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Between 1987 and 2011, the number of full-time administrators at Boston College increased by 187.5 percent, according to The New England Center for Investigative Reporting (NECIR).

Meanwhile, enrollment only increased by 22.6 percent.

“Staff at Boston College and at every other college or university has increased during the past 25 years, there’s no question about that,” David Trainor, vice president of Human Resources, said. “Has it increased at a pretty significant level? Yes, it has. But, it’s been justified.”

This trend is not unique to BC—it’s a national phenomenon. According

to The Chronicle of Higher Education, from 2000 to 2012, new administrative positions drove a 28-percent expansion of the higher education workforce. The information in the NECIR study was collected from the National Center for Education Statistics, an arm of the U.S. Department of Education, while the statistics were provided directly by institutions, the NECIR’s Jon Marcus said.

Northeastern University saw an increase in its student body by 14.3 percent, while its full-time administrative staff decreased by 75.7 percent.

Harvard’s enrollment increased by 38.8 percent and its full-time administrative staff increased by 74.9 percent. Simultaneously, Boston University had an enrollment change of 42.8 percent and an increase in full-time administrators by 156.9 percent.

The disparity between the increase in enrollment with the increase in

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The immersive, zero-cost experi-

ence is designed to give second-year students an array of tools to discover their passions, as well as explore career paths that are of interest to them. The program is open to any student in the Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences, as well as students majoring in Psychology and Human Development in the Lynch School of Education.

“The natural question many students ask is, ‘What can I do with a liberal arts

degree?’” said Joseph Du Pont, associate vice president for Student Affairs and director of the Career Center. “Students should feel comfortable pursuing majors that excite them. A Boston College degree is a powerful asset that can allow you to go into many areas professionally.”

Participants will arrive back on campus on Wednesday, Jan. 13 for an opening dinner. The following morning, students will listen to Career Cluster talks by alumni, participate in skills workshops, and engage in reflective conversation. Students will choose

which Career Clusters they attend based on their interests.

The keynote speaker will be Stephen Joseph Pemberton, BC ’89, vice president and chief diversity officer at Walgreens and best-selling author.

Fortune magazine has named him one of the top 20 professionals in his field.

Pemberton was awarded an honorary Doctor of Business Administration by the University at the 2015 Commencement this past spring.

Over 40 alumni will serve as Career Coaches for the program, mentoring three to five students each. The low

ratio of coaches to mentees will allow each participant to develop a close relationship with his or her coach. Career Coaches will offer advice based on their own career experiences, and will work with their mentees to develop their own plans for the future. Once students realize their strengths, they will work with their coaches to learn how to connect to future opportunities.

On the second day of the program, students will embark on Career Treks in downtown Boston. They will have the

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The Lynch School of Education (LSOE) will use its resources to understand exactly what Watertown needs and implement one of several initiatives to resolve any issues that are brought to light.

Both Lynch School Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership Rebecca Lowenhaupt and Watertown Middle School Assistant Principal Jason Del Porto will be closely involved with the collection of information and proposals in the district.

“We started talking about this idea of connectivity,” Del Porto said in reference to meetings about the coalition.

“Watertown is a very diverse community with a variety of different demographics. The district is interested that we are as connected to our students’ parents as we possibly can be.”

Understanding the diversity of the population in Watertown is a key component to the research that the Lynch School will engage in. This data will help break down each cultural group, how it is involved in the community, and how

it could be more engaged.

“The district was very interested in creating much closer connections with the community,” Lowenhaupt said. “The manhunt and Boston bombing sort of highlighted some potential cultural tensions in Watertown. The whole experience made it very important to have and improve strong relationships throughout the community.”

Del Porto said that they are interested to see how Boston College can help Watertown understand dynamics within the community in order to see what resources are necessary.

“How do we reach out to different groups of people and make them more comfortable with the school district?”

Del Porto said.

To address this, the Lynch School has created a research team made up of Lowenhaupt, two doctoral students, and two undergraduates. The five will work on the initial analysis and report writing for the district. There will also be focus groups in Watertown, which will be run by LSOE undergraduates.

“Those conversations with the focus groups will be asking basic questions about their attitude toward the district,” Lowenhaupt said. “How do you feel about the schools? What would help you engage more? What are the events that you are interested in that we could have more of?”

The first thing that the Lynch School will be evaluating is the parent teacher conference coming up in the next

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By Kelsey McGee For The Heights

Alum leads HS to Move Award The Jeremiah E. Burke High School in Dorchester, Mass. won the 10th annual School on the Move Award. The school was awarded $100,000 under the guidance of principal Lindsa McIntyre, M.Ed. â&#x20AC;&#x2122;96. Just four years ago, it was designated one of the worst in Massachusetts. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are never looking for the best schools,â&#x20AC;? said Jim Stone, founder and CEO of Plymouth Rock Groupâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a Boston-based insurance holding companyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and chair of the prize selection committee, to The Boston Globe. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are looking for the most improved and when its improvement can be replicated.â&#x20AC;?

Prior to becoming principal of Burke High School, McIntyre was headmaster of Community Academy and assistant headmaster of Boston Day Academy. This award represents the voices of those students who are not heard, she said at the award ceremony last Tuesday.

McIntyre aims to increase positive interactions between the studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; parents and the school.

Now, she makes sure someone from the school visits incoming freshmen at home over the summer in order to get to know the parents. She also hopes to engage parents in ways other than through the PTA. Between 2010 and 2014, the percentage of students proďŹ cient or advanced in English Language Arts jumped from 20 percent to 62 percent. From 2009 to 2010, suspensions decreased from 525 to 28, according to The Boston Globe. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a feel-good vibe,â&#x20AC;? McIntyre said to The Boston Globe. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Schools donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to be a stressful environment.â&#x20AC;?

BC inďŹ&#x201A;uencers on aging Several Boston College faculty members were named top inďŹ&#x201A;uencers in changing how aging is discussed and written about.

Kevin Mahoney, a 16-year faculty member of the Boston College Graduate School of Social Work; Alicia H. Munnell, director of the Center for Retirement Research at BC; and Lauren Rikleen, a visiting scholar at the Boston College Center for Work & Family, were all named as leading experts and innovators.

Mahoney is currently the director of the National Resource Center for Participant-Directed Services, which helps to promote independence for older adults and people with disabilities. His work on self-directed services for people with disabilities has won national attention.

Munnell, an economist, is the Peter F. Drucker Professor of Management Sciences at the Carroll School of Management. She is an authority on retirement security, and advises pre-retirees to work longer and tap home equity.

Rikleen is president of the Rikleen Institute for Strategic Leadership and a visiting scholar at the Boston College Center for Work & Family. She is a leading expert on the multi-generational workforce, and a former lawyer.

Munnell told Next Avenue that if she could change anything about aging, she would â&#x20AC;&#x153;convince people in their 40s that most can work until age 70, which will provide both fulfillment and financial security in retirement.â&#x20AC;?

To Phil Schiller, entrepren e u r s c h a n g e m a rk e t s a n d change the world. They are visionaries, leaders, and opportunists, he said. Instead of being day dreamers or philosophers, they are risk-takers.

Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing at Apple Inc. Phil Schiller, BC â&#x20AC;&#x2122;82, visited Boston College this Thursday at the Dedication and Inaugural Symposium of the Edmund H. Shea Jr. Center for Entrepreneurship within the Carroll School of Management.

Introduced by Jere Doyle, BC â&#x20AC;&#x2122;87, HBS â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;93, the executive director of the Edmund H. Shea Jr. Center for Entrepreneurship, Schiller entered with a booming laugh and a burst of energy. He set the tone for the tech-geared symposium, telling the audience to disregard the aforementioned directions to turn off all cell phones. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you have an iPhone, or an iPad, Apple Watch, feel free to turn them on, turn on the volume, take notes, take pictures, tweet, post on your friendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wall, whatever you want to do,â&#x20AC;?

Schiller said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really cool.â&#x20AC;?

Schiller started by sharing his personal definition of an entrepreneur. While the word has been used for centuries, it is very applicable to the Tech Revolution, he said.

Schiller believes that an entrepreneur takes on risks to create a new business, hoping for success and accomplishment.

An entrepreneur is never afraid to take action. He or she influences the market, and creates unimaginable things, transforming society, Schiller said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They change products, they change markets, they change industries. Sometimes, they even change the world,â&#x20AC;? he said.

At Apple, one of Schillerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most important relationships was with Steve Jobs. Jobs was a mentor and genius to Schiller.

Without him, Schiller said, Apple would not have the success it has today. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think Steve was one of the greatest entrepreneurs who ever lived,â&#x20AC;? Schiller said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He is the greatest entrepreneur that I have ever had the privilege of knowing. Working alongside Steve, you saw the embodiment of a risk taker, of an innovator, of a visionary, of someone who would take incredible risks to guide you towards action.â&#x20AC;?

Schiller then asked the audience how many people owned Apple products. He laughed as everyone in the audience raised their hand. He then asked how many people had ever downloaded something from the App Store.

Once again, every audience member raised their hand.

The App store remodeled tech development to create an online forum for developers to sell their products, he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The App store is a remarkable force,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Explaining further, Schiller described the original thought process behind the App Store.

Apple wanted to make something better for all developers,

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Schiller emphasized the importance of mentorship for student-entrepreneurs. from the most established companies to the smallest startup companies. Because of Appleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s entrepreneurship, the App Store is now available in 150 countries and claims over 1.5 million apps.

Schiller, however, was most impressed with the 620,000 new jobs that the App Store has created in the U.S. Doyle then opened the Symposium to discussion, asking Schiller, Bijan Sabet, BC â&#x20AC;&#x2122;91, of Spark Capital, and Niraj Shah of Wayfair what role universities play in entrepreneurship. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Phil, when you were [at BC] there was no entrepreneurship center,â&#x20AC;? Doyle said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You were a bio major. Do you have to study this? Do you have to take entrepreneurial classes to be an entrepreneur?â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;No, of course not,â&#x20AC;? Schiller said.

Schiller explained his position, emphasizing the im-

p ortance of knowle dge and versatility. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whatever path you start on is going to change,â&#x20AC;? Schiller said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You need to adapt, and you have to move fast.â&#x20AC;?

Schiller was then asked how important his mentor was in furthering his career. He emphasized the importance of studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; relationships with their professors.

Opportunities like BC Tech Trek, a week-long field study in areas such as the Silicon Valley, NYC, and Boston, could also help students find a mentor.

Technolog y councils and summer internships are also places that students find mentors and future job opportunities, he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Take what you have learned during the year, and go work somewhere that you can apply it in an experiment,â&#x20AC;? Schiller said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fear is a great motivator.â&#x20AC;? Â&#x201E;

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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Diversity is not a luxury,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; says BC Law dean

By Kayla Fernando Heights Staff Vincent Rougeau, dean of the Boston College Law School, aims to engage his background and life in his leadership, he said Thursday in his talk, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fighting Racism

by Modeling Inclusion: Reflections of an African-American Dean.â&#x20AC;? The event was sponsored by the Center for Human Rights and International Justice.

Rougeau said his cultural background was influential in developing his sense of identity and understanding his place in society.

Only one of few prominent African-American faculty members at the University, Rougeau said that he is fully aware that he does not fit the typical image of a law school dean, but nevertheless refuses to live a life of inauthenticity by giving up his personal background to satisfy othersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; social expectations. Previously, Rougeau was one of five faculty members who spoke at a panel regarding race in America. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the reality of my life,â&#x20AC;? he

said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If I werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t able to speak to that, I wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be a very effective leader.â&#x20AC;?

Pulling from his studies of global movements and their effects on the development of modern societies, Rougeau concluded that the biggest challenge facing the 21st century is uniting a diverse community by overcoming a racially polarizing past, and engaging in dialogue to understand cultural differences. With modern patterns of immigration come the opportunities for new members of a community who have come from vastly different backgrounds to offer new perspectives and innovation. Rougeau stressed that communities should therefore acknowledge these differences and understand that social change can make them re-evaluate their own views.

Rougeau continued by saying that companies must be able to understand the issues of its clients and reflect the diverse community around them in order to succeed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The inability to incorporate

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difference is very dangerous,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The inability to see change is a deathwish.â&#x20AC;?

Rougeau b elie ves that as dean, it is his responsibility to create a diverse community at BC Law by making students more culturally aware in preparation for their professional careers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If we are to have a strong, culturally vibrant community, we have to reflect on what it means to be a member of the community,â&#x20AC;? he said.

One of Rougeauâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first initiatives as dean was establishing the position of Associate Dean for External Relations, Diversity, and Inclusion, which effectively gave the issue of diversity a greater sense of immediacy and presence at the law school. The associate deanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office provides outreach programs to educate students on the issue of cultural diversity in the context of the law. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to be putting lawyers out into practice who are going to face these issues that affect their clientsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; lives,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Without these resources, I cannot create a community with

people who can be the leaders in the legal profession in the 21st century.â&#x20AC;?

The university setting offers the opportunity to practice and hone the skills of conversing about differences and exercising inclusion and respect, but must first provide a welcoming environment for students to be open and honest about their experiences, he said.

Global awareness is equally important in creating a diverse society because the makeup of society is changing, he said. In the United States especially, Rougeau urged that societies reject the racial prejudices that have ruled their cultures and tainted their histories. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need diversityâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a luxury,â&#x20AC;? Rougeau said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If we are going to deal with issues in an authentic way, we need a variety of all these different voices working to craft a solution, people who can offer different perspectives and experiences, so that when we come up with solutions we know weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve [thoroughly] thought about them.â&#x20AC;? Â&#x201E;

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The event was sponsored by the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Committee, FACES, Film Studies, the African and African Diaspora Studies Program, and the Black Faculty Staff Administrators Association. The aim of the event was to open up dialogue among students, faculty, and administrators about race, Michalczyk said.

Michalczyk said that the MLK Committee feels the need to educate undergraduates on Luther and his nonviolent approaches to eradicating racism, pointing out that they did not live through his time, as many of the faculty did.

After watching the movie, the students gathered into small groups to discuss their reactions. Members of FACES led the group discussions. Certain participants mentioned that the issues raised in the movie continue to live on 50 years later. One example raised was the events in Ferguson that occurred last year.

Students then returned to the center of the room to have a larger discussion.

They talked about the fact that racism still exists in places where people have good intentions, using Boston College as an example.

One student explained the impor-

tance of believing that racism exists at BC before you can see it. She said once you understand that there is racism on campus, you will notice its presence.

During the discussion, several students also mentioned that living in the Northeast, Bostonians tend to believe that they are not racist or that racism does not exist here. This belief can be traced back, students suggested, to their elementary school education where they learned that during the Civil War and Civil Rights Movement, the people of the North were the “good guys.”

In Selma, media coverage played a large role in spreading awareness on racism. In response, those in attendance discussed a lack of minority representation in the media today.

The sponsors of the event chose to show Selma because of its message of combating injustices through non-

violence and conversation, Michalczyk said.

The film also showed people of all different races, religions, and backgrounds joining together to combat racism.

“That’s the goal,” Michalczyk said.

“This is everyone’s problem, not just the minority’s—the majority has a responsibility to fix the problem.”

The issues at BC last year surrounding racism, Michalczyk said, were microcosms of the national tensions, including the high-profile shootings of two unarmed black men in Ferguson and Staten Island. Michalczyk also pointed to the isolating snow days as a cause of the issues. She believes that because of the snow, students were less available to engage in meaningful conversation with one another.

Michalczyk called for students to look to Luther’s teachings on nonviolence and

listen to each other’s points of view. “We need to see the other as the ‘self,’ not as different,” she said.

Conversation is a middle ground where we can all meet to discuss hot topic issues, Michalczyk said. This is an important skill to have after graduating BC, she added.

The large turnout for the Selma viewing and discussion demonstrates the fact that students want to have these difficult conversations in welcoming, non-threatening environments, Michalczyk said.

The MLK Memorial Committee plans on hosting more events this year, including a panel discussion centered around Luther’s teachings. Michalczyk reiterated, however, the importance of having these conversations on a daily basis.

“Just because we have a black man in the White House doesn’t mean the struggle is over,” she said.

8k k_\ :Xi\\i :\ek\i# e\n Zfe]\i\eZ\ kf \ogcfi\ gfk\ek`Xc afYj Career Center, from A1 chance to explore various workplaces and meet alumni working in a variety of industries. The hope is that by showing students successful outcomes of liberal arts graduates, they will be empowered to major in a subject that excites them.

“We want to inspire students to pursue what they want to study,” Du Pont said.

Endeavor was designed by the Career Center with three learning objectives. First, that participants identify

one career field that they wish to explore in the future.

Second, that students will come to recognize two to three skills they already possess that are transferrable to the workplace.

Third, that participants will be able to practice interpersonal skills and develop relationships with alumni, faculty, and staff.

“Sophomores are at the stage where they should begin to think about their skills and interests, as well as what they would like to do beyond BC,” said Rachel Greenberg, Career Center associate

director.

Endeavor is intended for sophomores because of the unique developmental standing of second-year students.

The program encourages reflection of one’s academic focus, and the idea that it is never too early to start exploring career paths and professional opportunities.

Endeavor also marks an ambitious collaboration between many offices on-campus.

“We are partnering with the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences, the Alumni Association, and the Office of

Student Affairs, among others,” Greenberg said. “We make an effort reach out to the academic departments as well, to see how we can best work with them to make our graduates successful.”

Although Endeavor is a program available only to sophomores, the Career Center has taken care to make similar workshops available to all BC students.

The Career Exploration Team works with students who have not yet declared a major or who are uncertain of what they would like to do professionally.

The team helps students identify

skills, values, and interests, as well as investigate a variety of career paths.

Meanwhile, the Career Engagement Team is designed to work with students who have an idea of what industry they would like to work in after graduation.

Students who work with this team are often searching for a full-time job or internship, applying to graduate school, or preparing for an interview.

“Sophomore year is a great time to participate in a workshop like this, because you still have time left at BC, but you have some significant college experience,” Greenberg said.

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“We will be evaluating things like

who signs up for the PTO, who comes to school committee meetings, and other kinds of parent-involved events to see where the problem is.” Del Porto said.

Several potential solutions would incentivize families to involve themselves more and make their voices heard,

like encouraging teachers to do parent teacher conferences at home, Del Porto said.

Some of the principals in Watertown are using new interesting ways to draw more families to conferences, like inviting food trucks to parent-teacher confer-

ences, Lowenhaupt said.

The district is interested in trying initiatives like these, but it needs money.

They can seek more grant funding if they have data and reports that specify the gaps in participating, Lowenhaupt said.

“The tighter the connection between the teacher, the parent, and the student, the more successful and high achieving the kids are,” Del Porto said. “I would like to see that people feel safe connecting to the district and feel like it’s a welcoming community to benefit the students.”

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Interestingly enough, Du Pont’s career path exemplifies the fact that life and career choices often aren’t linear.

Du Pont majored in history and religion before entering the Jesuit Volunteer Corps.

He said it was one of the most impactful experiences he has ever had and it prompted him to apply to law school so he could empower people through legal actions.

After graduating from law school, he worked in private practice for over six years before deciding he wanted to work more directly with students through higher education administration.

According to Du Pont, student fouryear plans, listed on the Career Center website homepage under “Freshman,” “Sophomore,” “Junior,” and “Senior” categories, encourage students to visit the Career Center once or twice in their first year to learn about resources available to them.

“The challenge, and one of the expectations that the Career Center has to overcome, is that we don’t want students coming in when they start looking for jobs,” Du Pont said.

“Instead, we want students to come in as they try to figure out what brings them joy and what gets them excited.”

While many students use the Career Center’s resources junior and senior year—during the internship and job search process—Du Pont and Flynn want to emphasize that the earlier students frequent the center, the better equipped they’ll be in terms of understanding their interests and strengths when it’s time to apply for internships and jobs.

“We don’t want people to think that we’re this transactional place where

you go to get a job,” Du Pont said. “One, because that doesn’t really speak well to what BC is all about and all of the resources the school has to offer, and two, it heightens a lot of anxiety for students if they come into the Career Center junior year when they realize everyone has an internship and they need one too.”

Du Pont and Flynn also spoke about timelines and Career Center opportunities for students depending on their interests. According to the duo, it’s less about what school students are in and what specific majors and minors students have and more about what industry and company size students are interested in.

“There’s only a finite number of organizations that know in August they’ll need 50 interns and 100 fulltime employees in seven months.” Du Pont said.

“However, those that do are predominantly Fortune 250 companies and so you’ll see a lot of that recruiting in the fall at the Career Center. The way students get jobs in different industries is also very different, and that’s why we have one big career fair as well as 14 different customized events. We want to cater to individual interests as well as empower students by helping them establish connections with employers.”

When asked about what time students should start considering how study abroad plays into their four-year plans, Du Pont emphasized that study abroad is not an either/or proposition and that there is no major nor minor that prevents students from participating in the experience.

For example, when pre-med students, with many academic requirements, go abroad—they just may have to start planning earlier and negotiate their classes in a certain type of way.

“I think students should talk to multiple people about their decision to study abroad and when: the Career Center, academic advising, faculty advisors, etc.,” Du Pont said. “There are some fields, such as finance, where—as the economy gets stronger, for ex-

ample—companies start competing for student talent earlier.

Therefore, for those who want internships with companies that recruit in the fall, such as accounting firms, there may be opportunities that students miss if they’re abroad first semester junior year.

Conversely, though, there are still a lot of those opportunities that occur in the spring, so again it’s all about understanding your industry’s timeline.”

Ms. Flynn also added that knowing how companies use technology during the recruiting process is an important part of students’ preparation.

“I’ve seen things change dramatically even in just the last five years,” Flynn said. “Students are connecting with employers while they’re abroad via Skype, doing interviews that way, and again that is really up to the discretion of the employer. I actually just talked

to a student the other day who secured their internship while abroad over a Skype interview and I’ve seen a number of students have success this way.”

Du Pont said a lot of students reach out to the Career Center while they’re abroad. They call in or Skype for advice on how to network, improve their resumes and cover letters, and virtually interact with employers.

The Career Center also works closely with Study Abroad by publishing a newsletter and hosting virtual networking events. Flynn said the Career Center is here for students no matter where they are in the world.

While the Career Center website profiles various student timelines, ranging from communications to economics majors, Du Pont and Flynn emphasized that students come to BC for a liberal arts education and that their majors and minors will not necessarily determine

their future occupations.

Du Pont said that it’s really up to students to utilize the resources provided by the Career Center and that there is no set formula for being successful during the internship/job application process.

“We’re trying to change the culture around the career conversation in a whole bunch of different ways,” Du Pont said.

“One, is that we want to get away from the perception that you walk into the career office and they open a drawer and there’s a job for you because one, that simply isn’t true, two, that’s very transactional, and three, that really doesn’t take advantage of your interests or the skills you have. We want to start early with students because a lot of our work is what brings me joy, what am I passionate about, and what does the world need framed in a career context.”

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Hundreds of students attend the University’s annual career fairs, endeavoring to secure internships and permanent jobs.

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The week is a University initiative, geared toward helping students find a common ground of self-love and body acceptance.

This year’s program will highlight topics of race, sexuality, socioeconomic status, ability, and masculinity in an effort to help students better understand self image and perceptions of their bodies.

Two student leaders guide the week’s activities. Marwa Eltahir, MCAS ’17, and Grace Na, MCAS ’16, have been developing a schedule for the week since August.

Eltahir and Na worked together with Katie Dalton, the director of the Women’s Center, and other members of the Women’s Center staff to put the event together—as well as 40 volunteers to help staff the actual events and advertise on campus.

“Love Your Body Week is a weeklong campaign dedicated to promoting a positive and healthy body image on the Boston College campus,” Eltahir said.

“It features a week-long lineup of dynamic events that aim to empower students, both men and women, to embrace their own bodies and continue to develop a healthy relationship to their bodies.”

B C has been hosting an LYBW campaign on campus since 2001. It has been run through the Women’s Center and was started in response to National Eating Disorder Awareness Month.

Since then, the campaign has included topics of a wider range of issues, but the main focus is to advocate for self-love of one’s body.

All of the events are free, and organizers encourage students to get involved.

Additionally, an ensemble of female students will perform in Eve Ensler’s The Good Body to cap off the week. The show is staged annually with no acting experience required to audition.

“This year LYBW is focusing more on the integration of mind, body and

spirit through events that specifically focus on the unity of these three and the physical, mental, emotional embodiment experiences of students,” Eltahir said.

“We also decided to add the slogan ‘embrace your body’ to our marketing materials as an effort to emphasize both an inward and outward reflection of body image.”

A focus of this year’s LYBW is to “embrace, reclaim, own, and resonate towards” one’s body.

Co-leader Marwa participated in the opening event for LYBW: the Embodied Stories photo exhibit. She opened up about her personal stories and relationship with her body.

Eltahir said that LYBW tries to break the mold and help students accept and love themselves holistically.

“It is time put ourselves first, and realize that doing good for others stems from being good to ourselves,” Eltahir said. “A self-love that is an evolving, difficult process but one that is worth pursuing.”

The events for the week are as follows: Embodied Stories Exhibit: Featuring Photographer Ben Flythe Monday, Nov. 9 4 p.m., 1st Floor O’Neill This kickoff event for the week introduces members of the BC community and their stories through photographs of their bodies. Two student speakers will introduce the event and encourage participants to walk through the gallery.

Co-sponsors: FACES, Black Student Forum, & ALC A panel discussion about the role of colorism in the lives of each panelist and how it has affected their experiences at BC. The panel will be followed by a larger dialogue involving the audience.

Forms and Functions of the Black Female Body Tuesday, Nov. 10 1:30 p.m., O’Neill 248 Rhonda Frederick , an associate professor of English & AADS, will be unpacking Nalo Hopkinson’s short story, “A Habit of Waste,” which discusses forms of social media, literature, and beings.

Skin Deep: Uncovering Experiences of Colorism Tuesday, Nov. 10 6 p.m., Stayer Lounge 1st Floor

The Naked Truth: Advertising’s Image of Women Wednesday, Nov. 11 6 p.m., McGuinn 121 Co-sponsor: Women and Gender Studies Program Jean Kilbourne is internationally recognized for her groundbreaking work on the image of women in advertising. An author and filmmaker, she is the creator of the award-winning film series, Killing Us Softly: Advertising’s Image of Women.

Kilbourne, who was recently inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame,

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BC students perform The Good Body at 2014’s Love Your Body Week, featuring monologues about women and their bodies. will discuss the perceptions of women in modern advertising and marketing in a thought-provoking lecture.

and its detrimental effects on young boys.

Embrace Your Body Through Yoga Thursday, Nov. 12 6 p.m., Plex MPR An intentional yoga session focused on tying together the mind, body, and spirit. The instructor will work with participants, stressing healthier, more accepting relationships with one’s own body.

Embodiment: Expressing Through Paint Friday, Nov. 13 3 p.m., Devlin 413 A small, interactive workshop involving painting and reflecting on one’s own relationship with his or her body.

This event requires pre-registration, which can be done by emailing women@ bc.edu.

Does Size Matter?: Rigid Expectations of Masculinity Thursday, Nov. 12 6 p.m., Higgins 310 Co-sponsor: SANKOFA, Man Up Professor Mahalik, educational psychology, will lead a discussion unpacking the rigid definition of masculinity

The Good Body Friday, Nov. 13 7 p.m., Devlin 008 A stellar celebratory performance of Eve Ensler’s play The Good Body, directed by Katie McGuire, which features student performances of monologues about women and their bodies.

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odeled after the well-known TED Talks series—which focuses on “Ideas Worth Spreading”—BC Talks began in 2011 as an initiative aiming to showcase the scholarly work and interests of Boston College students. On Wednesday, Nov. 11, the Talks will return to campus from 7 to 9:30 p.m. in the Heights Room of Corcoran Commons, featuring nine students speaking about their perspectives on issues ranging from the technology boom and gentrification to the BC Lookaway.

Tucker Davey, MCAS ’16, Political Science “A Layman’s Wisdom” “We give thoughtful, honest advice to others, yet fail to follow this advice ourselves,” Tucker Davey, MCAS ’16, said in regard to his upcoming talk in an email.

In his speech at BC Talks, Davey plans to address how people to neglect their own wisdom and make choices that often result in suffering. Essentially, he argues that people are unable to follow their own positive recommendations because they give in to laziness, complacency, and egocentrism.

Davey instead encourages mindfulness and introspection. If people can grasp their habits and faults, he said, they can better understand the failure to follow personal wisdom.

Davey’s personal interests in philosophy and Buddhist philosophy have led him to seek out the subject beyond his philosophy minor. He listens to podcasts and reads about these teachings in his free time. In regard to the nature of his talk, he specifically quoted Sam Harris’ book, Waking Up—“On one level, wisdom is nothing more profound than an ability to follow one’s own advice.”

Despite all of the time he has devoted to this phenomenon, Davey said he falls into the very traps he describes. He frequently fails to follow his own advice, but the fact that he fails, he said, is what inspired him to give his talk.

Ninutsa Nadirashvili, MCAS ’19, Political Science “Eighteen Hours in Ten” After growing up in the Middle East and immigrating to the United States five years ago, Ninutsa Nadirashvili, MCAS ’19, has grown passionate about immigration. She currently majors in political science, but hopes to transition eventually to international studies, which will involve immigration even more in her education. She will give a speech at this year’s BC Talks about immigration into the United States from her own perspective.

Here in the U.S., immigration is currently a heavily debated topic, commonly featured in the recent presidential debates. Typically, U.S. citizens speak about immigration in a negative manner.

Many call for greater restrictions involved in the process and some advocate for the strengthening of border security. Nadirashvili wants her audience to see immigration in a new light. Growing up in a different country has provided her with a unique vantage point. Though she cannot convey her entire experience in just a short talk, it will include what she knows and has learned—insights that will hopefully inspire listeners to think about immigration differently.

“Of course my talk will never completely encompass all the things I want to say … but it might come close, and I think that might feel like a heavy burden lifting from my shoulders,” Nadirashvili said in an email.

Nicholas Genovese, MCAS ’16, Theology & Film Studies “The Gift of True Solitude” During Genovese’s time abroad in Ecuador and home in Long Island, he wrote, “I learned to confront myself in an entirely new way—to spend time with God, and God alone” Over this past year, Genovese’s idea of solitude has greatly changed. He now describes it to be “one of the most vital and life-giving qualities” in both his personal and communal life. In his talk, he is looking to draw the distinction between loneliness and solitude. He then wants to convey how solitude can help us personally and the implications it holds with people around us. “Ultimately, solitude is both paradoxical and active—it allows us to immerse ourselves in the world, but withdraw daily, to know ourselves well, but live to serve others,” he said. “Most importantly, it allows us to be in the world, but not of it. Solitude not only makes us aware of our self-worth, gives us depth, and keeps us centered, but it also makes us a better friend, a better lover, and a better member of society.”

Bradford Gerber, MCAS ’16, Biology “The Brain at Boston College” When Bradford Gerber, MCAS ’16, began to take classes in neurobiology, he fell in love with the insights they provided into the fields of mental health, spirituality, and imagination. He said that because of this deep interest in the subject, he decided to speak at the upcoming BC Talks event about neuroscience—the study of the nervous system and how the brain processes information—as it relates to philosophy, especially in regard to free will.

“The subject has frequently been approached from a philosophical or theological perspective, and there needs to be more love for its physical origins, or lack thereof,” Gerber said in an email.

Though many may view the topic of neuroscience in the traditional scientific sense, Gerber hopes to apply it to students’ everyday lives. He wants people to gain real insight from this area of science. To do this, he will try to connect neuroscience to life at BC, tying together the functions of the brain with the Jesuit ideals his listeners learn during their four years as undergraduate students. Gerber’s goal is to express how science supports what BC students learn and how it relates to their education so that more people may better understand the compatibility of science and “men and women for others.”

Isra Hussain, MCAS ’17, Psychology & Arabic Studies “An Aching Heart and the Stigma of Mental Health: BC, Boston, and Beyond”

During a trip to visit family in Pakistan in 2013, Isra Hussain realized what she describes as her “calling” regarding mental health. Since then, the junior has initiated projects and dialogues to better understand the topic. In her talk on Wednesday, Nov. 11, she will reveal and comment on what she considers her life-changing moment.

In her talk, Hussain would like to connect the dialogue surrounding mental health on campus to the larger picture by sharing her research and experiences. As she articulated in an email, “How can we apply this acceptance and concern of mental wellbeing to those outside of our campus? How can factors such as culture, religion, race, and socioeconomic status contribute to stigma and lack of resources? And how can we, as students, commit to better understanding aspects of human experience that we feel passionately about?”

“By sharing how I’ve been translating my own heartache into concrete action, I can inspire others to also find their passions and take steps to pursue them,” she said in an email. “As students, we have the unique opportunity to wholeheartedly pursue our interests.”

Danielle Wutigliano, MCAS ’18, Economics and Philosophy “This Is Your Captain Speaking”

Not all learning takes place at 9 a.m. in a classroom full of tired students. Instead, sometimes the best things are taught in the most unexpected places—sometimes, 7,000 feet above the ground. While this may not be a favorite educational environment for those afraid of heights, it is an incredibly familiar and well-loved setting for Danielle Rutigliano, MCAS ’18, who will speak about her experiences in aviation at this year’s BC Talks.

With so few young adults interested in aviation, Rutigliano hopes to promote the field. Personally, it has provided her multiple benefits that go beyond what one might expect while working toward a pilot’s license. Rutigliano believes that flying is not only liberating, but also an insightful, introspective adventure. She thinks it can help people better understand themselves. “I’ve learned more about myself than I could have in any classroom. Everyone should experience that feeling,” Rutigliano said about her in-flight experiences in an email regarding the nature of her talk.

Jesse Mu, MCAS ’17, Computer Science “Computers as our Doctors: Unveiling Parkinson’s Disease Subtypes with a Data-Driven Approach” Jesse Mu spent last summer in the Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain, and used machine learning technologies with an interdisciplinary group. There, he worked on innovative applications, including Parkinson’s disease. “Academically, I’m interested in artificial intelligence (AI), and a benefit of all of the research towards this area is the development of some technologies and algorithms that have really found ubiquitous use outside of the lab,” he said in an email. The research is still ongoing, and his talk will cover the work his group has done as well as some of the higher-level concepts he has learned along the way.

Mu’s talk will cover a field of computer science called machine learning. He explains machine learning to be “the study of algorithms that can automatically ‘learn’ from data without being explicitly programmed.

With this knowledge, machines can discover patterns, identify anomalies, and are bolstered with enormous predictive capabilities.”

The goal of this talk is to educate people about machine learning and its potential across other fields. “I think it’s a universally applicable technology, and once you learn a little bit about it, it’s easy to see how these technologies have changed daily life, especially in the digital world,” Mu said. He added that knowing what machine learning can do across other fields will hopefully lead people to think about how this can impact the future.

Andre Gomes, MCAS ’18, Mathematics and Philosophy “The Tech Boom and Gentrification” Andre Gomes, MCAS ’18, believes that often forgotten amid the modern tech boom is the effect the growth of technology firms in Silicon Valley has had on the communities that previously inhabited the area. Gomez seeks to shed light on the issue in his upcoming BC Talk.

“I grew up in the shadow of the Silicon Valley,” Gomes said. “Constant news of corporations buying startups for millions or startups finally making it big. It was an exciting atmosphere to be in that brought a flush of young innovators to the area. But with all this excitement and money being thrown around, my community of East Palo Alto never felt it.”

Gomes seeks to share his perspective as a BC student who grew up in East Palo Alto, a town not far from some of the most expensive real estate in the United States. As technology companies have continued to grow, the influx of software engineers and other employees to the area has improved the real estate in certain towns and driven up housing prices. At the same time, it has left other areas without many gains.

Gomes believes that these improvements to cities such as Oakland serve to push out residents who perhaps are not involved with tech companies and earn less money in favor of constant waves of new employees working in the booming industry. With his talk, he hopes to bring to light an issue that is seldom discussed and must be addressed as the gentrification of communities continues to be at the forefront of the modern tech boom.

John Warner CSOM ’16, Finance & Theology “Looking into the Lookaway”

John Warner’s talk covers the infamous “BC Lookaway”. He was inspired by his experiences over the last four years with this trend. Warner would like to challenge people by asking why they cannot bring themselves to say hello to people from class or other settings. He will be exploring what actually causes the BC Lookaway and his ideas about the realities of it. “There is a struggle on this campus of understanding how to balance our multiple identities, and how to hold ourselves responsible for our personhood and the personhood of others in the face of greed, shame, fear, and indifference,” he said.

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9P B8PC@< ;8E@<CJ =fi K_\ ?\`^_kj Dorita Angelats makes a point of welcoming students as they walk into the mini mart she manages, located in Stuart Dining Hall on Newton Campus. With a smile on her face, she gave me a hug as we met for our interview and asked me about my morning—even though this was the first time I had ever spoken to her.

Manager and cashier of the Stuart On the Fly Mini Mart, Angelats has become something of folklore on Newton Campus. You can find her in Stuart most days of the week, making enthusiastic conversation with freshmen.

Angelats has been working at Boston College for almost nine years. She spent her first year on the Heights working at Eagle’s Nest, and the next four years at the Rat. Her last four years have been spent working at Stuart in multiple positions. When she first started working at Newton, she worked during the late night shift.

“I was afraid I wouldn’t like it because it was so late, but it was a good time and I enjoyed it a lot,” she said. “The kids were so nice, and I got to see them almost

every day, and I’m still in touch with some of them.”

Originally from Peru, Angelats moved here with her family prior to working at BC. During her time at BC, Angelats has expanded her role in the community beyond her responsibilities with BC Dining Services. When she worked in Lyons, she used to help students in Spanish classes practice their conversation skills.

“The Spanish teachers sent students to interview me for class or to practice their Spanish, and I was able to help some of them,” she said.

Angelats said that helping students and faculty is one of her favorite parts of the job. “I like to make things easier for everybody, especially for new students who don’t know their way around,” she said.

She always starts a conversation with those walking into the mini mart, regardless of the customer or time of day.

Some of the undergraduate students she interacted with throughout her years have gone onto the law school and still stop by to say hello.

It makes her happy to keep in touch with students and to know that she makes them feel more welcome while they are on campus.

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Angelats works as a manager at Newton’s On-the-Fly mini mart, where she has been a welcoming presence for freshmen.

During her time at Stuart, Angelats said that she has had many fond memories of interactions with students and staff. One of the most memorable experiences occurred when she was asked by the students to be a judge for the annual Mr. Newton contest.

While her position at the mini mart

is foremost as a BC Dining employee, Angelats said that her job is meaningful to her far beyond this. She considers daily interaction with students a very important part of her job, and she does what she can to get to know many students and talk with them about what is going on in their lives. Even as I was interviewing

her, she said hello to two international law students and proceeded to tell me about where they were from and what they were studying.

“I work for BC, but at the same time my job is very personal,” she said. “For any students who come here, I’m willing to help them with anything they need.”

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9: =ffkYXcc kX`c^Xk`e^ jlim`m\j J_\XËj [\Zc`e\ This past Saturday, both Boston College’s home football games and tailgating opportunities came to a close for the year. This past fall has seen even further restrictions placed on Shea Field—historically the most heavily lauded and packed tailgating spot—essentially reducing the space down to just major donors and their guests, all of which added up to only 20 people per car. Current students, young alumni, visiting fans, and anyone else who could not acquire a coveted ticket onto Shea didn’t give up the pre-game tradition, but instead fanned out to the Mod Lot, Mods, parking garage, and Brighton Campus—areas in which tailgating accommodations were provided and encouraged.

The restrictions on Shea, which have developed over the past two years, were originally associated with a myriad of issues: underage drinking, community complaints, and the need to constantly secure a permit from the City of Boston for the space. Even though this year showed that tailgating was effectively killed on Shea, tailgating persisted.

Brighton Campus, especially, served as an excellent tailgating spot. Located in the woods across Commonwealth Ave., away from direct community interference, Brighton Campus’s spot is larger than the baseball field, and with fewer restrictions on entrances and exits. The Mods, Mod Lot, and parking garage handled the rest of the overflow. The festive game day atmosphere spread out instead of being singularly focused on a strictly ticketed area. It shows that even in a relatively urban environment without immense open spaces to accommodate tailgaters, there are still

good options for fans, options which BC will offer.

While Shea Field no longer has its thriving, college atmosphere, it is significantly safer and can be a good option for the major donors to the Flynn Fund. The energy, however, belongs to the new areas with younger alumni, and an integration of the old with the new could present a signifi-

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But, this is a small point for what has, overall, been a different but successful year for BC tailgating. It is important that procedures that slowly killed the Shea atmosphere (ticketing, restricting the number of people in each tailgating spot) are not implemented in these new areas. The establishment of new traditions will take time—those who had to move were unhappy enough, and will be even more so if they have to move annually. To continue bringing financial donations and support to the athletic program, as well as a positive atmosphere to the home football games, the success of the new tailgating spots relies on policies which encourage a thriving, inclusive environment.

DXb`e^ k_\ ^\e[\i [`m`[\ X b\p `jjl\ ]fi J_\X :\ek\i Phil Schiller, senior vice president of worldwide marketing at Apple, Inc., told a crowd at Robsham Theater on Thursday that to succeed in business you need to adapt and move fast. As he explained, “whatever path you start on is going to change.” Schiller spoke at the inaugural event for the Shea Center for Entrepreneurship, along with Bijan Sabet and Niraj Shah—huge names in the business.

The field of entrepreneurship is heavily male-dominated—womenowned firms represent about 16 percent of all American firms. This problem trickles down to events on campus.

The Shea Center kick-off featured three men, and the event audience, too, was disproportionately male. Male attendance is not a problem in and of itself, but it becomes a problem if the space of entrepreneurship becomes seen as primarily a space for men.

To combat this problem, the Shea Center is wise in incorporating the work of the Boston College Women Innovators Network, founded independently last semester, with its student efforts. Hopefully this means female speakers in the field of entrepreneurship will continue to be featured in the program’s offerings. The Center’s most recent forum featured six male innovators—Bill Hambrecht, Bob Davis, Jeff Fagnan, Tom Coburn, Jim Lucchese, and Greg Strakosch—and two women—Maia Heymann and Katie Martell. The event’s organizers did well to include these two prominent women, and among the Center’s upcoming speakers is exemplary social entrepreneur Maurya Couvares—all fantastic examples of female leadership in business. In addition to augmenting

the culture of entrepreneurship at BC, the Shea Center is in a great position to bridge the gender gap in the startup world—but this will require a concerted effort.

A large part of getting women into industries that they are not an equal part of is representation. It helps women in the Carroll School of Management consider the idea of going into entrepreneurship if they can see female entrepreneurs making a difference and speaking out about the changes they have made. A shift in the gender disparity in industry requires a strong push for diversity from academic centers on business like Shea.

Schiller is an extraordinary figure in the corporate world, and a worthwhile example for students to learn from. He can serve as a role model for all students, both men and women. Yet, the overall gender inequality in the speakers hosted by the Shea Center demonstrates a larger problem. It is true that, because there are fewer female leaders in the world of entrepreneurship, it is harder to attract a prominent speaker to come to campus. Yet, solving this problem begins now—when current female students can see leaders like them speak out in a male-dominated world.

Like Schiller said, adapting is a necessary part of business—move fast, or risk getting lost. The field of entrepreneurship is shifting rapidly. Part of this change needs to be a more equal balance between the genders. This change can begin with more representation in speakers in entrepreneurship, to lead more undergraduate women to chase the opportunities out there for them in founding businesses.

The views expressed in the above editorials represent the official position of The Heights, as discussed and written by the

Editorial Board. A list of the members of the Editorial Board can be found at bcheights. com/opinions.

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“People in a show, / All lined in a row. / We just push on by, / It’s funny, / How hard we try.”

-Mattafix, “Big City Life” (2005)

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR In response to ‘The only race we should be talking about is NASCAR’ I have many issues with the letter you published on Nov. 5th, but I will contain myself to one.

The authors seem to imply that people who like NASCAR are racist and stupid. I take offense to that. I have friends who like NASCAR who are neither racist nor stupid. In fact, they even have a sense of decency! Unlike the authors of the article, who call for “conversation” and then immaturely mock those who critique them as being

like Trump.

The letter just further erodes the credibility of an “anti-racist movement” that appears to thrive on revenge instead of forgiveness, on false narrative instead of truth, and on mockery instead of argument.

I had thought that the powder keg ignited by my recent letter-to-the-editor was just dying down when I noticed that Anthony Perasso and Kwesi Aaron lit it up again in Nov. 5’s Heights. Mr. Perasso and Mr. Aaron try to use humor to their advantage by making the analogy to a NASCAR race. (Get it? “Race-race”? That passes for humor in this post-Jon Stewart era, apparently.) The joke, however, is on them.

I received a plethora of nasty online responses after the LTE was published. One foolish comment warned me that the poster would put the letter on the Internet—never realizing that it was already on the Internet, I guess! The comments would be amusing if they weren’t so hysterical and ludicrous.

In its own way, though, Mr. Perasso and Mr. Aaron’s LTE is even crueler and more uniformed than the comments. The latter, at least, are funny in their obtuseness. The former is purely mocking and insulting. I can give the writers props for a parody of my style—you’re not quite there yet, boys, but read some more of my stuff and you’ll get there eventually. I “summoned up” my “inner Trump,” apparently, whatever that means. In the sense that I was candid and honest? I don’t like Trump, by the way—my candidate’s Rubio—but that’s neither here nor there. Perasso and Aaron decide to call me “ignorant.” Brief question: on what? If all you can muster up is that my opinions differ from your opinions, that’s not ignorance— that’s diversity of opinions. Just a thought. Muse on it, boys, would you?

The joke says that talking about race, skin color, and identity is too complex and divisive. I’m going to assume that’s supposed to be funny. If it’s supposed to be serious, guess what? I don’t mind hurting other people’s feelings if those feelings are nonsense. Actually, you don’t seem to mind hurting feelings either. Life’s tough, guys. Truth is even tougher. We make due. (Does that hurt your feelings?)

What, may I ask, is the point about Martin Luther King? Yes, he talked about police brutality. He also talked about judging based not on the color of someone’s skin (a lesson our left-wing friends have yet to learn). Liberals love “police brutality” because they can beautifully use it to their advantage. Of course there have been brutal, corrupt, and racist policemen. There have also been brutal, corrupt, and racist members of ethnic minorities. So? Should we crucify and

demean ethnic minorities because some members of a race are wicked? No, of course not. Should we then crucify and demean the police, who protect us and fight for us? No, of course not. This isn’t ignorance on my part, as you’ll undoubtedly say it is. This isn’t because I just “can’t see racism” because of “white privilege.” Rather, it’s because liberals invent “examples” to prove points. See the facts, not the opinions, behind, say, the Trayvon Martin case. Let’s look at and debate the facts, not the opinions. We cannot tailor facts to ideology; our souls will not abide it.

Two last points. Every one of my critics has stated that there is hypocrisy in this school inasmuch as it proclaims that it is “for others” but fails to condemn its own “institutional racism” (whatever that means). But a school that is really for others will try to teach those others the truth, will it not? Truth—you know, that which is based on wisdom, on prudence, on humility, on honor, on the tradition of our ancestors. Truth does not bow to the whims and wiles of popular fad and fancy. Follies do not become facts because they are fads.

The second point is this: “How the hell did a freshman have the audacity [to] say he feared [that] white people would be [sic] oppressed in the future?” I raise you, boys: How on God’s good earth do a senior and the junior have the gumption to assume their own infallibility and to strike down all dissenters from their absolutist and nonsensical dogma? Yup, I’m a freshman. Go ahead and laugh. You were too, one of you three years ago and one of you just two years. I guess that you were enlightened in that brief time to your own omniscience. Seems to me that you boys could do with some fewer lessons in culture diversity and some more in old-fashioned humility.

Ideology has always been a replacement for religion; and the modern secular progressive, so prevalent on college campuses, has adopted for himself the twin gods of “Equality” and “Progress.”

But, to paraphrase you, why should I bother with any of this? You’re so committed to your ideology that you will not pause for reason, or even plain common sense, to break in. Go back and learn some humility, and then we’ll talk, Tony and Kwesi.

It’ll do you a world of good. Ora pro nobis peccatoribus, nunc et in hora mortis nostrae.

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THE GOOD FOLKS AT THE RAT - When the lines are long and the stomach is rumbling, we always grab a prewrapped sandwich at the dining hall.

While filling our ungrateful faces with sandwichy goodness, we often forget about the workers behind the Rat, making and wrapping those fine, on-the-go meals. Here’s a hearty thumbs up to those hard workers who make it possible for us to sate our constant, driving hunger.

MUFFINS - Speaking of food, who in their right mind doesn’t like muffins?

The skinny man’s donut, the fat man’s broccoli, everyone loves themselves a muffin. When the world’s getting you down and it feels like your professors are figuratively burying you alive with constant reminders of your failures, and you realize that you’re a disappointment to everyone who ever loved you, eat a freakin’ muffin.

SUNSHINE - The past week provided us with weather eerily reminiscent of spring and summer. Impending cold and darkness is lurking only a few weeks away, but for now be content with this T-shirt-friendly weather.

TIME PASSING QUICKLY - Yes, the papers are piling up. The problem sets are growing more difficult and finals are approaching at an alarming speed. But guess what? Thanksgiving is just around the corner. Turkey, travel, family, and everything you could want in the middle of a cold, hard semester. Just two more weeks, roughly, and we’ll be on our way.

While writing this column, I’ll check my email at least five times, refresh my Instagram newsfeed twice, and exchange a multitude of Snapchats. Who knows, I may even post a picture of this pixelated Microsoft Word document to my Snapchat Story to show my friends that I’m actually being productive and writing my column.

Needless to say, I fall into the overwhelmingly large category of young adults who would consider themselves “addicted to the Internet.” Although this is something about myself that I have been trying to change over the past few years, time and time again, I’ve come up unsuccessful.

I’ve simply grown up in the Internet era (although luckily I did spend at least a few years of my childhood playing with sticks outside before the complete Internet takeover).

Within the past one or two years, however, I’ve noticed a growing trend within myself, many of my friends, and those around me. With the steady rise of social media platforms like Instagram, Twitter, and Snapchat over the past few years, there has been an increasing need among young adults to post everything they’re doing so that others can see. These activities may range from going to a party to staying in and watching a movie on Netflix to even walking the dog.

As the saying goes, “pics or it didn’t happen.” What was once a funny Internet phrase has turned into a philosophy that many young adults internalize, whether they realize it or not. Have we become overly accustomed to seeing our own lives and the lives of others plastered across

FALLING ASLEEP IN CLASS - It’s been a long week. Late to bed and early to rise has made you sick, poor, and stupid. You’re in a daze, struggling to keep your eyelids open, knowing that your professor can clearly see your head nodding. But you can’t help it. Your chin is on your chest, eyes closed, breathing slow, and you look like a disrespectful slacker and a fool in front of the person who’s going to be grading your midterm next week.

THE GUY WHO TAKES YOUR FAVORITE SEAT AT THE LIBRARY - Doesn’t that turd-wagon know that’s not his seat?

How can you be expected to get work done when you’re not sitting in your seat? Look at him, with his wellcombed hair and his hole-free shoes.

Reading his little book, pretending he’s not an evil, scheming idiot who stole your seat. Now, all you can do is go home, eat candy, and watch television until you pass out in a pile of your own vomit. When you wake up and realize you didn’t get any work done, you know who to blame.

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I have a friend who I consider to be one of the least social media addicted people I know. She once said to me, “Sometimes I feel like if I don’t post what I’m doing to my Snapchat Story, it’s like if I’m not even doing anything at all.”

At first I thought this was a bit absurd and ridiculous coming from someone who I looked up to as not being addicted to social media. After getting over the bit of sadness I felt from learning that she too felt that she was losing validity from not posting every bit of her life online, I began to realize the gravity of her statement.

It was: (1) something that a majority of young adults would most likely somewhat

agree with, and (2) extremely indicative of our current state of mental well-being as a generation.

To me, the strangest part about this entire situation is that it’s a paradox. Most of us don’t sit around crossing people’s names off of a list when they’ve posted something on social media to “prove that they’re doing something.” Most of us don’t even think twice if we noticed someone fade out of the social media sphere.

Some of us probably even think to ourselves, “Wow! Great for her/him! I wish I had the strength to delete my Instagram.” It would be absurd, even for one minute, to question if this person is “doing things anymore” simply because we aren’t exposed to them on social media.

And even if we did somehow notice that they stopped posting, it would probably take a while to even pick up on it, and we wouldn’t think twice about it.

So why do we feel this need to live our lives simply to post on a Snapchat Story?

We know that no one is judging us when we don’t update the world about our lives, yet we still feel this need to prove our existence to the world. Imagine all the time we could spend improving our own lives and the lives of those around us if we stopped worrying so much about portraying ourselves in the best light at all times of the day.

I know it is completely unrealistic to imagine a world without social media, especially since our phones are with us everywhere. It’s also important to keep in mind that great things have come along with social media. But at the end of the day, social media is just an entity created by humans, so we have the power to not allow it to dictate the way we live our lives.

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TIME PASSING QUICKLY - High school was so long ago, wasn’t it? Not really. Those four years were over in a heartbeat. These four years are going to be over just as quickly and then the inevitable disappointment of real life is going to hit us all like a ton of fish wrapped in oily, smelly bacon.

But hey, at least we’ll be done with finals, right?

various social media websites that we doubt the legitimacy of an occurrence unless it is substantiated by pictures?

Many of us in this generation feel so strongly that we need to “prove” ourselves to others that we’re beginning to feel as if we have to prove our own worth to ourselves. Even though most of us realize how unrealistic most pictures posted on social media are, it can sometimes be extremely difficult to justify to ourselves in the moment that we should not be comparing our lives to this. It can seem that all we’re thinking about is: “When

Currently, one of five high schools and two alternative schools of Township High School District 211 in Palatine, a suburb of Chicago, is pitted against the federal government in a dispute over the treatment of transgender students who demand access to changing rooms of the gender with which they identify. The disagreement began with a student who was born male but identifies as female demanding full access to the girls’ locker room. The student has functionally lived as a girl for several years and has played on the girls’ sports teams.

The superintendent of District 211, Daniel Cates, has denied the student full access to the girls’ changing rooms, and instead has offered to allocate funds for a private dressing room if the student does not wish to use the male-designated facilities. Cates, understandably, must balance the privacy rights of over 12,000 students and the rights of a group with particular needs—the transgender community. The superintendent asserts that the privacy of the vast majority of students will be infringed upon if transgender students are allowed to change in the same locker room as students of the gender with which they identify.

I am having a tremendous amount of difficulty grappling with this issue myself, and it is challenging to take a definitive stance. I sympathize with the superintendent, who must cater to a broader public community while accommodating the interests of a minority. For what it’s worth, I feel that Cates is being very accommodating by offering separate facilities for the student.

In fact, Mara Keisling, the founder and executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equality, somewhat agrees with me by saying that she “applaud[s] the school district for trying to come to an accommodation.” She respectfully argues, however, that the transgender student should be treated exactly like the other girls and should be permitted to change with them in a communal locker room. Keisling concludes by saying that “it is clear that the school district doesn’t buy that she is a girl.”

A very important distinction to make in this case is the that of the private and public assessment of the transgender cause.

For this reason, I do not think that Keisling is justified in asserting that the school district does not appreciate or see the validity in the gender identification of the student.

This is a baseless claim. The crystallization of the issue is that the school district must uphold the broader societal imperative of protecting the privacy of other students while also being sympathetic and accommodating to the transgender cause.

Offering a private changing room, in my opinion, is an appropriate and legitimate reconciliation of these two responsibilities.

The controversy officially began in 2014 when the student’s family, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), filed a complaint with the Department of Education. The ACLU ruled unsurprisingly that Cates’ decision was blatantly and overtly discriminatory. The reasoning was that it violated Title IX, an Amend-

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Officials of School District 211 and those of the Board of Education struggled for months to find a compromise that would ultimately reach the specifications of the current “deal” that transgender students will be accommodated to change and shower in private. Additionally, the District also made note of the ways in which it is supportive of its transgender community: transgender students can list their selfidentified gender on school forms, play on the sports teams of the genders with which they identify, and finally, use the bathroom of that gender. In my opinion, allowing

bathroom usage is an appropriate progressive step and is certainly praiseworthy from the perspective of the transgender community.

Yet, the Department of Education demands that the school district cater to all of the student’s demands, leveraging financial assistance for a more accommodating “compromise” (the district stands to lose $6 million in federal funding and a substantial amount in legal fees). This is exceedingly problematic because the State of Illinois is currently facing tremendous financial hardship, resulting in paltry state funding for education as it is.

The Economist ends its commentary on the issue in the following way: “It takes courage to come out as transgender and possibly even more courage to sue a high school. The Obama administration is more supportive of the rights of transgender people than any previous administration. Much more needs to be done to end the discrimination and harassment of America’s transgender population, which is small, at around 1 percent of the population, but growing as more young people feel emboldened to come out.”

I feel that this completely misses the point. It is entirely inappropriate to describe the accommodations made by District 211 as “discrimination and harassment.” In many ways, the deal struck is somewhat progressive. It expands the rights of transgender individuals inasmuch as the Obama administration just recently filed a legal brief in a federal appeals court backing a transgender student’s challenge of his school’s policy banning him from using the bathroom that corresponds with the gender he identifies with.

Ultimately, I don’t think that the current stipulations of the agreement deny the right to identify as a different gender, nor do they dismiss the validity of such an identification. It might be appropriate to consider what lurks in the background: if this situation were to be considered a violation of transgender autonomy (which it does not seem to be), does that justify removing funding for an educational system already so mired in financial trouble that thousands of children and young adults are not receiving an adequate education?

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I smoked for the first time when I was 17, leaning on a railing behind my house on Long Island. Inside, the party I’d thrown for homecoming was getting out of hand, so I made my way out to the deck to find a place where it’d be hard to hear my mother’s china shatter.

What I found instead were a few friends who’d come from a college up the road.

They sat at a table strewn with empty matchbooks and half-full packs of Newport 100s. I sauntered over.

From the table a sweet, skinny blonde girl with a few lip rings lifted two Newports from the pack and threw one at my lap.

She hadn’t asked whether or not I smoked, nor had anyone else. I’ve found in the years since that people in these situations seldom do. Asking belies remorse—a sense of guilt about what you’re doing to yourself. So I caught it clumsily and held it by the filter like a piece of refuse, unsure of the rules or, for that matter, which end was which.

By watching I figured it out and lit the right one, moving oddly with a lumbering, inorganic flippancy that came off like a Keith Richards impression.

After a few more minutes and two more drinks, I got the hang of the inhaling thing.

My head cleared up and the beats of my heart grew loud, each one creeping nearer to the next with every drag and desperate exhale. The whole scene—slowing party inside, ragged crew outside, friends with whom I hadn’t spoken in weeks—brightened. That’s the best word for it. It was as if before the first puff I’d been watching the world through a foggy window, suddenly power-washed and polished by the nicotine.

I grew to love the feeling that night, though it certainly wasn’t what you’d call an addiction. Affinity, maybe. When the smoke cleared the next morning—ha, ha—I found my house in much better shape than expected. Pillows back in their proper places, minimal booze on the kitchen floor.

By the time my parents got home I had scrubbed the place twice and—in fear of the new specter that smoking had cast over my life—thrown away two mostly-full packs of cigarettes.

I had reached a resolution that I’ve held ever since: that there’s nothing intrinsically wrong with being a person who smokes, so long as one does not become a smoker.

Simple, isn’t it? There was a distinction to be made somewhere in my little caveat—one more potent and less empirical than packs purchased or smokes consumed—though I had never been able to fix my fetid yellow finger on it.

Time passed and I held fast to the rule anyway. For a while, I could make one pack last a month or two. Then I played in punk bands and started writing stories and longer papers, upped my intake a little. The packs began to empty so fast that I started picking up two at a time at the drugstore on increasingly arduous walks back and forth from campus.

I had all the education on the subject you could imagine. I’d seen all the pictures of bloody lungs and blackened, lumpy tongue tissue that television had to offer.

Even that scary, robotic hole-in-the-throat voice didn’t get to me. In time the pleasure began to come part and parcel with the peril—all elements of the same rush.

And then, one day, I stopped. As of today I haven’t smoked in months, and doubt I’ll ever need to again. I didn’t stop after any big revelation, or phase the habit from my life by force. I just decided it didn’t make sense anymore. Yes, it was sudden.

This has brought me to two conclusions.

First, that no warning or upbraiding in the world could have kept the first cigarette from my mouth. Kids who feel like sitting on the deck while the party rages inside will always find something to keep them out there, whether it’s visible or not. Second is that there’s always something that makes stopping worth the loss. For me, it was a nice girl and the opinions of my friends.

I suppose what I’m driving at is that we don’t really choose our future regrets, only when to stop indulging and start regretting them. Smoking is not the worst of mine, and certainly not the last, but it’s given me a good sense of what the rest will look like.

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Monday, November 9, 2015

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Likewise, the compliance expectations of the Federal and State Governments have also increased significantly since 1987.

Trainor noted that BC has expanded development in order to raise money for BC. As a result, he said, endowment has grown from around $100 million 25 years ago to approximately $2.5 billion today, but it has taken an increase in Advancement staff in order to do that. He said all of these necessary measures in the past have brought BC to its current state. Trainor, however, noted a change in plans in his department’s staffing for the future.

“Since I’ve been here, I’ve made a pledge in my division not to increase staff,” Trainor said. “I’m going to redeploy our existing resources in order to best serve the University community. I’m not going to ask for new positions.”

Andrew Gillen, one of the research-

ers who worked on the NECIR study, noted that the rise in student services and other professional categories does not correlate with an increase in success in these categories. “ Th e re’s j u s t a m i n d - b o g g l i n g amount of money per student that’s being spent on administration,” Gillen said in the NECIR article. “It raises a question of priorities.”

George Pernsteiner, president of the State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO), explained that when looking at BC, one could examine how much of the growth comes in student support areas that are intended to help advance students toward their degrees and how much comes in other areas.

“And you might then look at [growth] that happens in the other areas, why?”

Pernsteiner said. “What has been the motivating factor? Because if it’s not related directly to students, in terms of support, then, okay, what is its purpose?”

Pernsteiner said that there is typically a student support track, a research track, and then an “all other.” Within the “all other,” there must be two distinctions made. There are the auxiliaries—housing, dining, etc.—which should grow at roughly the same rate as the student body. Then there is the rest, which is composed of the maintenance

of the physical plant, the finance and academic planning and programming, and then the library and technology support.

“The question, then, is, are you getting the same outcome that you’re seeking?” Pernsteiner said.

Trainor noted that BC’s transition during the past 25 years from a largely commuter school to a competitive residential university has required hundreds of hires in residential life, information technology, academic and student support, and facilities management. Similarly, there has been an increase in the number of Boston College police, support staff and public safety, and environmental health and safety.

“There are even groups that deal with planning and response for emergencies and significant public safety events,” Trainor said. “The threats to public safety were not nearly as obvious back in the late ’80s.”

BC also directly employs all of its dining staff, which has grown with the student population. In addition, the expansion of the amount of property has increased the need for maintenance staff. Both the science labs and the research efforts have grown as well.

“The only things that are not very different from the 1980s are the Plex and the Mods,” Trainor said.

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“Apparently, before they opened the door, the line was curving all the way up the block,” she said.

Yoon started playing the violin before she began elementary school and switched to the viola in third grade. Her mother, who was once a professional violinist in Korea, wanted Yoon to have a musical education. Since then, Yoon has become extremely accomplished, recently joining the prestigious Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra (BPYO).

The orchestra, conducted by the renowned Benjamin Zander, was founded in 2012 and has already established itself as one of the most selective and talented orchestras in New England. Players range in age from 12 to 21 and were chosen through a rigorous audition process. Approximately one-third attend New England colleges and conservatories, while two-thirds attend local high schools.

Most auditioned in the spring, but Yoon auditioned late in the fall after being contacted about there being spaces open for specific instruments. While many BPYO players are looking to have a professional music career, Yoon jumped at the opportunity solely for the joy of playing.

“I think this is probably the last chance I’m going to have to play in a pre-professional group,” she said.

Yoon is an art history major with a potential double major or minor in philosophy.

This past summer she went abroad to Madrid, exploring her academic interests further through Boston College’s art history study abroad program. Although Yoon does not wish to pursue music professionally, playing the viola has a special role in her life.

“I think that if I just don’t play, then I’ll know a part of me is missing,” she said. “That’s another reason why I joined an outside orchestra, because I missed playing so much.”

Although BPYO is a major time commitment and involves a heavy practice schedule, Yoon said she finds herself more motivated in every task she takes on—both inside and outside the realm of music.

“Even though you technically have more work when you join a group like BPYO, because you have to practice more, it motivates me more and helps me to perform better—not just in music,” she said.

As a musician who has played an instrument since before elementary school, music has become habitual. “It hit me recently that I have been playing for more than half of my life,” Yoon said.

On her musical taste, she is a “huge romantic period fan.” Yoon said her favorite piece from the concert she recently played with BPYO is Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5. “I think that’s what people usually think of when they think of classical, romantic music—it’s either that or classical Mozart,” she said.

Monday’s concert was BPYO’s first performance, opening up the 2015-16 season.

There will be another concert in Symphony Hall in February, and a following one in May in Sanders Theater at Harvard University.

This summer, BPYO will be going on tour.

“We don’t know where exactly yet, but they’re trying for Brazil,” Yoon said.

Besides playing for BPYO, Yoon has also been actively involved in BC’s music scene.

During her sophomore and freshman years, she played in the BC chamber group. Freshman year, she was in a piano quartet, and then last year, a piano quintet.

This year, she is no longer involved in BC’s chamber group, but she does still play in the Boston College Symphony Orchestra (BCSO).

Although she missed many rehearsals, Yoon said that John Finney, conductor of the BCSO, let her play in the orchestra’s concert on Sunday, since the BCSO was also, coincidentally, playing Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5.

Yoon describes playing the viola as a great outlet and release from daily pressures and stresses.

“Sometimes I just don’t want to talk, and it’s a relief to sit there, play with everyone and listen to the music everyone else is playing,” she said.

Jkfg ZXcc`e^ lj Ê]leË1 kfc\iXk`e^ k_\ afY _lek Xk X c`]\ aleZkli\ Emily Sadeghian I recently attended a job info session. You’d think they were advertising a low-budget boat cruise. Representatives from the company painted a colorful image of what it would be like to be their employee: the socializing, the events, and the constant stimulation. “Don’t worry, even if things get choppy—there’s always so much to do.”

This hyped up, super “fun,” Disneyland-ish portrayal of the workplace was insulting. Here I am, somewhat reluctantly, with a foot out the door, and I’m still being treated like a kid.

There are common junctures of generational disillusionment in our lives (think: mid- and quarter-life crisis), where reality chips away at our idealism. The cause? My humble guess: impending doom. Before we reach “exciting milestones,” (e.g. starting college, graduating, getting married, having kids) we think about them in vague abstractions—like movie montages—but as these get closer, they become intricate puzzles that make us tense up.

On the eve of graduating high school some of my career benchmarks included: being the boss of people and doing something creative and living in the city … all while saving the world.

Now a senior in college, I think, “Sure, why not? But what does that mean, and how?” Leadership comes with understanding the small, inner workings of the job and I know that living “in the city” means I’ll be outside of it, holding fast to its fringe. I’m at the threshold of the juncture, the stage of impending

doom—no bright and vague abstractions. From this vantage point, I am not interested in hearing that I’ll be investing my time and attention on something that is simply fun.

There is strategic planning taking place higher up with regards to the way a lot of these job offerings are advertised. What does this say about how companies understand their target audience? Our generation? We’re children that need to be constantly stimulated, cradled, and entertained.

Our attention spans are null, we’re shortsighted in our goals (we prefer immediate distractions over long term constructions), and honestly we’re just here for the fun! I think we all want to be reminded of our higher nature, especially when we are making such ginormous decisions.

Don’t get me wrong—environment, social events, and other perks are not expendables. They carry significant weight in the decision-making process by enhancing and humanizing what could otherwise be a sterile and unsympathetic day-to-day … they acknowledge the day-to-day. They make getting out of bed easier and help dilute the dichotomy between “work” and the rest of our lives, but they shouldn’t be the reason we get out of bed—this reason should be something loftier.

I worked at a startup this summer, and I cared about how much light poured into the office, and the nature of the conversations that got slipped in between meetings and lunch breaks.

It’s important for the social facets of the job to get institutional attention.

But none of these things were selling points. Prior to hiring they depicted a hustle and grind, there was less selling and more challenging. With a lot of startups and tech jobs, the workplace is depicted as a sort of playground. It’s important to consider the narrative we are using and the ways in which we are babied.

Approaching it from a more practical and less conceptual standpoint, some entrepreneurs even question whether or not these benefits boost productivity. Suresh Bhagavatula, as-

sistant professor of entrepreneurship at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, believes “it needs to be studied in greater detail than to just say that cool culture leads to better work.”

Andrew Yang, CEO and founder of Venture for America, recently examined the idea of the glamorous and sexy entrepreneur: “Most of the other people were attracted to the idea of entrepreneurship, but less the ins and outs of actually gutting it out.”

We are likely to have more troubling generational junctures if we keep find-

ing a refuge in these light and flashy abstractions of the workplace. They also hold our generation to lower standards.

The T-shirt and hoodie, anti-cubicle, booze-and-brainstorm narrative we portray is not symptomatic of mediocrity and lack of seriousness. It’s meant to be a brain lubricant, catalyzing creativity and setting the stage for advancement and innovation.

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Ian McCoshen almost made a game-crippling mistake.

A shot by a University of Maine forward flew right in front of the Boston College goal. McCoshen, the Eagles’ star defenseman, tried to block the snipe, yet it caromed off his skate and ricocheted toward the net.

Fortunately for the Eagles, they’ve got the best goaltender in the country.

Thatcher Demko, who had his head affixed toward the boards

where the forward shot from, quickly shifted his body and hips toward McCoshen. With cat-like reflexes, Demko dropped his knees, stopping McCoshen’s shot right under his bottom.

Amazingly enough, that wasn’t even the best save by Demko in the game.

In the third period of a 2-0 win

by BC (8-1-0, 3-0-0 Hockey East) over Maine (0-6-3, 0-2-0 HEA), Demko made a stop that looked eerily similar to his brilliant save last season against Vermont.

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BEACON STREET BULLIES Man, this team is not afraid of contact.

No. 3 Boston College (8-1-0, 3-0 Hockey East) took two this weekend from the University of Maine (0-6-3, 0-3 Hockey East), and neither of the contests were even a little bit close.

The Eagles physically dominated the Black Bears all over the ice, and rose to meet every challenge that Maine presented. At any point in time, each guy on the ice for BC is banging bodies, fighting for pucks

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In North Carolina State’s (6-3, 2-3 ACC) 24-8 victory over Boston College (3-7, 0-7 ACC), Brissett and the Wolfpack offense avoided the vaunted BC front seven and stretched the field to capitalize on a vulnerable secondary.

As the Wolfpack learned, you still can’t effectively run up the middle on the Eagles’ defense. Mehdi Abdesmad came through with another stellar performance as he clogged the middle, most notably stuffing NC State running back Jaylen Samuels and driving him back 10 yards for the tackle.

Brissett and NC State opted instead for deep passes to take advantage of a secondary that has been riddled with injuries. As Brissett continued to test the young unit, the Eagles desperately missed the likes of Kamrin Moore and Isaac Yiadom.

While the Eagles did hold their opponent to 212 yards in the air and 139 on the ground, they got exposed on many key plays. Justin Simmons pointed toward four plays in particular that really did the team in: a go route for the first touchdown, a fade that brought the Wolfpack into the red zone, a run play up the middle for a 35-yard touchdown in the third quarter, and a miscue on coverage that brought the Wolfpack into field goal territory.

The one running play that Simmons mentioned, in

which Reggie Gallaspy II ran straight up the middle without getting touched for the score, is a bit of an outlier. Overall, the BC defense was stout against the run. The other three plays, though, all highlighted BC’s shortcomings.

On the first NC State touchdown, receiver Maurice Trowell ran a straight down the sideline, torching Will Harris on the coverage for a 83-yard touchdown reception. The Wolfpack only needed one play and 11 seconds to take the lead.

For the majority of the first half and into the second half, Brissett repeatedly threw deep and to the sidelines.

At times having three receivers on straight go-routes, or

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in the corners and joining scrums after the whistle.

There was one major skirmish in each game between the two teams.

On Sunday, White took on Maine goalie Rob McGovern and tackled him into the back of the net. Casey Fitzgerald battled along the glass, earning 14 penalty minutes in the process. Wood, too, engaged in spirited combat with the Black Bears.

BC head coach Jerry York noted that his freshmen brought youthful energy, but had to learn how to control their emotions better than they

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MICHAEL SULLIVAN On ACC Media Day, when all records were a clean slate and, in the words of Kevin Garnett, “anything is possibo,” Steve Addazio had tempered confidence for this season.

He touted what Boston College has done each of the last two years, getting seven-win seasons and maximizing its talent as much as possible. But Addazio consistently stressed the idea of his five-year rebuilding process. And Year Three, of course, would be that turning point—when the old men were gone and the new men, Addazio’s men, would come in on offense and contribute. So, before anyone got their hopes up about making a bowl game for a third consecutive season, the fiery head coach reminded us of that.

“This year is a year that I really believe we have to play great defense because we’re very young on offense,” Addazio said, addressing the North Carolina crowd on July 21 about the future of his team. “We’re more athletic than we’ve been in the last couple years, but youth usually equates to mistakes.

Mistakes equal inconsistency. Inconsistency brings about a lack of execution.

That’s the battle we’re in right now.”

Well, we’re in Week 10 of Year Three. And, for now, the Eagles have lost this battle.

It’s not that it happened that has made this season so frustrating for players, coaches, and fans alike (not to mention select members of the media).

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Steve Addazio leads the seniors off the field for the final time at Alumni Stadium. Justin Simmons changed his jersey from 27 to 31 in honor of his winning of the Jay McGillis Scholarship.

INSIDE SPORTS THIS ISSUE

Men’s soccer: Coming to a bitter end BC was annihilated by Clemson, one of the country’s best teams, in the ACC quarters..B2

Field hockey: Sweet and sour week The Eagles earned their first ACC tournament win, but fell to North Carolina on Friday...B4

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TU/TD...................................B2 Women’s hockey........................B4 Volleyball...............................B4

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THUMBS UP THATCHER BLANK-O  Four shutouts in five games smashed a BC record. That was two games ago, and Thatcher Demko’s shutout streak is still intact.

Back-to-back shutouts of Maine has the goalie from San Diego feeling on top of his game. At the beginning of the season, Demko faced a number of questions about his health following double-hip surgery, but he has answered those questions resoundingly through nine games.

FRIDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN  “Bah Gawd, that’s Colin White’s music!” BC has not backed down from any challenge this season, solving a number of them with old-fashioned fisticuffs, WWE-style. The Eagles sent a notice out to the rest of the country with two physical wins over Maine—if you cross them, there will be severe consequences.

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Boston College and Maine both played well on Friday night. Both teams turned sound defense into some 0 Maine juicy Boston College 3 counterattacks and both teams committed a lot of penalties. But the difference came between the pipes.

And because the Eagles’ goalie is Thatcher Demko, BC (7-1-0, 2-0-0 Hockey East) won. Alex Tuch added an empty netter with a minute left in the game to make it a 3-0 final against Maine (0-5-3, 0-2-0 HEA), which was Demko’s fifth shutout in six games.

“We played hard, we had lots of scoring chances,” Maine head coach Red Gendron said. “When we had real good ones, Thatcher Demko stopped us. That’s really what it comes down to.”

The junior from San Diego doesn’t usually make many highlight reel saves, but that’s not for lack of talent. Demko often finds himself in excellent position and corrals rebounds so well that he doesn’t need to sprawl around the crease. But when he did give up a rebound, or when his defense let up a grade-A scoring chance, he stopped those, too, because right now, Demko isn’t in the business of giving up goals. By stopping all 30 Black Bear shots on Friday, Demko bumped up his save percentage to .969—a number that, the way he’s playing, seems low.

“You’ve gotta find a way to get pucks on him and get traffic,” Gendron said. “No goalie has X-ray vision. Superman, I think, could see through people. Thatcher Demko is very good, but he’s not Superman.”

Gendron may be right, but if Superman played goalie, he would

look something like Demko’s current form. BC’s skaters fed off their star in goal on Friday, aggressively killing penalties and clearing pucks from their zone.

“Thatcher has been on a whole different planet,” defenseman Steve Santini said. “It makes you feel really comfortable, knowing he’s back there, and we’re helping him the best we can, but he’s been phenomenal for us.”

Because Demko pitched another shutout, Santini’s first period snipe was the game winner of record.

Colin White, who potted the insurance goal late in the third, circled up the left half wall and slithered the puck to Santini coming down the slot. Santini drifted to his right just faster than Rob McGovern could track the puck and fired his wrist shot short side, top cheddar.

It was the blue liner’s first goal of the year and, judging from his celebration, he was pretty excited

about it. The defensive stalwart played just 22 games and scored one goal last season due to a wrist injury. “[The goal] felt pretty good, with the injury and everything, it felt like I never really hit my stride [last year],” Santini said. “It was the first time in my life I really faced some adversity [over the summer].

I really focused on getting my grip strength back, and I feel 110 percent, way better then before I hurt my wrist.”

Demko, too, struggled with his injuries in the back half of last year’s season, and both Santini and head coach Jerry York partially pointed to health as a driver in their goalie’s recent level of play. That isn’t the only reason, though, because a confluence of factors is necessary to reach the zone that Demko currently resides in.

“He’s had a nice career at BC, but he’s really playing at the highest

level that we’ve seen him play,” York said. “Part of it is the [double hip] surgery that alleviated some pain and gave him more flexibility, but a lot of it is [he is] more confident, more assertive.”

York noted that Demko was a young freshman when he got to campus, and that he doesn’t turn 20 until December.

Added Santini: “I’ve been Thatcher’s teammate for four years [between BC and the U.S. Development Program] and I’ve never seen him as plugged in as he is now. Confident, mature, at times he makes it look easy, and for any team to see that, I think it gives us confidence and helps us win games.”

Demko’s play should give the Eagles confidence and if it sustains, BC will keep winning games. Maine made a couple mistakes and lost because, until Demko comes back to earth, BC’s opponents don’t have any margin for error.

THUMBS DOWN BROKEN HEARTS, BROKEN WILLS Now this is just sad. BC football (and its head coach) appears broken in just about every way, so the bye week probably couldn’t come at a much better time. It might be tough for the hapless Eagles to get excited for the rest of the season, since they’ll be playing for nothing but pride against Notre Dame and Syracuse.

INSENSITIVITY - Shame on the Alabama frat that hung a sign off a balcony saying the Crimson Tide would “finish what Katrina started” against LSU. As if anyone needed another reason to dislike ’Bama.

SLOW STARTS - BC basketball came out sluggish against Bentley University, and the final score was definitely too close for an exhibition against a Division-II team. But grad transfer Eli Carter looked strong, scoring almost half of BC’s points in the winning effort. While it might be a long season, this team could make it fun.

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The Eagles won a physical battle marred by four game misconducts over the University of Maine by a score of 2-0. Colin White (18) scored the second goal to put the game out of reach.

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For the other 37 minutes of the half, Tarbell was not forced into any action, as the ball was mostly in Clemson’s offensive half.

This trend continued for the rest of the game, as Clemson (161-2, 7-1-1 ACC) handily defeated Boston College (9-8-1, 4-5-0 ACC) 3-0 in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament.

While possession percentage statistics are unavailable for college soccer, the stat line shows Clemson’s

utter dominance in the first half. The Tigers jumped all over the Eagles, outshooting their opponents 11-0 and winning eight corners.

Alex Kapp was under extreme pressure in the opening half-hour, as Clemson sent most of their eight corner kicks directly at Kapp, who was surrounded by a slew of players. The direct corners put Kapp’s body in the line of fire. In one particular instance, Kapp went down for some time after he collided with Andrew Burnikel right on the goalline. Kapp survived the initial onslaught, however, as he commanded the crowded box.

A combination of Michael Melvin out wide, Imam Mafi and Saul Chinchilla in the midfield, and Burnikel up top for Clemson outworked and out-skilled the Eagles’ backline all game. They all showed an ability to make moves, dicing up and getting past two or three defenders at a time to get into the box.

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Yet the Tigers still couldn’t capitalize on the number of shots from close range. Toby Ampadu looked strong in the clean-up play and BC’s defense held on, able to block shots and only forcing Kapp into making one save while the rest of the shots went wide, but the Eagles could only sustain the pressure until the 37th minute, when Clemson finally broke through.

Mafi had the ball at the corner of the 18 and turned Derek Lyons around with two quick step-overs and fakes to get to the endline. He sent a ball into the box over the head of Mohammed Moro to an unmarked Burnikel, who headed it down and in to put the Tigers up one.

Despite being under siege the entire half, the Eagles limped to halftime only down one goal.

BC came out strong in the second half for the only succession of plays in which the Eagles put any pressure on the Tigers.

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Zeiko Lewis won a free kick from about 25 yards out. Dylan Pritchard hit a beautiful strike over the wall that was headed toward the top corner, but Tarbell dove to his right for the full-stretch save, pushing the ball out for a corner.

The ensuing delivery from Henry Balf fell to Moro at the top of the 18, who ripped a shot on goal that Tarbell tipped over the bar. The Eagles couldn’t capitalize on the second corner, though.

Clemson doubled the lead in the 56th minute on an own goal.

Chinchilla and Grayson Raynor combined for a give-and-go into the box. Chinchilla’s cross on the ground missed a teammate, came off the foot of Pritchard, and rolled into the back of the net past the outstretched Kapp.

The final nail in the coffin of BC’s season came 11 minutes later as John Cajka assisted Kyle Murphy on a

through-ball.

The rest of the game carried on with no significant action as BC emptied the bench a bit, giving playing time to senior Ado Kawuba and freshman Dan Croteau.

Save the one stretch at the start of the half, the Eagles were never in the game as Clemson, one of the top scoring teams in the country, was relentless on the attack.

The likes of Trevor Davock, Simon Enstrom, and Lewis, who have been the firepower for BC’s offense, were held in check by the Clemson defense, and neither of them registered any one of BC’s two shots on goal and three shots overall.

The Eagles’ season is not officially over as a potential NCAA tournament bid looms, but their hopes of more success in conference play ended abruptly in a game where the opposing goalie was rarely called into action.

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But somehow, Demko was there.

He sprawled out to the right, going into full extension mode with the glove, as chants of his name rang out throughout Kelley Rink.

As soon as BC head coach Jerry York sat down at his postgame press conference, he said what was on everyone’s mind. “You got to talk about Thatcher Demko,” he said.

Right now, it’s hard to ignore him.

The goaltender just shut out his sixth opponent in BC’s last seven games.

Sound impressive? That’s because it has barely ever been done before. According to BC Hockey, this is only the second time in the college hockey history that a goalie has blanked his opponents in six games during a seven-game stretch. Only Lake Superior State’s Blaine Lacher has done it before him.

If those aren’t numbers that make your eyes pop, take a look at these. Demko now has a .974 save percentage and a .668 goals against average—both totals lead the country. For comparison, UMass-Lowell’s Kevin Boyle is the closest behind him statistically among goalies who have played the same number of games (nine). He has a .949 save percentage with a 1.422 goals against average.

And he even got into the scuffles a bit, too.

The Eagles kept up their newest moniker—the Beacon Street Bullies—in Sunday’s game, constantly

pushing and shoving against a chippy Maine team that has had a trying beginning to its season. In fact, Demko helped convince those pesky Hockey East refs to give Mark Hamilton an interference penalty midway through the second period. Hamilton came after Demko, who proceeded to push his face, doing just enough to put him in the box without earning a penalty of his own.

That doesn’t compare to the fight that broke out toward the end of the game.

At 16:15 in the third period, a scrum ensued following Maine goalie Rob McGovern’s sharp save. Quickly, everyone on the ice got into it. BC freshman Casey Fitzgerald took on Black Bear captain Steven Swavley, cornering him against the boards one-on-one in a tough round of fisticuffs. Colin White went up against McGovern, earning both a trip to the box.

York admitted after the game that he had never seen a goaltender actually be forced to serve out his penalty. In total, the two teams combined for four roughing penalties, a slashing call, and six 10minute game misconducts.

York had no problem with the team’s ability to show some grit, but recognized the importance of losing White, Fitzgerald, and Wood—three freshmen—for the game’s crunch time. “You still got to control your emotions,” York said.

Nevertheless, it all came down to the man between the pipes. And when Ryan Fitzgerald scored the opening goal following his onegame disqualification on Friday, that creeping feeling came over everyone in the stands.

The way Demko is playing?

That game was over the second the Eagles got the lead.

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Thatcher Demko stood on his head again, notching 29 saves vs. Maine.

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“It’s something we’re gonna keep working on,” York said. “They have to get better at it, that’s for sure.”

On Friday, the older boys took over—McCoshen and Sanford each earned 10-minute misconducts.

Thatcher Demko even got in on the action himself, earning a two-minute minor for roughing.

Demko has presented himself as the ultimate heel in Hockey East—after McGovern was sent to the penalty box following Sunday’s brouhaha (and yes, the refs actually put him in the penalty box), Demko skated out to his own blue line, tapped his stick

on the ice, and challenged McGovern to meet him at center ice to go fisticuffs.

The referees obviously wouldn’t let it happen, but Demko extended the invitation nonetheless. Not only is Demko is the best goalie in the country right now, but he’s playing like he knows it. Six shutouts in seven games will do that to a man.

Matty Gaudreau appears to be the most improved player on the team through nine games. At times in the past two seasons, Gaudreau looked lost in the sauce on the ice, struggling to keep up against larger, quick competition. But this year, Gaudreau is skating with more confidence, passing with more awareness, and generating

more scoring chances on a much stronger line. He had an assist in both games over the weekend, and he looks to be a major player down the road for the Eagles in 2015-16.

SPECIAL TEAMS DICHOTOMY BC has a suffocating penalty kill.

The Eagles extend outward from their defensive zone, preventing the Black Bears from easily entering into the zone. In five chances, Maine only generated nine shots on net in Friday’s game, obviously scoring on none of them.

The unit of Colin White, Ryan Fitzgerald, Steve Santini, and Ian McCoshen probably generated more offensive chances down a man than

Maine did on the power play. Adam Gilmour and Zach Sanford, too, put great pressure on the opposition’s specialty units. The Eagles had sticks in the passing lanes, connected on their body checks along the boards, and blocked shots in front of the net.

But as great as BC’s penalty kill is, the power play has been just as bad. In six chances on Friday, the Eagles only put six shots on net, and two of the power plays finished with zero shots.

Miles Wood almost single-handedly got the power play back on track toward the end of Sunday’s game—he fought tooth and nail to jam the puck through McGovern’s extended pads and across the goal line. Without that goal, there would be a lot more

negative discussion about BC’s power play.

WHITE AND WOOD ARE GOOD Speaking of Wood, he is very clearly one of the best players on the ice, despite the fact that he is a freshman. The extra years that he took to prep for the collegiate game—Wood just turned 20 in December—made him ready to play quicker and more physically than any freshman that BC has had in a long time.

White, his freshman counterpart, looks just as effective through the first portion of the season. He is currently leading BC with four goals and eight assists through nine games, and Wood is just two points behind him for sec-

ond on the team.

Most projected BC’s freshmen to make a major impact on the team, but few anticipated that they would be this strong in the first part of the year. White and Wood lead the class, but enough cannot be said about the contributions from the inexperienced fourth offensive line, as well as Fitzgerald and Josh Couturier on defense.

Quite frankly, it’s difficult to identify any glaring weaknesses on this team. With Demko playing at this inhumane level, it wouldn’t take much for BC to eke out a win every night.

But with the skaters in front of him clicking as well as they are, the rest of the NCAA has officially been put on notice.

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motioning a running back out for an empty backfield, the Wolfpack looked deep or to the outside to stretch the Eagles defense.

The game plan was effective. On one play that advanced the Wolfpack to the 9-yard line, Brissett completed a 33-yard pass to Jumichael Ramos, who abused Taj-Amir Torres, going up and over him to make the catch at the sideline.

Brissett flashed incredible arm

strength and accuracy as this trend continued, and NC State was a few dropped passes away from completely blowing out the Eagles.

BC got a huge break in the opening quarter when Johnathan Alston caught a deep ball, took two steps in bounds, but then lost control as he went to ground. Upon review, the call on the field of an incomplete pass was confirmed.

Later, the Wolfpack nearly scored on a dime of a pass toward the corner of the end zone

which just fell out of the receiver’s hands.

The box score doesn’t show all these drops, making it rather deceiving. A statistical comparison shows that the Eagles threw for more yards, had more first downs, had longer time of possession, and had fewer penalties.

“The amazing thing is that we threw for 257 yards today,” head coach Steve Addazio noted at the very beginning of his postgame presser.

John Fadule, in his first career start, did finish 23-of-37 for 257 yards and a touchdown. With a minute left, he completed six straight completions and hit Thadd Smith in the end zone, but this doesn’t take away from the three interceptions that he threw and his indecision in the pocket.

When he made short passes, it was pretty effective and he racked up some yardage as a result, especially to his safety blanket in Dave Dudeck, but the deep passes

weren’t there. Two of his interceptions were thrown long into tripleand double-coverage.

Fadule was also bailed out when he fumbled in the second quarter.

Only trailing by one touchdown, he went to run and the ball popped up into the air at the 20-yard line.

The ball was corralled by Eurndraus Bryant, who looked to have a clear path and a good shot at the end zone, but the big lineman just dropped the football, which was then recovered by Thadd Smith.

The Eagles put together some good plays, and Fadule found four different receivers for three or more receptions, but they couldn’t do enough against NC State’s top10 defense to put more than eights points—Fadule found Tommy Sweeney for the two-point conversion—on the board.

All NC State needed was a few quick strikes from Jacoby Brissett to unlock the secondary and keep the Eagles winless in conference play.

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Record for the year—3-7.

Record in the ACC—0-7. One of the country’s worst offenses miserably fails to complement a defense that has been no worse than the fifth-best and, for much of the year, the best.

To be fair, it’s not entirely the fault of the 18- to 22-year-olds that have to take to the gridiron each Saturday afternoon. In many ways, they were put into impossible situations. This young offensive line, featuring Chris Lindstrom, James Hendren, and Aaron Monteiro, had to be thrown into the fire at some point. They haven’t produced at the level that Addazio, a supposed master of the offensive line, feels they can—28 yards on 34 carries in Saturday’s game against North Carolina State.

That’s worsened by the fact that, by virtue of playing in the ACC, this team faces elite defenses each week. The Eagles have played the fifth (Clemson), eighth (Duke), 10th (NC State), 16th (Louisville), 24th (Florida State), 31st (Wake Forest), and 32nd (Virginia Tech) best defenses in terms of yards allowed.

That wouldn’t have been easy for BC’s all-grad student offensive line last year. For this particular position, development takes a lot of time, and, frankly, this is the only way to get it.

Additionally, the Eagles have been snake-bitten by injuries in a way few teams can realistically come back from. BC lost its starting quarterback, Darius Wade, the guy Addazio wanted to build his future around, and its starting running back, Jonathan Hilliman, a man poised to make a serious run at the Doak Walker Award. It’s not impossible to succeed when you lose guys that a coaching staff simply can’t have a backup plan to replace—how many starting players has No. 5 Notre Dame lost this season and yet the Irish have STILL played like a College Football Playoff contender?—but it’s incredibly difficult.

Nevertheless, the replacements have struggled. Part of it is that waiting game, just like with the offensive line. Kamrin Moore and Isaac Yiadom, the team’s two best cornerbacks, were injured, so in stepped Gabriel McClary, Taj-Amir Torres, and Will Harris.

Against NC State, that crew had flashes of brilliance—McClary broke up a couple of passes that he could have intercepted, one of which he saw daylight for miles to the end zone ahead of him and got a little too excited.

But on other plays, we saw that painful youth. Harris got burned early on an 83-yard touchdown bomb by the Wolfpack’s Jacoby Brissett. Torres allowed a receiver to go up and over him on a

play he should’ve broken up, but instead allowed the Wolfpack to get inside BC’s red zone.

Hilliman’s replacements— Myles Willis, Richard Wilson, Jordan Gowins, Tyler Rouse, and Marcus Outlow—haven’t gotten the job done either. At times, they’ve lacked the explosiveness that they showed flashes of against the good ol’ FCS teams (remember Maine and Howard?). But a lot of their lack of firepower has been the result of that offensive line play. So you can defend the whole unit there, too.

In the postgame press conference, Addazio not-so-subtly called out the media for looking for people to blame. Instead of deferring blame to his players, he explicitly said to blame him.

Okay, Coach, you got it.

Addazio grew increasingly defensive about how his strategy to stick to the run game hasn’t worked this season, resorting to incredible amounts of sarcasm.

“We were one of the best running teams in the country the last two years. We’re not now,” Addazio said. “I know what happened, I forgot how to call the run game. You’re right, I don’t know what I’m doing, I don’t know how to call the run game.

But for the last two years, we were an elite running team.”

The head coach then took a moment to slam the podium in front of him, before continuing.

“Golly, man, what a jerk, can’t call the run game anymore,” Addazio retorted. “I have a long memory, and I’ll come back at this podium, and I’ll look right here, and say, ‘I told you.’

Because that’s what’s going to happen here.”

It’s not the inability to call the run game that has made this season frustrating. Rather, it’s the inability to adjust when the offense isn’t working. It’s the predictability of the offense.

Take, for example, when BC had the ball in its own territory at the beginning of the fourth quarter. The Eagles had 3rd and 2, down by 21, when they went into the Power I, putting no players out wide and using as many tight as possible. Addazio has used the same play on almost every short yardage third down this season. Naturally, Wilson got stuffed.

That shouldn’t have surprised Addazio, given the ineffectiveness of the running game all day. And afterward, he touted John Fadule and his 257 passing yards—the most through the air by a quarterback against any FBS team in the Addazio Era. But if he was going to deviate from the game plan at the end anyway, when he allowed Fadule to air it out and complete seven beautifully thrown passes on the game’s final drive, why didn’t he go to it sooner? More importantly, why didn’t he go to that game

plan when the season still had a glimmer of hope? Clearly it’s the one that works.

The way the coaching staff mishandled the quarterbacks, Jeff Smith, Troy Flutie, and Fadule, by the inconsistent splitting of their playing time, by taking so long for them to realize that Fadule was “The Guy,” by not using the proper passing attack when Wade was in (not to mention not giving Wade a lot of chances to practice his arm when BC played its two FCS teams)—we’ve all documented this throughout the season.

As Addazio said afterward, this gives BC viable options in the future, now that each has had considerable playing time. But that’s not as valuable as having one guy that you can solidly rely on to take each snap behind center.

We’ve started to see weaknesses even in this defense, one that should win some sort of award for how it has been so effective despite the amount of time it has to stay on the field.

Teams can destroy the Eagles through the air with Moore and Yiadom sidelined. No one can run up the gut on BC, but go to the edges and you’re likely to find a hole, as the Wolfpack did on its second touchdown.

When the defense, the strength of his team, starts to rip apart, that’s the moment when a season that showed promise on

Media Day begins to crumble and burn. And we’ve reached the point where this promising season of growth has resulted in a long year of pathetic stagnation, where BC’s future playmakers are either A) injured or B) being put into situations where they are suffering before they are ready to play.

Addazio may be surprised at how the season turned out, but the fact that it has been a painful one—a word he used frequently throughout the presser—was not a shock. “I knew when I took this job that this would be a five-year job,” Addazio said. “And I knew that Year Three was going to be the toughest year.”

You know what, Coach? We absolutely agree. Year Three of this rebuild has been incredibly tough. And no one doubts that pain is necessary to return to glory.

But it’s how it has happened that has made it so painful—the 3-0, headset-throwing loss to Wake Forest; the offensive ineptitude, especially in comparison to the defense’s might; the referees’ poor calls at Wallace Wade against Duke. And this program, for the foreseeable future, will suffer the consequences for this lost year.

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In football, getting eight points would be considered a low-scoring game. In hockey, getting eight points Boston College 8 would Boston Univ.

1 be considered a high scoring game. In the first game in the home-andhome series against Boston University (6-5-0), Boston College women’s hockey (11-0-0) put the same number on the scoreboard as the football team lost to North Carolina State. This 8-1 win came in part from BC’s solid power plays and penalty kills, and to freshman Makenna Newkirk’s hat trick in the third period.

For the majority of the first period, the Eagles tried to come back from a one-goal deficit.

This goal by the Terriers, the only BU power play goal of the game, started with Jordan Juron taking a shot on BC goalie Katie Burt during a BU power play.

This shot looked as if it were stopped by Burt, but the puck trickled past her along the crease for Sammy Davis’ taking, allowing Davis to tap the puck into the net 6:03 into the period.

The Eagles almost went down 2-0 when a shot from the Terriers was tipped off the glove of Burt, and skidded just past the goalpost. Despite the Terriers’ aggressive push to the net, Burt was not discouraged by the first goal and responded to the of-

fensive pressure.

BC pushed back by trying to get shots close in on BU’s net.

With 3:02 left in the period, Kali Flanagan skated right down the middle of the ice toward the BU net, sending the puck past goalie Erin O’Neil’s glove. Less than two minutes later, Trivigno sent a pass from the right dot to Lexi Bender on the left, who sent a shot to the back of the BU net, putting the Eagles up 2-1.

The Eagles continued their offensive attack in the second period by actively pursuing the puck and looking for shots on net, but their efforts were not answered until late in the period.

Tori Sullivan sent a pass to Andie Anastos in front of the net, and Anastos directed it into the goal,

causing O’Neil to sprawl in attempt to save the puck. Later in the period, a tripping call caused BC to go on the penalty kill.

Thanks to the efforts of the penalty-killing crew, the puck was brought into the Terriers’ zone, and Haley Skarupa brought it close to the BU net to notch a goal, putting the Eagles up by two goals as the countdown clock ticked to 19:59. Skarupa’s goal was the turning point in the game that would soon have a seven-point difference.

Not only did Skarupa score a shorthanded goal, but Alex Carpenter did, too. Still on the penalty kill from the second period into the third, Carpenter sent a shot from close to the net off the post past O’Neil.

Throughout the period, the Terriers eased off the pressure they put on Burt. A penalty on Connor Galway added to the Terriers’ demise, allowing Newkirk to score her first of three goals in the game. O’Neil continued to be bombarded with shots from the still-invigorated BC offense, leading to Newkirk sending the puck from the middle to the back of the Terriers’ net once again.

BU tried to get some new momentum in the third, but was no match for BC’s superior play. With 3:14 left in the third, Newkirk completed her hat trick by defeating O’Neil and bringing the final score to 8-1. “She’s a great hockey player and she was able to find the net,” head coach Katie Crowley said. “She stayed

strong on her stick and found a way to put it in.”

Crowley was also impressed by the extent to which the Eagles pushed to the net and worked for the puck, especially on the penalty kill and power play.

“We talked about trying to get to rebounds, get in front of that net, get some of those gritty goals,” she said. “For us to carry that momentum [from Skarupa’s goal] over into the third period I thought that was great, I really was happy with the way our kids played.”

Crowley acknowledged that every game starts at 0-0, but said that hopefully the Eagles could bring the momentum from this win to their game at home against BU on Tuesday.

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the start.”

Once UNC changed gears in the middle of the third set, it wasn’t long before the Eagles’ yarn ball of energy began to unravel.

“I think our energy kinda dropped, and we started making a little more mistakes than we were in the first two sets,” senior setter Mallori Moffat said after the match. “I think that affected our energy, and we just weren’t able to come back after that.”

Sophomore outside hitter Sol Calvete, who recorded six kills in each of the first two sets, saw her production neutralized in the final three frames, as the Tar Heels held her to three, two, and two, respectively. Swiss army knife Katty Workman, who spikes the ball with more power than a Mike Tyson uppercut, couldn’t quite slam the ball over the top

of UNC’s frontline defense and finished with a measly .093 hit percentage.

Momentum was riding high for Sunday’s match as the team prepared for its senior day bout with the Tar Heels , and the bleachers in Power Gym were packed with family members and friends. No matter, BC couldn’t whip up any senior day magic to win a second consecutive game.

The 3-2 loss comes on the heels of a victory Friday night at home against the North Carolina State Wolfpack. It was a welcome result and only the Eagles’ third win in ACC play.

“I think that was really good just for our morale,” Moffat said.

“We needed that win at this point in the season. The second half of the season’s always hard, so that was kind of like a positive

push for us to finish the season on a high note.”

Against the Wolfpack, Workman recorded a team-high 14 kills, and freshman McKenna Goss chipped in with nine kills of her own.

After winning the first set and dropping the second, the Eagles took flight and didn’t look back, decisively securing the next two sets en route to a 3-1 victory.

With the Tar Heels, winners of 10 of their last 11, on their way to Chestnut Hill, BC’s confidence was riding high, and, through two sets, it looked as though the momentum from Friday night’s victory had spilled over into Sunday.

Campbell had a defensive emphasis during practice in the lead-up to Sunday’s match.

“Their middles have been the

heart of their offense the entire season, so we really wanted to work on blocking, defending them well,” Campbell said of UNC’s approach. “We’d done exactly that. I thought we did a really nice job of that, and that’s why they had to change what they were doing in the middle, and we forced that change.”

The problem is, when you force a team to make an adjustment, you’d better be ready for that counter-punch. The Eagles couldn’t keep it together, and when things turned south, mental fatigue set in.

“We lost composure just a little bit,” Campbell said. “We had been playing great volleyball, and you play great volleyball by doing simple things and just doing them consistently and repeatedly. We got a little bit away from that.”

Still, there were some silver linings for BC. For instance, Moffat recorded her second-ever “pancake” in the third set by slipping an open hand under the ball just as it neared the floor.

“I actually never pancake,” Moffat said with a laugh. “I always hit it with a closed hand, so I was pretty excited.” Not to be outdone, junior libero Madisen Lydon hit the deck for a pancake of her own.

Fun bits aside, the performance was the ultimate tease for fans of BC. “We had some opportunities and just weren’t able to capitalize on them,” Campbell said. “Obviously UNC’s a good program, and when you don’t jump on those opportunities which we had done in the first couple sets, then they make you pay for it.”

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High off the win, BC played No. 3 North Carolina (18-2, 6-2 ACC), to whom it had already lost 5-0 earlier in the season.

The Tar Heels, owners of 18 ACC championships, had been there before. BC had not, but viewers might not have known as the Eagles held on and fought to the bitter end, losing 3-2 on a late goal.

The game began much slower than the previous day’s against Wake, with no goals scored

in the opening minutes. Back and forth play saw each team make threatening moves toward the other, but poor execution meant that the goalkeepers for both sides made only routine saves. The floodgates, however, opened in the 13th minute when North Carolina’s Austyn Cuneo centered the ball to a wide-open Sam Night, who promptly sent the ball into the back netting.

Then, 49 seconds later, Nina Notman scored off a penalty corner to put the Tar Heels up 2-0.

It was not looking good for the Eagles, but five minutes later Eryn McCoy forced a turnover in the UNC half and took the ball inside the area, thundering a shot past the goalie to cut the deficit to one.

The Tar Heels dominated the rest of the half, but sloppy play in the opposing 23-meter area prevented the Eagles from tying the game.

The second half opened with the Eagles immediately pressing to try to even the score, but UNC struck on the counter, forcing BC keeper Leah Settipane into a huge save.

The defense then began to settle down as more action took place on the Tar Heel side of the field. Great passing in the opening of the second half led to two chances for the Eagles, but the shots went wide.

The goal of the match was scored in the 45th minute, as BC’s Frederique Haverhals sent a well-hit ball from midfield that was redirected into the air past the keeper by AshLeigh Sebia, evening the score.

Casey Di Nardo almost put the Tar Heels ahead with 17 minutes left in the second half, but a toe-tip save by Settipane saw it go past the far post.

Another pair of class saves

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BC, the lowest seed in the tournament, fought back to the tie the game, but could not complete its Cinderella run. shots. The Eagles’ defense was looking exhausted from both the heat and the prior day’s game.

With eight minutes remaining in the game, North Carolina’s Gab Major tipped up a low shot for

her conference-high 16th goal of the year.

Down one with little time left, BC was left with no choice but to pull Settipane and play a full-field press.

Once the Tar Heels managed to get the ball into the Eagles’ half, they simply killed the clock, setting up a date with undefeated, No. 1 Syracuse this Sunday.

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The Eagles had never won a game in the conference tournament since they joined the ACC in 2005. But, in the heat of the Virginia sun, her team disregarded the past and edged out a 4-3 double-overtime victory against No. 6 Wake Forest (152, 4-2 ACC). Despite sitting in the basement of the ACC, No. 11 BC will now advance to the semifinals against No. 2 North

Carolina.

Wake Forest started hard and fast, as Jule Grashoff split the defense and knocked one past the keeper at the near post in the first 45 seconds.

But the lead was short-lived, as the Eagles countered with early and relatively frantic possessions, creating a couple of chances but no clear shots.

Eryn McCoy scored off a penalty corner in the fourth minute on a shot from just inside the 23-meter area that deflected up and into the net.

After such a fast start, the game began to develop a rhythm.

The teams traded shots and possession as the adrenaline of the first five minutes dropped off.

McCoy had another big chance in the 18th minute, though a stick

save by Wake’s goalkeeper Valerie Dahmen forced the ball wide.

She made another immense save just minutes later, deflecting a face-high shot to the left from 5 yards out. By then the Eagles were piling on the pressure and holding the majority of the possession.

Successive corners around the 25th minute nearly saw BC take a lead, but great defense by the Demon Deacons prevented any goals.

Imme diately af ter, Wake struck hard on the counter, nearly knocking in a one on one, but BC goalie Leah Settipane got just enough of it to see it roll past the post. Wake began to get back in the game in the last 10 minutes, and struck hard with a beautiful goal in the 29th minute

from Kali Vicars, who spun and danced around three defenders and rocketed the ball into the far corner.

It was quality over quantity as BC trailed entering the half despite outshooting Wake 84. B C dominated possession coming out for the second half.

Chance after chance eventually led to a penalty-corner goal by Frederique Haverhals. The few times Wake did get chances on the counter, Settipane came out of the goal for some great, aggressive saves, proving to be a one-woman wall against the entire Deacon offense.

Similar to the first half, Wake turned it around after 20 minutes, once again taking back possession after conceding it for much of the half.

The Eagles’ defense did its best to just absorb the pressure, tr ying to catch Wake on the counter where it can.

But the approach of “bend but don’t break” eventually failed, as a centering cross by Grashoff from near post found Krysta Wangerin, who knocked it in from point blank.

Despite the lead, Wake did not let up, continuing to pressure Settipane into saves and clearances.

BC was left with no choice but to attack all-out, which paid off almost immediately when a Wake defender took out a BC attacker and the referees called a penalty stroke. Emily McCoy’s shot found its way into the goal off Dahmen’s glove, and the Eagles had life again.

As the game went into overtime, the heat had clearly exhausted both teams. The action was back and forth, with most of the action taking place in the middle of the field. Both goalkeepers who came out to play had no issue parrying the shots.

Just four minutes into the second overtime, Wake was awarded a penalty stroke.

It was a chance to end the game, but Jess Newak sent the ball wide left and play continued. It proved a crucial miss, as minutes later, in the waning moments of the second overtime, BC struck.

Amid a scrum in front of the net, deflected shot fell right into the lap of Kelcie Hromisin, who sent in her eighth and most important goal of the year.

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The suspenseful anthology style of Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk’s twisted mega-hit American Horror Story (AHS) means one thing when each season’s early-October premiere arrives: the anticipation is particularly palpable.

Fans return to their television sets under the grim darkness of a AMERICAN HORROR WednesSTORY day night “Hotel” with a fear of the trademark, unflinching gore that is sure to come their way.

Coming into its fifth season, worries that the terror periodical had lost its shock value had never been higher. As the halfway point of this fall’s serving of tongue-in-cheek blood and guts approaches, the stakes have certainly been raised, though questions of storytelling finesse still hang in the air.

The first episode of the season throws all the moving pieces of the creepy Hotel Cortez

onto the table, accompanied by a narrative that seems out of breath by the time every last shudder-inducing frame has been crammed in. Good-guy cop John Lowe, played with notable conviction by Wes Bentley, struggles under the crumbling weight of his traumatized marriage while following an anonymous call to the strange establishment. Lady Gaga, as the bloodsucking hotel owner Elizabeth, works with her live-in boyfriend, Donovan, to seduce a couple back to the art deco monstrosity to slit their throats. Ghostly, vampiric children with identical, white-blond hair lounge in a surprisingly accommodating game room, complete with a video game console. Denis O’Hare and the barest hint of his black humor shine as Liz Taylor, the cross-dressing desk clerk.

If these snapshots sound more like fragments than a cohesive episode, that’s because they are. The premiere encapsulates this season’s greatest weakness in its unchecked ambition, scattering loose ends at a loss of coherent narrative. Whereas season one used its bizarre Rubber Man and leering phantoms in constant service to the bloodbath of a holistic ending, AHS: Hotel already seems to be tipping down the path of the scatterbrained and unresolved.

Though the worry of an unsatisfying finale looms in the distance, the current pandemonium retains the undeniable brand of gut-twisting entertainment that put the show on the map in the first place. While the pieces sometimes appear disjointed, leaving a viewer whiplashed from one scene to the next, they ring with intricacy when singled out for individual attention. The dexterity of Murphy and Falchuk as character creators has never been in question, and the eclectic cast of new and old performers brings each storyline to a limelight of its own.

This mastery is seen no better than in the chilling second episode, “Chutes and Ladders,” when AHS alum Evan Peters enters the picture.

Portraying the debonair and psychotic James March, Peters sports a corny, affected, 1920s intonation and matching heinous mustache.

In lieu of connections between the modern-day hotel’s manifestations of atrocity, the audience is given the backstory blueprints of the Cortez’s 1925 construction by a millionaire with a penchant for violent killing. Peters and Miss Evers (Mare Winningham) offer in their unflinching gore and twisted codependency an enthralling, character-driven foundation for the madness

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John Lowe, the sympathetic front an, gets his own screen time to flesh out inner demons in another grounding plotline. The desperate search for his son Holden, lost on a crowded carousel five years in the past, keeps the hectic supernatural tinged with humanity, another of the show’s original strong points. Alongside Hypodermic Sally’s pathetic desperation for love and Iris’ near-stifling efforts to reconnect with her grown son Donovan, Lowe’s plotline maintains the human core that allows even the

most extravagant scares to hit close to home.

When Lowe begrudgingly checks into Room 64 at the end of the first episode, the viewer is left in the unexpected tension of rooting for the detective to get to the bottom of the supernatural vortex and also shouting for him to run in the other direction. Amid the cheap scares and psychological shivers piled on viewers, it is this diabolical human pull that lets the very real terror of the characters continue to be paralleled in those watching from the safety of their couch.

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Noticeably different from the artist’s debut piece, Delirium reveals a musical metamorphosis—a leap of faith into unfamiliar territory that still manages to preserve the singer’s unique flair.

Throw in some inDELIRIUM fectious Ellie Goulding refrains and highnoteheavy hooks that translate as catchy rather than redundant, and the result is an impressive album boasting strong singles that are sure to send the brighteyed popstar straight to the top of the charts.

The only potential problem is that Delirium’s aforementioned pop princess is a newly-transformed—and hardly recognizable—Ellie Goulding.

Since her 2010 debut, the British vocalist has charmed listeners with a peculiar blend of folk-infused EDM. Her first album, Bright Lights, was an emotional burst of indie energy, and her sophomore album, Halcyon, carried the same triumphant effect with hit songs “Burn” and “Explosions”. A

refreshing change that brought character and ingenuity to a music industry inundated with the sugar-sweet sounds of Katy Perry and Taylor Swift, Goulding provides overwhelming girl power with explosive dance tracks and an effervescent vibe unlike most of her fellow female artists.

Or, at least she used to. Now, her songs are equally empowering, but decidedly less authentic. They’re scintillating yet shockingly different from the English star’s indie/pop roots. Most tracks sound more 1D than indie, as the repetitive lines and over-synthesized instruments of “Around U” and “Codes” create the kind of guilty pleasure song you can’t wait to sing in the shower.

Unlike that of her previous releases, the Delirium tracklist is composed of songs that could be sung by any other artist and still sound good. For an incredibly versatile vocalist, Goulding avoids any daring or challenging tracks.

The well-produced but generic songs force Goulding into a confined corner of glossy pop that hides her characteristically alluring vocals.

Despite her transformation into that familiar pop persona, Goulding delivers quality songs on Delirium that shift from delicate, twinkling tones to sounds saturated with intensity. “Lost and Found” is an exceptional addition to the album, as its jaunty beat and swooping vocals introduce a fun

side of Goulding that fans have never heard before, but certainly hope to see again. By contrast, her single “Army” is reminiscent of the old Goulding, as her signature raspy soprano and changing background beats produce a dreamy, kaleidoscope effect that was perfected in her first two albums.

“Love Me Like You Do” off the 50 Shades of Grey soundtrack stands out as Delirium’s strongest song. It is a confident and yearning ballad that easily transcends the raunchy nature of the film it was written for with blaring instrumentals, chilling vocals, and Goulding’s genuine passion that pervades every aspect of the track. A beautiful battle cry, this song is Goulding at her best.

A far cry from Taylor’s whiny boy troubles, some tracks on Delirium include all the obligatory relationship subject matter characteristic of the genre. However, it is artfully incorporated into songs that turn sappy lyrics into snippets of epic love stories with the help of triumphant instrumentals and synthesized dance beats. Though Delirium may give fans a Goulding they aren’t expecting, this surprising release far surpasses pop albums of the past.

Having altered her indie-electronic style and settled on something more mainstream, Goulding sets a precedent for pop’s characteristically uninventive artists with Delirium.

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In a small auditorium illuminated by just a slew of twirling strings of lights, a group of students huddled under the lights, providing a rhythmic backdrop.

The auditorium vibrates with a powerful female vocalist from the group. The quality of the audio equipment certainly wasn’t perfect—the sound that emanates from the microphone and speakers was too loud at times. None of this, however, seems to taint the exuberant energy of the crowd. Rivaling the song’s original singer Christina Aguilera, Dominique Alba, CSOM ’17, belts the jazzy anthem “Ain’t No Other Man” with gusto, sweeping the audience off its feet with every high note.

This was the artful, masterful, joyful, and exciting start to this past Friday’s a cappella concert by the Acoustics featuring the Boston College BEATS and New York University’s Mass Transit.

The Acoustics began the concert with a rendition of “Ain’t No Other Man” and continued with an even more spectacular

performance of Tank’s “Hope This Makes You Love Me.” The Acoustics’ rendition of the dynamic piece, led by Ben Seo, LSOE ’16, managed to be distinctly beautiful in its own way, though keeping faithful to the original. The group itself, which was formed in 1993, describes its repertoire as a diverse collection “wailing away on ’70s rock, ’80s pop, ’90s jams, and millennial miscellany.” With their second piece, the Acoustics once again rallied the audience, inciting cheers with every perfect high note and sweeping chord.

After these two fantastic displays of talent, the Acoustics stepped aside for the B.E.A.T.S., another BC a cappella ensemble. The acronymic name of the group, which stands for the “Black Experience in America Through Song,” powerfully reflects the immense talent of the individuals that comprise it. The B.E.A.T.S. began with a smooth rendition of Smokey Robinson’s “Cruisin,” which they followed with Carl Carlton’s “She’s a Bad Mama Jama.” Although the disco vibes of the original piece were evidently absent from the rendition, the performance was

an immense crowd-pleaser, as the group presented it with a physical finesse. After a hiccup in the beginning of the third piece, which was recovered from with grace, the B.E.A.T.S. gave a stellar finale with their fourth and final song, a rendition of Usher’s “She Came to Give it to You.” Artfully performed, the B.E.A.T.S. final piece was a shining example of their immense talent and ability to incite pure into the audience.

The crowd was hungry for more great music when New York University’s Mass Transit took the stage, adorned with an array of matching, colorful ties. NYU’s oldest all-male a cappella group began with a fun performance of LMNT’s “Hey Juliet,” which it followed with a superb rendition of Ed Sheeran’s “Thinking Out Loud.” Mass Transit finished its BC debut with a wonderfully crafted compilation of Kanye West hits. The group’s performance was original, fun, and although its Kanye West compilation left out some of West’s more emotional songs, the transitions between each song and the group’s ability to energize the crowd ultimately made it

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The Acoustics offer jams from across the decades, rousing crowds with notes high and low. a huge hit.

As the show neared its final moments, the hosts once again leapt with great energy in front of the audience. They finished with two final pieces, Ray LaMontagne’s “You Are the Best Thing” and Celine Dion’s “Taking Chances.” The LaMontagne piece, adorned with amazing male vocals from Matt Michienzie, MCAS ’17, was an even more lively take on the folk rock song. The vocals, although grainy and coarse—quite

opposite from LaMontagne’s soft rasp—fit surprisingly well with the piece. It might have been, in fact, a better set closer than “Taking Chances.” The Acoustics rendition of the Celine Dion song was done with grace and performed by the angelic voice of Kerri Dibattista, MCAS ’17. “You Are the Best Thing,” however, would have provided the best lively, sentimental end to an equally energetic and emotional night of wonderful music.

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Passion started his set with a pop/ R&B medley—Aaliyah’s “Are You that Somebody,” transitioned into Gotye’s “Somebody that I Used to Know,” before Passion started covering “Weak” by SWV. In a tribute to the movie White Chicks, Passion’s next cover was Vanessa Carlton’s “A Thousand Miles,” which bled into the final leg of the medley, Ne-Yo’s “So Sick.”

After his opening song (or five), Passion played one of his new originals “All Smiles.”

Written about the beginning “honeymoon period” of a relationship, Passion was all smiles until this point in the set.

Passion soon took a more emotional turn afterward, however, in his dedication of the next song he played. He explained to the crowd that his brother, David, contracted meningitis at six months old and grew up unable to walk, talk, or hear.

Yet even with that added challenge in raising a family, Passion’s mother remained

the strongest and most capable woman he knew. He wrote and dedicated the song “32” for her, singing, “You support me and believe in me / you’re a superhero to our family.” Hearing the song in a whole new context, there was not a dry eye in the audience as Passion played the song’s last chord.

To lighten things up again after such a sentimental moment, Passion played a cover of “Cater to You” by Destiny’s Child. He then sought the audience’s help in singing his first single, “Suddenly,” teaching the crowd not only the background vocals, but also their harmonies. Before singing his final song, Passion took the audience back to his sophomore year of high school, when his friend brought him a glass of lemonade after they had spent the day outside. In that moment, Passion said, “I realized that sometimes the people we have in our life—our spouse, or boyfriend, girlfriend, best friend—are exactly what we need, just like that glass of lemonade,” he said. While it was bittersweet to watch Passion perform his finale, “Lemonade” sent smiles throughout the crowd.

After Passion’s performance, the floor opened up to a Q&A with both performers. One girl approached the mic nervously to ask Passion if she could have a hug, which he happily agreed to do. Most notable, however, was a question from a student attending the Berklee College of Music, which solicited advice on pursuing music as an Asian-American living in the United States. Both artists responded in the spirit of From Mind to Mic, telling the student that being Asian in pop culture is something to be celebrated and shouldn’t be considered an obstacle. “[Music] should be universal, regardless of race,” Passion said. As far as “making it” in the music industry goes, the two repeatedly stressed the importance of putting music out for the public, building a fanbase, and being genuine. After the Q&A, fans stayed and spent time with the performers in a casual meet and greet. Both Paek and Passion showers fans with hugs and selfies, and even after what must have been exhausting performances, they remained warm, friendly, and authentically kind.

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The exhibit from Ben Flythe (above) displays individuality on campus in portrait form.

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“My question for everybody generally looked the same,” Flythe said. “I asked them, ‘What do you want to share with us today, what sort of things do you think have helped define you?’ I didn’t really do that in depth of an interview, it was just a … conversation with them.

And that’s how I approach the rest of the work that I do, I love to get to know people … so that the photo itself can feel as much of [the subject] as possible.”

Although the subject of examining a person’s physical characteristics is always a delicate one, Flythe professionally dealt with the issue of objectification that naturally arises from focusing on the physical appearance.

He intentionally included the subject’s face in each shot, ensuring that their humanity took the center stage while also allowing them to more personally

connect with each of the viewers. This capacity to connect with the viewer and draw them in is essential to Flythe’s exhibition, especially when considering it within the context of Love Your Body Week.

“We think that sometimes we’re alone … because everyone gets stuck in their head, and I wanted to show this idea that we actually all have these things,” Flythe said.

And the exhibition, located in the public gallery on the first floor of O’Neill Library, certainly allows for that form of human connection. As they pass by on their way to cram for a never-ending stream of midterms, students can be seen stopping for a moment and admiring Flythe’s work, and hopefully reflecting on how it applies to their own lives.

“It might be small, it might be big, but somehow we all have these same stories in different iterations, and so that was the basis for the connected humans,” he said.

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Ke$ha filed a lawsuit in October 2014 against her former producer, Lukasz Gottwald, or Dr. Luke, for sexually, emotionally, and physically abusing his former client for over a decade. The suit alleged that Gottwald forced the singer to take drugs and alcohol to lower her inhibitions, made repeated unwanted sexual advances, and exacerbated Ke$ha’s eating disorder by telling her to lose weight and comparing her to a “refrigerator.” Gottwald responded to her claims with a countersuit for defamation of character and breach of contract.

The battle has brought Ke$ha’s career to a complete standstill for the last two years.

The last single to feature Sebert was Pitbull’s 2013 hit “Timber” and her last album, Warrior, was released in 2012. In recent legal proceedings, Ke$ha asked the court to allow her to record music again. Because Ke$ha is bound by Sony Music’s contract, she legally cannot release new music unless she works with her alleged rapist and former songwriting partner. “Ke$ha now faces an abysmal decision: Work with her alleged abuser or idly and passively wait as her career ticktocks away,” said Jim Urie, Universal Music Distribution CEO, in the most recent filings.

“Ke$ha’s window of opportunity is nearly shut: she has not been recording, touring or able to market merchandise for nearly a year—an eternity in the industry. If Ke$ha is not permitted to resume working immediately with the backing of a major record label, her window will forever close.”

Ke$ha’s case is not unique in a music industry where record labels can bar their clients from leaving their contracts and artists have to fight for the right to release their own music. Last year, Joanna Levesque (a.k.a. JoJo) broke free from her contract after a decade-long legal battle that stalled her career for seven years. Her label at the time, Blackground Records, was acquired

by Interscope and refused to release any of JoJo’s new music, despite recording three versions of the same album, choosing a track listing, shooting multiple covers, and finalizing the credits on her album. Jive Records prevented Outkast’s Big Boi and Andre 3000 from releasing their own album in 2010, Lupe Fiasco warred with Atlantic Records over the release of his album, Tetsuo & Youth, and Bow Wow made public pleas to be released from his contract with Columbia Records. In the case of Sky Ferreira, the singer went through four or five label presidents who kept shelving her work and delaying her album releases.

From extreme cases like Ke$ha’s sexual abuse lawsuit to mismanaged artists like JoJo and Ferreira, record companies wield an exorbitant amount of power over their artists by controlling when they can release their own work and preventing them from leaving their contracts. The alternative—leaving a company before the contract is up—could leave a career unsalvageable. New artists rarely have any bargaining power and legal representation, meaning that they rarely understand the types of contracts they’re signing onto and record companies can have absolute authority over their clients. Often the result we see is artists being held hostage by their own labels.

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In honor of this year’s Love Your Body Week, hosted by the Women’s Center, Benjamin Flythe’s Embodied Stories photography exhibit eloquently shoulders the task of celebrating and accepting one’s insecurity and imperfection. With his series of 11 arresting portraits, each accompanied by a short statement from the subject, Flythe, MCAS ’16, reminds us that, although each person experiences insecurity related to body image, perceived imperfections are what bind humans together and lend them their individuality.

“I think the idea of Love Your Body Week, from my perception of it, is that it’s a way to bring the campus together, it’s a way to bring people together,” Flythe said.

After being approached by the Women’s Center in late September, Flythe worked to

conceptualize a project centering around the subjects’ physical identifiers, anything from tattoos to the color of skin or hair, that each subject believes contributes to his or her personal identity. Tasked with such a nuanced topic, Flythe decided to approach the project from his natural inclination toward portrait photography, envisioning soft, classic portraits, evocative of Dutch painters such as Rembrandt, that still capture the complexity of the Boston College community.

“I wanted to convey this sense of classic beauty, especially highlighting the fact that there are so many diverse people,” Flythe said. “I made it a point to get people of different gender identity, different racial backgrounds … a mixture of everything that I could, to try to make [the project] as diverse as possible, because I think we do have diversity on this campus and I wanted to share that with people.”

Flythe’s final product does just that, as each of his softly lit, carefully composed portraits highlight the beautiful individuality that is occasionally masked by masses of Vineyard Vines. Happily, the unique quirks and defining traits that exist within each photograph do not seem forced—they reflect the natural process Flythe used to find his subjects. Instead of actively searching out subjects or drawing from a group of friends, Flythe worked with the Women’s Center to create flyers and reach out through social media to announce calls for open shoots. In the three sessions held in Devlin over the course of three weeks, friends and strangers alike showed up, all eager to participate in Flythe’s project and let their unique voice be heard.

Flythe’s interview process was just as natural, allowing for what began as casual conversations to

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Co-hosts Against the Current and the Asian Caucus presented YouTube sensations and singer-songwriters Lydia Paek and Jeremy Passion at this year’s From Mind to Mic.

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Under the charming glow of Christmas lights, the Rat was filled with students anxiously waiting for the arrival of their favorite performers. Ushers clad in black ties guided attendees to their seats while soloists practiced vocal runs backstage, and the collective roar of conversation grew louder and louder before coming to a complete halt as the audience became captivated by the night’s music.

This past Thursday marked the date of the 11th annual From Mind to Mic concert, hosted by Asian Caucus and Against the Current. Designed to celebrate Asian presence in the media, the event featured performers Lydia Paek and Jeremy Passion.

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To start the show off, co-host Against the Current performed a short set. It began with Michael W. Smith’s “Heart of Worship,” with soloist Sehoon Park, MCAS ’18, crooning his way into the hearts of the audience. Elizabeth Kim, LSOE ’16, took over for their next piece, beautifully performing Leona Lewis’ “Footprints in the Sand.” Although they did not have time for a longer set at From Mind to Mic, Against the Current made quite an impression in its short set.

Next on the stage was Korean-American performer Lydia Paek. At 25 years old, Paek has found success with Quest Dance Crew, YG entertainment, and simply by covering songs on her YouTube channel. Her debut single “Emotion” just went live on iTunes on Oct. 26, a milestone that she was celebrating with her performance. Paek was clearly

impressed with Asian Caucus’ efforts with the annual concert and the meaning behind their event, saying that she loved seeing “ethnicities, colors, and cultures all come together.”

After this introduction, Paek kicked off her performance with a cover of Adele’s “Hello.” While she fumbled over some of the lyrics, her sheer vocal talent with those that she did remember made up for it in the eyes and ears of the audience. Then after a quick water break, Paek launched into what was arguably the crowd favorite from the night: a cover of Fetty Wap’s “Trap Queen.”

She also took an opportunity to show her dancing expertise during an acoustic cover of “Uptown Funk” by Bruno Mars. Paek closed her set with a cover of fellow YG Entertainment performer Taeyang’s “Eyes,

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To end the show, headliner Jeremy Passion took the stage. With 37 million views on his YouTube channel, Passion has been building a wide fan base since he was a teenager. After learning piano at 4 years old, picking up songwriting at 15, and teaching himself guitar at 16, he dedicated himself to creating “music with a message,” be it faith, love, or friendship. Passion has released a substantial amount of music (especially considering he is self-managed) over the course of his career, including the single “Suddenly,” Pixelated EP, and full-length For More than a Feeling. Passion also revealed at From Mind to Mic that he’s nearly 85 percent

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