years of posters at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design Bakalar and Paine Galleries. “A Century of Style: Masterworks of Poster Design” includes posters from the poster scene in the 1890s; through the development of Art Nouveau, Machine Age and Art Deco; to the contemporary poster.

The exhibit includes works by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Ludwig Hohlwein and A.M. Cassandre.

The posters, hailing from over a dozen countries, have been selected

by Robert Bachelder from his own collection. Free refreshments and snacks will be available. 621 Huntington Ave, MassArt Bakalar and Paine Galleries; 6:30 - 8 p.m.; free

Treat yourself to some much-needed relaxation after a long week with a sunset yoga session overlooking the Boston Harbor. The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) is hosting a bring-your-own-mat event as part of its ICA After 5 program, a new series of dynamic Friday evening events hosted at the museum.

All skill levels are welcome for this class, created by PopUpAsana, which aims to bring yoga out of the studio and into the community through partnerships with local businesses. With gorgeous views of the city and the sea, there is no better way to unwind on a Friday evening and prepare for the weekend to come. 25 Harbor Shore Drive, Seaport District; 5 - 8 p.m.; $10 with a student ID

Wind down from a full day of work or classes with an energy-filled workout that feels like a party. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is holding its largest free outdoor Zumba class on the Kresge Lawn. The popular Latin danceinspired fitness program doesn’t require any prior experience, but it does require a willingness to have fun and bust some serious moves.

People of all ages from throughout the Boston-Cambridge area are invited to join in on the calorie-burning fun. In the event of rain, signs will direct dancers indoors, so no excuses. Kresge Lawn, 48 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge; 5:30 6:30 p.m.; free

Eat your way through Boston’s best food at the 7th Annual Boston Local Food Festival. The Sustainable Business Network of Massachusetts will transform the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway into the largest local and sustainable food hub in the U.S., aiming to see zero waste by the end of the day. Lining the streets will be over 150 food vendors, including farmers, local restaurants, food trucks, fisher folks and health organizations. There will also be a family zone, live chef demonstrations and, of course, happy, hungry people.

Download the FreeDoneGood app to have access to the festival map and vendor list. Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway, 185 Kneeland Street; 11 a.m. - 5 p.m; free

Witness the creation of the next big thing at Minute to Pitch It. MassChallenge, an organization whose mission is to catalyze a startup renaissance, will be pitting finalists from its startup competition against each other. Each team will have one minute to sell their idea to hundreds of innovation enthusiasts, who will then vote to decide the winner. There are 128 fledgling businesses competing – but only one will be the MassChallenge Pitch Champion.

Game on. Follow the event on social media with the hashtag #Min2Pitch and tweet away. 23 Drydock Avenue, 6th Floor; 6 - 9 p.m.; free

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Column: Actual anarchism works

When I tell people I’m an anarchist, I usually get a lot of confused looks that hint at my potential lack of reason. In a society where certain stereotypes are formed and have not yet been dismantled, admitting you’re in a political minority inevitably leads to judgement.

Public impression of anarchism as a synonym for chaos, youthful rebellion or even terrorism speaks volumes about the influence of corporate and governmental media on the term. Ironically, anarchist protests seem rather innocent compared to some of the chivalrous actions of our leaders, like waging wars for natural resources and killing millions for land ownership.

In its narrowest sense, anarchism is the rejection of coercive government. Most anarchists oppose domination and systemic injustice in all forms, including patriarchy, white supremacy, compulsory heterosexuality and corporate greed. While anarchism doesn’t fit the modern definition of organization, this doesn’t mean that it rejects structure per se. Anarchism proposes a stateless, decentralized, nonhierarchical society based on interwnational solidarity, voluntary cooperation and mutual aid. This approach comes to life through direct action and taking social change into one’s own hands instead of relying on an external agent – like a governmental or corporate agency – for reform.

Throughout history, there have been semi-successful large-scale attempts to materialize what seems like a utopian theory. The nearest it came to reality was in the Spanish Civil War with the rise of the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (National ConfederaAnna Sorokina tion of Labor), a Spanish confederation of anarcho-syndicalist labor unions affiliated with the International Workers Associa- tion. Its main goal was to improve workers’ conditions through self- management, consensus decisionmaking and direct – as opposed to representative – democracy.

What’s important to note, howev- er, is that anarchism is not just political liberation but a social and cultural one, as well. The Spanish Civil War, as well as other historical attempts at anarchism, popularized many progressive ideas including “free love” and women’s right to abortion. These factors are important to consider when we blindly bash anarchism because although the rise of the Communist Party of Spain lessened the influence of Confederación Nacional del Trabajo, the empowerment that came from it pushed forward social liberation. Dismissal of such a hands-on ideology invalidates our own potential, leading to personal inaction backed up by the notion that we’re powerless in the face of the government. This thinking creates a vicious cycle of granting power to external structures, then relying on that very power for meaningful societal change.

Today, the anarchist movement is a global network of activist groups involved in a number of initiatives, from women’s health collectives and public art projects to solidarity with Palestinians in the West Bank and protest of the Dakota Access Pipeline. Dismissal of such a hands-on ideology invalidates our own potential, leading to personal inaction backed up by the notion that we’re powerless in the face of the government.

While we don’t have to view anarchism as an alternative to state and corporate rule, a more accepting view of the anarchist mentality might give birth to grassroots efforts that are crucial in an age plagued by energy scarcity, increasing inequality and ongoing war.

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Women’s soccer splits pair Column: Hockey World Cup starts

By James Duffy Sports Editor

The Northeastern University (NU) women’s soccer team continued to struggle with consistency last week, dominating the College of the Holy Cross on Thursday, Sept. 8, before losing a close match to Boston College (BC) on Sunday, Sept. 11.

“We played really well in both games,” Northeastern head coach Ashley Phillips said. “Obviously against Holy Cross we played a full 90 minutes.”

Against the Crusaders, NU came on strong in a 4-0 victory at Parsons Field. Junior forward Kayla Cappuzzo scored her first two goals of the season in the first half, and junior midfielder Hannah Lopiccolo and sophomore forward Hannah Rosenblatt added second-half scores. The goals were Lopiccolo’s first and Rosenblatt’s third of the season.

“When we start to have kids we depend on to score goals getting their first or second of the season, that can build their confidence,” Phillips said.

Against BC, the Huskies lost in heartbreaking fashion. The game was scoreless until NU senior midfielder Breeana Koemans found the back of the net at the 63rd minute, giving NU a 1-0 lead. However, in the 90th and final minute of regulation, BC tied it up to force overtime.

The game went for two extra periods, and after 101 minutes of play, BC senior forward McKenzie Meehan found the back of the net with a header to end the game.

The Huskies were mere seconds away from a win, but instead left with a devastating loss.

Photo courtesy Jim Pierce, Northeastern Athletics.

Senior Breeana Koemans lines up a penalty shot against Boston College.

“Against BC, we didn’t get the result we wanted, but I think we played well,” Phillips said. “I told the girls after the game that I was really proud of the performance and the effort.”

Phillips said the team played more conservatively after taking the lead and fell back onto defense. Despite the outcome, she said there were a lot of positive takeaways.

Sophomore goalkeeper Nathalie Nidetch continued her strong play in net. She shut out Holy Cross and made eight saves against BC, bringing her total to 49 on the season which ranks second in the Colonial Athletic Association.

“It shows how close we are to

knocking off teams that are going to be ranked,” she said.

BC is 7-0-1 this year, and Phillips believes the team will be nationally ranked soon.

Moving forward, the Huskies will aim to improve upon their 3-4-1 record when they travel to Boston University on Thursday, Sept. 15 and host the University of New Hampshire on Sunday, Sept. 18.

Phillips stressed player morale as an essential part of the team’s future success. “[These are] the last few games before we start conference play,” she said. “We’re going to keep working on what we’ve been doing as a team to build our confidence.”

The World Cup is finally back, and the entire sports community is on edge waiting to see which country will come out as top dog.

Of course, the term “World Cup” leads many people to think of the great soccer tournament most recently held in Brazil in 2014 which was won by the heavily favored German men’s national team. This World Cup is different, however. For the first time in 12 years, the hockey world is coming together for a best-on-best tournament to ring in the new hockey season.

While the World Cup of Soccer gives teams from all over the globe a chance to win their way into the tournament, the World Cup of Hockey will feature only eight teams, hailing from the most powerful nations in the hockey universe. The contestants in this year’s tournament are the United States, Canada, Sweden, Finland, Russia, the Czech Republic and two new teams who have never competed on the international stage: Team North America and Team Europe. Team North America will feature players from the U.S. and Canada who are under 23 years old. Team Europe is comprised of players from European nations that are not being individually represented.

In recent international hockey tournaments, the United States hasn’t lived up to expectations, given its star-studded lineup of NHL stars. The wheels seem to fall off the train for some players when they trade their professional jerseys in for the red, white and blue. Players like Patrick Kane and James van Riemsdyk, who are used to lighting the lamp often in the NHL, struggled to produce in the last two Olympics and will be turned Gordon Weigers to for scoring in this tournament.

This year’s squad of Americans has a slightly different look than those of past tournaments. Gone are the goal scorers like Bobby Ryan, and in their places are grittier players like Brandon Dubinsky and Justin Abdelkader.

The World Cup will show whether the Americans should’ve brought more firepower in their lineup – or if the balanced attack will help the team win.

Teams like Canada and Sweden have found great success in recent international competition, including the Olympic Games and the annual International Ice Hockey Federation World Hockey Championships. On paper, it’s hard to find many differences between the two teams, save for their geography. Both teams feature groups of experienced, high-octane forwards that should find no trouble putting the puck in the net. On the back end, both teams have perennial Norris Trophy candidates up and down their depth charts.

It’s hard to overlook the fact that these two countries have remarkable goaltenders between the pipes. For Sweden, it comes down to if Henrik Lundqvist can bounce back after a subpar year with the New York Rangers a season ago. The Canadians will likely turn to former NHL MVP and Montreal golden boy Carey Price. Price missed almost all of last season due to injury, so it will be interesting to see if he can return to the level that he was at during the 2014-15 season when he was, by far, the best player in the NHL. I’m sure that the big brains making the rosters for Team USA and Team Canada were upset at the fact that they couldn’t add any players under 23 to their respective teams. Some of the most recognizable names in the NHL today in the dawn of their careers will be teaming up for Team North America and are poised to do some damage in the tournament. The speed of young guns such as Connor McDavid, Nathan MacKinnon and former Northeastern killers Jack Eichel and Johnny Gaudreau give this young team a huge edge over the other teams in the field.

You have to consider that this tournament is happening before the NHL season kicks off. This means older players haven’t had the necessary time to get in the kind of form that they would need to be in to win an event like this. Team North America is a top-to-bottom team full of excited players who used their summers to train to get better, whereas many of the older players used their summers to recover from the long year that, for some, ended in June. If the team’s goaltending holds up, I think that the potent offense of Team North America will carry them to the title.

Selective games of the preliminary round, as well as all of the playoff rounds, will be aired on the networks of ESPN. The World Cup officially begins with the group stage on Sept. 17, and ends on Oct. 1. And so our watch begins.

-Gordon Weigers can be reached at Sports@HuntNewsNU.com

Photo courtesy Jim Pierce, Northeastern Athletics.

Junior forward Kayla Cappuzzo, 17, who scored two goals against Holy Cross, takes the ball up the field.

Field Hockey wins in 2OT

By James Duffy Sports Editor

It took over 86 minutes of play, but the Northeastern University (NU) field hockey team defeated Providence College 1-0 in double overtime at Dedham Field on Friday, Sept. 9.

Sophomore forward June Curry-Lindahl was the hero, scoring the lone goal of the game.

She took a feed from sophomore forward Laura MacLachlan and found the back of the net to give the Huskies the win.

“Providence was a great team tonight,” Northeastern head coach Cheryl Murtagh told GoNU after the game. “I knew it would be a tough game with them, and I’m just happy our team was able to finish like that.”

It was the second goal of the year for Curry-Lindahl, and the win improved the Huskies record to 3-2 for the season.

“I was just staying in front of the goal,” Curry-Lindahl said. “I just wanted the ball to be in so much.”

Senior goalkeeper Becky Garner blocked eight shots in net for Northeastern, earning her second shutout of the season. Garner continued her red-hot start, as she leads the Colonial Athletic Association in goals allowed average and is second in save percentage.

“I thought Becky played really well for us. She came up with some key saves,” Murtagh said.

“It gave the defense more confidence [...] our defense held on, and that’s what you need when you’re not putting the ball in.”

The defense in front of the netminder was strong as well. Early in the second half, senior midfielder Alyssa Carlson made a defensive save of her own.

Next weekend, the Huskies will look to extend their winning streak against a pair of cross-town rivals. On Friday, Sept. 16, they’ll travel to Cambridge to take on the Crimson of Harvard University before returning home to Dedham Field to host the Boston College Eagles on Sunday, Sept. 18.

Last season, NU struggled against these two teams, losing to Harvard 1-0 and BC 6-1.

“We’ve got to keep our defense going, our goalkeeping going, our passing game,” Murtagh said.

“We know we have a tough weekend next weekend, but the kids will be prepared.”

Photo courtesy Jim Pierce, Northeastern Athletics.

Sophomore forward June Curry-Lindahl, 20, winds up for a shot.

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Volleyball sweeps tourney at Cabot

By Tim Foley News Staff

The Northeastern University (NU) women’s volleyball team dazzled the home crowd at its tournament in the Cabot Center over the weekend, with successive victories against Fordham University, Presbyterian College and Binghamton University. The Huskies then went on the road to defeat the University of Massachusetts-Lowell in straight sets on Tuesday, Sept. 13.

The tournament was the Huskies’ first chance to play at home this season. The team brought a lot of energy to their play. Senior setter Jamie Bredahl used it as fuel against Fordham, leading the team with 14 kills in the match.

“It’s kind of fun,” Bredahl, a team captain, said. “The first home game is always kind of exciting, but we handled it really well, and I think we came out strong and proved ourselves.”

Leading two sets to none against Fordham, the Northeastern women were edged in the third, 25-23. That was the only frame the Huskies would lose all weekend.

“We definitely played better as the weekend went on, which is indicative of one, learning and two, depth,” Northeastern head coach Ken Nichols said.

Middle blocker Natalie Shollin shined against Fordham, racking up 12 kills in the four-set victory.

Against Presbyterian, she only at-

tempted seven hits but landed five of them, ending the night with a stellar .714 hitting percentage.

Shollin is one of five freshmen responsible for the Huskies’ success throughout the tournament.

“We keep calling [the freshmen] ‘the fab five,’” Nichols said.

“They can all contribute in some unique ways. Everybody trains everybody else a little harder in the gym; everybody pushes everybody a little better.”

Freshman middle blocker Shaina White had two blocks against Presbyterian Saturday afternoon and followed with three more against Binghamton that night.

Defensive specialist Clare Lund, another freshman, drove home two service aces against Presbyterian – part of a 10-ace effort from the Huskies in their sweep of the Blue Hose.

What stands out to Nichols more than the play of the freshmen is their character, he said.

“I think the most rewarding thing that I see going on is if somebody’s struggling a little bit and they come out, they come to the bench and they are the biggest cheerleader, the best advocate,” he said. “They are helping with strategy and game plan and asking what they can do better.”

That supportive attitude paid off in the match against Binghamton, when the Huskies trailed by four points late in the third.

Having taken the first two sets, the Northeastern women were coasting to a three-set vic-

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Junior outside hitter Carmen Costa, 3, had the highest kill count during tonight’s final game with 10 kills.

tory in the third and final game of the weekend. The Bearcats had struggled to develop any sort of rhythm and fell behind in the third, but they found a way to mount a comeback to take control of the set.

Down 20-16, the Huskies maintained their composure. One of the key advantages against Binghamton was Brigitte Burcescu, who had just returned after a lower body injury. The junior outside hitter came in late in the set and struck gold with three kills, solidifying the shift in momentum.

“It’s always tough coming back from an injury like [Burcescu] has,” Bredahl said. “She has experience out there and I thought

she did a really nice job coming in.”

Junior setter Kristen Walding made a clutch play, sneaking the second ball over the net when the Bearcats expected to be set, tying the score at 21.

“I think Kristen’s play at the net in terms of both an attacker and a blocker were a big help,” Nichols said.

Back-to-back kills from Burcescu gave Northeastern the lead, and the Huskies ended up taking the set 25-23 to complete the sweep.

Seniors Hannah Fry and Caterina Rosander were key contributors in the third. Fry led the team with 12 kills in the match, while Rosander’s consistency al-

lowed her to maintain a hitting percentage of over .500 for the weekend. Junior middle blocker Carmen Costa came up big Saturday night with 11 kills against Binghamton.

Rosander and Walding received all-tournament honors for their performances.

Northeastern followed the stellar weekend with a sweep of instate rival UMass Lowell. The Huskies posted 47 kills, anchored

by Bredahl’s sixth double-double of the season and an errorless night from both Burcescu and White.

The women aim to continue their success as they take on Harvard on the road Saturday, Sept.

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