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Northeastern honors victims of Paris attacks

By Rachel Morford & Scotty Schenck News Staff

Students gathered and their crying boomed forth in the dimly lit, densely packed Sacred Space.

Their tears rose for those lost. In that moment, everyone stood in solidarity for the people of France and other recently-affected regions.

Flowers of blue, white and red – not symbolizing the American flag, but another – were grasped by many of those with sorrow on their faces.

A normally-cheery face was solemn. Alexander Kern, executive director of the Center for Spirituality, Dialogue and Service (CSDS), stood at the podium and allowed the people to move in so the rather small room could accommodate everyone paying their respects.

Northeastern’s Sacred Space was filled to capacity on Monday as students, faculty and staff came together to honor the hundreds of lives lost in Thursday and Friday’s terrorist attacks in Baghdad, Beirut and Paris.

Upon entering, attendees were given carnations in colors chosen in respect of the French national flag. Paris was hit the hardest in Friday’s attacks, suffering 129 fatalities. Islamic terrorist group ISIS has since claimed responsibility for the deaths. Guests were encouraged to keep these flowers close throughout the ceremony.

Kern provided opening remarks to the crowd of over 100 people.

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Loris Boichot, a freshman political science major and exchange student from Beaulieu-sur-Mer, France, places a message on a table lined with flowers. A vigil was held in Ell Hall’s Sacred Space on Monday morning.

Men sweep Boston rivals

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UniRing, a product meant for long-distance relationships, was one of the companies presented at the Husky Startup Challenge.

Students present company ideas

By Sam Haas City Editor

As applause echoed through the Curry Student Center ballroom, five beaming students, clad in white shirts and blazers, posed with the oversized $2,500 check they’d just received.

The quintet, representing fledgling student startup Bloom Backpacks, won the grand prize on Monday at the Husky Startup Chal-

lenge (HSC) Demo Day. The event was one of four days of programs comprising Northeastern’s celebration of Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW).

The week of events was organized by the Northeastern University Center for Entrepreneurship Education (NUCEE) alongside several student groups, including on-campus venture accelerator IDEA, Entrepreneurs Club and the Startups, Page 3

After one of the most successful seasons in program history in 2014-15, the Northeastern University (NU) men’s basketball team kept the momentum by defeating two Boston rivals in its first pair of games this season.

The Huskies (2-0) took down Boston University (BU) in an overtime thriller on Friday before routing Wentworth Institute of Technology in the home opener on Tuesday in the Cabot Center. Senior guard David Walker leads the team in scoring, with 17 points per game over the first two contests.

Like most of the recent games between Northeastern and BU, Friday night’s matchup was a back-and-forth affair. The game, which featured five ties and 12 lead changes in regulation, ended only after Husky senior guard Caleb Donnelly nailed a corner three with 16 seconds left in overtime to put NU up 87-84. BU failed to equalize in the final seconds. “[Caleb] has made big shot after big shot,” Head Coach Bill Coen said after the game. “[BU] made a ton of big plays. We were just fortunate to make one more big play than them down the stretch.”

Senior forward Zach Stahl (17 points, six rebounds) set the tone for the Huskies early, notching Basketball, Page 12

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Junior guard TJ Williams, 10, scores in the Northeastern University men’s basketball game against the Wentworth Institute of Technology.

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Professors’ board game uses circuits, quilting

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Graduate student Jeanie Choi, Professor Gillian Smith, Professor Celia Pearce and third-year philosophy and economics major Isabella Carlson play eBee, a game they developed over the past year.

By Elise Harmon Celia Pearce and Gillian Smith, you build circuits and game design.” both professors of game design, In the spring, the two professors News Editor have been working for the past year received funding from the College Game enthusiasts will come to- to design eBee. Recently, the game of Art, Media and Design’s (CAMD) gether in January in the nation’s was accepted to the 2015 Indie Ar- Faculty and Creative Activity Grant capital to play indie games at the cade, which will be held on Jan. 16 Program. They worked with two stuSmithsonian American Art Museum. at the Smithsonian. dents to develop the project: Jeanie Attendeesof Indie Arcade 2015 will “eBee is an electronic quilting Choi, who’s working on her Master be able to play a variety of video game,” Smith said. “It merges to- of Fine Arts in interdisciplinary arts, games, board games and everything gether ideas from quilting and how and Isabella Carlson, a third-year in between, including one developed to create aesthetically pleasing ob- philosophy and economics major. by a team at Northeastern. jects, electronics in terms of how Both professors were interested

NU dance groups join competition

By Varun Goyal Deputy News Editor

This Saturday, dance groups from throughout Boston will gather to perform in the World of Dance (WOD) competition, mingling with dance professionals and masters of the craft.

Kinematix Dance Troupe and Revolve Dance Crew, both groups from Northeastern University, will perform at the event, which will be held at the Back Bay Events Center from 2 to 10 p.m.

WOD is an urban international dance competition that was founded in 2008 by David Gonzalez and Myron Marten, according to Vincent de Vela, the tour and creative director of WOD. “The idea was to create an experience for dancers and dance enthusiasts unlike anywhere else in the world,” de Vela said in an email to The News. “Our mission is to inspire a lifestyle movement that celebrates that expression through motion, sounds attitudes and artistry.”

Since its emergence, WOD has had a presence in more than 15 countries. “For the most part, WOD tries to be involved in every major city with a substantial dance community,” de Vela said. “We also do market research to scout potential new markets on a regular basis to grow our tour.”

In order to participate in the competition, Kinematix and Revolve

had to provide the number of members in each crew, pictures of props, the final music mix and a video of prior performances. They were then evaluated and both crews were selected to perform.

“When we found out that we got the opportunity to perform at WOD, everybody from current members to Revolve alum had a crazy jolt of excitement,” Robert Chen, junior marketing major and administrative director of Revolve, said.

Both Kinematix and Revolve performed at WOD in Boston last year as well.

“When you’re onstage, you’re not really thinking – you’re really living,” Sam Maltezos, international affairs major and treasurer of Kinematix, said. “You get into this little theater and watch these amazing groups go right after each other.”

This year in Boston, featured talent will include Brandon Harrell, Elektro Botz and Kaelynn “Kay Kay” Harris.

For Kyle Tengco, third-year combined computer science and cognitive psychology major and director of Kinematix, the competition provides the unique experience of performing in front of fellow dancers.

“The WOD experience is unlike any other,” Tengco said. “Most of the audience are other dancers so they know how to react. They’ll give you energy, and to know that you’re stepping on the same stage as professional dancers is an honor.”

in the idea of creating a product that combined quilting and game design.

“I thought of it as a social experiment,” Pearce said. “We’re always trying to look for ways to get women in technology… why not try something that women stereotypically like and use that as, what I would call, a gateway drug?”

The purpose of the game is to build circuits on a hexagonal grid on a 3-by-3-foot surface. In the middle of the board is a battery, and on the outside are six “islands” with lights on them. Players have to place their quilt pieces on the grid until they reach an island with an LED light, then go back again to make the light turn on.

“People really love it,” Pearce said. “They love the fabric, they love the feel of the textiles, and the thing about the circuit is that is actually teaches you about electricity, which we didn’t set out to do [when we started development].”

This combination of technology with a traditional board game is what led judges to pick the game for the 2015 Indie Arcade, according to Kaylin Lapan, who works on web development and new media programs at the Smithsonian and runs the event.

The program received over 150 applications and accepted 30. The first Indie Arcade was last year and

garnered over 4,000 attendees.

“It was a great mix of people that the museum isn’t always successful in drawing,” Lapan said. “Fine art isn’t always accessible to people, but there’s something about video games that everyone can relate to.”

The event organizers wanted to emphasize the connection between analog board games and video games, she said, looking for submissions that bridged both types. “eBee is a really good example of this,” Lapan said. “It’s this crossover game, almost. With eBee really incorporating this quilting technique in addition to the circuitry, it’s really cool. It’s really cool, it’s everything we want in the analog-to-digital discussion we’re trying to have.”

The game currently exists as a prototype, but the team is looking into developing the game further, both through mass-production and using it as an educational game at museums.

“Bringing quilting and game design together is interesting because it brings two stereotypically very different demographics together,” Smith said. “Quilting is seen as a very feminine craft, a lot of people who are in it are older women, it’s an intergenerational activity; whereas game design, at least stereotypically, is seen as more for sort of young men.”

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Sophomore Emilie Artu held a white flower at a vigil in the Sacred Space on Monday, Nov. 16, to show solidarity with those in France after terror attacks killed over 100 people.

At vigil, students mourn

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in support for the victims, the survivors and all who live in the shadow of fear,” he said. “It is in times like these that we draw comfort and strength from the deep wells of our spiritual and humanist traditions of healing and hope.”

The ceremony drew upon a variety of religious texts, including a reading from the Quran, the recitation of a Christian prayer and the reading of a poem written by a Buddhist monk living in France.

“There is no difference greater than the oneness of our shared hu-

manity,” the Rev. Maryhelen Gunn, humanist and Universalist Unitarian spiritual advisor, said.

After Gunn called for a second moment of silence, President Joseph E. Aoun was invited to address the audience.

Aoun spoke of his experience as a Lebanese national and French citizen. Raised in Beirut, Aoun grew up speaking French, living through the Lebanese Civil War and eventually attending the University of Paris.

Calling the attacks senseless and unacceptable, Aoun emphasized that the anger felt must be turned into action.

In the next room, attendees signed cards to be sent to the survivors.

“It was heavy…heavy, heavy, heavy,” Fulton Hou, a senior civil engineering major, said. “When senseless things happen, it can be hard to wrap your head around.

But the term ‘light over darkness’ stood out to me – I found the French prayer very beautiful.”

Sarah Elbakri, a sophomore civil engineering student and president of the Northeastern Islamic Society, was similarly affected.

“It was absolutely beautiful,” she said. “I was very moved by everyone’s solidarity.”

tween administration and students.”

According to Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs Marina Macomber, she and the SGA have been trying to look for more opportunities to create all-gender bathrooms. Last year, the gender-neutral bathroom referendum was passed by a majority of over 84 percent of students.

“We were pleased to be able to add 40 new all-gender bathrooms to the facilities over the summer,” she said.

This now brings the total amount of gender-neutral bathrooms on campus to 109.

“Gender-neutral bathrooms provide a private place where [transgender students] can use the facilities without worrying about harassment,” Tyler said.

Another implementation the SGA is working toward is the creation of

a Gender Resource Center, along with the Sexual Assault Response Campaign (SARC).

Currently, Northeastern has the the Violence Support, Intervention and Outreach Network (ViSION) to assist survivors of sexual assault.

However, the Gender Resource Center would be a physical location where people can find support.

The center was a ballot item that passed by over 80 percent last spring.

In that same referendum, students voted to divest from fossil fuels, a social issue that eventually led to the emergence of the Social Impact Council.

“After divest was passed last year through the student referendum, SGA and referendum authors formed a subcommittee,” Tyler said.

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SGA advocates for gender-neutral bathrooms

By Varun Goyal Deputy News Editor

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Student Government Association (SGA) President Eric Tyler, a senior information science and business administration major. The SGA used last spring’s referendum as a guide in planning initiatives.

This semester, the Student Government Association (SGA) at Northeastern has been working on several initiatives aimed at improving the university for students, faculty and staff.

According to SGA President and senior information science and business administration major, Eric Tyler, the main initiatives the association is working on this year are campaigning for the addition of more gender-neutral bathrooms and creating a Gender Resource Center, as well as working with the new Social Impact Council, the Fight for $15 movement and adjunct faculty.

“We’re trying to represent the student voices,” Tyler said. “We’re trying to facilitate a conversation be-

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Northeastern University Public Safety Division Wednesday, Nov. 11 @ 12:25 p.m.

The Northeastern University Police Department (NUPD) responded to a fire alarm in West Village A and reported there were flames in an oven and the stove was smoking. Boston Fire Department (BFD) was notified and NUPD put out the fire using the extinguisher in the hallway. The fire was caused by a bag of Corn Puffs cereal placed in the oven. A report was filed.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division Tuesday, Nov. 10 @ 1:15 p.m.

NUPD, Transit Police and the Boston Police Department (BPD) were present for a protest. At 1:21 p.m., BPD notified NUPD that people were getting off a bus and joining approximately six protesters outside of 716 Columbus Ave. At 1:41 p.m., the approximately 50 to 60 protesters cleared from Columbus Place and moved to Huntington Avenue and Forsyth Street. The protest lasted 15 minutes on the Green Line tracks, and two groups dispersed, one to a charter bus and one toward the Marino Center. All protesters were gone by 2:15 p.m. and officers cleared the area at 2:45 p.m. A report was filed.

Government, From Page 2 “Every school that looked at the question very seriously has some sort of council similar to the Social Impact Council, where students can bring social impact questions and say, ‘What do we at the university believe?’”

Interim Dean of the College of Arts, Media and Design Bruce Ronkin and Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education Madeleine Estabrook are co-chairs of the committee.

“The purpose of the council is to provide a forum for Northeastern University students, faculty and staff to provide information and advice to the university’s senior leadership on any matter having social impact,” Ronkin said in an email to The News. “The council gives a voice to the university community as Northeastern’s leaders form institutional policies.”

The SGA is also involved in the university Fight for $15 movement, which wants to raise the minimum

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wage on campus to $15. According to Tyler, the SGA is helping spark conversation between the administration and Fight for $15.

“They’re looking at the situation we’re currently in and are evaluating,” he said. “It’s very much based on university circumstances and financial situations of the university.”

This semester, the SGA has been working with the administration and the Empower Adjuncts Community Coalition (EACC) to try to increase the salary and benefits of the adjunct faculty, passing a motion asking the administration to bargain in good faith with the adjuncts.

Finally, the SGA is trying to implement more methods of communication and engagement with the student body through two programs: SGA ambassadors and a program inviting students to give feedback on their colleges.

“We’re just trying to have people understand who the Senate is,” Tyler said. “We want to hear what’s going on in campus, so we can work to fix any problems that come up.”

Northeastern University Public Safety Division Wednesday, Nov. 11 @ 1:56 p.m.

A proctor in Speare Hall called to report he believed he had signed in an intoxicated male and called again to state the male was back in the area. NUPD responded and spoke with two Northeastern University (NU) students, who were both underage and smelled of alcohol. The first student had a fake ID, but neither required medical attention, and both were released to their room.

Reports were filed.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division Wednesday, Nov. 11 @ 5:10 p.m.

An NU student reported her USB drive was stolen from a classroom in Richards Hall approximately two weeks ago. She explained her professor is now accusing her of plagiarism. A report was filed.

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Students display their entrepreneurial ideas in Curry Student Center.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division Wednesday, Nov. 11 @ 9:13 p.m.

NUPD received multiple calls that a moped was on fire at Opera Place and St. Stephen Street.

BFD was contacted and NUPD responded to confirm the fire. BFD arrived, extinguished the fire and alerted the Public Works Department to remove the vehicle. A report was filed.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division Thursday, Nov. 12 @ 4:15 p.m.

Approximately 25 individuals gathered in front of Shillman Hall on Centennial Common as part of the nationwide Million Student March. No issues occurred and a report was filed.

Friday, Nov. 13 @ 11:17 p.m.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division An NU student reported losing his iPhone somewhere near Snell Library, Forsyth Street and Churchill Hall. He was able to track the device to Davenport A. NUPD responded and attempted to track the device on an NUPD iPad, but the device had been powered off. A report was filed.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division Saturday, Nov. 14 @ 1:18 a.m.

A Resident Assistant (RA) reported the smell of marijuana in Davenport B. NUPD responded and tracked the odor to a specific room, spoke to a resident and confiscated less than an ounce of the drug and a bong. A report was filed.

Saturday, Nov. 14 @ 2:18 a.m.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division An RA reported a female was conscious but unresponsive in the first floor common room of White Hall with a bottle of wine present. NUPD responded and requested Emergency Medical Services (EMS) to evaluate the NU student. EMS responded and transported the student to Boston Medical Center. The Residence Director (RD) on call was notified.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division Saturday, Nov. 14 @ 8:29 a.m.

A construction employee reported to NUPD that there was graffiti on the exterior wall of the Marino Center and above the entrance to Wollastons Market. A report was filed.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division Sunday, Nov. 15 @ 1:45 a.m.

A caller reported a college-aged male on Columbus Avenue in front of Davenport B was holding up a female while she vomited. The female was conscious but not alert. NUPD requested EMS, which arrived at 2:19 a.m. and transported the underage subject to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. The RD on call was notified.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division Sunday, Nov. 15 @ 2:25 a.m.

A male was stopped by NUPD for tagging the exterior of 319 Huntington Ave. NUPD checked the subject, who is unaffiliated with Northeastern, and found he had four warrants. NUPD placed the male under arrest. A work order was submitted to clear the graffiti and a report was filed.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division Sunday, Nov. 15 @ 11:29 a.m.

The manager of the Wollaston’s Market in the Marino Center reported observing a male place several items into his bag and said he was going to attempt to stop him. NUPD responded and spoke to the subject, who was unaffiliated with Northeastern, who was found to have an active warrant from Watertown for shoplifting. He was placed under arrest.

NU celebrates entrepreneurs

Startups, From Page 1 Social Enterprise Institute (SEI).

“GEW is the one time of year we really try to put a big spotlight on a lot of different programs at once,” Lauren Dibble, marketing and mentoring manager for NUCEE, said.

“The goals of GEW are largely to celebrate entrepreneurship at Northeastern and to showcase a lot of the great student work and activity.”

This year, Northeastern’s GEW includes four events: the HSC Demo Day on Monday, where students pitched ideas for companies they had spent seven weeks developing to a room full of judges and audience members; an SEI-hosted lecture on Tuesday; a documentary examining student research on entrepreneurship on Wednesday; and NEXPO, an event showcasing dozens of IDEA ventures, as well as several campus groups involved in innovation, on Thursday, Nov. 19.

“It’s a really fun time to be involved in entrepreneurship on campus,” Annika Morgan, CEO of IDEA and senior business major, said. “We want to show people what’s next, what’s up and coming.”

Recently named the fifth-best school in the country for undergraduate entrepreneurship by the Princeton Review, Northeastern has participated in GEW since 2008 – the year it was started by the nonprofit Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. Over the years, Northeastern’s GEW has evolved from just panels to be more student-centric.

“Last year, we tried to fit 16 events into four days, which was just a lot,” Dibble said. “This time, our strategy was to focus on fewer events that would hopefully have more impact so more people would attend.”

Monday’s HSC Demo Day, the culmination of several weeks of business “boot camps” put on by the Entrepreneurs Club, drew a full crowd to the ballroom. Students representing 19 companies gave short presentations onstage. Boston-based entrepreneurs and businesspeople picked the top-three pitches.

“Demo Day itself really pushes people to hone in on what [their] business itself is doing and create a very specific mission of what problem they want to solve and how they want to solve it,” Blake Billiet, third-year business student and

co-director of HSC, said. “It’s the real opportunity for students to get hands-on with being entrepreneurial.”

Bloom Backpacks, which will offer customizable backpacks intended to decrease customers’ need for multiple bags, took home first place and a $2,500 prize.

Second place – and $1,250 – went to Rendevoo, an app designed to help people decide on weekend plans. In third, for $750, was Beantown Brew Mill, a company based on turning leftover barley from beer brewing into barley flour and selling it to local bakers, reducing waste and increasing chefs’ access to ingredients. My OnCampus Chef, a platform aiming to connect hungry students with people willing to cook and host meals in their homes, won the $500 audience favorite award.

Participants in the Demo Day said the pitches – and the HSC process as a whole – forced them to reconsider and adapt their business ideas multiple times.

“HSC was extremely valuable because it made us go through the process step-by-step,” Sam Banker, participant and third-year political science and business student, said.

“We really had no idea what we were doing.”

Other GEW programs also brought professional advice to budding businesspeople. Jim Ziolkowski, founder and CEO of BuildOn, spoke Tuesday night about his experiences using entrepreneurship for social good. Wednesday featured a student-made documentary, panel discussion and networking session based on the theme of identifying and constructing founder teams.

GEW concludes tonight with NEXPO, where roughly 40 IDEA startups will present their companies to attendees in the Cabot Center from 6:30 to 9 p.m. The interaction between founders and audience members will help the companies make progress in developing their business plans, according to Morgan.

“Instead of our ventures going out and talking to 100 people on their own, they have this opportunity to have 100 people captive in a room to test their product, to taste their energy bars and to use their app,” Morgan said.

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Column: Twitter losing relevance Two weeks ago, I attended a panel hosted by the New England chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, which discussed the challenges of court reporting.

Social media entered the conversation within the first five m i n u t es Gwen Schanker as Kevin Cullen of The Bos ton Globe described how he used Twitter to cover the Dzhokhar Tsarnaev trial.

During the trial, Twitter essentially served as Cullen’s public notepad.

His play-by-play was so accurate that his notes flowed seamlessly into fully-fledged articles. Cullen also gained new followers every day as those without access to the courtroom looked for a window in.

About a week before that, the head of marketing at NUScience Magazine, of which I am currently the editor-in-chief, announced a plan to stop using our NUSci Twitter account in favor of Facebook and Instagram. As an aspiring Twitter aficionado who still has fewerthan 50 followers, I was surprised and a little annoyed. Twitter is the only form of social media I genuinely like, and it has helped me to develop my brand as a science journalist – at least on a small scale.

Only a few weeks before, I’d attended the annual conference for the National Association of Science Writers, a gathering of more than 500 scientific communicators. Many of the attendees took to Twitter to express their thoughts on the conference, using a particular hashtag for each session. I was proud to have participated in this online discussion, and I viewed it as an important part of the conference.

Despite my protest, the rest of my colleagues at NUSci all agreed:

Twitter was dying. When they showed me how the company stock had plummeted over the past year, I admitted they might have a point.

Still, I wasn’t satisfied. I asked my journalism ethics professor, who confirmed the platform’s imminent decline. She sent around an article The Atlantic published earlier this month called “The Decay of Twitter.” The article makes a distinction between Twitter the corporation and Twitter the network. Although I am most interested in the impact of Twitter the network, I recognize that as the corporation declines, the network will too.

Twitter has become a key player in the social media landscape and has had an important impact on the dissemination of news. In addition to forcing writers to condense their opinions to 140 characters – fitting with society’s decreasing attention span – Twitter has facilitated the rise of citizen journalists. Social activism is a component of social media in general, but is particularly prevalent on Twitter. Using a hashtag like #BlackLivesMatter or #LoveWins allows for an aggregation of publicly-available thoughts on that subject, which is a powerful thing.

The problem with Twitter is that, while it spreads intelligent discussion, it can also spread ignorance and hatred. Social media allows everyone to express an opinion, no matter how underdeveloped that opinion may be. This can often be hurtful and create unnecessary chaos. Still, Twitter’s offerings are unique from what other outlets provide. It lets readers receive moment-by-moment updates on what’s happening inside a courtroom. It allows a social movement to quickly spread worldwide. It lets me join the online conversation of a group of like-minded professionals. Twitter’s stock may be declining, but its impact on news and conversation is unmistakable. Whatever happens next on social media, Twitter will be a key part of what led to it.

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Keystone argument reflects large climate change debate

On Friday, Nov. 6, President Barack Obama announced his opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline. He claimed the pipeline would not have a significant impact on the US economy. In the spirit of new efforts by his administration to fight climate change, including new regulations by the Environmental Protection Agency limiting greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, Obama cited environmental concerns as an additonal reason for opposing the project.

“America is now a global leader when it comes to taking serious action to fight climate change and ,frankly, approving this project would have undercut that leadership,” he said.

The Keystone XL pipeline has been a source of controversy throughout Obama’s administration, and it has been a significant issue for 2016 presidential nominees.

The major Democratic candidates have all spoken in opposition of the Keystone pipeline and have praised Obama’s decision. On the other side of the spectrum, Republican candidates have been censorious of Obama’s rejection of the pipeline. Many have stated that, if elected, they will approve the pipeline. These Republican candidates tend to cite environmental inde-

pendence and job creation as reasons they support the project, while Democrats cite the need to curtail climate change as the reason for their opposition.

The Keystone XL debate is an interesting microcosm of the longstanding US debate over climate change.

Perhaps the most divisive issue in the debate is whether climate change is caused by human actions.

The reality of rising global temperatures is known to many. Studies conclusively show that the average global temperature is getting higher, but there is still a debate over the cause of this increase in temperature.

Most Democrats believe that global warming is a direct result of human actions, specifically the use of fossil fuels and the greenhouse gases they emit. Many well-regarded scientific institutions, including NASA and the US National Academy of Sciences, have attributed human action as the cause of climate change for years. The scientific community at large seems to have reached an agreement on the issue, yet Republicans still refuse to believe that human actions are the cause of global warming.

The question that needs to be answered is why so many politicians

scoff in the face of established science. The answer, as it so often is in our society, seems to be money.

Corporate interests in the fossil fuel industry lobby for lessening of restrictions in the industry and they donate money to groups that deny the reality of climate change. A Drexel University study has found that in recent years, the majority of funding for groups denying climate change has been coming from untraceable sources. Along with this increase in unknown funding, the public funding of these groups by corporations deeply involved in the fossil fuel industry, such as ExxonMobil and Koch Industries, has decreased.

Money in politics is criticized in multiple arenas, but climate change might be the most egregious example of business interests running counter to the interests of society at large. When corporations perpetuate ignorant beliefs in the reality of climate change, they condemn the world at large to a worse future. As people die in forest fires and heat waves, as rising sea levels make parts of the world uninhabitable, as the planet as a whole becomes a harsher place to live, we will know where we can lay at least part of the blame – at the feet of selfish corporate interests.

They don’t know.

Them, the vile, medieval terrorists, unjustly killing in the name of Islam. They don’t know better but to dare try and take away our liberty. They don’t know that we stand together, strong and tall. That we have long before them fought for our ideals, implemented our values and cultivated our rights.

They don’t know that they are up against a nation that isn’t afraid of expressing itself and rising up.

They have forgotten about Descartes, Camus and Robespierre, and all the writers, philosophers, artists, politicians and scientists that have enlightened and fueled us with the unbreakable power to protect ourselves and to protect others; who have taught us to never give up no matter the circumstances. They don’t remember that we have rebelled and resisted a myriad of enemies for centuries, and that no force was ever strong enough to break us.

They must find it despicable, I guess, to let others practice the religion they choose, to be fraternal and to treat individuals equally re-

gardless of color, gender, age and ethnicity. They must find it despicable to smile walking down the street, to dance to music, to drink wine at night, to fall in love with a stranger and to live the romance of a Parisian cliché.

It must be a crime, I guess, to be happy.

But we, ourselves, also don’t seem to know. That our politics are too complex and divergent. That there is imperfect information between civilians and politicians.

That international cooperation has gone rogue, and that we should never have to guess the true intentions of our governments in foreign policy.

We seem to have forgotten that the invaluable lessons we learn as children are, more than ever, applicable today. That the ends don’t justify the means. That sincerely asking, “What’s wrong?” can make a vital difference. That attempting to understand another culture should not lead to attacking it harder than it attacked us, but to a peaceful path.

We seem to have forgotten that sit-

ting at the same table and setting the right objectives is paramount.

They should know that they can sit with us, the same way that we should sit with them.

It shouldn’t be too hard, then, to remember the chaos of living through war and the hardships of recovering from battles. The feeling of falling asleep to the sound of gunshots and bombings. The sight of blood and lifeless bodies in the streets.

Do words need to be terrifying for them to be heard?

Our work isn’t done, we are not done. Great powers have greater responsibilities – the duty to implement human rights peacefully, to lend a hand, to help others, to teach younger nations and most importantly, to show the example.

For our families, for our friends, for them and for our future generations.

Letter: Tragedy in France sparks national reflection

- Anne-Lise Sharbatian is a French-American sophomore double majoring in economics and finance.

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Groups offer food, cheer on Thanksgiving mashed potatoes and 625 homemade pies, among other food items.

Trevisan stressed the importance of providing comfort to guests, especially on a day associated with family and security.

“The dining room is decorated to help people feel a sense of home,” she said.

By James Duffy News Correspondent

To Bostonians experiencing homelessness and hunger, Thanksgiving brings mixed emotions.

While people volunteer and donate to service groups and charities more frequently around Thanksgiving, lack of shelter, hunger and isolation remain pressing realities for some. The News talked to three local service organizations about their plans to provide food and a sense of comfort to people in need during the holiday.

Community Servings

The Haley House The Haley House, a soup kitchen located on Dartmouth Street, has served Bostonians in need for almost 50 years.

“Thanksgiving is just another day for us, with a festive spirit,” founder and director of special programs Kathe McKenna said.

On Thanksgiving, Haley House will offer food to hundreds of people experiencing homelessness, as it does every other day of the year, according to McKenna. However, there is one twist: after serving brunch on Thanksgiving morning, the group organizes a more standard Thanksgiving meal in the afternoon.

The staff of approximately eight volunteers serves the Thanksgiving essentials, like turkey and stuffing, to anyone who chooses to attend.

Food for the meal comes mostly from donations from Bostonians.

McKenna spoke to the tremendous amount of donations Haley House receives in November and December.

“There’s a lot of attention paid to feeding people,” she said.

“There’s no shortage of meals on Thanksgiving and Christmas.”

While those in the House will

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People dine at the Haley House soup kitchen on Dartmouth Street, which has served those in need for 50 years.

be hard at work on Thanksgiving Day, Haley House has also spent weeks organizing their annual Thanksgiving Pie Drive.

From Nov. 3 to Nov. 17, Haley House sold homemade pies from their bakery for $22 each.

All the money raised went to its transitional employment program, which helps people coming out of prison find stable jobs.

The Pine Street Inn Like Haley House, Pine Street Inn is a shelter for people experiencing homelessness in Boston that aims to aid the homeless and hungry during the holiday season. The Inn hosts a Thanksgiving dinner to keep anyone who comes through their doors well-fed and happy for the night.

“It is never easy to be homeless,

but it becomes especially difficult at a time of year that revolves so much around home and family,” Barbara Trevisan, the director of communications for Pine Street Inn, said in an email to The News.

“This year, as every year, Pine Street plans a special Thanksgiving dinner for the homeless men and women of Boston with a traditional meal of turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, vegetables and pie, served by hundreds of volunteers.”

The organization will provide roughly 1,600 meals on Thanksgiving Day, according to Trevisan.

Those meals will encompass 2,400 pounds of turkey, 1,000 pounds of

Those living with illnesses may also seek social services during the holidays.

Community Servings, a nonprofit food services program, brings help to these people, aiming to bring nutritious meals to clients who are battling critical or chronic illness. It serves weekly meals to 1,600 clients and their families year round, according to Amanda Marsden, director of communications.

Community Servings makes a few different considerations around Thanksgiving. The organization adds a handful of holiday meal options to its menu, including a variant of the traditional turkey dinner. The group also uses Thanksgiving to raise awareness, support and donations for its cause.

“Right now, we have our annual Pie in the Sky Thanksgiving Bake Sale,” Marsden said.

The annual event sold over 20,000 pies last year. This Thanksgiving season, with pies priced at $28, Community Servings is looking to raise around $800,000 total, Marsden said.

The funds raised by the bake sale are immediately put to work.

Every pie sold funds a week’s worth of meals for an individual.

Pie in the Sky ends on Saturday, Nov. 21, with “Pie Day” on Thursday, Nov. 19 helping to bring the bake sale to a busy end.

Community Servings will be selling pies at Boston Public Market from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., while accepting donations for its program.

“It’s a very busy time of year, and we welcome a lot of volunteers,” Marsden said. “It’s a great time to give back.”

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NU graduate to appear on ABC’s “Shark Tank” More than 50,000 people auditioned to be part of a pool of 200 entrepreneurs who pitched to investors, of which roughly half will be televised.

On the show, business owners pitch their ideas to a panel of investors who decide whether or not to offer deals to each entrepreneur. Last Friday, Unshrinkit – a venture launched by Harvard Business School alumni – received a $150,000 investment in their product, which brings shrunken sweaters back to their normal size.

Radosta’s drive to appear on the show is a reflection of his dedication to his work, according to Leon Janikian, associate professor and director of Northeastern’s music industry program.

“John Radosta is one of the most focused students I have ever dealt with,” Janikian said. “He was always driven by one basic principle – be all that you can be. In that quest, he was eminently successful.”

While at Northeastern, Radosta completed a co-op at CTPartners, where his work as a marketing

assistant developed an entrepreneurial passion sparked by one of his professors and mentors.

“My greatest role model at Northeastern would have to be Jim Boudreau, my Marketing 101 professor,” Radosta said. “He got me kind of thinking in the direction of marketing, which is a big chunk of what I now do for my company.”

After graduating, Radosta moved south to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., where he worked at a handful of companies in different roles before founding his own in 2013. Initially, he focused on a product designed to help people drink water on runs and during workouts hands-free, which the company released last year.

“I had invented the AquaArm and came up with a basic prototype for it in 2011 or 2012,” Radosta said. “It was ugly, but it got the job done and worked for its intended purpose.”

The inspiration to launch a bubble soccer league came to Radosta two years ago after he saw people playing the game.

He wanted to try it out – but

couldn’t find anywhere to play.

“Being an active guy, the only thing I wanted to to do was play it,” Radosta said. “I looked around in Florida, and no one around was offering it. I took a shot at it, and within the first couple weeks of launching the website, we had our first affiliates on board and, within two months, it grew rapidly.”

There are now more than 30 cities in the US that offer Bubble Soccer through his network of operators, Radosta said, including Bubble Soccer Boston.

League commissions and enthusiasts of the sport hope Radosta’s appearance on the show will spread their game to more people, according to Raymond Kidd, National Association of Bubble Soccer administrator for the Minneapolis-Twin Cities area.

“I’m excited about the opportunity that John has to present Bubble Soccer on ‘Shark Tank,’” Kidd said.

“No matter if the sharks invest into John or not, bubble soccer as a sport will gain more national attention.”

Photo courtesy John Anthony Radosta, Advanced Sports Technology

Alumnus John Anthony Radosta, pictured with his hydration device called the AquaArm, will appear on “Shark Tank” Friday, Nov. 20.

By Christian Stafford News Correspondent

A Northeastern University alumnus will soon be swimming with the sharks as he pitches his company on ABC’s “Shark Tank” on Friday, Nov. 20 at 9 p.m.

John Anthony Radosta, founder and CEO of Advanced Sports Technology, will seek investments for the National Association of Bubble Soccer, which his company owns and where he serves as league commissioner. “[Bubble soccer] is a full-contact sport that is basically soc-

cer while encased in a giant inflatable bubble,” Radosta said.

Radosta graduated from Northeastern in 2009 with a major in music industry. Despite his music-focused education, Radosta found himself drawn to the world of business.

“My minor [in business administration] gave me a basic experience as to what I would expect in the business world,” Radosta said. “After I got out of school, I could hone in on the concepts a little bit more and dive in deeper.”

The process of getting on the show took more than six months of research and effort, Radosta said.

Photo courtesy John Anthony Radosta, Advanced Sports Technology

Players compete in a bubble soccer match, a full-contact game which Radosta’s company operates in 30 cities.

Lottery may add daily fantasy sports game

By Sahan Weerakoon News Correspondent

Billion-dollar fantasy sports companies DraftKings and FanDuel may soon face a state-sponsored competitor. The Massachusetts Lottery has announced it is exploring the addition of daily fantasy sports (DFS) to its extensive list of games.

The implementation of such a program would add Massachusetts to a short list of states, including Arizona, Delaware and New Jersey, that have considered the idea.

Montana is one of the few that has followed through. For now, the game is in its infant stages.

“We’re still uncertain. We’re very much in an exploratory stage,” Michael Sweeney, director of the Massachusetts Lottery, said. “We want to issue an RFI [request for information] to better understand the DFS market.”

The potential release date and logistical details of the game are still being developed, Sweeney added. The RFI is expected to be released before the end of the year.

DFS are a relative newcomer to the world of fantasy sports. Like the season-long fantasy games that predate them, DFS requires competitors to build a virtual roster of players from a particular sport or competition who score points for their team based on their real-world performances.

DFS companies like FanDuel and Boston-based DraftKings have carved a niche in the fantasy sports market by allowing customers to compete for real-world monetary prizes on a weekly or daily basis.

One of the most lucrative lotteries in the country, with nearly $1 billion in revenue annually, the Massachu-

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The Massachusetts Lottery is considering creating a fantasy sports game.

setts Lottery views the possibility of a DFS game as a milestone. The lottery hasn’t added a new game in decades, according to Sweeney.

In addition, its main demographic continues to grow older: most lottery players are 35 to 64 years old.

Some believe the fast pace and entertainment value of DFS are more engaging than scratch cards, contributing to the lottery’s relative lack of popularity.

“Sports betting is just more exciting and fun,” Frank Ali, freshman computer engineering major at Northeastern University,

said. “You can watch the game you bet on. Ultimately, online betting is far more engaging.

The lottery is strictly chance.”

Samuel Bloch, a user of FanDuel and a Northeastern alumnus who graduated in 2014, enjoys the competitive nature of the game.

“I think that the skill involved creates an exclusionary aspect that people are drawn to,” Bloch said. “If you don’t know anything about football, you can’t really play fantasy football.”

Other students see the lottery as a safer alternative to commercial DFS.

“I think it’s safer playing the lottery than playing something like DraftKings,” Max Meyers, sophomore political science major, said. “I think [DFS] can become extremely addictive.”

DFS companies have faced challenges from several avenues in recent weeks. Last month, the FBI began an investigation into the legality of DraftKings and similar sites, the Boston Globe reported. The Massachusetts Gaming Commission noted the murky status of such games in a memo on Oct. 29, but has yet to issue more substantial comment concerning their regulation.

In the most recent twist, the New York Attorney General ordered DraftKings and FanDuel to stop accepting entries from players in the state, saying the games constituted illegal gambling. The companies have pushed back in court.

In the midst of such legal uncertainty, Northeastern University Law School Professor Roger Abrams suggested DFS sites be policed much more strictly.

“You’re using a player’s seasonlong or career-long performance to determine how they will do in the coming week, and due to unpredictable injuries, it becomes a game of chance,” Abrams said.

“The way these fantasy sports are carried out must be subject to review to guarantee fairness.”

Both FanDuel and DraftKings have also navigated a Federal Trade Commission mandate that advertisers fairly represent the results average consumers can reasonably expect. In their extensive ad campaigns, both companies have only highlighted their best client outcomes, carefully pointing out those players’ status as win-

ners, with no recognition of the much more typical monetary losses.

These practices have led to some harsh criticism from anti-gambling groups. “[DFS] are predatory, deceptive, illegal and occur at the expense of everyday citizens,” Les Bernal, National Director of the nonprofit advocacy group Stop Predatory Gambling, said. “That’s why they should be shut down.”

Yesterday, DraftKings introduced a “self-exclusion” feature that will allow users to deactivate their accounts for between three months and five years, according to Boston.com. The option is intended as a safety measure to prevent addictive gambling.

The Massachusetts Lottery will avoid any type of predatory gambling when making its DFS game, according to Sweeney. Clearer guidelines are necessary for the fantasy sports industry, he said.

“The Massachusetts Lottery doesn’t engage in predatory gambling; we have a long relationship with the Council for Predatory Gambling,” Sweeney said.

“There are a number of laws that deal with sports betting. There needs to be clarity over whether fantasy sports are legal in both the public and private sector.”

Ultimately, with the addition of the public sector to the DFS industry, the federal government will have to start providing some serious oversight, according to Abrams.

“When you have bunch of people over for a poker night, that’s not going to consume the attention of a government entity,” Abrams said.

“Here, billions are at stake and that’s a matter of significant concern that the matter is handled fairly.”

side in MegaGame forces

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simulated conflict

By Pamela Stravitz News Correspondent

The group was running late, but Mack Cameron collected his team and left to check on the aliens down the hall.

Cameron stepped into the large group that had formed in the lobby of Cambridge’s Microsoft New England Research and Development Center on Nov. 14.

The Union Jack-clad United Kingdom team played the British national anthem from a Bluetooth speaker. Thirty people stepped into MegaGame: Front Lines, where they assumed the role of Earth’s defenders for the next six hours.

MegaGaming, popularized in Europe, is a mixture of Model UN, board games, tabletop games and live-action roleplay.

MegaGames were created

by Paddy Griffith, founder of Wargame Developments, in the mid-1980s. The subject of the game can vary from politics to science fiction to heroic fantasy, with each participant assuming their role accordingly. There are six countries involved: China, Russia, Brazil, the United States, the United Kingdom and Japan.

“There are two kinds of people who play MegaGames,” Ming Zhang, a member of the Russian

team, said. “One gets increasingly delighted as chaos ensues and says, ‘That moved way too fast.’

The other gets increasingly angry and says, ‘That was too crazy.’

But both say, ‘I wish I could do it again.’”

Within the countries are five roles: head of state, foreign minister, military commander, head scientist and deputy head of state, last of which acts as the nation’s spy. In another part of the building, a room of resource-deprived aliens decide Earth’s fate over a game of extra-terrestrial poker.

It is the players’ responsibility to solve the problems caused, such as mass panic and destruction – and keep them a secret from other players.

This panic often takes the form of riots, quelled by the military commanders. Rebekah McLaughlin, assuming the role of military control officer, said the conflict is like the scene in “Independence Day” of meticulously fending off intergalactic invaders, but there are various alien scenarios so players can play multiple MegaGames without spoilers.

“Human commanders have conventional units and alien interceptors to attack with,” Ryan Volz, McLaughlin’s co-control officer, said. “But Earth has its own con-

Photo by Scotty Schenck

Bob Kelly, member of the alien faction, examines his cards’ effects on Earth’s nations while playing Megagame. month earlier by Zhang. Other entists to work on and more than flicts and secret goals, too.”

The aliens aren’t the only en- players and game controllers had 100 different bits of information emies in the game. While coun- personal ties with the event’s orga- and state-secret scenarios floating tries can choose to make alliances, nizer, Cameron. All of this action, around.”

Mike Aubuchon, 34, flew in some MegaGames have seen more however, could not be completed domestic than extraterrestrial de- without those like Cameron work- from State College, Penn., to paring control. ticipate as Russia’s foreign minisstruction.

“I was surprised by the sheer ter.

Often, teams are randomly as“It’s an excuse to come up signed, but the players of Rus- amount of work that must have sia and China knew each other gone into constructing this expe- here and hang out with people,” through gaming and were brought rience,” West said. “There were he said. “It’s the world’s greatest together for the MegaGame a scores of puzzles designed for sci- team bonding experience.”

Modern artists showcased at Martin Lawrence

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Steve Lane, a gallery visitor from Mansfield, Conn., studies a piece titled “Animal Behavior II” by Robert Deyber.

By Anna Sorokina News Correspondent

An evening of wine, cheese and art in the heart of Back Bay left an impression of old French aristocracy.

On Friday, Nov. 13, the Martin

Lawrence Art Gallery opened up its doors to present its new exhibition “Modern Masters.” The art salon displayed works by Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, Salvador Dalí and Joan Miró that will be available to visitors until the end of November.

“This was a special exhibition because it featured several works by these modern masters,” Cassandra Fiorenza, the gallery’s operations manager, said. “Several of the pieces are hand-signed lithographs, but we also have an original painting by Chagall, which is

really incredible.”

Founded in 1975, Martin Lawrence Galleries specializes in original paintings, sculpture and limited edition graphics, offering a vast collection of enlarged prints from the 1900s.

Chagall’s hand-signed lithographs – reprinted versions of artwork – and monotypes create a world of pathos, poetry and humor, drawing on vivid childhood memories and influence of Byzantine and Russian icon painting and folk art, according to the gallery exhibits. His original 1967 work “Couple in Mimosa” was on display in variegated watercolor.

Miró’s surrealistic graphics allow his imaginative fantasy to take priority. Fauvist pure colors, cubist shapes and influences from folkloric and religious art distinguish his artwork, specifically in his abstract 1969 “L’oiseau mongol,” a signed lithograph in the gallery.

Salvador Dalí’s meticulouslydetailed style and bizarre dream imagery come together in reprint and color woodcut to create unforgettable landscapes of the human mind. Focused specifically in his “The Divine Comedy” collection, gallery visitors navigated Dali’s portrayal of Heaven, Purgatory and Hell.

“I could not believe I was standing so close to Picasso and Dali works,” Cee Zewe, a gallery visitor from Boston, said. “If I wanted

to learn more about a particular artist, there were books available near the artist’s work.”

Another among those featured at the gallery is Robert Deyber, known for literal portrayals of clichés, euphemisms and idioms.

In the last 15 years, Martin Lawrence Galleries has lent nearly 250 different works of art to 32 different museums around the world.

Although the Boston branch of Martin Lawrence Galleries is one of its 10 locations in the US, the breadth of work displayed connects each location.

“All Martin Lawrence Galleries have a similar range of artists,” Ian Marcus Corbin, fine art consultant at the gallery and Northeastern University adjunct professor of philosophy, said.

The Boston gallery contains two floors of open, brightly-lit space with paintings on the walls and sculptures on pedestals, even attracting visitors from the street to explore.

“I was on a leisurely stroll down Newbury Street when I recognized my favorite artist in the window, Marc Chagall, and found myself clapping like a gleeful child,” Jen Gregory, a visitor from Sacramento, Calif., said. “They also [have] some lovely pieces from Joan Miró and Pablo Picasso that fit beautifully with the collection.”

“Modern Masters” will be on exhibit through the end of November. Entrance is free.

Bright Savage Theatre tackles Shakespeare

By Stephanie Eisemann News Staff

Entering the play, most audience members shied away when two belligerent men collected tickets. Little did they know, those men were part of the production.

Bright Savage Theatre Project produced an adapted version of William Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew” on Tuesday, Nov. 10 and Thursday, Nov. 12 in the theater company’s first-ever production. The shows took place in local barsWorkbar Cambridge and WeWork South

Station, respectively.

“It’s fun and unexpected,” Elizabeth Loranth, founder and artistic director for Bright Savage, said.

“Abbreviating the shows and putting them in settings with alcohol is kind of, like, ideal because people have short attention spans and it just makes it fun.”

Actors in character served popcorn, cleared candy wrappers and provided guests with their first drink on the house. On Thursday, WeWork provided a bright atmosphere to the actors and the fictional world of Padua. “The Taming of the Shrew” was

presented in just over an hour, with a mix of abbreviated original text and modernized asides.

In the shortened plot, Baptista, a noble father, meets the suitors of his youngest child, Bianca. The men are upset that the single status of Baptista’s eldest daughter Katherina, known for her snarky coldness, prevents them from reaching their love.

Bianca could not marry until Katherina did. They find a husband for Katherina in Pertruchio, a son of a neighboring king, whose wit begins to win Katherina over. Lucentio, one of Bianca’s admirers, sees his pursuit

of the kinder sister to be successful, leading to their union. Once both Petruchio and Lucentio have established their relationships with the women, they make a bet on whose partner is the most obedient, with Katherina hustling onlookers by unexpectedly showing subservience.

The script was reconstructed by Meghan Crotty, who met Loranth doing community theater in Boston. It took Crotty seven drafts to reach the final product, rebuilding the script to show Katherina choosing to fool the men rather than being forced to obey.

“We wanted to do short, immer-

sive and something that’s more accessible,” Crotty, who also played Katherina, said. “Everyone plays the end [scene] so that it’s very sexist, very abusive and misogynistic, and I always thought that was kind of weird and strange, and so I wanted the chance to update that and play it to a more modern audience in a way that didn’t grate on me as a feminist and sort of rang more true to the way things are in 2015.”

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NU student balances studies with dance career

By Cassidy DeStefano News Correspondent

The clock reads 6:15 a.m. It’s time for Andy Garcia to start his day.

After eating two fried eggs, oatmeal and a cup of coffee, Garcia heads out of his Jamaica Plain home to catch the train to the Boston Ballet headquarters on Clarendon Street. He arrives at 8:30 a.m. and heads to the physical therapy room to train and stretch before the rest of the company arrives.

Company class starts at 9:45 a.m., and Garcia is hyper-focused, applying each and every correction from the arch in his back to a curl of his arm. He is the dancer in the corner, marking steps as he waits his turn, internally pushing himself to leap higher, turn faster. When he takes the floor, he doesn’t dance. He glides.

Class ends at 11:15 a.m. but, on some days, Garcia will spend the next seven hours at the studio – and his work does not end there.

Garcia, 21, is one of 30 dancers enrolled in the Boston Ballet’s partnership with the Northeastern University College of Professional Studies (CPS). The program allows dancers to take online courses through the university at a discounted rate to supplement their professional training, according to Grant Dauber, CPS assistant director of partnerships and alliances.

“We’re talking about world-class dancers who are practicing six days a week,” Dauber said. “This has been their life for the past 20, some of them 30, years. Education has not been their top priority before this.”

Garcia, an organizational communications major specializing in public relations, sees tremendous value in dancers working toward degrees.

“We can dance longer because we have these marvels of modern medi-

Photo by Gene Schiavone, courtesy Boston Ballet

Andy Garcia lifts Brett Fukuda on stage at the Boston Ballet’s performance of Balanchine’s Scotch Symphony.

cine, but it still ends,” he said. “Ballet isn’t forever.”

The arts have driven Garcia’s life since he could walk. After taking preliminary ballet classes, Garcia trained at Ballet Austin in Austin, Texas for 11 years before reaching a crossroads during his sophomore year of high school. Driven by a passion for his craft, he moved to Seattle to join the Pacific Northwest Ballet while simultaneously working toward his high school diploma.

On a whim, Garcia crossed the country for a five-week summer program that carried over into a pre-

professional contract with Boston Ballet II and then a job in the company corps de ballet. He is currently in his second season.

Russell Kaiser, Boston Ballet assistant artistic director, has worked closely with Garcia ever since.

“I met Andy a while ago when he joined BB II, and if you watch him, he’s got a work ethic like nobody else,” Kaiser said.

He added that Garcia’s trademark as a dancer is his ability to adapt.

“He is a mover,” Kaiser said.

“You know, there are people who are turners, some are jumpers; but

he is a very versatile dancer. You can put him into many different styles of dance and he will find what the essence of that movement is supposed to be.”

Though he loves the life of a professional dancer, Garcia is just as passionate about the other half of his life as a generic college student.

“I got my Husky Card, which was exciting... I felt like ‘oh my gosh I’m a student.’ I think the people working at the little card center thought I was crazy,” he said.

Due to his heavy commitment to the ballet, however, Garcia feels he

has missed out on some aspects of college life.

“I mean, of course I want to know what being in a lecture class is like because I’ve never done one,” he said. “But I can’t really complain because I’m getting both. It’s like I have my cake and I’m eating it too because I’m a professional dancer at one of the best companies in America and I’m also working my way toward a degree and my future.”

According to Garcia, the key to successfully pursuing both worlds is compartmentalizing. Oftentimes, he will email his professors with requests to complete work ahead of time, especially during peak performance season in November and December. “‘Nutcracker’ is such a tough time mentally and physically for everybody. You go into the theater and it’s light outside and by the time you come out, it’s dark,” he said. “And you’re just thinking ‘oh my gosh I need to go home, I need to cook dinner, I need to feed my cat and I need to prepare my body to do it all again the next day.’”

Starting out in the role of a mouse, Garcia has worked his way up to perform in the Spanish, Russian and party scenes of the renowned ballet, which runs from Nov. 27 to Dec. 31 at the Boston Opera House.

Even in crunch time, Garcia makes time to excel in both of his careers.

“I’m reaching my half-life,” Garcia said. “And that’s kind of scary because you spend so much time working to get to this point and once you get there your career lasts maybe 20 years. So you have to have a plan, and I think it’s really important to give 100 percent of your attention to both, but not at the same time. They’re both incredible worlds to be in, but I would find it impossible for them to overlap.”

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ComedySportz Boston turns laughs into competition Friday, Nov. 20 Every Friday, The Riot Theatre in Jamaica Plain is home to ComedySportz Boston, an improv show presented in the confines of a sports match. ComedySportz puts two teams of audience members head-to-head in improvisational competition. The players come up with scenes, games and songs based on the audience’s suggestions. A referee moderates the games (involving anywhere from seven to 12 players) and calls fouls when needed.

Volunteers are often asked to join the action on stage and participate in a game. Audience members judge the competitors and choose a winner. Food and drinks are not included in the ticket price but are available for purchase. 146A South St., Jamaica Plain; 8 - 10 p.m.; $15.

Photo courtesy ComedySportz Boston

Calendar by Megan O’Brien, Deputy Inside Editor

Thursday, Nov. 19

Saturday, Nov. 21

Sunday, Nov. 22

The country’s longest-running queer youth theater program will celebrate its 20th anniversary with a benefit, Beyond the Stage, at the Microsoft New England Research and Development Center in Cambridge this week.

True Colors: Out Youth Theater is the largest program belonging to Theater Offensive, a company with a focus on representing the diversity of LGBT individuals.

Guests will see performances and have the opportunity to mingle with members of True Colors, as well as other members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. 1 Memorial Drive, Cambridge; 6 - 8 p.m.; $50.

Grab a bag and a bike lock, get on a two-wheeler and meet at Copley Square this weekend to participate in the scavenger hunt, food drive and biking excursion hybrid – the Annual Cranksgiving Bike Ride. Participating bikers will explore Greater Boston and its grocery stores to benefit The Somerville Homeless Coalition, the Red Cross and the Greater Boston Food Bank. Bikers set out with a list of specific food items to purchase: they must obtain the items and bring them to the finish line, after which the items will be donated. While the event itself is free, participants will need approximately $15 to purchase food.

560 Boylston St.; 1 - 4 p.m.; free.

Forego the stress of gaining the dreaded “Freshman 15” during your Thanksgiving break and participate in a workout with other local students. Fit University at Northeastern is partnering with Fit Boston University for the first annual Tough Turkey Fitness Challenge, a 5K run with stops for fitness challenges along the route. The athletic test is a seven-day challenge throughout the week of Thanksgiving to keep all in shape. Registration is required at www.gofitu.com. The first 10 Northeastern students to register will be awarded a free Fit NU shirt on the day of the event. The Back Bay Fens; 11 a.m. - noon; free.

Monday, Nov. 23

Tuesday, Nov. 24

Wednesday, Nov. 25

With Thanksgiving just around the corner, Boston is already experiencing feelings of Christmas cheer. Three days before the national turkey-crazed holiday, spend a Monday evening at Christopher Columbus Park and witness the lighting of the blueand-white trellis, an overhanging archway prominent in the green space. Over 50,000 blue lights will adorn the 260-footlong structure, literally brightening one’s holiday. Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh, Santa Claus and Miss Massachusetts 2015 Meagan Fuller will be in attendance.

Live music and snacks will be provided. 110 Atlantic Ave.; 5 p.m.; free.

The Boston Public Library Central Library in Copley Square offers tours on Tuesdays to showcase the work of library architects Charles Follen McKim and Philip Johnson. Guides will also explore the institutions’ art collection, including works by Daniel Chester French and John Singer Sargent, upon request.

Visitors gather at the library’s Dartmouth Street entrance in the McKim Building to walk through the 163-year-old structure and learn about the evolution of the library. Tours are approximately one hour in length.

Groups smaller than eight people do not require a reservation. 700 Boylston St.; 6 p.m.; free.

Spend one last night in Boston to see three Berklee musicians in Somerville before heading home for Thanksgiving. notloB music has teamed up with Arts at the Armory to present Julian Pinelli, Ethan Setiawan and Noah Harrington. Pinelli is a multi-genre violinist and fiddler in his second year at Berklee studying jazz violin. Setiawan is a mandolinist whose credits include a performance on NPR and Harrington is an award-winning acoustic and electric bassist. The event is free, but a donation of $5 to $10 is suggested. The café will also be selling soup, sandwiches, desserts and assorted beverages during the event. 191 Highland Ave., Somerville; 7:30 - 9:30 p.m.; free.

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“Suss” transforms across culture line The word is suss. It means to realize, discover or find out. It is a shortened and altered version of the word suspect. Obviously. If you didn’t expect that, then your investigative skills are suss.

What you won’t be able to surmise purely on instinct is that the term evolved through a complex lineage. The earliest meaning of the word was documented in 1953 and defined as “to suspect a person of a crime.” The word was used mostly by police in Britain and adopted as a noun and in the phrase “on sus” to describe an individual being watched for suspicious behavior, particularly loitering.

Another popular phrase is “suss out,” which functions the same way the word does alone; it means to investigate or to find something out.

The earliest-documented example of the phrase is in a 1966 issue of the publication “Queen,” which later merged with “Harper’s Bazaar.” Some hypothesize that it is the use of this phrase by British rock groups that popularized the term in the US. However it got here, the phrase has been used in song lyrics by the likes of Radiohead, Bob Marley and Sara Evans, proving just how much it has spread.

What’s most interesting about the term is the ways it can be used. While in British English the term was mostly used as a verb and in particular phrases like “on suss” and “sus out,” the term has found a new use in the vernacular of American youth.

In American English, the term can also be used as a verb but is often used as an adjective. When you hear the term in our vernacular, it will often be in a phrase structured similarly to “that boy is suss.”

As in, that boy is acting in a suspicious manner. This can mean many things. Maybe he is acting unusual or different from the majority. Maybe it is his motivations Alana Dore that are suspicious or that his actions are seemingly innocuous, but there is a hidden Word Nerd agenda lurking beneath the surface.

When used in this manner, the term can be used as a negative attribute, indicating suspicion about where someone or something has been. For instance, when your roommate returns from a party on Mission Hill, you may shout: “Hey, you look suss. Go take a shower.” When used in this way, the individual or thing being described is being called dirty, either hygienically or with relation to their promiscuity. When returning from a party on The Hill, one never knows what the case may be.

While the first time I heard this term was during the musical episode of the television series “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Once More with Feeling,” other – arguably cooler – people reading this might have heard it used regularly in popular British television. Although its roots lie across the pond, the term has been growing steadily throughout other Englishspeaking countries, especially America, since the late 1900s. Whether its slow rise predicts a longer residence in our collective vernacular is uncertain, but I’m betting it will last longer than swerve did.

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

Photo courtesy Julian Pinelli, Creative Commons

Julian Pinelli will play multi-genre compositions on his violin on Wednesday.

Production of classic breaks gender norm

Script, From Page 7 to Katherina’s shrew, was played by Brian Balduzzi, who reimagined the typically female role in addition to serving as associate producer.

“I saw a lot of potential in the script… to kind of break down gender binary, sexuality binary and just imagine this as a love story and what happens in a love story,” Balduzzi said.

Crolty and Loranth knew going in they would be open to cross-gender casting for all roles except Katherina and her suitor Petruchio. Several other roles in the nine-character cast were changed from male to female.

Audience member Michael Edge of Arlington found the role reversal preferable to the traditional English form.

“Shakespeare works best when it’s gender-bent,” he said. “When it’s gender-bent and you skip the wedding.”

Photo by Scotty Schenck

Left: Petruchio (Tom Lesure) attempts to seduce Katherina with his wit. Right: Hortensia (Amanda Brown) fails at wooing Bianca with a song.

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By James Duffy News Correspondent

With two more dominant performances, the Northeastern University (NU) women’s ice hockey team swept a home-and-home series against Merrimack College, winning 8-3 on Friday and 6-0 on Saturday.

The No. 5 Huskies improved to 10-1-1 on the season with the victories. They sit behind the University of Wisconsin, Boston College (BC), University of Minnesota and Clarkson University in the national rankings. They are in second place in Hockey East with a perfect 6-0 record, their best record since joining the conference in 2002.

On Friday night in North Andover, senior forward Kendall Coyne carried the offense in a rout of the Merrimack Warriors.

Coyne potted three goals for her third hat trick of the season, the 10th in her career. She was one of six Huskies to find the back of the net in an offensive onslaught.

Freshman goalie Brittany Bugalski struggled for the first time in weeks, allowing three goals on just 18 shots, but she was back to form the next afternoon.

In Matthews Arena on Saturday, Bugalski held Merrimack off the scoresheet to earn her second career shutout and ninth win of the season.

She made 14 saves, including six stops on Merrimack power plays.

While Coyne was held to a pair of assists in the second game, the offense still fired on all cylinders. Five Huskies combined for six goals, and sophomore forward Denisa Krizova found the back

of the net twice in the contest.

The third line led the offense in this win, as sophomore forward Shelby Herrington scored her sixth goal of the season, and freshman forward Kasidy Anderson had a goal and an assist.

Anderson’s goal put NU up by three late in the first period and stifled the surging Warriors.

After a shot from Herrington popped up into the air, Anderson swatted it past Merrimack freshman goalie Kate Kowalchuk.

“Shelby tipped it up and I saw it was in the air and the goalie had no clue where it was, so I just hit it in,” said Anderson, who was named Hockey East Pro Ambitions Rookie of the Week.

Head Coach Dave Flint cited the penalty kill as a huge part of the team’s success.

“The P.K. was great and killed off some penalties while the game was still close,” he said. “I’ve been pleased with our special teams.”

The Huskies held Merrimack scoreless on seven power plays, including a five-onthree late in the first period.

Looking toward the weekend, Flint said he is excited for the game against BC on Friday. The Eagles are currently ranked No. 2 in the nation and boast a perfect record of 14-0-0.

“Boston College is going to be a huge test,” he said. “We’ll have a good chance to see where we stand…if we play the way we’re capable of for all 60 minutes, we can beat anyone.”

After squaring off against BC on Friday, the Huskies will return home to Matthews to host the University of Vermont on Saturday.

The women’s hockey team celebrates a 6-0 win over Merrimack College on Saturday.

Photos courtesy Jim Pierce, Northeastern Athletics

Freshman forward Kasidy Anderson, 37, earned Hockey East Pro Ambitions Rookie of the Week honors.

Women’s volleyball season ends in 2 losses

By Tim Foley News Staff

The Northeastern University women’s volleyball team wrapped up its season last weekend with losses to the College of William & Mary and Elon University. Even though the season is over, morale remains high for the Huskies (6-25, 3-13 CAA).

“I’ve got a bunch of athletes that love to win, but that’s not the only thing they’re trying to do out there,” Head Coach Ken Nichols said.

“Every day the team comes into the gym saying ‘thank you’ and appreciating the coaching and being positive to me about the feedback.”

The Huskies needed to beat William & Mary on the road on Friday to keep their postseason hopes alive.

Northeastern gave up an early lead and looked shaky in the first set but rebounded in the second. The Tribe (10-19, 4-12 CAA) ran off seven points in a row, but two kills from junior setter Jamie Bredahl got the Huskies back on their feet, tying the score at 23. Northeastern scored the next two, winning the frame 25-23.

In the third, the Huskies lost 2520, but they went on to put up a strong battle in the fourth. Sophomore middle blocker Carmen Costa, who had been battling a lower body injury, was able to come in and contribute in the final set.

“Taylor [Reiter, who has also dealt with an injury for much of the season] just couldn’t stay out there anymore,” Nichols said.

“Carmen’s not ready to play, but the two of them tried to pool their resources and give me one middle out of the two of them. I give them both credit for playing in pain.”

Costa contributed four kills in the set, helping the Huskies stay alive as the two teams battled on past 25. Northeastern held a 32-31 lead but gave up the next three points and lost the match.

Sophomore outside hitter Brigitte Burcescu came up big in the fourth,

registering five of her 19 kills. Burcescu led the team in kills for the match.

“Right after that sophomore year – especially in the spring – there tends to be a metamorphosis,” Nichols said. “Most kids start to realize, ‘Hey, I’ve just got a year and a half left here – we’re a fall sport – and I know I can do this at this level. I know my team has needed me in the past but now I’m the mature, experienced, go-to player.’ And I think [Burcescu] will blossom in that role.”

With the loss to William & Mary, Sunday’s game at Elon had no bearing on Northeastern’s playoff chances, but that didn’t seem to matter to the Huskies. Nichols said he was impressed with the team’s effort and enthusiasm on the court.

“They played exceptionally hard,” he said. “It’s just indicative of what this team stands for.

They could just let the set go, they could just let the match go. I’ve got some kids that can barely move,

and they’re out there just playing absolutely as hard as they can.”

The Huskies battled to within two points in two of the sets but wound up getting swept by the Phoenix (7-23, 3-13 CAA).

“Every coach wants to win matches,” Nichols said. “But sometimes we have to understand that it’s more important to teach [the players] to care about what they do and about each other, and learn how to fight when things are tough.”

Nichols added that he has never been so impressed with a team’s commitment and work ethic. As for next season, he said preparation has already begun.

“Jamie [Bredahl] texted me yesterday and she said, ‘Yep, we’ve been talking with the guys down [in the weight room] and we’ve set up five days a week,’” Nichols said.

“That’s what they want to do. I’ve never had a team ask for five days a week, and they did that on their own.”

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Notre Dame sneaks past Missouri football Northeastern men’s hockey stands up to Wolfe

By Bailey Putnam Deputy Sports Editor

In a futile display of resilience, the Northeastern University (NU) men’s hockey team battled through multi-goal deficits two nights in a row in South Bend, Ind., resulting in a one-goal loss on Thursday and a come-from-behind tie on Friday against the No. 18 University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

NU went down early on Thursday night, allowing three unanswered goals before the midpoint of the game, but a pair of quick goals in the second period put the Huskies within one point of their Hockey East foe.

Notre Dame sophomore defenseman Jordan Gross singlehandedly put the Huskies (1-8-2) on their backs in the opening 20 minutes of the game. Gross potted a goal less than six minutes after the puck dropped and added another seven minutes later to give the Irish an early 2-0 advantage.

Gross’s first tally beat freshman goaltender Ryan Ruck over the left shoulder during a Notre Dame man advantage. He struck again minutes later when he tucked home his own rebound after his initial shot squeezed past Ruck and into the crease behind him.

The Irish extended their lead three minutes into the second period, when freshman center Andrew Oglevie sent a onetimer over Ruck’s right shoulder for his first goal of the season.

Less than four minutes later, junior forward Zach Aston-Reese broke his scoring drought, notching his first goal of the season and putting the Huskies on the board. AstonReese followed a puck as it trickled out from the left post to the front of the crease and snuck a goal past the extended Notre Dame goalie.

Junior forward Brendan Collier proved to be in the right place at the right time on the ensuing play as he banked in a centering pass from junior forward Ryan Rosenthal just 28 seconds after the Aston-Reese goal. The goal, Collier’s first of the season, came after a tic-tac-toe set up by junior forward Dalen Hedges, his third assist in four games.

Ruck blanked the Irish in the final period, posting eight of his 28 total saves in the frame, including a breakaway stop to keep his team within one. Despite putting nine shots on the cage in the final 20 minutes, the Northeastern offense couldn’t bury the equalizer, and the Huskies walked away with a 3-2 loss.

The outcome of the game was an all-too-familiar story for Head Coach Jim Madigan.

“We’re always chasing the game,” Madigan said in a press conference.

“That’s what happened again here tonight. You can’t continue giving up two, three goals to good teams and expect to win games. We battled after that, but it’s still not good enough.”

This trend of allowing early goals almost proved fatal for Northeastern the following night. However, the Huskies showed a spark of life and clawed back from a twogoal deficit to pick up a tie and a much-needed point in the competitive Hockey East standings.

The Irish once again capitalized on a power play opportunity to open the scoring on Friday night, this time on a five-minute major penalty for contact to the head.

Sophomore forward Jake Evans took a hard cross-ice pass and beat Ruck as he was sliding to catch up.

Notre Dame extended the lead two minutes into the second period.

A shot through traffic bounced off an NU body and dropped onto the stick of sophomore forward Connor

Hurley, who tapped in the easy goal.

Despite the bad bounce and Notre Dame goal, Northeastern dominated the rest of the second period, outshooting its host 14-3.

Finally, the Huskies were able to get on the board and cut the Irish lead in half when sophomore defenseman Garrett Cockerill notched his second goal of the season. Junior forward Sam Kurker set up Cockerill, who rifled home a onetimer with 6:27 left in the frame.

Northeastern potted the equalizer with 4:07 to go in the game on a power-play goal off the stick of junior defenseman Matt Benning. Benning drove home a feed from AstonReese, his second goal of the year.

Madigan was much more pleased with his team’s effort in Friday night’s contest.

“I thought our guys really played hard and showed a lot of resiliency,” he said. “Once again we fell behind 2-0… but I just liked how we continued to play hard… I thought our energy, our effort, our second effort, our attitude – our bench was alive…

It’s only a point and I understand we’re measured by getting wins and getting two points, but this is a game we can build on and will build on.”

Up next, Northeastern faces off against defending National Collegiate Athletic Association champion and current top-ranked squad in the nation, Providence College.

The Huskies head to Providence on Friday night before returning for a second matchup at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday at Matthews Arena.

According to Madigan, NU’s play in South Bend bodes well for future matchups.

“We played the way we’re capable of playing,” he said. “This is what we want and how we want to play. If we play like this we’ll win more games than not.”

Sophomore defenseman Trevor Owens, 2, looks to take a shot from the circle.

Photo by Brian Bae

The University of Missouri (Mizzou) football team snapped a four-game losing streak at home this Saturday by trumping Brigham Young University following its hectic week in the spotlight. Two weeks have passed since the president of Mizzou, Timothy Wolfe, stepped down after the team decided to boycott practices and games amid Wolfe’s refusal to address racial issues on the campus.

The initial shock and awe has now come to a close. An issue that was previously ignored has been pushed to the forefront, and two students have been arrested due to racial threats made on social media app Yik Yak. For a brief time, people from various ethnicities, ages and levels of education were united behind the issue of subtle but pervasive bias raised by Concerned Student 1950, an on-campus group.

To many, the resignation of Wolfe and a formal apology from the university would symbolize that the battle was won and peaceful protesting from students and faculty as a whole had triumphed. This, however, is not the whole story.

Events at Mizzou rose to mild publicity at the start of October when Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin created a video saying, “We are a part of the same family, you don’t hate your family… Enough is enough.

Stop it now,” in response to racial slurs toward members of the Legion of Black Collegians (LBC).

After weeks of protesting and failed attempts at gaining Wolfe’s attention, the students of ConKyle Taylor cerned Student 1950 called for his resignation on Oct. 20 due to his apparent disinterest with the safety and issues concerning students of color.

He did not resign when prompted by students, nor did he resign when Jonathan Butler, a graduate student, began his hunger strike on Nov. 2 in protest. Demonstrations continued every day with little to no effect. Then, players on the Mizzou football team refused to participate in any activities, including practices and games, and the president and the entire university had their backs against the wall.

Wolfe released statements prior to the football team’s action saying he would not resign but instead work with the school to find a compromise.

It was only when the issue became more than just about racism among the students that the administration and governing members of the school were forced to confront this issue and act.

It became about money.

Every game the players did not play would be money out of the school’s pocket. Between ticket sales and alumni distaste, Mizzou could no longer afford to turn a blind eye and wait for the situation to burn out. The day after the team stood united against acts of racism and against the president, Wolfe resigned following an emergency meeting called by the governing members of the school.

A call for resignation that lasted weeks ended a mere 24 hours after the football team refused to play. I firmly believe that the emergency meeting held between the governing members of the school and Wolfe was brought on due to the fact that the football team stood up. I say this not to take away the importance of everyone who joined the cause and showed their solidarity, especially Butler and anyone else who fought adversity head-on at Mizzou. I just want to draw attention to the fact that it became a true problem when the cause threatened Mizzou’s income, not just black students, who make up about 7 percent of the university demographic.

These events show that athletes can be powerful advocates since they are heavily covered in the media. Recently, athletes have advocated for the #BlackLivesMatter campaign, as well as #PrayForParis and other causes.

I commend the Mizzou football team for standing up and making a difference. We need more athletes and others with influence to be willing to make their voices heard beyond the field of play.

It is important to remember, however, that it was not solely the athletes.

The actions by many people of all colors and positions at Mizzou joined in the fight against blatant acts of racism, worked to illuminate these issues and refused to remain silent. They are the ones who, with the help of the athletes, were able to speak with one, united voice against the threat to their safe space. All of their bravery should be commended, but winning the battle does not put an end to the war.

– Kyle Taylor can be reached at Sports@HuntNewsNU.com.

NU finishes strong at Regional Championship

By P.J. Wright News Correspondent

Competing against some of the top talent in the nation, the Northeastern University (NU) women’s and men’s cross country teams each earned top-25 finishes in the 2015 National Collegiate Athletic Association Northeast Regional Championship on Friday afternoon at Franklin Park in Boston.

The NU women finished the 6,000-meter run in 16th place out of 38 teams with an average time of 22:42. Junior Jordan O’Dea led the way, crossing the line at 21:38, with sophomore Brooke Wojeski and freshman Emma Boutcher both having solid races behind her – finishing at 22:15 and 22:56, respectively.

The team finished just ahead of its New England rivals, University of Massachusetts Amherst (19th)

and Boston University (26th), after losing to both teams in October at the New England Championships.

Northeastern Head Coach Cathrine Erickson was happy to see the three runners set the pace for the women’s side.

“I was pleased that they ran so well,” Erickson said in an email to The News. “With Brooke and Emma just recently joining us, we are getting to know them as student-athletes, and we continue to be pleased with how well they approach each race.”

In the men’s race, dominated by second-ranked Syracuse University claiming the top-three spots, NU finished the 10,000-meter run in 22nd place out of 37 teams, averaging 32:52 and defeating regional foes University of Vermont (24th) and University of New Hampshire (30th). The team was bested by University of Massachusetts (12th)

and Boston University (19th).

Fifth-year graduate student Nephat Maritim also had a strong race, finishing at 31:28, to earn 31st place.

“Nephat was looking forward to having a good race,” Erickson said. “He has had a great year so far and is genuinely grateful for how well things are going in his running career at Northeastern.”

Sophomore Christian Stafford also had a solid showing with a 62nd-place time of 31:57. Stafford has cemented himself as one of the top young runners in the Colonial Athletic Association, and Erickson has been pleased with his improvements in his second year.

“Christian is right on track with where we expect him to be, and we expect him to really make a big impact on the track as the season progresses,” Erickson said.

The Northeastern squads will

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Sophomore Christian Stafford, left, earned a 62nd-place finish on Friday.

continue their championship season on Saturday when they visit Richmond, Va. for the Intercollegiate

Association of Amateur Athletes of America/Eastern College Athletic Conference Championships.

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5 Northeastern players score in double digits Basketball, From Page 1 11 of NU’s first 21 points. Northeastern jumped out to a 27-16 lead after redshirt senior Quincy Ford knocked down a 3-pointer near the midpoint of the first half, but a 12-0 run from BU evened things out. NU’s lead dwindled to 40-37 after the first frame.

Terriers guard Cheddi Mosely helped BU take control of the game in the second half, as the junior drilled two clutch threes and converted a pair of free throws to give BU a 5756 lead with 10 minutes remaining.

Ford tallied 10 of his 13 points in the final six minutes of regulation, helping the Huskies stay alive. NU had the ball with 23 seconds left, and the score tied at 77, but failed to convert on a set play on their final possession of regulation. For the third-straight BU-NU matchup at Case Gymnasium, the game went to overtime.

In overtime, Walker took over. The senior scored seven of his 27 points in the extra period, burying a three and converting back-to-back layups. “[David’s] the guy that’s go-

ing to have to step it up in big, big moments,” Coen said. “As a coaching staff, we couldn’t be more pleased with his effort.”

BU didn’t let the game slip away. Senior guard John Papale (12 points) hit his fourth 3-pointer to knot the game at 84 with 39 seconds.

On the ensuing possession, Ford swung the ball to Donnelly, who buried the eventual gamewinning triple with 16 seconds to go. Papale’s score-tying attempt missed the mark at the buzzer.

“I got to the corner, and I saw that the man on the weak side just leaked in, so I just tried to get [Ford’s] attention,” Donnelly said. “Just being able to see that one going in was awesome.”

After a nail-biter in Allston, NU returned home to a packed Cabot Center on Tuesday to face off against its Huntington Avenue neighbor, Wentworth. The Leopards, a Division III opponent, looked overmatched from the opening tip.

NU put together a 27-2 run in the first half and led the Leopards 54-18 after the opening 20 minutes. All 12 Huskies played at least

Photo by Brian Bae

Redshirt senior Quincy Ford, 12, protects the basket against Wentworth.

four minutes in the first half, and all but two scored in the frame.

Although Wentworth made up some of the deficit in the second half, the game was never in doubt.

Junior guard Jimmy Marshall and sophomore guard Devon Begley each notched a career-high 14 points in the game, while freshmen Brandon Kamga and Sajon Ford got their first minutes of the season at guard and forward, respectively.

“We could play everybody on our

roster, get them some minutes and get some videotape that we can go back and do some teaching with,” Coen said. “We came out with some energy and extended the floor, took advantage of our length and athleticism and did what we were supposed to.”

Coen used the game to test different defensive tactics, including 2-3 and 3-2 zone defenses, as well as a full-court press. The added onus on defense seemed to work, as the Huskies forced 24 turnovers – well

above last season’s average of 16.5.

Up next for Northeastern is the three-game Men Against Breast Cancer Challenge in Oxford, Ohio.

The Huskies will play Florida Atlantic University, Lipscomb University and Miami University of Ohio on consecutive days over the weekend.

“We plan on winning all three games while we’re there,” Begley said.

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Junior forward Jimmy Marshall, 3, stares down a defender on his way to a career-high 14 points on Tuesday.

DeFreese, Giacone lead basketball to rout of BU

By James Duffy News Correspondent

Photo courtesy Jim Pierce, Northeastern Athletics

Freshman forward Gabriella Giacone, 24, scored 11 points against Boston University on Friday afternoon.

For the first time in over three decades, the Northeastern University (NU) women’s basketball team is off to a 2-0 start.

After routing Boston University (BU) 77-44 in their season opener on Friday, the Huskies snuck out a win in New York against Siena College, 70-67, on Sunday.

For Head Coach Kelly Cole, this season is already shaping up better than the last. After winning just four games in Cole’s first season at the helm last year, NU has already reached half that number in the first weekend of the 2015-16 campaign.

“It feels good, especially when we have a lot of people contributing,” Cole said.

Senior forward Samantha DeFreese, one of the top-ranked players in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA), lived up to her reputation in the first game of the season. She led the way at Case Gymnasium with 24 points in the win over the BU Terriers.

The Huskies found themselves trailing early in the first half – down by 10 at one point – before taking a two-point lead just before halftime.

After that, they never looked back.

DeFreese did most of her damage in the second half, shooting six of nine for 14 points.

Freshman forward Gabriella Giacone added 14 points of her own in her collegiate debut, and senior guard Kazidy Stewart also reached

double digits, knocking down four of eight from the field for 12 points.

A few days later, the Huskies traveled to New York for a matchup with the Siena Saints. They managed to cling to a three-point lead in the waning minutes for the win.

This time, it was sophomore guard Claudia Ortiz carrying the offense, putting up a team-high 19 points in her second game with NU. Ortiz, a transfer from the University of Mississippi, sat out last season due to transfer policies.

DeFreese and Giacone played well again, scoring 14 and 11, respectively, and Giacone contributed six assists and three rebounds.

For her work on the weekend, Giacone was recognized as the CAA CoRookie of the Week, alongside Towson University guard Sianni Martin.

With the additions of Giacone and Ortiz to the roster and DeFreese ready to lead the team, the Huskies seem poised to improve upon their 4-25 record from last season.

Cole said she has high expectations for the season.

“Our goal is to always get better, and we do our best not to think in terms of wins and losses,” she said.

The Huskies will be back in action on Thursday when they host the University of Maryland Eastern Shore for their home-opener at the Cabot Center. After that, they’ll hit the road to California to take part in the St. Mary’s Hilton Concord Thanksgiving Classic, along with the University of Missouri and California State University, Fresno.