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November 5, 2015

Student-run youth shelter set to open Library marks 25 years

By Pamela Stravitz News Correspondent

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(L-R): Ian, 22, David, 49, Jon, 20, Kevin, 20, and Kim, 21, pass time outside of the First Parish Church in Cambridge at Harvard Square. Y2Y Harvard Square, formerly the Harvard Square Youth Housing Initiative, will open a student-run shelter for young adults later this month.

By Varun Goyal Deputy News Editor

Young people experiencing homelessness will soon have a new shelter option thanks to two former Harvard University students.

The Y2Y shelter, slated to open its doors in late November or early December, will provide case management services, short-term housing and emergency beds for people between 18 and 24 years old. The facility will be located in the base-

ment of the First Parish Church in Harvard Square.

“We are trying to build a more welcoming space that’s safe for everyone,” co-founder Sarah Rosenkrantz said.

Y2Y will house 22 beds that in-

dividuals can use for up to 30 days, as well as several one-night emergency beds. Throughout their stay at the shelter, guests will have the opportunity to talk to case managers to make plans – including Harvard, Page 5

Since first opening its doors in the fall of 1990, Snell Library has become a homebase for exhausted students and last-minute studiers. Twenty-five years later, as part of Homecoming Week, Northeastern is celebrating the anniversary of the university’s first library this Saturday. “[The library was originally located] in the YMCA building,” Elaine Price, the library’s gifts officer, said. “It moved to Dodge Hall, in the basement, in 1952 until 1990, when Snell Library opened. It was a campus-wide effort to get a library at Northeastern. There was a campus campaign – over 900 faculty helped donate to make it possible.”

Snell Library was opened thanks to a $1 million donation from George Snell, who graduated from Northeastern in 1941. He also donated money for the Snell Engineering building in the early 1980s, according to the Northeastern Library Archives.

In 1995, Snell donated over $300,000 to better the library’s archives. It wasn’t until 2000 that the InfoCommons opened, followed by the cyber café in 2001.

In recent years, groups like the Student Government Association (SGA) have done work to better Anniversary, Page 2

Boston hires public artists

By Cassidy DeStefano News Correspondent

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John Kelly, director of Second Thoughts Massachusetts who is paralyzed below the shoulders, speaks against the passage of bill H1991 that could legalize physician-assisted suicide.

Lawmakers hear right-to-die bill

By Rowan Walrath Managing Editor

Massachusetts legislators are considering joining five other states in legalizing aid in dying, also known as physician-assisted suicide. Last week, lawmakers on Beacon Hill hosted a hearing regarding H1991, a bill that would

permit the practice statewide.

This is the fourth time that Rep. Louis Kafka, D-Stoughton, has introduced the bill in the House.

Kafka has filed an assisted suicide bill for three sessions at the request of a constituent who had terminal stomach cancer and has since died. “[H1991 is] a bill that will, if State House, Page 6

Boston residents can expect streetside innovation this winter when 11 hand-picked artists converge to draft public initiatives in forms ranging from illustration to interactive design as part of the city’s new Artists in Residency (AIR) program.

“Boston AIR is a program that the mayor’s Office of Arts & Culture is running in order to integrate artists into city work,” Karin Goodfellow, director of the Boston Art Commission, said.

Over the summer, Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced a $100,000 award to the City of Boston from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to support the program, which is now collaborating with the Massachusetts College of Art and Design.

Each artist will partner with a city department, such as Public Works or Parks and Recreation, and receive an initial $1,000 stipend to develop a project proposal relevant to expanding cultural opportunities in Boston. Then, in January, three winning proposals will get $20,000 and six months to further develop the project.

“The idea is that we are going to Residency, Page 8

Photo courtesy Pat Falco.

During a previous residency at the Boston Center for the Arts, Pat Falco, part of Boston AIR, installed a series of artworks around the city.

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Nine vie for honorary title

By Elise Harmon News Editor

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Nine students are running for the title of Mayor of Huntington Avenue this year.

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A crowd of over 500 filed the orchestra seats in Blackman Auditorium during the Mayor of Huntington Avenue debate on Monday.

Two moderators, nine candidates and a crowd of hundreds gathered in Blackman Auditorium on Monday to help determine who would next hold the title of Mayor of Huntington Avenue.

The mayor is elected every year during homecoming. This year will be the first time the position will receive funding to organize events.

“The mayor is in charge of promoting school spirit on campus and putting on events that get students excited,” Andrew Cloud, vice president of events for the Student Alumni Committee (SAC) and junior marketing and interactive media major, said. “They also serve as the face of [the Office of Alumni Relations (OAR)] and speak to the student body on OAR’s behalf.”

The mayoral election resumed in 2005 after 17 years without the tradition, The News reported at the time.

“It was very big back [in the 1960s and 1970s],” Julia Guilardi, vice president of media and marketing for the SAC and a third-year journalism major, said. “There were a lot of parades and big events that happened on Huntington Avenue.”

The student elected as mayor this year will have more responsibility than his or her predecessors, includ-

ing running social media accounts for the position, the ability to use OAR funds to organize programs and the responsibility to attend major events.

“They will be expected to attend more high-profile athletic and social events,” Cloud said. “As well as, I would expect, community service and community outreach events.”

With all this in mind, candidates gathered on Monday night, prepared to demonstrate their school spirit and enthusiasm to the audience.

Over 500 people attended, many there to support fraternity or sorority brothers and sisters, teammates or friends. Tori Alexander, Victor Brailou, Chelsey Goldberg, Ben Gowaski, Kristen Lobo, Kyle Mochnacz, Christy Murphy, Sofia Rojo del Busto and Tyler Wong are all candidates.

The forum was moderated by 2014 Mayor Andrew Horowitz and 2014 Homecoming King Jon Letts.

The event was structured in three parts: personal questions, questions about candidates’ Northeastern experience and questions about their plans if elected mayor.

To begin, Horowitz and Letts asked individual candidates questions to give the audience a sense of their personalities: What would your spy codename be? What was your most memorable freshman moment? How would you survive the

zombie apocalypse?

Next, candidates demonstrated their Husky pride, talking about their favorite study spots and most memorable moments in Snell. Each one answered the question “What have you done at Northeastern that you couldn’t have experienced anywhere else?”

“A lot of schools pressure you to pick a path,” Alexander, a senior communications, media and screen studies and graphic design major, said. “Northeastern opens all the doors.”

In the final round, each candidate was asked what being the Mayor of Huntington Avenue meant to them.

They spoke of uniting the student body, improving alumni participation and communicating the students’ needs to school officials.

“To me, being mayor is being a uniter,” Rojo del Busto, a junior marketing and management major, said. “You want people affiliated with Northeastern to be spirited throughout their lifetimes.”

The Mayor of Huntington Avenue debate can be viewed in its entirety at www.northeastern.edu/homecomingnu. Students can vote for their favorite candidate and view their full bios on myNEU. Voting closes at midnight on Friday, and the winner will be announced at the men’s hockey game against Boston University on Saturday.

Northeastern celebrates Snell Library’s history

Anniversary, From Page 1 the library experience for students.

“Most recently, we donated yearbooks to the archives dating all the way back to 1922,” SGA Vice President Morgan Helfman, third-year political science major, said.

According to SGA Vice President for Academic Affairs Zach Waggoner, the group is also responsible for establishing 24/7 quiet hours, gathering student input about renovations and space expansions and for helping form the library’s Student Advisory Council. The council has worked on increasing the number of electronic journals and historic newspapers, as well as creating a more frequent cleaning schedule.

“We collaborate with the library on putting on a TRACE night on reading day to promote TRACE evaluations,” Waggoner, a third-year electrical and computer engineering major, said. “SGA has also collaborated with the library on the RedEye Shuttle.”

The shuttle, operated 24 hours a day by appointment and every 20 minutes from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m., drives students from the library to their homes, up to one and a half miles from campus.

Snell Library was renovated in

2012 with the addition of a 3-D printing studio and the Digital Media Commons on the second floor, as well as new collaborative study spaces. In 2013, new study rooms opened. The same year, the Hub, a space on the ground floor that holds new books and DVDs, also opened.

Renovations in 2014 and 2015 included additional seating for the quiet study spaces on the third and fourth floors.

“The library is a resource open to every student. The 3-D studio and the recording studios aren’t just for engineering or music students,” Price said. “Anyone can incorporate these into any project they’re working on.”

University emails and advertisements are encouraging students to spend their time in the library, especially for the celebratory event.

The celebration will take place at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 7.

There will be cupcakes, snacks and live music on the second floor by the Digital Media Commons. Students and other attendees can observe the 3-D printer and laser cutter, create their own 3-D selfie, participate in crafts and see artifacts and photos from Northeastern’s history. Tickets are available at www.library.northeastern.edu.

Photos courtesy of Archives and Special Collections at NU Libraries

Snell Library was well under construction in October of 1988, two years before it opened.

A new computer in Snell Library in 1990.

George and Lorraine Snell arrive at the dedication ceremony for Snell Library in 1990.

Snell Library and Quad in August of 1990.

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ENTRY OF THE WEEK

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Northeastern University Public Safety Division Sunday, Nov. 1 @ 1:28 a.m.

A caller reported a fight between eight people, both male and female, was occurring outside Renaissance Park. The Northeastern University Police Department (NUPD) responded and was flagged down by someone who reported three males, one in a cow suit and potentially possessing a knife, had already fled. A Northeastern University (NU) student matching the description was found on the upper busway exiting onto Ruggles Street. A discarded knife was recovered within the reach of the party. The suspect denied ownership. A report was filed.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division Monday, Oct. 26 @ 1:22 p.m.

An NU lecturer in Shillman Hall reported a disruptive and verbally aggressive student refused to leave her class. NUPD spoke to both the male subject and the professor, who said the discussion was heated.

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Northeastern University Public Safety Division Tuesday. Oct. 27 @ 2:04 a.m.

A Resident Assistant (RA) in Stetson East reported graffiti on a whiteboard. NUPD spoke with the RA and the Residence Director (RD) on duty. Neither was offended by the graffiti; each was informed of their Title IX rights.

Northeastern will open its first international campus in Toronto next fall.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division Tuesday, Oct. 27 @ 2:59 p.m.

A caller reported her wallet had just been stolen outside of a room in Snell Engineering and the two suspects were heading into the tunnels. NUPD checked the area with negative results but found the subjects on surveillance footage. The victim reported her cell phone had also been stolen, but she had been able to get it back. Another staff member approached NUPD to report her phone was stolen out of the same office. A report was filed.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division Wednesday, Oct. 28 @ 4:18 p.m.

Squashbusters Center staff reported an NU student informed them his wallet had been stolen from the third floor. A report was filed.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division Thursday, Oct. 29 @ 12:04 p.m.

An NUPD officer was approached by a Vanguard employee who witnessed someone stealing his bicycle from Cunard Street. The suspect had last been seen walking towards the Ruggles Station lower busway. NUPD identified and stopped the subject, who was not a Northeastern student.

The male informed them he had been with the person who stole the bike but had not done so and did not have it in his possession. His information was collected, and he was sent on his way.

Thursday, Oct. 29 @ 6:26 p.m.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division An NU staff member reported she lost her wallet somewhere on campus and is unsure if it was stolen. A report was filed.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division Friday, Oct. 30 @ 12:42 p.m.

An RA in Davenport B reported finding marijuana in a dorm room while conducting room inspections. NUPD responded and confiscated less than one ounce of the substance. A report was filed.

Friday, Oct. 30 @ 7:37 p.m.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division Staff in the Curry Student Center food court reported finding fake currency in several cash registers when closing for the evening. A report was filed.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division Friday, Oct. 30 @ 11:33 p.m.

An RA in Willis Hall reported the fire extinguisher from the sixth floor hallway was stolen. NUPD responded and found the extinguisher, which was not discharged but will need to be examined and have the seal replaced. NUPD’s Fire Safety Unit was notified and a report was filed.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division Saturday, Oct. 31 @ 6:40 p.m.

The RD in Stetson West reported a student stated a fellow student assaulted him with a chokehold in the second floor hallway of the building the previous night. No injuries were reported. A report was filed.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division Sunday, Oct. 31 @ 1:48 a.m.

A proctor in West Village G felt threatened by a resident who was no longer in the area. NUPD responded and spoke to the student resident who had made verbal threats against the proctor and another NU student who was involved. A report was filed.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division Sunday, Oct. 31 @ 10:04 p.m.

An RA called to report she was speaking with a resident of West Village H who had a physical altercation with his roommate the previous night. NUPD responded and reported the two roommates shoved one another during the fight. Parties were advised of their Title IX rights. A report was filed.

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Toronto’s location, potential business market and economic focus were reasons the city was chosen for the new campus..

By Alexandra Malloy News Staff

In an effort to continue its global reach and expanding focus on graduate education, Northeastern announced its plans to open a new campus in Toronto this week.

Northeastern is the first com­ pre­hen­sive research uni­ver­sity approved by the Ontario gov­ern­ment to offer degree pro­grams without a local edu­ca­tional partner.

“This is great news for the city of Toronto,” John Tory, mayor of Toronto, said in a statement on Nov. 2.

“Toronto is already known for having a diverse, knowl­ edge­ able and inno­v­a­tive work­force, and by joining a net­work of cities like Boston, Char­lotte, Seattle and Sil­icon Valley with our very own North­eastern Uni­ver­sity campus, we will enhance that reputation.”

The Canadian campus is the school’s first international campus and fourth graduate location, expected to open in the fall of 2016.

According to Sean Gallagher, the chief strategy officer for the Northeastern University Global Network, the location, potential market and economic focus of the city were the determining factors in picking Toronto.

“It’s a very large city,” Gallagher said. “It’s the economic capital of Canada and it’s very global. Over 50 percent of the population of the city was born outside the country, so it’s extremely diverse, very innovative [and has a] very large concentration of business and key industries. Most of the large companies in Canada are held there.”

Citizens of Toronto and the province of Ontario as a whole, Gallagher said, have the largest concentration of Bachelor degrees in the country, but lack a similarly high level of masters degrees.

“The focus is on local Canadian students,” Gallagher said, noting a lack of part-time and evening graduate programs at Toronto and Ontario’s existing universities.

Although still in the process of finding a physical campus in down-

town Toronto, the program will first launch in 2016 with three online Master of Science programs: Project Management, Information Assurance and Regulatory Affairs for Drugs and Biologics and Medical Devices.

Gallagher notes the degree offerings are largely industry-aligned and focus on the business and technology sectors within the region.

“Organizations and people worldwide appreciate that Northeastern is attuned to the needs of outside businesses,” he said. “Another big theme, of course, is innovation and entrepreneurship, and that’s an area where Ontario is recognized as an innovation capital of Canada and, relative to the US, it’s recognized that there is a gap. A lot of organizations there are interested in promoting innovation. We hope our research and educational opportunities will help them to promote that.”

Canadian native and Northeastern sophomore Taytum Clairmont believes Northeastern’s global focus will allow it to blend seamlessly within the fabric of Toronto.

“I think it is a great opportunity for someone like myself to continue my education in a city close to where I live,” Clairmont, a communications major, said. Clairmont is originally from Waterloo, Ontario, roughly an hour and a half outside of Toronto.

“I could do a masters in my home country, which would be quite fantastic.”

The next step in the process will be finding a regional dean and leader from the local community. Gallagher noted that an administrator with local knowledge will be better aware of the needs of the community and industry and better able to embed Northeastern into the city.

Ideally, according to Gallagher, enrollment, campus and a dean will all be in place by the fall of 2016.

“I think with this campus as the first international site, it’s building out our network and we’ll have our first global presence,” he said.

“There’s a lot of similarities and points of intersection between [Toronto and Boston].”

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Column: GMO fears unfounded The debate over the safety of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is central to today’s scientific discourse.

While scientists continuously investigate how genetic modification can be used to improve nutritional content, Gwen Schanker pest resistance and disease resistance of crops, anti-GMO activists are fighting back. Those against GMOs argue that modified foods may not be safe for consumers and the potentially dangerous consequences of consumption have not been fully examined. In reality, biosafety is a primary concern of plant biologists. The anti-GMO mentality has resulted in unnecessary fear of genetically modified (GM) foods.

This semester, I enrolled in plant biotechnology, an advanced biology elective taught over eight weeks by two experts from the University of Hanover – Bernhard Huchzermeyer and Hans-Joerg Jacobsen.

Throughout the course, I learned of advances in the biotechnology industry and how these have coincided with negative responses from consumers, as well as from representatives at higher-ups like NGOs and Greenpeace. We explored everything from the evolution of “Golden Rice” – a rice plant that has been enhanced with beta-carotene to combat vitamin-A deficiency in developing countries – to the use of genetic modification in reducing damages from mycotoxins, secondary metabolites produced by fungi that can damage both plants and the people that consume them.

Other than the mechanisms involved in conferring traits like herbicide resistance, which in itself

is pretty cool, the main take-home for me was the amount of critical thinking that goes into developing GM crops and how this directly contrasts with the fear consumers have. Genetic engineering is meant to reduce danger – for example, by making plants less likely to take up soil pollutants – and improve nutritional quality. The concerns that the GMO movement has steamrolled without regard for consumers’ safety are unconstructive: GM products are actually safer and healthier than their unmodified counterparts.

As Jacobsen explained, the safety of every genetic engineering technique is regarded with respect to the alternatives and the project moves forward only when the GM product is preferable to the original version. An interactive GMO shopping game from Slate referenced a form of modified potatoes that can significantly reduce human exposure to acrylamide, a potential carcinogen. In this case, the GM potatoes are safer than the alternative. The same principle can be applied to all other GM products found on grocery store shelves.

This begs the question of whether these products should be labeled so consumers can distinguish them and make decisions depending on their preference. I’ve gone back and forth on this question several times as I have expanded my knowledge.

Consumers have a right to know what’s in their food, but this may exacerbate the unnecessary fear of GM foods. Labeling should come with greater education of how GM foods are developed, why they are beneficial and the techniques that ensure their safety. Genetic engineering is a productive and necessary response to changes in climate and conditions of the world, and widespread negative attitude toward GMOs is impeding progress.

Expanding the knowledge for those who consume GMOs would hopefully allow the field to move forward as conditions continue to shift.

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Voter turnout needs to rise

This Tuesday was election day, and in the grand American tradition, citizens came out to choose their leaders. While this was not a year of congressional or presidential races, there were still important decisions to be made throughout the country. Different states had different elections, covering a wide range of political positions. Many cities, including Boston, held elections for city council. There were races for school boards, mayors, state congresses and governors. There were also referendums, including one in Ohio where marijuana legalization was rejected. Truly, Tuesday was an example of the raw power of the people.

At least, it was an example of the raw power of the small percent of voting-eligible Americans that turned up to vote. It’s no secret that voting participation in America is extremely low. Presidential elections turnout the highest amount of voters, but even the 2012 presidential election only brought in a 57.5 percent voter turnout, a decrease from 62.3 percent in 2008. Elections on local levels have even smaller turnouts. This Tuesday, a controversial result in Kentucky brought in Matt Bevin, a conservative who has sworn to repeal elements of the state’s involvement in Obamacare, as governor, despite polls predicting his democrat opponent would take the victory. Despite interest by national media, only 30.7 percent of voters turned out in this election.

Here in Boston, only 14 percent of registered voters cast a ballot in the

city council elections.

America has a long tradition of the disenfranchised fighting to be allowed to vote. Our country started with a voting system that only allowed upper-class white males to vote, and it’s been a long and hard struggle to get to universal suffrage.

From women suffragettes who gained women the right to vote, to black civil rights proponents who fought against systems that intentionally disenfranchised black voters, to student activists who lowered the voting age from 21 to 18, groups throughout American history have struggled to gain what should have been their right as citizens; the right to vote.

Victory in suffrage, however, has been undermined by extreme voter apathy. There’s a certain feeling that an individual vote doesn’t matter compared to the total amount of voters. One obvious issue with this is that when everyone feels this way, enough people abstain from voting to have serious effects on elections, and the outcomes often become determined by hardliners.

Contrary to this idea that one vote doesn’t matter, fewer people vote in smaller elections where their votes have more power, and the elected official will have more direct influence over their community.

“It’s sort of ironic because people vote most in the elections that have the least impact on them directly,” Richard Parr, research director at MassINC Polling Group, told The Daily Free Press on Tuesday. “People turn out to vote for presidents,

and then fewer people will then turn out to vote for their congressperson or senator or governor, and then even fewer will end up voting for mayor, and even fewer than that will vote for city council.”

Dissatisfaction with candidates also plays a role. Some may feel that no available candidate best satisfies their interests or that nothing substantial will change no matter who is elected, but not voting at all certainly won’t change this.

A better solution is to research and support non-standard candidates. Contrary to popular belief, there are candidates who run outside of the Democratic and Republican parties, and candidates outside of these two major parties have been gaining more traction. Current Seattle city councilor Kshama Sawant, for example, is the first socialist candidate to win a city-wide election in Seattle since 1916. If you’re unhappy with the status quo, not voting will only serve to perpetuate it; supporting progressive candidates is how to shake the powers that be.

The belief that your vote doesn’t matter is unfounded, especially in local elections. When the major candidates don’t meet your expectation, it isn’t an excuse not to vote, it’s a motivation to find different candidates. The status quo is self -perpetuating; it will rarely present us with candidates offering radical change. If any real change is going to happen in the US, our abysmal rates of voter participation needs to increase.

We learn from a young age that context is everything – pushing a classmate out of malice is not the same as pushing him to defend your little sister. Still, somewhere in recent years we have stopped asking for context, satisfied with the limited snippets of information we encounter during our busy days.

Over the past month, Israel has faced an onslaught of terrorist attacks, ranging from the stabbing of civilians to a shooting rampage at a central bus station. So far in 2015, there have been 1,818 terrorist attacks by Palestinians, 91 by IsraeliArabs and 20 by Jews. The majority of these have taken place in the recent wave of violence, which has been called the Third Intifada. Between the stone throwings, petrol bomb attacks, shootings and stabbings, many have been killed and over 320 wounded. Israelis in many neighborhoods have been afraid to leave their homes as violence continues to plague the region.

This grim picture is made grimmer through the way mainstream media has reported on the situation.

Major news outlets like the BBC

and The New York Times have continuously printed headlines such as “Palestinian shot dead after Jerusalem attack kills two.” Such statements make the circumstances of the incident entirely unclear and fail to convey that the Palestinian casualty, in this case, was a terrorist who perpetrated a deadly stabbing and shooting attack, as opposed to the victim of one. In another case of this, a similar article failed to mention the terrorist attack that led to the causality until the third paragraph. Overall, the failure to explain who is carrying out attacks, why security measures are being implemented and other crucial questions has been far too consistent in media reports.

The same problem exists on social media, where multimedia is frequently shared with misinformation and lack of context. Several weeks ago, a video gained enormous popularity depicting a severely injured Palestinian boy lying in the street as an Israeli man shouted profanity at him and demanded that he die. The graphic audiovisual elicited a strong emotional reaction from outraged

viewers. However, the description of the video failed to mention the fact that with his cousin, this boy had stabbed two Israelis moments ago — one a young boy who was stabbed in the neck 13 times. Despite claims that the young terrorist, Ahmad Manasra, died in the street, he was released from an Israeli hospital shortly after, having received medical care. His victims sustained far more serious injuries.

As millions of people try to comprehend current events, the importance of asking for context is more crucial than ever. More than a criticism of today’s journalistic ethics, this is a call to action. Do not rely on numbers alone to tell a story.

Look at trends, explore personal narratives and, above all, demand to see the bigger picture. Because in conflicts, be it with a classmate on the playground or between two nations, context always matters.

Letter: Context matters in understanding conflicts

-Allie Glushanok is a third-year business administration and interactive media dual major and vice president of communications for Huskies for Israel at Northeastern.

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Challengers oust seasoned city councillors

By Sam Haas City Editor

New blood is coming to the Boston City Council following Tuesday’s municipal elections.

Andrea Campbell and Annissa Essaibi George, two women who have never held elected office, ousted longtime councilors Stephen Murphy and Charles Yancey, respectively, and their combined 45 years of experience. Campbell beat out Yancey in District 4 – the seat covering Dorchester, Mattapan and parts of Roslindale and Jamaica Plain – that the incumbent has held since the seat’s creation in 1983. George claimed the fourth at-large seat, ending a tenure that Murphy began in 1997.

In an election-night speech to a packed room at the Blarney Stone in Dorchester, Campbell extolled the energy and diversity of her supporters.

“I want everyone to take a moment to look around this room,” Campbell said from atop a table. “Every demographic you could imagine is represented, and that is freaking incredible.”

George and Campbell’s victories will double the number of women on the 13-member council to four.

Their fresh perspectives and energetic campaigns likely contributed to their victories, according to Maurice Cunningham, a professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts Boston and Boston elections expert.

“It’s a little hard to foresee it because turnout often favors incumbents and the turnout here was so small, but sometimes the demographics outrun the politicians,” Cunningham said. “The people who won are young and energetic and excited the electorate.”

Campbell, a 33-year-old attorney who lives in Mattapan, began gathering support throughout District 4 in March by going door-to-door, engaging with residents and raising funds. She defeated Yancey by a 62-38 margin, according to unofficial election results from the Boston Election Department.

Campbell’s enthusiastic, personal approach won over voters, according to Ric Yoder, a 68-yearold District 4 resident who became a campaign volunteer after multiple interactions with Campbell.

“We have a two-hour tour we give in the neighborhood... She was one of the first to go out with us,” Yoder said. “She has this ability that’s very unique: when she’s talking to you, you’re the only one who matters.”

Campbell’s election night speech reflected the tenets that drove her campaign.

“The real hard work now begins, to truly move the needle on issues that this community needs the needle moved on – education, improving the quality of schools in this community, affordable housing, making sure that our seniors feel connected and feel like they’re not alone,” Campbell said. “There’s a lot of work we have to do.”

Campbell’s platform, including a detailed plan laid out on her website, focuses on affordable housing, schools, safety and improving constituent services. Many residents had become frustrated with a perceived lack of support from Yancey, according to Yoder.

“Councilors [Michelle] Wu and Murphy have been very responsive to us,” Yoder said. “But they’re atlarge – we had to go at-large. Why?” In the at-large race, 41-year-old George, who has taught at East Boston High School since 2001, bested Murphy for the final available seat by about 3 percent. The result represented a reversal of 2013, when Murphy withheld George in her first-ever campaign.

This time, George focused prominently on reforming and revitalizing Boston Public Schools. The platform earned her the endorsements of the Boston Globe and Attorney General Maura Healey, among others.

“I’m so ready to get to work,” George said in a statement after polls closed. “We’re going to work to improve our schools.

We’re going to work to talk about what’s great in our schools. We’re going to improve our small busi-

ness districts and strengthen our small business districts.”

Ayanna Pressley led the atlarge pack with 24.2 percent of votes, winning her fourth term on the council. The 41-year-old from Dorchester has become a strong advocate for women and children during her tenure.

Close behind Pressley was 30-year-old Michelle Wu, who secured her second term with 22 percent of the vote. Wu has positioned herself as a focused councilor, aiming to bring improvements to the city in multiple areas.

“I believe we can lead as a national model of an inclusive innovation economy that connects all of our neighborhoods and communities,” Wu wrote on her website. “I believe we can serve as an example of an urban public education system that creates meaningful pathways for all our students, and I believe that all of this depends on a foundation of strong, vibrant, local engagement in each of our neighborhoods.”

46-year-old Michael Flaherty captured his seventh term by finishing third in the at-large race with 20 percent of the vote.

Elsewhere, sleepy races were compounded by weak voter turnout numbers. Just over 50,000 people cast ballots, a scant 13.6 percent of Boston’s nearly 373,000 registered voters. “[Turnout] always is bad,” Cunningham said. “People don’t connect up with the offices as well as they might... I think there’s something of an overload, and [local elections are] not in front of people because the media doesn’t cover it much.”

Councilors Frank Baker (District 3), Tito Jackson (District 7) and Timothy McCarthy (District 5) all soundly defeated challengers.

Five others all won re-election without a fight: Salvatore LaMattina, Bill Lineman, Matt O’Malley, Josh Zakim – whose District 8 seat includes Northeastern University’s campus – and Mark Ciommo faced no challengers in their districts.

While newcomers George and Campbell may have temporarily upset the balance of power

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Andrea Campbell defeated incumbent Charles Yancey in District 4.

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Annissa Essaibi George edged Stephen Murphy in the at-large race.

at City Hall, their new perspectives won’t be a bad thing, according to Cunningham.

“The city is clearly changing, and I think politicians need to recognize that,” Cunningham said. “We’re looking for bright new leaders, and I think these two are ones to watch in the future.”

Alexandra Aclopue, a 27-yearold Dorchester resident, expressed similar sentiments at Campbell’s election night party.

“I liked [Campbell’s] message,” Aclopue said. “I’m feeling so inspired... I’m excited to be a part of the [city’s] journey going forward.”

Harvard Square Homeless Shelter during their undergraduate years.

“We learned that there are a lot of young people who experience homelessness who don’t feel safe at the adult shelters,” Rosenkrantz said. “[However], we were getting feedback that the Harvard Square Homeless Shelter was a safe place [for young people], even though it was an adult shelter, because it was run by students.”

Armed with that knowledge, Rosenkrantz and Greenberg spent three years talking to various organizations and people in order to move forward with the project.

They formed an advisory board, built a team and found space for the shelter. They ultimately settled into the basement of the First Parish Church after conversations with the Rev. Fred Small and the church’s congregation.

Part of the connection came from a shared commitment to progressive values and human dignity, according to Susan Shepherd, chairwoman of the church’s governing board.

“We have a commitment of the inherent worth and dignity of all people,” Shepherd said. “In Harvard Square, there are a lot of people who are homeless. It’s really important to show a commitment and to be committed in helping out in any small way you can.”

Rosenkrantz and Greenberg are on board with that sentiment. One of their goals, Rosenkrantz said, is to create a trauma-

informed space that is “gender inclusive and provides comfort and safety to all its residents.”

To create the space, Y2Y’s team partnered with several organizations. One of them, Youth on Fire – a group run by the AIDS Action Committee providing medical care, daytime services and other services to homeless youth – will operate out of the new shelter during the day in furtherance of Y2Y’s goal of helping homeless youth find paths out of homelessness.

“The issues of safe shelter, and youth-specific spaces especially, have been central to the work that Youth on Fire has done since its opening,” Mandy Lussier, site program manager for Youth on Fire, said in an email to The News.

“Many members joined the focus groups and provided critical information that contributed to the mission of the Y2Y project.”

The Y2Y team is still in the process of raising the roughly $1.25 million necessary to complete the shelter. Organizations including the Smith Family Association and Harvard Business Association, as well as individuals in Boston and Cambridge who want to help the homeless, have provided funds for the shelter.

“We’re very excited,” Shepherd said. “It’s just been great to have this group of young people to work with and to give us the opportunity to do something we wouldn’t have done otherwise.”

Harvard Square hosts new homeless shelter

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The First Parish Church in Harvard Square will house Y2Y, a youth homeless shelter opening late this year.

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finding jobs and moving into other housing – for their time after the shelter.

At first, the shelter will be open from December through April to coincide with the months when student volunteers will be at Harvard. The shelter will be the first

for homeless youth to be run entirely by student volunteers.

Co-founder Sam Greenberg and Rosenkrantz hope to have the shelter open for longer each year.

Privately-run shelters for young adults, like Y2Y, are rare, according to Elisabeth Jackson, Executive Director of Bridge over Troubled Waters (BOTW), which runs

a shelter of its own. BOTW has worked with local homeless youth for 45 years, and the organization is on the advisory board of Y2Y. To address that rarity, Rosenkrantz and Greenberg decided in 2012 to take on the project of creating a shelter for homeless youth.

The duo drew inspiration from the time they spent on the staff of the

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passed, if signed into law, give those people who meet the criteria the ability to request medication that will end their life as they see fit,” Kafka said.

According to Kafka, to meet these criteria, a person has to be diagnosed with a terminal illness that will cause death within six months and be of sound mind to make the decision to request aid in dying. In Oregon, Washington, Vermont and California the practice is legal by state law; in Montana, court opinions have said the state cannot prohibit it. A New Mexico county court briefly held a similar view before being overruled by the state’s highest judiciary.

Senate President Stan Rosenberg, D-Amherst, is one of 39 legislators co-sponsoring the bill.

Rosenberg supports physicianassisted suicide, as long as it incorporates lessons from other states and is done correctly.

“He said last week that he hasn’t discussed it in the Senate with his colleagues, but, personally, he feels that he could find some common ground, that we could move forward on it,” Pete Wilson, a spokesperson for Rosenberg, said.

Three years ago, Massachusetts voters narrowly defeated a proposal to legalize aid in dying, 51 to 49 percent. Nationally, 70 percent of respondents to a 2014 Gallup poll said doctors should be allowed to end a terminally ill patient’s life “by some painless means,” though support sharply fell to 51 percent when the phrase “assisted suicide” was used.

Second Thoughts Massachusetts, a disability rights advocacy group that opposes aid in dying, stands against the bill.

“It violates the core tenets of public health policy,” founder John Kelly said. “Abuse is impossible to prevent, and the harm, wrongful death, is impossible to reverse.”

According to Kelly, because misdiagnosis is rampant, one of the key criteria to request aid in dying – having a terminal illness with a six-month prognosis

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Attendees sit on the floor of the State House listening to debate about a bill that would legalize aid in dying.

– is too vague. A CBS report last year found that 12 million American annually are misdiagnosed.

Additionally, there are several cases of abuse of aid in dying.

The Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF) cites several of these cases, including one that Kelly mentioned specifically: the case of Wendy Melcher.

Melcher, who had neck and throat cancer, died in August of 2005 after two Oregon nurses, Rebecca Cain and Diana Corson, gave her overdoses of morphine and phenobarbital, according to the DREDF. The nurses claimed Melcher requested aid in dying, but they administered the drugs without her physician’s knowledge, violating Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act. Kelly said that at least one of these nurses is still practicing today, as

no criminal charges were pressed.

Compassion and Choices is an organization that supports aid-indying bills around the country.

Marie Manis, campaign manager for the group’s Massachusetts wing, said Kelly’s and others’ fears are “really unfounded.”

The organization’s goal is to help people toward the end of their lives, according to Manis.

Compassion and Choices has a national end-of-life counseling and resource center that’s available to anyone across the nation. The organization also has a legal arm.

Manis objected to the use of the term “assisted suicide,” making a distinction between suicide and aid in dying.

“Suicide is when one cuts a life short, and these people are actually dying from their dis-

ease,” Manis said. “All this is, is giving them a way to go that is comfortable and peaceful.”

However, Kelly disagreed.

“We say that we should have equal suicide prevention services,” Kelly said. “We find the bills very dangerous and, rather than making sure everyone has in-home support they need and counseling and whatever would make their life better, we’re going directly to suicide as the solution. And when there is so much inequality in our society, to talk about suicide as a solution to [disability] is really a problem.”

According to Kelly, the people who oppose aid in dying are those who are economically disadvantaged, people of color and disabled people. These are people who already have difficulty accessing medical care.

“Disabled people are often given the message that it would be better for us and for people around us if we were to die… It’s really bad public policy,” Kelly, who is paralyzed below the shoulders, said. “Let’s not promote suicide.”

Northeastern students had varying opinions on aid in dying as a concept.

“I’m totally for it after serious psychiatric inquiry to make sure they’re of valid mind,” Chris Silva, a junior graphic design major, said.

“Something where the alternative to physician-assisted suicide is essentially wasting away painfully.”

Laura Stiers, a third-year economics and environmental studies major, felt that there was a conflict between the personal and the political.

“I think it should be a personal decision,” Stiers said. “I’m not sure about a government decision.”

As far as Massachusetts goes, the bill is still being discussed.

The Joint Committee on Public Health is still analyzing the testimony and has not determined what will happen next with H1991.

At last week’s hearing, the Massachusetts Medical Society voiced strong opposition to the bill. According to the society, quoting the AMA’s Code of Medical Ethics, physician-assisted suicide is fundamentally incompatible with the physician’s role as healer.

“What is very clear to all is that there needs to be great compassion for our patients who suffer from terminal and debilitating diseases,” the Society’s testimony read.

Peter Korchnak is the digital communications manager at the Death With Dignity National Center, which supports aid-indying bills around the country.

He does not believe the bill will be signed into law this session.

“Though we remain hopeful, we don’t see enough political will in the legislature to pass the bill,” Korchnak said in an email to The News.

“Whereas the national movement is toward passing Death with Dignity laws in state legislatures, we believe a ballot initiative may be a more likely route in Massachusetts, though the issue can’t return to the ballot in the Bay State until 2018.”

NEC building to be new hub for students

By Sam Haas City Editor

A multi-story music building, complete with a public café, innovative theater space and extensive music library, is under construction near the corner of St. Botolph and Gainsborough Streets.

Work is in progress on the New England Conservatory (NEC)’s Student Life and Performance Center (SLPC). The $85 million facility – more than $62 million of which has already been funded through donations – will house dormitories, a dining hall, performance spaces, a library and multiple practice rooms of varying sizes.

The building is intended to provide conservatory students with additional access to services they need in a way that strengthens their community, according to Carol Phelan, vice president of marketing and communications for NEC. “We feel we have an extraordinary campus among students here, but we feel they somewhat have to find it themselves,” Phelan said.

“They find and nurture each other in spite of not having great gathering space, so we wanted to provide the space to make that stronger.”

Construction began this spring after the NEC Board of Trustees gave final approval, according to a press release from Feb. 25. Work is scheduled to conclude in the fall of 2017, coinciding with the institution’s 150-year anniversary.

The SLPC is the first new construction at the school since 1959.

Currently, the NEC campus spans four buildings clustered around the area where the SLPC is being built.

“The Student Life and Performance Center will transform the life of NEC students, faculty, staff and the community,” Kennett Burnes, chair of the NEC board of trustees, said in the press release. “This is a dynamic moment in time for NEC.” Through multiple years of master planning sessions, administrators, professors and students made it clear they wanted to expand NEC, according to Phelan.

“Desperation for more space was the primary motivation,” Phelan said.

However, the school has no plans to increase its enrollment beyond the current 750-student population.

Instead, 252 new beds in the residential part of the SLPC will allow more students to live on campus instead of elsewhere in the city.

The SLPC will also feature several types of practice and performance rooms. In addition to individual and small ensemble spots, there will be a full orchestra rehearsal space and a combined opera studio and blackbox theater that will be adaptable to different performance types. “[The new space] has had a really galvanizing effect on everyone,” Phelan said. “I think it’s because there will be more production opportunity... A black box gives particularly the jazz and opera departments a lot more flexibility.”

Photo courtesy Ana Beha Architects and Gensler & Associates

The Student and Performing Life Center, housing a library, dorms and rehearsal rooms, will open fall of 2017.

Local musicians and community members will likely have some access to the new building – possibly via the dining facilities that will be located on the SLPC’s first floor – although those details have yet to be determined, according to Phelan.

NEC students expressed mixed feelings about the potential benefits of the SLPC. “Students are excited to ambivalent [about the new building],” Katie Martucci, a senior student in the school’s contemporary improvisation program, said. “We do need more facilities and practice rooms.”

Martucci added that she was often forced to practice in lobbies and hallways when official spaces were full.

However, she expressed doubt that the additional residential space was necessary.

“You only are guaranteed to live here freshman year. I guess some people choose to live in dorms after that, but the dorms are pretty [bad],” Martucci said.

Echoing Martucci, first-year graduate student Ethan Lobenstine said the lack of available practice rooms negatively im-

pacts the student body. Improvements would be welcome, he said, though the SLPC won’t open while he’s still at the conservatory.

“Practice space is very, very tight,” Lobenstine said. “That they are going to be adding practice rooms in the new building, that will be something to look forward to.”

Ultimately, though, Lobenstine expressed confidence the SLPC would be a boon for students.

“I think the building is going to do great things in terms of expanding what NEC students have access to,” Lobenstine said.

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By Liam Hofmeister Inside Editor

Artists usually confined to the world of underground house shows will be brought to the mainstage this weekend for Hassle Fest 7.

Hassle Fest, a three-day music festival organized by BRAIN Arts, a nonprofit concert organizer based in Jamaica Plain, will take over the Cambridge Elks Lodge, Out of the Blue Too Gallery and Brighton Music Hall, the largest venues to host the festival thus far.

According to Sam Potrykus, codirector of BRAIN, Hassle Fest will showcase bands producing new, interesting work that may not be as visible in the music scene.

“I’d call it underground because it is not genre-specific,” Potrykus said. “Hip-hop, punk, electronic.

By and large, it’s experimental.

It has this avant-garde-ness. They came from the underground.”

Bands like California-based punk group Flipper, New Jerseybased indie-rock band Screaming Females and Boston-local Pile are billed to play over the weekend.

Roughly 50 bands from across the country are meeting in Boston to play at the festival.

Hassle Fest stands out when compared to larger music festi-

vals, such as Boston Calling, because of the proportion of Bostonbased bands that get a chance to showcase their talent, according to musician Steven Instasi.

“There are a lot more local bands,” Instasi, lead singer and guitarist for Black Beach, a rock band from Middleborough, said.

“Hassle, in general, gives some pretty weird and obscure bands a shot to play some pretty cool stuff.”

Hassle Fest not only represents an openness to all genres but also a creative spirit among artists, according to Santiago Cárdenas, lead guitarist for Free Pizza, a baby-punk band that formed in Boston but now calls Nashville its homebase.

“We owe everything to the Boston music scene,” Cárdenas said.

“People go to all kinds of shows, and bills are more mixed, so you get into a lot of stuff you wouldn’t have gotten into and that changes the music. “ According to Potrykus, sometimes the goal of finding interesting, fresh music can be lost behind the cash incentives.

“We are the only festival of this size [that] is run by volunteers and is not profiting off of it,” Potrykus said. “Our choice in band is not based on money, we just choose

Photo by Caitlin Duennebier, courtesy Sam Potrykus

Boston-based psych-rock band Quilt perform at the Cambridge Elks Lodge at a show organized by BRAIN Arts.

the bands that we think are the best, so we’re very free. We are not beholden to anyone to make money – not even to ourselves.”

BRAIN looks to develop a sustainable environment for creative expression, Potrykus said. Hassle Fest aims to be the nurturing space for these underground acts.

Potrykus said that BRAIN at its core, is grassroots and linked the organization with a history of booking bands to play small gigs

in someone’s basement or garage.

Despite that the festival – now in its seventh year – has grown to the point of needing an official venue, participants still feel the local authenticity of Hassle Fest. “[Hassle Fest] does exist in this little, warm Bostonian context,” Patrick Miller Gamble, a fouryear Hassle Fest volunteer, said.

“It’s not alienating. It feels like I’m entering a relationship with artists around me instead of look-

ing up at what the music industry machine had decided to put on the stage.”

Ultimately, Hassle Fest 7 is just another way to develop the experimental arts community in Boston – one based in innovative music for all ages, Potrykus said.

“BRAIN is really here to build infrastructure and community. We want to foster anything that perpetuates the independent arts culture that we stand for.”

2006 BMC event series in Asheville, N.C., said in an email to The News. “All of these and myriad individual details surely attracted people down to BMC.” The third talk, “Makers of Influence,” observed that, unlike most institutions of the time, students and faculty at BMC included minorities and refugees.

The final talk, “Competitive Pedagogies and Utopia,” examined the utopian views of BMC and how it successfully created a social form of teaching and learning.

The speakers were quick to bring up the strength of BMC, as it flourished in spite of World War II and the Great Depression.

“There was very little money, yet theirs was a rich culture of self-entertainment: putting on theatrical productions, making their own costumes and painted sets, throwing lively parties with dancing, music and singing,” Edwards said. “It’s proof that you don’t have to have money to have fun,” The symposium concluded with a chance for attendees to have a final discussion and learn more about the exhibition in an open and approachable question and answer format.

“It was fascinating to hear the background on the exhibition and the planning that went into creating the exhibition,” Jameson Johnson, a sophomore communications major, said. “I think it’s always important to recognize significant changes in thinking, which is exactly what BMC did.”

Besides getting to watch a collection of the best cat shenanigans, visitors who dressed up could enter a “catstume contest” for a chance to win prizes. “[This festival] is really fun.

Everyone’s laughing and clapping together, so everyone is just feeding off of how funny everyone else thinks it is,” Lily Pytel, Gifford Cat Shelter volunteer, said.

“It’s not everyday [when] you get a compilation of videos that, you know, are good. They were chosen because they are the best – whereVideo, Page 9

ICA symposium discusses historic arts college

tion.”

The symposium, organized in collaboration with the Institute of Contemporary Art Boston (ICA), examined the influence of Black Mountain College (BMC), a small experimental college which transformed avant-garde art in the US and impacted mid-20th Century American culture. The talk fea-

tured the perspectives of artists, historians and curators as a supplement to the ICA exhibit currently running about the college titled “Leap Before You Look: Black Mountain College 1933–1957.”

BMC produced some of the most visionary artists of the 20th Century, including composer John Cage, modern dance Cho-

reographer Merce Cunningham, Architect Buckminster Fuller and a multitude of other professionals. The school pioneered a form of experimental education which fused an interdisciplinary fine arts and liberal arts curriculum with a communal atmosphere.

The first talk, “Lost and Found: Translation, Production and Participation,” focused on how the multidisciplinary artistic practices of BMC created new forms of cultural production distinct from studio-driven art making.

Gloria Sutton, assistant professor of art history at Northeastern and an organizer of the symposium, emphasized how BMC showed the future of art could be retrospective.

“The most forward-looking perspective is looking backward,” Sutton said. “Film cameras were a new technology [in the early 20th Century] that made moving images from still images. It’s about this ingenuity, this innovation and this creativity.”

“Experiential Art and the Performance of Life,” the second component of the symposium, emphasized the specific practices which made BMC popular among the independent artist community.

“For the most part, I think it was a feedback loop: hearing from friends, and friends of friends, about the atmosphere of experimentalism, about the rigor and seriousness of the work and about the bucolic site,” Bree Edwards, director of Northeastern’s Center for the Arts and curator of a

to celebrate the hysterics of the furry creatures.

“Being able to watch cat videos is a form of nirvana,” Jonathan Zittrain, a Harvard professor and the festival’s emcee, said.

The event dates back to 2012, when the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis first decided to dedicate one of its evening programs to the phenomenon of cat videos.

After a positive response from the public, the festival became an annual event that came to Boston in 2014.

“Cats are domesticated, but they

are independent,“ Cathy Horn, senior director of concert operations at the Berklee Performance Center, said. “They are not like dogs, where they respond to commands; you can’t really train a cat, so when they are doing something funny it’s even funnier because you know that they do it because they want to. This [festival] is an opportunity for cat owners to share [their love for cats] with other catloving people.”

Will Braden, the creator of the “Henri, le Chat Noir” and recipient of the festival’s first Golden Kitty

Award – the highest honor for an Internet Cat Video Festival content creator – curated this year’s videos. From six-second Vines to short films, the videos were put together to create a 65-minute movie that featured smart, playful and unpredictable felines.

“I watched a lot of cat videos, probably close to 20,000 or so,” Braden said. “[They have] to be fun and engaging, but I also want to show different kinds of videos: music videos, videos from all kinds of people and different parts of the world.”

Photo by Scotty Schenck

Students discuss Black Mountain College’s history at the Fenway Center during a one-day sympsoium.

By Sahan Weerakoon News Correspondent

Last Friday, Northeastern University’s Fenway Center welcomed artists, scholars and curators from all over the country to take part in a one-day symposium titled “After Black Mountain College: Community and Collabora-

Cat video festival focuses on follies of felines

By Anna Sorokina News Correspondent

From cats terrified of bananas to kitties going through existential crises, quirky videos shown at the Internet Cat Video Festival produced as many laughs from the audience as any comedy show would.

The Berklee Performance Center hosted the second annual Internet Cat Video Festival on National Cat Day, Oct. 29. A crowd of 800 people – families, children, couples and volunteers – got together

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Review: “Spotlight” seeks truth in realistic style

By Isaac Feldberg News Correspondent

“Spotlight” is an electrifying procedural about the painstaking minutiae of investigation, bolstered by its appropriately restrained direction and wonderfully lean script.

Set mostly in 2001, the film centers on The Boston Globe’s Spotlight team, a four-person unit devoted to in-depth investigative reporting, as it looks into allegations that a convicted pedophiliac priest may have molested more than 80 children during his years in the collar and robes. As the team pursues various leads, it becomes clear there’s much more going on than just a few bad apples. The team members’ findings lead them to conclude that the Roman Catholic Church has, for decades, been systemically shielding predatory priests from justice.

That bombshell finding only arrives after an extensive hunt for information through courts and street corners over multiple months.

While reporter Sacha Pfeiffer (Rachel McAdams) forms bonds with intensely traumatized victims, fellow writer Michael Rezendes (Mark Ruffalo) attempts to corner a workaholic lawyer (Stanley Tucci), who has been going to court on those victims’ behalf for years.

Meanwhile, reporter Matt Carroll (Brian d’Arcy James) searches for a way to catch more of the offending fathers, ultimately discovering a shocking 87 potential predatory priests in the Boston area. At the helm of the investigation is Walter “Robby” Robinson (Michael Ke-

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L to R: Walter “Robby” Robinson (Michael Keaton), Marty Baron (Liev Schreiber), Michael Rezendes (Mark Ruffalo), Sacha Pfeiffer (Rachel McAdams), Ben Bradlee Jr. (John Slattery) and Matt Carroll (Brian d’Arcy James) stand in line at The Boston Globe offfices in “Spotlight.”

aton), a veteran journalist quietly horrified by how the inattention of many powerful figures in the city, himself included, have allowed the scandal to continue.

Director Thomas McCarthy and co-writer Josh Singer chose to limit the film to the perspective of the Spotlight team, as its members sift through mountains of documents to gather evidence of the church’s misconduct. “Spotlight” makes the reporters’ work riveting, leaning on what audiences already know of the outcome to build excitement, even while reveling in their methodic digging.

That approach brings a subtle horror to the investigation as the re-

porters unmask the negligence not just of a hallowed institution, but of an entire city.

“If it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a village to abuse one,” one character bluntly posits.

McCarthy is marvelously scrupulous in how he paces the film, allowing momentum to build without aiming for the high-paranoia tensions of other newsroom thrillers like “The Insider” or “Kill the Messenger.” Even as Rezendes chases smoking-gun documents that prove the Cardinal’s knowledge of the abuse, or Carroll learns of suspect priests living in his neighborhood, the director keeps the focus on the deliberate collecting of facts, refus-

ing to lean on unnecessary theatrics.

In keeping with the film’s refusal to glamorize any aspect of its story, “Spotlight” is an ensemble piece through-and-through, focusing far more on how characters function as a team than their lives as individuals. Ruffalo, in the meatiest role, gets a chance to fly off the handle late in the movie – a clip that could garner attention in the awards race this year – but the film mostly steers clear of histrionics, to its betterment. All the actors deliver powerful, yet understated, performances that feel realistic and lived-in.

Perhaps what’s most admirable about “Spotlight” is its clarity of

purpose. Though it applauds the dogged reporters at The Globe, it’s equally concerned with humanizing and honoring the child abuse victims whose bravery in revisiting their traumas allowed the story to be written. By addressing The Globe’s role in failing to investigate the story earlier, “Spotlight” demonstrates an uncommon ability to salute its heroes without sanctifying them.

The film transcends the incendiary exposé at its heart to celebrate the raison d’etre of watchdog journalism: to question everything and everyone in the pursuit of truth, knowledge and, hopefully, accountability.

New arts initiative to reinvigorate city space

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AIR selection Roberto Mighty films a piece in Mount Auburn Cemetery.

Residency, From Page 1 work with a group of departments and agencies in the city government to look at how they can conceive their projects, their programs and even their problems through an artistic eye,” selected artist Melissa Nussbaum Freeman said.

Goodfellow said that after reviewing nearly 110 applications, a jury of industry professionals selected Nussbaum and 10 other artists from various mediums and disciplines, including dance, film, spoken word and street art, to participate in the design project.

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“We are excited to have these artists-in-residence on board to help us enhance and integrate our cultural capital into our core city services, for the benefit of all of Boston’s residents,” Walsh said in a statement.

Nussbaum, a social justice activist, has a few preliminary ideas to achieve this type of immersion. One involves staging dramatic sequences at public places including train stations and bus stops.

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mances that would convey community stories.”

In other words, a pair of actors would mount the platform and deliver compiled stories from overlooked community members using a “feeding-in” technique, in which actors abandon paper scripts in favor of vocal delivery from another actor standing behind them. This offers a deeper and more genuine connection to the audience, Nussbaum believes.

However, performance art is not the only method of delivery.

Film and visual artist Roberto Mighty plans to adapt a digital approach for his proposal, as much of his work outside the program deals with interactive installations.

“My work involves film, video, sound design, music and spoken word,” he said. “I am still formulating my specific concept, but I will be using computers heavily and interactive, site-specific installations.”

Mighty added that he feels a deep connection to diverse communities because of his dual ethnicity as an African-American and Latino. His background has led to an unconventional body of work full of pieces that take time and meticulous attention to create.

“I like to note the passage of seasons in my work and I like to go in deep on projects and spend time ruminating and mulling things over,” Mighty said. “And I’m absolutely committed to the notion of public art. I love creating things for people who have never stepped foot in a museum.”

Ultimately, Goodfellow hopes the three selected proposals can help bridge the gap between government projects and public appreciation of them.

“I think we hope that this is something that we can see happen again here and grow to become really part of our practice here at City Hall,” she said. “What the individual projects will be, I don’t know; but I’m really excited to see what develops organically.”

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Open studios to showcase a variety of artwork Saturday, Nov. 7 The Waltham Mills Artists Association (WMAA), one of Greater Boston’s oldest artists’ communities, is holding its 39th open studio weekend starting this Saturday. Artists from Lincoln Studios, the home of nearly 20 studios and two galleries, and Metalwerx, a Waltham-based non-profit school and community studio, will join artists from the WMAA to meet and greet members of the community, give studio tours and exhibit and sell their original works. Over 75 artists, working in mediums ranging from woodworking to film leave, much to be explored at this two-day event. 144 and 289 Moody St.; noon - 6 p.m.; free.

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Calendar by Megan O’Brien, Deputy Inside Editor

Thursday, Nov. 5

Friday, Nov. 6

Sunday, Nov. 8

Boston Conservatory dance students will showcase four works this weekend at The Boston Conservatory Theater, three of which were created for the artists in their showcase, “From the Ground Up.” The event features the works of Gallim Dance founder and director Andrea Miller, Broadway performer and past Dance Theater of Harlem soloist Francesca Harper and 2015 Guggenheim Fellow Zoe Scofield. In addition to the classical duet “Diane et Acteon” from Marius Petipa’s “La Esmeralda,” which was reconstructed for the performance by faculty member Gianni Di Marco, the dancers will be accompanied by The Boston Conservatory Orchestra. 31 Hemenway St.; times vary; $25 - $30.

With the jack-o’-lanterns tossed and last candy bars eaten, Christmas claims its spot as the next big holiday. Staring on Friday, those anticipating Dec. 25 can start basking in holiday cheer this weekend at the Boston Christmas Festival at the Seaport World Trade Center. Attendees can peruse and purchase goods from 300 craft artists from around the US. Home accessories, clothing, jewelry, food and a wide variety of holiday decorations, ranging from stockings and wreaths to figurines and ornaments, will be available for purchase. Additionally, participants in the Gingerbread House Competition will have their frosted entries on display during the festival. 200 Seaport Blvd.; noon - 7 p.m.; $15.

The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum invites visitors to explore connections between special exhibits and works in the museum’s permanent collection in “Collection Conversations.” The program entails a 30-minute gallery discussion through the halls led by a Gardner museum curator. This week, the featured exhibit will be “Ornament and Illusion: Carlo Crivelli.” It is the first exhibition in the US dedicated entirely to the Renaissance painter who specialized in religious artwork. The conversation will focus on comparisons between images of the Virgin Mary and her child, Jesus Christ.

The conversation is free after museum admission. 25 Evans Way; 2:30 - 3 p.m.; $5.

Monday, Nov. 9

Tuesday, Nov. 10

Wednesday, Nov. 11

“Fly by Light,” a documentary following four teenagers from Washington, D.C. as they head to West Virginia for a peace education program, makes its Boston debut with a showing presented

by Press Pass TV next Monday.

Before the film, enjoy provided refreshments. The screening will be followed by a panel with Hawah Kasat, filmmaker and director of “Fly by Light;” Cara Lisa Berg Powers, Ph.D. and Press Pass TV co-director; and Rose Pavlov, founder and president of Ivy Child International, which provides cross-cultural health education and psychological services. 287 Columbus Ave; 6 - 9 p.m.; free.

Berklee College of Music will showcase the talent of its female faculty and staff in its annual Women Musicians Network concert. The program, put on by a student club of the same name, is directed, produced and starred in by exclusively women. Female students, faculty and Berklee-based bands will fill the Berklee Performance Center with sounds ranging in style from electro-pop and gospel to Spanish-Indian fusion and blues. Special guests include Berklee student group Peltinitsa Balkan Choir, associate professor Nedelka Prescod and Maureen McMullan of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. 136 Massachusetts Ave; 8 p.m.; $8 - $12.

The Boston Ski and Sports Club will welcome the winter-sport season with a Winter Kick-Off Party at Royale Boston night club on Wednesday. The first 500 guests to arrive will receive a gift bag, and thousands of dollars will be raffled off throughout the evening in the form of ski gear, ski trips, lift passes and other prizes. Over 30 ski exhibitors, including a few large New England resorts and retailers, will be represented. Additionally, the Ski & Ride 2016 trip schedule will be announced, and those at the party can buy tickets at a discounted price. The event will feature light appetizers, a DJ and cash bar. 279 Tremont St.; 6 9 p.m.; $10 - $15.

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“Fleek” ascends to verbal stardom It’s the dream, ladies and gentlemen – the rise from obscurity to center stage. It’s the ascension from being anonymous to being the key to several promotional marketing campaigns. “Fleek” is the star in question.

Generally, the term is synonymous with the phrase “on point.” It’s also been described as being “cool” or “fresh.” When speaking about one’s eyebrows, however, the term means they are well-groomed and defined.

The earliest definition of the word popped up on Urban Dictionary in 2003, and it seems it was floating about in space, being passed back and forth like instant messages until finally – finally – it was “discovered.”

Much like pop sensation Justin Bieber and comedian Bo Burnham, the word fleek began its climb to fame through online video sharing but, unlike the men, the term only needed six seconds to make an impact. Fleek owes its success to the one and only Peaches Monroee – and a few other people, but we’ll get to them later.

Peaches, if that’s even her real name, uploaded a Vine in 2014 informing the world she was in “this b*tch,” that she was “finna get crunk” and, lastly, that her eyebrows were “on fleek.” She had no idea that her seemingly innocuous comment would spark a pandemic, forever changing the world and the vernacular of people everywhere.

Sweet, innocent little Peaches should have taken out a copyright. The Vine was reinterpreted by Ariana Grande on MTV a few months later and went viral. Soon after, artists and celebrities started using it in videos, hashtags and song lyrics. B.O.B. even has a song titled “Fleek,” though he gets credit for coining “Fleekwood Mac” – is that genius or what?

There is speculation as to whether or not fleek is just a creative adaptation of sleek – with good reason. The words have Alana Dore similar meanings, at least when referring to eyebrows, and have only one letter differWord Nerd ence between them. Often in Old English, the letter “S” was written similarly to the letter “F,” but considering the recent recognition of the word, it seems unlikely that the term was created way back when and was undiscovered for so long. Bieber was discovered at age 12 – it’s doubtful fleek has been waiting around for notoriety since the 11th Century.

Along with celebrity recognition, the term was lauded by corporations looking to appeal to the youth of America. The word was incorporated into the marketing strategies of IHOP, Taco Bell and JetBlue toward the end of 2014. Whether or not “Pancakes on fleek” was the beginning of the end for Peaches’ word baby is yet to be seen. but who knows where the next fad will come from? Why did Peaches succeed where Gretchen Weiners failed? The world may never know.

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

Photo courtesy redjar, Creative Commons

Boston Ski and Sports Club will raffle off equipment at its Winter Kick-Off.

Internet kittens celebrated at Berklee Center

Video, From Page 7 as on YouTube, you might have to search for a while and you’d be doing it alone.”

While the videos were all lighthearted, the festival also became a way for shelter workers to reach out to Bostonians. Representatives from the Gifford Cat Shelter and Boston’s Forgotten Felines talked about their mission to save lives and encouraged the cat-loving audience to volunteer at the shelter and donate to the cause.

Judging by the overwhelmingly positive response from the audience, the Internet Cat Video Festival is likely to come back to Boston next year, according to Braden.

“We don’t have a shortage of cats or video-recording devices,” he said. “I don’t see this [festival] going away.”

Photo by Scotty Schenck

A volunteer wearing a pair of cat ears operates the welcome cat booth, decorated with pictures of various breeds, at the Internet Cat Video Festival.

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JMU goalie shuts out NU in overtime

By Giovanni Gray News Staff

The Northeastern University (NU) women’s soccer season ended as the team fell to James Madison University (JMU) in a low-scoring game on Sunday afternoon in the first round of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) playoffs.

The Huskies entered the game as the fifth seed in the CAA tournament with the Dukes holding the fourth spot.

Northeastern registered its first shot on goal in the 26th minute off the leg of sophomore midfielder Hannah Lopiccolo, but it was saved

by JMU goalkeeper Ellen Forrest.

The Huskies had a string of opportunities in the next few minutes, when Lopiccolo and freshman midfielder Nicole Gorman each took another shot, and junior midfielder Breeana Koemans took two corner kicks. The half ended in a 0-0 tie.

NU created even more chances in the second half, marking a pair of shots and corner kicks in the first four minutes of the pe-

Photo courtesy Jim Pierce, Northeastern Athletics

Freshman midfielder Nicole Gorman, 25, took a shot against JMU on Sunday but was unable to connect.

Nichols: “The ball was possessed”

riod, but the score remained tied at 0 through the end of regulation.

The deciding goal came in overtime in the 99th minute, when JMU junior Ashley Herndon scored on a penalty kick to end the game at 1-0.

“It was a tough way to go out, that’s for sure, but you know, we’ve gotta have it motivate us,” Head Coach Tracey Leone said. “I thought we fought, and any coach would like to see their team, if they’re going to go down, to go down swinging.”

Leone noted that, despite the loss, the team improved its play from the first to the second half.

NU outshot JMU 10-5 in the second half of play, while also out-cornering the Dukes 3-1.

The coach added that a few injuries to key players, such as Lopiccolo and sophomore forward Kayla Cappuzzo, added extra difficulty to the squad’s conference schedule.

The Huskies, who finished with an overall record of 11-8-1, will be back in action next fall.

“The minute the season ends, you’re always thinking about the next one,” Leone said.

Photo courtesy Jim Pierce, Northeastern Athletics

Senior defender Brittani Gardella, 18, chases down the ball.

Volleyball suffers loss to Hofstra

By Tim Foley News Staff

Last weekend brought another tough loss for the Northeastern University women’s volleyball team, but Head Coach Ken Nichols and the Huskies have remained positive.

“If we were 22-4, we’d still be talking about what we’re going to do in the next match, how we’re going to find a way to win, strengths and weaknesses, ‘do your job’ kind of stuff,” Nichols said. “So the benefit of that is we’re not groveling with self-pity at this stage.

We’re staying process-oriented.”

On Sunday, the Huskies took on Hofstra University on the road and lost in three sets. It was the ninth loss in a row for the Huskies (4-22, 1-10 CAA), who got off to a slow start.

“There were times in the match that Hofstra could do no wrong, and we certainly had our shortcomings,” Nichols said.

The Pride (17-9, 8-3 CAA) jumped out to a 4-0 lead, and the Northeastern women struggled to generate points. Hofstra scored 15 of the last 17 points in the set to win 25-8.

“I don’t ever remember a set like that in my career here at Northeastern,” Nichols said. “We really struggled.”

Nichols added that, in the past, the Huskies improved when playing teams the a second time.

“In the previous two conference matches, we had played better the second time than we did the first, and we did that without Carmen [Costa, who missed Sunday’s game with a lower body injury],” Nichols said. “This was our first step backward in a long time.”

After the disappointing first set, the Huskies rallied in the second.

Northeastern was far more ter-

minal and took a 19-12 lead before giving up a five-point run.

Hofstra went on to win six of the last seven points and take the set 25-23. “[Hofstra is] as capable of beating anyone as any team I’ve seen,” Nichols said. “We really felt that we played better than Hofstra in the second set, but that doesn’t always mean you’re going to win.”

With Costa already benched and junior outside hitter Hannah Fry also out with lower body injuries, Nichols only had 10 players to work with. The wear and tear from the long season, combined with the fatigue from the first two sets, played a huge factor in the team’s performance, the coach said.

“It happened at least five times, when we did everything we needed to execute to get them running around with their heads cut off, and they corrected – beyond the level that any team in conference has been able to do,” Nichols said. “And it was eerie; it was almost like the ball was possessed.”

Hofstra prevailed, 25-17, in the third frame to sweep the match.

Freshman outside hitter Laynie Whitehead lead the team with seven kills in the match. Nichols is optimistic about Whitehead’s future role on the team.

“Laynie’s been great for us when it comes to our general theme of ‘chess over checkers,’” he said.

“She really has adopted the philosophy. She understands that executing game plan is a checklist.”

The Huskies will return home to take on James Madison University on Thursday at 7 p.m.

They close out the home schedule with games against the University of Delaware on Saturday at 4 p.m. and Towson University on Sunday at 1 p.m.

Northeastern volleyball Head Coach Ken Nichols discusses game strategy with the team.

Junior setter Jamie Bredahl, 2, sets up sophomore middle Taylor Reiter, 12, for the kill.

Photo by Brian Bae

Photo by Brian Bae

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Playoff hopes broken for Celtics poised for field hockey with 4-3 loss winning season

By James Duffy News Correspondent

The season came to a close for the Northeastern University (NU) field hockey team over the weekend. After beating Towson University 6-3 on Friday night, the Huskies lost a heartbreaker to the No. 14 University of Delaware in a game that could have sent them to the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Tournament.

The team ended the season with a 5-13 overall and 2-4 record within the conference.

In Friday night’s victory, the team scored a season-high six goals to keep its hopes of tournament play alive.

NU put a total of 21 shots on goal. Forwards senior Vanessa Pryor and freshmen Mia Martin and June Curry-Lindahl scored two goals each in the contest.

The offense was firing on all cylinders as forwards freshman Abbey MacLellan and sophomore Kristin Abreu added assists in the game.

Junior goalie Becky Garner made

three saves against Towson and broke her personal single-season save high. The three stops brought her to 113 on the season, trumping the 111 saves she made her freshman year.

On Sunday afternoon, needing a win for a chance to play in the CAA tournament, the team lost a 4-3 game to the Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens.

The three seniors on the team, Pryor, midfielder Zoe Kale and back Kate Carlson, were honored in a ceremony before their last home game in red and black.

Carlson scored the game’s first goal four minutes into the contest and struck again later in the first half to put the Huskies in the lead.

“She’s so committed to our program,” Head Coach Cheryl Murtagh said of Carlson in an interview with GoNU.com. “To see her come out and score two goals like that was great. She works hard.”

MacLellan scored the third Northeastern goal, which tied the game after Delaware scored two unanswered goals to start

the second half. However, it was not enough as the Hens scored a late goal that decided the match.

Garner stopped another eight shots in the contest, bringing her season total to 121.

“I liked how they came out and responded to the challenge,” Murtagh said. “They made it a game today and made it tough for Delaware to get in [to the CAA tournament].”

Carlson reflected on the season as a whole and the difficulty of the teams they faced.

“Even though most of our games didn’t turn out in our favor, I think it’s important that we played ranked opponents who pushed us to improve,” Carlson said in an email to The News.

She hopes that the team will come back strong next season in the wake of her departure.

“I’m confident that the transition into next year will go smoothly with the younger players since there are so many girls coming back for next season,” Carlson said.

Photo courtesy Jim Pierce, Northeastern Athletics

The seniors on the field hockey team were honored before the game against the University of Delaware.

With the NBA season underway, basketball fans can rejoice and look forward to a long season where many questions will be answered. Will the Warriors repeat as champions? Will LeBron James reclaim his throne as king?

Does Kobe Bryant have another 82 games in the tank? The most important question for any true Celtics fan will be: how can the rest of the league stop the Celtics from winning 55 games this season?

You read that correctly. If this year’s Boston Celtics take advantage of their situation under talented coach Brad Stevens, they have all the necessary tools to be a dominant force in the Eastern Conference. Coming off of a surprising 40-win season following the huge losses of point guard Rajon Rondo and forward Jeff Green, the Celtics can really show the league what they have to offer after their productive offseason. When you look at the pieces they have put together – the Celtics are in the primary position to skyrocket in the standings.

My friends joke that the Celtics can’t win since they lack a big-time player, but I believe it is a collective effort that makes the team so strong. The Celtics actually benefit by not relying on one player to perform – unlike James Harden’s team, the Houston Rockets, which is struggling so far this season. Houston’s performance this season is a testament to what happens when your star player fails to deliver.

Kyle Taylor The Celtics have great depth, which leads to versatility. While I believe that both Jared Sullinger and the newly acquired Amir Johnson would be better in the starting position than Tyler Zeller and David Lee, the veteran All Star in Lee gives the Celtics a lot of depth in their front court.

The backcourt runs deep as well. Isaiah Thomas finished second in Sixth Man of the Year voting (behind Lou Williams) and has proven time and time again to be an offensive powerhouse. Last season, he was fourth in total points scored in the fourth quarter. The Celtics have premier defenders in Avery Bradley and Marcus Smart and good prospects in R.J. Hunter and Terry Rozier. Because of the team’s depth, a bad game for an individual will only leave room for another player to rise to the occasion.

Most importantly, the Celtics are in the Eastern Conference, where even our Huskies could probably make the eighth seed. They are in the weakest division in the league with the Nets, Raptors, Knicks and Sixers. Playing 16 games against these teams is a blessing, and the Celtics should be able to easily win at least 13 of them. Once they sweep the series between the Nets and the Sixers, all they have to do is win five out of the eight games between the Knicks and the Raptors. The real issue will be playing the Cavaliers, Bulls and Heat, but thankfully they will only go up against those teams three times this year.

I am confident in the Celtics’ ability to win two or more games against every other team in the Eastern Conference and do fairly well in the Western Conference. The Celtics had seven overtime games last season and 14 games decided by three points or fewer, so they have the ability to swing each of those games either way with determination.

The Celtics will not win the 2016 NBA Championship. While I am optimistic about the Celtics’ season, I am not delusional. I only recognize that, based off of last season, the Celtics can certainly take advantage of their fortunate position in the depleted Eastern Conference. With a good coach like Stevens, a promising group of young players and a favorable schedule, the Celtics have an opportunity to rise to the top.

Only time will tell how the Celtics pan out this season, and I will hold to my prediction. In any event, I will enjoy following the Celtics until the season ends.

In the words of former Celtic Kevin Garnett, “Anything is possible.”

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

Maritim leads cross country to second place

By P.J. Wright News Correspondent

In the finale of the conference season, the Northeastern University (NU) men’s and women’s cross country teams came out of Laurel Hill Plantation with second- and seventh-place finishes, respectively, in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Championships on Saturday morning in Mt. Pleasant, S.C. The College of William & Mary men and women dominated both races with 21 and 23 points, respectively. The men’s side won the 8,000-meter run, its 14th CAA title in a row. The five scoring men were in the top seven, with a spread of just 37.7 seconds. Senior Nephat Maritim led the Husky pack for the second-place men’s team, staying alongside William & Mary swarm for the entirety of the race. He finished the event in sixth place, with a time of 24:48.0.

Maritim has been a consistent force all year for NU, setting an example for the young runners with his work ethic in races and during practice, his coach said.

“Neph has really progressed over his collegiate career, and we are extremely thrilled to have him on the team,” Head Coach Cathrine Erickson said in an email to The News. “He is an extremely positive member of our program who has high expectations of himself in addition to being a great mentor to our young men.”

Other NU top-15 finishers in the men’s race included sophomore Christian Stafford in eighth place with a time of 25:02.7 and junior Paul Duffey in 14th, coming in at 25:29.4.

On the women’s side, the 6,000-meter event was the longest distance the team has had to run all year – 1,000 meters longer than their usual 5K. For the seventh-place squad, sophomore Brooke Wojeski headed the Husky effort, coming in 26th place at 22:07.5, with her junior running mate Jordan O’Dea finishing right behind at 22:09.1 for 27th place.

Erickson has been pleased with the mentality the two leaders have demonstrated as the year has progressed.

“I believe they are both very, very hard workers. They are dedicated to doing well and doing the little things well,” Erickson said.

As Northeastern’s season edges closer to the end, Erickson says the team must stay mentally tough and not lose concentration.

“Right now, our teams are so young that we are looking for them to stay focused and get ready to compete at the NCAA regional meet and the IC4A/ ECAC Championships,” she said.

Both teams will resume their championship seasons in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Northeastern Regional Championship in Boston on Friday, Nov. 3 – their first event back at home since Oct. 10.

Photo courtesy Kelsey Sullivan, Northeastern Athletics

The men’s cross country team took home second at the CAA Championships, while the women placed seventh.

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Coyne’s hat trick helps NU beat Merrimack

By James Duffy News Correspondent

Propelled by senior forward Kendall Coyne’s ninth-career hat trick, the Northeastern University (NU) women’s ice hockey team rolled to a win at Merrimack College on Friday in North Andover. With the 5-1 win, the Huskies extended their hot streak to five straight and improved their overall record on the season to 7-11. The team has a perfect 3-0-0 record against Hockey East opponents.

This was the first-ever matchup between these two teams, and Northeastern gave Merrimack a warm welcome into the Hockey East Association. This year marks Merrimack’s first season with a women’s hockey team.

Coyne opened the scoring late in the first period, beating Merrimack freshman goalie Samantha Ridgewell on a breakaway with a setup from sophomore forward Denisa Krizova, who tallied two assists in the game.

Sophomore forward Christina Zalewski increased the lead halfway through the second period when she fired a shot just under the crossbar and into the back of the net.

Coyne continued to pile it on,

scoring again just five minutes later. Getting the puck at center ice, she proceeded to skate through Merrimack’s entire team before banking a shot off Ridgewell from a nearly-impossible angle.

Junior forward Hayley Scamurra capped off the second period with a goal before assisting on Coyne’s third and final goal late in the third period.

“Any time we get a win against a team in Hockey East is good,” Head Coach Dave Flint said. “Merrimack played hard and had us playing at their pace for the first period.”

With the three goals and an assist, Coyne brought her season total up to 15 goals and 24 points, both of which lead women in the nation.

She was named Hockey East Warrior Player of the Month for September and October.

Denisa Krisova, who added two assists, now ranks sixth in the nation with 19 points and second in assists with 14.

Coyne and Krizova have become one of the most dynamic duos in women’s hockey, and their combined 43 points are the most from any pair of teammates in the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

Freshman goaltender Brittany

Bugalski continued her recent dominance, turning aside 21 of 22 shots the Warriors sent her way.

After struggling early in the season, Bugalski has settled into the starting job, posting a .969 save percentage over her last three starts.

“She’s been great,” Flint said of his rookie goalie. “It all starts

Photo by Brian Bae

Photo by Brian Bae

Junior forward Zach Aston-Reese, 12, fends off a Vermont defender.

Republic. Krause will be taking her exams for dental school.

The Huskies will look to stay hot next weekend when they travel to Orono, Maine to take on the University of Maine Black Bears on Friday, Nov. 6. After that, they’ll meet with Merrimack again for a home-andhome series the following week.

Photo courtesy Jim Pierce, Northeastern Athletics

Sophomore defenseman Ainsley MacMillan, 66, assisted on one of Coyne’s three goals on Friday.

Hockey ties Vermont in OT

After suffering a frustrating Thursday night loss to the University of Vermont (UVM), the Northeastern University (NU) men’s hockey team battled in Burlington to pick up its first point since the seasonopener with a 3-3 tie on Saturday.

The Huskies (1-5-1) came agonizingly close to securing a victory on Saturday night, but a UVM goal with 2:01 left in regulation knotted the game and kept Northeastern out of the win column for the third straight week. “[I’m] very disappointed that we gave them the point,” Head Coach Jim Madigan said in an interview with GoNU.com on Saturday night. “We had the game won with two minutes left and we couldn’t close it out… To give them that goal back, it was disappointing. We outplayed them, we outshot them… I thought over the two games, we were the better team.”

Northeastern outshot Vermont 54-46 over the course of the weekend, but the Huskies were plagued by the untimely goals they allowed – an ailment that has lingered since mid-October.

For the fifth game in a row, the Huskies found themselves down by at least two goals following the first period on Thursday. Freshman goaltender Ryan Ruck allowed a pair of Catamount tallies in the opening frame at Matthews Arena.

After a slew of missed opportunities in the scoreless second period, the Husky offense found its spark in the final 20 minutes of the game.

Vermont sophomore defenseman Ori Abramson delivered a vicious hit to junior forward Dalen Hedges that earned him a five-minute,

locked-in stay in the penalty box.

The Huskies did not pass up on the extended power play opportunity.

Sophomore forward Dylan Sikura, who was an offensive bright spot for Northeastern all game, roofed an impressive short-side goal above the UVM goaltender’s shoulder two minutes into the man advantage, energizing the crowd and his teammates.

“He’s been very good all year long,” Madigan said of Sikura. “He’s moving his feet, he’s skilled and it was good for him to get on the board tonight because he’s had a lot of chances.”

Two minutes later, junior forward John Stevens followed suit when he rifled a shot blocker-side high from the slot to knot the game at 2-2.

With 6:14 left in regulation, the Catamounts delivered the final blow.

Ruck took a shot off his shoulder that bounced straight up over his head, plopped into the crease behind him and trickled into the back of the net.

Redshirt junior Derick Roy took over goaltending duties for the second game of the home-and-home series, his first start in three games. Vermont welcomed him back to the ice by scoring 39 seconds into the game.

Northeastern responded near the midpoint of the period when sophomore forward Nolan Stevens potted a power-play goal.

Senior forward Kevin Roy drew a defender and sent the puck to the wide-open Stevens, who fired a shot past the gloved hand of the Catamount goaltender.

Vermont was quick on the draw again in the second period, scoring in the opening minute of the frame to reclaim a one-goal lead. The score remained 2-1 for the rest of the period.

The Huskies rallied toward the end of the game, notching a pair of goals to give them

their first lead of the weekend.

The first goal came 2:15 into the frame off the stick of freshman forward Adam Gaudette. Gaudette took a pass from junior forward Zach Aston-Reese at the top of the crease and buried a one-timer, fivehole goal for his first collegiate tally.

NU took the lead with 13:09 remaining when junior defenseman Matt Benning scored his first of the year. Benning picked up a rebound and rifled the puck through traffic until it found its way into the back of the net.

The Huskies held on to the lead for 11 minutes, but the persistent Catamounts tied the game up with 2:01 to go, spoiling NU’s chances of coming out of the weekend with a much needed win.

“I’m disappointed that we’re walking away here without two points,” Madigan said after the game. “At the end of the day, points in this league are hard to come by.”

Despite the disappointment, the tie still provides a boost of confidence as the Huskies head into a tough weekend matchup with No. 11 Boston University (BU).

“There’s no doubt that [the point] gives you a little bit of juice,” Madigan said of the importance of the tie. “The fact that we’re playing BU should be enough incentive to get up, but it gives you a point on the board in Hockey East. [We are] 0-1-1, so you going into BU and you’re looking obviously to win and you’re looking to get above .500.”

This Huskies take on the BU Terriers on Friday at Agganis Arena and again on Saturday at 7 p.m. at Matthews Arena.

really tough — I would call them barely row-able,” he said. “Our athletes did a good job of staying aggressive. It wasn’t the cleanest rowing ever, but even when you can’t perform at your best, you can still be aggressive, you can still attack.”

After the time trials, the team competed in the finals on Saturday. In the collegiate double grand final, Husebye and Mailey rowed to a second-place overall finish.

Oleksiak and Williams finished eighth in the B final on Saturday, and Foti and Walsh took home fifth again in the A final.

“On Saturday morning, everybody raced even better,” Wilhelm

said. “We were happy with the performances and with how people rowed and conducted themselves.”

O’Connell earned fourth place in the A final singles race. She was competing in her first ever singles event, according to Wilhelm.

“Everybody in that grand final had a lot more experience, but she’s a great athlete,” he said.

Wilhelm talked about one of the team’s strengths, which is its depth in terms of experience.

“I think every class we have is going to contribute to speed this year,” he said. “It’s a very balanced squad.

We have a lot of seniors we’re going to graduate, but we’re not thinking

of that yet — we’re just enjoying having them. Our younger athletes are working hard and bringing a real physical presence on the team.”

The Huskies have a few weeks off before their next race, the Foot of the Charles Regatta on Nov. 14.

“This race is another one that’s unique,” Wilhelm said. “It’s a fourmile race, which is something we don’t do very often. Most head races are three miles, so we’ve added on a mile to this. Our goal here is to take the pace that we’ve been rowing in three-mile races and just extend it to four miles.

We’re taking what we’ve done and doing it at a more physical pace.”

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Freshman Ryan Ruck, 41, had 18 saves against Vermont on Thursday.

with your goalie, and the team has been more loose in front of her, which allowed us to score goals.”

Looking ahead to next weekend, the team will be without Coyne, Krizova and senior defenseman Jordan Krause. Coyne will be playing with the US national team, and Krizova will be with the Czech

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Rowing competes in Small Boat Challenge

By Bailey Knecht Sports Editor

Two weeks after a strong showing at the Head of the Charles Regatta, the Northeastern University women’s rowing team competed at the Small Boat Challenge in West Windsor, N.J., this weekend.

“Small boat races are much more personal than an 8-boat race,” Head Coach Joe Wilhelm said. “There are no coxswains, so athletes have to steer themselves by looking behind them and keep themselves straight. It’s a very individual race, so there’s a lot of personal responsibility and accountability that we’re

trying to instill in our athletes.”

In Friday’s time trials, junior Birgitta Husebye and freshman Madison Mailey took second place, while sophomore Hayley Oleksiak and junior Alaina Williams placed seventh in collegiate doubles. Each rower uses two oars in doubles sculling. Sophomores Heather Foti and Margaret Walsh ended in fifth place in the pair event, which uses one oar per rower.

Junior Katie O’Connell finished fifth in a singles race.

The rowers performed well, despite battling windy conditions on the water on Friday, Wilhelm said.

“The conditions on Friday were