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October 22, 2015

NUPD CPS cuts undergrad teaching degrees operates covert division

By Stephanie Eisemann News Staff

Northeastern University students are used to seeing campus police officers in the Curry Student Center and strolling St. Stephen Street on crowded weekend nights, but sectors of the Northeastern University Police Department (NUPD) have gone unnoticed for years. For almost four decades, NUPD has been conducting plainclothes and undercover operations to recover stolen property, regulate underage drinking and maintain the peace on campus.

Lt. Detective James Casinelli has been with NUPD for 30 years and with the Special Services Unit for 28. He now oversees the unit of seven detectives who work almost exclusively in plainclothes. The unit oversees the use of undercover forces, most commonly to solve larcenies.

On Oct. 1, The News published in its weekly crime log that a plainclothes operation had been used to retrieve a stolen laptop from its thief, who was attempting to sell the item in Marino Recreation Center.

“The owner of the property [in the mentioned case] did most of Detectives, Page 2

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In an email, the College of Professional Studies told students pursuing education-related undergraduate degrees that the program would no longer be offered at the university. Those already in the program will be allowed to graduate, but education degrees will no longer be offered to undergraduates at Northeastern.

By Elise Harmon News Editor

Northeastern University sent out an email on Thursday informing students pursuing degrees in elementary education that the program

would be cut, surprising undergraduates with dreams of pursuing careers in teaching.

The announcement that the dual psychology-education degree and elementary education minor would no longer be offered to new stu-

dents came over a year after Northeastern University cancelled a minor in secondary education.

“After many considerations and many conversations, we have decided, effective immediately, to suspend the combined major and

the elementary education minor and will no longer accept new candidates into these programs,” Associate Dean of Academic and Faculty Affairs Mya M. Mangawang said in an email sent to students in Education, Page 2

A cappella groups fill Faneuil

By Cassidy DeStefano News Correspondent

Northeastern’s Pitch, Please! performers stepped up to the microphone sporting 4-inch gold stilettos, their heels clomping on Faneuil Hall’s trademark cobblestone walkways before they settled to perform

on Saturday, Oct. 17.

“We harness our femininity and turn it into something that works to our advantage,” group president Casey Matsumoto, a third-year communication studies major, said.

Pitch, Please! was one of three Northeastern a cappella groups that participated in the 19th Annual A

Cappella Competition in front of Quincy Market last weekend, battling 29 other groups from the New England area.

“The competition started as a means to honor the various a cappella groups in and around Boston,” Quincy Market Marketing Sing, Page 8

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Boston artist Marian Dioguardi, 61, paints plastic cups at the SoWa Open Market in her studio on Harrison Avenue.

South End Market to move next year

By Rowan Walrath Managing Editor

Photo by Brian Bae

Northeastern a cappella group Treble on Huntington performs in front of Faneuil Hall in downtown Boston on Sunday, Oct. 18. Pitch, Please! and the UniSons also performed this weekend.

The South End Open Market @ SoWa will relocate next year after a feud between Chris Masci, owner and operator of New England Open Markets LLC, and Mario Nicosia, owner of the site where the current market is located.

The South End Open Market has been operating every Sunday from

May to October for 12 years. Indie artists, designers and local farmers, and 25 to 30 food trucks each week fill the current site at 460 Harrison Ave. in the SoWa district of the South End. Masci will temporarily relocate to a site near the Ink Block development at 300 Harrison Ave. according to the Boston Globe.

Nicosia, meanwhile, plans to Relocate, Page 6

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Undercover officers investigate campus larceny

Detectives, From Page 1 the work by going to a certain web­ site and confirming the laptop was his,” Casinelli said.

In the case published in the crime log, text messages were sent by the undercover detectives to trick the thief to meet with a plainclothes of­ ficer. When he attempted to pass the stolen property on to the officer, he was arrested.

“We proceeded by contacting the individual and setting up a meet and, in that case, we were able to make an arrest,” Casinelli said. “They did a great job.”

Northeastern-related phones or emails are never employed, and those used give no indication of be­ longing to law enforcement.

The use of undercover operations in relation to stolen property, and their success, is dependent on the cases NUPD receives. Out of the approximately 50,000 reports made to the NUPD each year, 2,500 are investigated and many are assigned to the investigative unit. Besides lar­ ceny, the unit assists with protective details for visiting dignitaries and helps prevent underage alcohol con­ sumption.

“This is work every police de­ partment does across the nation and we modify it to fit our needs,” Dep­ uty Chief Ruben Galindo, who is in charge of both the plainclothes and uniformed forces, said. “We work to deter crimes from occurring, but when we can’t, we employ differ­ ent strategies, including undercover officers as decoys…or decoy prop­ erty.”

The NUPD hopes to emphasize collaboration, not antagonism, ac­ cording to Casinelli. The investiga­ tive unit works with state agencies on alcohol suppression and the va­ lidity of card machines, checking and patrolling establishments regu­

Photo by Scotty Schenck

Officer John C. Sweeney stands outside of the Northeastern Police Department headquarters on Columbus Avenue.

larly and confiscating fake IDs. The department as a whole tries to em­ phasize the risks of underage drink­ ing and its correlation to sexual as­ saults.

“We also focus on community engagement and take different ap­ proaches to protecting the campus by establishing a reputation as good neighbors,” Galindo said. “We dedi­ cate time and effort to community interactions in the hopes they will respect the school, balancing out­ reach and enforcement.”

Galindo also explained a new ini­ tiative to focus on troubling behav­ ior in light of recent school shooting cases and their retroactive notes on perpetrator’s threatening tells or be­ havior.

“Northeastern is one of the few

schools with a tactical approach to preventing serious incidents by prioritizing behavior observation,” he said. “We don’t want to identify [potentially unstable individuals] to arrest them, we want to help them before serious harm occurs.”

Galindo said the initiative is still in its infancy but hopes it will help keep NU students safe from on-cam­ pus attacks in the long run.

Bike theft, one of the biggest lar­ ceny issues on campus, is an area in which NUPD tries to work with the community.

“Recently, my bike was stolen from in front of my apartment de­ spite being locked with both a chain and U-lock,” Aaron McPherson, a junior mechanical engineering stu­ dent, said. “I certainly wish the thief

tary education program is still up and running’ and now that’s kind of being taken back.”

Renata Nyul, Northeastern’s as­ sistant vice president of communica­ tions, emphasized in an email to The News that students already enrolled in the major would still have the op­ portunity to finish their degrees and gain their teacher’s licenses.

This was the same thing second­ ary education minors were told last year when their program was cut.

“Last summer [in June of 2014], we got an email that said ‘Things may change, but don’t worry, you’re still in the minor program,’” Van Hare said. “Then [in August] they said that the program had been cut and we were no longer eligible to get the minor. Instead, they had an alternate program for us to get licen­ sure.”

This alternative is a graduateschool program that will allow stu­ dents to gain their Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.) in as little as a year after completing their under­ graduate degree. Secondary educa­ tion minors who had their degrees cut will be able to participate in this certification for free. “If I wanted to graduate in four years, I no longer have the option to start working af­ ter four years of schooling, so that’s another year that I won’t be paid for work and instead will have to pay housing costs in Boston,” Van Hare, who’s planning on participating in the program, said.

When the secondary education program was cut last year, Krause said, a vast majority of the 20 to 30 students enrolled either decided to drop the minor completely or switch over to the elementary education minor.

“I don’t think this decision will have any effect on the University,” Mangione said. “I spoke to a pro­ fessor about it briefly and was told that there are ‘so many other schools nearby more focused on education.’

This really struck a chord in me.”

By Elise Harmon & Varun Goyal News Staff Next semester, parents and sib­ lings of current undergraduate stu­ dents can receive a 25 percent dis­ count on graduate certifications and degree programs.

President Joseph E. Aoun an­ nounced the Lifelong Learning Pro­ gram to students and their families on Saturday during the annual Par­ ents and Family Weekend. The pro­ gram is similar to the Double Husky scholarship, which gives students who receive an undergraduate de­ gree from Northeastern University 25 percent off tuition for graduate school.

“Learning is a life­long endeavor,” Aoun said in a statement on Oct. 19.

“We are happy to pro­vide oppor­tu­ni­ ties for fam­i­lies so they can explore new knowl­edge regard­less of where they are in their careers. This pro­ gram will ben­efit count­less fam­il­ies in advancing their education.”

The discount applies to 110 de­ gree and certificate programs. The degrees not included in the scholar­ ship are those that would be difficult to extend, such as plus-one-year pro­ grams that require freshman entry, according to Sundar Kumarasamy, the vice president of enrollment management.

“Clearly it’s a vast majority [of the programs Northeastern offers], including online, on-campus and hybrid programs,” Kumarasamy said. “Basically anywhere in the world, parents and siblings can take advantage of what Northeastern has to offer.”

The discount will first apply in the spring 2016 semester, and fam­ ily members must be accepted to the university before they receive the scholarship.

“I specifically don’t know some­ one who will be impacted by it but I think it’s great for a student who is at Northeastern right now and has a sibling currently looking for a grad school,” Tyler McDonald, a fresh­ man chemical engineering major, said.

had been equally fortunate to sell to an undercover cop.”

Unfortunately, police cannot use undercover tactics for every case.

“When people lose their own property, we don’t really have any leads. When we get a lead, though, we exhaust it until the very end,” Casinelli said. “If you can do things lawfully to get back [property] and get the bad guy, it’s what you want to do.”

In addition to setting up meetings, officers visit pawn shops, sometimes on a weekly basis, to check for sto­ len goods. Casinelli recommended students, faculty and staff photo­ graph their valuables, especially unique items, so they’re easier to identify.

While recovery is important, the

ultimate goal of any police force is to prevent crime before it happens.

Casinelli explained that there are many other investigative procedures that help students keep their proper­ ty safe. In Snell Library, a common place for theft, NUPD is particularly active.

Additionally, if theft spikes in a particular area, they will address it with more plain-clothes personnel.

While Casinelli said most uni­ versity police departments have undercover units, NU students did not seem as blasé about plainclothes cops patrolling the library.

“I wasn’t aware that NUPD used undercover forces on Northeast­ ern students, and that raises a lot of questions. By nature, undercover police acts curb the rights of sus­ pects and I’m not comfortable with that,” Jessica Imbro, a sophomore English and communication studies combined major, said in an email to The News.

Meredith Peterson, a fourth-year of the same major, expressed similar concerns.

“It’s definitely unsettling,” she said. “It feels kind of invasive. I mean, I don’t know anything about the legalities of it – I’m sure it’s perfectly legal, but it’s still weird. It makes me uncomfortable.”

Others were less quick to con­ demn the practice.

“I was very surprised to learn that the NUPD uses secret task forces to recover stolen goods from around campus,” McPherson said. “I get that some people are maybe un­ comfortable with the NUPD operat­ ing covertly but, you know, I think there’s a trade-off between security and privacy, and I would rather be more secure and know a little bit less about the actions of the NUPD if it means that they keep me saf­ er.”

Education degree Tuition lowered for families no longer offered

Education, From Page 1 the dual psychology-education ma­ jor or in the elementary education minor on Oct. 15.

The letter assured students that those who had already been accept­ ed to the the programs would be al­ lowed to finish their coursework and licensure requirements.

Students who were previously in the secondary education minor that was cancelled in 2014 had to drop the degree in favor of a plus-one year graduate progam.

“I think it’s disappointing that at a university that has such a unique approach to education, that they wouldn’t want to foster future edu­ cation,” Anika Krause, a third-year English major who had pursued a secondary education minor, said.

“A vast majority of our students are so involved with the commu­ nity, and through the education department,we do so much commu­ nity service.”

Students in the programs felt the university had given them no indica­ tion that the opportunity to obtain an undergraduate-level degree in edu­ cation would no longer be available.

“Last week was the very first time I’d heard anything about my major and the dual degree being cut,” ju­ nior elementary education and psy­ chology student Amber Mangione said in an email to The News. “I had known about the secondary changes and realized that when I brought worries up to the education faculty, advisors and professors, they were very hush-hush about it.”

Holly Van Hare, a third-year Eng­ lish and math major, agreed that the university seemed secretive. Van Hare had pursued the secondary education minor before it was can­ celled and replaced with a graduate program.

“I think a big part of it is just be­ ing open about what’s going on,” she said. “It’s been previously, ‘Oh, this happened to the secondary pro­ gram but don’t worry, the elemen­

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Northeastern University will offer a 25 percent discount to the parents and students of undergraduates pursuing graduate degrees at Northeastern.

Kumarasamy believes that the Lifelong Learning Program will extend a feeling of community to the families of current undergradu­ ates and that the discount may spur parents and siblings to pursue their educational goals.

“It will make it easier for them to engage in a goal that they might already have but may not have pursued yet,” Kumarasamy said.

“Maybe they like their children be­ ing Huskies, so now they look into these programs and look into what they might be interested in… It’s a world-class education that they can have from their living room.”

Benjamin Floran, an academic advisor for graduate programs in the College of Professional Studies, believes that the initiative will be a benefit for those who already have a link to the school.

“At the College of Professional Studies, we have a huge range of

people… job changers, older learn­ ers, community college transfers,” he said. “I see this program benefit­ ting a lot of those people because it allows greater access.”

Several students weren’t sure the program would have much impact.

“It’s a great opportunity to give to people, but I don’t think there would be many people who would be able to take advantage of it,” Spencer Glenn, a freshman undeclared stu­ dent, said. “It sounds good, but I don’t know someone who will be impacted by it.”

Edward Edwards, another fresh­ man undeclared major, agreed.

“It’s a good idea, but the target au­ dience is relatively narrow,” he said.

“For people it does impact, they will be able to save a good amount of money.”

For a full list of degrees included in the program, visit www.northeast­ ern.edu/lifetimelearning.

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Chute invited to talk new book

Compiled by Stephanie Eisemann, news staff

ENTRY OF THE WEEK

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Northeastern University Public Safety Division Thursday, Oct. 15 @ 7 a.m.

A duress alarm from the northeast proctor station of International Village was activated. The Northeastern University Police Department (NUPD) responded and contacted one of the proctors in the building, who explained there was a male shouting at another proctor because he would not let him into the building to see his girlfriend. NUPD spoke to the visitor, who was unaffiliated with Northeastern. He was trying to contact his girlfriend to retrieve his phone, and the proctor would not let him in or allow him to call her, because he did not know her last name or room number. NUPD explained the sign-in procedure and escorted the male from the area without further incident.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division Monday, Oct. 12 @ 10:02 p.m.

NUPD requested additional units to the Columbus Place parking area on Burke Street and reported four males attempting to break into a building. NUPD spoke with the parties, who were unaffiliated with Northeastern, and collected their information. They were all banned from the property and sent on their way.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division Wednesday, Oct. 14 @ 3:33 p.m.

The Residence Director (RD) in East Village reported receiving an email about a dispute in which someone shoved a roommate’s visitor. NUPD responded and reported there was a verbal dispute between two students that did become physical. However, neither student resided in the building, and they were guests of student residents. A report was filed.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division Wednesday, Oct. 14 @ 4:17 p.m.

An NU student from West Village C reported receiving a suspicious email she believed was a scam. She did not give out any money or credit card information. A report was filed.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division Thursday, Oct. 15 @ 12:30 p.m.

An employee at the Wollaston’s Market in the Marino Center notified NUPD of a shoplifter. Officers responded and collected the information of the Northeastern student, who was checked for prior incidents and warrants with negative results. The student was banned from both Wollaston’s Markets on campus. The student will be summonsed at a later date.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division Thursday, Oct. 15 @ 1:01 p.m.

An NU student reported that she has been the victim of domestic violence at the hands of her boyfriend, unaffiliated with Northeastern, since July 14, 2014. A report was filed.

Thursday, Oct. 15 @ 4:23 p.m.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division An NU student reported being notified by the Bank of China that an unknown individual used his Chinese credit card to make a payment on Oct. 3. A report was filed.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division Friday, Oct. 16 @ 8:33 p.m.

An NU student reported her unattended book bag was taken from the Curry Student Center.

The bag contained pingpong paddles valued at $200 and her apartment keys. A report was filed.

Friday, Oct. 16 @ 10:03 p.m.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division An intoxicated male passed out in the lobby of West Village A. NUPD responded and requested Emergency Medical Services (EMS) for the student, who was transported to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. The RD on call was notified.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division Friday, Oct. 16 @ 10:18 p.m.

A male was reported vomiting in the first floor bathroom of Stetson West. NUPD responded and spoke to the NU student prior to requesting EMS. EMS transported the student to Tufts Medical Center. Work order was notified for cleanup, and the RD on duty was notified.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division Saturday, Oct. 17 @ 2:15 a.m.

NUPD reported spotting multiple people on the roof of Cabot Gym. Three NU students were stopped in front of Chicken Lou’s. NUPD identified an open window on the side of the building and believe they may have entered Cabot through the window. No students were found in the building or on the roof, but at 2:27 a.m., an officer reported a female exiting Cabot and heading toward NUPD on Forsyth Street. The student was stopped, and all present parties were advised that Cabot was closed and the roof was off-limits. The four subjects will be summoned to court for trespassing.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division Sunday, Oct. 18 @ 2:26 a.m.

A noise complaint was filed for loud music in White Hall, but the caller would not leave her room number as a frame of reference. NUPD responded to the suspected room, which was quiet at the time, and the residents agreed to send their guests home for the night.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division Sunday, Oct.18 @ 2:58 a.m.

A Resident Assistant (RA) in Speare Hall reported that residents became uncooperative and belligerent when they were asked to turn down their music. NUPD responded and spoke to a resident, who became apologetic and agreed to turn the music off for the night. The RA planned to file a report.

Photo courtesy Hillary Chute

Hillary Chute is one of the leading scholars on how graphic novels and comics fit into the literary sphere.

By Elise Harmon News Staff

Hillary Chute is a scholar of sub­ jects outside the traditional realm of literature studies, focusing on graph­ ic novels, comic books and manga as opposed to Gothic romance and poetry. Her new book, “Disaster Drawn: Visual Witness, Comics and Documentary Form,” examines how comics and graphic novels can docu­ ment tragedies and is the subject of a presentation she will give Thursday as a part of the Barrs Lecture Series.

Chute is a professor in the depart­ ments of English and visual arts at the University of Chicago and will give her lecture at 5 p.m. on Thurs­ day in 472 Holmes Hall. The event is primarily intended for graduate students, but interested undergradu­ ates are welcome to attend.

Initial advertising for the event in­ correctly stated that Chute would be reading from Art Spiegeleman and Keiji Nakazawa’s works. Instead, Chute will be discussing this work but not doing a reading of graphic novels.

“I’m just giving a straight-up talk about the subject, which I hope will be as interesting as a straight-up reading,” Chute said.

Chute became interested in com­ ics when she was earning her Ph.D. at Rutgers University. There, in a contemporary literature class, she read “Maus,” a graphic novel by Art Spiegelman that depicts scenes from his father’s experience during the Holocaust.

“I got so interested in ‘Maus’ and how it worked as a narrative, espe­ cially how comics work as a form for expressing certain types of his­ torical realities, specifically traumat­ ic ones,” Chute said. “I kept asking why this medium works so well for this kind of story.”

At the lecture, Chute will discuss how graphic novels work as docu­ mentary, nonfiction and history.

Graphic novels, she said, are a unique way to view tragedy.

“They’re an object that a person can pick up and consume at his or her own pace, which I think is really important for traumatic images,” she said. “It gives you frames on the page that the reader then has to fig­ ure out the connections between, so the reader is doing the animation in his or her own mind. And the reader

Photo courtesy Hillary Chute

Hillary Chute will speak Thursday about her new book, “Disaster Drawn: Visual Witness, Comics and Documentary Form.”

can just put the book down, or linger on a page.”

Belinda Walzer, an English pro­ fessor at Northeastern, said she’s not surprised Chute was invited to speak.

“She’s a major scholar in the field and has really defined the use of the graphic narrative in the study of hu­ manities,” Walzer, whose work also includes the study of visual texts and comics, said.

According to Walzer, Chute is the scholar who defined the critique of comics from a humanities stand­ point.

“People were doing this kind of critique of popular culture, and Hill­ ary Chute kind of brought analyz­ ing comics into a serious academic realm,” Walzer said.

Theo Davis, an English professor who helped to organize the event, said the Barrs Lecture Series is in­ tended to help students learn about scholarship at other institutions, as well as at Northeastern. Chute, she said, is an exciting scholar because she was one of the first in her field.

“She’s working at the forefront, asking where a graphic novel fits into the history of the novel,” Davis said. “It’s an opportunity to rethink what reading comics is for and also what the boundaries of the novel are.”

Tickets are not required.

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Column: Finding use in aggregation Last week, I discussed aggregation in my journalism ethics class.

Aggregators collect journalistic information, either from an individual or group of sources, and repurpose that material in a different form.

There are several Gwen Schanker different types of aggregation: Google News aggregates stories in a feed based on a logarithm, Reddit is a form of usercurated aggregation where readers control content, and The Skimm is a type aggregation where content is converted into new material as a newsletter. Taking in aggregated news rather than exploring a variety of sources is a timesaver. We approach news on a need-to-know basis, gathering information from as few paragraphs as possible.

This contrasts with the fundamental principles of journalism, which are characterized by detailed research, good reporting and wellcrafted stories. When such work is aggregated, the question of attribution looms large. Should you ask permission first? Is aggregating work from another writer a form of flattery or a sign of blatant disregard for journalistic integrity?

These are the questions we grappled with in class last week, and the fact that we didn’t come to any definite conclusions indicates a larger question: is aggregation good or bad for journalism? Either side could be argued, but I believe that there is an inherent value to aggregation that works in conjunction with journalistic information.

However, aggregation’s success depends on the care taken in creation. BuzzFeed’s regular post, “The Most Powerful Photos of the

Week,” is an example of valuable aggregation. The creator of that article provides a unique service to the reader; compiling those photos from their original sources makes it possible for consumers to take in a collection of high-quality information rather than searching the Internet for the what they want. Furthermore, compiling those photos may call deserved attention to the work of the photojournalists featured.

The success of this type of piece hinges on proper attribution. It’s common practice in aggregation to provide hyperlinks to the original source, whatever that source may be. The number of people that explore the subject beyond its aggregated form is minimal and is decreasing along with our collective attention span. It seems unfair that a less-detailed source of information should detract attention from other, more comprehensive material.

The growing field of data journalism provides another way to look at this issue. Data journalism is a form of aggregation that combines research with compilation in a unique way. Data journalists harness the power of aggregation by using visuals to make a complex story easier to digest. Though data journalism is a relatively new phenomenon, it has quickly become an integral part of news. Data is now used as either primary or supplemental material for many stories. It is particularly useful for communicating scientific information using dynamic and interactive visual tools.

Data journalism has evolved over time and will no doubt continue to do so as the field of journalism changes. Other forms of aggregation are just as likely to stick around and will develop as professional journalists grapple with the questions I addressed in my ethics class.

Aggregation has an undeniable power in today’s news environment, allowing information to be compiled in incredible ways. Its advantages should not be overlooked.

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Campaign promotes racism Donald Trump is currently the leading presidential candidate for the Republican Party. A CNN poll on Tuesday found that Trump currently has 27 percent of the expected Republican vote, while Ben Carson, his only real competitor, has 22 percent of the vote. Trump has had a largely stable campaign, remaining constantly on top of national polls for the Republican primary. It seems entirely possible that he may be the 2016 Republican presidential candidate. Even if he doesn’t win the Republican primaries, the amount of support he has received is nothing short of a national embarrassment.

Trump is an unapologetic racist, and though one may think that such open racism would be met with more criticism than praise in a modern country, Trump’s constituents don’t seem to have any problems with his racist remarks. The most infamous example is Trump’s statement concerning people immigrating to the US from Mexico.

“They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us,” Trump said during his presidential announcement speech. “They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.”

While it may be the most wellknown example, this is only the tip of the iceberg regarding Trump’s racism. Trump was a public figure at the forefront of the questions surrounding President Barack Obama’s

place of birth, a question that has – unsurprisingly – never been directed toward white politicians. As president of Trump Management Corporation, he has faced several lawsuits from the Department of Justice on charges of discriminating against black people trying to rent apartments.

In 2013, Trump tweeted that the crime in American cities is overwhelmingly committed by blacks and Hispanics. While some statistics do show high crime rates in minority populations, most serious analysts attribute this to the high poverty rates that minority groups face. This poverty comes from systematic discrimination, such as refusing to grant housing to minorities. Trump seems comfortable both contributing to poverty that causes violence and placing the blame of the violence on race itself.

This racism directly relates to Trump’s extreme anti-immigration platform. Sentiment against immigration can come from feelings of racism and xenophobia. In an interview in 2014, Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto called US antiimmigration language discriminatory. Supporters of this immigration platform may refute accusations of racism and cite supposed economic benefits as their motives, but the actual benefits of tightening down on immigration are questionable.

The idea is that immigrants are “stealing” jobs and placing tighter restrictions on immigrants will make more jobs available for Amer-

icans. It is true that immigrants get jobs, but something rarely talked about is when immigrants create jobs. Immigrants account for less than 13 percent of the US population, but according to a 2012 report

by The Partnership for a New American Economy, 28 percent of all new American companies launched in 2011, and over 40 percent of America’s Fortune 500 companies, were founded by immigrants.

Anti-immigration proponents enjoy painting immigrants as lazy welfare recipients, but they contribute more to the economy than they’re given credit for.

Even if there was an obvious economic benefit, these anti-immigration policies inherently dehumanize immigrants. Immigrants are made out to be less deserving of positive economic progress than Americans.

Saying that immigrants are “stealing American jobs” implies that these are jobs they don’t deserve simply because they weren’t born in the US. This type of rhetoric makes Americans out as inherently superior and the only ones deserving of good employment. Immigrants become portrayed not as humans, but as pests to be sent away.

Trump’s campaign relies on racist sentiment in support of antiimmigration laws, and he himself has clear prejudices. In the 21st Century, it shouldn’t be acceptable for a popular politician to have such socially regressive views. Voters on both sides of the aisle need to condemn this display of open racism.

The beginning of my final semester at Northeastern has started much the same as that of many of my peers. As I prepare to graduate I’m thinking about all I’ve learned here, and it fills me with excitement for what lies ahead. Despite the air of uncertainty around my future plans, one thing is very certain: as an alumna of Northeastern University (NU), I will not be donating to my alma mater.

Do not think that I am ungrateful: I’ve certainly benefitted from the generosity of past alumni and recognize this institution would not be where it is today without them.

Rather, I’m disappointed by Northeastern’s failure to lead. For two years, students, faculty and other members of the NU community have called for the divestment of our endowment from the fossil fuel industry. There has been a robust and energetic campaign on campus, yet the leadership at NU fails to embrace this movement.

As the administration stalls all attempts to divest our endowment, other universities, organizations and state pension funds are demonstrating real leadership. Recently, New York City Mayor Bill de Bla-

sio announced a push to divest the city’s five pension funds – totalling $160 million – from the coal industry. This closely follows the California legislature’s decision to divest its public employee pension funds – totalling $476 billion – from the coal industry.

Since the DivestNU campaign began in spring of 2013, 40 universities, 130 religious groups, 54 governments, 148 nonprofits and 63 pension funds have divested.

Northeastern is quickly losing its opportunity to be seen as a leader in addressing climate change, while universities such as Stanford University and the University of Hawaii are receiving positive attention for their recent commitments to divest.

DivestNU proposed the issue of divestment during the spring 2014 referendum process, during which 75 percent of respondents voted in favor of divesting NU’s assets from the fossil fuel industry. Despite the clear interest our community has in divestment, the administration failed to issue an official response to those results until 13 months later – in April of 2015.

If the university is at all inter-

ested in the issue of divestment, or responding to a clear demand by students, it fails to show it. Time and time again, student voices on campus have been suppressed.

Until there is more empowerment of student activists, until student perspectives are integrated into all aspects of university planning and, most especially, until NU divests from the fossil fuel industry, I will not be donating any money.

To the students reading this – join me and sign the DivestNU pledge to not donate to our university until we divest from fossil fuels. To the faculty and community members reading this – sign our faculty petition and become engaged with those already working on this campaign. To the leadership of NU reading this – please reevaluate the direction in which this university is headed and understand that the future of Northeastern looks a lot less impressive when the voices of its students are ignored.

For the pledge, petition and more information visit www.divestnu. org.

Letter: NU needs to divest

– Mara Scallon is a senior environmental science major.

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Boston company enters ride-sharing fray

By Cassidy DeStefano News Correspondent Boston-based startup Fasten hopes to take the wheel of an increasingly crowded ride-sharing industry by promising an end to surge pricing and a business model more favorable to drivers than the approaches taken by industry leaders Uber and Lyft.

“We are the only company who is interested in making ride-sharing the most affordable way to get around,” CEO Kirill Evdakov said.

In Boston, Fasten is slightly cheaper than rival Uber. Fasten charges users a $1.85 base price with added fees of $1.10 per mile and 19 cents per minute, Evdakov said. UberX – the company’s lowest-priced service – charges $2 for base fare plus $1.24 per mile and 16 cents per minute, according to the company’s website.

Surge pricing – inflated prices at times of high demand – is the chief cause of dissent in the industry and a detriment to its growth, according to Evdakov.

“It’s not actually helping the industry to grow. It may solve the issue for five or 10 minutes, but in the long term, people learn that they cannot rely on ride-sharing services anymore,” Evdakov said. “Our method eliminates the shock that some riders get at the end of the ride when they go to look at the price tag… We show riders cost in real time. We focus in on what people actually need. They need a reliable ride free of surge error.”

However, Peter Furth, a professor of transportation and planning engineering at Northeastern, holds the opposite view.

“The general population thinks that surge pricing is a way of screwing

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Ride-sharing companies like Uber, Lyft and newcomer Fasten are challenging taxi companies for business. them, but that’s not how I see it all,” Furth said. “The way you get demand to match supply is through pricing.”

Furth added that ride-sharing companies implemented surge pricing as a tool to allow them to profit off of resource deployment when it is most needed.

While sometimes frustrating to experience, surge pricing has value as a practical model and is accepted as one of the costs of using ride-sharing services, according to Northeastern University sophomore business major Jessica Osher.

“Sometimes you’ll just have to deal with it and accept the higher fare,” Osher said.

In addition to pricing issues, Fasten, along with other ride-sharing services in Boston, will also have to contend with questions about rider safety. A Boston Globe report described the case of two women, one from Boston, suing Uber for “marketing the company as a safe transportation option, then failing to appropriately screen their drivers to make

sure that female passengers are safe.”

Meanwhile, a former Uber driver was sentenced to at least 10 years in prison for sexually assaulting a passenger in Boston last year.

The case caught the attention of Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh, who suggested state policymakers were better-positioned than those at the city level to address the issue.

“Our hands are tied to some degree in the city as far as being able to put regulations in place,” Walsh told reporters, stressing the need for political attention.

Earlier this month, ride-hailing services and taxi drivers alike rallied on Beacon Hill in support of new legislation to boost public safety and crack down on insurance policy holes, local radio station WBUR reported.

The policy, authored by Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, would mandate dual background checks for drivers by both companies and state regulators, as well as strengthen liability protections for drivers.

Evdakov, however, stressed that

the focus should be on justice for drivers and lower fares for riders, instead of on security measures.

“We are a technical platform that connects drivers and riders, and part of that is maintaining the income of drivers,” Evdakov said. “That’s how you, as a rider, can pay less and drivers are more content… Our company is earning money based on the quantity of rides rather than the price of each individual trip.”

Fasten absorbs 99 cents of the fare per ride, as opposed to the proportional cut of up to 28 percent of overall commission some companies take from drivers, according to Evdakov.

A Northeastern College of Science student and Lyft driver, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said he would support emerging pro-driver platforms like Fasten.

“I think these other ride-sharing companies are taking advantage of the fact that drivers don’t really understand where the costs go to and everything,” the driver said. “The cut is like 80-20, and while that doesn’t

seem entirely unfair to me, something more like 90-10 would be ideal.”

The student added that while his personal experience in the profession had been decent, large companies like Lyft tend to exploit drivers that don’t exercise skepticism.

“This is a question that more drivers should be asking,” the driver said. “[Fasten] is a huge thing because it shows that if they’re able to do this and make a profit and be a successful business, then these other companies have been robbing drivers.”

The credibility drivers gain through driving for more established companies, however, is a fair swap for lower wages, according to Northeastern University sophomore finance major Benjamin Yau. “I mean honestly, I feel like the company needs to make money, too.

Getting 20 to 28 percent is a pretty large commission compared to a lot of other driving services around,” Yau, a proponent of Uber, said. “And the fact that [drivers] are putting their name out on Uber, which is a pretty influential company, makes them credible.”

In the end, Fasten’s success may be determined not by prices or driver satisfaction, but by how quickly it can serve customers, according to Furth. In many cases, users are prone to submit to overblown cab rates if it will cut down on overall travel time, he said, adding that companies like Fasten will likely have to implement higher flat rates to offset charging less during peak times.

“The price that you pay in transportation is never just the money – it’s always the money and your time,” Furth said. “If you’re going to have to give up more of your time, some people would say it’s not worth it.”

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Residents, city collaborate on transportation

By Sam Haas City Editor

If Bostonians have their way, shorter and cheaper commutes, safer streets, abundant car-sharing locations, bike paths throughout the city and an environmentally-friendly transit system will form the backbone of Boston’s transportation future.

The Boston Transportation Department (BTD) solicited these and other ideas from residents at daily, public, outdoor conversations in 31 neighborhoods from Sept. 19 to Oct. 21. The conversations were part of BTD’s Go Boston 2030 program, which is in the process of creating a transportation plan for the city.

Go Boston 2030 began collaborating with residents in January by dispatching a question truck to ask broad questions about transportation in various neighborhoods, according to Alice Brown, the project manager. Her team used answers to those questions, along with ideas gathered from over 6,000 people during a two-day “Visioning Lab” in May, to release a draft framework of goals and targets earlier this fall.

“Affordability, reliability and safety became the themes running throughout the things we’ve done since,” Brown said. “[The interaction] has been a way to empower, to build the political capital to be able to say, ‘This is what people really want.’”

“We really want to hear from people about what their vision is for mobility for the next 15 years and beyond,” BTD Commissioner Gina Fiandaca said. “The process has been really rewarding as we flesh out the competing interests and work towards a unified vision of the future.”

Questions of access and price featured prominently at a pop-up conversation at the Dudley Square Farmer’s Market in Roxbury on

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Jason Torrey, 33, right, talks to Northeastern School of Law student Lydia Brown about public transportation.

Oct. 15. On fluorescent sticky notes, participants called for buses to “stick to the departure time,” for the city to “build a parking garage down Dudley [Street] for all” and for providers to “make everything more affordable.”

Residents also hope the city will address commute time, according to Brien Tal-Baker, 34, of Roxbury.

“My idea is to make it so you can get bikes on the T during rush hour,” Tal-Baker said. “To go from one end of the system to another, you just can’t get there easily – which makes it hard to get to jobs.”

Expanding economic opportunity and equitable access are two of the city’s chief goals for the project, according to the draft framework. Due to a lack of nearby transit options for people in Roxbury, Dorchester, Mattapan, East Boston and other neighborhoods

outside the city center, people in those areas must spend more time and money navigating the city.

That burden makes it difficult for some people to find employment.

“As more jobs move out of the downtown core but remain in the city, we want people to be able to access those,” Brown said.

Other goals include eliminating traffic fatalities, automating lights at all intersections to respond to usage patterns in real-time and spreading bike-share and car-share services more evenly throughout the city.

Improving Boston’s transit system is necessary to ensure it can continue to adequately meet people’s needs, according to Ann Phung, a senior pharmacy major at Northeastern University.

“It would be great if there could be a better balance between cost and efficiency,” Phung said. “I

hope it’s more streamlined and more reliable [in the future]. Luckily I was on campus last winter, but I kept thinking, ‘What if I had to go to work? How would I get there?’”

Incorporating citizens’ ideas into improvements is a valuable step, Phung added, though experts should still play a role in the planning.

“The city knows what’s feasible, while people may not have a way to do a solution they have in mind,” Phung said. “Still, public transportation is for the people, so you should listen to them.”

While planning is ongoing, not every change is coming years down the road: BTD is currently implementing several changes to city infrastructure, according to Fiandaca.

“It’s very much a dynamic process,” Fiandaca said.

These initiatives, collectively referred to as “Early Action Proj-

ects,” touch on a variety of issues.

One of the most important is bike safety, which city officials are addressing with the Vision Zero project. Announced in March – and pursued with renewed urgency following the August death of cyclist Anita Kurmann – Vision Zero aims to reduce traffic deaths.

“We’re utilizing some data from EMS and the Boston Police Department to identify high-risk intersections within the city and see what we can do to improve those locations now,” Fiandaca said.

Other early-action projects include efforts to expand green spaces within Boston and the ongoing installation of 8,000 “smart meters” capable of accepting payment via smartphone, credit card or coins. The new meters also collect and transmit usage data, according to the Go Boston 2030 report.

Go Boston 2030 and BTD officials will continue to solicit Bostonians’ thoughts at three community roundtable events in November, Fiandaca said. The group is on track to release its finalized action plan next spring.

For that plan to best serve Boston, residents and planners must continue to share ideas, according to Tal-Baker.

“With any change, it’s key to have community buy-in,” TalBaker said. “That’s partially the responsibility of the people running things, but also partially the responsibility of the public.”

Brown agreed, citing the importance of talking and listening to people who might otherwise be excluded from discussions about the city’s future.

“In most traditional processes, we have a pretty fully-baked idea and people just come out to say no to it,” Brown said. “We’re trying to talk to people before that step – to really have a dialogue. We want to do this right.”

Feud forces change for local market, vendors

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launch a rival outdoor market.

He currently has a vintage market, artist studios, retail shops and several restaurants as tenants in refurbished brick buildings on the property, according to the Globe.

“It’s interesting watching grown men act like [children],” DonnaLee Woods of Hickory Nut Farm in New Hampshire, an Open Market vendor, said on Sunday. “I don’t know if this area can carry two markets, but it’s exciting watching it.”

According to court records, an average of 10,000 people attend the South End Open Market @ SoWa every week. In 2014, Masci’s open-air markets generated $361,000 in fees from vendors.

In 2013, Nicosia’s company, GTI Properties Inc., trademarked the “SoWa Open Market” name. According to the Globe, Masci had previously applied for the same trademark but allowed his application to lapse. In early 2015, Masci filed two lawsuits: one challenging the trademark and another accusing Nicosia of recruiting vendors to cut him out of the market.

Masci also started referring to his markets as “South End Open Markets,” according to the Globe.

Nicosia responded with a notice of default, saying his lease required Masci to use the SoWa name. In April, the two decided that the lease would end this year, Masci would drop his lawsuits and his challenge to the SoWa Open Market trademark and the markets would be referred to as “South End Open Markets @ SoWa.” Nicosia agreed to have no communication with Mas-

ci’s vendors other than to coordinate parking and maintenance, and he lowered the rent Masci pays to use the property for this year’s market.

David Gilson, the marketing manager for the farms and specialty foods markets at SoWa for the past 25 years, expressed uncertainty about where the food markets will go.

“I’ll sit down with the [leaders] of both markets and figure out what’s best for my market and the neighboring ones,” Gilson said. “I want to have specific, concrete questions answered.”

In July, Nicosia filed a lawsuit alleging Masci was withholding GTI’s percentage of fees collected from vendors who did not sell on rainy days. That case is pending.

Masci has teamed up with National Development, which built the large Ink Block complex nearby, according to the Globe. National Development has arranged for South End Open Market @ SoWa to operate in a parking lot across Harrison Avenue next year. Masci and his markets will move in 2017 to a state parcel underneath the I-93 deck that National Development has leased and will turn into a parking lot with a small park.

Vendor Dan LiBoissonnault of Dan’s Power Plant was concerned as to whether shoppers would follow the markets to the underpass. He said people may not be willing to venture so far out.

Woods, on the other hand, insinuated that many vendors would move with Masci, regardless of the convenience of the new location.

“You have a certain allegiance, and you have to abide by that,” Woods said.

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SoWa Vintage Market co-creator Stephanie Pernice talks to Chicago resident Kerry Engoron, 22.

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Artist Marian Dioguardi’s paintings hang in her second-floor studio in the SoWa Vintage Market building.

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Drag Gospel Festival embraces every identity

By Liam Hofmeister & Megan O’Brien News Staff

Carmen Baskette, 9, walked through the room in her own version of drag. She was wearing a silver wig, top hat and Sharpiemarker moustache drawn onto her upper lip. Her mother, Rev. Molly Baskette of First Church Somerville, matched Carmen’s facial hair style with a marker moustache and goatee as she spoke to the crowd in church robes.

“Welcome to you if you are queer, straight or a little bit of each,” Baskette said. “Welcome to this safe space where you welcome to be who you are, inside out.”

Friday, Oct. 16 marked the beginning of the fifth annual Drag Gospel Festival, a weekend sponsored by First Church Somerville, Old South Church and The Imperial Court of Massachusetts emphasizing the United Church of Christ’s acceptance of all sexual orientations and gender identities.

Over 100 guests packed into the backroom stage of Club Café in the South End for a drag show hosted

by New York-based drag queen Sapphira Cristal.

The show began with live performances of gospel classics from Cristal and Serenity Jones, the drag-queen-in-residence for First Church Somerville. The pair rifted their way through a rendition of Dottie Peoples’ “He Can Work It Out.” “There is a great drag tradition with music,” Marlin Collingwood, a member of First Church Somerville, said. “But gospel music has been the root for drag.”

After Cristal and Jones came

Gigi Gill and Kiera Diamond, drag queens from Salem and Lynn, respectively, who performed in a more traditional drag style. Instead of singing live, both lip synced and danced to audio tracks.

Gill performed Madonna’s “Like A Prayer” in a kimono while snapping a hand fan open and closed throughout the song as she lead a 10-piece choir through the crowd.

Rather than focusing on her showmanship, Diamond stayed true to the purpose of the drag festival as she pointed people out of the crowd and asked for money.

“Come on people, it’s for charity,” she said.

The Drag Gospel Festival raised funds for the LGBT Asylum Support Task Force, a Somerville community group which offers housing and support to foreign lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals seeking asylum from persecution in their own countries.

“They come with next to nothing and cannot work for a period of time that can last for up to two years,” Polly Laurelchild-Hertig, executive director of the task force, said.

Because of this, the group attempts to provide for all expenses of the asylum seekers.

From the night at Club Café, over $2,000 was raised for the LGBT Asylum Support Task Force.

However, the Gospel Fest does not end with a drag show – it ends with a drag service.

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NU Theatre premieres Spanish play translation

By Liam Hofmeister Inside Editor

In many cultures through history, there has existed an expectation for women to fall subservient to men, but this patriarchal construct is dismantled in Associate Professor of Theatre Antonio Ocampo-Guzman’s new and original translation of a classic Spanish play.

Presented by Northeastern University’s Theatre Department, Spanish playwright Federico García Lorca’s “The House of Bernarda Alba” opened on Tuesday, Oct. 20 in the Studio Theatre of the Curry Student Center. The cast of 14 undergraduate women premiered Ocampo-Guzman’s new translation of the 1936 play, with a focus on keeping the language rugged.

“Most translations are done so that people can read the play,” Ocampo-Guzman said. “In my estimation, we lose the roughness of the original language. It sounds foreign.

I wanted to make something that’s more accessible to the actor and the audience on stage.”

Ocampo-Guzman also emphasized his bicultural identity. He was born in Colombia but lives in America, creating a relationship with both cultures.

“Two worlds come together for me [when translating],” OcampoGuzman said. “I find myself deeply connected through the way Lorca writes and his experience as someone who is bilingual.”

Though the translation may be fresh, the plot remains true to the 1936 Spanish version.

After the death of her second hus-

band, Bernarda Alba, the matriarch of a Spanish family, forces her five daughters to live according to the social expectations of 1930s women strictly. One of the daughter’s dowries is prepared to be paid for marriage, though, leading to animosity and confusion about their confinement to their home and their right to love.

“I think the line goes ‘Needle and thread for females, whips and mules for men,’” Barbara Edmonds, the actor playing Bernarda Alba and a third-year theatre major, said.

“That’s pretty blatantly sexist, but I thought about it, and people have said things like that to me before.

We’ve all had that story.”

These stories of sexism are the underlying struggle for the daughters of Bernarda Alba. According to Non Kuramoto, the actor playing the grandmother Maria Josefa, and a sophomore theatre major, ignoring frustrations caused by gender roles brings the plot to a boil.

“A big thing about the show is what happens when problems aren’t addressed,” Kuramoto said. “Some people say that sexism isn’t real anymore or that racism doesn’t exist anymore, but they still need to be addressed, even on this campus. It’s important to have that dialogue.”

This dialogue is continued in the ReActs talk-back sessions, which follow select performances. Led by language lecturer Barbara Corbett on Oct. 21 and academic specialist in languages Tania Muiño-Loureiro on Oct. 28, audience members and actors can share their thoughts on the show in regard to topics such as the translation or the feminist

themes.

Upon walking into the theatre, the audience may be struck by the set. The family’s house is built into the audience seating. The stairs that ascend the house are the same stairs that viewers will use to find their seats.

“There is no distance from the audience and us,” said Kira Topalian, a sophomore international affairs major playing Martirio, one of the sisters. “We do a lot of the play on

the stairs. We also have the audience on the stage. There are times when we direct our lines at the audience.

It doesn’t allow you to be a passive observer. You have to be engaged in what’s going on.”

Many of the actors said that Ocampo-Guzman’s rehearsal process was unconventional.

“A lot of rehearsals in the first couple of weeks we would spend in discussion and ask each other ‘What do you think about this [issue]?’”

said Edmonds.

In other rehearsals, Ocampo-Guzman used techniques to get the actors to further internalize the script, such as rehearsing a different character or holding a practice run entirely in the dark.

“I have a particular view of theatre,” Ocampo-Guzman said. “It has to be compelling for the actors and the audience. We don’t sit at a table and read. We discover the play in different ways on our feet.”

vocalists and instrumentalists all feature on the bill. The most highlyanticipated act this year is Yo Yo Ma, cello prodigy, who is billed to perform on Nov. 17 at Symphony Hall.

Planning for each season begins two to three years in advance, though communication with some acts starts as far as four to five years ahead of time, Dunning said.

Factors ranging from technical skill to a prospective act’s originality are important criteria to Dunning, but other circumstances, like the last time the performer appeared in Boston, play into selecting who makes it onto the Celebrity Series calendar as well.

“It’s a combination of availability, venue [and] does the artist meet criteria?” Dunning said. “Even when we bring in young artists, I want to know the same thing – are they mature enough that they’ve developed their own voice to their music?”

Finding a voice is also the subject of Celebrity Series veteran Rob Kapilow’s What Makes it Great? program, premiering at the New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall on Nov. 6.

Kapilow dissects symphony compositions with musicians playing selected sections at the end. He has likened the program to visiting a museum with an art expert or watching a Patriots game on instant replay. Some compositions that have been analyzed range from the styles of Mozart to the jazz of Duke Ellington.

“You take a small amount of music, you get inside it, plug musical examples, get the audience to interact and then you perform the piece,” Kapilow.

He has performed nearly 40 of these programs for the Celebrity Series in the last 18 years.

“The Celebrity Series is a fantastic audience. People have already heard

all this music and have exposure to it, so their [ear] is pretty fantastic,” Kapilow said. “To have great music, there must be great listeners.”

The Celebrity Series also showcases local artists, like jazz trio Children of the Light. The group’s pianist, Danilo Pérez, serves as the artistic director of the Global Jazz Institute at the Berklee College of Music.

“We’re really striving to bring light into everything, inside and outside of the bandstand,” Pérez said.

“We hope what we’re doing inspires [the audience] to be a positive force in the world. We’re like [the Bat Signal]. When there are a lot of problems in the world, that’s when we come out.”

In addition to the main program, the Celebrity Series organizes community and educational events through an initiative called Arts for All! Dunning said the communitybased programming reflects the

range of artists presented during the regular series and introduces people to the boons of live performance.

The programs reach neighborhoods without access to the performing arts, Dunning said.

One act on the initiative’s schedule is Sol y Canto, a Pan-Latin acoustic ensemble set to give a culinary-themed multimedia performance with the Boston Public Quartet at Northeastern’s Fenway Center on Nov. 15.

Brian Amador, member of the Latin sextet, has performed on both the main and community stages for the Celebrity Series and said he sees no difference between the two, as both unite him with audiences full of eager ears.

“I think the arts speak to all Bostonians, no matter their background.

The arts are for everybody,” Dunning said. “Not everyone can be a world class artist, but everyone can benefit from them.”

Photo courtesy Grant Terzakis, Northeastern Theatre Department

Bernarda Alba’s five daughters sit and talk in Northeastern University’s “The House of Bernarda Alba.”

Celebrity Series features diverse performers

By Megan O’Brien Deputy Inside Editor

In a city famous for its annual marathon, baseball team and Revolutionary history, the annual Celebrity Series establishes Boston as an international artistic beacon.

The Celebrity Series, an organization that brings performing artists to Boston, launched its 2015-2016 series this week, shepherding in a medley of musical, dance and theater performances through mid-May. “The mission is to bring in artists who inspire and enrich the community,” Gary Dunning, president and executive director of the Celebrity Series, said. “That’s part of a larger vision statement for greater Boston where performing arts are a lifelong, shared and valued experience.

I want to present artists that you would otherwise have to travel to see perform.”

Dance companies, composers,

NU vocal groups hit competition Sing, From Page 1 Coordinator Edward Hurley said.

“Since Boston is a college town, we wanted to do something that would involve the schools in the area, plus provide entertainment for our guests.”

The girls of Pitch, Please!, dressed in black, went on to perform a rendition of Bruno Mars’ upbeat “Locked Out of Heaven,” Bon Iver’s mellow “I Can’t Make You Love Me” and a punchy arrangement of ZZ Ward’s “Put the Gun Down” for a crowd of a few hundred.

Northeastern’s all-male a cappella group, The UniSons, and female group, Treble on Huntington, also performed during the festival’s Sunday lineup. None of NU’s groups placed this year.

Sophomore environmental science major and Treble on Huntington President Josie Daniel had high expectations.

“Northeastern is known as a school with a really awesome a cappella scene and, on one hand, it’s

very intimidating, but on the other hand, it’s very inspiring,” Daniel said. “We are so lucky to have a network of groups that is really collaborative and supportive of each other.”

Come spring semester, these groups will opt to attend larger competitions, including Boston Sings and the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella (ICCA).

However, Matsumoto sees value in singing at grassroots community sites, as the groups have the potential to snag local audience attention.

“Faneuil Hall is a great venue, and on the weekend especially, it’s so busy,” Matsumoto said.

Julia Magnani, Pitch, Please! secretary and a sophomore double majoring in communications and psychology, savored the chance to perform at Boston’s local landmark.

“We love performing like this, and it’s definitely a dream for me to perform here at Faneuil Hall since it’s a place I’ve loved since I was little,” Magnani said.

Photo by Cassidy DeStefano

Pitch, Please! performs in the 19th Annual A Cappella Competition in front of Faneuil Hall’s Quincy Market.

Event judges Maria Murray and Jessica Feroli released the names of ting it all together. For us, it’s reSophie Bell, both Emerson alumna, the winning groups Sunday night, ally about achieving that blend and gave Pitch, Please!’s performance not including any Northeastern par- working to have everyone really high acclaim. ticipants. The Dear Abbeys of Bos- connect on those harmonies.”

“I know the setting is not your ton University, The Charlie Chords The group’s winning setlist began friend but your sound was so, so of Berklee College of Music and in- with Michael Jackson’s “Bad,” folcool and not just in female-only vo- dependent group Similar Jones took lowed by Sam Smith’s “I’m Not the cal standards, just across the board,” first, second and third place, respec- Only One” and Delta Ray’s “ChasMurray said, addressing the group tively. ing Twisters”. for a live critique. “Dynamics were “It was definitely a welcome sur“I don’t know if I’m ever going to excellent. ‘Put the Gun Down’... prise to see that we won,” Boston have anything like this ever again,” you killed it and it’s not the first University senior and Dear Abbeys Hadar said. “The bond that you form time we’ve heard it today. You guys Business Manager Benji Hadar said. by just putting in the work and even owned the hell out of it.”

“We’ve been putting a lot more on after that – it really is something Faneuil Hall marketing director the line this year in terms of put- special.

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Vegetarian food festival brings clean eating to Boston Saturday, Oct. 24 The 20th Anniversary Boston Veg Food Fest will pop up at the Reggie Lewis Athletic Center this weekend. Presented by the Boston Vegetarian Society, the event brings together 120 food providers, speakers, chefs and educational exhibitors in the name of plant-based nutrition. The festival offers a chance to talk directly to food producers, learn about new vegetarian and vegan items, shop at special event discounts and become more informed about what types of vegetarian foods are available.

Bringing reusable shopping bags is encouraged, as none will be provided. 1350 Tremont St.; 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.; free.

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Calendar by Megan O’Brien, Deputy Inside Editor

Thursday, Oct. 22

Friday, Oct. 23

Sunday, Oct. 25

The Boston Asian American Film Festival will have its opening night this Thursday at Brattle Theatre.

The festival demonstrates examples of the Asian-American experience and serves as a resource for filmmakers and the community. The four-day festival kicks off with the New England premiere of “Seoul Searching.” The romantic comedy follows a group of teenagers from around the world forced to attend a cultural propaganda summer camp in Seoul. A question-and-answer session with director Benson Lee and actresses Uatchet Jin Juch and Nekhebet Kum Juch will follow. 40 Brattle St., Cambridge; 7 p.m.; $18.

He has impersonated the likes of President Barack Obama, Jay Z, Denzel Washington and Kanye West in his five seasons as a “Saturday Night Live” cast member, but Jay Pharoah will take the Wilbur Theatre stage Friday evening as no one other than himself. Pharoah’s credits range from rapper to actor, but his entertainment education is rooted in comedy. He trained in local clubs from a young age and has toured doing stand-up throughout the US and U.K. Having recently completed four films, he will engage the Boston community in a night of comedy for one night only.

246 Tremont St.; 7:30 p.m.; $22.50.

Boston Public Market will host an Urban Pumpkin Patch on Sunday at the Rose Kennedy Greenway plaza. Locally-sourced pumpkins and gourds supplied by Red Apple Farm of Athol will be available for purchase in addition to cider and doughnuts. Local businesses will also be selling an assortment of fall-flavored treats, ranging from pumpkin spice marshmallows to mulled spice vinegar beverages.

To round out the fun, there will be pumpkin crafts and decorating.

A percentage of all proceeds will help fund local farmers, fisherman and food producers. 100 Hanover St.; 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.; free.

Monday, Oct. 26

Tuesday, Oct. 27

Wednesday, Oct. 28

As part of its Big Screen Classics program, the Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline will screen “Bride of Frankenstein” on Monday night. An appropriate precursor to Halloween, the 1935 horror film’s popularity has stood the test of time. The story follows a deranged scientist who forces Henry Frankenstein to help him create a friend for Frankenstein’s monster. The movie’s special effects and makeup have made actress Elsa Lanchester’s Bride of Frankenstein one of the most recognizable film characters of all time. Come see the classic flick in a theater – the way it was meant to be seen. 290 Harvard St., Brookline; 7 p.m.; $11.25

On the last Tuesday of every month, Laugh Boston presents Game Over, a fun night filled with various video, arcade, board and card games dominating their 7,000-square-foot space. There will be dozens of retro gaming consoles, over 40 different board games and an open bar. The program has partnered with Microsoft to supply eight Xbox Ones loaded with Halo 5, set to release the same day. Attendants also have the option to participate in a Super Smash Bros. tournament for an $8 fee, a cosplay contest and the testing of Black Hat Cooperative, a newly developed two-player virtual reality game. 425 Sumner St.; 6 p.m.; free; 18+.

As October draws to a close, burlesque, aerial, acrobatic, and other acts come together for a gruesome and gory night of circus performance. Presented by The Boston Circus Guild, Cirque of the Dead 2015 will open at American Repertory Theatre’s OBERON stage on Wednesday for its third year.

The performance includes heavy use of stage blood, and the show is equal parts humor and havoc. Emperor Norton’s Stationary Marching Band will provide live music.

Costumes are strongly encouraged for this event, and a social media contest complete with prizes will be going on during the show. 2 Arrow St., Cambridge; 8 p.m.; $25 - $45.

Worship, From Page 7 eye shadow and red lipstick.

Serenity Jones was the key player as she led the choir of men and women in light drag through the service. However, when Mansfield began to speak, a man stood from the crowd, climbed over church benches to the front of the room and heatedly said, “You paint up Jesus Christ like a prostitute.”

The man was referring to the poster for the Drag Gospel Festival, which depicts Jesus wearing earrings and makeup reminiscent to that of Mansfield.

Mansfield calmed the stranger and said, “He is not a prostitute.

[This] is the face of some of God’s children.” The man proceeded to leave the church.

The service continued as it would any other Sunday with the tones of drag added in. At the end of the ceremonies, church band Project Soul played a version of Lady Gaga’s “Just Dance,” and Mansfield encouraged all in attendance to celebrate

Between the drag show and the Sunday morning collection, $7,275 was raised in total to support the asylum seekers. Despite the success of the weekend, James Adams, the man behind Jones, acknowledged that people have inhibitions toward the LGBT and drag community.

“This is a hard pill to swallow when you’re talking about transgender people and drag queens,” Adams said. “Why am I standing here in a dress and what does it mean? [Drag Gospel Festival] puts legs under our statement about what it means to be open and affirming.”

Baskette supported Adams’ words and felt her actions, and those of First Church Somerville, were for the greater good of human rights and charity.

“Live so justly that Westboro Baptist wants to picket your funeral,” Baskette said.

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Drunken mistake spawns “pwnage”

This is the one you’ve been waiting for – I just know it. Your 2006 self was screaming for the origin of “pwned,” frantically calling out to you from the past, “Where does it come from?!” Well, not to worry, you T-Pain-loving kid bopping out to “Breaking Free” and “Promiscuous” – I got you covered.

The term, basically synonymous with the word “own,” means to perfectly or powerfully dominate someone. Most of the time, this domination occurs in a way which is particularly embarrassing to the dominee. Now, if you’re like me and you’ve only ever heard this word said, you’re going to run into a significant problem straight off the bat. The word is not “poned” or “powned.”

It’s “pwned” – even though Google Docs is telling me poned is correct. Whatever.

The two most common origin stories don’t differ much. The first is pretty reasonable: some goon was trying to type own too quickly – or drunkenly – and hit the “P” key instead of “O.” (Fun fact: as I was typing this I did the same thing.) This mistake started to happen so often that Internet users began to accept and embrace it. The most popular story is a variation on this tale.

Remember when you used to yell, “You just got owned” at people who lost in, well, anything? The term became especially popular among gamers and was even integrated, or supposed to be integrated, into the automated response when you lost to a computer in WoW. Unfortunately, the map designer hit the wrong key – hey, maybe he was the original drunk guy – and the automated message showed up as: You have been pwned.

There are additional, and far fewer, claims that the word existed as early as 1935 as the result of a drunken chess game – the slurred word pawn morphing into a term of dominance – but these rumors have been refuted by other chess grandmasters.

The real motivators behind this column are the Jonas Brothers. I was never a huge fan, but my roommate, bless her heart, is obsessed. See, Alana Dore the JoBros became obsessed with this word Word Nerd and started using it over and over again on their vlog, which meant hundreds of preteen girls also started using it over and over again. The word – which could have been resigned to a life of online multiplayer role playing games – became the new “it” word, nestled somewhere between “gotcha” and “punk’d!”

This popular mistake has spawned new words, including the present tense of the verb, pwn, and a version of the term as a noun – the act of “pwning” someone is pwnage. Some have even started spelling it pwn3d, but that is only because they are really opposed to vowels.

Most interestingly, the word has become unplugged, leaping from the virtual world of gaming and hacking and into reality, no offense intended to those who live their lives in front of an Xbox. I had “The Sims” for a while, so I understand gaming addiction.

If you’re reading this and thinking, “No one uses pwned outside of WoW and Mortal Kombat,” then I really hate to break it to you, but the word is used frequently in media. It’s been used on television shows from “Community,” “Parks and Recreation” and “South Park” to “Futurama” and “CSI.” In 2004, the word claimed a starring role with the web series “Pure Pwnage,” which was picked up by Showcase for a television series in 2010 and is currently being turned into a movie.

What began as a mistake, drunken or otherwise, rose from the gaming underground to ride on the tails of Tiger Beat stars all the way to the vernacular of 2000s teens. It takes its place in history alongside Total Request Live (TRL) – may you rest in peace – and Paris Hilton’s music career. Take that as you will.

- Alana Dore can be reached at Inside@HuntNewsNU.com.

Church aids LGBT refugees

Photo by Gemma Bonfiglioli

Salem’s Gigi Gill performs at the asylum-seeker benefit show.

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Cirque of the Dead premieres on Wednesday, Oct. 28 with aerobic acts.

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Northeastern competes at Head of the Charles

By Alejandro Serrano News Correspondent

Thousands of rowers cut through winds and underneath bridges in front of more than 400,000 spectators, rowers and coaches on the Charles River on Saturday and Sunday for the 51st Annual Head of the Charles Regatta.

The Northeastern University (NU) Huskies had five boats racing this weekend, starting with the men’s and women’s club eights on Saturday afternoon. The men’s club eight finished in second place with a time of 15:08.323. Brown University won the event in 15:04.950.

“We had a very young lineup, and practices had been going well, so morale was high and everyone was ready to race hard,” MacKenzie Dafferner, coxswain of the men’s club eight, said in an email to The News.

“It was disappointing to come in second place… We came across one big obstacle coming through the last bridge, which was the last boat from the event before. They didn’t slow us down because I was able to get them to move out of our way just in time. All in all, we had a solid race.”

With temperatures recorded around 50 degrees and 15 mph headwinds, competitors had to face a number of obstacles on the river, from boat traffic to sharp turns along the course.

The women’s club eight finished in fourth place with a time of 17:35.254, behind Brown University, Radcliffe (Harvard University’s heavyweight women’s crew) and Riverside Rowing Club.

“There was a pretty heavy headwind, so the times overall were

slower… but training in New England and in Boston has us more than prepared for when the wind will hit,” Kristen Brozowski, fourth-seat in women’s club eight, said in an email to The News. “The most difficult part of the race is around the Eliot [Bridge] turn… It’s a sharp turn that can take away a great amount of speed. However, we were able to get out of the turn and pick up significant speed to finish strong.”

On Sunday, NU had three boats on the water. In the first event, the men’s championship four, the Huskies finished in sixth place with a 16:30.239 finish time after starting the race as bow number seven. Camp Randall won the event in 16:08.535.

Rowing conditions were similar to Saturday’s with a temperature drop of about five degrees and more overcast skies.

“We rowed extremely well in the powerhouse stretch [from Riverside Boat Club to the Weeks Bridge], and we caught up to Cornell right before the Weeks Bridge,” Ole Henrik Bang-Andreason, stroke-seat of the championship four, said in an email to The News. “However, Cornell chose not to move [to yield to the passing boat] and steered into us when we were about to pass them.

We lost our momentum… I would say the hardest part of the race was to reset mentally after the crash.”

Two events later came the fleet of men’s championship eights. NU came in 10th place at 14:52.689. The top-three order of finish was Yale University, California Rowing Club and Harvard.

The women’s championship eight closed the racing weekend for NU with a 12th-place finish,

missing the top 10 by 3.41 seconds.

“We were really happy with the way that we raced,” women’s Head Coach Joe Wilhelm said. “I think our main focus in preparing for now is our races in the spring. We practice long-distance pieces, which lend themselves to head races. The next race we are really focusing on is the Foot of the Charles in four

weeks. We are looking to improve on speed for then, and we will also race everyone on the team.”

The Head of the Charles Regatta was first held in 1965, with almost 300 competitors. Now, it is one of the biggest rowing competitions internationally with more than 10,000 competitors, 1,500 volunteers and over 25 countries represented, ac-

cording to the regatta’s program.

“Rowing up the course when everyone is cheering at you is an amazing thing to experience, and something we all are very thankful to be a part of with the team,” Bang-Andreason said.

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Photo courtesy Zack Williamson, Northeastern Athletics

The Northeastern men’s championship eights team finished in 10th place at the Head of the Charles Regatta.

Bentley completes sweep of hockey in weekend series

By Bailey Putnam Deputy Sports Editor

Photo by Brian Bae

Nolan Stevens, 21, scored his second goal of the season on Saturday.

Photo by Brian Bae

Junior forward Dalen Hedges, 27, leads the offense against Bentley.

Unable to feed off a season-opening win over Colgate University, the Northeastern University (NU) men’s hockey team faltered in a home-and-home series with Bentley University (2-2) over the weekend.

The Huskies dropped a 3-2 Friday night decision at home before losing 4-1 at Bentley’s Ryan Arena the following night.

Despite outshooting the Falcons 38-9 after two periods, the Huskies (1-2) found themselves down 3-0 heading into the third on Friday night. Bentley junior forward Andrew Gladiuk netted all three goals, including one that came with five seconds left in an NU-dominated first period. His second and third came on a pair of power play opportunities in the second period.

After peppering Bentley freshman goaltender Jayson Argue all game, the Huskies finally got on the board in the final frame when senior defenseman Colton Saucerman buried a feed from junior forward Zach Aston-Reese on the doorstep.

Junior forward John Stevens cut the deficit to one with 4:06 to go in the game, beating Argue high off another Aston-Reese assist.

The goals proved to be futile for the Huskies, who couldn’t find the back of the net more than twice despite firing off 51 shots.

“We can look at the shots and feel good about the fact that we outshot them 51-11, but this game isn’t measured by shots,” Head Coach Jim Madigan said following the loss. “It’s measured by who’s got the most goals at the end of the game, and they had three and we had two, so it’s a disappointing loss – extremely disappointing loss.”

The story was much the same on Saturday night as the Huskies again found themselves playing catch-up despite outshooting their opponents. Northeastern outshot Bentley 29-18 through two frames but headed into the locker

Photo by Brian Bae

Tensions ran high for the Huskies, who lost two games this weekend.

room in the same predicament as the previous game: trailing 3-0.

Things didn’t improve for NU from there as Bentley notched its fourth tally early in the period. Following the goal, redshirt junior goalie Derick Roy gave way to freshman Ryan Ruck, who saw his first collegiate ice time and turned aside six shots.

“I thought when we went down 4-0 it was an opportunity to get Ryan Ruck in the net and get him some minutes,” Madigan said. “I like the way he responded there…

I thought it would give our team a spark also. Sometimes goaltender changes can do that in a game.”

The only semblance of a spark came off the stick of sophomore forward Nolan Stevens when he potted the Huskies’ lone goal

with 12:55 to go in the game.

The road ahead is a daunting one for the Huskies as they head to Minneapolis to take on the No. 19 University of Minnesota. The Gophers will undoubtedly be looking for revenge against NU after the Huskies upset them last year, 3-2, at Matthews Arena.

The key to the game, according to Madigan, is discipline.

“This league is a league where you have to be disciplined. You have to work hard, and if you don’t, you’re not going to win,” Madigan said.

“So we’re back to the drawing board … and getting back at it in preparation for a weekend in Minnesota.”

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Coyne, Krizova lead hockey Freshman big man to pair of comeback wins eager to succeed

By James Duffy News Correspondent

After a disappointing loss to Lindenwood University last week, the Northeastern University (NU) women’s ice hockey team bounced back this weekend to beat the Mercyhurst University Lakers twice at Matthews Arena, improving to 4-1-1 on the season.

On Friday, in the first game of the series, the Huskies found themselves in a hole quickly as junior goalie Sarah Foss allowed three goals in the first 10 minutes of the game. After the third goal, freshman Brittany Bugalski came in to relieve Foss, but she allowed a goal by Mercyhurst sophomore forward Sarah Robello that deepened the deficit to 4-0.

Late in the period, senior defenseman Jordan Krause got NU onto the board. Krause wired a shot past Mercyhurst freshman goalie Sarah McDonnell on a power play, and Northeastern had new life in the game.

Still trailing 4-1 early in the second, senior forward Kendall Coyne turned the tide of the game while killing a penalty for NU. She raced down the ice from her own zone, deked around two Lak-

ers and flipped a backhand past the goalie for a highlight-reel goal.

The goal fired up the Huskies and helped deflate Mercyhurst’s power play, shifting the tides in NU’s favor.

Later, Northeastern was able to find the back of the net on a power play of its own when sophomore forward McKenna Brand cut the Mercyhurst lead to one.

With a minute remaining in the period, junior forward Hayley Scamurra tied the game with an assist from Coyne.

Scamurra eventually tallied the game winner for NU in the third period, making the score 5-4, where it remained until the final buzzer.

Brittany Bugalski turned away 14 shots in the second, including a stop on a breakaway to keep her team within a goal of the lead.

The game on Saturday night had a similar feel, as the Huskies trailed 2-0 after the first period but eventually found their way to a 7-3 win.

Coyne started the comeback early in the second period, tallying a power-play goal to cut the Mercyhurst lead in half.

Coyne’s goal was the 100th of her collegiate career, making her the 17th woman ever to score 100

career goals in college hockey.

Junior forward Paige Savage tied the game at two just four minutes after Coyne’s goal, but Mercyhurst senior defenseman J’nai Mahadeo retook the lead for the Lakers on a power play later in the period.

Entering the third period down a goal, the Huskies took over the game on the back of sophomore forward Denisa Krizova.

Krizova scored just 18 seconds into the period, the first of three goals she scored in the third. The hat trick was the first of her career and helped propel NU to a perfect weekend.

“She’s been great, and she’s been a great complement to that [first] line,” Flint said of Krizova in an interview with GoNU.com.

Flint thought the weekend was successful as a whole, especially the late-game efforts by the Huskies.

“It’s a great feeling anytime you can sweep a team like Mercyhurst,” he said in an email to The News. “I didn’t like that we started slow, but we picked it up, and I was proud of our effort.”

The team opens up Hockey East play this weekend, hosting Boston University on Saturday and Providence College on Sunday.

Photo courtesy Jim Pierce, Northeastern Athletics

Sophomore forward Denisa Krizova, 41, tallied six points in the Mercyhurst University series this weekend.

Louisville beats field hockey

By James Duffy News Correspondent

In a rare contest outside of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA), the Northeastern University (NU) field hockey team hosted the University of Louisville on Sunday at Dedham Field.

Despite a strong effort, the Huskies could not overcome the No. 9 Cardinals, losing 1-0 and falling to 4-11 on the season.

The lone goal was scored on the first shot of the game by Louisville junior forward Lotta Kahlert.

Junior goalkeeper Becky Garner was strong in net after that, stopping the four shots that came her way the rest of the game. She now has 104 saves on the season.

Garner accredited a lot of her success to the team’s defense.

“I am so proud of how my defense has excelled over the past few weeks, starting from [The College of Wil-

Photo courtesy Jim Pierce, Northeastern Athletics

Junior midfielder Natalie Stewart, 8, fights for the ball against Louisville.

liam & Mary],” she said in an email to The News. “The defense were [sic] calm and composed in the backfield, did the simple [things], stepped up and communicated effectively.”

The Huskies could not manage to beat freshman goalie Ayeisha McFerran, who posted a three-save shutout. Junior midfielder Natalie Stewart, sophomore forward Kristin Abreu and senior back Kate Carlson all recorded a shot on goal for NU, but to no avail.

It was another game in which the Huskies played well but could not defeat a quality opponent. This was the seventh time NU has faced off against a ranked team this season.

“Looking back on Sunday’s game, it’s the best we’ve played this season and gave up a good fight against a top-ranked team,” Garner said. “If we play like that, then we stand every chance of succeeding.”

The Huskies now look forward to the home stretch, with their remaining three games against CAA opponents. They will host Hofstra University on Saturday, then round out the regular season next week with a game at Towson University on Oct. 30 and a home game against the University of Delaware on Nov. 1.

Garner expressed immense confidence in her team for the next few games.

“The team has improved dramatically game by game, and we are more than ready for our next opponents in the CAA,” she said.

“Outgoing, loud and sweet.”

This is not the header for an eHarmony profile, but how Northeastern men’s basketball 6-foot-10-inch freshman forward Jeremy “Juice” Miller described himself in just three words.

Miller, one of five incoming freshmen to the Huskies’ program in the 2015-16 season, had plenty of big-name Division I programs courting him last fall, including the University of Connecticut, University of Wisconsin and University of Florida. However, come January, it was NU where the Milton native chose to spend his college career.

“After being up in New Hampshire for boarding school for four years, I wanted to stay local,” Miller said. “I wanted to stay close to home so my parents could see me play.”

Miller has plenty on his basketball résumé, but let me give you my take on the guy. He’s a leader and the kind of guy who looks out for his friends.

I asked him what he wants people to know about him, and he said he always takes care of his circle. Anytime I gave him a chance to talk about his accomplishments, he immediately gave glory to a teammate or coach, which is rare for a 19-year-old.

On the court, the Husky freshman had high praise coming from numerous top-tier high school athletic rating websites, such as Rivals, Scout and even ESPN, which gave Miller a four-out-of-five-star rating.

Gavin Davis To be frank, the hype is real. Miller is exactly the kind of player the Huskies need in the upcoming season. I couldn’t think of a better player to help NU hoops in a two-pronged offensive attack. Miller has the height and size of a big man and all the rebounding, dunking and defensive ability that comes with the territory.

At the same time, Miller has top-tier shooting skills from inside and outside of the three-point arc. With Northeastern likely moving from an outside-inside philosophy to an inside-outside style, a big man like Miller who can drain it from all over is just what the team needs to head back to March Madness.

I think this team can reach the National College Athletic Association (NCAA) tournament for the second year in a row, which hasn’t occurred since the ‘86 and ‘87 seasons, when the team had future NBAAll-Star Reggie Lewis.

Miller likens the style of his game, and what he wants it to become, to two high-profile NBA stars, both of whom saw great success at the collegiate and professional levels.

“I would want my game to be of Kevin Durant,” Miller said. “Right now, it’s more of a Tim Duncan who can shoot the ball very well.”

However, Miller stated there is much more than just basketball to who he is. In fact, Miller has a strong passion for penmanship and writing, something he finds surprises most people.

“I really enjoy writing, which people would never of think of if they saw me,” Miller said. “Music writing, poetry, short stories and creative nonfiction are some of my favorite styles.”

When asked about his music writing, and where and when his fellow Huskies could hear his musical crafting, Miller was unsure if the public was ready for the power of his songs.

“If my mixtape did drop, you guys probably won’t be able to handle it,” Miller joked. “Just straight fire. Fire extinguishers wouldn’t even help.”

Mixtape quality aside, the part-time musician’s focus is on the basketball court. Miller stated he knows his team has a big void to fill with Northeastern forward Scott Eatherton’s graduating last year, but he is prepared and excited for the coming season and all the opportunities that come with it.

“With Scott gone… that’s huge shoes to fill. Us freshman big men have to compete with Zach [Stahl] and Quincy [Ford], two very good returners.” Miller said.

“I mean, the time is up, it’s all up for grabs, we just need to reach out and take it.”

Mark my words, Miller is going to be the future and center of NU hoops for years to come, due to his talent, which will only continue to grow with time, and his attitude towards hard work.

Miller, as he said, has the opportunity within his 7-foot11-inch wingspan – he’s just got to reach out and snatch it.

NU men’s basketball will tip off its first game of the season at Boston University on Nov.13 as they take on the Terriers at 7 p.m. in Agganis Arena.

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

Photo courtesy Northeastern Athletics

Jeremy Miller, 11, is geared up for the 2014-15 basketball season.

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