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University works to solve campus printing issues

CTE builds out resources for faculty

BY CONNOR FARLEY News Editor

BY JULIE ORENSTEIN Assoc. News Editor

One half of the second floor of O’Neill Library has gained a new occupant this semester, as the Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) has taken over the space that once housed the Campus Technology Resource Center (CTRC).

The Center’s central purpose is to create a place that Boston College faculty and graduate students who teach can use for teaching support, including in the realm of educational technology.

“The Center for Teaching Excellence combines, in one place, three programs that already existed at BC, but were scattered,” said Vice Provost for Faculties Pat DeLeeuw.

The first and largest department that will encompass the bulk of the CTE staff is the Instructional Design and eTeaching Services (IDeS) office.

This group, directed by Cristina Joy, was previously located on Brighton Campus and provides technology assistance to faculty and graduate students who are teaching mostly with the Canvas Learning Management System, iClickers, and programs such as MediaKron. “ The IDeS people are really at the cutting edge of technology in the classroom,” DeLeeuw said. “Their role and what technologies they support are changing all the time.”

A second component of the CTE will be led by Sue Barrett, the former director of the Connors Family Learning Center, and will provide advice and consultation for faculty, as well as the Apprenticeship in College Teaching Program for graduate students who hope to become professors.

The third and final sector of the CTE will be the Writing Fellows Program, directed by Marla Derosa, formerly of the English department. The program hires graduate students across the disciplines to assist faculty members in reading early drafts of papers, thus allowing professors to focus on final drafts and assign more writing to their classes.

The entire CTE will be overseen

by Executive Director John Rakestraw, who previously served as the director of faculty programs at the Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship at Georgetown University, and in a similar role at Vanderbilt University’s Center

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EMILY FAHEY / HEIGHTS EDITOR

Printers in O’Neill Library have seen a 4.5 percent increase in use since last year.

Faced with a surge in the number of pages printed on campus and more frequent brown-outs among printing machines on the third floor of O’Neill Library, University Librarian Thomas Wall is working to address printing issues throughout campus, alongside Associate University Librarian for Instruction Scott Britton and Technology Director for Support Services in Information Technology Services (ITS) Scott Cann.

Since the closing of the Campus Technology Resource Center (CTRC) over the summer, the University has relocated the printers formerly located in the CTRC throughout O’Neill, and is slated to increase the overall number of printers across campus by two,

according to Cann.

“In one sense, what we did was take the capacity in the CTRC that was being used and simply relocated it elsewhere in O’Neill,” Cann said. “I can definitely understand the perception that the CTRC closed and with it the printers, but that’s not the case.

“In addition to the printers that came out of the CTRC that found their way elsewhere, we’re adding two more as of Friday,” he said.

“So, things should calm down and sort of settle down by Friday, as far as we can tell.”

Now, students can utilize additional printers on the first floor of O’Neill, and in a newly created digital media studio in O’Neill 205—a developing room for students that features services similar to those previ-

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Law experts talk ‘Whitey’ at CNN panel Robsham hosts viewing of Bulger documentary

BY CONNOR FARLEY News Editor

logistics of its use at future games, according to Associate Athletic Director Chris Cameron. Students were also reported to have entered the Superfan Zone at the heaviest traffic rate at around 7 p.m., about half an hour prior to kickoff.

As promised in Friday’s announcement emails, the SuperFan Zone provided multiple free perks for attendees, including t-shirts, chicken wings, group photos, and red bandannas in honor of Welles Crowther, BC ’99, to whom Saturday’s game was dedicated.

Students milled about as a student band, Free Alley, played covers including “Pumped Up Kicks” and “Shipping Up To Boston.” A raffle was also set up to distribute other, larger prizes, and men’s hockey head coach Jerry York showed up for a short time to take pic-

In a dark Robsham Theater this past Tuesday, a man named Stephen Rakes appeared on the large screen premiering the CNN documentary Whitey: The United States of America v. James J. Bulger, recounting his first experience with notorious Boston criminal James ‘Whitey’ Bulger.

About 30 years ago, Rakes and his wife, Julie, had just completed a longenvisioned goal of owning their own liquor store. In a candid interview for the documentary, Rakes emotionally recalled that shortly after opening the shop, Bulger showed up at Rakes’ home, knife in hand, along with two of his henchmen demanding that Rakes immediately forfeit ownership of the store for $67,000 in cash, compared to the $100,000 the Rakes family had invested in it. After an initial refusal, Bulger and the two men threatened the lives of Rakes and his two daughters, claiming, “It’d be a shame to see them grow up without a father.” Rakes relinquished ownership of the liquor mart, and, like many others, would live in fear of Bulger for decades to come.

Rakes’ story laid the foundation for the innumerable other accounts of Bulger’s murderous reign of terror as told by victims’ families throughout the documentary. The world-premier screening was followed by a panel event consisting of Bulger’s lead defense attorney, J.W. Carney, BC Law ’78; then-assistant U.S. attorney and federal prosecutor during the Bulger trial Brian T. Kelly; investigative journalist for Boston’s NPR news station WBUR David Boeri; BC Law professor Robert Bloom, BC Law ’71; the film’s director Joe Berlinger; and CNN Chief National Correspondent John King, who moderated the discussion.

The documentary weaves together interviews with lawyers, ex-gang members, and victims’ families, police surveillance footage, and media coverage of Bulger’s 2013 racketeering trial—the case that would later seal Bulger’s future behind federal bars per a double life sentence plus five years.

Focusing not only on Bulger and the particular heinousness of his crimes,

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BC-based startup Nxtfour aims to streamline the college application process for high school students through an online platform.

Startup aims to augment college apps

BY NATHAN MCGUIRE Asst. News Editor A startup created by a Boston College senior that allows high school students to showcase their extracurricular talents to college admissions officers released a beta version of its website over the summer.

Inspired to make the application process easier for prospective college students, Michael Bryant, CSOM ’15, hatched an idea for an online platform that would bring together students, colleges, and admissions officers. Out of that was born Nxtfour.com—an online platform that aims to revolutionize the college admission process by making it easier for high school students to connect

with colleges of their choice.

“Back when I was a senior in high school, I was under a lot of stress, and application deadlines were quickly approaching, and I still had tons of questions,” Bryant said. “So, I was thinking, given all the networking capabilities we have today, why isn’t there something for high school students when they’re applying to college that brings together counselors, colleges, and students to facilitate the whole process.

“Nxtfour is an online platform where high school students can create a multidimensional resume consisting of pictures, videos, audio, where they can connect with other students and showcase their talents and achievements to colleges,” Bryant said.

Along with four other students—two other BC students and two from Harvard—Bryant pitched the idea at the BC Venture Competition’s annual Elevator Pitch Competition last fall, and won first place. The team then entered BCVC’s main competition in the spring.

The main competition required competitors to submit a business plan and pitch their idea to a panel of judges consisting of venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, and executives. Bryant and his team took first place and were awarded $20,000 in April.

After winning, the team members went their separate ways, leaving Bryant with an idea, a viable business plan, and some

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‘SuperFan Zone’ hosted 791 at USC football game

BY CONNOR FARLEY News Editor

ARTHUR BAILIN / HEIGHTS STAFF

The second announced SuperFan Zone of the season will be held during the Clemson game.

Sheltering from the sudden September downpour last Saturday evening, 791 Boston College students took advantage of the newly introduced SuperFan Zone just inside Gate A of Alumni Stadium. Boston College Athletics and the Office of Student Involvement paired up to offer pre-game entertainment to those Gold Pass-holders who had nowhere to tailgate, were looking for a little free food and music, or simply wanted to dry off before the football team’s matchup against then-No.9 University of Southern California.

The second and only other game currently scheduled to feature the Superfan Zone will be when BC takes on Clemson on October 18. After the game, the student space will be evaluated by BC Athletics to determine the

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The Heights The Career Center will host its annual Career Fair today from 3 to 6 p.m. in Conte Forum. Recruiters from a wide range of industries, including management and social services, and will be available for students to meet and learn more about job opportunities.

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The Eagle Political Society and MEISSA will co-sponsor a discussion about ISIS and the American response. The discussion, to be held in Stokes S209 at 7 p.m. tonight, will feature political science professor Ali Banuazizi and history associate professor Julian Bourg.

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On Friday, the Dreamscape Project Group will put on a production of Songs From the Moon, a new drama by Pamela Newton. The production, which explores the lives and relationships of women from the South End of Boston, will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Robsham.

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Ignite our State senator talks community involvement spirits

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Alex Gaynor I was once under the naive perception that college students were inherently more radical than other people, particularly about rights conflicts and injustices occurring on their campus and in the world at large. While this fantasy was largely influenced by my admiration of the American 1960s student movements, since coming to Boston College my dreams have been proved drastically incorrect.

The mantra of being educated to become “men and women for others” for some of us seems to stop when class ends, a service trip concludes, or a club meeting has come to a close. Shouldn’t a Jesuit-educated student want to make their voice heard in objection to injustices, violence, and general lack of recognition by the administrative bureaucracy? Why aren’t we staging memorials and actions about the innocent suffering derived from violence and disease in the Middle East and West Africa?

From an observer’s standpoint the two greatest causes of this dearth of student demonstrating at BC are the sense of student apathy, as well as suppression of action and the lack of recognition by the institutional administration.

At 2007’s annual Career Fair, a group of students, faculty, and priests staged a “pray-in” in front of one recruiter who was involved in arms-dealing and other underhanded missions in accordance with the U.S. Department of Defense. A few years prior, another group of students had created a mock jobrecruiting table that featured fake weapons. The intent was clear— these students felt passionate that the recruiter stood in contrast not only to their values as a group but also to the university’s Jesuit mission at large. Since then, any student protest, at least to my knowledge, has come and gone quietly, with none causing much of a stir.

This could be linked to the uncertainty within students fueled by a strict set of guidelines set forth in the Code of Student Conduct (4.6.9) that students must acquire permits to stage any sort of protest-like gathering. If approved, the dean of students then has the autonomy to choose a length, date, and location for the assembly to occur. The article delineates a slew of rules that students could abide by if they wanted to remain under the scrutiny and enforcement of the administration. While the permits are in place to ensure that violence or any destructive behavior does not ensure, they infringe upon free campus expression.

It’s easy to feel trapped in a maze of red tape and student apathy, especially if students want to express their opinions to their peers. When we see global injustices or certain policies that squelch expression and dialogues from occurring, why don’t we take a stand? Maybe my 1960s moment may never come during my time at BC, but perhaps this is an opportunity to open up a dialogue regarding administrative suppression and student complacency about blaring injustices and problems that need repair. This is certainly not a call to literally set the world aflame, but metaphorically, a little fire to ignite our student spirit could probably do us all a little bit of good and start to tackle the issues at play underneath it all.

Alex Gaynor is a senior staff columnist for The Heights. She can be reached at news@bcheights.com.

Linda Dorcena Forry, BC ’96, got her start in politics as a legislative aide to former state representative Charlotte Golar Richie, after graduating from the Carroll School of Management (CSOM) with a bachelor of arts in operations management. She never thought that job would inevitably lead her to one day run and be elected as a state representative and then a state senator.

The Winston Center for Leadership and Ethics hosted Forry on Tuesday at its weekly Lunch with a Leader series. Forry discussed her journey from her parents’ Dorchester home to representing over 160,000 constituents as a state senator.

After three and a half years as an aide, Forry followed Richie to the Boston Department of Neighborhood Development, a city office that provides services and programs to neighborhoods throughout Boston. She worked there as an executive assistant for six years, doing a lot of what she called “behind-the-scenes work.”

Forry credits her parents, who both immigrated to the U.S. from Haiti, for instilling in her a desire to help others. She recalled how her parents used to invite a number of neighborhood kids to their home each night for dinner. Forry and her siblings were very involved in community groups including the local Boys and Girls Club. Her parents still own the Dorchester duplex that the family grew up in.

Forry brought her communitycentered values with her to BC. “Even though I was here living on an awesome campus, I was always going back to my community,” Forry said. “The Boys and Girls Club would have a college fair, so we would go down to [it]. We would bring [high school] students up here for them to get a feel of what it is to go on to college and to live

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Linda Dorcena Forry, BC ’96, stressed the importance of compromise, mutual respect, and community. on campus.”

In 1996, the same year Forry graduated from CSOM, Richie was first elected to represent the constituents of Forry’s home district.

Forry jumped at the opportunity to work in Richie’s office as a constituent services aide, helping the same people she worked with at the Boys and Girls Club and other community groups. She often attended community meetings, met with constituents, and learned the inner workings of the legislature.

“I loved meeting people, I loved working with people, and so that job was just a perfect fit for me,” she said.

When Forry first starting working for Richie she had no political aspirations of her own, until then-state representative Martin J. Walsh—now the Mayor of Boston—a Forry family friend and WCAS ’09, called on her to run for the 12th Suffolk seat vacated by retiring representative Thomas Finneran. Forry, who beat out five

other candidates, was sworn in as the district’s first representative of color in 2005.

Initially, Forry was hesitant about running for the seat, but after months of thinking it through she jumped into the campaign, and then relied on doing what she always loved to do—meeting people. In a district of about 40,000, Forry said she “out door-knocked everyone,” including going into some of the district’s tougher neighborhoods in South Boston in knee-high snow.

Some days she spent six hours walking up and down streets introducing herself to voters.

Before being elected to the Senate in a special election last year, she served for eight years as a state representative. She was appointed in 2009 the House Chair of the Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Business, where she and other members toured the commonwealth to learn about the needs of small businesses.

To an audience of about 25

students Tuesday afternoon, Forry stressed that good leaders listen to others, find common ground, and compromise on the ideas or policies where they differ. For her, being immersed in her community throughout her life had helped shape her successful political career.

“As you leave [BC] and go into your communities, please remember that you live in communities, you live with neighbors on the left and right of you, and it’s important to get to know what’s going on on your street and in your neighborhood,” Forry said.

Forry, the only Haitian American elected official in the state, just last year completed her master’s in Public Administration at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.

She currently serves as chair of the Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government and she represents areas of Hyde Park, Mattapan, Dorchester, and South Boston. Forry is running for reelection in November. n

Seniors look to change application process Nxtfour, from A1 money to spend.

Bryant recruited Jackson Evans, his freshman roommate and A&S ’15, and Jeff Parsons, A&S ’15, to join him at the accelerator program Soaring Startup Circle (SSC) over the summer. SSC, based in Boston, was started by a group of BC alums, including Tom Coburn, CEO of Jebbit, who left BC in February 2013 to work on the company full-time; and Dave McLaughlin, founder and CEO of Vsnap and BC ’96.

Through an application process, SSC selected Nxtfour to be part of its summer program, which provided Bryant, Evans, and Parsons with office space, legal advice, and a gave them access to a network of investors.

It was at SSC that the startup

team met Patrick O’Quinn, who now provides Nxtfour with legal expertise, and Michael Petronaci, who just joined the company as its chief technology officer. He will develop and maintain the site as it grows and expands.

Nxtfour.com, the initial version of which was released on July 5, is similar to Facebook and LinkedIn, but it’s marketed as a professional, social, and educational network for high school students.

On the site, visitors can create a profile similar to any other social network. Users add their interests, the high school they attend, and a short bio. The most integral feature of the profile is a collage page where users can post videos, photos, audios, and written posts.

The goal is for students to showcase parts of their extracurricular

POLICE BLOTTER Sunday, Sept. 14 3:45 p.m. - A report was filed regarding a larceny from a Walsh Hall.

8:17 p.m. - A report was filed regarding medical assistance provided to a student who was later transported to a hospital from the Cushing Hall clinic.

Tuesday, Sept. 16 8:17 a.m. - A report was filed regarding assisting another police agency off campus.

8:25 a.m. - A report was filed regard-

life that they can’t include in traditional college applications by including a link to their Nxtfour profile on their applications.

Because the site is in the beta stage—which is essentially a test phase, where the company can gather feedback to improve in areas where users suggest—there are a little over 100 users right now, most of who are test users.

Similar to how Facebook works, once a user creates a profile he or she can search other users by their name, school, or interests, and visit their page.

Users post things like photos of service trips, videos or audio of their instrumental concerts, and blog posts about topics they’re interested in. Evans said Nxtfour will aim to develop a news feed for information related to college admissions. The team also hopes to

see the platform become a social arena for high school students, a place where they can “connect” with other students applying to similar colleges, message admissions officers, and interact with the colleges they wish to attend.

Parsons said Nxtfour hopes to secure $250,000 to $500,000 in seed funding in the next nine months to support improvements in the site and to start publicizing the platform. The team is currently relying on high school and college students to market the site to their peers, but Bryant said it is actively searching for new interns.

Nxtfour has been introduced to and received well by a limited number of high schools along the east coast, but once funding increases Parsons said the company plans to expand its reach. n

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ing recovered stolen property at an off-campus location.

3:35 a.m. - A report was filed regarding larceny.

4:21 p.m. - A report was filed regarding medical assistance provided to a BC student who was later transported to a medical facility from Robsham.

—Source: The Boston College Police Department

What your first screen name?

Who was is your favorite BC Dining employee? “momoney4421.”

—Drew Morrissey, A&S ’18

“xoxocherricokexoxo.”

—Yaa Oheng, A&S ’18

“bellarina.”

—Isabella Tropeano, LSOE ’18

“cayocayo.”

—Jose Rameriz, A&S ’18

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BC works to expand printing capabilities Campus Printing, from A1

Emily Sadeghian / Heights Editor

After replacing the former CTRC, the Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) will house several technology and consulting resources for BC’s teaching faculty.

CTE to feature teaching resources for faculty CTE, from A1 for Teaching.

“We’re hoping that, under John’s leadership, the CTE will continue to do what those three parts of it have done, but also increase its activity and its presence on campus ,” D eLe euw said.

Rakestraw has already begun to meet with deans and members of the faculty to identify areas in which the center could provide additional support in the future.

“One of the roles of the center is to be plugged into a national conversation about college teaching, and to bring best practices to BC,” DeLeeuw said. “BC is a

place that prides itself on great teaching. We insist on excellent teaching for promotion … [Professors] have to demonstrate that [they’re] good in the classroom.

If we expect that from faculty, we have to support that, and the Center for Teaching Excellence is a place where we support that to meet our high expectations for quality teaching.”

In establishing the center, the University ha s utili ze d Rakestraw’s experience at other universities’ teaching centers.

DeLeeuw noted that many older centers are not as focused on technology, therefore BC is at an advantage for forming its center in the “second wave” of teaching centers because the

CTE will combine many sectors of support into one place and not detach technology services into the Information Technology Services (ITS) department.

“We have one center where there is support for traditional teaching and support for teaching with technology,” she said.

She also pointed to the center’s location—the old site of the CTRC—as central in its success, since it is convenient for faculty to access frequently.

The location was chosen, DeLeeuw said, after ITS determined that there was no longer much use for a centralized computing center on campus, with most students having their own laptops, as well as addi-

tional devices such as tablets and smartphones.

“For many student s , the CTRC was a just a place to hang out in between classes,” she said. “We have not reduced the number of computers available to students. All of the computers that were in the CTRC have been distributed throughout the library, so there’s no loss in computing power for students.”

Two classrooms were absorbed into the CTE for office space, though the other classrooms on the second floor of O’Neill have remained. The center, which will report to the Provost’s office, has already begun to host meetings, and an open house for faculty will take place in October. n

ously offered in the CTRC. Despite the room being open to students, its services have not been formally announced by the University due to it being a soft-launch space that the library is continually working to improve, according to Wall.

Among other issues discovered was a 4.5 percent increase in the number of pages printed within the first two weeks compared to last year, which is presumed by the library to be one of the biggest causes of printer malfunctions, resulting in growing lines on the third floor of O’Neill.

“The thing that was most surprising—and this is a campus-wide problem—is the amount of printing,” Wall said. “You would think we’re in a digital world, but we printed out for the first two weeks of the semester almost 800,000 pages down there.”

The abnormal printer usage has also put stress on the facilities’ electrical infrastructure, which Wall and ITS have already scheduled maintenance for this week by installing additional circuits on the third floor of O’Neill Noticing developing lines throughout the day along the third floor of O’Neill, Wall and ITS began using analytics of printer usage and student traffic to determine how printers should be dispersed throughout campus libraries, and are working to increase tech support at printer help desks to address student concerns immediately.

“We realized there was an issue at the end of last week, and then we started to do an assessment of what are the issues, diagnostically trying to figure out what’s happening,” Wall said. “We had really good support and collaboration with both [Office of Information Technology] and the library … and we’ve always worked well together.

“You basically have two cultures [library services and ITS], or two organizations, coming together and collaborating to create a suite of services over here in O’Neill, which has a lot of technology support now, a lot of printing, better services,” Wall said. “We should be meeting all your academic needs within this building now—that’s the vision. That’s what we’re trying to do.”

Prior to Wall’s joining Boston College, O’Neill did not include the current third-floor reading room on the north side of the library or the first-floor study area, and only opened its doors to student at 8:30 a.m.—a major concern for Wall.

During his first week, Wall mandated that O’Neill open at 7 a.m., and within six years has created additional study spaces and media services throughout O’Neill library. There now also exists a fully functional, American Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant door that connects the second floor spaces of O’Neill.

“We’re trying to be proactive about and get ahead of the potential problems that might happen again,” Wall said. “Hopefully we got it under control now.” n

CNN’s ‘Whitey’ documentary analyzes the former mob boss ‘Whitey,’ from A1 but also on whether the famed South Boston criminal was an FBI informant, the documentary deeply analyzes whether the FBI covered up his crimes for decades in exchange for Bulger’s services as an informant.

“Why was he allowed to run amok for so many years? Because of corruption,” Kelly said. “He corrupted numerous agents over the years, and it was a toxic stew of his criminality, and the agents who began at first hailing him as an informant—became infatuated with him—he started paying them off, and that’s why [Bulger’s crimes] went on for so long.”

During the panel discussion, the prominent criminal defense attorney, Carney, and the federal prosecutor who spent years seek-

ing justice against Bulger, Kelly, were seated directly next to each other.

“Well, I don’t know the exact facts, because I wasn’t there,” Carney said in response to King’s question on how Bulger was able to operate for years without so much as accruing a parking ticket.

“But neither was Brian Kelly.”

“So, what I do is look at the evidence. I start with my client, who was adamant from day one that throughout his career he had never been an informant, and people corroborated that,” Carney said.

The panel lasted about 40 minutes, primarily containing debate on the depth of the FBI’s involvement throughout Bulger’s career, and uncovering the truth in pursuit of justice for the families of dozens murdered by Bulger

and his gang.

“I am not stating whether or not he was an informant, that’s the central question of the film I don’t answer,” Berlinger said. “But I do think it’s very important to know whether or not he was an informant … let me tell you why it matters.

“I made this film largely for the victims’ families, who have been mistreated by this process.

A., in losing their loved ones, and B., later on in civil litigation where they were basically screwed, I think. … What’s the justification for letting a killer on the streets?”

The U.S. premier of the documentary will air tonight on CNN at 9 p.m. Eastern time. Additional content containing footage from Tuesday’s panel event will also be featured on CNN’s website. n

Emily Sadeghian / Heights Editor

CNN Chief National Correspondent John King moderated a panel event on notorious Boston criminal ‘Whitey’ Bulger.

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Nearly 800 students attended the first-ever SuperFan Zone in Concourse A of Alumni Stadium at last week’s game.

‘Zone’ awards Gold Pass points Superfan Zone, from A1 tures with fans. Those who showed up to the SuperFan Zone between 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. and checked in on the Gold Pass app received 10 extra points.

Unusually high foot traffic contributed to a highly congested Shea Field as well, prohibiting entry for a large portion of students without wristbands—a measure implemented this year to ensure a minimum

number of tailgaters are permitted entry onto Shea before capacity is reached.

“Two entry lines have been established this year following new rules for access to Shea Field,” said BC Chief of Police John King in an email. “More people showed up than we could allow, keeping public safety concerns as the most important objective. Several thousand walk-ons were allowed on Shea Field.”

According to King, ticketholders

attemtping to walk onto Shea prior to 5:30 p.m. queued up near the homeplate side of the field.

“The usual process is to hold walk-ons for a period of time to allow cars to park thereby avoiding the potential conflict between people and vehicles,” King said. “We monitored field congestion and allowed walkons in phases with public safety being our primary concern.” n Editor-in-Chief Eleanor Hildebrandt contributed to this article.

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Net neutrality and the BC student On Monday, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ceased accepting comments from the public regarding impending changes to its statutes on how Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are allowed to regulate data between originators and customers. Since the FCC began accepting comments in May, it has received an unprecedented three million comments on net neutrality—the idea that ISPs should handle all traffic equally—according to The Wall Street Journal.

At stake is whether the FCC will continue to enforce net neutrality.

After the D.C. Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals struck down the 2010 regulations in January, the FCC has been compiling commentary from content providers, ISPs, and the public before deciding how it will regulate broadband Internet. The old regulations prohibited ISPs from any kind of discrimination in the traffic they processed. This prevented companies from paying extra to ISPs—and, in turn, ISPs from charging data-intensive companies, such as Netflix, extra money for faster delivery of their data. They also forbade ISPs from distinguishing between different legalities of content when delivering it to consumers.

Consumers and many Internet content providers are concerned that the end of net neutrality would herald a new, two-tier Internet, in which wealthier, more established companies would be able to reach consumers faster than companies that could not afford the premium cost, effectively solidifying the data giants’ positions in the marketplace and preventing startups from having a chance at fair competition. Consumers are also concerned that ISPs would be able to limit access to information as they saw fit—in essence, censorship.

The ISPs, however, do not believe that there is any need for government intervention in this issue. They also do not want the Internet to be reclassified by the FCC as a utility, which would entail even more regulation than that needed to ensure net neutrality. They cite minimal problems in the 2000s—during which time there was no regulatory regime—as well as major investments they have made in equipment, as reasons why they should not be classified as a utility.

Given the importance of this decision for the evolution of the Internet,

Thursday, September 18, 2014

My spirit is too weak—mortality / Weighs heavily on me like unwilling sleep.

-John Keats (1795 - 1821), English poet

it is commendable that the FCC has given so much time for the public to submit comments on the potential regulations. In this age, the Internet plays a central role in the lives of the majority of Americans, and their opinions should be considered when their access to information and content is at stake. It is also notable that so many people took advantage of the opportunity that the FCC provided, and submitted comments. Although the FCC is not legally bound to follow what the majority of commenters advise, having public discussion will certainly help the FCC come to an informed and considered decision.

At Boston College, students should be concerned about this issue, for more than just the fact that it might affect their ability to stream Netflix at an affordable price. Much of the academic work done at this University is built on the backbone of research conducted through the Internet. A two-tier Internet with fast and slow lanes for data traffic could adversely affect the ability of faculty and students to conduct research in a timely and efficient manner.

Another serious issue at hand is that of censorship in the form of limiting information access. If ISPs are allowed to exert control over the information provided on their networks, then they could promote content with which they agree and refuse to transmit content they oppose. Were this to happen, customers would lose access to information they might value, and the marketplace of ideas—something that the Internet has always supported—would be weakened.

Startups would also be harmed by a two-tier Internet. Lacking the resources of established corporations, they would have difficulty reaching their audience as necessary to break into the market. This would discourage innovation and invention, two things that make today’s Internet as successful as it is.

Although the period for commentary has been closed, this issue is still worth the attention and consideration of BC students. It won’t be until the end of the year that the FCC makes its final decisions, and between now and then, Congress could step in and enact new telecommunications legislation. Students should stay abreast of further developments and speak out whenever possible on an issue that very much concerns them.

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A new investment in teaching excellence The Campus Technology Resource Center’s (CTRC) old location on the second floor of O’Neill Library has been filled this semester by the new Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE). A number of resources that Boston College offers to support its faculty and graduate students have been consolidated with the formation of the CTE. The Instructional Design and eTeaching Services (IDeS) office, which provides assistance with key technological teaching services such as the new Canvas Learning Management System, has relocated from Brighton Campus to the more central O’Neill location, improving its accessibility.

Graduate students working toward professorships will have access to the Apprenticeship in College Teaching Program to receive pedagogical training, and current profes-

sors will have a convenient resource for consultation. Finally, the Writing Fellows Program aims to assist professors with paper grading, so as to increase the amount of writing for which students can reasonably receive thoughtful feedback.

By establishing an institution that can, in one place, provide several resources to assist faculty members in the classroom, BC is rightly emphasizing the importance it places on quality teaching, particularly the centrality of teaching performance when professors are being considered for promotions or tenure. The hiring of an executive director with years of experience in similar teaching centers will only help the CTE progress beyond its initial offerings and ultimately continue to adapt to the changing nature of higher education.

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

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In driving and life, shifting into gear A large dose of reality Ryan Daly Kygo Remix of Sexual healing - To start, Marvin Gaye’s “Sexual Healing” has to be one of our favorite songs. And then, to hear this remix of it, well, we’ve never heard this much soul in a remix of a classic. This is not just a DJ’s sloppy redo with minimal effort. No, this remix forced us to reconsider completely our entire understanding of the song.

Gravitas - There is a kind of gravitas that we are looking for in our roommates. It’s a sort of approach to life—a certain seriousness coupled with an appreciation of the finer things. It’s someone who has The New York Times app on his smartphone, but still picks up The Wall Street Journal to read over tea and scones in the morning.

Unconditional Loving - One of our roommates has claimed to be the Jesus Christ of unconditional loving. Given our lack of historical and theological perspective, we can neither confirm nor deny his claim.

Gucci Mane - Because he proved that no one had to go to college to make millions of dollars based off pure swagger.

Setting the World Aflame - Go ahead, Eagles, go out and do great things.

Setting the World On Fire - Don’t do this. Really, though, don’t do it.

Running Out Of Fireball - While we are on the topic of fire ... Not cool, Cityside, not cool. How can you run out of this on Senior Night, of all nights? Since we are already doing Biblical references in this incarnation of TU/TD, this is like the wedding, you know, the one in Cana.

The bride and groom get married, have a huge shindig, invite over 300 of their closest friends and relatives, and then, halfway through the night, didn’t budget their wine well and ran out. Lucky for them, they had invited the dinner guest of all dinner guests, Jesus Christ (seriously though, with him around everyone felt as though their gift for the hostess was inadequate). Unfortunately, good ol’ JC wasn’t around Cityside Tuesday night.

Scotch Selection - We’re not done with you, Cityside. We need to sit down and have a long, hard discussion about a serious drinking problem—namely, the fact that we cannot drink a respectable scotch whisky at your establishment.

It really is deplorable that the best you have to offer is a 12-year-old Glenfiddich. Don’t get us wrong, we don’t have anything against Glenfiddich—as a sort of everyday scotch. But what about when we need a good special occasion scotch to celebrate our roommate’s birthday? Not just any scotch will work for that. It requires something audacious, flavorful, full-bodied but with its own set of subtleties. Give us something we can work with, Cityside.

Unresponsive Texters - Some people don’t respond to our texts. This really frustrates us. We just want to ascertain that you aren’t, you know, dead or something.

Vegans - What on earth do you actually eat? A large gust of wind? Fortified water? Didn’t you hear, “Man shall not live on bread alone”? Apparently, some shall live on kale alone.

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Consider, for a brief moment, the lost and complex art of driving stick.

There are three pedals instead of two, two feet instead of one, multiple ways to stop going forward or backward—it’s as if you’re upgrading from checkers to chess, or racquetball to squash. There’s constant attention to be paid to RPMs, which gear you’re in, how quickly or slowly you should come off the clutch, the crackles and bursts of sounds coming from the engine, and the feeling when the gears are cranking together in such a way that it demands a response from you, the driver. Harmony. Balance. Variation. It’s beautiful, really. Doesn’t mean I have any clue how to do it, though.

A car stalling isn’t much of a fear among drivers today, but when driving stick, you’re always in jeopardy of having your car fail on you—or, at minimum, bouncing you violently back and forth in your seat—if you’re not careful. A jeep tour in Aruba taught me this. My father stalled on the top of a craggy hill. We started rolling backwards. There was a line of three other jeeps behind us.

When I asked a good friend back home to explain driving stick to me, he said plainly, “There’s no other way to drive, I believe. It’s complicated.

Learning is easy, but mastering is difficult.” He said this as we cruised down the highway in the middle of August, when as with most other students, the electrifying idea of returning to Boston College was foremost on my mind.

Summer had overstayed its welcome.

Summers are spent enriching oneself, but enrichment doesn’t have to follow the textbook definition. It can be working a job you hate or a job you love. You can go to a new country,

or just reconnect with family and old friends. Whatever experience you have, it is unique. It is your own. Comfort.

Ease. Stability. There’s something, even if it is just a little something, that clicks at home.

You come back to Chestnut Hill to have the soapbox kicked out from underneath your feet because, here, excellence is the standard and not the exception (I’m not sure how much thought Antonio Frietze put behind this line, but there are few things in my mind that ring more true), and there’s always someone who worked a job he or she hated more, worked a job he or she loved more, or went to more countries. A lot of people withdraw and stick to arbitrary statements: “My summer was good” and “I’m glad to be back.” There’s no elaboration for fear of not matching up, or fear of putting out too much, or simply because your summer was your own and that is where you wish it to stay—with you.

People come into another year of college (or, for some, the first) with expectations—a professor turning out to be as spectacular as his or her PEPs were, or perhaps a class changing his or her very perception of the world.

Some of the expectations are met and some aren’t, and, with this, the bittersweet boundary between the end of summer and the beginning of the school year is created.

This boundary can be attributed mostly to the fact that life at BC moves with wild, uncontrollable speed.

Classes are dropped and added, mostly due to the workload, the reading in the opening weeks is intense, so that the people who don’t care enough are weeded out, and coffee dates and lunch dates and dinner dates and date dates are planned with new faces and remembered faces alike, and a new schedule has to be learned, and for those who live outside of the immediate Boston area, the ability to catch the T and ride straight into Coolidge Corner or Copley Square or Newbury St. is recaptured, there are crazy parties in

upperclassman dorms and numerous ambulances showing up at freshman dorms, there is complaining to be done about the meal plan and the buses and the superfluous time constraints with activities and homework and jobs. I feel uneasy just typing this, thinking about everything that needs to be done now and what should have been done a week ago. With so much stimulation, there’s a draw to be at home—to be back wherever you were. The safety of it.

“What’s the biggest difference between driving stick and automatic?”

I asked my friend as we cruised down that mostly empty highway.

“You can make the car go faster than it should theoretically go,” he said.

“The red line is where the car reaches RPMs that are dangerously high, and when I get there, the car will accelerate. If I switch it to second gear once it hits the red line, I can go even faster, and so on.”

“That’s bad for the car?”

He nodded. “Most mechanics say it’s awful for the car,” he said, shrugging. “But you go faster.”

The very decision to go to BC means that we, all of us, picked a stick shift car off the lot instead of an automatic one. Most picked it without understanding stick too well, or at all.

That includes me. But now we’re in the drivers seat, and we have to learn.

This bittersweet boundary period will be longer and more difficult for some than it will be for others, but everyone will spend his or her fair share of time in it, even if he or she doesn’t want to. The boundary will fade after we adjust to life here again, and we’ll forget the fact that we are always pushing on that red line, challenging how much we can handle, how much we can learn. There will be less sleep and more anxiety.

But we’ll go faster.

Ryan Daly is a staff columnist for The Heights. He can be reached at opinions@ bcheights.com.

The difficulty of discourse over policy

Nate Fisher The Boston College Eagles defeated the No. 9 University of Southern California Trojans last Saturday. Several conversations Alumni Stadium-wide would label this event as “historic,” but campus’ resident “purposeless whiner” could not take part in those raucous “attaboys” nor even the mass on-field changing of half the school’s profile pictures at the end of the game. Ticketless, I could not witness this admittedly spit-your-drink-out upset with fellow Superfans, as stepping into gatherings or institutions standing for things like positivity and school pride evidently causes my skin to sizzle like some kind of cynic vampire. So I was left to stew in the dimly lit Mods, milling from crevice to crevice kicking an empty Miller Lite can and whipping up fresh gripes about “administrations” before the inevitable big party descended. “The Hero Chestnut Hill Deserves,” I remind a nearby bush.

That big party never arrived. Instead, a bizarre shutdown took place across campus. Police officers sidekicked by a hodgepodge of young and old folks in “University Official” jackets patrolled the Mods with remarkable vigor. The mantra was “Take It Inside,” and the execution was painstaking. An RA came up to a friend of mine and told him with self-aware noncommitment that he had to return inside his Mod. The resulting half step backward through his doorway rang with triviality and profundity. The difference between orderly and disorderly is a game of inches, forcing public anxiety over every step.

Most of the night we sat huddled in a Mod confined to an anxious get-together that seemed to cry out for Kevin Bacon to teach us how to cut loose. We peered out the windows every three minutes at passing police lights (supposedly symbols of order restored) from motorcycles and cars ominously floating by, and nearly each time, someone in the Mod asked: “Is this us?” This is a common symptom of

the relationship between local authorities and BC students. Heavy deployment of authoritative presence instills a sense of collective guilt in the student body, setting them at odds with the authorities and devaluing their position in the conversation of what makes proper conduct. It works for off campus too, so ingrained is the established notion of guilt that the police can enter an apartment unannounced without any students questioning the implicit Constitutional haziness.

Such an event raises many questions, not the least of which is how daunting such questions are to raise. It is difficult to make a point against the enforcement of a law or policy without accidentally seeming to endorse the lawlessness in question.

Complicating matters further is making the issue at hand seem important. On the surface, to insist my rights are being violated because of my relative inability to party situates my policy reforms far closer to a Beastie Boys chorus than the Federalist Papers. It’s dicier still to make a point about how a message intended clashes with the message received, especially if it’s a message of police authority, an issue in the forefront of current events despite the fact that the situation facing you and me is in no way as weighty as the heavier national police situation only obliquely referred to here because local law enforcement officials don’t deserve to have their reputable names besmirched even though, again, the consequences of their message are unintended, leaving this sentence to end mercifully on the note that talking about this is plain hard.

It’s exhausting and digressive to tread on eggshells with regard to respecting established authority and its practice. I feel compelled to include the incident of model police work from earlier that afternoon when two police officers stopped by a friend’s Mod for the purpose of just being friendly and promoting good feeling. Even still, one cannot claim that the discourse between authority and the public favors authority—particularly when the inciting events are sneaky and banal—without coming across as a petulant, arrogant complainer. Yet these put-downs are already endemic to negative responses to this column, so what better platform to

get away with it? It is my opinion (this is my eighth Opinions column and perhaps my first time using that word, proving how desperate I am not to end up in hot water here) that the letter of the law and the spirit of the law can often be at odds.

Conversations about proper conduct between authority and the public ought not be couched in pure bureaucratic policy talk. There is a degree of responsibility on a situational basis in dealings between one human and another. I myself cannot be interested in the pure policy of the thing, both because I lack the conviction to pursue policy change and because I maintain that what matters in policy is not its strict text but the appearance and application of that law in the public forum and the personal interactions between authorities and their constituents.

Some people, in matters of theoretical politics (and only in those matters) are stern policy adherents. This “Well, it’s illegal, end of discussion,” crowd employs that line of defense as a conversational escape hatch. Many who would argue that line would likely overlap with the group of Shea Field tailgaters. Yet if they truly believed that there was no human dimension between law and its application, they ought to strike their tailgates and march from tailgate to tailgate, zapping sophomores like some underage-drinking Terminator (yet another mid-’80s reference).

They ought to even consider furthering their commitment to what is legally right by volunteering their weekends—quality time which most spend doing things like engaging with good friends and having souls—and prowling the community environs with the divine ordination to trundle into any beer pong den with icky coercion tactics that stretch the Fourth Amendment as far as it could go. Such action is buffoonish, robotic vigilantism, and is required by none. The Hero Chestnut Hill Deserves.

P.S. - For any would-be heroes out there, I definitely don’t live at 1911 Beacon Street, and the noise you’re hearing is definitely from the apartment next door.

Nate Fisher is a staff columnist for The Heights. He can be reached at opinions@ bcheights.com.

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Diana Kim I always know when fall has arrived by the scent of pumpkin spice permeating the crisp air, the futile sound of stomping feet searching for crunchy leaves, and the mating calls of wild college students. But my favorite characteristic of fall is the swarming crowds of naive freshmen, starry-eyed and eager to learn. They are full of hopes for the future, dreaming of world peace and bacon mac & cheese pizza, and just waiting for a charismatic mentor (me) to guide them to the light. They go to college, armed with unique talents and dazzling destinies, to follow their hearts’ desires.

For years, my mantra has been, “Follow your dreams!” When the young ones come to me for advice, my words often inspire them to attempt what they always knew they were destined to do. Whether your dream is to be a meth-cooking teacher or a breakdancing astronaut, I’ve always believed that following your dreams is the only way to really live life to the fullest. As Jesus taught in the Bible, “Man shall not live on bread alone.” After all, who cares about economic stability or respectability when your life as a singing sensation awaits?

The first step to achieving those far-off goals is to be unshakably idealistic. People don’t realize the work and effort that goes into being cheerful and optimistic all the time. I’ve found that it requires quite a bit of ear-plugging and copious amounts of sugar.

Having a good role model is also essential—mine is the Little Engine that Could.

Regardless of any setbacks, like lack of funds, or friends, or job, if you think you can do it, you can do it. Everything that is going right in your life is a mystical sign from the heavens that you are on the right path and that everything will be fine. Ignore the haters that spout statistics at you and listen only to that little voice in the back of your head that may or may not be a sign of insanity.

Despite my complete faith in the human ability to live off of passion alone, it doesn’t mean that I believe following your dreams will necessarily lead to success, happiness, unicorns, and rainbows. Just because you do something, doesn’t mean that you will be good at it. Look at me. I love gardening, but that doesn’t stop plants from dying the moment I touch them. After having been brainwashed thoroughly by Horatio Alger myths, people delude themselves into thinking that rags to riches is a common phenomenon. People following their dreams have my full support, if they are prepared to live with failure. Although there are the one-in-a-million success stories, there are so many more people who end up burned out than those who succeed. We just never see these stories, because who wants to make a movie about someone who bet the farm and lost? I just hope everyone is walking into his and her respective delusions with eyes wide open, because we are all standing in line to jump off a cliff in the hopes that the pile at the bottom is high enough so that we won’t die when it’s our turn.

Following your dreams may seem like a bad idea after realizing the odds are never in our favor, but if we want to get anything done, we don’t really have a choice. After all, “‘Tis better to have loved and lost / Than never to have loved at all.” Or so we would like you to believe, because society moves forward on the success of the few and the broken dreams of many. But I would like to continue to fool myself. I want to believe that it is possible for me to fly to the moon on the wings of a pig. I want to believe that it is possible for me to write the next Twilight (it will be called Daybreak and feature a forbidden romance between a fish and a merman). I want to believe that it is possible to get a job after graduation. Each year, though, it gets harder and harder to keep following my dreams as I realize that the job market is just getting more crowded, and it will be hard to get any job, let alone my dream job. But as a friend recently said to me, #yoyo—you’re only young once. There is plenty of time later to regret what we will do now, such as researching the technicalities of a romance between a fish and a merman.

This is the time to follow our dreams, but we also have to resign ourselves to the fact that, unless we happen to be George Lucas or Mark Zuckerberg, we will probably end up employed by McDonald’s. Unless that happens to be your dream—then you will probably be working at Dunkin’ Donuts.

Diana Kim is a staff columnist for The Heights. She can be reached at opinions@ bcheights.com.

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‘Football Manager’ is a program impacting international soccer From Column, A8 league title.

I look down into the corner of the dressing room and see this cowardly Swiss striker, Oliver Friedrich, tapping his foot nervously on the floor. He couldn’t be more frail or cold.

“You’re going in,” I said to him.

“You don’t really have to do anything. Just run. Oh, and if you get the ball, just shoot.”

He totalled 15 shots in the second half, and Gerrard kept looking at me with this stare, as if to say, “That’s my job.” After all, why find the teammate next to you when there’s a perfectly good post or corner flag 40 yards away to have a go at?

Friedrich scored after Pacheco grabbed a goal deep into the second half. Nottingham Forest was terrible. I took my iPhone out of my pocket and saw an update.

“FINAL: CHE 0-1 AVL, Benteke ’80.”

Thank God for the Belgian. We had won the league.

But I’m really just lying in bed on vacation in Bourne at my friend’s house at 1:00 a.m., and it’s July 2, 2012.

What alternative universe was I in that summer night? That of Football Manager Handheld 2012.

Football Manager is a soccer management simulation game that was invented in 1994 in the United Kingdom. It’s not like FIFA, because you don’t control the actions of players during a match. You don’t tell players exactly when to shoot, or to whom to play the ball. All you can do is give them instructions and set them out in a formation.

The rest is up to the simulator.

Throughout the match, you can make stylistic changes, wherein you exploit the middle of the pitch, play a higher line, and have players swap positions, or make a substitution.

Sound stupid? That’s because it is, though it’s extremely addictive.

In 2012, the game was cited as the reason for divorce in 35 cases in the United Kingdom. It’s the reason that you stay up until 2 a.m. obsessing over tactics and don’t ask the cute girl in your Catholicism class out on a date—though it’s also the reason she’d say no anyway.

Since my run with the Reds, I’ve never had a better side. I was sacked at Liverpool on the game’s 2014 computer edition (Suarez, Gerrard, and Coutinho went down, so I’m

still feeling hard done by John Henry and Tom Werner) and searched a year for a job, before finding Skrill Premier side Hereford (that’s the English sixth division, by the way).

I was sacked there, too, and somehow I got to work with the New England Revolution, where we won eight straight matches in the league and the U.S. Open Cup. While I got Diego Fagundez and Lee Nguyen to go off on opponents, I ran into issues with Gaston Fernandez’s work permit, which hamstrung my playoff run. I had a falling out with Charlie Davies, because he stopped showing up for training after I left him out of the squad for Patrick Mullins. Sorry, Charlie.

But there are other purposes for the game besides soccer geeks sitting around trying to live the dream. Since 2008, Everton has used the game for scouting purposes, and this summer, Prozone, a large soccer analytics firm used by Europe’s most elite soccer clubs, signed a deal with the game’s makers to use Football Manager’s database in a recruiting program it offers clients.

What separates FIFA and Football Manager is that the latter focuses on the micro parts of the player, as opposed to who they

seem to be. For example, Cristiano Ronaldo might be a 92 in FIFA 2015, but if you use him the wrong way in Football Manager, you’ll get exposed defensively. FIFA is not always realistic, but Football Manager is.

The game also has an editor, which enables users to create their own players. There are about 36 attributes on which players are graded by a scale of zero to 20, with 20 being the best.

So, what if we made Boston College men’s soccer’s Zeiko Lewis and had him play for the Revolution, or stuck him into today’s Liverpool side next to Mario Balotelli and Daniel Sturridge for a season, or maybe, two, or three. Would he play? Would he score?

What if we made the whole BC men’s soccer team and ran them against European powerhouses of Bayern Munich, Barcelona, and Real Madrid? Could the diamond help the team scrape out results, or would a different shape benefit the personnel better?

Find out in two weeks.

Bennet Johnson is the Asst. Metro Editor for The Heights. He can be reached at metro@bcheights.com

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How would 2013 ACC Rookie of the Year Zeiko Lewis perform at Liverpool?

Goals from Sandgren, Normesinu not enough to beat the Crimson

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The men’s soccer team opened its season on a four-game unbeaten run, but has dropped two straight matches. Alex Kapp and the Eagles’ back four kept clean sheets in three of those games, but the latter failed BC on Tuesday night.

By Alex Fairchild Asst. Sports Editor What is a dream start? Is it scoring in 30 seconds to put an opponent on the back foot immediately, or pressing your opponent with a few harsh tackles and some really tight marking?

Many would consider it to be the quick goal, because it would be absurd to be disappointed by a flying start. Sometimes, though, according to hipster, cliched footballing speak, you can score too early.

It’s a horrifying prospect that playing well can be seen as playing poorly, but as ridiculous as it sounds, it can be true. When Phil

Sandgren scored his first goal of the season with four minutes gone against Harvard, the Eagles had the early advantage, but were faced with the daunting task of defending that 1-0 lead for the rest of the match. Head coach Ed Kelly would want more from his team though, but the Crimson was able to pin the Boston College men’s soccer team by going up 2-1 at halftime on its way to a 3-2 overtime victory.

In the opening period of play, though, Harvard came after the Eagles and made the most of its set plays. A long throw-in from the right side of the pitch was cleared, but only as far as Olivier White, who stood at the top of

the box and took a half-volleyed shot at Alex Kapp. The junior keeper made the initial stop, but once again, the Eagles were bullied by an opponent in the six-yard box, and Daniel Smith leveled the match.

Har vard took a few more chances in the first half—the best was a volley by White off a flick-on that left Atobra Ampadu for dead. The shot went straight at Kapp though, who dealt with it easily.

The Crimson kept getting for ward with quick attacks , though, and a burst down the right flank was capitalized on.

The ball was cut back to Kyle Henderson, who stood between

the spot at the top of the area.

Kapp saved Henderson’s shot and then stopped a follow-up effort by Nate Devine. His double save ended up on the foot of Henderson again. The midfielder finished on an empty net in the same pocket of space where he started.

BC was failed by lazy defending from Len Zeugner and Giuliano Frano in the build up to the goal. At right back and center back, the two headed wide to defend the cross, but jogged back into the box, failing to close down the attackers or at very least the goal.

By the end of the first half, Kapp was standing on his head

to make seven saves, which kept the Eagles in the game.

A better second half from the Eagles allowed sophomore Zeiko Lewis, who did not start the match, to have a bit more freedom in the attack. But BC’s defending, especially of balls into the box, remained the problem. Harvard squandered an opportunity from the right side in the 63rd minute, when the Crimson had three consecutive headers around the six-yard box that went on uncontested.

While Isaac Normesinu’s late strike forced overtime, it was the defending of crosses and long balls that once again came into question and cost the Eagles

the match. The winner came from a corner kick by Christian Sady and was finished by Tim Schmoll, who got on the wrong side of Kapp and Ampadu at the near post.

While Kapp was knocked down in the process and plead his case with the official, there were three BC defenders in the area, one of whom was marking the near post, though they were not able to defend the well-taken corner.

Laziness in the box will cost the Eagles, especially as they begin to face stronger opposition in ACC teams, including No. 9 Louisville, which comes to town on Friday. n

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From Maine, A8 The receiving job is split a bit more evenly than the rushing job, with no player grabbing more than five receptions on the season. Damarr Aultman, who has 96 yards on five receptions thus far, leads the core. Jordan Dunn, who, despite having the same number of receptions has just 28 yards on the season, follows him.

On the other side of the ball, the Maine defense has held its opponents to under 100 rushing yards so far this season, but the Black Bears have yet to face a team as run-oriented as BC, and they will face a considerable test from BC’s core of running backs as well as dual-threat Tyler Murphy.

While this game is not in the same league (literally) as the

Eagles’ conference schedule, Maine will be pushing to put up as strong a performance as possible against its only FBS opponent of the year.

“They’re coming in here ready to roll,” Addazio said. “It will be a tough, physical game. Our guys, we have to play with the same energy level and passion level that it takes week in and week out to compete at the level we’re at.” n

Eagles to keep their run going From BC, A8 means BC defensive coordinator Don Brown will expect an even more dominant performance. At Tuesday’s practice, Brown was as animated and loud as ever, demanding nothing less than his players’ very best.

Hilliman got his first real opportunity of the season against USC. “It was just great to go out there and make plays for the team. It’s a big win,”

Hilliman said. “Coach coming into that game told me I couldn’t play like a freshman, so I knew I had to grow up fast and it was a great night.”

Hilliman and the rest of the team look to continue the good feelings that resulted from BC’s first win over a top-10 team in years, and they know they can’t just rest on their laurels.

It took hard work to beat USC, and though Maine is a FCS team, BC is not looking past it. Addazio

has his five keys to victory posted in the media room, and he won’t be deviating from them. Addazio also knows how he’s going to get his team ready to face Maine.

“Simple answer: we’re going to go like hell on Tuesday,” Addazio said.

Those fond memories of Saturday may still be in the forefront of the minds of BC students and fans, but for the players and coaches, they’re already slipping into the past. n

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Alison Foley’s women’s soccer team went deep into the postseason a year ago, in a magical run that was stopped by Florida State. While the Eagles lost to Boston University in their third game of the year, they have since conceded just once in a 4-1 victory over Illinois State. Stout defensive performances have helped the team stretch its seven-game win-streak. The Seminoles’ only loss of the season came against Florida, and they are led by Marta Bakowska-Mathews, who has tallied five goals and two assists this season. Revenge will be on the mind of the Eagles, though, as they look to pull off an upset in their conference opener.

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cohesive unit that has allowed them much success in recent years.

The loss of Gaudreau has raised some questions for this season. With some solid recruits this year and more coming in next year, though, York is lined up with more success for years to come.

It’s hard to replace someone who has as big of an impact as Gaudreau had, but a committee of players can fill that hole. It’s going to be consistency that determines BC’s success, and as past seasons have shown, the consistency is always a presence and has helped with its great finishes.

Also, the fact that the Frozen Four is in Boston this year could add some extra motivation for BC to win another national championship in front of its fans. 

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After ending the past two seasons without a Frozen Four title, the men’s hockey team will be hungry this season, looking for its third national championship in six years. Boston College fell short in the Frozen Four semifinals last year, losing to eventual champion Union College.

Like always, the Eagles will be back this year, competitive as ever, and they will have a better season than the women’s ice hockey team.

The first reason to expect better men’s hockey results is its consistency. Since head coach Jerry York took over the reins in 1994, the team has seen great success. In the last 17 years, the team has made the NCAA tournament 15 times, getting to 11 Frozen Fours, seven National Championship games, and four national titles. No matter what, the men’s hockey team is always in it.

This isn’t a knock on the women’s hockey team. It has been consistent as well, making it to the NCAA tournament for four straight years.

Head coach Katie King Crowley’s team will also be reinforced with Alexandra Carpenter, who was playing for the U.S. Olympic team in Sochi last year. While BC made it to the Frozen Four in 2011 and 2013, it still has yet to finish its season with the big win. It may come soon, but that remains to be seen. What is well known is that the men’s team has been able to win it all, and it has done it recently.

The loss of Johnny Gaudreau to the NHL’s Calgary Flames will hurt the team, though. Last year, he won the Hobey Baker Award, which recognizes the best player in the NCAA. He had a monster season, posting incredible statistics.

He scored 36 goals and recorded 44 assists for 80 points in 40 games, which is a two-pointper-game pace. It’s impossible to replace those statistics with just one player, but the team will have reinforcements that will allow it to remain competitive.

In the freshman class this year, BC got two forwards and one defenseman. The defenseman is Noah Hanifin, who was one of the biggest recruits in college hockey this year. Hanifin is a highly talented, offensive-minded defenseman.

While he was playing for the U.S. National Development Team, he scored 45 points in 59 games—staggering stats for a defenseman. He is currently projected to be a top-five pick in next year’s NHL draft, so the Eagles are fortunate to have a player of his caliber.

The two forwards are both players who have already been drafted by NHL teams. One of them is Zachary Sanford, who previously played in the USHL, scoring 35 points in 52 games.

He was drafted 61st overall by the Washington Capitals. The other freshman is Alex Tuch. He scored an incredible 64 points in 61 games for the U.S. Development Team. He was a first rounder in this year NHL draft, selected 18th overall by the Minnesota Wild.

Gaudreau wasn’t the only player the Eagles lost. The Eagles graduated four other key players—Kevin Hayes, Bill Arnold, Isaac MacLeod, and Patrick Brown. Even though they haven’t added as many players to replace them, they got three high quality freshmen who could make an instant impact. Like York has always done, he will get returning players to step up into bigger roles so that the Eagles can turn into a

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The men’s hockey team will doubtless have an excellent season with an already assembled cast of college hockey stars. Returning goalkeeper Thatcher Demko sits behind a defense that includes captain Michael Matheson, junior Teddy Doherty, sophomores Steve Santini and Ian McCoshen, and incoming blue-chip freshman Noah Hanifin. But, if you were to ask whether the men’s or women’s hockey team will have a better season, for the first time in four years, the safer bet might be against men’s head coach Jerry York.

Led by head coach Katie King Crowley, the women perhaps have more firepower than ever before. In 2013-14, the women made it to the

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NCAA Tournament, losing in the quarterfinals to the eventual national champion, the Clarkson Golden Knights. They did so without their leading scorer from 2012-13, sophomore Alex Carpenter, who spent the entire year playing with the United States Olympic Team, which won a silver medal in Sochi. Her sophomore year, Carpenter scored 70 points in 37 games, averaging 1.89 points per game.

Getting Carpenter back will be a huge boost to a BC offense that, in truth, doesn’t really need one. Last year, the Eagles averaged 3.5 goals per game, and only lost two of their top 10 scorers.

Taylor Wasylk and Melissa Bizzari were both emotional and physical leaders of BC last year, but Crowley is York-esque in her ability to attract and develop young star talent continuously.

Junior Haley Skarupa, who tallied 41 points in 33 games, leads the returning attack along with sophomore Andie Anastos.

As a freshman, Anastos scored 14 goals and assisted on 21 others, totaling 35 points in 37 games. BC had eight players score at least 25 points, and it has only lost Wasylk out of those eight.

The incredible scoring depth that BC has can only be helped with the return of Carpenter, who had 38 assists in her last year at BC. BC also adds two freshman forwards in Tori Sullivan and Kenzie Kent. BC’s depth means that the two won’t be under much pressure to contribute immediately and can develop more slowly.

BC’s defense was another strong point for its team last year. The Eagles only allowed 1.7 goals per game, and the most goals they allowed in a game was six in a game they won 86 against the Providence College Friars. Even that game was an aberration for BC—other than that goal-fest, the most the Eagles allowed in a game was four. In total, the Eagles allowed two goals or fewer in 29 out of their 37 games last year.

The defense does lose two senior leaders in Meagan Mangene and Jackie Young, but they are replaced by three freshmen, one of whom is Megan Keller, listed at a towering 5-foot-10.

The biggest loss for the Eagles comes at the goaltender position, where they lost Corinne Boyles, who started 33 of BC’s 37 games last year. The Eagles have junior goaltender Taylor Blake, who has been with BC for two years, but has only appeared in one game, playing a single period her freshman year in a 10-0 drubbing of Maine. Crowley has brought in two talented freshmen to backup Blake, Katie Burt and Gabriella Switaj.

The Eagles lost the heart and soul of their team in Boyles. That much is undeniable.

They have gotten back a scorer that is a top player in the nation, though. The Eagles have loads of talent—eight current players are on the U.S. Women’s National Team evaluation camp roster.

Carpenter’s return to BC will help propel a good team to ever-greater heights. The men’s team will no doubt compete, as it does every year under York. But, money should be on the team led by Crowley and the returning forward capable of putting an already accomplished team on her back. 

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BY TOMMY MELORO Heights Staff Sometimes, the game itself isn’t the biggest obstacle. Sometimes, the biggest obstacle comes after the game.

Fresh off an improbable, cathartic, euphoric home victory over the then-No. 9 University of Southern California Trojans, most Boston College fans are still reveling in the memories of Sherman Alston jettisoning past Trojan defenders on a reverse, of Jon Hilliman’s first two college touchdowns, of Tyler Murphy’s game-clinching, 66-yard touchdown run late in the fourth quarter.

Meanwhile, those three players and all their victorious teammates were back out on the practice field on Monday morning, and by Tuesday they were back to knocking the crap out of each other in full pads.

When the Maine Black Bears come to town, the Eagles will take on the role of Goliath that was recently occupied by a bunch of Trojans. BC proved that David can in fact win, and now the Eagles are focused on not letting history repeat itself. BC head coach Steve Addazio addressed that in his press conference on Monday. “You have to wire your guys so they enjoy the wins, not too much, but enough,” Addazio said. “Then you have to get back to work. It really comes from great leadership within the program, as coaches we try, but at the end of the day it’s generated inside.”

Freshman back Hilliman agreed with his coach, saying the team is taking Maine just as seriously as it took USC. “We’re gonna have to come out and have a great week of practice like we did before USC,” Hilliman said. “The seniors are gonna have to lead, and freshmen are gonna have to grow up. We know we have a great, capable team in Maine, and we’re gonna have

to get a win.”

BY MARLY MORGUS As alluded to over the past few weeks, the Assoc. Sports Editor tale of the Hydra states that when you cut off one head, two more take its place. Last year, Andre After two weeks of their normal FootWilliams led the rushing attack, complemented ball Championship Subdivision (FCS) opby Myles Willis. Williams graduated, but instead ponents, the Maine Black Bears face their of two more heads growing in his place, four biggest challenge of the season so far when more sprouted up. Willis is nominally the startthey venture to Chestnut Hill for a matchup ing back, but when the offense rushes the ball 54 with an opponent that participates in the times, there are carries to go around. highest level of college football, Murphy, Hilliman, Alston, and Wilthe Football Bowl Subdivision lis’ classmate Tyler Rouse have split (FBS) Boston College Eagles. those extra carries among themWhile FBS football is what selves. Saturday night, the Eagles most people think of when they offense constantly perplexed USC’s think about college football—the defense, using misdirection and the system that contains conferences read option executed to perfection. like the SEC, Pac 12, and BC’s “We hope to do that every week, ACC—the FCS is the tier just beSEPT. 20. 2014 we hope to grow,” Hilliman said. low the FBS. Often, FBS programs BC vs. Maine “We’re a young group, the youngest will schedule a game against 1 p.m. ET ESPN 3 group on the whole team, so we’re teams in the FCS, as a means of just looking to grow every week and padding their non-conference get better and better, and I think we’re taking schedules early on. strides in the right direction.” Maine is the next “I think it’s nice to have the ability to test for this group, and it’ll look to build on the play some geographically suited teams up strides it took on Saturday. in this area for the fan bases, whether it be Defensively, the Eagles allowed 6.6 percent Maine, UMass, whatever down the road, of the rushing yards that Pitt gained against maybe a Rutgers or whatever,” BC head them the previous week—20 instead of 303. coach Steve Addazio said in a teleconferIn two quarters (the first and the third), the ence. “I think there’s a good formula here.

Trojans totaled negative rushing yards. USC Unless something changes in the structure quarterback Cody Kessler was sacked five times. of the power five, it’s hard to go out there By any statistical measure, as well as by the eye and play the conference we play, then play test, BC’s defense was miles improved from the teams like USC and Notre Dame when they previous week, even without injured linebacker rotate on your schedule all the time. That and captain Sean Duggan. Maine’s offense is not would be a tall order.” as talented or explosive as USC’s, but that just The Black Bears are just two games into their schedule, with a bye week separating their season opener against Norfolk See BC, A6

State from their second test against Bryant University.

The season kickoff against Norfolk State is the only win that the Black Bears have tallied so far, as they knocked off the Spartans by a score of 10-6. The defense held Norfolk to just 67 yards rushing and 33 yards through the air, and the Black Bears nearly doubled the Spartans’ offensive output with 95 yards on the ground, led by Nigel Jones, who netted 67 yards on 25 carries, and 92 yards passing from quarterback Dan Collins, who completed eight of 20 attempts to give the Black Bears the edge.

Two weeks later, though, Collins and Jones both improved on their week-one performances, but the offensive effort from the Black Bears was not enough to counteract Bryant’s efficient passing game, and the Black Bears fell by a final score of 10-13.

Maine’s offense so far this season has been fairly evenly distributed between its run game and passing game, with Collins himself taking the ball on the ground from time to time, amassing 25 carries in his first two performances for gains of 88 yards, his net falling to 52 as he has been sacked seven times thus far, raising questions about the effectiveness of Maine’s offensive line and Collins’ ability to evade pressure in the pocket.

Apart from Jones and Collins, no player has more than 10 carries on the season, and the two of them combined account for 93 percent of Maine’s total offense when you combine the yards on the ground by both players with Collins’ passing yards.

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Living the dream: my fight to the death for a Premier League title

ALEX FAIRCHILD The wind is blustering down my back on a drizzly night at the City Ground in Nottingham, England, and there’s no breath coming out of my mouth. As I walked down the tunnel, I look down the line of the squad I selected, only to see the trembling faces of a group of boys. Danny Wilson is frightened, Georginio Wijnaldum still doesn’t know how I found him at PSV Eindhoven,

and Daniel Pacheco has a big grin on his face. It’s almost comforting that Martin Skrtel and Luis Suarez are out for blood.

As my red tie chokes my neck, I step onto the grass, see the ghost of Brian Clough in the bench next to mine, and see 29,503 people—25,503 of whom want my tie to get just a bit tighter so I actually do choke.

It’s May 17, 2014. I’m two points behind Chelsea, level with Manchester United, but six points clear of Manchester City on the final day of the 38-match grind that is a season in the Barclays Premier League.

Somehow, I’ve survived two seasons as manager of Liverpool FC. Despite finishes in fourth, before one in third, I was never able to get the most out of Suarez, though I’m proud to say he never bit any defenders

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on my watch, and Steven Gerrard’s career began to plummet. He was not the boxto-box midfielder he once was, and I never got on with Jamie Carragher, because his Scouse accent was too thick, and he spoke way too fast. He retired before the 2014 season, which freed up Glen Johnson, Jose Enrique, Daniel Agger, and Skrtel to form a defensive unit that didn’t communicate with each other, but in some perverted way worked.

Against Nottingham Forest, we started in a 4-2-3-1, because that’s what sophisticated European soccer teams do against burley English teams stuck in a 1970s 4-4-2.

We needed a quick start to alleviate the pressure. Wijnaldum sliced through the defense and slid through Suarez for the

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goal. Three minutes gone, I loosen my tie a bit. It’s 1-0.

For the next half hour, we dominated possession, before earning a corner. Wijnaldum whipped it in, and my Slovakian hitman drilled it past the keeper to make it 2-0. All of a sudden, Suarez struck from 30 yards, and the Dutch wunderkind has added one of his own, and this sentence can’t end yet, because back-up left back Wilson has headed in a Gerrard free kick.

The travelling Kop is in full song, and it’s 5-0 at the break. I find out Chelsea is level with Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge. We’re sitting pretty.

But Suarez comes into the break holding his shoulder and has red dripping from his hand.

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“Boss, it’s bleeding,” he whined.

“What? No,” I said.

“Yes, the big boy over there, Collins.

He’s bit me,” he spat back in broken English.

“But why?” I said, not surprised, because Danny Collins used to play for Stoke City.

“Well, boss, I may have…” said the bigtoothed Uruguayan.

“What Luis?” I said, before realizing what he had done, “Oh, God. Tell me you didn’t try to…”

He smirked back at me.

The trainer cut off his sleeve and began to bandage his arm. We’re up 5-0, my star striker and leading goal scorer has been bitten, but we’re 45 minutes away from the

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Wiley’s Follies

‘Happy’-ly never again

John Wiley “If I can have your attention for 15 seconds, we’re filming another ‘Happy’ video,” yelled a voice from the entrance of Gargan Hall. After few moments of explanation, however, it was clear they weren’t actually filming another “Happy” video—these were the good folks from Agape Latte, a popular lecture series on spirituality hosted by Church in the 21st Century, and it was a “Shake It Off” promo video they were working on. The entirety of Gargan Hall was instructed accordingly to dance on top of chairs, revisiting the mystique of Taylor Swift’s recent video. It was good and all, and I’m looking forward to the final product, yet I wonder why describing it as another “Happy” video was so critical in getting the studiers to respond.

Recreating “Happy” is an elusive task here at Boston College, and evidently, a lot of organizations are trying to do it.

The on-campus re-creation of Pharrell William’s music video, filmed by the Office of News and Public Affairs last semester, was a viral sensation. The YouTube video has well over 340 thousands views at this point, making it the single most viewed video of BC on the Internet.

So who wouldn’t want another “Happy?”

On Wednesday, Sean Casey—BC ’12 and the filmmaker behind the original “Happy”—wowed us again with “The First Two Weeks,” a promotional video for the University, impressively filmed with video drones that soar around the Chestnut Hill campus. The video also features new angles of Gasson—some of the only original ones I’ve seen in a long time.

Inevitably, there will be more. I anticipate an explosion of these videos, showing off all the best Boston College has to offer: sprawling Gothic architecture, “Happy” students, and active organizations. There’s nothing inherently wrong with any of this, but at some point, we need to ask what are we’re really getting at here.

These videos are quick portraits of what the University has to offer. They’re great for connecting with alumni, and reaching out to prospective students.

They’re something we can be proud of, but at the same time, what angles of BC do they enable us to ignore?

BC has a history of protest. The Chestnut Hill campus was a hub for activism during the Vietnam War, and as recently as 1995, it was common for riots to break out, staged by students concerned with issues like rising tuition.

Today, it seems that most causes on campus are well contained, and for as much as the University spends restoring old architecture, there’s remarkably little emphasis on the history of the school— much of which is a little less savory than a sweeping flight through Middle Campus.

There is no redoing “Happy,” but so long as we have the resources in place to make these professional quality videos like it, there’s tremendous potential to use this technology to reconnect with a past that, frankly, often gets overlooked.

Film also can be a platform for addressing issues of race, financial inequality, and gender that have been identified on campus over the past couple years, and could certainly benefit from increased exposure.

We can’t have another “Happy,” nor do we need one. The success of the video was a welcome, albeit isolated incident, and the trouble with trying to make another is that undoubtedly, it will fall short of the original if it tries to succeed in the same ways. Fortunately, BC has 151 years of traditions to revisit, over 200 clubs to look into, and 9,000 stories to tell.

There will never be a new “Happy,” but almost surely, there will be something better.

Because at the end of the day, BC isn’t always the scenic place depicted in these videos. It’s not necessarily happier.

Everyday isn’t sunny. Spontaneous song and dance—well, it happens, but then again, not all the time. And remarkably, I feel quite okay about that.

John Wiley is the Arts & Review Editor for The Heights. He can be reached at arts@bcheights.com.

Photo courtesy of Teb Maqubela

Since its founding in November 2011, the No Fillers blog has been a platform to discuss artists other media outlets were overlooking, using poetry to tell stories about musicians.

the Tightrope Maqubela and the No Fillers team reimagine music industry

By John Wiley Arts & Review Editor Tebs Maqubela, A&S ’15, recalls himself as a young kid at a theme park, watching a tightrope walker perform. He thinks back to how the man found balance on that narrow cable—performers like this could only make a living out of the avoidance of their own deaths. At face, this anecdote of the tightrope walker is a story about destruction and risk. But in the words of Maqubela, a writer, this walk represents something different: it’s the path of an artist, creating something new. “Watching the tightrope walker, I thought, ‘Good God, man, he could die,’” Maqubela said. “But then he kept on going, and I was starting to think about it in the realm of what it takes to be a creator, what it takes to be an artist, a poet.”

In November of his freshman year, Maqubela cofounded a music blog with classmates Micah Peters and Lusic Bancroft-Baer. No Fillers started simply as a platform for sharing songs with friends, but the project quickly started to move in a more radical direction. Naturally, Maqubela started to pay closer attention to what other music writing was out there after starting No Fillers. He noticed many smaller outfits would simply regurgitate the content published by the bigger ones. When Complex, for example, published a feature on an up-and-comer, hundreds of bloggers would follow—seemingly gravitating toward whichever artists they noticed someone big standing behind.

Maqubela came to Boston College as a soccer recruit from the Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass., and he played on the men’s varsity soccer team his entire first year. Around the same time he started to let go of his dreams of becoming a professional soccer player, the readership of No

Fillers was picking up.

The smalltime operation was bucking trends set by similar entertainment blogs. The No Fillers team was taking risks covering artists no one had ever heard of, while simultaneous developing an unconventional editorial style among its growing body of writers. The blog paired music with poetry, and it encouraged writers to bring personal experiences into reviews.

“We’re artists as well,” Maqubela said. “Our medium just happens to be covering their medium, but through that whole process, there’s an artistry about it.”

No Fillers eventually devised a two-pronged approach to grow readership while continuing to publish its long-form reviews. In 2014, the three divided the website into two parts: “Stream” and “Verse.” The former compiles content from around the web, allowing readers to stream it directly as they read, while the latter continues the more poetic, editorial prose No Fillers historically has done. These lengthier “Verse” reviews can take as long as a month, from first listen to final edit, to complete.

“The concept of ‘Verse’ itself is emblematic of

what No Fillers is about,” Maqubela said. “Something I always say is that writers have bars, too— bars for their writing rather than verses. Writers are doing their damn thing, too.”

Maqubela is currently taking the semester off from BC. He now lives in Brooklyn, and works for 300 Entertainment, a newly created record label founded, quite fittingly, by disillusioned record executives. The former presidents of Def Jam and Asylum, as well as the American Chair of Warner Music created the label with the idea that most bigger labels weren’t doing enough to keep up with new technologies and haven’t adjusted the way they look at performers amid sagging record sales.

While it’s still Maqubela’s job to scout out new artists, his role has evolved. In the artist and repertoire department of 300, he’s suddenly on the other end of the business: now, he’s picking the winners. No Fillers was built on the idea of big betting against them.

“The commodification of music is just something that I was naturally averse to because of No Fillers,” Maqubela said. “A year ago, if you told me I would have to judge an artist based off how much I think he’ll make money, how much money they’ll make for the label themselves, rather than their artistry, I would scoff at you.”

It’s the tightrope Maqubela—as well as many other BC students looking to enter creative industries—must walk.

With the encouragement of communication professors Celeste Wells and Brett Ingram, he made the leap to pursue a different kind of education, more directly in the field.

“This is an unconventional path to take, and there’s no blueprint for me for how I can do it right,” Maqubela said. “But nowadays, if you want to do something, my motto is just to do it, find Jordan Pentaleri / Heights gRAPHIC Illustration what you love, and let it kill you.” n

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By: Ariana Igneri | Associate Arts & Review Editor

1. Acappellafest (Friday 9/19, 8 p.m.)

5. Shakespeare At Fenway (Friday 9/19, 7:30 p.m.)

All of Boston College’s a cappella groups are sharing the Robsham stage and performing selections from their repertoires. Tickets are $10, with proceeds benefiting The Morgan Center, a preschool for children with cancer. The event has assigned seating.

Shakespeare is up to bat at Fenway this Saturday, as the Commonwealth Shakespeare Company kicks off its 20th anniversary season. The event will feature local and national stars, including Kerry O’Malley and Neal McDonough, performing scenes from the playwright’s most famous works. Tickets are available for $35 at boston. redsox.mlb.com.

2. Astronomy After Hours (Friday 9/19, 8:30 p.m.)

Spend Friday night under the stars with the Museum of Science. The Gilliand Observatory, located on the museum’s garage rooftop, is free and open to the public, so long as weather permits. Call 617-589-0267 to confirm programming schedule prior to arrival.

3. ‘Songs From The Moon’ (Friday & Saturday, 9/19 & 9/20, 7:30 p.m.)

Dreamscape Project Group is sponsoring Songs From The Moon, a play about six women whose stories unfold in South Boston. The show is being staged in the Bonn Studio Theatre. Tickets are $10 for students.

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4. Paint Nite (Saturday 9/20, 1:30 p.m.)

Pour yourself a drink and pick up your paintbrush for an afternoon at Cambridge’s Sinclair Kitchen. A professional will help you complete your own art project and provide you with all necessary supplies—canvas, acrylics, and apron included. Limited tickets are available for $45 at paintnite.com. Use coupon code “boscal20” for a 20 percent discount, courtesy of The Boston Calendar.

The event is 21-plus.

6. The Beatles Remixed (Thursday 9/18, 9:30 p.m.)

Come together with friends and fellow Beatles lovers for a night of tribute music at The Beehive—a buzzing jazz club on Tremont St. Admission is free, but guests can order from the restaurant’s dinner menu and wine list. The event is 21-plus and reservations are encouraged.

7. The Black Keys Concert (Sunday 9/21, 8 p.m.)

The Ohio rock band The Black Keys is stopping by TD Garden for its fall tour, titled Turn Blue World. Tickets start at $48.50 through Ticketmaster.

Thursday, September 18, 2014

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Professor Sheila Gallagher takes her art to Arkansas

By Grace Godvin For the Heights For Sheila Gallagher in the fine arts deptarment, life isn’t all about grading papers and taking attendance. Away from campus, she spends her time at her studio, making paintings from materials such as smoke, melted plastic, and old yogurt cups. Most recently, she was one of 100 artists chosen out of 10,000 to have their work exhibited at the Crystal Bridges Museum’s State of the Art exhibit in Arkansas.

The exhibit, which runs until January 2015, draws pieces from artists all over the country in efforts to represent the current state of American contemporary art. The pieces range from paintings on canvas to photography and video to installations.

Gallagher’s piece, “Plastic Lila,” displays a colorful array of floral patterns, reflecting her individual style. Her pieces often convey the spiritual and physical relationship between love and nature, and “Plastic Lila” showcases these natural themes with the use of contemporary materials. Gallagher uses these material objects to, in her words, “transcend the trashiness of the

materials.”

“A lot of themes I deal with are ancient themes, but the materials are totally contemporary and also totally disgusting most of the time,” she said.

Another influence Gallagher finds herself drawn toward is the influence of her time on campus.

“Being at a place like Boston College—which is a Jesuit, Catholic university—there’s great philosophers and theologians around here, so I feed off it. In my classroom, I try to help my students learn how to make and think like artists,” she said.

But she also notes that most of her artistic influence comes from within. “I once had a writer discussing my work who said, ‘Sheila makes these beautiful gardens, but they’re made of trash,’ and I try to see it as ‘Sheila makes these beautiful gardens and they’re made of trash,’ she said. That in all of our lives there’s this incredible intermingling between the sacred and the profane, the wonderful and the horrid, and they’re totally mixed.

That’s what I’m interested in.”

As the exhibit’s title suggests, State of the Art also aims to show the ways in which technology now influences art. Not only has

the museum provided YouTube videos to expose the different ways the artists work in their own studios, they also have dedicated an app solely to the exhibit. Via their smartphones, anyone can now access the work and information of the artists featured in State of the Art. To Gallagher, this growing relationship between art and technology has its limits, however.

“Art is something that largely has to be engaged with physically,” she said. “You have to go and see the art. So you can have all the apps and YouTube videos in the world, but for the real engagement with the artwork, it still has to be largely a one-on-one encounter.”

But she recognizes the fact that, like most of her students, there are people that cannot travel to Arkansas to see the show. “[The technology] allows people to have a more in-depth experience or to relive the experience once they leave the museum,” she said. “What Crystal Bridges is doing to publicize this show and to educate the public on contemporary art is fantastic.”

Gallagher also notes the growing focus on commercial success

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Gallagher’s work is featured in ‘State of the Art,” an exhibit exploring the relationship between art and technology.

in many museums, rather than the art and artists themselves.

“You see museums doing things like fashion shows. One of the biggest shows at the Victoria and Albert Museum (in London) last year was Bowie,” she said. “I love Bowie, but do I really want my museums focusing on David Bowie? Now you see the higher end galleries becoming less commercial and more curatorial.”

She streses that, despite its commercial sponsors like WalMart and Coca-Cola, the Crystal Bridges Museum deviates from this trend. “[The owners of the gallery, including Wal-Mart giant Alice Walton] were great to work with—it was a real love fest,” she said. “You know, usually museums are like, here’s your half a glass of champagne and your two cucumber slices, thank you artists, and then they get into the business of schmoozing clients.

But this was completely pro-artists. It was very much about the artist’s voice.”

Here on campus, however, Gallagher finds the space for artists’ voices lacking.

“Boston College needs as many visual expressions of the identities and cultures that are on campus as possible,” she said.

Last year, the Bapst Art Gallery closed because of its lack of handicap-accessibility. “What they should have done was just made it handicap-accessible,” she said.

This need for venues for student art on campus is not a new argument for Gallagher.

She notes that the opening of Stokes Hall only makes this problem more apparent. “I find it absolutely crazy that we have blank walls,” she said. Especially with BC’s stress on its ranking among other universities (there’s a plaque in Fulton Hall denoting its place as the fourth-ranked business school in the country, according to Businessweek), Gallagher highlights the need to improve in artistic representation. “Great universities have always made the connection between visual manifestations of creativity and academic innovation,” she said. n

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Emily Sadeghian / Heights Editor

Bucket lists commodify new experiences, but also help us appreciate old ones.

Should we kick the bucket lists? Maybe not just yet

Michelle Tomassi My life often feels like a never-ending to-do list. Every time I get to cross off one item from the list, another five more are added, keeping me in a perpetual state of “doing something.” My lists are everywhere—assignment lists in my agenda, a job application list that sits menacingly on my desktop, and a more general “get my sh—t together” list that consistently hovers in my mind, occasionally making its way to a post-it note. As much as I love the satisfaction of crossing off an item, I often feel overwhelmed by how much list-making goes on in my life, and how I can never seem to complete any series of tasks in the time I would like to. There’s one list, however, that I love with all my heart, and that I look forward to expanding at any chance I get. It’s my Master Bucket List.

The Master Bucket List, as I like to call it, is composed of several sub-categories of lists that merge into a giant “life to-do” list. The Boston College bucket list (now, sadly, the senior bucket list); the New York (my home state) bucket list; the travel list; names of restaurants to try list; list of books to read; and movies to watch list.

These sub-lists are scattered in various locations—on my phone, in notebooks, hanging on my wall, and pinned on my Pinterest board. I love having all of them in different places, since they serve as a constant reminder to always explore and never be bored.

Recently, I came across an article in The New Yorker titled “Kicking The Bucket List,” which grabbed my attention right from the headline. Deriving from the phrase “kicking the bucket,” the concept of the bucket list has gained widespread popularity as a way to make the most of life before death inevitably arrives. Writer Rebecca Mead even notes that the term may be appealing because it rhymes with the phrase “f—k it.” A bucket list is fun because you can incorporate things that you may never do—lofty dreams, crazy ambitions, and “why not?” adventures. A bucket list is more flexible and less pressuring than a to-do list, and it reminds us of just how much the world has to offer.

Recently, President Barack Obama took a quick trip to Stonehenge after attending a NATO summit two weeks ago, explaining that he “knocked it off the bucket list right now” when he had the chance, even if it was only for a brief visit.

If our good ol’ president has a bucket list, then it must be

pretty great, right?

According to the author, not necessarily.

Having a bucket list, Mead explained, may inadvertently result in a “commodification of cultural experience,” in which artworks and explorations are reduced to items soley on a list that exist to be crossed off, rather than to be encountered and engaged with several times. She warns that the “YOLO-ization” of experience can lessen the value of “repeated exposure to art and culture,” leading to a constant search for the new.

In some senses, I think Mead has a point. I have a voracious appetite for books, but I rarely read a book twice—it seems impossible when my personal library is always growing with new texts just waiting to be opened. I’ve been to several major museums—the MFA, the Met, the MoMa, the Louvre, and the British Museum—but have I really seen all of them? Certainly not to the fullest extent. I love all things new and unknown, and I embrace any chance to expand my “experiential resume,” as Mead calls it.

To counter the effect of cultural commodification, my response would not be to abandon your bucket list entirely.

My favorite part of bucket lists is also what can save them from “YOLO-ization”: completing the list with people you love. When you repeatedly share an experience with friends and family, it becomes new each and every time. I’ve been to my favorite crepe place back home plenty of times, but if someone I know hasn’t been there before, I want to be the one to take her—just to see her experience something I love for the first time. Before this summer, I had never seen The Godfather, which comes as a shock to anyone who knows me because I’m 100 percent Italian. I’m grateful to my mother for watching it with me, even though she’s seen it 10 times. And when I was lucky enough to go to Italy for the second time last summer, I was adamant that we revisit the cities we had already seen a few years prior—in order to share the experience with more of my family members and deepen my appreciation for the beautiful architecture and artistic gems.

So, I won’t be kicking my bucket list anytime soon, but maybe I’ll change my approach.

Rather than take a pen or eraser to the list, I can make a new one—a list of things to do once more, and places to visit anew.

Most importantly, I’ll be taking along anyone who’s interested in sharing my adventures. And if you need a friend, come find me—I’m always up for the ride.

Michelle Tomassi is the Asst.

Arts & Review Editor for The Heights. She can be reached at arts@bcheights.com.

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U2 feels too mature on new release ‘Songs of Innocence’

BY SEAN KEELEY

Heights Senior Staff Last December, when Beyonce suddenly dropped a new album onto iTunes without prior announcement, America reacted with pure gratitude, as if the reigning queen of pop music had given her fans an early Christmas present. Last week, U2 tried to do her one better by releasing its 13th studio album, Songs of Innocence, to over 500 million iTunes customers for free. So far, though, the dominant reaction has been one of annoyance, as if the world’s iTunes users have been gifted an unwanted sweater by an out-oftouch uncle.

As a release strategy, the rollout of Songs of Innocence reflects both U2’s desperation to remain relevant and its desire to play it safe. It’s much easier, after all, to have Apple implant your music on listeners’ devices than to mount an actual marketing campaign, or (God forbid) let the music speak for itself. Perhaps it’s a savvy move to let the unconventional release stir up buzz, though, since the album itself has very little to say.

Ostensibly, Songs of Innocence is a very “personal” album—Bono assures us of this in the liner notes, drawing attention to how it reflects the band’s origins as a scrappy punk band in 1970s Dublin. The lead single,

“The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone)” pays tribute to the legendary Ramones frontman, with Bono recalling his early musical inspiration in miraculous terms. (“Everything I ever lost, now has been returned / In the most beautiful sound I’d ever heard”). While undoubtedly sincere, the track is curiously neutered—despite some nice grungy guitar riffs from the Edge, it shows little of the anarchic energy of its subject.

Throughout the album, the band tries to plumb its past for inspiration, with varying success. “Raised

by Wolves” and “Cedarwood Road” are both tales of growing up on the violent streets of Troubles-era Dublin.

The former ends up as unintentionally funny, thanks to its weird sound effects and self-serious lyrics. (It would be hard to dream up a more parodic U2 lyric than “Boy sees his father crushed under the weight / Of a cross in a passion where the passion is hate”). The latter, though, is rather effective, a song about growing up on two sides of a war zone and the conflicting emotions that such an environment engenders: “The hurt you hide, the joy you hold / The foolish pride that gets you out the door / Up on Cedarwood Road.” The song has a propulsive rhythm and an urgency that is desperately lacking on the rest of the album.

The album’s worst offenders are its generic, hookless mid-tempo ballads.

“Song for Someone” and “Iris (Hold Me Close)” are written for Bono’s wife and mother, respectively, but they feel dutiful rather than vital—as if Bono felt the need to be on record as having written songs for them. Here, too, you can find some of the album’s biggest lyrical groaners, as when Bono sings, “The stars are bright, but do they know / The universe is beautiful but cold.” A song of innocence, indeed.

If there is any lesson to take away from Songs of Innocence, it is that U2

needs to take itself a lot less seriously.

Many of the album’s most enjoyable moments come about in the lighter songs, like “Volcano” and “Sleep Like A Baby Tonight,” where the band stops worrying about weighty statements and simply rocks out a little bit. The latter track is especially interesting for its electronic beats and the use of Bono’s falsetto—intriguing minor touches that recall the more experimental U2 of Zooropa and Pop, and which stand out against the bland soft-rock texture of the rest of the album.

Fortunately, the album closes

with its best track: “The Troubles,” a menacing downtempo track awash in lush strings and propelled by a soft and steady drumbeat. “Somebody stepped inside your soul / Little by little they robbed and stole / Till somebody else was in control,” sings guest vocalist Lykke Li, ironically stealing the spotlight from Bono as she does so. Her contribution helps makes the song a highlight, but it’s also revealing that one of the album’s best moments comes when Bono cedes the microphone to someone else, and lets them take control. 

SONGS OF INNOCENCE U2 PRODUCED BY ISLAND RECORDS RELEASED SEPT. 9, 2014 OUR RATING

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Today’s country music world is saturated with highly successful young artists like Jason Aldean, the boys of Florida Georgia Line, and Luke Bryan. In fact, these artists made the top three of Billboard’s “Hot Country Songs” list this week.

But while the more contemporary pop aesthetic of these performers certainly speaks to a new generation of country listeners, Tim McGraw has had serious staying power since his career started early in the 1990s. Although the country scene continues to respect McGraw for his legacy alone, the industry pioneer continues to innovate. With his release of Sundown Heaven Town on Tuesday, McGraw showed he still cares about staying relevant. In recording this new album, McGraw ultimately attempted to produce competitive, marketable songs for the ever-changing country music scene. He changed his sound in a drastic way, and while he succeeds in some songs, Sundown Heaven Town definitely falls flat.

One of McGraw’s most successful early singles of the album is “Meanwhile Back At Mama’s,” one that he sings alongside his wife, Faith Hill. This song is traditional, and it takes the listener right back to McGraw’s classic, older music. It’s

not trying to achieve any new audience, and it’s not trying to compete with younger artists. Instead, it’s an example of what McGraw is best at: paying attention to the vocals, lyrics, and acoustic instrumentation, while not needing to make anything too big out of it. This single is quintessential McGraw, and it’s not boring, and it’s not outdated.

The album’s opening track, “Overrated,” is anything but what the name suggests. The acoustic, undeniably country intro to the song is characteristic of McGraw’s canon—and then it seamlessly transitions into a more rhythmic, electrically charged sound for the chorus. There is a switch-off present between the two sounds, but they coexist in a sonically appealing way.

“I’m Feelin’ You” is starting to enter into the area of jazz, and it is certainly the furthest McGraw’s traveled from his familiar territory.

There is a unique, rock-inspired sound to the song, and it’s drastically different from everything else on the album. More importantly, it’s drastically different from anything else that other popular country artists are producing.

The album’s strongest track, “City Lights,” blends the easy banjo of an acoustic love song with the intensity of full, electric instrumentation and strong percussion. It’s a

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U2 makes efforts to stay relevant with its 13th album ‘Songs of Innocence,’ released for free on iTunes last week.

great fit for McGraw and shows a broad scope of his artistry. The problem with the album, though, is how infrequent these great songs are.

Sundown Heaven Town is long.

With 18 songs packed into the project (and the deluxe version has even more), the odds that McGraw could keep the content consistently impressive were never too good.

Frankly, most of the pieces on his album are just average. They’re not hits, they’re not great for radio, and they really just slip through the cracks. “Shotgun Rider,” “Dust,” “Keep on Truckin’,” and “Black

Jacket” are just a few of these lackluster songs. They’re good enough, but nothing special.

Nothing special, though, is still better than just plain bad—and plain bad it gets. “Lookin’ For That Girl” is Tim McGraw’s sad attempt to mix hip-hop and country—something that has been executed poorly before and most certainly will be again.

With lyrics performed with scared, noncommittal near-rapping, and a horribly tacky hip-hop beat behind the instrumentation, this song is comical in its failures. One would like to think that it was something

McGraw was convinced into doing by his mentors or his record label, because there’s just no good reason for any artist to choose to make something like it.

At the end of the day, one word puts Sundown Heaven Town in summary: fine. There are a few truly impressive songs on this album, and at this point, it seems that McGraw should stick to what he knows. The country music scene may be changing, but he doesn’t have to. He’s already made a name for himself—the sun isn’t going down on McGraw anytime soon. 

The title of Train’s newest album, Bulletproof Picasso, signifies the band’s long-running career—20 years and counting—and evidently, its inability to be shot down. Its relevance after all this time certainly says something about the quality of its music and its ever-growing fan base, but does it also hint that its sound might have to be compromised in order for it to stay on our radar?

With this new album, the band has set out to become more mainstream.

Like Maroon 5, it has joined in on the trend of trying to make its sound more accessible by boarding the pop culture Train. (Ha.) Train has called its new album its best work yet, but I’m not so sure. Frankly, Bulletproof Picasso leaves one feeling nostalgic for some of Train’s past hits, like “Drops of Jupiter” and “Hey, Soul Sister.”

Those insightful lyrics with their soft rock backdrop are what brought Train to fame in the first place.

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Tim McGraw’s ‘Sundown Heaven Town’ is a failed attempt to modernize his traditional country sound.

Train takes the mainstream route with latest record

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The album kicks it off with a song called “Cadillac, Cadillac.” Now, if you didn’t already know this was Train, you wouldn’t have believed it.

From the very beginning, the song has an unfamiliar sound—not unlike reggae—which seems random coming from the San Francisco rockers.

This song definitely sets the tone for a common theme throughout the album—experimentation. Pat Monahan, the band’s lead singer and songwriter, seems to experiment with a variety of different styles—from

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After 20 years in the music industry, Train takes a more experimental approach with its new album ‘Bulletproof Picasso.’

jazz, to acoustic, to some folk, and then to rock, all the while continuing to put a heavy emphasis on pop.

“Bulletproof Picasso,” the next song and title track, brings back some familiarity with its lyrics. But once again, the beat is foreign to those familiar with Train’s body of work. With lyrics like “Say what you mean / Mean what you say to me,” this inspirational song seems like it would be the perfect culmination to a high school dance playlist. Overall, it’s not great.

Luckily, the next song gets better. “Angel in Blue Jeans” is a song most fans are familiar with by now.

Released as a single this past June, it’s been taking the charts by storm, which is no surprise seeing as it sounds like the good old Train many know and love, but then with a more mainstream tempo. It’s a nice mix that still allows the band to do what it does best: storytelling. The music video, starring Danny Trejo and Hannah Simone, has made this story all the more tangible. “Son of a Prison Guard” further demonstrates this storytelling aspect that’s so uniquely Monahan. “There were architects and astronauts / But the only one she loved was a prison guard”—poetic and fun.

“I’m Drinkin’ Tonight” speaks

to how the album is perceived as a whole. The lyrics are good, but the song is mediocre. Train’s typically unique and soulful lyrics—“I can’t take any more / I hope the poison’s a cure”—just sounds wrong in this new context. They don’t make sense with the beat. This attempt to gain popularity, to produce catchier songs, takes away from the quality of the lyrics, and this can be seen most clearly in this song.

However, the final song on the album, “Don’t Grow Up So Fast,” reminds fans why they fell in love with Train in the first place. The song’s lyrics, “You can’t drown in the water beyond your years / Just don’t grow up so fast,” are very reflective.

So reflective, in fact, that you might just have an existential crisis while listening to it (where did the time go?!). Bravo! Way to bring the fans back, Train.

Overall, it seems as though Train is trying too hard to be relatable in the lyrics, and hence, the lyrics are lacking. The band has replaced poetry with a generality that can appeal to those who don’t know that it has done better. Bulletproof Picasso does have its moments, though, that keep listeners from stepping off the Train.

Perhaps that’s why it’s been 20 years and counting. 

Like all Calvin Harris songs and videos, “Blame” starts off well. It seems to be building toward something. Harris’ rising, curious beat is the soundtrack to a pack of prancing ladies, waiting to enter what is probably the cleanest rave of their lives. The video cuts between shots of Harris and vocalist John Newman languishing next to despondent (hopefully sleeping) models. Newman asks these ladies to “Blame it on the night / Don’t blame it on me”—as if to say, the night is responsible for everything bad about to happen, and we just provide the soundtrack.

The beginning of Harris’ work is always the best. He builds up musical tension better than anybody, and director Emil Nava—who also directed Harris’ “Summer”—is no slouch at building visual tension in the cinematic department. Nava’s visuals are thrilling and majestic.

This particular rave is seemingly populated by glamorous replicates of the same model, drawn to the scene by the rhythmic tune, as opposed to real raves, which are little more than a hollering bunch of painted teenagers. Like most of Harris’ videos, no one is having any fun, and none of it makes much sense.

The video climaxes as our lady friends dip into different pools of water, and then emerge together in some spring somewhere in a dark, misty forest.

The obvious lesson here is that girls shouldn’t go to raves. They should go to dark forests instead … or, maybe a rave is a dark forest? Nava and Harris give us just enough to make out a hazy image of what might be the point of this video. It doesn’t make sense on first viewing, a little bit more on the second, and then a whole lot less on the third, at which point even Harris’ family and friends are likely to give up on it. 

SINGLE REVIEWS BY JAMES FARRELL LADY GAGA AND TONY BENNETT “Nature Boy” Lady Gaga’s voice has never sounded as finessed as it does in this old-school interpretation of a classic jazz standard. The song’s dreamy, orchestral arrangement and Tony Bennett’s soothing voice will take you to the smoky lounge of an old black-and-white movie. It also serves as a reminder that Lady Gaga is one of the best vocalists in the industry.

JENNIFER HUDSON FEAT. IGGY AZALEA “He Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere” While the disco-esque tone of the song is strained by Iggy’s slightly out-of-place rap, Hudson’s powerhouse vocals, particularly in the chorus, are enough to redeem the entire thing. Pharrell’s production decisions seem unorthodox, especially in the odd rhythms and synthesizers, but they may be well received for just that reason.

FRENCH FOR RABBITS “Woke Up To A Storm” Here’s a quirky hidden gem from the New Zealand duo that might be worth checking out for people looking for something new. The layered arrangement of simple beats, spacey electric guitar, cascading violins, and haunting vocals create a dreamy tune that will put some to sleep and awaken the souls of others.

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BuzzFeed is changing the news Bennet Johnson When someone mentions BuzzFeed, top-10 lists, cat memes, huge bubbly images, and similar types of eye-grabbing, fluffy, flashy content probably come to mind.

BuzzFeed is known for completely re-inventing the digital top-10 list, essentially creating an innovative way to present content and cater to our generation’s shorter attention spans.

Since MIT graduate Jonah Peretti launched BuzzFeed in 2006, viewers have spent a total of about 42,972 years on the website, according to The New York Times.

This outrageously high number brings to light a question: what could people possibly be doing on this website for so much time?

One possible answer: last year, BuzzFeed launched its extremely popular “Community” section, where you can post links and other content, with readers being able to vote up or down or label content with buttons like “WTF” or “Fail.”

With the hours and days our generation spends on the site, most likely clicking on one of some 22,500 articles about cats, the website has gained attention from advertisers looking to market to the website’s 80 million unique visitors each month.

DigitasLBi, a marketing company with about 700 employees here in Boston, welcomed a new partnership with BuzzFeed this past Tuesday. Buzzfeed will work closely with the company to publish sponsored content that is designed to tailor to the younger generation, according to The Boston Business Journal.

Perhaps BuzzFeed’s greatest success has been its digital advertising—changing how companies directly market to the younger generation (mainly 18- to 24-yearolds).

What’s different about BuzzFeed is that it is destroying all competition in digital advertising.

Ads placed on the site’s homepage have an average click-through rate (CTR) of between 0.5 percent and 2.5 percent—compared to the 0.1 percent average CTR for display ads, according to DoubleClick.

Since people spend so much time and money on the site, this raises other questions about our generation as a whole: Why are we shifting away from traditional news sources, like Fox News, The Boston Globe, or even 60 Minutes? How have websites like BuzzFeed changed how students receive information?

According to a 2012 study by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford, only one in 10 Internet users was willing to pay for digital news last year. The study found that in the U.S., 30 percent of those subscribing to a news source chose The New York Times, 32 percent selected a local paper, and 16 percent opted for The Wall Street Journal.

Now, I’m not trying to compare news sources like The Times or WSJ to BuzzFeed—a website based on clicks. The fact is, traditional news sources are scrambling to compete in our digital world. They cannot replace the revenue they are losing as a result of users and advertisers shifting to websites like BuzzFeed.

I have to admit, I myself have squandered time viewing top-10 lists and taking quizzes like, “Which State Should You Really Live In?” (I am proud to say I got Minnesota). But the real issue here is that by supporting the BuzzFeeds, we are taking time and money away from legitimate news sources—eventually changing how our nation will receive information.

Simply put, young people are not traditional newsreaders.

They like BuzzFeed.

Bennet Johnson is the Asst. Metro Editor for The Heights. He can be reached at metro@bcheights.com

Thursday, September 18, 2014

Whole Foods pairs with Instacart for food delivery Whole Foods, from B8 in 15 cities, announced that the company is currently piloting a new in-store pick up option at select Whole Foods stores in the Boston area. Whole Foods will be the first national Instacart partner to offer the in-store pickup option.

“Customers are using our new delivery service and are loving it,” McCready said. “We’ve been so pleased with the response, and when it gets to be January, I believe that this will be a widely used service across Boston.”

The intention of the in-store pickup option is to speed up delivery and make the new service more cost-effective. The new setup eliminates time Instacart shoppers previously needed to travel to and from the store, and allows them to select groceries faster, because they will be familiar with the stores. The addition of an in-store pickup option will make it possible for busy customers, who can’t necessarily be at one place at a designated time, to place their order and pick up their groceries after an Instacart worker completes the job. “ Whole Fo o ds Market is our most requested shopping destination, and we’re happy to be working together to create a seamless, quick option for customers with busy lifestyles,” Apoorva Mehta, founder of Instacart, said in a statement.

In addition to Whole Foods, Instacart offers delivery services for a number of other locations in the Boston area—Costco, Shaws, Russo’s in Watertown, and Market Basket, to name a

Photo Courtesy of Whole Foods

Last Monday, Whole Foods launched a partnership with Instacart in order to deliver food in Boston, as it does in 15 cities nationally. few.

Supermarkets around the world are looking to experiment with the online delivery business.

According to the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), shoppers who become online converts spend 30 percent more than traditional in-store shoppers.

Safeway, Amazon, and Walmart are currently delivering or offering pilot programs for online delivery. BCG expects the global market to grow from $36 billion this year to $100 billion by 2018.

The Whole Foods stores cur-

rently piloting the new delivery service include Brighton, Newtonville, Charles River Plaza, and River St. One of the company’s recent goals has been to market Whole Foods to college students across the Greater Boston area.

“I think that college students in particular will use this service when they are in their dorms,” McCready said. “We know that college students don’t have a lot of free time, so our new service lets you call and order one bag of groceries and have it delivered right to your door.”

Boston College students, in

particular, have shown interest in Whole Foods’ new delivery service to eliminate travel costs, since the nearest location is in Brighton.

“My roommate and I usually go to Whole Foods every few weeks to pick up food, but don’t always get around to it because it’s kind of time consuming,” said Madeleine Loosbrock, A&S ’17.

“With the two hour delivery only $3.99, the delivery service would end up being cheaper than an Uber, or taking the T to and from Whole Foods, definitely making it the better choice.”

Partnerships with companies like Instacart help Whole Foods establish itself with new customers who don’t want to step into a supermarket, and don’t care that a store has a greenhouse or an oyster-shucking station.

“Looking to the future, I think a lot of people will use this service when they don’t have meal plans and actually need to buy all their food,” Loosbrock said.

“As college students, we’re all so busy during the week that even an extra hour not spent getting groceries will be well worth the delivery fee.” n

Lawn on D looks to draw millenials Lawn on D, from B8

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The strip mall will host artwork by Deborah Kass in this weekend’s installment.

The Street strip mall hosts art and music Street, from B8 world.”

The installation will consist of 39 banners and one billboard, all featuring some of Kass’ most iconic works from her Feel Good Paintings For Feel Bad Times collection, such as C’mon Get Happy, Forget Your Troubles, Sweet Thing, Let The Sunshine In, and OY YO. Kass has taken fragments of lyrics from Broadway musicals Hair and Summer Stock and rendered them in bold, colorful designs in pop and abstract expressionist styles, resulting in popping, eye-catching banners that are impossible to miss.

Despite the bright colors and abstract compositions, Kass says that the artwork is a response to all the issues troubling this world. Drawing from the lyrics of great classics, Kass attempts to recreate some of the optimism in her paintings.

“Popular culture, pop music, and art are some of the greatest and most meaningful exports America ever produced,” she said. “It made people from other places want to come here and be part of it. But I, like most people, am really worried about the state of the world. The work would be dishonest if it didn’t reflect this concern.”

The penultimate night of Summertime at The Street will feature a lineup of events beyond that of the art installation. The night will also have a performance by The Grownup Noise as part of Acoustic Thursday, as well as a Boston Globe cosponsored event called Third Thursdays—Boutique and Beauty Block Party Series—where participating boutiques on The Street offer incredible perks, savings, and parties to Thursday night shoppers and diners.

Sunday, Sept. 20 will be the last day of entertainment as part of Summertime at The Street, featuring a performance from the Newton Philharmonia. Celebrating its 20th year, the 50-piece orchestra will perform an All American Pops concert from 12 to 2:30 p.m., effectively kicking off its 2014-15 season, while simultaneously bringing Summertime at The Street to a close.

“Saturday is the Ne w ton Philharmonia,” Hamilton said.

“They are going to play a Pops concert for families, and we encourage families to come out and have picnics on The Green.

People can kind of hang out and get food at Shake Shack or on the patios, or get food at other restaurants. It’s going to be a really great event.” n

Currently, The Lawn is gearing many programs toward millennials, and thus, college students. Most recently, The Lawn hosted an EDM concert series, and this week, it will be hosting another event called “Make Music Boston,” during which local musicians will be performing.

Besides showcasing musicians, “The Lawn also seeks to feature local artists through a rotating art series,” Houser said. Currently, The Lawn is featuring a piece called “Swing Time.”

Swing Time consists of 20 glowing oval swings of three different sizes.

The swings are LED lit and when sitting statically, emit a warm white light.

When a curious lawn-goer sits and begins to swing to and fro, however, the swing reacts to the touch and begins emitting colored light. The color, varying from blues to purples to pinks becomes richer and deeper the more the person swings.

“When looking for artwork to display on The Lawn, we wanted art that was not static and something to just be looked at,” Houser said. “We wanted our art pieces to bring out the imaginations of our visitors and encourage them to interact with art in a unique way, in a way they hadn’t thought to before ... Swing Time encapsulates the overall vision of the space. When we saw it, we knew it was perfect.”

The vision Houser mentions is

that of Executive Director of the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority James (“Jim”) Rooney. “Jim was raised in the Boston area and takes a great deal of pride in that,” Houser said. “He sees the Convention and Exhibition Center as a part of the neighborhood and wants to integrate the Convention Center into the urban fabric of the area.” Thus, The Lawn was created to serve as a place where art, music, games, and community programs can all take place while also functioning as a place to gather for a bite to eat, a drink, or even a football game. “We’re in the innovation district,” she said. “We wanted to do something innovative and engaging in the community.”

The Lawn is putting a great deal of

focus on the “engagement” aspect of its marketing. The Lawn maintains active Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram accounts, and frequently updates its website with schedule updates and events. “As an experimental event space, we want to hear from people in the community,” Houser said. “We have a place on our website where visitors can give feedback and suggest events they want to go to on The Lawn.”

The results of the feedback so far have been extremely positive, Houser said. “We have honestly been surprised by how much attention The Lawn has gotten—we didn’t realize how successful it would be,” she said.

“We love looking through The Lawn hashtags and seeing what a great time people are having.” n

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The Lawn on D serves as the home to art installments and outdoor events.

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Halfway through pilot, future of late transit unclear

BY RYAN TOWEY Metro Editor

Nearly six months since the MBTA launched a year-long pilot program to see if late-night public transit stood a chance at survival on weekends in Boston, MBTA General Manager Beverly A. Scott knows that high, consistent ridership will be one way to measure the program’s success—and she knows just where she might find people to keep that number high.

“We have students all year round, but this is the time of year when you know it,” Scott said. “They are back in spades.”

As local colleges settle into their semesters, Scott said that she encourages students—especially freshmen previously unaware of the late-night pilot program that launched in March—to take advantage of the service.

“So far, the late-night service has been going very nicely,” she said, with nearly half a million riders having taken advantage of the service since the pilot’s launch.

Under the extended hours, the subway trains, Green Line trolleys, Silver Line buses, The Ride service for people with disabilities, and the most popular bus routes—numbers 1, 15, 22, 23, 28, 32, 39, 57, 66, 71, 73, 77, 111, 116, and 117—operate until 3:00 a.m. on weekends, with the last trains leaving downtown Boston at about 2:30 a.m.

The pilot costs about $20 million—but local sponsors, including The Boston Globe and Dunkin’ Donuts, have helped to offset that cost.

According to MBTA spokeswoman Kelly Smith, public transit serviced between 14,000 and 16,000 riders during late-night hours on most weekends during the summer.

The late-night pilot program is consistent with other measures that the administration of Mayor Martin J. Walsh, WCAS ’09, has supported to modernize Boston and convert it into a city more likely to attract and maintain a population of youthful top talent, including later closing hours for Boston bars, which were rejected by city lawmakers in June.

“My administration is committed to creating the kind of safe and vibrant late-night culture that’s expected of a world-class city,” Walsh said, according to a March press release. “Transportation is a critical element to making that vision a reality.”

In March, businesses owners lauded the move to extend public transit hours on weekends, which would encourage consumers to stay out later knowing that they would have a safe way home.

Later hours, however, are not the only way the MBTA may strive to attract students to use its services. Youth activists, including the Youth Affordability Coalition, have pushed for cheaper student fares, including by building

imburse the services affected by the casino, including police and firemen. Along with the $170 million that accounts for the accepted proposal’s estimated payroll, Wynn notes that the hiring process will provide first preference to Everett residents and their families.

“My company recognizes that our real success depends not only on how well we treat our employees and guests, but how fair we are with our neighbors, as well,” Wynn said in a note on a website dedicated to promoting the casino giant to Everett.

“That’s why everyone worked hard to create a Host Community Agreement that will make a profound impact on Everett for

generations to come.”

Though both Wynn executives and Everett Mayor Carlo DeMaria are excited about the project, reactions among the city’s residents are mixed. The possibility of increased job opportunities does not negate concerns about increased traffic and congestion in the area, which Everett citizens are already apprehensive about.

Despite the prospect of crowding, DeMaria told The Globe that the decision would bring success to Everett, changing what he termed a “desolate” part of the city “You won’t recognize the city of Everett, hopefully, in 10 years. We will no longer be the butt end of the city of Boston,” he said. “We will be the entrance

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The MBTA’s late-night transit program has served nearly half a million weekend riders. partnerships with local colleges for a subsidized university pass.

According to Scott, a team of youth and university students has been working with MBTA consultants to devise plans or potential pilot programs for youth passes.

For the time being, however, Scott is most focused on seeing that the latenight pilot program is a success.

Her advice to students—and to all those who might benefit from the MBTA’s light-night service—is this: “Use it, or lose it.” 

to the city of Everett.”

The proposal plans to use a 30-acre site on Mystic River to house its 500 hotel rooms, 3,242 slot machines, and 168 table games. The location, which used to be occupied by a chemical plant, will include a 365-foot glass, five-star hotel tower along with 77,250 square feet of retail space, as well as meeting and convention areas, food and drink options, and a large nightclub.

Though the competing proposal included many of the same amenities, in the wake of the commission’s decision executives from Mohegan Sun as well as Suffolk Downs have already made statements concerning the negative impact that the conclusion will bring to Revere.

“We will be meeting with employees

and horsemen over the next several days to talk about how we wind down racing operations as a 79-year legacy of Thoroughbred racing in Massachusetts will be coming to an end,” said the Suffolk Downs Chief Operating Officer Chip Tuttle to The Globe. He also said that the decision would result in “unemployment and uncertainty for many hard-working people.”

Though the disappointed Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority is out of the running, the gambling commission has one more casino license to award for the state of Massachusetts. According to the commission’s timeline, the license for the third region, which accounts for southern Massachusetts, will be determined in August of 2015. 

BOSTON FOODIE Comedor set to be Newton’s newest dining room Couple’s restaurant will serve both Chilean and American cuisine, along with craft beers

BY MAGGIE POWERS Heights Editor Putting a kitchen in the front window quite literally makes a statement about how involve d Jakob White and Fernanda Tapia White want their customers to be in Comedor, a new ChileanAmerican restaurant opening Newton. For White and Tapia White, their new restaurant is all about incorporating the client into the restaurant experience. Set to open in the coming weeks—sometime between Sept. 22 and 29—almost every aspect of Comedor, from the conception to the funding, has been customer-centric.

Despite Tapia White growing up in Santiago, Chile and White hailing from New York, the couple’s thoughts about how a meal should be were formed at a young age and are quite similar.

“Together, we both shared similar kind of experiences growing up just having dinner with our families—having a lot of small dishes

of food and small plates on the table,” White said on Monday. “It was a very fun, interactive way to eat. That registered with us, and we thought about that when we were starting a restaurant.”

The pair met in the culinary program at Boston University and later worked together at 51 Lincoln. They were married last year and decided it was time to open a restaurant together.

The duo have managed to involve their clients even before Comedor has begun to serve food. Through the use of Kickstarter, $25,160 was raised to put the finishing touches on the restaurant. “That was our plan from the beginning,” White said. “We learned about Kickstrater, and we wanted to reach out to the local community and help them be a part of something that is happening in their neighborhood.”

Comedor, meaning “dining room” in Spanish, is exactly the atmosphere the duo envisions for its new space. The food will be served small-plate style, allowing the diners to have a collective culinary experience. “It’s not just that kind of thing where they order one entree and each person is like, ‘Oh, how was yours? How was yours?’ You know? Everyone kind of gets to share and be a part of this experience,” White said.

They have built a chef ’s bar so that a bar sur rounds the kitchen where the customers see their food being cooked. The windows of the re s taurant also allow for easy viewing into

LOCATION: 105 Union St. CUISINE: Chilean-American

On finding my first adult address SARAH MOORE

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the kitchen for passersby. White expressed that with the popularization of chefs on TV, people have this fascination with the process. “[The restaurant is] fluid and liquid and moving and an evolving organism all the time, and we want people to see that and be a part of it,” he said.

“It’s the way we cook, too. Flavors are round, and we put a lot of thought into it, and we want people to experience that.”

They plan to fuse their two cultures to create unique, but still comforting, flavors. While much of the food is from White’s childhood, they want to infuse it with creative Chilean flavors.

“I think people have this idea that [South American] food is all similar to Mexican food, but each country has its own unique cuisine, and we want to showcase that,” White said.

Touching on flavor components from

familiar dishes and adding creative flavors will allow even the unfamiliar to feel familiar, a careful balance between New York and Santiago.

And what would Chilean food be without its wine, or American food without beer? Comedor will feature some of the wine for which Chile is famous to pair with the food. The beer list will be comprised of craft beers, only from the U.S. White explained that right now, the U.S. is the leader in craft beers, so he wants to highlight these fun flavors by featuring microbrews and local beers. There will also be cocktails inspired by Prohibition-era classics.

“It will be a little bit of something for everyone—price points and flavors,” White said.

There are only a few weeks left until the two invite the local community into Comedor, Newton’s newest dining room. 

If making the first payment for an off-campus house and receiving a notice for jury duty on the same day doesn’t make you feel like an adult, I don’t know what will.

On Sunday, this two-fold plunge into the real world hit me hard as I walked back to my air-conditioned and tapestry-laden Vandy nine-man from White Mountain. What was supposed to be a celebratory ice cream trip quickly turned into my eating my anxieties away in scoops of Purple Cow as my overambitious roommate scribbled down the schedule of payments we would be making and contracts we would be signing over the next few months on the back of a napkin. As I watched the crumpled paper substitute fill with zeros and dollar signs, I silently prayed in between bites that my mom would find the cost of utilities as hilarious as my being called for jury duty.

My ascension into the realm of leases and voir dire took a phone call and one showing with a realtor, and with the guarantee of an address my stress over finishing the reading for Melville and the World was replaced with the anxiety of waiting for my copy of Real Estate for Dummies, courtesy of Amazon Prime.

I would like to attest, based on the immediate feeling of heightened responsibility and stature I assumed after only thinking about a monthly rent, having your own address is even more likely to inspire feelings of independence.

An address, personalized by house numbers and a zip code, seems to me even more telling than a social security number. It accounts for at least your price range and neighborhood of choice, but also serves as a welcomed destination for care-packages and newspaper clippings from concerned grandmothers—as well as the endpoint for monthly electric bills that you have yet to be able to understand.

My address, however, will do more than just serve as a long-awaited canvas for Christmas lights hung year round.

My address in Brighton, while in a quaint neighborhood outside of the business of the city, envelops me in the metropolitan responsibilities of a Bostonian.

It guarantees that I will at some point struggle to shovel snow in midDecember, that I will scavenge the streets for some decent furniture during Allston Christmas on September 1, and that I will lose my voice—and perhaps my dignity—cheering for the runners on the best Monday of the year.

While it is easy to romanticize my new zip code with beautiful study days on the Common and the ability to bake for my new neighbors, it is the wonders of my new address that are thrusting me, helpless, into the world of jury duty and a monthly rent.

As glorified as living off campus may seem, there is something to be said for the convenience of the walk back from class to Lower and the 15 minutes longer I will be able to sleep in this year. Especially in the wake of student overcrowding and safety violations, it is important to remind yourself that your very own address isn’t always fun and games (even if you have a soundproof basement).

Things seem to move quickly at the beginning of each school year and the off-campus housing process definitely doesn’t avoid the start of the semester rush. It was only two days after I stepped foot into the home that would signify my junior year address that I sat, anxious and full, at White Mountain after making the first deposit, and, as much as I would love to say that it was a perfect match, the rushed time table reflects the nature of the process.

Between the leases and the Christmas lights, there will undoubtedly be some hiccups along my first year of home renting, but, be it good or bad, I can’t wait to endure the beauties of my Boston address.

Sarah Moore is an editor for The Heights. She can be reached at metro@bcheights.com.

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Edge of Town

A few good mornings

By Sarah Moore Heights Editor

Ryan Towey

Ryan Towey is the Metro Editor for The Heights. He can be reached at metro@ bcheights.com

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Out On

In life, you get a handful of good mornings.

A fair number of mine were down at the shore house, when my cousins, sister, and I would be woken up early by my father, each of us reluctant to betray sleep, but only for a moment—because then our minds made the connection.

It was a French toast sticks day. My father would pack all of us into the car and drive us to the nearest McDonald’s, where we would order them—with extra syrup requested—and then head to the beach. In my memory, there was always one wooden picnic table near the entrance of the beach, where my dad would carefully give each of us a box of the rectangular breakfast treats, a napkin, and a packet of syrup, warning us to be careful to keep our sticky hands out of the sand.

It is those kind of mornings—quiet and sunny, with food involved—that I live for. They provide the unusual species of memory that convinces you that something happened countless times, although your logical mind knows that it happened only infrequently. Those mornings were a tradition, but also a treat.

During my freshman year, I was having one of many bad mornings. The usual issues—too much work, however important it may be, and too many people, however well-intentioned they may be.

Just too much in the way between myself and the morning I wanted to be having.

So I did something that I don’t do—I dropped it.

I grabbed my backpack and started for the door.

“Where’re you going?” my roommate asked. He was doing what I didn’t want to be doing—homework for his 11 a.m. class strewn across his bed, phone vibrating with a group of people incessantly texting to determine where they would have lunch that day, only to decide that they would have lunch in the same place they always did, at the same exact time.

I looked at him. “Honestly no idea,” I said. “But I’ll be back in a few hours.”

I was on the T in what felt like a matter of seconds, and sitting on a bench in the Public Garden in mere minutes, and I felt sufficiently far enough away from BC to relax. I watched a woman painting the Swan Boats—an integral slice of Boston imagery that I have never been able to get myself excited about, for some reason.

I pulled out a book—the first time I had been reading for fun in weeks and watched the progress of two men and one woman walking toward people on the benches around the Garden and talking with them briefly before moving on each time. It looked like they were selling something, and I dreaded their progress in my direction.

Finally, a shadow was over my page.

They gave me their pitch—they were part of a Christian group, and I prepared myself for the usual discomfort that such conversations created.

They asked me about my faith—I told them, probably not entirely what they wanted hear, but I had satisfied their interest. In my mind, I was anxious for them to keep moving, to bother the next ambiguously faithful person who had no idea why he was sitting on a bench late on a Wednesday morning.

But they had one more question.

“What are you reading?” the woman asked.

I held the cover up to them, a wordless response that I hoped would convey that I was no longer in the mood to converse.

She raised her eyebrows, nodded.

“Interesting,” she said. “Beautiful.”

I still sometimes disappear without telling anyone where I will be—it is my traditional treat. I never get what I’m looking for, but I am sometimes close to chasing down a French toast stick morning.

The state gaming commission on Tuesday approved the proposal in Everett for a $1.6 billion casino to be built north of Boston. It will be one of the largest private developments in Massachusetts state history.

The 3-1 vote awarded the eastern Massachusetts casino license to Wynn Resorts, owned by billionaire developer and resort tycoon Steve Wynn, over Mohegan Sun which intended to build at the Suffolk Downs racetrack in Revere.

Despite concern over the potential repeal of a 2011 state law authorizing three casinos in Massachusetts, the commissioners concluded hearings on Tuesday morning with only acting commission chairman James McHugh preferring the competing

proposal by Mohegan Sun. Though McHugh told The Boston Globe that “both applicants were terrifically qualified,” the commission leaned towards Wynn, believing it would create more jobs as well as stand up better to a competitive market. The casino giant agreed to all requirements that the commission set forth and on Wednesday, expressed the agreements formally both orally and in writing.

In addition to the 4,000 permanent and 3,700 construction jobs that “Wynn in Everett” hopes to bring to the area, a “Note from Steve Wynn” on the project’s website reads that the casino will compensate the city multiple millions of dollars each year through payments to cover the impact of increased real estate taxes as well as to reAP Photo / Wynn Resorts

The state gaming commission approved Wynn Resorts’ casino plans for Everett on Tuesday.

The Lawn on D serves as a multipurpose outdoor city venue

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By Adriana Olaya Heights Staff The electric energy was palpable. Drinks in hand, the viewing party’s attendees cheered as the Patriots pummeled the Minnesota Vikings last weekend, said Katie Houser, director of communications at The Lawn on D and the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority. Unlike the number of parties taking place across homes and bars in New England, however, this party boasted over 700 attendees and was located in quite the venue.

The Lawn on D is not your average sports bar. Although it is one of the only open park spaces of its kind with a liquor license, the bar, which is open Thursday through Sunday, is only one facet of this multipurpose area.

The Lawn is a 2.7-acre outdoor event space on D street, near the South Station T stop. As an extension of the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, The Lawn hosts a great deal of diverse private events. “Most recently, Hubspot has been hosting their annual events including food trucks at lunch, boot camp sessions, and an evening reception,” Houser said. Given that The Lawn is an outdoor venue, adjustments often have to be made.

“One time we had an event that required signs on easels on a windy day,” she said. “That sort of thing requires a lot of thinking on our feet.”

While The Lawn does act as an extension of the Convention and Exhibition Center by hosting private events, most of its events and activities are open to the public. “We wanted a family-friendly space that could also serve as an adult playground,” Houser said. “The Lawn offers public seating, lounge chairs, and Wi-Fi for those looking to relax and lawn games such as corn hole, boccee, Frisbee, Ping-Pong, and KanJam for those looking to have fun.”

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Strip mall ‘The Street’ serves as arts venue Artist Deborah Kass discusses her upcoming display

By Gus Merrell Heights Staff Even at 2 p.m. on a weekday, The Street at Chestnut Hill was alive with action. Shoppers meandered between various fashion boutiques, and couples sat outside in the sun as they ate their burgers and fries from Shake Shack.

Although weekday afternoons are not the busiest, The Street still has the feel of a popular destination for shoppers in the Chestnut Hill area.

The Street is a strip mall that stretches from the Star Market on the corner of Hammond St. and Boylston Ave. to the Showcase SuperLux on the corner Hammond Pond Parkway and Boylston Ave. In between are numerous restaurants, clothing boutiques, health and beauty retailers, and countless other shops.

To differentiate itself from the other strip malls, The Street has initiated various summer programs, called Summertime at The Street, which add a buzz to the mall around the clock.

There are arts and crafts programs for kids on Tuesdays, live music on Thursdays, and classical concerts performed by students at the Berklee College of Music on Sunday afternoons. The Street also utilizes the 2,000-square-foot green space in front of Shake Shack for yoga on Sunday mornings and fitness classes on Tuesdays.

But since Summertime at The Street

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only runs between June and September, The Street has initiated a series of art installations that is making its debut today. The organization is working with a group out of New York called the Art Production Fund that will help it find popular artists of this generation who are willing to have their work on display.

“The art will be here for a while, but this is the first of, hopefully, many to come, and we want to keep things fresh and exciting and rotate the series to keep people’s attention and make them want to come back to see what else we have to offer,” said Bill Hamilton, general manager of The Street.

Hamilton said that he and the organization wanted to come up with a unique way for shoppers and diners to interact with the art, and for that reason there is no featured art gallery. Instead, prints of the artists’ work will be displayed as banners on light poles with which people will continuously interact as they walk around The Street.

Thursday is the kick-off of the inaugural art installation, featuring works from Deborah Kass. Kass is known for drawing inspiration from different mediums and genres and mixing them together to produce a work of art that is an exploration of the intersection of art and pop culture.

“I am inspired by the world around me,” Kass said in an email. “It is what I think about all the time, and my work is my conversation with the world. I look to other great art for inspiration, as well. And, it inspires the language I use to have this conversation with the

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Due to a partnership with Instacart, Whole Foods can now deliver to Boston customers.

Whole Foods, Instacart to deliver in Boston

By Bennet Johnson Asst. Metro Editor In the competitive world of the grocery delivery business, any edge helps.

Last Monday, Whole Foods Market announced a partnership with the online grocery shopping company Instacart, turning up the heat in the grocery delivery competition circulating the U.S. Instacart is a new service that essentially provides users with a personal shopper for their grocery store. If customers pick out the items they want online, an Instacart personal shopper will go to the selected supermarket, shop for the food, and deliver it straight to the user’s door.

Instacart allows its users to order groceries online or through its mobile app, and then will deliver the shipment within one or two hours ($5.99 for onehour delivery and $3.99 for two-hour

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delivery), or at another designated time.

The partnership will allow Whole Foods customers to save orders, so customers can log back into the site and easily re-access previous orders. The app also offers a recipe database and other shopping tools to simplify the selection of groceries.

“Whole Foods Market has been a community partner in Boston for many years, and Boston is a great market to implement this service because there is such a large demand for shopping at Whole Foods in the city,” said Heather McCready, the North Atlantic spokeswoman for Whole Foods. “The delivery service is a great next step in a city where people are relying on commuting by foot or using public transportation.”

Instacart, which already delivers Whole Foods products to customers

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