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Monday, January 28, 2013
Vol. XCIV, No. 3
O’Keefe named new CIS director
UGBC plans eco-friendly progress Caucus releases new sustainability goals
BY MARY ROSE FISSINGER Heights Editor
BY ANDREW SKARAS Asst. News Editor In recent months, the policy caucus of the Undergraduate Government of Boston College (UGBC) has been working on issues of sustainability on campus. Under the direction of caucus chairman Matthew Alonsozana, UGBC Senate member and A&S ’14, and Joseph Manning, caucus chief of staff and A&S ’14, the caucus has coordinated with eco-friendly student groups and Cabinet departments and released a sustainability press release to the student body last semester. Recently, the caucus has created a set of standards for UGBC and student group events on campus to rate their sustainability. “In late October and early November, the policy caucus got together with relevant student groups to hammer out standards on how student organizations could become green, to network better, and to become a more effective lobbying force to the administration on how to become a more sustainable campus,” Alonsozana said. One of the first fruits of these collaborations was a press release to the student body that addressed the state of sustainability on campus. In the release, the Senate commended the University’s efforts in promoting sustainability and urged the student body to support these endeavors and continue sustainable practices. The groups with which the policy caucus worked included the Residence Hall Association (RHA), EcoPledge, Real Foods BC, the University Affairs depart-
See Sustainability, A4
GRAHAM BECK / HEIGHTS EDITOR
The Dynamics (above left) and the Bostonians (above right) were two of many a cappella groups that performed at the CSVBC benefit.
Groups sing for Campus School benefit BY BRIGID WRIGHT Heights Staff Gasson 100 was filled with support on Thursday night for the Campus School’s second annual a cappella concert. Seven groups from Boston College sang a variety of songs, from today’s popular hits to classics, to benefit the Campus School. Founded in 1970, the Campus School is a publicly funded private school at BC that educates and assists students with severe mental and physical disabilities. The Campus School provides education, health care services and therapeutic care in a healthy environment to children ages 3 to 21. M.E. Hawkins, co-president of the Campus School Volunteers of Boston College (CSVBC) and LSOE ’13, outlined the volunteers’ mission in her introduction to
the concert. “As Campus School Volunteers, we have three main goals on campus, and that’s to fundraise, to spread awareness, and to be in the classroom with the students,” Hawkins said. CSVBC works extensively to benefit the Campus School, assist with students, and encourage the BC community to get more involved. Cate O’Connor, co-president of CSVBC and A&S ’13, explained the extent of the organization and its efforts to support the Campus School. “We manage about 400 BC volunteers who are all somehow involved in our organization,” O’Connor said. “This includes 60 chair members, who take charge of organizing fundraisers and events around campus in order to strengthen the relationship between the Campus School and the
Frozen pipe bursts in Yawkey Center
See CSVBC Concert, A4
See O’Keefe, A4
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O’Keefe was recently named the interim director of the Center for Ignatian Studies.
Belfast Project interviewee found dead in Dublin home BY DAVID COTE Editor-in-Chief
BY ELEANOR HILDEBRANDT
Editor’s Note: This story is part of an ongoing series about the subpoenas of the Belfast Project.
News Editor Around 4 a.m. on the morning of Saturday, Jan. 26, sprinkler heads on the fourth floor of Boston College’s Yawkey Athletics Center burst, leading to significant flooding in the building. According to Boston College Director of Facilities Michael Jednak, the burst was due to pipes frozen as a result of the recent spell of cold weather. The leak affected events on campus Saturday—over 100 football recruits, on campus for Junior Day, had to forgo a tour of the weight room and offices in Yawkey Center. The Boston Police Department first responded to the flooding, which initially spilled out into the road. Later on, ProCare Incorporated, a company that specializes in disaster restoration services, sent response teams to the campus. By noon on Saturday, the process of pumping water out of the building was still
greater BC community.” O’Connor also explained that the money raised goes directly to the Campus School students to provide them with the extensive technology and medical equipment needed to manage their disabilities. The events held each year raise about $120,000 to support the school and its students. Other fundraisers include an annual golf tournament, a broom hockey competition, and the biggest: donations from runners participating in the Boston Marathon. “Our a cappella committee has been working extremely hard since October to contact groups, book rooms, and get equipment, and talk to local vendors for bake sale donations,” O’Connor said.
At the beginning of the semester, Rev. Joseph O’Keefe, S.J. acquired a second “hat,” so to speak, and a second office. After settling into his new satellite home in Rahner House on College Road, he now counts himself among the number of faculty members who “wear two hats” at Boston College. His first—that of a faculty member—he has had for over 20 years as a professor and, later, dean of the Lynch School of Education. His second, that of the interim director of the Center for Ignatian Spirituality, he donned just a few weeks ago. He is replacing Rev. Michael Boughton, S.J., who is now in charge of Jesuits in Formation on the East Coast. The directorship of the 17-year-old Center was left vacant for a semester before University President Rev. William P. Leahy, S.J. invited O’Keefe to take on the role.
ELEANOR HILDEBRANDT / HEIGHTS EDITOR
Yawkey Center sustained equipment flooding early Saturday morning due to frozen pipes. underway, and ice had formed down the side of Yawkey. According to Jednak, while cleanup was already underway, appraisal of the full extent of the damage was ongoing. “We have water damage on four floors on the Yawkey Center,” Jednak said in an email. “Carpets and walls are wet and need to be dried. Electronics equipment damage is being assessed.” The weight room took the brunt of the leak—parts of the ceiling had to be removed, and a drop ceiling has been installed in the meantime. Addition-
ally, sections of drywall throughout the building have been removed to prevent mold. Jednak said that while the water damage is interrupting business while cleanup is ongoing, no departments or people will need to move their offices out of Yawkey Center. “The bulk of the repairs will be completed by the end of the week,” Jednak said. He added that repairs would be a combination of in-house efforts and contractors’ work. The cost of repairs is unknown at this point.
Ex-IRA militant and Belfast Project interviewee Dolours Price was found dead in her Dublin home Wednesday night, the BBC reported. Price, age 61, was convicted in 1973 for her role in the IRA car bombing attacks on Old Bailey which left 200 wounded and one man dead. In the early 2000s, Price participated in the Belfast Project, an oral history project sponsored by Boston College that was dedicated to recording the Troubles in the words of those who participated. In her testimony to researchers, Price allegedly confessed to various crimes, including car bombings and the kidnapping of Jean McConville, who was murdered by the IRA in 1972. The tapes of interviews conducted as part of the Belfast Project were recorded under the promise of confidentiality
until death, but in 2011, subpoenas from the government of the United Kingdom, served on behalf of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), threatened that confidentiality. The subpoenas were served following an interview with Price published in The Irish Times in February of 2010, in which she divulged information about the Belfast Project. It was this interview, BC officials have argued, that catalyzed the subpoenas and subsequent legal action. “Interviewees in that oral history undertaking understood that divulging their participation could potentially compromise the underlying premise that such testimony remain undisclosed until the time of their demise,” wrote Tom Hachey, professor of history and executive director of Irish programs, and Burns Librarian Robert O’Neill in a letter to the editor published in The Heights on Jan. 18, 2012. “That important need for discretion was honored by all surviving participants, with the notable exception of one, Dolours Price, who chose to publicly volunteer her involvement while
See Price, A4