October 5, 2017

The Huntington News Vol. XI No. 2

The independent student newspaper of the Northeastern community

Oct. 5, 2017

Dining workers vote to begin strike Wednesday

File photo by Lauren Scornavacca Dining hall workers voted 316 to 2 in favor of striking Oct. 11 if their demands for a guaranteed minimum salary of $35,000 and better health care are not met in negotiations.

By Rachel Morford & Guy Ovadia News Staff Northeastern dining hall workers voted overwhelmingly to strike if they are not able to reach a contract resolution with their employer by

11:59 p.m. Tuesday.

The announcement came after UNITE HERE Local 26, the union representing Northeastern University (NU) dining workers, tallied Wednesday’s vote, which was held from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. in Krentzman

Quad. The final results were 316 votes in favor of striking and 2 against. Union representatives and dining hall staff said they hope the level of consensus impacts negotiations with Chartwells, a dining services company for schools which

is contracted by the school.

“We are tired of being unimportant,” NU dining hall worker Angela Bello said. “This is a message to the university that we deserve a change.”

Bello, who has worked with NU

dining for nine years, said demands include a minimum $35,000 salary for full-time workers and access to affordable health care. According to a previous Local 26 press release, the average salary of a dining UNION, on Page 2

Q & A: The Script on tour NU hockey star goes pro overseas

By Jenna Ciccotelli Deputy Sports Editor When Hayley Masters laced up her skates for one final appearance as a Northeastern Husky, she did so with a lump in her throat. It was the team’s bid for their first Hockey East Championship last season, and the buzzer that signaled the end of the game against Boston College — and the Huskies’ 2-1 overtime loss — also seemingly signaled the end of Masters’ lifelong hockey career.

The Ontario native, who said she learned how to skate and play ice hockey as soon as she could walk,

added Northeastern to a seemingly endless list of teams she had played for, including midget and junior hockey, Team Ontario, Bishop Strachan School in Toronto and participation in the Canadian National Selection Camps.

“Throughout my years of elementary and even high school, when someone would ask, ‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’ my answer was always the same — a hockey player,” Masters said in an email to The News. “Letting go of something that gave me a lifetime BERGKAMEN, on Page 12

Photo by Sophie Cannon Lead singer of The Script, Danny O’Donohue captivates the crowd at the Orpheum Theatre

By Asia London Palomba News Correspondent The Script is back after a threeyear hiatus with their new album, “Freedom Child.” The Irish pop-rock band played at the Orpheum Theater Saturday, making Boston the third stop on their tour. After the United States, they will travel overseas to Europe, Australia and Africa.

The Script performed many of their new singles including “Rain,” but also favorites from past albums like “3” and the self-titled album.

The energy was electric as lead singer Danny O’Donoghue bounced around on stage and took turns weaving through the crowd to sing and dance with fans. Lead guitarist Mark Sheehan and drummer Glen

Power provided the songs’ sonic backbone that got the crowd out of their seats dancing.

Before the show, The News had the opportunity to sit down with the three Irish rock stars to talk about their new album, their lives on tour and the best food this country has to offer.

ORPHEUM, on Page 7

Photo courtesy EC Bergkamen Facebook Northeastern hockey alumnae Hayley Masters poses with EC Bergkamen head coach Robert Bruns at the start of the 2017-18 season.

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October 5, 2017

Workers, union leaders pressure school to act

UNION, from front hall worker in 2016 was less than $22,000. In a previous interview with The News, Bello said many full-time dining hall workers are dependent on subsidized housing and food stamps.

Claire Mancuso, a third-year human services major and member of Huskies Organizing With Labor (HOWL) — a coalition of NU student groups committed to supporting dining hall workers — said she was particularly motivated after hearing about the health care situation of a dining hall worker who spoke at a HOWL general meeting.

“One woman was talking about how she has three lesions in her brain, and her insurance would only cover the removal of one of them,” Mancuso said. “Nobody working full-time for a community that espouses the high ideals that

Northeastern does should have to be worrying about whether or not they’re going to be alive next year.”

Jose Taibot, a spokesperson for Local 26 and a dining hall worker for 17 years, said the injustices he’s witnessed over his time at Northeastern motivated him to take action.

“When colleagues of mine are getting a cup of coffee or a meal, the manager or director would come over to them, pick up their cup of coffee, pick up their tray and say, ‘That’s the end of your break,’ and throw away their food or their coffee,” Taibot said.

The union and dining hall workers have previously voiced complaints about Northeastern receiving tax breaks from the City of Boston without adequately paying the members of the Boston community they employ.

In a Sept. 21 email to The News,

Northeastern spokesperson Matthew McDonald said that as dining hall workers are not NU employees, the university is not involved in their contract negotiations.

“Dining services workers at the university, while valued members of our community, are not employed

by Northeastern; they are employed by our food service vendor, Chartwells,” McDonald said in the email.

“We look forward to the union and the employer reaching an amicable agreement.”

But workers and students alike have said Northeastern has the ability and obligation to advocate for food service workers. Some students, like second-year law student and HOWL member Keally Cieslik, believe Northeastern should address the complaints of the dining hall workers.

“I think the university uses the fact

that there is a subcontractor as an excuse,” Cieslik said. “We all know that the university holds the purse strings. The subcontractor obviously has a contract with the university and if the university were to demonstrate that they were committed to supporting every worker on this campus, then the subcontractor would be in a position to support and meet the workers’ demands.”

Taibot said because the university contracts with Chartwells, it makes it difficult for the workers to advocate for themselves. While they represent NU outwardly, he said the university feels no responsibility toward them.

“We don’t receive a single cent from the university. It’s all from a subcontractor,” Taibot said. “But that doesn’t make sense because on our uniforms it says ‘Northeastern Dining Services.’ We represent the university on our uniforms, but

Northeastern doesn’t even give us the uniforms. Compass group gives us the uniforms, and we have to buy them.”

Since April, Northeastern’s dining hall workers’ union has negotiated with the university to increase their wages and improve health benefits.

Local 26 moved forward in their strike proceedings after negotiations were unsuccessful.

“It is unconscionable that Northeastern does things like host antipoverty initiatives when it is literally perpetuating poverty by failing to pay a living wage,” Cieslik said. “How can we care about being interested to alleviate global poverty when we are institutionalizing poverty for the residents of this city by paying a wage that no one can live on?”

Deputy city editor Hannah Bernstein contributed to this story.

Students collect supplies for Puerto Rico relief

By Julia Preszler Campus Editor Puerto Rican students have mobilized at Northeastern to collect monetary donations and necessary supplies to aid relief efforts on the island after it was devastated by Hurricane Maria Sept. 20.

The coalition of Northeastern students, led by fourth-year marketing and interactive media combined major Laura Camila Rivera, is spearheading an effort by students at nearby universities to raise money through a national GoFundMe page and gather sanitary supplies, batteries, food, water and other provisions to send to Puerto Rico.

“When you give people a way to help, they’re going to do it,” Rivera said.

Students at Simmons College, Boston University, Boston College, Tufts University, Massachusetts College of Art and Design and Bowdoin College have worked together toward the cause. Northeastern has served as the hub of the city-wide effort, and Rivera said so far the group has filled four Northeastern move-in carts worth of supplies in the Latino/a Student Cultural Center.

The students will end their initial collection Friday, when they will pack the items into plastic boxes and transport them to Puerto Rico.

The cause hits home for many of the organizers. Rivera, who is from the Puerto Rican town of Humacao, said the church where her parents are pastors has been reduced to three walls. Much of the music equipment in the church was destroyed.

“It’s hit my father particularly hard,” Rivera said. “He got the church from his father and it’s been there for 70 years.”

Ana Vazquez-Pagan, a fourth-year biology major who is also working on the campaign, is from San Juan — the capital of Puerto Rico and its largest city. She said her home and family are fine, but her neighborhood was affected.

“My neighborhood was flooded, but luckily my street wasn’t flooded,” she said. “But it’s still hard to see that.”

Vazquez-Pagan said she has been briefing her family with news on the island. While she has been able to speak with her family, it is very difficult for people on the island to communicate with one another or access national news.

The national Students with Puerto Rico GoFundMe page was founded in part by Beatrice Martinez-Godas, a student at Fordham University and one of Rivera’s closest friends from high school.

Rivera said Students with Puerto Rico originally hoped to raise $15,000. As of print time, the page had collected nearly $170,000, including a $20,000 donation from late night talk show host Jimmy Fallon.

The Northeastern group has donated $1,000 to Students with Puerto Rico, Rivera said. The rest of their funds — including more than $700 raised through a bake sale Monday and funds to be raised at a Thursday UNO Pizzeria and Grill fundraiser — will be donated to ComPRometidos and Vive Mas, two

Photo by Lauren Scornavacca Ana Vazquez-Pagan (left) and Laura Camila Rivera have collected four Northeastern move-in carts of supplies so far. organizations working to address the demand.

Sept. 29 press release. crisis.

“I’ve been communicating with “Our thoughts and prayers Sarai Prieto, a first-year soci- my loved ones back home and it continue to be with the Puerto Rican ology and English double major seems the thing they need the most people, those who live here and at Simmons College who lives in is water,” Prieto said. “There’s no those who are on the island, as they Puerto Rico, was introduced to the drinkable water.” recover from the devastating impacts city-wide effort when she was added Prieto said the donations she has of Hurricane Maria,” Walsh said in a to a group chat by a friend at Tufts collected at Simmons have filled 25 press release.

University. She worked with friends shipping boxes.

Vazquez-Pagan expects that the over the past week to collect pads Mayor Martin J. Walsh and the recovery process for Puerto Rico and tampons, ramen noodles, canned Boston Foundation, a philanthropic will be long. beans and vegetables. organization, announced the creation “I know my island will flourish and She said water, water purification of the Massachusetts United for I know it will get back on its feet,” tablets and water filters are in high Puerto Rico Fund, according to a she said.

SGA passes resolution of support for strike

By Charlie Wolfson News Staff Student senators passed resolutions to support Northeastern dining hall workers’ efforts toward raising salaries and to change Northeastern’s observance of Columbus day to Indigenous People’s Day at their session Monday.

These resolutions, which the Northeastern Student Government Association (SGA) calls “Senses of the Senate,” do not carry the weight of policy, rather they are official statements that represent the entire student body.

The 75 voting senators passed each resolution almost unanimously, with less than six votes in opposition for each.

Support food service workers SS-FA-17-101, a Sense Senate to support food workers, garnered support the senate during debate

of the service among due to

concerns that dining hall workers are not currently being paid a living wage, and a belief that the Northeastern student body should advocate for all members of the Northeastern community instead of just students. The resolution supports food service workers in their efforts to get minimum salaries of $35,000.

“Back when I was still on a meal plan, I remember food workers were always ready and willing to provide us with what we needed,” said Vice President for Student Involvement Brian Hamp, a fourth-year bioengineering major. “It should be on us to support them after they work tirelessly to provide us with something we, quite literally, need to get through the day.”

First-year politics, philosophy and economics major Max WillnerGiwerc reiterated the need for students to advocate alongside members of the Northeastern community who are in need.

“We are all Huskies,” he said.

“Whether it’s a student, a professor, a librarian, a custodian, a dining hall worker, we’re all Huskies ... on this

issue, silence is injustice.”

Fourth-year combined biology and political science major Aubrey Kenderdine and second-year criminal justice major Nafisa Kabir, both student senators, were among the minority who opposed the resolution, citing concerns that such action would move the workers toward striking.

“We really have to think about the freshmen who use the dining halls every day,” Kenderdine said. “If [the workers] don’t get their demands, which are high, they might do what other schools have done which is going on strike. And that really does affect freshman and some others who are on the dining plan.”

Vice President for Student Affairs Nathan Hostert, a second-year political science major, responded to Kenderdine’s comments, saying the workers will go on strike regardless of the Senate’s decision and that passing this resolution could serve to strengthen their cause thereafter. The workers voted to strike Wednesday 316 to 2.

The resolution passed with 53 yae

votes and three nay.

Executive Vice President Paulina Ruiz said she thinks that Monday’s vote could have a significant effect on the administration’s action on the issue.

“It’s difficult for the administration to act without student input,” said Ruiz, a third-year psychology major.

“Now that we’ve officially declared our support, shown in this overwhelming vote, they know without doubt the feeling of the student body on this issue.

Ruiz said she thinks that this vote alone will not resolve the issue, rather a combination of SGA support and work already being done by student groups, such as Huskies Organizing With Labor.

Rename Columbus Day The other resolution on the table Monday (SS-FA-17-102) declared a Sense of the Senate that Northeastern’s observance of Columbus Day be changed to Indigenous People’s

Day in order to be more inclusive, respectful and mindful of the people affected by colonization.

Student Body President Suchira Sharma spoke in favor of the resolution, encouraging Northeastern to “match its policy to its practice.”

“The way things have been do not need to be the way things will be,” said Sharma, a fourth-year business administration major.

Third-year business major Peter Teodorescu said the act would actually get rid of diversity.

“I think it’s a great idea to celebrate indigenous people,” he said.

“But I don’t like the idea of just replacing Columbus Day with it.

That just underlines our values of taking things that we like and eliminating what we don’t want to hear.”

This resolution passed with 48 yae votes and five nay. Both resolutions have been submitted to the faculty Senate for their consideration.

The faculty Senate is not bound to take any action or make any statement, but they are compelled to at least bring up the motions at a meeting.

October 5, 2017

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NUPD CRIME LOG Compiled by Jill Sojourner, News Staff

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Northeastern University Public Safety Division

Monday, Sept. 18 @ 12:08 p.m.

The manager of Wollaston’s Market in Marino Recreation Center reported detaining a cooperative shoplifter. The Northeastern University Police Department (NUPD) responded and reported speaking with the shoplifter, who was unaffiliated with Northeastern University (NU). The shoplifter was found to have a criminal history and was banned from all NU property. A report was filed.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division

Wednesday, Sept. 20 @ 2:40 p.m.

A residence director reported two NU students were the victims of racially biased comments. A report was filed.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division

Thursday, Sept. 21 @ 1:00 a.m.

An NU student reported she received several suspicious text messages from an unknown phone number. She called the number and the individual told her they knew her but she does not know them. She further reported feeling unsafe as a result of the interaction. A report was filed.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division

Thursday, Sept. 21 @ 12:35 p.m.

An NU staff member reported she and several other staff members believed someone was entering their offices at night. She said she and her coworkers noticed chairs were adjusted and their belongings were moved throughout the offices, and it had been happening for several weeks. A report was filed.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division

Thursday, Sept. 21 @ 2:37 p.m.

An NU staff member reported her purse was stolen from her office. She further reported another staff member found the purse in a recycling bin later in the day with cash missing. A report was filed.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division

Thursday, Sept. 21 @ 11:35 p.m.

A resident assistant (RA) reported an intoxicated student in the lobby of Stetson West Hall. NUPD responded and requested Boston Emergency Medical Services (EMS), who transported the student to the Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital. A report was filed.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division

Friday, Sept. 22 @ 1:15 a.m.

An NU faculty member reported receiving an email from an NU student stating that earlier in the evening while walking to Ruggles Station, another NU student made advances toward her, which she declined, and proceeded to kiss her on the cheek. A report was filed.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division

Saturday, Sept. 23 @ 2:07 a.m.

An NU student reported his friend was intoxicated and needed an evaluation. NUPD responded and requested EMS, who cleared the student and left her in her roommate’s care. A report was filed.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division Saturday, Sept. 23 @ 10:48 p.m.

An anonymous individual reported noticing a suspicious-looking man wearing a green hoodie, black hat and sweatpants kneeling down by the bushes in between Snell Library and Snell Engineering Center. NUPD reported approaching a man matching that description in the Marino Recreation Center. The man, who was unaffiliated with NU, was found to have a criminal history and warrants for his arrest. NUPD further reported he attempted to flee the scene and was taken to the ground. NUPD requested EMS, who cleared him. He was later arrested. A report was filed.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division

Sunday, Sept. 24 @ 4:55 p.m.

A confidential open and gross behavior case occurred on campus. A report was filed.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division

Sunday, Sept. 24 @ 7:34 p.m.

The manager of Wollaston’s Market in Marino Recreation Center reported a cooperative shoplifter.

NUPD responded and reported speaking with the shoplifter, who was an NU student. The student was banned from both Wollaston’s Market locations and sent on his way. A report was filed.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division

Sunday, Sept. 24 @ 10:39 p.m.

The Boston Police Department reported a possible case of breaking and entering at the construction site on 742 Columbus Avenue. NUPD responded and reported movement on the top level of the site. NUPD further reported a man, who was unaffiliated with NU, coming down to ground level.

NUPD requested EMS for a psychiatric examination. EMS transported the man to the Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital. A report was filed.

Northeastern University Public Safety Division

Monday, Sept. 25 @ 1:07 a.m.

NUPD reported three NU students in the Fens smoking marijuana. Two of the students fled the area upon being approached. NUPD further reported confiscating drug paraphernalia from the students.

A report was filed.

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Chafee rehashes political career

By Charlie Wolfson News Staff Former Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee spoke to Northeastern students, mostly political science majors, Tuesday in Renaissance Park. Chafee, who also served as a U.S. senator and ran for president as a Democrat in 2016 but has been affiliated with the Republican party and was an independent during his career, detailed his experience in local, state and national politics fighting the “political machine.”

Chafee often crossed party lines in the Senate, unlike many of his colleagues who he described as selfinterested, and who caused him to say “good riddance” to the Senate upon losing his re-election bid in 2006. He eventually took action to do his part to change this culture in Washington politics. He changed parties officially in 2013, fed up with social talking points that had begun to dominate the Republican agenda.

He said he would have done so years earlier, if it were not for Senator Mitch McConnell’s promise to support Chafee’s interests in BRAC, a bill that would affect transportation infrastructure in Rhode Island.

“McConnell called me and said, ‘Linc, I know what you’re thinking.

If you stay, we’ll give you what you want for BRAC.’ And nobody from the Democratic leadership called me,” he said. “And everything I asked for, Mitch made sure it was in that bill.”

This was his main example of the Democratic party’s general lack of organization. He also quoted Will Rogers, a political humorist from the early 1900s.

“Will Rogers once said, ‘I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat,’” Chafee said.

Chafee attributed the Democratic party’s recent downfalls, like their loss of seats midway through President Barack Obama’s first term and the election of President Donald J. Trump, to this lack of organization.

He lamented how the 2016 Democratic primary was conducted.

He said he felt “the fix was in” for Hillary Clinton, citing the fact that her vote in favor of the Iraq War as a senator should have been a “career ender.”

“I wasn’t happy with the coronation of Hillary Clinton,” he said. “I wasn’t surprised that the party was doing it, but I was surprised that the media was going along with it. I mean, there was a prime-time debate on CNN, two hours. I ended up speaking for eight minutes. It was the Clinton News Network.”

Second-year political science major Jeff Cowen noticed Chafee’s presence in the 2016 campaign season and attended the talk to find out more about his motives in that election.

“I already knew a bit about Chafee as a politician,” he said. “I didn’t understand why he was running, at the time. It seemed like he had no chance, so I was wondering why he would do that.”

Chafee told the students about his experience climbing the political ladder: he began his career as one of 100 delegates to the 1985 Rhode Island Constitutional Convention (Con-Con), which Rhode Island voters have the option to enact every 10 years, as they did in 1985.

He went on to become a city councilor in Warwick, Rhode Island, the mayor of Warwick, a U.S. senator and the governor of Rhode Island.

Chafee emphasized the importance of grassroots, door-to-door campaigning in an era of social media fueled super-campaigns.

“It’s all a big circle,” he said. “The way to get traction in a presidential primary is no different than it was for Con-Con. Just as I went door to door in Warwick in 1985, I began

Photo courtesy Kenneth Zirkel, creative commons Lincoln Chafee ran for president in 2016 as a democrat. my presidential run in New Hampshire, going to small meetings in basements of churches and schools.

You don’t need a lot of money to get started.”

At each position, Chafee recounted, his intention to make conscientious, responsible decisions on behalf of the community were met with staunch opposition from entrenched members of political mechanisms, donor politics and a political culture in which officials care more about re-election than doing what is right.

“When I arrived at my first political office, Con-Con, I was given a lesson in power politics,” Chafee said. “The state legislature had stacked the convention with people who wouldn’t take power away from the legislative branch. Shorter term limits? No. Allowing the Governor the power to line-item veto? No.” During his time on the Warwick City Council, Chafee often found himself on the losing end of 8-1 votes. Many situations arose like one he described Tuesday, in which the other eight councilors voted to allow condominiums to be built on a historic colonial site in the face of officially documented outcry from the community. Chafee knew he had to aim for a higher office if he was going to make a difference.

“You could say I was fighting the good fight, but really I was making no difference in those 8-1 votes,” he said. “That’s why I ran for mayor.”

He met similar challenges at that office: he was the first Republican mayor in Warwick in 32 years.

Though he worked hard to befriend the Public Works department — “I have to pick up the trash, plow the snow, fill the potholes,” he said — he still was slowed by a “Democratic machine.” Public Works was staffed by faithful Democrats who were resistant to his Republican policies.

As a senator, Chafee took pride in being the only Republican to vote against certain things he viewed as immoral. When the Clinton administration tried to roll back emissions regulations, he was the only Republican to vote ‘no.’ He was also the only GOP senator to vote against the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, on the grounds of Alito’s anti-abortion views.

Some students simply didn’t want to pass on the opportunity to hear from such an accomplished politician, like first-year political science major Akash Kaza.

“I’m from Connecticut, so I recognized Chafee in the (2016) debates,” Kaza said. “I wanted to hear his take on the current political events, considering his role in the 2016 election.”

Chafee concluded the talk by voicing his optimism despite the state of disarray in which both the country and the Democratic party find themselves.

“I don’t see anyone (to be the Democratic frontrunner in 2020) right now,” he said, “But everything’s upside down right now. I have faith that it will right itself.”

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Column: We have failed Puerto Rico The first disaster to hit Puerto Rico was Hurricane Maria. One of the strongest storms to reach the island in years, it left many of the 3.4 million residents without power, without drinking water and for thousands, without a home.

The second disaster was President Donald J. Trump’s handling of the situation. He was initially slow to respond, and when he did, the scale of his response was widely regarded as too small. He was roundly criticized, with some of the harshest condemnations coming from the mayor of San Juan herself, Carmen Yulín Cruz. Too thinAlex Frandsen skinned to let the criticism go, Trump lashed out on Twitter, accusing her of “poor leadership” and claiming that the Puerto Rican people wanted “everything done for them.”

The general public’s reaction to the president’s handling of the situation boiled down to one main sentiment: Trump dropped the ball and left Puerto Rico to fend for itself.

That sentiment isn’t wrong, but it ignores a crucial fact: Trump’s terrible actions aren’t anything unusual. They’re simply the latest incident in a long history of the U.S. government mistreating the incorporated territory. Trump was just following the federal precedent that has been set for years — ignore Puerto Rico, except when the island has something the mainland government wants.

The track record of the one-sided relationship began way back in 1898, during the Spanish-American War. The United States invaded the Spanishheld island and promised to give them increased rights, a tempting offer for a population that had been largely subjugated up to that point by the Spanish empire. Instead, the United States eschewed the locally-elected government and installed their own colonial system. They then proceeded to promptly flood the island with U.S. businessmen who went about establishing a sugar economy that would directly benefit the mainland.

In 1917, the federal government finally got around to granting citizenship to Puerto Ricans, but with a catch: The United States desperately needed troops for World War I and thought the Puerto Ricans would make fine soldiers. The only way to conscript them was to make them official U.S. citizens. So, the decision was made. Not because the United States was attempting to be fair, but because they needed bodies in a bloody war.

Even with their newfound citizenship, Puerto Ricans had little power.

They couldn’t, and still can’t, vote in national elections, and they lack real representation in Congress. Island residents elect someone to voice their concerns in Washington, but the representative has no vote, even on issues directly pertaining to Puerto Rico.

No path to statehood currently exists for Puerto Rico. The only people who can turn a territory into a state are voting members of Congress, of which the island has none. So despite the fact that Puerto Rico has voted heavily in favor of statehood, they are likely stuck in their incorporated purgatory.

Forever used, with little given back.

When viewed through this historical prism, Trump’s actions over the past few weeks make sense. Why would he worry about U.S. citizens who can’t even retaliate with a vote against him in the next presidential election? Why would he treat Puerto Ricans equally when years of precedent say to do otherwise?

Trump certainly didn’t help the problem with his response. But the real issue is our nation’s long tradition of exploiting the island without proper reciprocation.

News illustration by Victoria Barranco

Editorial: Student news lacks diversity in its staff

Journalists have trouble talking about themselves. They call themselves the fourth branch of government, yet rarely report on their own actions or how they may be influencing and interacting with the very public they’ve made it their mission to inform.

Self reflections are few and far between in the journalism community, reserved for upsets or scandals. Without reflection, problems go unchecked, and one of the biggest problems journalism has is a lack of diversity in newsrooms.

It’s a problem that begins at student publications before many young journalists even work their first jobs.

There are a disproportionate amount of white reporters in newsrooms across the country. A study done by the American Society of News Editors (ASNE) in 2015 showed that more than 88 percent of reporters and their supervisors were white. Black and Hispanic reporters came in at just over 4 percent.

These numbers contrast sharply with the percentages of minorities and whites that these news outlets should be representing. Minorities currently make up 38 percent of the U.S. population and by 2044 are expected to account for more than half of all Americans. Why then, do the institutions that claim to be the voice of the people not reflect those people?

The lack of diversity in newsrooms is an old problem for journalists. In 1978, ASNE attempted to address the issue by making a pledge to match the percentage of people of

color in the association with the percentage in the general population by 2000. In 1998, after realizing they would not meet that goal, they extended that deadline to 2025. We are now less than a decade away from 2025 and still unlikely to fulfill that 1978 pledge.

With no journalists of color in newsrooms, key perspectives are lost. Stories about specific communities are best understood by the people who come from those spaces. Without reporters who have that understanding, these stories get told less frequently and less thoroughly. No minority group is a monolith, which is why it’s necessary to have a wide variety of minorities in newsrooms: to ensure the diversity in thought that is afforded to white reporters is also afforded to journalists of color.

The biggest newsrooms in the country have shown that they are either unable or unwilling to increase their diversity, which makes it even more important that student newspapers increase their efforts to have more staff diversity.

Student newspapers are often the first journalistic experience young reporters gain and can be stepping stones to jobs at media outlets across the country. The more these newspapers encourage people of color to join their staffs, the more experienced journalists of color will be joining the workforce. If diversity becomes the norm even before stepping foot into a professional newsroom, it will be less likely that a lack of diversity will continue to

go unchecked.

The News recognizes we do not reflect the kind of the diversity that we’re calling for and have made it a goal to not only increase our staff’s diversity, but to make an additional effort to represent the diversity on campus in our content.

It is our hope that our paper will be an accurate reflection of the Northeastern community, and we are working to include the active minority communities on campus.

Northeastern has 42 cultural groups and a number of cultural centers on campus including The John D. O’Bryant AfricanAmerican Institute, The Asian American Center and The Latino/a Student Cultural Center, according to Undergraduate Admissions. It is the goal of The News to work with these groups to learn more about the kinds of stories they feel are lacking in our pages and report on the great work they are doing with the students on this campus.

We are also currently working with the journalism department to lead recruitment efforts at local high schools to encourage Boston Public School students to study journalism, particularly at Northeastern. An important aspect of this recruitment process for The News will be reaching out to high schools with larger numbers of minority students in the hopes that we will inspire more journalists of color.

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Op-ed: Cinema’s last stand

Netflix. Hulu. Prime. HBO Go. Amazon Fire Stick. Chromecast.

Movie theaters, cinemas and drive-ins are dying. Each new streaming entertainment service is another stab wound to the cinema industry.

Unfortunately, with the interminable obsession with technology, there doesn’t seem to be much incentive to reverse this trend.

There’s this notion that going to the movies serves little actual purpose, other than a means to an end: suffer through a forced family outing or awkwardly navigate through a first date.

The movie theater was created to be an escape from society. Every film director wants to immerse their audience in all of the visual and audio effects that a movie theater can provide. Not every film needs the theatrical experience, but at the very least, it never takes away from the event that is watching a movie.

A film like last year’s Best Picture winner, “Moonlight,” isn’t enhanced significantly by the movie theater setting because it’s heavily driven on a realistic, current setting and great acting performances. A film I watched in Imax, “Dunkirk,” would simply not have the same suffocating, claustrophobic effect without hearing the gunshots and constant ticking. It was like I was at Dunkirk, witnessing the close-up tracking shots while characters were drowning. It’s a visual and auditory masterpiece that wouldn’t have had nearly the same effect if seen on

a more moderate, standard home entertainment system.

If you haven’t noticed by now, I’m a true proponent of going to the movie theaters. Perhaps I’ve been brainwashed and conditioned by the spectacle. The totality of it is very endearing in my eyes: arriving early to beat the rush during opening weekend, picking a seat in the middle of the third row from the back and even paying that extra $1 to get a large popcorn instead of a medium one.

It’s a tradition that predates modern technology, and although film’s capabilities have expanded, movie theaters as a medium to experience them have not. This is most likely because of a shift in people’s perception of time. In a highly competitive society, why waste extraneous time on a movie you may or may not like? Instead, they should wait until there’s a high-quality pirated copy online or on-demand or Redbox to watch it. The medium of film itself isn’t dying, but people are becoming more selective on what films they wish to watch, effectively limiting their possibilities for enjoyment based on the external factor: critics’ reviews.

As people are more selective with their time, they need to pick movies they have a high likelihood of enjoying. Some people have a genre they get excited about, such as Marvel films or Tarantino flicks, so those societal tendencies are

important to consider. Marvel has a reputation for making well-made superhero movies, and the critics agree. Critics slammed “Batman vs. Superman” and the general audience did too. Was it bad? Yes. Was it quite as bad as people whined about? Probably not. Film critics clearly have the power to shape an audience’s perception of a movie before they see it.

How can film studios convince people that movie theaters are amazing and require a similar level of reverence and respect as opera and other forms of theater? Maybe tradition will keep cinemas open until film studios directly market and sell to private sector distributors or clusters of people. TV shows on Netflix, Hulu and HBO are dominating the public discussion because many Hollywood actors are moving to television for more consistent paychecks, and yet significantly more people watch the Oscars over the Emmys.

Perhaps there’s something to be said about the universality of movies, that you don’t need a cable plan or even a television to go to a cinema. Perhaps people don’t wish to go farther than their living room to enjoy a well-made production.

Why are cinemas dying? I guess people are just lazy. It’s probably just that.

Lal Birali is a second year pursuing a combined major in computer science and business

Students protest Betsy DeVos at Harvard

By Ava Sasani News Correspondent Students and teachers gathered outside the Harvard Institute of Politics Sept. 28 to protest U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. DeVos, who has been widely criticized for her lack of public education experience prior to serving as education secretary, addressed the Harvard University audience on the merits of school choice and the expansion of charter schools. DeVos briefly discussed her goal to expand charter schools and school vouchers, then answered questions from the crowd of mostly Harvard students.

Protesters chanted “Hey Betsy, you can’t hide, we can see your greedy side!” and waved signs saying “Dump DeVos!” “I don’t even know if she’s set foot in a public school,” said Cliff Gallant, a 20-year veteran teacher in Belmont, Massachusetts, who attended the event with several other educators from the Belmont Public Schools.

Isabelle Doerre Torres, a senior at Boston Latin School, took the protest organizers’ microphone halfway through the event to address the protesters.

“People like Betsy cut public school funding, then say public schools don’t work,” she said to a swelling crowd.

DeVos has drawn the ire of educators, students and education advocates.. Besides lobbying for school choice in Michigan, DeVos was primarily a conservative political fundraiser, serving as the chairwoman of the Michigan Republican Party between 1996 and 2000.

Derek Niño, who recently completed his doctorate in education leadership at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, is an advocate for English language learning students and families. Niño attended the first portion of the speech, but

Photo by Dylan Shen Students and educators chant in protest against U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos during her speech at Harvard Sept. 28. left during the question-and-answer period to watch the protesters.

“I don’t think they should expect much,” Niño said of underprivileged students. “I’ve worked in these communities, and the charter school system she’s advocating for is extremely confusing and difficult to navigate.”

Niño said he attended DeVos’ speech to attempt to understand her point of view.

“I came here hoping to maintain

an open mind, but she reaffirmed a lot of stereotypes,” Niño said.

“She gave vacuous answers, and it was clear she hadn’t done a lot of research. She just generally advocated for more power to the states.”

Before her nomination last November, DeVos was a principal architect of the Detroit Public Schools overhaul, which created a new system of charter schools. Many school choice advocates, including Nikolai Vitti, the Detroit Public

Schools superintendent, have said Michigan’s unregulated expansion of charter schools over the past two decades was a poor policy implementation.

“Students are not for sale,” chanted the crowd, as Cara Goodman, a volunteer with People Govern, Not Money weaved through the protesters with a petition.

People Govern, Not Money is a nonpartisan organization opposing Citizens United v. Federal Election

Commission, the 2010 U.S. Supreme Court case which lifted restrictions on corporations’ campaign spending.

Goodman, a critic of the Citizens United decision, said she sees DeVos’ ascension to secretary as evidence of the corrosive effect of money in politics.

“I think money in politics is a big reason why Betsy is in her position,” Goodman said, as several protesters signed her petition. “She wouldn’t have the job without it.”

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Forbes summit addresses social activism

By Patrick Burgard News Staff More than 7,000 entrepreneurs, innovators and students gathered in Boston this week for the Forbes Under 30 Summit, where some of the most prominent millennial minds shared their ideas, philosophies and visions for the future.

Among the speakers at the event, which lasted Sunday to Wednesday, were three-time Olympic gold medalist Aly Raisman, rapper Kendrick Lamar, “Hamilton” star Okieriete Onaodowan, Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe and Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.).

Participants, who came from all over the Northeast, attended events in various parts of the city and were categorized by common themes like “Create,” “Impact,” “Tech” and “Discover.”

Many speakers discussed their attitudes toward failure and uncertainty about the future. Lamar, who served as the event’s keynote speaker Tuesday, captured a sentiment expressed by many at the event when discussing his attitudes toward overcoming these struggles.

“It always comes back to this one, single word: failure,” Lamar said to the crowd. “Do you know how many people are in fear of that word? At least 80 percent, because I’ve been in that situation plenty of times — several times — and you have to almost intimidate this word with work ethic … because failure’s the one thing that stops us all from being our own entrepreneurs and following our own dreams and having ownership of what we do.”

Lamar also said people should

look to celebrities like Colin Kaepernick — who set the recent trend of athletes kneeling during the national anthem in protest of police brutality — for inspiration to do the right thing, even when faced with significant opposition.

Onaodowan, who played the role of James Madison in the hit 2015 musical “Hamilton,” said as a politically active artist, he understands Colin Kaepernick’s struggle.

“We relate as artists because we’re told the same thing: don’t step out of line,” Onaodowan said Tuesday during an interview as a Forbes Under 30 honoree. “My question, then, is who gets to say [expletive]?

Who gets to suddenly say how they feel? Doesn’t everyone have a job that they should just shut up and do?

Look at the president, like shut up and be president, stop telling us how to feel. That’s your job.”

Onaodowan is no stranger to using his platform to make political statements. He discussed a moment that occurred Jan. 28 of last year, when then-Vice President-elect Mike Pence appeared at a performance of “Hamilton.” Onaodowan said he felt particularly proud to use his platform to make a statement against the presidential administration.

“I think you should take time to think about what you have to say, and I think it should be done in more than 140 characters,” Onaodowan said. “I think it should be said with confidence. It was a really proud moment to say, ‘Here we are.’ ‘Hamilton’ could have not said anything, knowing the success it is and knowing that it could take a hit by imparting something to Mike Pence. It was a really proud

Photo by Brian Bae Businesspeople and Forbes executives spoke Monday at a tech panel. Pictured (left to right) Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary, co-founders of Sound Ventures; Iba Masood, CEO of TARA.AI; and Mike Perlis, CEO and executive chairman of Forbes Magazine. moment to say we are going to take advantage of this platform to put something positive out there.”

Other events featured big names such as Lindsey Vonn, the world champion skier, and Sheryl Sandberg, the chief operating officer of Facebook.

Despite the diverse range of panelists and honorees, many events centered around failure and getting

back on your feet. 23AndMe CEO Anne Wojcicki spoke about losing the Food and Drug Administration’s support for her genetic testing kits, Forbes executives discussed burnout and female CEOs like Susan Ho of Gojourny.com touched on sexism in Silicon Valley.

Kasey Catt of Interphase Materials, an energy and defense company based in Pittsburgh, traveled from

Pennsylvania to attend the summit.

Catt said the event was a great networking opportunity for his company.

“This was my first time at this summit, and we were able to make a lot of connections with a lot of game changers — people who have big ideas,” Catt said. “Being here allows you to make the network to allow those ideas to come true.”

Students in the United States. This student-run organization aims to unite Indonesian students in the United States.

The festival featured a wide variety of performances, including its first showcase of Reog dance, which originates from the Ponorogo region of East Java, Indonesia. Reog dance is a form of traditional Indonesian dance that depicts the mythical battle between the King of Ponorogo and the magical lion-like creature known as Singa Barong.

In addition to the many performances of traditional and modern dance and music, booths lined the square selling traditional Indonesian garments and jewelry.

Some of these vendors were also handeding out free scarves and booklets that informed passersby about the items and Indonesian culture.

Alexander Sebastian, a student at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, manned the Lucy’s Batik booth in the square. Sebastian is studying fiber arts and material culture studies.

“Lucy’s Batik is a fair trade

business that collaborates with weavers, batik artisans, garment sewers from all over Indonesia that create products that are more relevant today, and market it so people can learn not only to appreciate Indonesian batik but learn and understand its history,” Sebastian said.

There were also vendors selling Indonesian cuisine, including Z’s Kitchen, Bakso Super Philly and Rosa’s Kitchen.

Dani Paramita, an Indonesian student who attends Boston University, was among the hundreds of people who turned out to the festival.

“The main thing that brings us here is that we miss Indonesian food,” Paramita said.

For those who may have been unfamiliar with aspects of Indonesia, the festival gave insight into the country’s rich culture. For the Indonesian people of New England, it provided a space to celebrate and feel a sense of familiarity.

“This is the first time since I’ve been in Boston that I’ve tasted something that felt Indonesian,” Paramita said. “I feel a little bit at home.”

Community celebrates Indonesian Festival

Photo by Gordon Lo A performer at the New England Indonesian Festival observes a booth serving authentic Indonesian food.

By Eirin Combs News Correspondent For the fifth year in a row, Copley Square hosted a festival celebrating Indonesian culture Saturday, featuring dozens of booths, performers and types of cuisine.

“Being in the festival is a big thing for me, especially because it’s held once a year, and you can get Indonesian food, of course, and meet new Indonesian people,” said Dhanni Setyaming, a member of the Indonesian Community of New England (ICONE), one of the groups that

sponsored the event.

ICONE partnered with several other groups to organize the event, the New England Indonesian Festival. These included the Persatuan Mahasiswa Indonesia Seluruh Amerika Serikat, which translates to Organization of the Indonesian

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Rock band talks about new album and sound

ORPHEUM, from front The Huntington News: This is your first time on the scene after three years. What made you guys come back?

Danny O’Donoghue: We were bored of sitting at home. We took a bit of time off for personal issues as well; I went through vocal surgery.

It was mainly we were kind of bored of being at home, and our family members also wanted to kick us back out.

HN: So you guys were just back in Dublin?

Mark Sheehan: Yeah, we spent a lot of time back in Los Angeles as well. Los Angeles is an old home of ours in a way: it’s where we formed the band, it’s where we lived for a long time. We kind of hopped between Ireland and London and LA. HN: Your album “Freedom Child” is a bit different from your previous albums. What made you change your sound?

MS: I think as a musician it’s always about evolution, and you’re always chasing something that you

Photo by Sophie Cannon The Script performs their new album at the Orpheum Theatre in Boston. haven’t done before. We’ve always produced our own records, we’re literally so hands on. This time around we wanted to use other people and try different things and get a bit more experimental. We wanted to just try to stretch the sound a bit.

The lyrics and melodies are still the same, it’s still us telling our stories, but it’s more the sonic quality that we wanted to move on a little bit.

HN: Was it hard for you to have to stretch the sound?

MS: It was hard to use other people because we’re control freaks.

DO: It’s easy to change the sound, it’s just changing different patterns.

Instead of using the piano, you can use the keyboard sound, or different types of production techniques. But what’s been great is the reaction.

Although it is a bit of a different sound, people have really been reacting great to the record. We kind of stretched to change the sound, but eventually these songs just become part of The Script tapestry anyways.

HN: What would you say was your

defining moment as a band?

MS: The first album. We had been unsuccessful for so long. When it finally clicks and happens, you can’t but help but to count your lucky stars on that little moment. From then on it’s about maintaining your career.

We’ve been blessed with so many moments after that, from touring with Paul McCartney, U2, Adele and then playing for the Queen of England to the Croke Park in Ireland.

Glen Power: Yeah, 80,000 people in our hometown, that was amazing.

MS: Walking out to major festivals where there are 75,000 people, we’ve just been really blessed from that moment onward. I think that those defining moments are when you really do look back and you go, [expletive], that first album was really big for us, people really payed attention.

HN: How was the reaction back home when you dropped your first album?

DO: Amazing.

MS: It was crazy. They wear us like a badge.

DO: It’s still the same to this day.

It was the first time in a long, long time that there had a band that was competing with every other band.

Since U2, there hasn’t been a band that’s been out there and been able to kind of challenge all the other bigger bands for radio slots and for touring spots. They were just stoked to have another band because considering how much music means to Ireland as a whole, they go crazy for it.

HN: What was the most challenging moment in your careers?

DO: Just being away from family.

Everything about this industry is amazing, except for the challenging part where you have to be away from your family. You get to do the most amazing things in the world but a lot of times…

GP: ...there’s a price.

HN: How do you mediate that?

DO: Just look at the bank balance at the end of the year. As a musician, don’t get me wrong, we love playing music, we love the fact that our songs are our legacy, but at the end of the day you are doing this for a reason: to put a roof over your head and clothes on your kids’ backs.

There’s no better reason than that.

HN: Do you have any plans for another album after “Freedom Child”?

MS: I think there’s always plans; we never stop writing songs. We’ll always keep that moving forward and keep releasing music, that’s always the goal. As long as there are ears there to listen to us, we’ll constantly write and play.

HN: Do you have a favorite place in the world that you’ve toured?

DO: I do love coming to America, touring the States, particularly because I love the [expletive] diner food. There’s loads of [expletive] diners. Diners and Shake Shack, and I’ve had both in the past 24 hours, so I’m a happy man.

GP: I was just introduced to Shake Shack a few weeks ago by Danny.

DO: And they’ve been dating ever since.

HN: Besides the food, what else is tour life like?

MS: It’s amazing, particularly in America because you are on the road for quite a long time over here because it is just one sort of giant area. You spend a lot of time just living on the bus, you get into a better routine because you can gig out at nighttime, you can get yourself into a proper routine, where in Europe you are jumping countries everyday. We kind of look forward to when we get here because you can kind of chill the [expletive] out a little bit.

HN: So, since we are a student newspaper, what is your advice to those music and production majors that want to become who you are?

MS: Obviously the one thing that

we’d always say is practice ‘til your fingers bleed. But nothing prepares you for shows, doing shows in front of people.

GP: And the only way to get used to the nerves is to keep doing it because you’re going to be nervous.

HN: Are you still nervous sometimes?

GP: Oh, all the time. It’s not as terrifying as it once was. We still get nervous, but it’s less fear and more just nervous tension. We just learned how to deal with that, but when you’re starting out, you don’t know what that’s going to be like, so the first few times you do it is a bit terrifying. You just have to keep doing it.

MS: Also, the one thing that I would say is don’t try to please everybody, because you can never make everyone else happy. Make yourself happy and try to gauge the response you’re getting from local audiences, and if you’re doing something that’s unique, just zero in on that. You got to play to the people who love you, not to the people that dislike you. Play to the people who love it, not to the people who hate it because you’ll drive yourself [expletive] crazy.

HN: I just had a question about one of the songs in your newest album, “Divided States of America.” Was that influenced by the recent presidential election at all?

MS: Well, in a way, I think for us, we had been through Brexit; we had been dealing with the Syrian crisis.

France started to go through major divisive issues, and America seemed to be the last frontier. I guess the downfall for us is that we’re such American fans: fans of American food, American music, American people, our band was formed in America. We’re very, very Americadriven, and I guess what we’re most proud of America is that you guys are called the United States, and the fact that you guys stay united all the time. This is the first time that we noticed a real clear divide, and we’re not on the red or blue side, we’re not a political band, but when politics does step and it does divide people, that’s when it kind of annoys us. We can say it’s about Trump, we can say it’s not about Trump, but at the end of the day, it’s happening under his presidency and its not looking good to the rest of the world. I don’t know if you noticed in the song, but we say “divided States of America, divided states of the world.” We literally are painting the world out as being “This is what’s happening everywhere, it’s not just happening in your country, it’s happening absolutely everywhere.” We just thought it was a cool play on words that this was the United States. We just feel it’s very much divided right now.

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Northeastern and ICA team up for symposium

By Olivia Oriaku News Correspondent The new exhibit at the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), titled “Mark Dion: Misadventures of a 21st-Century Naturalist,” featured pieces by celebrated artist Mark Dion, who is best known for bridging the gap between humans and the natural world through art.

Northeastern University Center for the Arts partnered with the ICA in organizing a symposium in conjunction with the Mark Dion exhibit.

The symposium, called “Artifacts of

the Future: Artists’ Interventions in the Environment,” will be held on Oct. 12 at the New Bedford Whaling Museum in Dion’s hometown, and will continue on Oct. 13 at the ICA, where a group of six artists will present and discuss their work.

Sarah Kanouse, an associate professor of interdisciplinary arts at Northeastern, discussed how the university came to participate in the symposium.

“I’ve taught Mark’s work for many years in my classes, and when the director for the Center

for the Arts knew this event was happening, she connected me with Ruth Erickson, who was organizing the exhibit,” Kanouse said. “From there, we began talking about how to get Northeastern and its students involved in the opportunity.”

Ruth Erickson, associate curator at the ICA, explained the importance of the event in bringing together a group of artists and practitioners who are influenced by Dion’s work.

“One of the goals of the symposium was to recognize Mark as a teacher,” Erickson said. “For

Photo courtesy Creative Commons The Institute of Contemporary Art will house the Mark Dion symposium starting Oct. 13.

instance, one of the artists presenting in the symposium is also one of Mark’s students.”

Dion’s practices of fieldwork, excavation, collection and cultivation have inspired the work of many artists, and these practices have shaped our understanding of the natural world, Kanouse said.

In Dion’s piece, “Cabinet of Marine Debris,” featured in the exhibit, he showcased debris he found while on an expedition where he, along with other artists and scientists, studied a garbage patch in the Pacific Ocean. On the expedition, Dion began collecting samples of debris, such as bottle caps, which he later assembled into aesthetic categories and typologies to be displayed in a cabinet, said Erickson.

“Mark relates the cabinets in his exhibition to the ‘wunderkammer,’ also known as ‘cabinets of curiosity,’ which are what early European collectors exploring new parts of the world used to display objects they found of importance,” Erickson said.

The “wunderkammer” is a theme that runs throughout Dion’s work, and it is foundational to the museum, as the earliest museums were cabinets of curiosity, Erickson said.

She also said it is foundational to science, as early philosophers began to come up with systems to study the natural world through organizing their collectives in these cabinets.

David Cohn, a graduate student in the interdisciplinary arts program at Northeastern, said he realized the importance of Dion implementing these curiosity cabinets.

“He is experimenting with some old formats of displaying art, like the ‘wunderkammer,’ but is sort of at the same time critiquing some aspects of contemporary culture,” Cohn said.

In “Cabinet of Marine Debris,”

Dion is bringing to light, as earlier explorers did, objects that are significant to him and he believes will artistically express the ways in which humans can live in the natural world, Erickson said.

Erickson also said that in the piece and in much of Dion’s work, he is able to strike a tone that is between the poignant and the ironic, as his work is laced with irony and political critiques.

“There’s humor in the wonder, (in the exhibit) being a few set of plastic bottle caps that are displayed in ‘The Cabinet of Marine Debris,’” Erickson said.

Another key theme in Dion’s work is observing the way in which humans and animals relate. In his piece “The Library for the Birds of New York/The Library for the Birds of Massachusetts,” Dion builds a library intended for birds, filled with books about ornithology, hunting and how to avoid cats.

“It’s this whole tree of knowledge that’s assembled for the birds, but of course it’s a preposterous and humorous idea because the birds ignore the books and just end up going about their normal behavior of nesting and eating amongst the library,” Erickson said. “There’s kind of this juxtaposition between human knowledge about animals and their knowledge.”

Erickson gave some insight into how Dion’s work allows for us to think about the natural world and realize that society is actively shaping and changing nature all the time.

“Mark is an artist that has really thought so much about the environment and how it’s something that is not separate from human culture but is so deeply intertwined with it,” Erickson said.

Student, indie bands perform at AfterHours

Photo by Brian Bae Joey Vannucchi of From Indian Lakes performs at AfterHours on Thursday following performances by Sidney Gish, a Northeastern student, and Half Waif, an group from Brooklyn.

By Mohit Puvvala News Correspondent The atmosphere was cozy as people sat on the floor of AfterHours Thursday for three musical performances: Sidney Gish, Half Waif and the group From Indian Lakes.

Audience members bunched together waiting for the chill music to serenade their night, hushing as the lights dimmed and Gish stepped on stage with her guitar.

Though Gish is a third-year music industry major at Northeastern, she is also a rising indie songwriter in Boston.

She was recently nominated for New Artist of the Year at the 2017

Boston Music Awards.

“I got a slight heads up the week before, but nothing was confirmed until the announcement of the nominees,” Gish said in an email to The News. “I’m stoked! I’m glad that people like my album.”

Gish stepped on the stage at AfterHours and played like a professional.

All she had with her was a guitar and a set of recording pedals to loop sounds.

However, she easily made herself seem like she had a full-on band by using the pedals precisely to record separate harmonizing sounds.

After Gish’s performance reeled audience members in, Half Waif stepped in to deliver a mind-bending

performance that utilized unconventional, synthesized sounds and familiar instruments.

Half Waif, an indie pop group from Brooklyn, has a huge range of songs, and every song they played at the concert felt unique.

“I was completely moved by Half Waif’s performance,” said Sarah Witt, a first-year computer science major in the audience. “The band members were fully immersed in their experiential and emotive music, and their energy was contagious.”

Members of Half Waif said they were committed to displaying art to their audiences through their music.

“What people want most in art is authenticity, and that’s not an easy

thing to share as an artist,” said Nandi Rose Plunkett, the lead singer and songwriter of Half Waif. “It’s taken me a while to realize the best thing to do is to be yourself.”

Finally, to round out the night, From Indian Lakes entered the stage. The second Joey Vannucchi, the vocalist, writer and producer of the band, took hold of the mic, introduced himself and began singing, the crowd was drawn to his lyrics and wide vocal range.

He didn’t hesitate to make jokes in between his songs, mentioning how he felt a little dirty playing in a corporate cafe chain, but Starbucks seemed fine.

He said his music comes to him

naturally, and he writes when he encounters spontaneous inspiration.

He often leaves his songs unfinished, he said, but hopes to one day complete them.

“Music should be exciting and magical, you know?” he said.

While the musicians from each group were packing up their instruments and equipment after the concert had ended, they still found the time to interact with fans and sign autographs.

“The AfterHours show was awesome,” Gish wrote. “From Indian Lakes and Half Waif both make really cool music, and CUP (the Council for University Programs) booked a great show.”

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EVENT CALENDAR Calendar compiled by Drew Baldwin, news correspondent

EVENT OF THE WEEK GETTING DOWN IN THE DOGHOUSE Saturday, Oct. 7

File photo by Laura Pond

Get ready to dig out those red and black hockey jerseys. Not only is it the first official weekend of men’s hockey, but it’s also the 20th anniversary of the Doghouse. The Doghouse is Matthews Arena’s official student seating section, established in 1997, and it is always filled with Northeastern students who are unrelenting in spirit and dedication to their teams. Prior to the men’s hockey game, the celebration will take place in the Varsity Club, with free food and Doghouse apparel. Cheer on your fellow Huskies as they play game two-of-two against the Sacred Heart Pioneers. Students can easily reserve their tickets on the myNEU portal, and if friends or family want to join, ticket purchase is accessible at tickets.gonu.com. So come on out and support your huskies, and get a free t-shirt while you’re at it. 5-9p.m.; Matthews Arena; free for students

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Sunday, Oct. 8

No Jokes Improv is really no joke.

The club is hosting an improv show Thursday for a night of laughs and fun. Only an hour long, the show is the perfect excuse to take a welldeserved break from studying for midterms. Since Thursday is an improvised show, there will be no themed content. However, the troupe does take suggestions from the audience. If you’re interested in joining No Jokes, they meet at 8 p.m. every Thursday in 205 Hastings (the YMCA building). No Jokes has two troupes: one that performs, and one that serves as a safe outlet to practice improv. Though you have to try out to join the performing troupe, the practices are open to anyone hoping to hone in on their improv skills. 8-9p.m.; AfterHours; free

You may have heard of the SoWa Open Market, open most Saturdays and Sundays in Boston’s South End. Now, SoWa Boston, an art and design district originally derived from the “South of Washington,” is organizing monthly First Friday events. These are evenings when artists will open their gallery doors to the public and will take place every first Friday of the month. With over 70 shops, boutiques, galleries and showrooms, it shouldn’t be difficult to fill four hours with the endless supply of artwork to see and artists to meet. So whether you’re looking for a little bit of inspiration, want to meet some local artists or simply love art, SoWa First Friday will showcase all of the above.

5-9p.m.; 450 Harrison Ave.; free

Marching bands, floats, performers and food — what more could you need? Celebrate Italian heritage this Columbus Day with a slew of events beginning at City Hall Plaza. The famous parade will proceed down Congress Street to State Street, wind through the North End’s cobbled streets and eventually finish its loop on Hanover Street. On oddnumbered years, the parade always begins in the North End at City Hall Plaza. The parade will showcase brass marching bands, military units, colonial militias, a plethora of themed floats, politicians and more.

This has been an annual event since 1937 and is the largest parade in Boston, so show up to experience history. 1-3 p.m.; City Hall Plaza; free

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Wednesday, Oct. 11

Rain or shine, this art festival will prevail. The Fenway Alliance will host Opening Our Doors, a day full of free cultural offerings. You can start with a walking tour of Fenway, then take the trolley to Evan’s Way Park to join in on more fun. The festival will showcase an interactive dry-erase mural near the Christian Science Plaza and performances on our very own Krentzman Quad by Northeastern’s Spinning Arts Club and Kaliente Dance Group. Opening Our Doors has been an event since 2003, and has taken place almost every year since to promote the Fenway Cultural District. So come on out, learn to dance, create some art and meet people from all over the city. 10 a.m.- 4 p.m.; Christian Science Center; free

The Husky Environmental Action Team (HEAT) just kicked off their annual month-long energy-saving competition between first-year residence halls, called “Do It In the Dark.” Every few days, the group has organized events open to all that promote environmental sustainability. Tuesday night’s event is an Ecofeminism panel, which will explore the connection between the exploitation and degradation of the environment to the historic oppression of women.

Though the “Do It In the Dark” competition is aimed at first-year students, everyone is welcome and encouraged to participate in the environmental awareness events.

7p.m; Ell Hall; free

The Roaring ‘20s are here in 2017.

The MIT Lindy Hop Society meets every Wednesday to teach free swing dance lessons, followed by a social dance with music genres ranging from swing to blues to hip-hop. Lindy Hop is a partner dance, originating in Harlem, New York, and it has been a quintessential dance in swing for years. Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned veteran, taking a class or two could be the perfect date or a fun event to attend with friends. Or, even better, go by yourself and meet some new people — you do not need a partner to attend. 7:30-9 p.m. beginners; 9-11:30 p.m. social dance; 84 Massachusetts Ave.; free

Photo courtesy Creative Commons The Boston Fashion Week student journalist press conference took place at the Boston Public Library Thursday.

Boston Fashion Week gets local

By Nana Aisyah News Correspondent With schools such as Massachusetts College of Art and Design and Lasell College in the area, Boston’s fashion scene is constantly evolving as students, young graduates and local designers create new trends.

Essence Asamoah, a third-year communication studies major at Northeastern and events coordinator of the Northeastern Fashion & Retail Society, said Boston Fashion Week is an excellent way for designers to display their work and for fashionconscious people in Boston to get together and acknowledge that interest. “(Boston Fashion Week is) a good way to highlight local designers.

These are still influential people who could possibly get their brands up and coming into the bigger fashion weeks,” Asamoah said. “The more they get to share their work, the better.”

The 23rd Annual Boston Fashion Week aspires to do the same. The weeklong event promises to serve as a platform for style and an opportunity to celebrate local fashion professionals. Founded in 1995 by Jay Calderin, a fashion designer and author, Boston Fashion Week is a non-profit, local initiative that focuses on cultivating civic pride and celebrating new fashion talent.

The event features runway shows in addition to educational lectures, installations, movie screenings, exhibits and gatherings. This helps in building an intimate relationship between the designers and customers and bridges gaps between the community and the local style-makers.

“The main point of the event is that anyone can play,” Calderin said at a press conference Thursday at the Boston Public Library. “The only rule is to play nice.”

In order to provide a fresh mix to the event every year, Calderin reinvents the model of the program every year.

“We treat it as our own little laboratory,” he said. “This twist is important to increase the visibility of the designers, public education and

giving them complete access to the designers.”

To mark 2017, Calderin’s goal was to highlight 17 new fashion professionals. However, he found 18 designers who deserved to be celebrated, including Cecile Thieulin, Anthony Gregorio and Charles Neumann, all of whom spoke at the press conference.

Thieulin, the founder of Simone Simon, aspires to design clothes that are comfortable and sustainable. She calls the label timeless, modern and chic, and wants to bring Parisian style to the Boston streets.

Gregorio, founder of the brand Angelo Igitego, displays traditional East African textiles in men’s accessories such as bowties, neckties and pocket squares. His company also works to create jobs in Rwanda.

All of the designers have varying visions of fashion design, which Calderin said is inherently the essence of Boston Fashion Week.

“This mix of diverse designers is what we want to show the public — the fashion diversity in Boston,” Calderin said.

Neumann, the costume designer of the brand The House of Charles Neumann, said he participates in Boston Fashion Week because it is important to see what his fashion looks like to other people.

“It is a learning experience for fashion designers as well. Design is a conversation,” Neumann said.

“That helps to see your clothes worn in a different way.”

The speakers agreed that the interactive environment of Boston Fashion Week is an integral part of the program. Neumann said in other fashion weeks, the shows go by in a flash, and the details on the clothes and accessory become blurry. The curated showings of the designers in Boston Fashion Week give a more in-depth look at the collections and make the audience appreciate the garments and attire more.

“It is important that we engage and connect with people, so face-toface moments are really important,” Gregorio said.

vice-president Megan Lau, a secondyear computer science and business administration double major.

So told the crowd his life story and the challenges he faced to get to where he is today, most specifically growing up in a rough part of Sacramento and facing failure in the eyes of his parents when he decided to pursue a career in comedy.

He coupled heavy topics with his style of comedy to ease the gravity and reality of his message.

“Sometimes, it’s a little bit hard to touch on deep issues within ourselves, but he’s able to make it accessible through comedy,” Lau said. “He makes it okay to talk about these untouchable topics.”

One of the most prominent themes of So’s talk was to not let fear prevent one from stepping out of their comfort zone. He said that once

a person stops letting fear control their life, they’ll have no regrets.

“I really like the message he gave at the end of just not being scared and living life to the fullest,” said second-year computer science major Alex Wang. “I feel like everyone here can resonate with that.”

Although the “A Night With” series’ message is typically geared toward Asian Americans, So still found a way to resonate with students of other races in attendance.

“I felt like [the message] was to a different audience that I wasn’t apart of, but it was still interesting to relate to his message,” said Adam Briggs, a fourth-year behavioral neuroscience major. “His message of realizing when you’re too comfortable and you have to do something you’re afraid of to be happy, I like that message.”

David So speaks out about fear, perseverance

Photo by Allen Tat David So performs at AfterHours, speaking candidly about adversity.

By Irvin Zhang Staff Writer David So, a YouTuber, actor and comedian, took the stage at AfterHours Sunday and shared an intimate message about breaking out

of one’s comfort zone, facing fears and embracing failures.

The Asian Student Union (ASU) continued their “A Night With” series this semester by bringing in So, a Korean-American who has

achieved success in the entertainment industry. He currently has 1.4 million subscribers on YouTube.

ASU’s “A Night With” series presents prominent Asian celebrities to break the stereotype that Asians have to pursue careers in medicine or law to be viewed as successful.

“We do this every semester,” said ASU President and fourth-year health sciences major Vivian Cheng “Our main goal is to bring a popular Asian celebrity to show that we can do more than just the stereotypical Asian career and to try new things.”.

This is the first time the ASU has brought in a comedian. They typically bring in Asian musicians, most recently Arden Cho. “We wanted to switch it up this year and bring in a comedian because we’ve had a lot of musical performances in the past,” said ASU

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Photo by Patrick Leung Second-year setter Clare Lund dives for the ball as the Huskies beat the University of Delaware Monday.

Volleyball bumps up to first place in conference

By Tim Foley News Staff The Northeastern University volleyball team gained sole possession of first place in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) with wins against the University of Delaware and Towson University last weekend.

With the victories, the Huskies (11-6, 4-0 CAA) remain undefeated in-conference, the best start the team has had to a CAA season since 2012.

“Obviously, we want to win, but we have to be able to focus on key aspects of what we want to do,” second-year outside hitter Amy Underdown said. “I think the second time around in conference it does get tougher because teams know your tendencies. We have to kick it into gear and show teams something that they haven’t seen before from us.”

Underdown was named CAA Player of the week for the second time in a row Monday, after totaling 13 kills against Delaware and 24 against Towson. The California native served over eight aces and compiled 16 digs over the course of the two matches as well.

Delaware struck twice to take an early lead Friday, but Northeastern bounced back with three consecutive kills from first-year outside hitter Athena Ardila. The Huskies defeated the Blue Hens (3-11, 1-3 CAA) in straight sets, but not without a fight in each of the frames.

“[Delaware] was with us the entire way in each set, until we got into the 20s,” head coach Ken Nichols said. “And we were able to just flex our muscles a little bit, three times in a row, which is pretty rare at this level.”

The first set went back and forth, but a 4-1 run from the Huskies was enough to pull ahead 25-19. The second played out similarly, with the Blue Hens taking a 20-19 lead, and the Northeastern women scoring six of the next seven points.

Northeastern won the third a bit more comfortably due to an early run of five points for the Huskies, four of which came from Underdown’s service and front-line play.

“I knew when I recruited [Underdown] that she had the potential to do great things here,” Nichols said.

“When she committed, I was elated.

She’s such an incredible, dangerous weapon.”

On Sunday, the Huskies took on hot-hitting Towson. The Tigers (16-2, 2-2 CAA) boasted an undefeated preseason record and were looking to rebound after their first loss of the season against Hofstra University.

But the Huskies came out strong.

A 6-1 run early in the first set gave them a solid lead and they were able to keep building, eventually winning, 25-16.

Despite a 23-22 lead in the second, the Huskies were unable to stop

three kills from the Tigers, as they evened the match at one set apiece.

In the pivotal third set, facing a Towson set point, the Huskies went on a 5-1 run to secure the frame.

“We did a really good job of staying leveled with our adrenaline,” Underdown said. “I think that’s a huge thing for us this year.”

Underdown spoke about taking it one point at a time, something that the Huskies proved they could do in the fourth set. Down 18-15, the Northeastern women scored ten points in a row to win the set.

The match-ending streak was built off of stellar defensive play and consistent serving from third-year defensive specialist Sherrie Wang, who placed over an ace on match point. Fourth-year setter Kristen Walding and first-year middle blocker Gabrielle Tschannen each contributed two blocks, anchoring the defense during the stretch.

Tschannen registered 10 blocks against Towson — her first doubledigit performance of the year.

The Huskies will return home to play the College of William & Mary Thursday in an attempt to extend their six-game winning streak.

“I never would have guessed in four matches that we’d be the only team undefeated in our conference,” Nichols said. “We’ve got some teams that are just tearing it up.

We’ve got a long way to go, but I’ll take it.”

Huskies split CAA road trip

By Jenna Ciccotelli Deputy Sports Editor It was all building up to this moment.

After going 6-5 to open their season in non-conference play, facing nationally-ranked opponents such as Harvard University and long-time rivals like the University of Vermont, the Northeastern University field hockey team was headed south to take on Towson University and The College of William & Mary in the beginning bouts of Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) competition.

Despite splitting the weekend with a win over Towson and a loss at the hands of William & Mary, Northeastern had much to celebrate.

Fourth-year forwards Kellie Stigas and Jamie Bartucca tallied new career bests and second-year midfielder Megan Barrett notched her first career goal.

In Maryland Friday, goals from Stigas and Barrett helped the Huskies hand the Tigers their 10th loss of the season. The pair managed to slip goals past Towson’s fourthyear goalkeeper Emilee Woodall, who is ranked first in the nation in saves per game with 11.17.

“We give Towson’s goalkeeper a lot of credit,” head coach Cheryl Murtagh said. “She played outstanding, she had a ton of saves on

some pretty good shots that our team was giving her.”

Barrett got the Huskies on the board in the 25th minute when she scored off of a rebound from thirdyear forward Laura MacLachlan on a penalty corner.

“Meg (Barrett)’s a hard worker,” Murtagh said. “She’s one of those players that just does her job. We really are impressed with her and we’re happy that she got her first one.”

Northeastern controlled the game, outshooting Towson 16-4. Stigas had three of these shots, scoring the game-winner and her career-best fifth goal after the half on one of the Huskies’ 17 penalty corners. On the insertion from fourth-year Jamie Bartucca, Stigas set up at the top of the circle to drive one against the boards and put Northeastern up 2-0.

Towson spoiled the Huskies’ shutout efforts in the 63rd minute when they scored off of a penalty corner, but Northeastern managed to hold on, their 18th win over Towson in program history. First-year goalkeeper Julia Gluyas enjoyed her second career start, making a pair of saves in the first half.

Searching for similar success Sunday against William & Mary, the Huskies were shaken. Their opponents notched two goals in the first nine minutes of play, adding one

more late in the game to secure a 3-1 win over the Huskies.

Gluyas saw the start in net, but fellow first-year goalkeeper Julia Ennis stepped in after the Tribe’s two quick points, making eight saves and allowing just one goal in 62 minutes of play.

Bartucca tallied the Huskies’ lone goal in the 42nd minute. The goal was her 11th of the season, a career best for the Connecticut native.

“We were upset that we were down, but this team didn’t put their heads down,” Murtagh said. “They had been playing good field hockey even after the first nine minutes.

I just think that we have to keep playing better defense, and we have to play it from the start.”

Northeastern will return home Friday, hosting their first CAA matchup against Hofstra University at 6 p.m. In a rare Monday night meeting, the Huskies will take on neighborhood rival Boston University at 6 p.m. during the team’s Welcome Back BBQ celebration.

Buses will shuttle students between campus and Dedham Field.

“We know we have to play defense throughout the entire game,” Murtagh said. “This team is a good passing team, they can score goals, but we need to have the defense. It’s important for us to get that second CAA win.”

October 5, 2017

Column: Celtics’ road to 60 wins Rejoice, dust off those jerseys and buckle up because NBA (preseason) basketball is back. Finally. With seemingly every NBA team involved in a blockbuster trade this offseason and Nike now in charge of the NBA jerseys, we have officially stepped into a new era in the NBA. And it’s one that the Celtics are poised to take control of, which is why they will win 60 games during the 2017-2018 season, narrowly edging out the Cavaliers for the top spot in the Eastern Conference.

Your eyes read that correctly.

The Celtics played their premiere preseason game on Monday evening, showcasing for the first time the additions of Kyrie Irving and Gordon Kyle Taylor Hayward, who join returner Al Horford to form our new-era ‘Big Three.’

I emphasize that Al Horford is a returner because while the 2017 Boston Celtics won 53 games, achieved the number one seed in the conference and made the Eastern Conference finals, there are only four members of this current day team that were there for that. Four. Only one of them, Horford, is a certain starter.

That is not the type of turnover you typically see from team that finds great success with whom they have, but if you listen to other fans, we were a “fake” top team anyway. No one was afraid of the Celtics, but anyone could lose to them. Regardless, all that is just to say there are certainly a lot of unknowns with this team.

So who do we know? Let’s start with Kyrie Irving. Irving is one of the most dominant scorers in the NBA. Because of his unbelievable shooting ability and knack for destroying defenders off the dribble, he is often pigeonholed as nothing more than an isolation scorer. He excelled in this role for the Cleveland Cavaliers, particularly alongside LeBron James who often drew the double team.

But that was his primary function in that system under Tyronn Lue. In the Brad Stevens’ offense, he will be called on to play a very similar role that allowed Isaiah Thomas to flourish, but with even more open looks. Irving shot 40 percent from three last season — to Thomas’ 38 percent — and the eye test will show you that many of these are unassisted and contested, driving his percentage down. If you don’t trust the eye test, advanced metrics show that 53 percent of Irving’s threes were assisted, while Thomas’ had 60 percent of his assisted and Stephen Curry, who shot only marginally better from three last season than Irving, had over 63 percent assisted, according to Basketball Reference.

In an offense heavily reliant on ball movement, Irving can expect to get more open looks than he did in Cleveland, which can expectantly raise that percentage. For a player who already shoots the ball incredibly well, Irving can raise his game to the next level. He is now the alpha-dog on a winning team for the first time in his career.

Next, the reunion of Gordon Hayward and Brad Stevens. Why did Hayward move to Boston? Well...the Butler (University) did it, where Stevens and Hayward had a historic March Madness run together that almost culminated in a championship. I desperately wanted Hayward to come to the Celtics in 2014, the last time he was a free agent and he wasn’t even that good then, honestly, but I became enamored with him after a great stretch of games I had while using him in NBA 2K. I remember being crushed when he returned to the Jazz, but just knew that next time free agency came around he’d make the wicked smart move. Three years later and poised to have an All-Star season, all I can say is better late than never.

Hayward has improved in scoring every year since entering the league, and you can expect another jump in a comfortable offense under his former head. An underrated defensive player, Hayward will be able to match up guarding some of the premiere small-forwards in the league out on the perimeter and prove he belongs among the list of elite small forwards with LeBron James, Kevin Durant and Kawhi Leonard. Pair that with his well-established playmaking and shooting, and you have yourselves an Eastern Conference All-Star.

Aside from those impact players, for the first time in a long time I can say the Boston Celtics have a rebounder on the roster in Aron Baynes. While “small-ball” may be the NBA of the future, the Celtics reality of the past few seasons has been getting absolutely beaten down, bodied and embarrassed in the rebounding battle. Baynes may not be asked to do much, but if the big fella can stop the opposition from taking four shots every time they’re on offense, I’ll be happy to not scream at my TV anymore.

Jayson Tatum makes all of this even sweeter. The Celtics found themselves in the unbelievably rare position of having the first pick in the draft while also being an elite team. They turned that number 1 pick into rookie Jayson Tatum, who has been likened to a young Paul Pierce by Pierce himself. We’ll go with that. He may not have played a minute of regular season basketball yet, but adding a great talent and prospect without giving anything up is awesome.

Jaylen Brown, Terry Rozier and Marcus Smart are the remaining returners from the previous season, and all are expected to play significant minutes and contribute. The young returners can thrive by improving on their defense and three-point shooting, as they will be filling in the role of covering the primary guards on the opposing team — don’t count on Kyrie Irving as a defensive upgrade.

We have a rebounder in Aron Baynes, and enough 6’6 to 6’10 wing players to allow for the switch-heavy defensive scheme that makes the Golden State Warriors an elite defensive team. Some may say the Celtics equal the Warriors if not better. Some.

Sure, a lot of the remaining players are rookies and just general question marks — see Marcus Morris— but these variables are undoubtedly very-able to contribute to the winning team that the Celtics have put together. Did you even watch the preseason game?

Adding that the that the Celtics are in the weak Eastern Conference, playing most of their games against rebuilding teams, it’s like handing out free wins.

By the time the post season hits, the Celtics will be hitting their strides to tear their way straight to the Eastern Conference Finals to challenge LeBron.

The Celtics pulled together one of the fastest rebuilds you may ever see, going from the Pierce –Garnett – Allen era to a 53-win team last season in just 4 years. Their success and wild over-achieving cannot soon be forgotten, but going from that to this so quickly is very exciting.

Strap in, because it looks like the grass is greener on this side.

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October 5, 2017

Photo by Albert Tamura Fourth-year forward and captain Nolan Stevens celebrates with teammates during their 9-1 victory.

Men’s hockey relentless in 9-1 exhibition opener

By Calli Remillard News Staff The Northeastern University (NU) men’s ice hockey team kicked off their season with a bang, taking a 9-1 victory over the University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) in an exhibition game Saturday night.

The Huskies maintained control of the game from puck drop until the final horn. Less than seven minutes into play, second-year forward Grant Jozefek got NU on the scoreboard.

Three goals followed before the end of the period, one from first-year forward Bobby Hampton and two in quick succession from third-year forward Adam Gaudette. Both of Gaudette’s goals were assisted by fourth-year forward Dylan Sikura.

Both Sikura and Gaudette finished the 2016-17 season with impressive statistics, placing sixth and ninth in the nation for points, respectively.

Gaudette currently holds the singleseason record for power play goals, also the most in the nation, with 16 goals. Sikura became the first Husky to score three goals in a period since 2012, and also recorded the Huskies’ first natural hat trick since 2015 in a Jan. 27 game against University of Massachusetts Lowell.

Coming out of the locker room up by four going into the middle frame, the Red and Black got down to business. Sikura and Gaudette teamed up again, with Gaudette

feeding the puck to Sikura eight seconds into play for a 5-0 lead.

The team’s sixth goal shortly followed, buried over the shoulder of UPEI first-year goalie Matthew Mancina by NU fourth-year forward and captain Nolan Stevens. Sikura netted his second of the game during a five-on-three power play, wrapping up the second with the Huskies ahead by seven.

The game’s pattern continued early in the third, seeing a goal from second-year forward Matt Filipe, assisted by Jozefek. The Panthers broke the shutout halfway through the final frame, sneaking one past fourth-year goaltender Jake Theut on a UPEI powerplay. Second-year forward John Picking brought the Huskies’ final goal tally to nine with five minutes to go in the game.

Northeastern was able to split time between each goaltender, with Theut, third-year Ryan Ruck and first-year Cayden Primeau each seeing a period on the ice.

“We were able to jump on them quickly,” head coach Jim Madigan said of the game Saturday. “A good start, but knowing there is a lot of work ahead for us.”

In earlier commentary, the head coach had expressed confidence in his core players.

“When I look at the core (of the team) and I look at the younger players, who are both sophomores

ready to take the next step and the incoming freshmen, I like what we have,” Madigan said. “I think we have a really solid foundation, and we’ll continue to get better as the season goes along.”

The Huskies’ eight-goal lead is a glimpse at the progress the hockey team has made over the years under Madigan, who brings decades of college and professional hockey experience to alma mater Northeastern. He does not plan on leaving anytime soon, as Madigan recently accepted a contract extension that will carry him through the 2020-21 season, marking his 40th year affiliated with Northeastern.

The head coach was recently named the first inaugural recipient of the Fernie Flaman Endowed Men’s Hockey Coach Fund, created in honor of renowned NU head coach Fernie Flaman. Madigan played under Flaman from 1981-1985 during his time as a student at NU, and then worked alongside him as assistant coach after graduating.

“I like the ring of it,” Madigan said. “Any time we get out Fernie’s name associated with the program and the head hockey coach position, it’s a good thing.”

The Huskies take the ice again Friday and Saturday night, hosting back-to-back games for the regular season opener against Sacred Heart University.

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Huskies fight topranked Clarkson

By Caroline Ingram News Staff The Northeastern University (NU) women’s hockey team’s season is officially underway. The team welcomed the top-ranked Golden Knights from Clarkson University into an energized Matthews Arena Friday night, tying 1-1. In Saturday’s search for redemption, the Huskies fell 5-1. “[These two games were] a good gauge for us, and when I scheduled [the series against Clarkson] I had that in mind,” head coach Dave Flint said. “I wanted to see where we’re at and I wanted to put us against some good teams early on.”

On Friday, the Huskies opened the game with a high level of intensity in a fast-paced first period. The game was evenly matched, with both teams moving the puck efficiently between defensemen and communicating effectively.

NU had 8 shots in the opening frame, featuring a 4-on-1. A low shot from fourth-year forward Tori Sullivan bounced off the pads of the Clarkson netminder, but no one was there to capitalize.

The Huskies struck first with a goal from fourth-year captain Shelby Herrington just 22 seconds into the second period. Herrington was perfectly positioned just outside the top of the crease to tap in the net front pass from fourth-year forward Taytum Clairmont.

The Huskies had a multitude of other scoring opportunities, generated mostly from power play chances as the Clarkson team struggled to stay out of the box.

By the third period, the momentum had shifted in Clarkson’s favor, and they hampered down in Northeastern’s defensive zone. Third-year goalie Brittany Bugalski worked hard to fend off the pressure, but with seven minutes left in regulation she lost sight of the puck before it found the back of the net.

The teams headed to overtime with a shot advantage going to Northeastern by a mark of 28 shots to Clarkson’s 22.

The Huskies went on the power play two minutes into the extra session, but once again failed to capitalize on the man advantage. The final score held as a 1-1 tie.

Heading into a second match-up with Clarkson, the Huskies were focused on matching their intensity from the previous game.

“We talked about execution and doing some things better,” said Flint.

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“We wanted to bring the same level of intensity and pace that we had last night.”

The Huskies were unable to execute, and fell short in game two by a score of 5-1.

Clarkson dominated the matinee game, who beat the Huskies to open pucks from the get go and followed an aggressive forecheck system.

The Golden Knights scored just 3:45 into the first period, and the Huskies were never able to keep up.

The Huskies had their fair share of scoring opportunities throughout the rest of the opening period, but were unable to convert.

“The shots were pretty equal, but at the end of the day it comes down to the fact that they just outworked us,” Flint said. “If we’re not going to outwork other teams it will be tough to be successful.”

It was in the second period that the Huskies found themselves in a much bigger deficit, as a barrage of scoring opportunities in Clarkson’s favor led to goals on the scoreboard. Clarkson’s Rhyen McGill was able to beat Bugalski with a backhand shot after entering the zone on a 2-on-1 rush.

Moments later, fourth-year Tori Sullivan was called for a hooking penalty and Clarkson converted on the powerplay. Clarkson senior defender Savannah Harmon walked down through the open slot, firing a top shelf shot that found the back of the net.

The Golden Knights converted yet again after freshman forward a bullet-centering pass.

Following the quick three-goal surrender, NU took its time out in an attempt to settle down. Firstyear goalie Aerin Frankel replaced Bugalski for NU. Herrington was frustrated by the lapse in her team’s play.

“We need to focus on playing the full 60 minutes,” she said. “When we have a lag like that [in the second period], it really hurts us.”

The Huskies were finally able to break through very late in the second period with a power play goal from fourth-year Taytum Clairmont, but were not able to build up much momentum from the goal as Clarkson converted after a penalty sent fourth-year forward Denisa Krizova to the box with under a minute to play in the period.

A bank shot off the end boards behind the net found Elizabeth Giguere on the other side, who buried home shot.

In the third period, Clarkson dominated play again, but Frankel was up to the task in net. The Huskies finished the game with 7 shots in the third period, falling short to Clarkson’s 15. When all was said and done, the scoreboard displayed an ugly 5-1 loss for NU. Flint felt as though the team had their fair share of chances, but were simply not up to the task in the afternoon game.

“I just told the team — we can play with anybody in the country, and we can lose to anybody in the country if we don’t show up to play,” Flint said.

As a veteran mentor, Herrington was especially impressed with her younger teammates.

“All of our freshman played well this weekend, they weren’t nervous or timid,” Herrington said. “They were able to get right into the swing of things, which is fantastic to see.

They showed a great deal of confidence and we’re really happy with how they played.”

The Huskies will surely have plenty of opportunities to prove to themselves that they can in fact dominate in all 60 minutes — they already know they are capable.

“We didn’t get it done today, but going through the rest of the season we know we can play at that level, so it’s just about holding ourselves accountable,” Herrington said.

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Masters stars in German league BERGKAMEN, from front of memories and incredible friendships left me feeling quite lost and unaware of what exactly I would do in the next chapters of my life.”

Yet soon after the freshly-minted graduate crossed the stage at TD Garden to collect her degree in journalism, she learned she would have another opportunity to hit the ice. EC Bergkamen, a team based in Bergkamen, Germany, had saved a slot on their roster for Masters.

“It was quite out of the blue,” Masters said. “The team had one import player card open and asked if I was interested in signing a sevenmonth contract for the season. They sent a one-way plane ticket from Toronto to Germany, and I suppose the adventure unfolded.”

EC Bergkamen plays in the Bundesliga, the highest level of ice hockey offered for women in Germany. The league is affiliated with the German Ice Hockey Federation.

Masters skated in 135 games for the Huskies, scoring 15 goals and tallying 19 assists. Head coach Dave Flint said the forward’s unwavering work ethic and adaptability set her apart from other players on the team.

“She was a kid who always competed, no matter what the score was in the game, no matter what the situation,” Flint said. “She played a third, fourth line role for us a lot, but she always worked hard at it. She never complained about it, and no matter what situation we’d use her in she’d always try to do it to the best of her ability.”

Now a few weeks into the German hockey season, Masters has already made an impact.

The team played in a tournament in

the capital city of Berlin and fought to victory against the Netherlands’ Olympic Team during preseason before opening their regular season with two wins over the past weekend.

Masters scored one goal in each of the weekend’s games in addition to notching an assist in the season opener.

“Being an import player is difficult, as English is obviously my native language, and everyone living here speaks German,” Masters said.

“I think not being able to effectively communicate with my teammates is tough at times, but we’ve created [a] sign language, charade-like system that seems to work surprisingly well.”

As she continues to adjust to the full-time athlete lifestyle that comes with playing in the pros, Masters said she is looking forward to the freedom to create her own schedule off the ice, which will hopefully include an independent athletic routine, passion projects and travel opportunities.

But most of all, she is hoping to enjoy every last minute out on the ice.

“My career at NU flew by before I even realized it was over, and I think it takes a heartbreak like that to really open up your eyes and learn to recognize all that you have while you have it,” Masters said. “Being able [to] wear another jersey and play the sport I love again is like getting a second chance. I wish I could have a rewind button so that I didn’t let so many moments pass me by, but every time I put on my ECB jersey now, I have the humble reminder and lesson that NU taught me, and for that I am very grateful.”

SPORTS

October 5, 2017

Photo courtesy Jim Pierce, Northeastern Athletics Third-year Carly Schnabel swims the freestyle during a home meet at Barletta Natatorium last season.

Swimming and diving kicks off with intrasquad meet

By John Hagerty News Staff The Northeastern University (NU) swimming and diving team participated in their first and only exhibition meet of the season in their intrasquad meet this past Saturday.

Head coach Roy Coates said the meet was important for the team’s newcomers, who experienced a college swim meet for the first time.

“The big takeaway was to see the 12 new people on our team get up and compete,” he said. “We have seen them in practice, but it was good to see them in a competitive situation.”

Fourth-year captain Christine Leong highlighted the strength of the team’s additions.

“We have a really strong freshman class,” she said. “They surprised me with how well they swam.”

The meet held extra importance for first-year swimmer Matilda Weiler

from Vejbystrand, Sweden, who encountered a foreign meet format and team environment compared to her home country.

“I haven’t had much experience with American meets so it was really different,” Weiler said. “The big difference was that people really cheer for you and support you as a team.”

The team’s unity and pep was palpable for onlookers at the meet, with unremitting cheering starting with the team introductions and ending with the meet’s final events.

“There’s a lot of team spirit here and I love that,” Weiler said.

The team tapped into their less serious side during the meet, with swimmers decked out in everything from face paint to trash bags as they encouraged their teammates from the pool deck while awaiting their event.

“Intrasquad is always very exciting,” Leong said. “We split into

teams, make posters, and dress up [...] It’s a big team bonding thing” This week, the team will prepare for their first real test of the season, a meet against Wagner College. The meet is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 6, at 6 p.m. in Barletta Natatorium. “[The first meet] always has a little more energy to it,” Coates said.

The meet coincides with the team’s Parent’s Weekend, adding to the festivities of the opening season.

Leong expressed the team’s readiness for the season to get underway.

“It’ll be fun to get on the blocks for real against Wagner,” Leong said.

“We’re just looking to have fun with this weekend and see where it goes from there.”

Even though Coates did not discount the importance of the first meet, he made it clear that the team has bigger goals in mind.

“Our sport is about how we finish at championships,” he said.

Men’s soccer grinds through difficult stretch

By Noah Greany News Staff Northeastern University men’s soccer set out on their first conference road trip of the year last week, with Hofstra University and Drexel University in their sights.

Following an unsuccessful week with losses to The College of the Holy Cross and the University of Delaware, the Huskies were looking to get back on track and stay near the top of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) standings.

The Huskies traveled to Hempstead, New York, the night of Sept.

27 to take on the Pride of Hofstra University.

Third-year Martin Nygaard earned the start in defense, replacing the suspended third-year Moustapha Samb. Samb received a red card in Northeastern’s last match against Delaware.

Northeastern started the match strong, pinning Hofstra in their own end for the majority of the opening

20 minutes. In the 22nd minute, fourth-year forward Harry Swartz executed a perfect give-and-go with fourth-year midfielder Lewis Aird.

Swartz continued his run into the box and finished off the pass from Aird to give the Huskies an early 1-0 lead.

The combination of Swartz and Aird is a familiar one, with the two also combining earlier in the season to win the game in overtime for the Huskies against the College of Charleston.

Northeastern continued to apply pressure to Hofstra’s backline, however they could not add anything to Swartz’ 22nd minute tally before the whistle blew for halftime.

The second half played out evenly, with both sides testing each other’s goalkeepers throughout the stanza.

After coming up empty with their first 12 shots of the match, the Pride finally got on the scoreboard on a point blank strike from first-year forward Matthew Vowinkel.

The second half ended with the score still knotted at one, despite both teams earning chances to win the match in the final minutes.

Extra time played out just as the second half did, with both teams garnering chances to end the match.

Third-year forward Khori Bennett rattled the crossbar with a strike in the 107th minute, however Northeastern could not push across the game winning goal, with the match eventually ending in a 1-1 draw.

“I thought we played well [at Hofstra],” head coach Chris Gbandi said. “But there’s a little bit of frustration: We’re playing well, but just can’t find the result right now.”

The Huskies again tried to find that result during their trip to Philadelphia to take on the Drexel University Dragons Saturday night.

Gbandi put out an unchanged starting eleven from the side that drew with Hofstra earlier in the week, hoping to ride the momentum from a well-played match into

Photo courtesy Jim Pierce, Northeastern Athletics Fourth-year captain and goalkeeper Jonathan Thurreson continues his strong season for Northeastern.

Saturday night.

The first half played out evenly, with the score knotted at zero heading into the locker rooms.

Five minutes into the second half, Drexel found themselves with a counter attack opportunity, eventually finding the open man Dakota Peterson who slotted the ball into the open net.

Northeastern looked to respond quickly, with a few shots finding the target shortly after conceding the first goal of the match.

It wasn’t until the 88th minute of the match that the Huskies finally broke through.

First-year forward Danny Munch swung in a corner from the right flag, finding Samb, who had returned from his suspension, in the Drexel penalty box. Samb gained possession and slid a pass across to first-year forward Alec Supinski who calmly volleyed into the back of the net.

The Huskies headed to overtime for the sixth time this season, but Gbandi was unphased, confident in his team’s preparation and work ethic.

“One of the things we preach is the fitness piece, and we came in during preseason in decent fitness,” Gbandi said. “I think the guys seem to be fine, we always push the pace during overtime. Usually with overtime games, a lot of times the guys are fading a little bit but we haven’t seen that.”

Though the Huskies pushed the pace in Philadelphia, it was Drexel who found a way to win the match on a goal in the 96th minute.

After a foul on third-year midfielder Gerardo Milano, Drexel were able to move the ball up the field quickly toward fourth-year goalkeeper Jonathan Thurreson’s net.

Drexel’s Mathias Ebbesen was able to gather the ball, pick his head up and find the streaking run of midfielder Sebastien Cabral, who calmly ended the game from six yards out.

Despite the good performance from his team, Gbandi was ultimately frustrated again with the lack of a result.

“Drexel was probably one of our better games all year, and to find a way to lose that one was super disappointing,” Gbandi said. “Then again, as a coaching staff you ask your guys to give you everything and I think they have been doing that, and we just have to keep moving forward.”

The Huskies looked to do exactly that as they took on the University of Hartford Tuesday night back at Parsons Field in a non-conference matchup.

The first half was a back and forth affair, however neither team was able to get on the scoreboard in the opening 45 minutes. It wasn’t until the 50th minute that the game would finally see its first tally.

Hartford’s Alexis Triadis struck a volley that deflected off third-year defender Edward Okey and toward Thurreson’s net. The deflection caught Thurreson flat footed, who could only watch the shot sail into the net, giving Hartford a 1-0 advantage.

In a theme that would eventually repeat itself, the score changed rapidly. Swartz collected the ball from Aird at the top of the penalty box and arrowed a shot into the top left corner of Hartford’s net, equalizing for the Huskies.

Just three minutes later, Hartford would regain their lead via a setpiece 30 yards from the Husky net.

Thurreson made an initial save, however Kelechi Akujobi cleaned up the mess, taking the rebound and placing it into the net.

Hartford never looked back, and as the final whistle blew, the scoreboard at Parsons Field gave the advantage to the visitors.

The Huskies will look to get back on track as they continue conference play on Saturday night in Brookline, squaring off against the College of William & Mary at 5 p.m.