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November 12, 2015

Center Students protest for adjunct rights to assist veterans

By Scotty Schenck Photo Editor

The opening of the Center for Advancement of Veterans and Servicemembers (CAVS), dedicated to helping student veterans find job placements, was announced

by Northeastern University on Wednesday.

Philomena Mantella, senior vice president and CEO of Northeastern University Global Network, presented a plan for the development of the center during the Veterans Day service at the Egan Research Center. The goal of the center is to combat the increasing unemployment rate among veterans after leaving service.

“Our new center, CAVS for short, will take advantage of Northeastern’s global network of 3,000 employers, our No. 1 ranked career services office, career development and experiential learning to handle the problem of veteran employability,” Mantella said. “It will be our major focus.”

Director of Veteran and Military Services for Northeastern and former service member Andrew McCarty stood for applause during the ceremony when he was named director of the center.

“It’s a population near and dear to my heart, being a veteran,” he said. “The most significant challenge to veterans is employment.

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On Tuesday, roughly 60 Northeastern students protested across campus against the universitiy’s treatment of adjunct professors.

A mass of protesters chanting pro-worker slogans and carrying orange-emblazoned signs stared down Green Line trains outside

Northeastern University (NU) on Tuesday afternoon.

Demonstrators from the student group Empower Adjuncts blocked service on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) E Line for 25 minutes in solidar-

similar fate.

The MBTA has begun implementing a Winter Resiliency plan, promising to keep trains more functional throughout the season. The city’s Public Works Department (BPW) has instituted policy changes and stocked up on equipment it says will help fight the effects of blizzards and snow drifts.

Last winter, the city was unprepared for the record 110.6 inches of snowfall it received. For the fiscal year, officials budgeted $18.5 million for snow removal, but by midFebruary had spent $33 million.

Snow piles overwhelmed streets, and a myriad of problems plagued the transit system.

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By Sam Haas City Editor

Boston plans for snowfall

By Rachel Morford News Correspondent

One year removed from a winter of record-setting snow totals, blocked streets and broken trains, city officials and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) are preparing for the season early in hopes of avoiding a

ity with adjunct faculty at NU, who have spent the last year negotiating for a contract with university officials.

“The fact that this has gone on for so long is unacceptable,” Alissa Zimmer, protester and third-year

environmental studies and political science major, said. “The administration has done nothing to move the collective bargaining process forward. We feel it is necessary for us to perform civil disobedience for Professors, Page 2

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People of all ages gathered in Cambridge for a 24-hour videogame marathon to raise money for the Boston Children’s Hospital.

Gamers fundraise for local hospital

By Liam Hofmeister Inside Editor

Photo by Scotty Schenck

The City of Boston and MBTA are implementing a number of new plans, including new equipment and an increased budget, to avoid the chaos that accompanied last year’s massive snowfall.

It was his 15th hour of near-uninterrupted gameplay and Johnny Nyugen, a videogame streamer from Leominster, needed to move.

He left his laptop at 11:30 p.m. and walked with an ache of inactivity coursing through his body.

“I just need to get the blood flowing and the bones moving again,” Nyugen said. “Only nine more hours.”

After a short break, Nyugen returned to his computer – back in line with the 20 other remaining gamers – mounted his headphones and became absorbed in “League Videogames, Page 7

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Student knits, runs for a cause

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Paul Drake, director of Massachusetts Interfaith Worker Justice, addressed students protesting in support of adjuncts.

Photo courtesy of Meredith Parmalee

Meredith Parmalee, a senior international business major, ran the New York City Marathon finger-knitting a scarf.

By Stephanie Eisemann News Staff

Meredith Parmalee, a senior international business student from Albany, N.Y., made headlines when she decided to knit her way through the New York City (NYC) Marathon.

Using a technique called finger knitting, which forgoes traditional knitting needles for the use of four fingers, Parmalee ran with Team in Training to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. The News asked Parmalee about her experience completing her first marathon while she simultaneously knit a scarf.

The Huntington News: What motivated you to run the NYC Marathon?

Meredith Parmalee: I did my second co-op in Madrid, and I was working at a startup called We Are Knitters. Basically, they sell knitting kits and knitting supplies, and I worked in the marketing department… We came across this guy on social media who had run and knit the NYC Marathon a couple years ago… and then I was joking with my boss like, “Oh yeah, just give me some yarn and I’ll go on my next run and do it,” and he was like “Wait, really?”… So I tried [finger knitting] out and I realized it’s not too difficult and this could be a real thing.

Then, we looked up marathons that were coming up, and it was about 16 weeks before the NYC Marathon, so it was like the perfect training time.

HN: Why did you decide to do it with a charity?

MP: There’s three ways you can [run the NYC Marathon]. The first is have a qualifying time, which I didn’t have because I’d never run one before. Or you can do it with a lottery system, but the lottery had already passed. And then the third way is with a charity group, which is something that I thought would be a really cool way to get involved in charity work for the brand, as well as for myself. We are Knitters was a corporate sponsor for Team in Training.

HN: You mentioned you had some prior experience running?

MP: I started running longer distances a couple years ago when I did my first half marathon. I did one in Ashland… as a middler. Then, also as a middler, in the spring I did one in Brooklyn. And then I did one last year in Madrid.

HN: What exactly was the training regimen like?

MP: I basically did four to five runs a week... one of them would be a designated long run and the distance would increase incrementally every week up to 20 miles… For all of my long runs, I would always bring the yarn with me.

HN: Have you always been a knitter?

MP: My grandmother taught me

when I was 10, and then I did it kind of off and on since then. Then when I got hired at We are Knitters, I picked it up again and started doing it more seriously.

HN: Why did you enjoy the unique experience?

MP: I think it was just…something else to think about while I was running. Especially when I ran the marathon, I finished in just under five hours.... you’re running for a long time, and there’s not much to do.

HN: Logistically, how do you knit for 26 miles?

MP: First, I just had [the scarf] under my arm when I was running…

It really decreased my mobility, so then I switched to wearing it just like a bracelet… As the scarf got longer I would just wrap it around my left arm, so it was like a sleeve.

HN: How long did the scarf end up being?

MP: I think it was around 30 feet.

Professors, From Page 1 for the administration to listen to us.”

The protest began outside NU President Joseph E. Aoun’s office at 716 Columbus Ave. shortly after 1 p.m. Demonstrators began by chanting in support of adjuncts – “What’s disgusting? Union busting. What’s outrageous? Adjunct wages.” – before local members of the Fight for $15 campaign joined. “[Northeastern] is willing to treat the people who teach my classes as expendable,” Sara Sheridan, a third-year political science and international affairs major, said to the crowd outside Aoun’s office. “Adjuncts are not expendable.”

After two students delivered a letter to the president’s office outlining their position, the group of nearly 60 walked across campus to Huntington Avenue, where they blocked the T tracks at the Northeastern University stop.

The ongoing tension between adjuncts and administrators has not gone unnoticed by people outside of the university, protesters said.

Others mentioned the negative economic impacts they say North-

eastern’s treatment of professors has on adjuncts.

“Northeastern University is an active machine of creating poverty, not only within its workers but with its students as well as the surrounding community,” Daniela Gonzalez, a protester who graduated from NU this spring, said. “The university exists for our education, for our professors and for the students. They are trying to actively disempower us and break us apart.”

Low wages and overwork are a difficult reality for part-time lecturers, according to Peter Fraunholtz, an adjunct professor of history and international affairs at Northeastern who has been teaching for 18 years.

“A lot of my colleagues are working three, four or five classes, making $2,500 or $3,000 per class,” Fraunholtz said. “I don’t think we’ve been asking for the moon by any stretch, so the big question for the university is ‘what’s in the way of paying adjuncts fairly and reducing the uncertainty of the employment?’”

Northeastern hasn’t released detailed specifics about its employment of adjuncts. Fifty-two percent

of lectures at the school are parttime, according to a 2014 Boston Globe article.

While the action may have been for a good cause, the disruption subverted its message, according to Tia Marquis, a Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences student whose train ride was delayed by the group.

“That was ignorant,” Marquis said. “It wasn’t peaceful... This was being selfish, not selfless. Yeah, people heard the protest, but no one was really listening because they were trying to get somewhere.”

In a statement, the university said it supported the rights of students to protest and would work to draft a contract with adjuncts.

“Like any great university, Northeastern is committed to the free and open exchange of ideas,” the university said. “We respect the organizing rights of members of our community, and we continue to bargain in good faith with part-time faculty to reach an agreement that benefits our entire university community.”

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NU supports armed forces

HN: How did you feel race weekend, leading up to the big event?

MP: I was super nervous. Since I’ve never run [a marathon] before, I didn’t know what to expect, and there were so many unknowns, too.

I was like “it could rain, I’ve never really done a long run in the rain or with my yarn.” I went to the expo the day before and got my bib and my Tshirt and the race packet, which was so exciting.

HN: How did other marathoners react?

MP: I got a lot of questions of what I was doing before the race started.

People were like, “Oh is that like a pre-race, anxiety thing?” … and I was like, “No, that’s like a during the race thing.” So some people took selfies with me when we were running… some people [on the sidelines] would be like “Knit me a scarf! Knit me a sweater!”

HN: How much attention did you think you raised?

MP: I think it was a really great way to spread the word for both [the charity and co-op] and for the organization. I raised a little over $3,500 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society… and it was just a cool way to show people knitting is something that can be contemporary and you can do it whenever.

HN: Do you plan on knitting and running again next year?

MP: I don’t know. I think if I did it again I would want to do a new city because I loved the experience of having a whole new city to explore…I mean Boston would be awesome, but we’ll see what happens.

HN: And would you knit?

MP: I don’t know if I could do it without knitting because it was such a great distraction, so I feel like it would be training in a whole new way.

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Veterans and administrators gathered at the Veterans Day service on Wednesday, where Northeastern University announced the creation of the Center for Advancement of Veterans and Servicemembers.

Employment, From Page 1 We felt that was a place that we could have a real significant impact.”

McCarty served in the United States Air Force in Egypt and Qatar from 2000 to 2004.

Sophomore electrical engineering major and veteran of the war in Afghanistan John McGuinness said McCarty is a shining example of how Northeastern treats its veterans.

“I’ve heard all the horror stories of GI Bill users from other schools and the early days. I’ve had to worry about nothing,” McGuinness said.

“I don’t even have to go in and try to work on it myself. I just let them know there’s a problem and they take care of it.”

President Joseph E. Aoun said a recent $20 million grant from the Department of Defense demonstrates the trust between the university and the military.

“Universities are very uncomfort-

able in their relationships with the armed forces,” he said. “Universities want to take the money, take the grants but keep the commitment at an arm’s length. What’s special about this university, our university, about Northeastern, is that it’s extremely comfortable in its relationship.”

Mantella pointed out the numerous ways that Northeastern supports servicemembers.

“We have over 600 veterans at Northeastern University today and 150 active duty military that are enrolled online. Northeastern is truly a global leader with our veterans and servicemembers,” Mantella said. “Over the last six years, our university has sponsored $2 million in scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program, the most generous commitment in the commonwealth by any institution.”

Universities participating in the

Yellow Ribbon Program offer to pay the part of the tuition that the post9/11 GI Bills will not cover, making it possible for many veterans to go to expensive private schools. Junior graphic design major Brian Fountaine, who lost both of his legs from an improvised explosive device (IED) in the Iraq War, said Northeastern’s participation in programs that help veterans is exceptional.

“They’re one of the few schools in the area that actually take very good care of their veterans … with the Yellow Ribbon funds and all that stuff,” he said. “The [Department of Veterans Affairs] screwed up my [tuition] paperwork and [Northeastern] said, ‘Don’t worry about it. We know you’re good for it.’ I was able to keep going in my studies. I’ve had friends who didn’t have that.

This isn’t a cheap school to go to. To have them say something like that is pretty awesome.”

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Northeastern University Public Safety Division Wednesday, Nov. 4 @ 8:55 a.m.

The manager of Wollaston’s Market in the Marino Center notified the Northeastern University Police Department (NUPD) they were detaining a shoplifter who was cooperative at the time but soon started throwing tables and chairs in the atrium area and ran from the building. NUPD located the subject on the lower subway level of Ruggles station at 9:04 a.m. and confirmed the juvenile, who was not an NU student, had assaulted two Wollaston’s employees. After confirming he was the shoplifter, NUPD escorted him to his school at 9:53 a.m. His mother was notified, a trespassing warning was issued and a report was filed.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division Monday, Nov. 2 @ 10:18 p.m.

NUPD reported a student in Willis Hall stole one of his roommate’s prescription Ritalin pills. A report was filed.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division Wednesday, Nov. 4 @ 10:06 a.m.

The residential building superintendent for West Village C reported an exit sign was stolen from the fifth floor stairwell. A report was filed.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division Thursday, Nov. 5 @ 2:11 p.m.

A Resident Assistant (RA) in East Village reported finding drug paraphernalia in a dorm during room inspections. A report was filed.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division Thursday, Nov. 5 @ 4:20 p.m.

NUPD spoke with the NUin Assistant Director via phone on Nov. 4. The Assistant Director had called on behalf of a student in the London program who had 280 British pounds stolen by a cleaning company, which is in the process of being banned from the NUin London mansion. An international security specialist was notified and the London Metropolitan Police are investigating the incident. A report was filed.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division Thursday, Nov. 5 @ 10:41 p.m.

NUPD stopped a subject, unaffiliated with Northeastern, in Carter Park for suspected drug use.

The subject was found to have prior incidents, including an open case involving larceny and three open cases for possession of a Class B drug substance. NUPD found crack cocaine and paraphernalia on the suspect and provided a courtesy escort from Carter Playground to a shelter. The subject will be summonsed.

Friday, Nov. 6 @ 4:21 p.m.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division An NU student reported her email was hacked earlier in the day, and she was concerned her personal information was accessed. NUPD recommended she file a report in the event of fraud. A report was filed.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division Friday, Nov. 6 @ 7:55 p.m.

Fraudulent emails and purchase orders are being sent out across the country using Northeastern information. The incidents are under investigation and a report was filed.

Saturday, Nov. 7 @ 2:26 p.m.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division NUPD reported a bicycle larceny in progress between Knowles Center and Stearns Hall. The first suspect fled down Huntington Avenue in the direction of Opera Place carrying orange bolt cutters. The second and third suspects fled on bicycles toward the Krentzman Quad buildings.

Officers checked the surrounding area with no results but reported finding a mountain bike left near Knowles Center with a partially cut lock and a Nike backpack possibly belonging to one of the subjects. A report was filed.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division Saturday, Nov. 7 @ 3:47 p.m.

A broadcast reported a male possibly planning to rob a bike rack in front of the Museum of Fine Arts. NUPD responded and witnessed the subject attempting to remove a bike from a rack near the corner of Huntington Avenue and Forsyth Street. NUPD stopped the juvenile, unaffiliated with Northeastern, and identified him as the party who had attempted to steal a bike earlier in the day. NUPD transported the subject to headquarters and contacted the juvenile’s father at 4:17 p.m. The subject was released to his father at 6:07 p.m. and will be summonsed.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division Sunday, Nov. 8 @ 3:40 a.m.

A couple was reported arguing in the lobby of International Village. The female, an NU student, was pushing the male, but he was not responding. NUPD responded and reported she was trying to prevent the male from leaving the building. Both parties’ information was collected, and they were sent on their way. A report was filed.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division Sunday, Nov. 8 @ 4:38 p.m.

An NU student reported losing his wallet in the Marino Center and claimed it from a staff member at approximately 4 p.m. to find his social security card missing. A report was filed.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division Sunday, Nov. 8 @ 9:17 p.m.

An RA in 780 Columbus Ave. reported the smell of marijuana coming from a room in the building. NUPD responded and spoke with two students who admitted to smoking. NUPD confiscated less than an ounce of the drug and paraphernalia. A report was filed.

College tuition subject of march

By Jose Castillo News Staff

Northeastern University students, Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein and citizens throughout Boston will join thousands of people across the country on Thursday to participate in the Million Student March.

On Nov. 12 at 3 p.m., students will gather on Forsyth Street to protest rising student debt, advocate for a campus-wide minimum wage of $15 and push for free college tuition at public universities.

“Right now, we are seeing student debt protests in London, we are seeing student debt protests happening in South Africa, and these are some of the things that are becoming a large part of policy discussion nationwide in the United States,” William Smith, a sophomore political science major at Northeastern University and the Boston-area lead organizer of the event, said.

The Million Student March is a national campaign holding a day of action on Thursday. Students all across the country will be participating in events hosted in their respective cities and campuses. The circleend of Forsyth, in front of Ruggles Station, will be the site of Boston’s march. Nearly 500 students are expected to attend from Boston, Tufts and Northeastern universities, according to Smith.

“Overall, if we can educate more of our citizens, that will only be a boon to us in the future,” Eric Spencer, a senior chemical engineering major and co-director of Northeastern Students for Bernie, the group hosting the event, said. “That affects everyone on a scale that you really can’t see now, and you probably won’t see for 10, 15 years, but I think the effects will be very noticeable.”

According to College Board, tuition at public, four-year colleges and universities has increased by 13 percent in the past five years, while tuition at private nonprofit universities has risen by 11 percent.

At Northeastern, tuition has risen 4.3 percent in the past year – adding to a 15.8 percent increase since 2012 – due to an growing operating budget of $1.034 billion that included plans to construct the $225 million Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex and the $50 million Marine Science Center in Nahant.

“An education is something that is actually integral to your ability to

function in the workforce, or really function as a member of society on a larger scale,” Smith said. “So it’s probably not just to punish people for taking out loans to pay for something that is a facilitative good.”

The Million Student March will also call for a campus-wide $15 minimum wage. Last year, a student-led referendum for the measure passed with 76.4 percent of the vote.

Currently, students are working with administrators to implement the minimum wage.

At the event, Stein will speak to protesters. In the 2012 presidential race, she received 0.36 percent of the popular vote, according to her website.

Stein has pushed for tuition reform and the abolition of student debt. In an address given at this year’s New Jersey Student Power Conference, Stein remarked on the current state of student debt and demanded the government turn its attention to the needs of students.

“Student debt is not just a disaster for a generation, it’s a disaster for society in general,” she said. “It’s a massive drain on the economy because it prevents young people from using the creativity and ingenuity of their youth – society’s greatest resource – to re-imagine our economy and society, as each generation must do… Because student debt is a major drag on our precarious economy, the Federal Reserve should use its emergency authority to apply quantitative easing to student loan debt.”

The event is garnering mixed reactions from students. Over 200 people have said they’re attending on the Facebook page out of over 1,000 invited.

“I think the cause is important, but it doesn’t affect me personally,” David Siegal, a sophomore mechanical engineering student, who doesn’t work and received a scholarship, said. “If it did, I would [be more likely to go].”

Organizers want to gain the attention of students and the administration alike, in hopes that the protest’s overarching goal of public involvement will resonate.

“These policies are only going to be implemented if you and I, and everyone else, actually calls our representative when we want these bills to go through,” Spencer said. “If we want to see changes go through, we have to do it. Bernie can’t do it, other representatives can’t do it and no one can do it, except for public involvement. That’s the only thing that really makes our system run.”

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Column: Colleges lacking diversity

On Monday, the University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe made national headlines when he resigned a m i d student protests against his handling of racial incidents on campus.

H o w ever, many Rowan Walrath argue even though Wolfe’s res- ignation is a victory, it is a small part of greater racial injustice on campuses across the US. On Wednesday, the #BlackOnCampus hashtag surfaced on Twitter, allowing people to vent their frustrations.

One Twitter user said, “Getting paid zero dollars and zero cents to teach African American studies to the student body.” Another: “Looking for Black Professors so I can see some Black Excellence in the faculty, only to be continually disappointed.” One person tweeted, “Being told talking about race and racism is being ‘oversensitive.’”

At Northeastern University, only 3 percent of full-time undergraduate students are black or AfricanAmerican, according to the Boston Globe. Nationwide, 15 percent of college students are black.

The John D. O’Bryant AfricanAmerican Institute at Northeastern provides a safe space for black people on campus, but when you look around and see mostly white faces (at Northeastern, 49 percent of fulltime undergraduates), it’s not hard to feel like an outsider.

I am not black. My Puerto Rican girlfriend, a third-year computer science major, Jacqueline Ali Cordoba, is basically my only black friend. I cannot pretend I have any personal experience, but I know – because she has told me – that she, like so many others, has felt othered because of her race.

“It definitely makes me feel

separated from my racial and ethnic background, because everyone I interact with is white or Asian,” she told me. “That’s the part of my identity that I feel the least connection to and the most uncomfortable about.”

Since Ali Cordoba is a budding software engineer, the diversity statistics are even worse. According to USA Today, on average, just 2 percent of technology workers at seven Silicon Valley companies are black; 3 percent are Hispanic.

“Especially when I think about my major, too, not only did the diversity drop at the university as a whole [from my experience before college] but as a computer scientist, looking at the racial diversity statistics, I could count on one hand everyone at Northeastern I’ve ever met in computer science who is Hispanic or black, including myself,” Ali Cordoba said.

Ali Cordoba uses a number of other identifiers, including queer, atheist and woman in technology.

It was easy to find and incorporate people from those communities into her day-to-day life, but she has to go out of her way if she wants to participate in black or Latino communities on campus.

“When I got to college, I found a lot more atheists, I found a lot more queer people, I found a lot more women in tech, but that’s still empty, that last category,” Ali Cordoba said. “It’s not like everything [racial] got worse, it’s just that everything else got better, which made it relatively worse.”

So how can we foster diversity and safety on college campuses?

First of all, there is something wrong with Northeastern’s admissions policy if our number of black undergraduates is 12 percent below the national average (which is already low). Additionally, as the first tweet I mentioned pointed out, there need to be more black professors as part of our faculty. The responsibility lies not only with us but with the administration. It lies with a reform of the system.

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Starbucks debate pointless The last week has been full of important, world-shaking events.

President Barack Obama made a formal announcement rejecting the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, Catalonia has voted to secede from Spain and the presidents of China and Taiwan met for the first time ever; the headlines never end.

But there’s one issue that has been dominating national conversation, an issue so controversial it spawns no end of debate, something so important people on social media can’t stop talking about it: Starbucks has a new holiday cup.

Social media has become the festering ground for rage against a red Starbucks holiday cup that lacks any Christmas ideology, with cries that political correctness has gone too far. Conversation about more important issues has been derailed, with people on both sides of the issue spending far too much time on an topic with few real-world consequences.

The conversation is even making its way into politics, with Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump weighing in on the issue.

“Maybe we should boycott Starbucks,” Trump said in a speech on Monday to applause from his supporters.

The pushback against this new cup isn’t an isolated issue. Some Christians in America have long been offended by what they describe as a “war on Christmas.” The

rise of the phrase “Happy Holidays” instead of “Merry Christmas” during the winter season is seen as unnecessary political correctness. The use of the phrase “Xmas” has also been condemned, as some call for Americans to put the “Christ back in Christmas.”

“If I become president, we’re all going to to be saying ‘Merry Christmas’ again,” said Trump in the same speech on Monday.

The issue with these viewpoints is they portray Christians as an underprivileged group in America.

Christians aren’t oppressed in the US. They have long held political and cultural dominance. A 2015 survey by the Pew Research Center found that about 70 percent of Americans identify as Christians, and the US is home to more Christians than any other nation in the world. Our coinage says “in God we trust,” and our pledge of allegiance has us recite “one nation, under God.” There’s a reason why no non-Christian president has ever been elected, and why detractors of Obama attempted to discredit him by calling him a Muslim.

There’s also a reason why there are few hate crimes against Christians in the US but far too many against people of the Jewish and Muslim faiths. According to a 2013 report by the FBI, US religious hate crimes from 2001-2012 were perpetuated 66 percent of the time against Jewish people and 12.1 per-

cent of the time against Muslims.

These people are facing real hatred and oppression, much more severe than being given a minimalistic coffee cup.

Real and important conversations need to be had about religion in the US, but framing these conversations in their current context does little good.

A non-Christian has the right to not be assumed to be celebrating a Christian holiday. Having store greeters say “Happy Holidays” isn’t an erasure of Christian culture, it’s an acknowledgement that people have the right to hold other religious beliefs. The constant reinforcement of Christianity as the norm only helps contribute to prejudice and hatred towards other religions.

What hardliner Christians are afraid of isn’t some type of American oppression of the religion as a whole; it’s a decrease of the complete dominance Christians have had in this country since its conception, yet other religious groups continue to face real oppression, often involving physical violence. A continuation of Christian superiority only increases these issues. When a Christian is told “Happy Holidays,” and they feel offended for not being assumed to be a Christian, perhaps they may feel, just a bit, how it is for every other religious group in the US that doesn’t experience the privilege of knowing their religion is the majority.

Why don’t adjunct faculty – the majority of educators at Northeastern University – have offices?

This is the question the adjunct faculty union has been asking the administration for over a year as we bargain unsuccessfully to change our dismal working conditions on campus.

The university says it’s impractical and that many faculty don’t want or need offices. Oh, really?

Just ask the adjuncts who camped outside the Faculty Senate meeting last week, meeting their students in full sight of the president and other employees who presumably don’t have this space problem. Adjuncts worked with students in the lobby of Egan Center for several hours, doing their job while making a statement about their need for parity with other faculty.

The administration’s response to our peaceful and informative protest was to dispatch the police, showing how little they respect faculty and student concerns. The irony was not lost on adjunct faculty who routinely hold office hours

in lobbies and lounges all over campus every day. The difference this time was that somebody noticed.

Every semester, in the absence of a private place to meet with our students, we have to make other plans – we talk in the hall, in the library, in a lounge or café – hardly the privacy our students deserve and are entitled to under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Law. Most of us have a story like the one I heard from my colleague, who says she had to meet in the hall outside her classroom with an emotional student who told her about personal issues that stood in the way of her doing her work because they had nowhere to go for a private meeting.

Yet, in over a year of bargaining for such basic things as offices, mailboxes, predictable schedules and teaching supplies, we adjuncts have been unable to move the administration. They cite space limitations and logistical problems. But their bottom line is that our proposals impede the university’s ability to simply do whatever it wants.

Not having an office means that faculty cannot have regular office hours, cannot store educational materials securely and cannot provide a private place for consultation.

This is unprofessional and unacceptable.

At his State of the University address on Oct. 28, President Joseph E. Aoun presented a slide on Northeastern’s “character” and “integrity.” Integrity and character included treating employees fairly, paying fair wages and providing decent working conditions. It is time for Northeastern University to walk that walk and get serious about their teachers, their students and the quality of education we offer. President Aoun: let’s get this contract moving!

Adjunct faculty invite the entire Northeastern Community to join us for a rally at 4 p.m. Nov. 18 on Centennial Common. We’ll see you there.

Letter: Adjunct professors deserve better conditions

- Anne Fleche is an adjunct professor of Media and Screen Studies at Northeastern University

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Healey, MIT lend support to affirmative action

By Cassidy DeStefano News Correspondent

As the Supreme Court of the United States prepares to hear arguments challenging affirmative action, local politicians and universities are adding their voices in support of the practice and the diversity they say it creates on campuses.

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey joined officials from 17 other jurisdictions last week in filing an amicus curiae brief supporting affirmative action. The “friend of the court” brief argues in favor of building racially-varied communities at public colleges, which educate about three-quarters of the US undergraduate population.

“These institutions must be accessible to students of all backgrounds and reflect the diversity of experiences, perspectives and ideas necessary to compete in a global economy,” Healey said in a statement.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and 12 other schools also filed a letter backing the cause.

The university’s president, L. Rafael Reif, views the procedure as a vital component of career training.

“At MIT, our mission directs us to educate the next generation to bring knowledge to bear on the world’s great challenges for the betterment of humanity,” Reif said in a statement on Nov. 2. “To be effective on the complex teams they will encounter in their careers, they must also learn to solve problems and invent solutions with peers very different from themselves.”

Northeastern University officials said they do make affirmative action considerations during the admissions process.

“Our mission at Northeastern University, a private institution, is to create a multifaceted and multicultural academic environment for talented students of all backgrounds,” Renata Nyul, spokesperson for the university, said in an email to The News. “A community rich in its diversity is fundamental to having a powerful learning experience. Along with the many strategic efforts that support this mission, affirmative action plays an important role in strengthening the academic enterprise.”

The case in question is Supreme Court’s second review of Fisher v. University of Texas at

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Attorney General Maura Healey and Massachusetts Institute of Technology leaders signed separate letters arguing in favor of affirmative action.

Austin (UT). UT’s admissions policy involves a two-tiered structure, according to Martha Davis, professor of constitutional law at Northeastern University.

“The University of Texas uses a top 10 percent plan to grant admission,” Davis said. “Every student in the top 10 percent of their public [Texas] high school is admitted to the university.”

Students outside that group must compete for entrance to the school. Plaintiff Abigail Fisher, a white woman who did not qualify for automatic admission, sued the school after being denied in 2008.

Fisher argued the university’s consideration of racial factors is a vio-

lation of her right to equal protection under the 14th Amendment.

In the first Supreme Court review, which took place from 2012 to 2013, justices ruled a lower court had not adequately examined the case and it sent it back for reconsideration. The lower court then ruled against Fisher, who appealed the decision and again pushed the case to the Supreme Court.

According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, affirmative action was introduced in the 1960s to incorporate minority groups into education and the workforce. The idea gained traction during John F. Kennedy’s presidency and became law under

President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965. Advocates say the procedure compensates for years of unfair treatment of minorities and offers intellectual benefits to an entire community. Critics claim the idea is outdated and holds minority students less accountable for achieving high standardized test scores.

“There have been a lot of cases like this, so of course you can understand the argument that [Fisher] is making, but a lot of us on the other side think that it misapprehends what actually goes on during college admissions,” Davis said. “[College] is not just a community of people who scored well on the SATs. It’s a community

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of people who do a whole range of things. Because race dictates many experiences that you have in the US, I think that is a valid component to take into account.”

Consideration of race during the admissions process is a fair trade for the institutional hardships members of minority groups face, according to third-year finance major Brennan Caruthers.

“As of now, without having done too much research, I would mostly agree with the standing Supreme Court decision that it can be a factor,” Caruthers said.

Other students, including junior marketing and management major Jess Cody, feel conflicted over the current standard, noting that it may curtail the importance of academic achievement.

“I have mixed feelings about this,” Cody said. “I guess race should be a consideration to a certain degree but it’s a hard line to draw between qualifications and filing quotas.”

Junior international affairs major Kaoru Inoue thinks affirmative action is a fair policy as long as people can understand how it’s applied by various colleges.

“To an extent, it is a good idea because there is a difference between equality and equity, and you do have to level the playing field,” Inoue said. “I don’t think it should be a real issue. I think it’s acceptable as long as it’s done well and it’s transparent.”

Massachusetts residents, meanwhile, disagreed with the practice: a 2014 Boston Globe poll found 69 percent of registered voters in the state believe minority groups should not receive different consideration in education or job applications.

Although mixed opinions exist, Healey’s brief is intended to reflect the official opinion of the state of Massachusetts, according to Davis.

“In affirmative action cases in the past, amicus briefs have often been very influential,” Davis said.

“I think it’s important to show that there are many states that support the flexibility to use different criteria for their own institutions.”

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Boston, MBTA prepare for future blizzards

to avoid running out of essential provisions, like snowmelt and road salt, once snow begins to fall.

Odds are, it will be a while before Boston sees another winter as harsh as last year’s, according to Dr. Auroop Ganguly, director of Northeastern University’s Sustainability & Data Sciences Laboratory. However, officials will never

be able to control for the unpredictability of snowfall, he said.

“Forecasting weather, or seasonal climate, if you will, at this scale is really difficult,” Ganguly said. “Seasonal climate projections are so uncertain that even the Old Farmer’s Almanac has a decent following [as a source of prediction].”

The Almanac predicts cold weather and above-average snowfall.

Students expressed mixed opinions on the city and MBTA’s plans.

“It just seems like a lost cause,” Mitali Mirle, sophomore environmental science major, said. “It was my first white winter ever, and I loved it – for, like, the first three minutes.”

Better planning, more attention on the issue and milder weather should put Boston in a good place to handle this year’s winter, according to Brian Helmuth, professor in the College of Science and School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs at Northeastern.

“I don’t blame the City of Boston completely for the shutdown [last year],” Helmuth said. “It was indeed too much snow, not enough money and not enough places to put it… but in the longer run it will depend more on careful planning – this is not the last time we’ll see this kind of thing, I am sure.”

Climate change will likely put increased stress on the public to handle extreme weather situations, Helmuth continued.

“Dealing with higher highs, lower lows, stronger storms and greater snowfall is becoming a fact of life due to climate change, which doesn’t show any signs of slowing down,” Helmuth said. “We definitely could be doing more, but overall, the City of Boston is more progressive than many US cities... in preparing for climate change.”

“It boils down to a really fun, casual place where people can get along and have little snacks and little dishes,” Cunningham said. “We want it to be a neighborhood hangout.”

Although Cunningham played a large role in the conception of Pink Samurai’s menu and general concept, the original idea was his partner Daniel Gerber.

“He wanted a spot for an Asianinspired dumpling place, and that’s kind of all he knew,” Cunningham said. A mutual friend of the pair suggested Cunningham to Gerber.

“We started talking and got along really well,” Cunningham said. “At that point, I was deciding if I wanted to stick with pop-ups or restaurants, so it came at a good time.”

While the preliminary stages were met with little conflict, the transformation of Pink Samurai from idea to eatery has brought challenges, forcing the pair to postpone the restaurant’s opening two months later than its original September goal.

“There are so many little, tiny moving parts,” Cunningham said.

“Nothing major, but it has been one tiny thing after another. That’s been the most frustrating thing.

You don’t want to be the restaurant that has to delay opening.”

A host of slight mishaps, however, did not deter Cunningham from sharing his new concoctions this fall. For the past two weeks, the Frogmore in Jamaica Plain has been hosting a Pink Samurai popup menu on Friday nights, showcasing items like beef tartare, raw okra salad and popcorn topped with miso butter, bee pollen and nori.

The standouts at last Friday’s event were the braised lamb dumplings with collard green kimchi

and honeyed yogurt and a lobster toast “reuben” that began to run low in supply after only an hour.

Still, some patrons, like Emily Ike of Jamaica Plain, wished the preview menu had featured more varied items.

“The dumplings and reuben were really good, but there weren’t a lot of vegetarian options,” Ike said. “It would have been nice to see a few more.”

The pop-up menu is not representative of everything Pink Samurai will offer, according to Cunningham. The restaurant will aim for a 50-50 split between vegetarian and meat-based menu items. He hopes options like house-made tofu will attract vegetarian customers.

“We’re going to play to the area. There are a lot of vegetarians and vegans in Jamaica Plain,” Cunningham said.

The gourmet snacks might have been the main attraction at the late-night event, but Pink Samurai’s dedication to Jamaica Plain did not go unnoticed.

“It feels very due-diligence,” Andres Gopnik, a guest from Jamaica Plain at the Frogmore event, said of Pink Samurai’s attempt to showcase its food despite lacking a physical space to call its own. “They’re doing a lot for the community. I appreciate that.”

Cunningham has been overwhelmed by the positive feedback to his menu. While he is nervous about crowds thinning out, he hopes the response from the Frogmore will translate to Pink Samurai’s opening.

“The first night was relatively full. It was one of the busiest late nights the Frogmore has had,” Cunningham said. “Last week, we packed the place.”

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“It is critical that preparations are in place in terms of having adequate snow removal equipment and needed infrastructure upgrades, in the event of another harsh winter,” Jason Johnson, MBTA deputy press secretary, said in an email to The News. “[The] Red and Orange Lines will undergo third rail and switch heaters replacement... [and] there will be new snow fencing on critical portions of above-ground track.”

These improvements are part of the five-year, $83.7 million resiliency plan. Other changes coming this winter include a revised snow emergency protocol and stronger communication with riders, according to Johnson.

The MBTA’s winter woes – which included short-circuited equipment and impassable tracks – caused harrowing experiences for many people.

“Waking up each morning, knowing that the T was down and that it was freezing and probably windy outside… it was hopeless, oppressive, desolate [and] pretty much every word for awful,” Carissa Lellos, third-year psychology major at Northeastern, said.

The BPW plans to battle the upcoming winter with heavy machinery, spokeswoman for Mayor Martin J. Walsh Samantha Ormsby said in an email to The News.

“This past June, Public Works purchased two large-scale truckmounted snow blowers to more efficiently clear Boston’s streets during periods of heavy snowfall,” Ormsby said. “The two new pieces of equipment have the ability to throw 2,750 tons of snow per hour with a casting distance of up to 150 feet.”

Officials plan to pair the snow-

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Record snowfalls in the city blocked streets and repeatedly forced the closure of local buses and trains.

blowing trucks with dump trucks that will catch snow as the blowers remove and cart it away to designated disposal sites, according to Ormsby. The new system is intended to aid BPW in clearing roads – one of its biggest challenges last year.

“This past winter, over 1 billion cubic square feet of snow fell in Boston,” Ormsby said. “Pub-

lic works plowed 295,000 miles of roadway, roughly 12 trips around the Earth, removed over 40,000 truckloads of snow from city streets and melted 50,000 tons of snow at snow farms.”

Boston’s budget for snow removal has been increased by $4.1 million. The city has also prepared service contracts in advance

Restaurant brings new twist to dumplings

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Matt Cunningham, executive chef of Pink Samurai, prepares lobster rolls at a pop-up event in Jamaica Plain.

By Megan O’Brien Deputy Inside Editor

Matt Cunningham will admit he’s entering a crowded space: there are a lot of dumpling houses in Boston. However, the executive chef of Pink Samurai, an Asian-style venue set to open in Jamaica Plain later this month, believes his restaurant’s open-

minded approach will set it apart.

“For the most part, [dumpling houses in Boston] stick to the same cookie-cutter model – the same dumplings, same menu, same format,” Cunningham said. “This is a clean slate. A dumpling is just essentially a pasta, really. We’re asking what we can do with that, and it’s literally anything. We’re playing to our creative strengths.”

For Cunningham, this means fusing traditional and contemporary techniques with components of different cultural cuisine. European elements like foie gras and New England influences will sneak their way into the Asian-inspired menu.

Pink Samurai’s 16-seat location at 658 Centre St. will feature a laidback atmosphere for customers to munch on dumplings and street food.

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He called out tactics to his teammates in the room, and as the group of gamers worked toward victory, the money donated increased closer to their goal of $1,000.

Nearly 70 video gamers contributed to the 24-hour Extra Life Gaming Marathon on Saturday at the Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC) to raise $6,500. Players needed their mental fortitude to survive the 8 a.m. to 8 a.m. shift of continuous video gaming. Participants recorded their gameplay live on Twitch, an online streaming site, and viewers donated money in support of CIC’s charity of choice – Boston Children’s Hospital.

“I’m fading, man, but I’ve got to keep going,” TC Jiang, a streamer from Somerville in his 14th hour of gaming, said. “I’ve raised $130 myself, so far. Thank God we still have Red Bull.”

CIC kept the fundraisers geared for success: a kitchen equipped with two refrigerators, an oven and a stove top were available to participants. A kegged soda system allowed gamers to mix their own sugary drinks to keep their energy high.

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“CIC organized everything, computer parts included,” Nyugen said. “If you need it, it’s here.”

By midnight, only about 20 endured the day and played on, sitting red-eyed and staring at their display monitors with energy drinks ready to the side.

The most popular games of the day included “League of Legends,” first-person-shooter “Call of Duty” and car-racing-soccerfusion “Rocket League,” according to Mark Moreau, director of operations at CIC. Moreau said the popularity of some of these games lies in their simplicity. A player does not need to be a master to have fun, which is what he believes made the fundraiser successful.

“We don’t care about being good streamers,” Moreau said. “Longterm benefits don’t matter for us. All that matters is how much money we can raise for charity tonight.”

Moreau said CMN approached the innovation center to hold the stream.

“We were looking for a charity event to do, and along came Extra Life,” Moreau said. “They got us in contact with Microsoft, which got us 10 extra Xboxes. I was re-

ally impressed.”

All of the revenue from CIC’s Extra Life fundraiser will go toward Boston Children’s Hospital’s Children’s Fund, an allocated endowment for the areas most in need at the medical center.

The fund could provide anything from patient care to research initiatives to community health works.

Even though the mission of Extra Life was to attract donations, anyone was welcome to stop by the CIC and enjoy the games. Children were found earlier in the day playing “Minecraft,” a Lego-like world builder. At midnight, a group of college students played a round of “Super Smash Bros.”, and were welcomed by the fundraisers, even though the students were not contributing to the cause.

The American Video Game League, an organization which fosters competitive e-sport events, provided the streaming equipment and a force of additional gamers.

“We decided to collaborate because of the bigger space CIC could offer,” Victor Suski, League founder, said. “We’ll probably do this annually.”

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Local restaurants cook for charity at Harvest Hoedown

By Alejandro Serrano News Correspondent

Cowboys and cowgirls gathered on Sunday afternoon at Inman Square in Cambridge for the third-annual Inman Square Business Association’s (ISBA) Harvest Hoedown – a western-themed charity festival showcasing local restaurants, music and businesses.

Part of the proceeds of the Harvest Hoedown went to the Cambridge Weekend Backpack Program (CWBP), continuing a tradition of donating a part of the proceeds to a charitable food organization, according to Hoedown coordinator and ISBA Co-President Debbie Musnikow.

CWBP uses funds to pack two lunches, two breakfasts, milk and fresh fruit for underprivileged students to go home with every Friday afternoon.

“I think next year we will stick with CWBP [for the proceeds],” Musnikow said. “It is hyper-local, we believe in what they are doing and that speaks to what we do at Inman Square: 100 percent local and provide for the local communities.”

CWBP was started in the spring of 2013, shortly after founder Alanna Mallon heard about back-

pack programs and noticed Cambridge lacked one.

“We went from 13 kids to 65 kids and we kept getting bigger and bigger … now we are close to 400 kids,” Mallon said. “[We are] grateful and honored to be a part of such a great community.

We could all just be here eating, but we are eating and also making sure others have enough to eat.”

This year’s festival featured numerous Cambridge-based restaurants, all of which brought seasonally-inspired samples from their menus. The ingredient of the day was cranberries, this year’s theme flavor. Every dish featured a cranberry flare.

“It’s a great festival, lots of people and good music,” Leslie Medeiros, marketing manager of Guangzhou Restaurant, said. “It is great for people to sample the local food. We brought our cranberry-orange cookie, which is all-natural… [Harvest Hoedown] is such a good cause because part of the proceeds are for underprivileged kids, and we are very excited to support it.”

The Harvest Hoedown was open to the public, but only people with tickets could sample food.

Restaurants had food for sale, regardless of tickets, and those with

a ticket could also vote for the best cranberry dish and the best table décor.

All Star Pizza Bar showcased a slice of pizza decorated with cranberries and sausage, while Atwood’s Tavern baked fresh loaves of banana bread with a cranberry butter spread. To wash it all down, 1369 Coffee House provided a blood cider – a warm apple drink turned red from a cranberry infusion. City Girl Café won the competition with mushroom meatball sliders topped with cranberries and sage.

Country-folk band Fred the Donkey, from Cambridge, played covers of seminal western hits such as Marty Robbins’ “160 Acres” and Dale Evans’ and Roy Rogers’ “Happy Trails.”

“It’s a cool atmosphere,” Jared Littlejohn, Cambridge resident, said. “I haven’t done anything ‘super Cambridge’ yet, being that I moved here a couple of weeks ago, so this is really cool and fits into doing something [to get into the community].”

The event was sponsored by numerous local businesses each with a pop-up tent in Inman Square.

A beer and cider garden and live music also kept the country vibe flowing at the festival.

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“Clybourne Park” addresses race with dark wit

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His fist raised, the man advanced toward the minister. Before the man could knock him out, the preacher tripped backward over a pile of boxes and fell to the ground. The room exploded into a cacophony of anger, threats, confusion and racist overtones.

The Northeastern University Theatre Department’s production of “Clybourne Park” opened on Nov. 11.

The satirical drama, written by Bruce Norris, presents two different stories focused on race, social dynamics, suffering and gentrification in a Chicago neighborhood separated by half a century.

“I’ve wanted to do a play that addresses the state of racial injustice and economic injustice in this country,” Jonathan Carr, director and a theater professor at Northeastern, said. “We have a different kind of conversation about race with people in a homogenous room than we do in a heterogeneous one.”

The first act, set in 1959, opens on a white family preparing to move out of their home in an all-white commu-

nity after selling it to a black family.

In the second act, 50 years later, homeowners argue about the history and value of their gentrifying neighborhood. As the scenes develop, people struggle to talk about and consider each other’s experiences. Race plays a central role in their conflicts.

Every actor plays a different character in the second act than in the first, but themes, meaning and even lines of dialogue remain similar. Those echoes remind the audience that, while circumstances have changed considerably in 50 years, people across America still struggle with the effects of racism and segregation, according to Grant Terzakis, a senior theatre major acting in the play.

“In act two, we see these characters struggle to talk about race,” Terzakis said. “It’s a metaphor for the US as a whole; we can’t just pretend racism is over.”

Set design choices – one of the few technical elements of a mostly character-driven play – accentuate the connection between the acts, according to stage manager Jessica Halem, a junior theater and media and screen studies combined major.

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L to R: Russ (Chester Domoracki) listens to Karl (Grant Terzakis) beg him not to sell his house to a black family.

gas tank and said, “Let’s see what you can do with this.”

Seventeen pieces from local artists, each made of discarded materials, were on exhibition.

“We live in a throw-away culture,” Smith, who was displaying two artworks, said. “Someone reported me as a hoarder because they don’t understand that I take their trash and make something beautiful.”

Every piece at Trash Bash was branded as a protest to consumerism. “Ghost Panel” by Alex Coon was made almost entirely of discarded Starbucks cups.

Smith argued corporate culture perpetuates a disconnect between

the consumers and where the materials come from, not allowing people to understand how much they are wasting. Smith’s attitude captured the spirit of the event as artists protested the mass production and mass destruction by sipping on craft-brews and creating art out of the trash of others.

“I live my life as a protest to consumerism, to planned obsolescence, to throw-away culture,” Smith said.

Decorated with broken pianos and random kitchen equipment strewn around the room, the art exhibits fit well with the eclectic Aeronaut Brewing Company.

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Trash Bash fuels recycled and conscious art

By Mack Hogan News Correspondent

In front of Aeronaut Brewing Company sat Harry the Homeless Unicorn Bison, a large animal designed around a discarded HarleyDavidson gas tank.

Smith’s repurposed unicorn bison was just one work showcased on Sunday, Nov. 8 at the third-annual Trash Bash, where local artists and youths submitted art pieces made of what would normally be considered trash. The Trash Bash featured live music and a myriad of artist displays.

According to trash artist Bob Smith, his neighbor handed him a

stallment by Three Magical Wildcats which took first place in the adult category, functioned as a centerpiece. Covered in buckets and pans, the cart was a rolling drum kit. As the night went on, attendees would come and play on the improvised kit, working in unison with the indie-rock band providing music, playing everything from Bruce Springsteen to “The Wheels on the Bus.” “[Trash Bash] is a really cool way to look at things,” Alex Feldman, a patron banging on the Bash-Bash Cart, said. “There’s always a different perspective to see.”

The art was integrated into the space rather than being obviously displayed. The Magical Bash-Bash Cart was positioned by the door while some pieces were hanging on the wall. The Rust Mobile,

a rusty rolling chair covered in squares of different colored materials that took first place in the youth category, sat between a table and a T-shirt stand.

“It’s just a really cool place, a naturally artistic spot,” Feldman said.

The event was the largest Trash Bash that 3 Graces Productions, an arts event planning service, has put on.

“There was a line out the door all day,” Jennifer Lawrence, coowner of 3 Graces Productions, said. “They were at capacity. They were constantly moving people in and out.”

Though the work was an impressive feat of sculpture, Feldman saw the fun in creating the garbage-based pieces.

“It’s art that doesn’t take itself too seriously,” he said.

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Antique book fair to bring rare literature to Boston Friday, Nov. 13 Book fanatics will likely be found at Hynes Convention Center this weekend, where the 39th annual Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair will be held. It will be three days of bibliophilic bliss as 122 dealers from 10 countries congregate at the center. The weekend’s programming includes a behind-thescenes look at popular TV series “Antiques Roadshow” with one of the executive directors; a “Typewriter Rodeo,” during which poets sit at vintage typewriters and create individualized work on the spot; free expert literature and writing tool appraisals; and a panel discussion about how to start a collection of antiquarian books. For those wishing to start their library but lacking the funds, selected items will be available for $100 or less. 900 Boylston St.; times vary; $10 - $20.

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Med tech needs to be personal Imagine an app or device that told you how many quality hours you slept last night, or your anxiety level before an exam. Imagine it told you how many pounds you had to lose to reach your goal weight, or how bad your posture was. Would you listen to it?

Now, imagine an app or device that knew all of this data, but instead of spewing random numbers and percentages, it provided it to you in a contextual way. “Get the apple at Rebecca’s instead of that bag of chips and you’ll be x amount away from your goal.” You would get options instead of hard science. “Take the long way home to burn x amount. The weather is nice anyway.”

The deluge of data without context is the trouble with digital health innovations today. Clinicians are bombarded by the “worried well” – young, mostly healthy and upperclass patients – who bring in data to their office visits and neither they, nor their providers, know what to do with it. Unless you have a serious cardiac condition that requires monitoring, constantly seeing your heartbeat is just a cool feature on a smartwatch and doesn’t necessarily make you healthier.

Another issue the health care innovators of today need to tackle is how to get these apps into the hands of the chronically ill – people with heart disease, diabetes, etc. – who could really benefit from a more interactive personal care plan.

Unfortunately, these people tend to be of a lower socioeconomic class, are older or may not even speak English, making it hard to access devices. The person who could help the most with this is not a clinician or an app developer – they are a user-experience designer.

Interdisciplinary collaboration and culture change is the call to action for any change to happen in the health care industry. The stethoscope has been used Angelica Recierdo for over a century; this is either a perfect Annotated Muse product or a result of a slow-moving system. Health care is not like other industries. There are no quick-fire trends when you are in the business of saving lives. Clinicians are not always hip – they have decades of training backed by evidence-based research, and the politics of an academic-institution hospital is enough frustration to keep even the wide-eyed and optimistic at bay.

On a positive note, innovation is happening right here in cities like Boston, San Francisco and Cleveland. The most successful solutions come with a personal stake, like trying to monitor a family member for seizures after their brain injury or solving a “pain point” in one’s own clinical practice. These are not one-person endeavors. Interdisciplinary teams consisting of clinicians, engineers, designers and entrepreneurs move an idea through all the stages until it is ready to be commercialized and utilized in real-time patient care.

More than for money or recognition, innovation in health care should be patient-centric and fueled by empathy. As more investors look to health care ventures, it is important to remember being sick is the most vulnerable time in a person’s life, and a sleek and hip app or device could mean nothing to them.

At a recent conference, I recall a company presenting virtual reality goggles for patients to wear as guided imagery in pain relief. A teenager with lupus was able to use them and undergo a painful procedure better than without. However, an older woman with end-stage lung cancer rejected the offer to use “the toy” because she wanted to be with her family during her last days. Context is key, and to make the best products possible, you have to know your audience. Some of the inventors with products out on the market have no idea how a sick person lives day to day.

It doesn’t take much to find the next idea from listening to some stories from others.

The 20-something-year-old with Crohn’s Disease wishes her colostomy bag was made out of a thinner material so she could wear a dress to her birthday party. The grandmother wishes her smartwatch had a blood sugar feature so she could time her meals more appropriately. Algorithms can fail and gadgets can remain in their boxes untouched, but when creativity meets kindness, that’s the moneymaker in health care.

Thursday, Nov. 12

Saturday, Nov. 14

Sunday, Nov. 15

The Goethe-Institut Boston, a hub for all things German, will screen a 16mm print of the 1979 film “Die Blechtrommel” on Thursday evening. Alternatively named “The Tin Drum,” the film won the Academy Award for best foreign language film and tied “Apocalypse Now” for the Palme D’Or, the Cannes Film Festival’s highest honor. “The Tin Drum” centers around Oskar, a young boy who becomes disillusioned with society while witnessing his home country head into World War II. On his third birthday, he refuses to grow any older as to avoid facing the atrocities of a war-torn Germany. While the film is in German, it will be played with English subtitles. 170 Beacon St.; 7 p.m.; $5.

Based on the celebration of a successful harvest, Bhangra is a folk dance from the Punjab region of India. The Boston Bhangra Competition celebrates the style in North America, bringing in 12 teams from California to Canada to perform at the Orpheum Theatre on Saturday night. Three teams come from local colleges Boston University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Tufts University. The evening will also include a performance by USbased Bhangra artist Kay V Singh.

For an additional $25, audience members can attend the Boston Bhangra after party in the Terrace Ballroom at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel. 1 Hamilton Place; 6 p.m.; $20 - $100.

Coro Allegro, Boston’s classical chorus, will present an evening of music in honor of the recent Supreme Court ruling that declared same-sex marriage legal.

“A Concert for Marriage Equality” by Artistic Director David Hodgkins will include Mozart’s “Exsultate Jubilate” and works

by American composers inspired by the poetry of Walt Whitman, E.E. Cummings and AfricanAmerican spirituals. The afternoon performance will be bookended by another Mozart work, “Requiem,” in remembrance of the LGBT community members who did not live to see marriage equality’s materialization.

45 Quincy St., Cambridge; 3 - 5 p.m.; $25 - $65.

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Now in its sixth year, Science and Cooking Public Lecture Serie continues on Monday at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences to reveal the details behind the mystery of digestion. Based on one of the college’s courses, the program pairs Harvard University professors with food experts and chefs to exhibit the scientific side of the culinary arts. The evening begins with a 15-minute lecture by a Harvard faculty member to introduce the topic. This week’s presentation will be given by Tara Whitsitt, founder of Fermentation on Wheels. Her organization provides free food education with hope of raising awareness about food sustainability. 1 Oxford St., Cambridge; 7 - 8 p.m.; free.

As the last installment of Massachusetts College of Art and Design’s (MassArt) Photography Lecture Series, Eva Respini will give a presentation in the Tower Auditorium. Respini recently took over the position of chief curator at Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), following a 15-year stint as curator at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA).

Photographic exhibitions at the MoMA under her curatorial thumb included “Pictures by Women,” a photographic history of women artists, and “Staging Action: Photography and Performance since 1960.” She has penned four books on the subject of photography and is simultaneously working on two museum surveys for the ICA in 2016. 621 Huntington Ave.; 2 - 4 p.m.; free.

One of the loudest characters in American literature will make his stage debut on Wednesday when the Huntington Theatre Company premieres the adaption of John Kennedy Toole’s Pulitzer Prizewinning novel, “A Confederacy of Dunces.” The plot follows the misadventures of Ignatius J. Reilly, a larger-than-life character living with his mother in 1960s New Orleans. Often dubbed the Don Quixote of the French Quarter, the protagonist of Jeffrey Hatcher’s adaption will be portrayed by Nick Offerman, best known for his role as Ron Swanson on “Parks & Recreation.” Directed by David Esbjornson, the play will run through Dec. 13 at the BU Theatre. Select performances offer discounted student tickets. 264 Huntington Ave.; times vary; $20 - $155.

Drama, From Page 8 “There’s a big wall piece in the set that’s frayed... In the first act that’s more metaphorical, speaking to the things that have happened in this house and the idea of this broken family.”

Dark humor and power dynamics play a role in facilitating the play’s message. The audience’s reaction to those jokes – and subsequent thoughts about what the appropriate reaction should have been – is one of the play’s most powerful features, according to Carr.

“The people in the room have to negotiate how to respond to a joke that might make them laugh,” Carr said. “Maybe it will make them laugh in private but not in public, or maybe they’ll laugh at it anyway and immediately feel terrible. How do

they negotiate that?”

Humor and offensiveness are used to display a sense of white privilege in the play.

“There were truly horrifying jokes about women and truly awful jokes about black people,” Carr said.

“None of them seemed to skewer a white person in the same way.”

While Carr hopes the play’s actors are successful in bringing humor to a controversial subject, his primary focus is convincing the audience to consider the subject itself.

“What I hope, at the end of the day, is we’re learning something about seeing each other for how we’d like to be seen [and] waking up to who’s around us, to who is empowered and who is not, to the way we create a welcoming space and to the way we live our lives,” Carr said.

L to R: Jim (Sam Mulcahy), Bev (Eva Friedman) and Francine (Jamez Anderson) discuss racial differ-

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By Matthew MacCormack News Staff

in NU’s CAA Championship victory over the College of William & Mary. Walker and Ford, who were named to the preseason All-CAA First and Second teams, respectively, are expected to be the go-to guys this year, according to Coen.

“They are going to have to shoulder the responsibility, at least initially,” he said. “The experienced player knows he has to step up and be a little more aggressive.

That’s what we will be looking for.”

With the departure of Eatherton and Spencer, the team will look to redshirt junior forward Kwesi Abakah, among others, to take the minutes down low.

The incoming freshman class also hopes to make an impact in the Huskies’ rotation this season. Brandon Kamga and Donnell Gresham Jr. will provide depth at the already-stacked guard position. In the paint, forwards Jeremy Miller and Sajon Ford and center Anthony Green all stand at 6-foot-10-inches or above and should make an impact this season.

“We do have a talented group of freshman, particularly in the front court,” Coen said. “We have some size and length, [and] we’re hoping that group can get seasoned in non-conference games on the schedule and contribute heavily in the CAA slate.”

The biggest acquisition is Miller, who was rated as a 3-star recruit by ESPN. The 6-foot-10-inch forward from Milton chose Northeastern over more prestigious programs such as the University of Connecticut and Boston College. His insideoutside game should help the Huskies replace Eatherton’s production.

“He wanted to be a part of a winning culture and he wants a chance to contribute,” Coen said.

“I think we had all those ele-

Northeastern University (NU) men’s basketball Head Coach Bill Coen stresses the importance of transition every chance he gets.

“Everything is transition, and the better players and the better teams transition really, really quickly,” Coen said.

While playing well in transition will be a focus on the court for the Huskies this year, perhaps the most important transition will occur off the court.

Fresh off a conference title and the program’s first National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) tournament appearance since 1991, the Huskies will be forced to move on without two key contributors.

Forwards Scott Eatherton, who led the team in points (14.7) and rebounds (6.4) a season ago, and Reggie Spencer (5.9 points, 3.1 rebounds) have both graduated.

“Scott and Reg were our captains,” said senior guard David Walker, who led the team in assists per game and finished second in scoring with a 13.4 point per game clip last year. “[We] just have to step up and become better leaders, and just everyone needs to communicate more and work hard every day.”

Walker is one of four returning starters for the defending Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) champions. Junior T.J. Williams joins Walker in the backcourt, and senior Zach Stahl and redshirt senior Quincy Ford return at the forward spots.

Ford is the team’s elder statesman as a fifth-year senior. The 6-foot-8inch forward averaged 10.4 points and 5.4 boards a game last season and played well in the postseason, including a 22-point performance

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Senior guard David Walker, 4, headlines the 2015-16 Northeastern men’s basketball roster.

ments here for him and that’s what made it a natural fit for him. “ Coen said player development is crucial this season, especially with five freshmen on the roster. The team will be tested early on in the schedule, as NU has games against bigtime programs such as University of Miami, Michigan State University and North Carolina State University.

“Year-in and year-out, we try to schedule ourselves against the very best competition we can find,” Coen said. “That’s what you’re looking for,

because that’s where you’re going to find out about yourselves and that’s where you’re going to get better.”

The Huskies will also face some tough competition in the CAA this year. The team was picked to finish third in the coaches and media poll, behind Hofstra University.

The defending champion Huskies know they shouldn’t expect any easy wins in their CAA slate.

“The conference is always strong,” Stahl said. “If we’re ranked first or last it’s always go-

ing to be tough, regardless. So I just think we have to go into every game prepared for a battle.”

Northeastern will open the season this Friday at 7 p.m. at Boston University. Coen said the cross-town rivalry adds intensity to the game, and he is excited for the team’s first test.

“Both student bodies get excited about that game and when you amplify that with the start of the season, you really get an exciting college atmosphere,” he said. “Right off the bat, we’re going to get tested.”

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By Tim Foley News Staff Two consecutive wins boosted the confidence of the Northeastern University women’s volleyball team, as the Huskies defeated James Madison University (JMU) and the University of Delaware.

The women fell to Towson University on Sunday, but the performance earlier in the weekend was enough to keep playoff hopes alive.

It was a special weekend for senior outside hitter Cherylain Dizon, who played in her final home games for the Huskies (6-23, 3-11 CAA).

The success started on Thursday, when Dizon came up strong with eight kills to help the Huskies upset JMU. “Considering the struggles that we’ve gone through with the injuries and where we’re at, I’m absolutely thrilled with the win,” Head Coach Ken Nichols said.

The Huskies trailed 2-1 heading into the fourth set but fought their way back. Dizon had three kills late in the fourth, and junior setter Jamie Bredahl had a kill and two service aces. Northeastern scored seven of the last eight points to take the set.

In the fifth frame, the Huskies were trailing by a point when Nichols called a timeout.

“We were able to hold onto the ball and run off six-straight points,” Nichols said. “That’s something that we haven’t really been able to do. That’s something that good teams don’t usually give you an opportunity to do.”

The Huskies proved they could compete, taking down JMU in five sets and carrying that momentum into Saturday’s game against Delaware.

For Senior Day, Dizon was honored before the game.

“To be honest, the pre-game ceremony was all a blur for me,” Dizon said in an email to The News.

“My adrenaline had me so focused and excited about beating Delaware, I just wanted to get into the game. My dad and my sister flew out to come see me, which also fired me up on the court.”

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Senior outside hitter Cherylain Dizon, 4, celebrates with her teammates.

The Huskies battled back and forth with the Fightin’ Blue Hens for most of the first but scored six in a row to take the set 25-20.

Sophomore outside hitter Brigitte Burcescu and junior middle blocker Caterina Rosander combined to generate five of those six points. Despite dropping the third, the Huskies remained confident and were able to wrap the match up in the fourth.

After a nine-game losing streak that lasted the entire month of October, the Huskies were gaining some steam, and Nichols said the upset of JMU gave the team a confidence boost.

“The win on Thursday was critical,” Nichols said. “Tough matches prepare you for tough matches, but sometimes winning can prepare you to win too.”

Saturday was proof of that, as the Huskies had three players with double digit kills, including Rosander, who led the team with a season-high 15. Rosander posted a .682 hitting percentage.

“Caterina has done some things like this over the years, where she really just finds the matchup that

she can blossom with,” Nichols said. “She’s very humble about it.”

Coming off the win against Delaware, the Huskies needed to recuperate quickly for a game on Sunday afternoon against Towson, and fatigue appeared to play a factor.

Despite winning the second set and fighting in the third, Northeastern ended up losing in four sets.

Sunday’s home game was the last for Dizon, a senior biology major who transferred from Riverside City College in California as a junior.

“For a second, it hit me that this was my last time playing an official match on Solomon Court at Cabot Center, which made me a little sad,” Dizon said. “But I got back into game mode and look forward to playing [the College of] William & Mary and Elon [University] this weekend.”

If the Huskies win both of those games, they can still manage to slip into the postseason.

With the pressure on, leaders like Dizon will play a huge role.

“I’ve loved coaching [Dizon],” Nichols said. “She’s such an even-tempered young woman and her teammates love her.”

In the world of pop culture, the term “Twitter fingers” was recently coined by a certain Jewish Toronto-based rapper. For those who might not be familiar with it, Drake’s new phrase refers to someone acting foolishly or making absurd claims on social media websites such as Twitter. This Twitter tomfoolery has a large-scale impact in the world of sports. As recently as the latest professional basketball off-season, fans of the NBA saw the impact of reporting on a topic too early without a strong source.

DeAndre Jordan, the current center for the Los Angeles Clippers, was reported having agreed to sign with the Clippers’ Western Conference rival: the Dallas Mavericks. However, after a change of heart, Jordan was unsure if he wanted to take his talents to Dallas or stay in the City of Angels.

In light of the indecision of the 7-foot big man, a swarm of reports came in regarding Jordan’s decision and what the NBA franchises were doing to sign him.

ESPN’s Chris Broussard, a wellestablished reporter for the network, came under serious scrutiny during the Jordan fiasco when the credibility of his sources seemed questionable.

Broussard tweeted that Mavericks’ Owner Mark Cuban had been driving around Jordan’s hometown of Houston desperately trying to find his address. Cuban called out Broussard, saying the reports were completely false and additionally offering $100,000 to the charity of Broussard’s choice if he named his Gavin Davis source.

Ultimately, Broussard issued an apology and attempted to lay the story to rest. However, this story is just one of hundreds of examples regarding the lack of credibility of reporting via social media.

Often, the goal for many reporters in sports is to be the first to break the hottest developing story as a means of gaining notoriety for themselves or the news bodies they represent. It is a rat race to who can get the newest, but not necessarily truest, story.

Thanks to social media styling, many online reporters face little responsibility. Tweets can be deleted, sources can be disputed and rumors can fly.

Those who do tweet or post online about a false or inaccurate story are doing more harm to themselves than they are to the public. The stigma that comes along with an inaccurate report is one that is hard to shake, and it could potentially be the undoing of a career in journalism. When giving information to the public, sports related or not, it is better to be correct than it is to be first. There is an analogy about the tortoise and the hare in here, but I’ll spare you the cliché.

– Gavin Davis, a journalism major at Northeastern, can be reached at Sports@HuntNewsNU.com.

Bugalski’s saves lead NU to victory Despite its top-two scorers being away for the weekend, the Northeastern University women’s hockey team cruised to a 3-1 win over the University of Maine on Friday – its sixth-straight victory – and improved its record to 8-1-1.

Senior forward Kendall Coyne and sophomore forward Denisa Krizova, who have combined for 43 points in just nine games, were away competing in tournaments with their national teams.

Coyne helped the US win the Four Nations Cup, tallying a goal and an assist in four games. Krizova put up four points in as many games for a Czech Republic team that finished second in the Five Nations Cup. Even without two of their star players, the Huskies carried on.

“Everybody stepped up,” Head Coach Dave Flint said. “Some of the older girls stepped up and showed great leadership.”

Part of that veteran leadership came from junior forward Hayley Scamurra, who helped the offense and centered the top line. Scamurra tallied assists on the first two Husky goals and put two shots of her own on net.

While some older players did lead the way, it was the underclassmen who stole the show. Sophomore defenseman Ainsley MacMillan scored the game-winning goal midway through the second period, the first game-winner of her career, and added an assist. Sophomore forward Christina Zalewski finished it

off, scoring the Huskies’ third and final goal late in the third period.

Behind it all, freshman goalie Brittany Bugalski was stellar yet again.

Bugalski turned away 33 of the 34 shots that came her way to improve her record on the season to 7-1-1.

Her save percentage now stands at .932, with a goals-allowed average of less than two per game.

Bugalski spoke of her teammates when asked about her recent success.

“So much of it is everyone doing their job in front of me,” she said. “I think we’re off to a good start, and a lot of that is contributed to team chemistry. We’re all pretty close, and everyone’s buying into what the coaches are implementing.”

Flint had high praise for his team following Friday’s win.

“Any time you can go to Maine and get two points is always huge, and importantly, we kept the win streak going,” he said.

Looking ahead to the weekend’s series against Merrimack College, Flint and Bugalski held similar sentiments.

“We can’t take them lightly,” Flint said.

“They’re playing everyone tight.”

The last time these two teams met at Merrimack, the Huskies won by a score of 5-1. Bugalski cited the importance of having a game on home ice.

“Playing on a smaller ice surface was definitely a challenge for us [in the matchup at Merrimack],” she said.

“It’s good to be back on home ice.”

Northeastern will face Merrimack on the road on Friday at 7 p.m. and will be back at Matthews Arena the following afternoon at 2 p.m.

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Hall of Fame welcomes new class of athletes

By Bailey Knecht Sports Editor

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Left to right: Bill Cotter, John Maslowski, Mike Genetti, Adam Ottavino, Tramaine Shaw and Kristin Ursillo Prosser join the NU Hall of Fame.

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Former Northeastern rower John Maslowski delivers a speech.

Six former student-athletes were inducted into the Northeastern Athletics Varsity Club Hall of Fame in a ceremony on Friday evening.

“There’s a rich history of athletics at Northeastern, so this is a great night for people to celebrate that, as well as pay homage to the people that did great things,” Northeastern Athletic Director Peter Roby said.

Bill Cotter, men’s ice hockey ‘73; Mike Genetti, football ‘85; John Maslowski, men’s rowing ‘74; Adam Ottavino, baseball ‘08; Tramaine Shaw, women’s track and field ‘09; and Kristin Ursillo Prosser, volleyball ‘04 joined the elite group of Husky greats in the Hall of Fame.

Cotter was a three-year letterwinner in hockey and was awarded the Friends of NU Hockey Fernie C. Flaman Award in 1999.

Genetti, a two-time football captain and Most Valuable Player, earned All-New England honors during his time at Northeastern.

Maslowski was part of a crew that won a national championship and is a two-time winner of the Eastern Sprints Regatta. He also competed in the Grand Challenge Cup of the Henley Regatta two years in a row.

Ottavino holds Northeastern records for career strikeouts and single-season strikeout totals.

Shaw still holds records in the pentathlon and the 100-meter hurdles, in addition to a number of relay records.

Prosser is a three-time America East Setter of the Year and holds records in assists, games played and and serving aces.

Many of the inductees have continued their involvement with the university after graduation. Cotter has been on the Board of Trust-

BU sweeps men’s hockey

By Bailey Putnam Deputy Sports Editor

In a battle with cross-town rival Boston University (BU), the Northeastern University (NU) men’s hockey team came up short this weekend, losing a back-andforth affair on Friday at Agganis Arena. They fell to the Terriers again the following night at home, 4-1. The Huskies (1-7-1) have not won a game since their seasonopener against Colgate on Oct. 10.

Staring down the No. 11 team in the country on the road, the Huskies rose to the occasion early in the game on Friday night, outshooting the Terriers 40-29 and leading by a goal after two periods.

A two-goal third helped BU surge ahead and squash Northeastern’s chances of picking up a much-needed win.

“We need to learn to play 60 minutes,” Head Coach Jim Madigan said in a press conference after the game. “Right now, we’re not closing games out and not playing focused hockey for 60 minutes.”

The Terriers were the first to strike on Friday. BU senior defenseman Matt Grzelcyk, in his first appearance on the ice this year after suffering a preseason knee injury, scored midway through the first period. BU extended its lead six minutes into the second frame when sophomore defenseman Brandon Forunato fired a shot past NU freshman goaltender Ryan Ruck.

Northeastern responded just over two minutes later when freshman forward Adam Gaudette scored his second goal of the season. Gaudette deflected a shot from junior defenseman Matt Benning, redirecting the puck past BU sophomore goalie Connor LaCouvee.

Six minutes after getting on the board, the Huskies knotted the game at 2-2 when sophomore defenseman Garret Cockerill notched his first goal of the season. Junior forward

Dalen Hedges set Cockerill up on the power play for the tying goal.

The 75 seconds following Cockerill’s goal were the most actionpacked moments of the game, featuring three goals and two leadchanges in the short window of time.

BU was the first to cash in during the action, netting a goal 34 seconds after Cockerill’s and reclaiming the lead.

Northeastern’s response was even faster. Sophomore forward Dylan Sikura tied the game just twelve seconds after the BU goal, shooting a puck off a Terrier defenseman’s stick and into the net.

The Huskies took their first lead of the night, with 4:55 to go in the period, when freshman defenseman Eric Williams netted the second goal of his collegiate career. Williams launched a slap shot from the right point past the glove hand of LaCouvee. The Huskies finished the period with a 4-3 lead.

However, they were unable to hang on to the lead in the final frame. The Terriers owned the third period, blanking the Huskies and putting away a pair of goals that lifted them to a 5-4 victory. The defeat was Northeastern’s third one-goal loss in four games.

“Obviously not the outcome we’re looking for,” Madigan said. “We’ve been in a stretch of these games where they’ve been one-goal games, and we’ve had plenty of opportunities and not been able to cash in at the right time. Then, defensively, having some lapses that hurt us. In the third period, when they scored twice to take the lead in a 3 1/2-minute span, [that] is what we’re trying to avoid, and we have to develop a little more poise and composure to our game.”

The Huskies did not fare well in Saturday night’s sold-out game at Matthews Arena. Northeastern trailed for the entire 60 minutes and could not find the back of the net until late in the third period when the game was already sealed.

BU came out flying, putting 18 shots on goal in the first period.

Grzelcyk cashed in early on a power play opportunity after junior forward Ryan Rosenthal was sent to the penalty box for cross checking.

Ruck, who recorded a careerhigh 30 saves, made a series of key stops in the remainder of the period to keep the Terriers off the board again. His toughest save of the night came when he slid across the crease and barely deflected a shot with his toe to prevent a goal on a wide-open opportunity.

BU scored again in the second period and kept Northeastern off the board despite several scoring opportunities. Senior forward Kevin Roy couldn’t tap the puck in on a two-on-one chance – the captain has been held scoreless thus far this season. The Huskies headed into the locker room down 2-0 going into the final period.

After an empty-net BU goal late in the third, Gaudette was finally able to get the Huskies on the board, burying a rebound after junior forward Sam Kurker was denied on the doorstep. The goal, which came with less than a minute remaining in the game, was too little, too late, and another BU empty-netter solidified a Husky loss. “[I’m] disappointed with the weekend,” Madigan said. “We’re measured by wins and losses and to not come away with any points is frustrating. It’s a frustrating group right now, and I just told them the only way we’re going to get through this is we have to work harder, we have to get better and not focus so much on the record, just focus on getting better each and every day in practice and take the weekends as they come.”

The Huskies now head to South Bend, Ind. to take on Notre Dame on Thursday and Friday night.

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ees for two decades and works with the Torch Scholars program.

He said he enjoys staying connected and watching the school and hockey program develop.

“I’ve just met an awful lot of great people,” he said. “I was here when the school wasn’t anywhere near as popular or as strong as it is now, and I actually can’t believe what’s taken place. It’s an enormous transformation.”

Shaw has also stayed associated with the school. After breaking a variety of school records and winning numerous league championships in track and field, she now serves as an assistant coach for the team.

“I wanted to give back,” the former Colonial Athletic Association Track Athlete of the Year said. “I wanted to be effective in a way that would allow more student-athletes to have the type of experience I had.”

Many of the former studentathletes spoke about the values of teamwork and selflessness that Northeastern Athletics taught them.

“You win together and lose together – there are no superstars,” said Maslowski, a former member of one of the most successful crew teams in school history.

Another important aspect of Northeastern Athletics, according to Roby, is the wide spectrum of people involved.

“We want [our athletes] to have a diverse experience and to meet people from all types of walks of life,” Roby said. “Northeastern has become such a global institution, and I think it’s important that we recognize that people that we meet are going to be different, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. That’s the beauty of playing on a team, is that everybody brings certain skills and experience to the team and that we

have to celebrate that and utilize it.”

Shaw echoed Roby’s sentiments, saying being a part of a diverse culture gave her skills that helped her later in life.

“College was my first time being on a team with people from different backgrounds, different walks of life, different socioeconomic classes,” she said. “Learning how to work and communicate with people, understand them and be able to meet them halfway where they’re coming from – that was a skill that was really helpful.”

All the inductees have gone on to find success, even after their collegiate careers ended. Ottavino was picked in the first round of the 2006 MLB draft by the St. Louis Cardinals. He now plays as a relief pitcher for the Colorado Rockies.

He said his time at Northeastern helped prepare him for his professional career.

“I learned a lot when I came here in terms of my work ethic. I got a lot bigger and stronger,” he said. “I also remained mentally tough. It really helped me manage my time really well, and that served me really well in the minors, and it helped me going forward.”

The honorees join a number of big-name former Huskies in the Hall of Fame, such as Reggie Lewis, who went on to be an All-Star for the Boston Celtics; Ernie Arlett, a Northeastern rowing legend; and George Matthews, whom Matthews Arena is named after for his numerous contributions to Northeastern Athletics.

The athletes, while known for their collegiate accomplishments, vowed to continue to honor the Northeastern name.

“I promise to continue to embody what this award stands for and continue to pay it forward,” Shaw said.

Photo by Brian Bae

Garret Cockerill, 14, tallied three points in the series against BU.

Photo by Brian Bae

The team played in front of a sold-out Dog House on Saturday night.