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    VOLUME 74, NUMBER 22

      The Suffolk Journalsuffolkjournal.net

    VOLUME 75, NUMBER 15 February 12, 2015

      SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY • BOSTON THE AWARD-WINNING STUDENT NEWSPAPER

    suffolkjournal.net @suffolkjournal

    Thalia Yunen Journal Staff 

     Chairman of the Board encourages

    Suffolk community to be involvedin search for next president

    Brigitte Carreiro Journal Staff 

    Emergency Manager focuses on students amid snowstorms

    See EMERGENCY page 3See SEARCH page 2

    Brigitte Carreiro Journal Staff 

     CAS seniors search for postgraduate success

    SENIOR SERIES

    Following the recent bar-rage of winter storms thatpiled dozens of inches of snowonto the metro Boston areaand caused multiple schoolclosures, Suffolk University’sEmergency Manager JohnDeSilva stressed the univer-sity’s main concern is to keepstudents and faculty safe dur-ing any type of emergency.

     After working as a firechief for Amherst and San-bornton, New Hampshire fornine years, DeSilva began atSuffolk as part of the Environ-mental Health and Safety Of-

    fice, dealing with issues suchas the shipment of hazardous waste and lab inspections.

    DeSilva has been the uni- versity’s Emergency Managersince the position was createdtwo years ago.

    “My job is to make surethe university is prepared foremergencies and events, andto respond to them appropri-ately, handle them, and recov-er from them,” said DeSilva.

    He compared Suffolk to theBoston Symphony Orchestra,and described that he acts asringleader among the univer-sity’s many departments.

    “Think of the BSO: theysound great, but you still need

    Having a definite plan fol-lowing graduation is alwaysthe dream, but is not alwaysattainable. For some College of Arts and Sciences seniors, thepath to postgraduate successisn’t always a straight one.

    Daveson Perez, a broadcast journalism student, is not en-tirely sure where his degree will take him come May, buthopes that a small televisionstation in Mississippi willmake his decision clearer. Af-ter participating in the Alter-native Spring Break trip inBiloxi, Mississippi last year,Perez, a sports broadcastinghopeful, became acquainted with professionals at their lo-cal station, WLOX-TV, and isconsidering applying to posi-tions there.

    “They said they would wantto see my resume, so hopefullythere’s a sports position, butI’ll take whatever I can get aslong as I can get my foot inthe door.”

    Perez said that his ultimategoal would be to make it ontoESPN as a commentator, butunderstands the hard work it will take to get there.

    “It’s a very big dream, and Irealize that, but I’m also realis-tic to the fact that it’s going totake some time to get there,”he said.

     Another senior, Paula Dix-on, graduating in May with adegree in public relations, alsodoesn’t have a crystal clearplan of where she’ll be follow-ing her last semester at Suf-folk. Sticking close to advisorsfrom the university’s CareerDevelopment Center, she hasapplied to a full-time intern-ship in New York City, whereshe hopes to move after gradu-

    See SENIOR page 3ation.“I’m starting to think do-

    ing a little bit of a full-time,paid internship would be cool

    to do before really diving intoa whole professional career,”Dixon said.

    Jack Morton Worldwide,the company she applied to, is“looking like the place I wantto be,” Dixon said.

     Although some seniorsknow where they want to befollowing graduation, it is notalways a straight shot gettingthere. Perez said that this par-ticular field is challenging tobreak into.

    “The difficult thing aboutbroadcast journalism is thatit is such a popular field that whoever works in it finds it very hard to leave,” he said.“The fact that there are somany passionate, motivated, young professionals that wantto graduate and do what I wantto do makes the whole thing very hard in terms of findingCourtesy of Daveson Perez

     After four years with threedifferent presidents at Suf-folk’s helm, the university issearching for a new leader tosucceed Norman Smith, whobecame the interim president just days before fall semesterbegan.

    Chairman of the Board ofTrustees Andrew Meyer saidin a letter sent to membersof the Suffolk community onWednesday that the board in-tends to work as diligently andas quickly as possible in find-

    ing a new president.Korn Ferry, an executive re-cruitment firm headquarteredin Los Angeles with a basein Boston, will be aiding theSearch Committee in finding anew president.

    “There are too many vari-ables involved, however, toidentify a precise timeline forthe various stages of the pro-cess. Nonetheless, you should

    be rest assured that the SearchCommittee is working withKorn Ferry as expeditiously aspossible taking into accountthe necessity to identify andreach out to the finest candi-dates available,” said Meyer inthe letter.

    Suffolk has been in a tran-sitional period, and Meyer be-lieves Smith has been success-ful in leading the university

    toward progress.“We’ve come into a situ-ation, he’s come into a situ-ation in which he was veryunfamiliar with, he’s gettingto know the people,” Meyersaid in a telephone interviewTuesday. “We’ve seen some

    Courtesy of Andrew Meyer's ofce

    Melissa Hanson/Journal Staff

    Korn Ferry

    will be aiding the

    9-member

    Search

    Committee

    in nding

    the new

    president

    Valentine's Day InternationalNew dating apps play role of Cupid for students, pg. 3 Passports, balances and Europe, pg. 5

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    VALENTINE'S DAY 2015

    Dani MarreroSammy Hurwtiz

     Journal Staff 

    New dating apps play role of Cupid for students

    We order our food online,submit our homework throughBlackBoard, and even onlineshop. So why not find love on-line, too?

    In this modern age wheretechnology is so often in theforefront of everything we do,it has firmly ingrained itself inthe way college-aged singles

    choose to find love. BetweenOkCupid, Match.com, Hot OrNot, and even Tinder and Grin-dr amongst others, there is noshortage of outlets for activelylooking, college-aged singles.

    One of the biggest questionsasked about these love-vesselsis what purpose do they reallyserve? Are these websites andapplications meant to trulyhelp singles find “the one,” orare they just another outlet topromote “hook up culture?”

    Well, it may depend on what outlet that person choos-es to use.

     “People who go on Tinder,it’s obviously a hook-up app,”said Matt McInnis, a sopho-more “You’re not looking forlove [on Tinder]. It’s alwaysbetter to have someone in your bed, than it is to sit therealone.”

    But when asked about Ok-Cupid and Match.com, McIn-nis was adamant in saying thatthose outlets are for datingand long-term relationships.

    One thing is for sure: theseonline dating websites and ap-plications make meeting other

    singles significantly easier.Between the ages of 18

    and 20, some find it a hassleto meet new people especiallythose living in a major city likeBoston. Considering the rules

    held by local bars, many of which deny entry to those un-der age 21, finding other sin-gles can become cumbersome.

    For junior Erica Brierley,Tinder was the way to meetothers when she studiedabroad in France in the fall.

     A change of culture, lan-guage, and with a bit of influ-ence from a close friend whosaid, “Just try it,” Brierley soonfound herself swiping throughpossible matches.

    “When I was in France withthat friend, I just decided to join,” said Brierley, a Frenchand international relations ma- jor. “I met tons of people, wenton a lot of dates, and it wasgreat to meet people to hang

    out with and grab a drink.”Upon returning to Suffolk,

    she observed a change in thebehavior of men who use Tin-der in Boston versus those inFrance, describing the French

    Courtesy of Matt McInnis

    “You’re notlooking for

    love[on Tinder].It’s always

    better to havesomeone in

    your bed, thanit is to sit there

    alone.”

    - Matt McInnis

    McInnis calls Tinder a "hook-up app."

    as “more willing to hang out,”she said.

    But despite that difference,Brierley is currently datingsomeone she met through Tin-der while in the U.S.

    “When I told my mom abouthim, I had to explain to her the

     whole Tinder thing,” Brierleysaid. “I sat down with her andexplained it calmly, told her ithas a bad reputation, but witha respectful photo and descrip-tion, you attract others who

     will respect you, too.”Brierley has not uninstalled

    the app from her phone, buther usage has decreased sinceshe began seeing her currentsweetheart.

     As for hooking up, althoughBrierley recognizes that online

    dating further encourages it,she does not view it as “neces-sarily a bad thing.”

    “It allows it to happen moreregularly,” she said. “You don’tmeet people in person and say,

    ‘Let’s hook up.’ Online you’renot shy about asking what you want.”

    Regardless of whether stu-dents are looking for “serious”dates or a casual hook up, on-line dating is not a hit for ev-eryone. With the vast amountof apps to choose from, on topof the regular complicationsof finding a connection withsomeone else, a jump into thesearch for love online can bea bust.

    “Some girls lived too faraway,” said Nick DiVirgilio,a junior at the New EnglandSchool of Art and Design whotested online dating using thesite Plenty of Fish. “I felt like Ididn’t really connect with toomany girls on the site.”

    DiVirgilio used POF forabout two months without go-

    ing on any dates. Eventually,he backed out of the modernday courtship and tried it theold fashioned way.

    “I met someone offline,” Di- Virgilio said.

    major steps forward and we’regetting some traction exposingthe university and the many

    awards and achievements thathave accomplished and he’s working hard to achieve that.”

    Former Treasurer andReceiver-General of Massa-chusetts Steve Grossman haspublicly expressed interest inbecoming the next presidentof Suffolk.

    “Steve Grossman is a terrificguy, but he’s only one of manypeople who have expressed aninterest and who will be evalu-ated,” said Meyer.

    In the letter, Meyer saidthat Korn Ferry will be lookingfor input from members of the

    Suffolk community to “deter-mine their viewpoints on thedesired skills and attributes ofa presidential candidate.” Themeetings have not been sched-uled.

    Korn Ferry will then identi-fy, recruit and assess potentialcandidates, and bring them tothe Search Committee.

     As of Wednesday, the SearchCommittee consists of Chair-man of the Search CommitteeMark E. Sullivan; President and

    CEO of Legal Sea Foods RogerBerkowitz; President and CEOof Joslin Diabetes Center and

    Joslin Clinic John L. Brooks, III;President and CEO of Mount Auburn Hospital Jeanette G.Clough; Senior Vice Presidentof Academic Affairs and Pro- vost Marisa Kelly; ManagingDirector of State Street GlobalMarkets FX Sales and TradingTara Taylor; Assistant GeneralCounsel of Sunovion Pharma-ceuticals Inc. Damian Wilmot;Chair of Faculty Senate at Suf-folk Elizabeth Wilson; and An-drew Meyer.

     Committee, firm starting search for new president From SEARCH page 1

    The Suffolk community isencouraged by Meyer to con-tact Korn Ferry. The contact

    person listed in the letter isDavid Mead-Fox, who can bereached at [email protected].

    Regarding other changesat the university, includingthe decision to place the Do-nahue and Archer buildingson the market, Meyer echoedthe voices of other universityleaders on the benefits of mov-ing toward a more centralizedcampus.

    “We obviously have 20

    Somerset, which is a beauti-ful new building being erect-ed and we’re moving toward

    more modern buildings, lesson Beacon Hill and more to- ward the city,” Meyer said overthe phone. “[Donahue and Ar-cher] weren’t as functional asthey might be. They needed alot of work and we think theuniversity will be much betterserved.”

    Plans for Ridgeway and theNew England School of Art andDesign building are not “onthe front burner right now,”Meyer said.

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    P O L I C E B L O T T E R

    Thursday, February 57:24 p.m.

    150 TremontFraud/Uering.

    Sunday, February 111:34 p.m.Miller Bike UnitVandalism by grai. Case closed.

    Saturday, January 3112:16 a.m.

    10 WestMinor in possession ofalcohol/marijuana less than 1 ounce. Judicial internal.

    Saturday, January 313:37 p.m.150 TremontLarceny. Case closed.

    The Boston Police Department is actively investigatinga fatal shooting that occurred in the area of 891 Centre St.in Jamaica Plain. The shooting took place at 10:35 a.m. onWednesday, according to a statement on the police blog. Dur-ing a routine patrol, officers heard shots fired and pursuedtwo individuals on foot “and were fired upon by at least oneof the individuals,” the website said. Officers were able to re-strain two individuals fleeing from the scene.

    Commissioner William Evans said of the pursuit, “None

    of our officers were injured, but again used tremendous re-straint and regard for the safety of the public when quick-ly reacting and detaining these two individuals.” The vic-tim of the shooting was described as a male in his 20s, and was pronounced dead at the scene from multiple gunshot wounds. Police ask anyone who may have information to calldetectives at 617-343-4470.

    C O R R E C T I O N

    Due to an error, a graphic on the front page of last week'sedition incorrectly stated that the Ballotti Learning Center was located in the Donahue building and omitted listing SLI.The Ballotti Learning Center, previously located in Dona-hue, is now located in the Sawyer Library, and SLI is on thefourth floor of Donahue.

    a conductor to get everybodyto operate in harmony,” hesaid. “And that’s a lot of whatI do as emergency manager,

    coordinate all the different de-partments university-wide.”

    Much of DeSilva’s positionis about planning. He meets with a team of representativesfrom many of the university’sdepartments once a month toensure that emergency plansare firmly in place.

    “There’s 15 of us on theteam, and they’re the ones who really get together withmyself whenever we have alarge-scale event to handle andmake sure we recover from it,”he said.

    Looking back at WinterStorm Juno, DeSilva said hemet with Chief of Suffolk Uni- versity Police Chip Coletta,Risk Manager Karen Kruppa,and Director of Facilities Oper-ations Jim Wallace to discussclosing the university, andgave a recommendation to Se-nior Vice President for Financeand Administration and Trea-surer Danielle Manning, whothen made a decision on behalfof President Norman Smith on whether or not to operate asnormal.

    DeSilva said student safety

    has always been the ultimategoal when deciding closures.

    “Our primary concern issafety. We don’t want peopleto come to campus, being sucha large commuter population,and potentially get injured onthe way here,” he said.

    Suffolk’s considerable num-ber of commuters certainlyplays a large part in the deci-sion to close down the univer-sity during a snowstorm emer-gency. According to DeSilva,73 percent of Suffolk studentslive in a community with an

    MBTA stop, and that issues with the MBTA play a majorrole in whether or not Suffolkcan hold school.

    The MBTA’s influence onclosures at Suffolk was evi-

    Despite snow, students stay safe From EMERGENCY page 1

    Courtesy of John DeSilva

    Scholars willing to travel for dream job From SENIOR page 1

    a job.”Some students find that

    picking majors directly cor-relates to eventually finding

    a well-paying job, but Dixonand Perez both said they madedecisions solely on what theyenjoyed doing. Perez said thatbeing “realistic” was neversomething he was worriedabout.

    “I think that if you feelconfident and have that beliefthat you want to do it, youcan make it happen despite allthe hurdles and obstacles,” hesaid.

    Dixon is on the same page,

    dent during the earlier part ofthis week. DeSilva said that af-ter shutting down on Mondaydue to another snowstorm, theuniversity’s fate for Tuesday was ultimately decided by theMBTA.

    “We were expecting maybea delay,” he said. “Then all ofa sudden the T shut down allday, and when you’re a com-muter school that ties yourhands right there.”

    DeSilva said that the big-gest emergency he has dealt with so far during his time atSuffolk was the Boston Mara-thon bombings.

    “The initial exclusion zonethat the FBI and Boston PoliceDepartment set up went rightup to the building that NESADis in, so there was a lot wedealt with that day,” he said.“That was by far the biggestevent that impacted us.”

    DeSilva said that he thinksof his own college-aged daugh-ter when dealing with emer-

    gency situations.“I look at all these col-lege students as the sons anddaughters of somebody, and Itake a very serious responsibil-ity of protecting the students

    as well as the staff and facultyhere,” he said. “We can rebuilda building. We can’t rebuildpeople.”

     According to DeSilva, stu-dents respond well duringemergency situations, some-thing he appreciates.

    “When I go out and talk tothe students, I get very posi-tive feedback,” he said. “I findoverall the students are veryengaged. They respond well to

    the directions and the requeststhat we make of them.”

    Overall, DeSilva said that helooks to keep all students andemployees of Suffolk safe andthat he believes the best wayto do so is to keep everyone well informed.

    “Emergency prepared-ness is all about informationand communicating. We needpeople to have the mindset ofknowing where they can goto get information,” he said.“When we ask you to do some-thing, we’re doing it to keep

     you safe.”Suffolk University’s Emer-gency Plan can be found onthe Emergency Preparednesssection of the university’s web-site.

    and said that after switchingmajors many times, she finallydecided on public relations. Aninternship last summer in the

    field only solidified her deci-sion.

    “Now that I’m starting tothink about jobs, and after I’vedone an internship with a PRcompany and loved it, I defi-nitely know this is what I wantto do,” she said.

    Finding a secure job follow-ing graduation is somethingmost sought-after by seniors,and Dixon said that she is feel-ing the pressure.

    “Income is always the big-

    gest worry for me,” she said.“Personally, I’ve always want-ed to live in New York, but it’sgetting very expensive to live

    in that city, so I have to startthinking realistically.”

    Perez said that although hisplan is not yet completely setin stone, his time at Suffolkhas made him excited for whatthe future will bring for him.

    “Having real world experi-ence and working alongsidepeople who have been doing what you want to do for years,that’s a very powerful thing,”he said. “It keeps the dreamalive.”

    N E WS B R I E F

    DeSilva said that the university's fate for Tuesdaywas ultimately decided by the MBTA.

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    Suffolk abroad: Passports, balances, and Europe

    El Salvador woman receives pardon for miscarriage

     Alexa Gagosz Journal Staff 

    When Carmen Guadalupe Vásquez Aldana had a miscar-riage from a pregnancy afterbeing raped in El Salvador,

    she was charged with aggra- vated homicide. She was 18at the time, and sentenced to30 years in prison, accordingto Jurist, which is supportedby the University of PittsburghSchool of Law. Last month, shereceived a pardon.

    The U.N. has supported go-ing through some of the sen-tences of women who neededan abortion due to certain sit-uations. El Salvador has one ofthe strictest laws on abortionin the world. Even if the moth-er’s life is at risk, it is illegal.

    Paula Avila, a lawyer whoserves as an advocacy advisorfor the nonprofit organiza-tion Center for ReproductiveRights, has been trying to easethe total ban on abortions inEl Salvador.

    "This is the most significantnews that we have receivedfrom Salvador in the 15 yearsof work we have been doingthere,” Avila said to NPR. “Thisis the first window of hopethat some of the other women

     will be released. It's a huge victory for all the women andgirls who suffer as a result ofthis law."

    Professor Celeste Kostopu-los- Cooperman, who works inthe Department of World Lan-guages and Cultures, was im-pressed with the breakthroughthat the government in El Sal-

     vador gave Guadalupe whenshe received the Pardon.

    “Carmen Guadalupe's re-lease from prison is quiteextraordinary. Even more re-markable is the fact that wom-en in El Salvador and in manyother parts of the developing world have no reproductiverights or access to adequatehealth care,” said Kostopulos-Cooperman. “Carmen's caseis particularly disturbing be-cause there was no forensicevidence that she had inten-tionally aborted her child.”

    Under the extreme banon abortion in El Salvador,17 women in 2014 have beencriminalized and imprisoned. According to the Center for Re-productive Rights, a nonprofit which defends reproductiverights for women worldwide,the country prohibits womenfrom receiving an abortion nomatter the circumstances -- in-cluding rape, incest, or even ifit is to save her own life underthe 1956 Penal Code. Under

    El Salvador’s constitution, theright to life is recognized atthe moment of conception.

     According to NPR, the women all come from differ-ent backgrounds, from small villages, cities, and rural farmareas. They are all differentages, and all have differentsocial statuses and jobs. Yet

    collectively, they have servedmore than 130 years together,according to the Center for Re-productive Rights.

    The one thing they are saidto have in common is they weretried and imprisoned after ex-periencing traumatic pregnan-cy complications, which is dueto why they had the abortions,according to the Center for Re-productive Rights.

    Many of the 17 women hadthe abortion had been convict-ed under murder and had beensentenced for up to 40 years,

    according to the Center for Re-productive Rights. According to several re-

    ports from the U.N. Popula-tion Division, many younggirls seek to have an abortionin El Salvador as young as 10 years old. A group of U.N. hu-man rights experts had urgedEl Salvador to lift the sentenceon all of the women jailed fortheir abortions which were aresult of rape or pregnancycomplications.

    In May 2013, the SupremeCourt of El Salvador refusedto reconsider their harsh lawson abortion, despite the inter-

    national encouragement. Ac-cording to the court’s officialsite, they would not allow doc-tors to perform abortions to women who were developing afetus with problematic circum-stances, such as fetuses with-out a brain, if the woman’s life was threatened by kidney fai l-ure, or lupus symptoms that would be aggravating to thepregnancy had been created.

    Professor Kostopulos-Cooperman explained the

    struggles of how women in ElSalvador do not have the re-productive freedoms they de-serve.

    “One wonders how manycountless other women arestill behind bars because thelegal mechanisms do not rec-ognize their basic human rightto dignity and self-determina-tion,” said Kostopulos-Cooper-man. “Reproductive health andfreedom are at the heart ofthis issue and it is quite clearthat a great deal needs to bedone to ensure that these fun-damental human rights be re-spected worldwide.”

    By Flickr user time everydays

    Dani Marrero

     Journal Staff 

    With a campus in Madridand one of the largest inter-national student populationsin Boston, Suffolk takes pridein offering a global experienceto students. On campus in Bos-ton, the diversity in languagesand cultural student groupsis evident. This experience issometimes complemented witha semester studying abroad, asemester that is marketed as aan accessible opportunity by

    the study abroad office..But what happens behind

    the scenes at our study abroadoffice to make this happen?

    For one, establishing a cam-pus in another continent re-quires financial adjustments.Tuition in Boston, set at$16,265 per semester for the2014 - 2015 academic year, isalmost $5,000 more than tu-ition in Madrid at $11,400.

    “The logic behind it was thecost of living and not to be

    overly priced with the Madridcampus,” said Kathy Sparaco,director at international stu-dent services. "The purposeof having a campus there wasto attract a European studentpopulation.”

    While Suffolk offers studyabroad opportunities in “ev-ery corner of the world,” asstated on its website, studentstend to choose European citiesabove Asian or Latin Americanones. One presumed reason

    by Sparaco for this is the lan-guage barrier, as most domes-tic students are only fluent inEnglish.

    Out of 139 students studyingabroad this semester, 89 per-cent of chose locations whereEnglish was the dominant lan-guage. Only 12 went to Italy,two to Greece, and one student went to each France, Mexico,and South Korea, according todata from the study abroad of-fice.

    “We have a pretty tradition-al study abroad population,”Sparaco said. “Traditional inthe sense of where our stu-

    dents go. We do have popu-lations to study [across the world], but generally our stu-dents are going to Spain, Eng-land, Italy, and Australia.”

    Classes at the Madrid cam-pus are taught in English.

    Other factors that could in-fluence where students studyabroad are the availability ofparticular classes, semesterdates, and cost.

    While our study abroad of-fice is busy advising students

    and sending them to universi-ties abroad, other institutionsin other countries are planningto send their own students tostudy at Suffolk’s Boston cam-pus.

    The challenge with this is what Sparaco called “balanc-es.” Typically, both universitiesthat exchange students aim toexchange an equal amount soas to even out tuition costs.While students are abroad ata foreign university, they con-tinue paying their home uni- versity costs.

    “When a student goes on astudy abroad program, they

    pay Suffolk tuition,” Sparacosaid. “When it’s an exchangeprogram, let’s say Sophia Uni- versity in Japan, you would goto Sofia but you’re paying forSuffolk. Likewise, the SophiaUniversity student is payingSophia tuition.”

    The balance is examined af-ter a three-year period.

    “It doesn’t always work outthat way,” Sparaco said. “Butthat’s what we would like tosee.”

    Courtesy of ISSO

    Translation: "It's my body. They're my rights!"

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     Opinion: Terrorism shouldn't be censored on the Internet

    While the power of so-cial media has been exposedthrough revolutions and social justice movements in the 21stcentury, other groups, such asthe terrorist group known asthe Islamic State, or ISIS, havebeen using the same tools topromote their own agenda.

    ISIS has horrified audiencesaround the world in the re-cent months releasing videosof their killings and threats

     via tweets and posts on socialnetworks, and there have beencases where they use the samenetworks for recruitment.

    One of their targeted audi-ences has been Americans. TheDaily Beast said, “A strategy de- veloped over years has evolvedinto a sophisticated campaignand now, at the center of the world’s attention, ISIS is usingits skill to communicate direct-ly to an American audience.”

    Their most recent exploit was the execution of a Jorda-nian pilot and have releasedthe footage of the execution

    online. YouTube decided totake down the video and hasreceived criticism from some writers/bloggers for not allow-ing users to view the videos.

    There is an issue of free-dom of speech when it comes

     Will Señar Journal Staff  "The First

     Amendment

    guarantees freespeech. The

    government

    cannot stop

    anybody."

    - Professor John C. Berg

    to banning or taking down ISISfootage from a site like You-Tube or Facebook.

    Professor John Berg inthe government departmentsaid that social media siteslike Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube have always takendown videos or content which violate their policies. He alsomentioned they are not a pub-lic service and are not requiredto give us the news.

    “The First Amendment guar-antees free speech.The govern-ment cannot stop anybody,” hesaid. “If the government toldFacebook to remove videos,it’s an issue. But if Facebookdecides on its own, it’s within

    their right. They censor peopleall the time. Sometimes be-cause you’re spamming or theythink you’re violating contentpolicies.”

    Facebook and Google, whoowns YouTube, have written in

    their terms of service they re-serve the right to prohibit con-tent that promotes violence,terrorism, and hate speech.

    On these sites, users can

    block or unfollow people theydo not want to interact withand even put their profiles onprivate so they can decide whois allowed to view their infor-mation. This is akin to You-Tube’s and Facebook’s choice

    to take down any explicit vid-eos relating to terrorism.

    There are other websites where people can view these videos if they wish to do so.

    They are not banned or cen-sored from every website andpeople are free to see them.

    “No one is censoring the videos from the internet.People can view from othersites,” said Berg. “Social media

    is more like a newspaper. It’sa company driven by its owndrive for profit, and if theydidn’t take them off they’d getmore criticism than they are

    now.”It is understandable people

    may want to see the horrific video. Piers Morgan wrote he wanted to view the video tofully appreciate the violenceof ISIS.

    ISIS, Jordanian government negotiations fail, slayings continue

    The so-called Islamic Statereleased a video on Tuesday, just days after the beheadingof the Japanese hostage KenjiGoto, showing the Jordanianpilot Muath al- Kasasbeh beingburned alive in a steel cage.

    Kasasbeh, who was the firstpilot from the U.S. led coali-tion against the Islamic State,also known as ISIS, was takenby the militants in Decem-ber while making a bombingrun, according to NBC News.Since then, there were numer-

    ous threats by ISIS to murderhim if the Jordanian govern-ment refused to agree to theirdemands to release Sajida al-Rishawi, a terrorist who playeda huge role in the wedding re-ception bombing in Jordan in2005.

      However, the Jordaniangovernment had made it clearthat they were willing to swapthe prisoner who is on thedeath row with the pilot heldby ISIS if they could provide

    Evette Thomspon Journal Staff 

    proof that he is still alive.But that hope was short-

    lived when the video of the

    pilot being burned alive sur-faced online. CNN News re-ports that the Jordanian mili-tary spokesperson Mamudouh Al Amri claims this gruesomekilling was performed on Jan.3, weeks before ISIS began tomake demands for the prison-er swap.

     After the Jordanians heardthe news of the pilot’s death,hundreds took to the streets toprotest against ISIS, calling onthe Jordanian government totake drastic measures againstthe terrorist group.

    CNN News reports the Jor-

    danian government has vowedan “earthshaking response” tothe terrorist group, issuinga warning of severe punish-ments to follow.

    Few hours after the Jorda-nian government issued suchstatements, CNN News re-ported the prisoner ISIS hadrequested to be released hadbeen executed along with ZiadKarbouli, another death rowinmate who was convicted ofpossessing explosives and acts

    of terrorism that resulted indeath.

    CNN News reports that aspart of severe punishmentthat the Jordanian govern-

    ment promised, it launchedairstrikes against ISIS in Syria.The Jordanian government hassaid they will continue to re-main committed to the U.S ledcoalition against ISIS, accord-ing to CNN.

    The United Arab Emir-ates, on the other hand, hasdropped out of the U.S ledcoalition after the Jordanianpilot was captured, claimingthere aren’t enough searchand rescue teams to rescue pi-

    lots in the event they are shotdown.

     According to CNN, the U.S.has vowed to increase searchand rescue teams in the area

    but insists this action does notcome as a result of the claimof insufficient search and res-cue teams made by the UAE.

    Meanwhile, CBS New re-ports that U.S Defense chiefnominee Ashton Carter, in anappearance before the Senate Armed Services Committee onWednesday on the subject ofhis nomination, stated the U.Smust ensure a “lasting defeat”of ISIS forces in Iraq and Syria.He said should he be approved

    as the U.S Defense Chief, he is willing to examine the currentapproach to the fight against

    ISIS and make any changes where necessary.ISIS has a significant pres-

    ence on social media. It usessocial media to recruit peopleand to spread their propagan-da.

    In the days after the pilot’scaptivity, there was a massiveTwitter campaign suggesting ways by which the pilot shouldbe killed. Some suggested thathe should be put in a cage with hungry crocodiles, oth-ers suggested he should beburnt alive or put in a pit withsnakes and scorpions.

      In light of this attack,there have been growing con-cerns ISIS are becoming morepowerful because of the fearthey instill in people with theiractions. Taylor Magnussen,a freshman and governmentmajor said though that mightbe the case, “the United Statesand other nations can pushback against them” by givingmore thought to how they deal with hostage situations or re-spond with military action.

    By Flickr user Karl-Ludwig Poggemann

    By Flickr user Karl-Ludwig Poggemann

    ISIS militant on the border of Syria and Iraq.

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     Chinese Internet restrictions affect social media, search engines

    While free Internet is a widelyavailable commodity for those livingin the U.S., others, such as Chinesecitizens, are struggling to use popu-lar applications used for communica-tion and accessing information. Withrestrictions to certain searches andblockings of large amount of applica-tions and data, China is known to haveone of the most restrictive Internetpolicies in the world.

    Chinese citizens have reportedstruggling to access their usual web-sites for communication, such asGmail, as reported by The New YorkTimes. The Chinese government an-nounced it has taken extra measures

    recently to restrict browsing the weband intends to continue doing so.

    Even social networks are regulated,so worldwide dominant companieslike Facebook and Twitter are not themost widely used social media sites inChina. Because these American-basedsocial networks do not meet Chinesegovernment standards, alternativessuch as Renren, an alternative to Face-book, and Weibo, a Twitter knockoff,have a larger base in China.

    “The social media in China is morefamiliar to Chinese people,” junior ac-counting major Violin Fan said, “Thecompanies are more focused on Chi-

    nese people.”Fan describes Renren and Weiboas great alternatives to Facebook andTwitter, respectively, noting no differ-ence in features besides Facebook’smessenger app that allows group mes-saging. To make up for that, WeChatis popularly used for group messaging.

     Although Facebook and Twitter, with some modifications, have becomeavailable in China currently, they arenot as popular as the Chinese nativeapplications.

    “Before Twitter got into China, we

    Dani Marrero Journal Staff 

    already had a kind of Twitter to com-municate with each other,” Fan said ofWeibo.

     According to CNBC, Facebook hasbeen campaigning its way into Chinaby laying new foundations to meet

    Chinese government regulations, al-though loosening their stance is not within China’s priorities.

    But the Internet restrictions go be- yond just means of communication.Researchers, students, and instructorshave reported difficulty accessing in-formation they need, according to TheNew York Times.

    Commerce is also affected by Inter-net restrictions.

    “In order to attract and promote world-class commercial enterprises,”said James Zimmerman, chairman ofthe American Chamber of Commercein China, to NYT, “the governmentneeds to encourage the use of the

    Internet as a crucial medium for thesharing of information and ideas topromote economic growth and devel-opment.”

    For Chinese who have left theirhomeland, finding jobs in China inplans to return home can also be com-plicated if they use the Internet to findthem, so the trouble of accessing dataflows not only from inside out, butalso from outside in.

    “When I was [in China]," Fan said,“I used Google before, and sometimesI just couldn’t get the thing I was look-ing for.”

    Trying to search on topics related

    to China, she encounters the sameproblems using Google in Boston.“Here, I really use Google,” Fan

    said, “but when I try to search forChinese articles, it’s not enough. I was trying to find information for aresearch paper. I was trying to searchfor particular book name.”

    Google search did not provide theresults she needed, so she resortedto the Chinese alternative of Google,Baidu.

    “There must be a different data-base,” Fan said.

     A brief handshake was presented between the Russian President Vladi-mir Putin and Ukrainian leader Petro Poroshenko when talks have goneunder way in order to create a peace treaty between the two countries,according to BBC. Russia had been accused of reinforcing rebels in east-ern Russia, which Putin denies. With the goal of a demilitarised zone and withdrawing heavy weapons, the ceasefire bid is being monitored andbrokered by French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Even though there were talk last September, the rebelsare now looking for a truce based off the recent gains in the past few weeks, according to reports by BBC. With a dramatic rise in casualties inrecent days, more than 5,400 people have been killed since the conflictbegan and 263 between Jan. 31 and Feb. 5 alone.

    Europe l Peace Truce

    W O R L D B R I E F S

    Haiti l Fuel Prices

    Police in Haiti have to control anti-government protesters who have beenangry with the high cost of fuel. According to BBC, several people havebeen injured while police tried to clear the roadblocks set up in Haiti’scapital, Port-au-Prince. According to reports, residents have been sayingthat due to the price of fuel, the price of living has gone up. Reuters hasreported that one of the residents who has been protesting said, “If thegovernment could cut the price of fuel so it was lower, the population would live better.” The government told BBC the protests will furtherdamage the economy and the consequences will hurt the most vulner-able people in their population. The price of a gallon of petrol has nowdropped, and will continue to until they reach $4. The price of diesel willbe cut down by another 20 cents down to $3.30, according to reports byBBC.

    Puerto Rico l Fines for Obesity

    Puerto Rican legislators are attempting to create a bill that will fineparents with obese children, according to Al Jazeera. If their children donot lose weight, they are subject to owing the government up to $800.Sen. Gilberto Rodriguez told Al Jazeera reporters the bill is in hope topromote children’s health and wellness as well as help parents makehealthier choices for themselves and their families. If the bill is approved,teachers will be the ones to refer the questionably overweight childrento a counselor or social worker, all depending on how severe the case is.

    The president of the American Academy of Pediatrics and several doctorshave spoken out against the bill, telling Al Jazeera reporters that it is tooextreme of a measure and is unfair. According to reporters, more than28 percent of children in Puerto Rico are overweight, compared to the 18percent in the United States.

    Peace Corps at

    Suffolk University:Peace Corps and Grad School

      Tuesday, February 176 p.m. to 8 p.m.

    Stahl Center

    1st Floor Conference Room

    Choose where you want to go. Apply in one hour.

     Make a difference overseas as aPeace Corps Volunteer 

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    Courtesy of Violin Fan

    President of international student association.

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    February 12, 2015

    Haley Peabody Journal Staff 

    NESAD professor awarded in online gallery's crusade for a cause

    Lydia Martin, a professorat the New England School of Art and Design, has receivedhonorable mention for hersubmission of, “Majeska,” a vi-brant oil painting in the onlineart gallery Colors of Humanity.

    The show, entitled, “Red,” was launched on the Colorsof Humanity website on Feb.1. Of the 117 works that wereaccepted into the show, four were painted by Martin. Thegallery accepted submissionsfrom 26 states and eight addi-tional countries.

    In addition to accept-ing submissions from artistsacross the globe, Colors of Hu-manity also seeks to give backby donating 10 percent of allentry fees to charitable organi-zations around the world.

    “Its such a cool website be-cause it's helping people,” saidMartin. “I’ve often wanted tocreate art to assist others.”

    The theme of this months'gallery is embodied in its title,“Red,” and will be donating 10percent of this month’s entryfees to the International Fed-

    eration of Red Cross and RedCrescent Societies.“Although not all shows

    have a direct link betweenthe theme and the charity, welike to give to charities thatuse the money directly for thecause and not overhead or ad-ministrative fees,” said Colorsof Humanity Founder JanelleCogan. “Because our shows areinternational, we also like touse charities that are world- wide and have a website soothers can learn more abouttheir cause and donate if theychose.”

    Martin said she felt not onlyhonored to have been awardedan Honorable Mention in thecontest, but also to have hadall four of her submissions ac-cepted. This was the first timethat all of Martin’s submis-sions had been accepted by agallery.

    Depicted in Martin’s note- worthy painting, “Majeska,”is a dress stand draped witha scarlet gown, an old Singersewing machine, and a palletfull of fresh paint. The painting was inspired by a dress stand

    given to Martin by her sister-in-law that stands in her home,showcasing a scarlet dress thatMartin made herself.

    In addition to the “Majes-ka,” Martin’s additional three works accepted into the “Red”gallery also use brandish, vi-brant red hues.

    In her work, “BunchedBeets,” painted specifically forthe show, Martin showcasesthe hearty vegetable in a boldred, contrasted by a white tea

    towel and a cluster of greenleaves gathered delicately atthe top.

    Contrasting this very real-istic portrayal of an everydayobject is “Scarlet and StainlessSteel.” Although the piece iscreated in the same medium,

    the subject matter differs inthe fact that it appears to bemore whimsical. A crimsonmasquerade mask dangles inthe corner of a shadow boxthat is cramped with everydayobjects such as a soup ladleand a juicy, ripe apple.

    Finally, “El Diablito” alsoencompasses a wonderful col-lection of everyday yet curiousobjects, such as a bright yellowteapot, a pair of ruby red kit-ten heels, and a playing carddepicting a fiery red devil andhis pitchfork.

    Each of these paintings fits wonderfully with the theme ofthe “Red” show, representingthe many different hues of thecolor in a realistic and every-day way.

     Although she occasionallyuses pictures in order to graspthe shape of certain objects,Martin said she receives themost joy and inspiration bypainting the concrete worldaround her.

    “I primarily work from life.

    That’s probably my favoritething of all,” said Martin.

    Martin, who is currently onsabbatical, is preparing severalpieces that will be exhibitedin the contemporary gallery atthe Whistler House Museum inLowell.

    “It’s an absolute honor thatthey asked to exhibit me,” saidMartin, regarding her prepara-tions for the upcoming show.

     As for Colors of Humanity,the online gallery was foundedby Cogan in September 2014and seeks to not only providea space for artists to showcasetheir work, but also to benefitinternational charity organiza-tions along the way.

    Since its beginning, Colorsof Humanity has hosted sixshows and has donated profitsto several different charities

    such as Habitat for Humanityand the Humane Society. Theirnext show, “Skies,” will beginin March and is currently ac-cepting entries.

    “We are still a new galleryand have lots of new ideas forexpansion and growth,” saidCogan.

    To view Martin’s work andthe other entries in the Febru-ary “Red” gallery, visit http:// www.colorsofhumanityartgal-lery.com.

    Photos courtesy of Lydia Martin

    "Majeska," pictured above right, won an honorable mention in the Colors of Humanity online "Red" gallery.

    Pictured left is Martin's "Scarlet and Stainless Steel," which was also accepted into the gallery.

    "It's such a cool website because it's helping people.

    I’ve often wanted to create art to assist others.”

    -Lydia Martin

    "Bunched Beets," the third of four oil piecesMartin submitted for, "Red" was painted

    specially for the gallery.

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    STAFF

    SOUNDS

    Tinashe ft. Travis Scott"Vulnerable"

    -Thalia Y.

    Kendrick Lamar"The Blacker the

    Berry"-Melissa H.

    Notorious B.I.G."Hypnotize"

    - Sam H.

    The Weeknd"Earned It"-Heather R.

    Saint Pepsi"Fiona Coyne"

    -Haley P.

    Colleen Day Journal Staff 

    Writers have been there, but never Dunham this

    Lena Dunham’s tell-all bookcomposed of hilarious, wise,and a fiercely frank collectionof personal essays on growingup is a creative gem. Reminis-cent of candid stand-up comic,actress, and former talk showhost, Chelsea Handler’s, “Are You There, Vodka? It’s Me,Chelsea,” Dunham’s book waspublished in September andhas been sitting comfortably inthe spotlight ever since.

    Dunham, the creator, pro-ducer and star of HBO’s hit se-

    ries, “Girls,” plays a 20-some-thing narcissistic aspiring writer named Hannah Horvath who is left to her own devicesafter being cut-off from herparents living in New YorkCity.

    While the show has snaggedan Emmy for outstanding cast-ing and Dunham has collecteda Golden Globe for best perfor-mance by an actress in a televi-sion series comedy or musical,her book has been named oneof the ten best sellers of the year by “The New York Times”

     with critics betting it couldsurpass Tina Fey’s famous,“Bossypants,” in the upcomingmonths.

     Acclaimed indie comic Dun-ham illustrates in her book herpersonal experiences tryingto find “Mr. Right,” the con-stant grievances of being over- weight despite her best efforts,and even divulges readers onher wild, and sometimes ille-

    gal, party-girl antics.The book, structured into

    five sections from “Love andSex,” to “Body,” “Friendship,”“Work,” and “Big Picture” allare written in a diary entryformat jam-packed with herbrutally honest perception ofherself and life.

    The introduction begins, “Iam twenty years old and I hatemyself. My hair, my face, thecurve of my stomach. The waymy voice comes out waver-ing and my poems come outmaudlin.”

    What makes the book sounique and a worthwhile read

    is the complete bluntness froma celebrity with more than360,000 Twitter followers and106,000 on Instagram, con-stantly bashing herself for the world to read.

    While fans may wish to reada book that presents Dunhamas a role model and to em-body the “love yourself first”campaigns seen all over socialmedia, she weaves in lessons

    about what she’s learned andspeaks to her fan base in ways

    that are expected, adorablysincere, and authentic.

    “I dye my hair a fluorescentshade of yellow, cutting it intoa mullet more inspired by pho-tos of the 1980s teen mothersthan by any current beautytrend. I dress in neon span-dex that hugs in all the wrongplaces. My mother and I hada massive fight when I chooseto wear a banana-printed bellyshirt and pink leggings to the Vatican and religious tour-ists gawk and turn away,” she writes.

    Dunham makes it effortlessfor readers to peak into hermind, hear her voice and feellike she is your best friend tell-ing you everything about herlife on the phone. Recappingspecific events, sometimescheerful, she also rants andexpresses just how dark the world seemed at times despiteher on- and off-screen praisefrom the public.

    Disclosing the stresses andanxiety about weight and her

    childhood fear of developinganorexia overnight, she speaksdirectly to her intended audi-ence of female readers whohave likely experienced thesame worries and experiences.

    On her decision to go veganshe writes, “While my vegan-ism began as a deeply felt mor-al position, it soon morphedinto a not-very-effective eatingdisorder. I never thought ofit as a diet, but it was a wayto limit the vast world of foodthat I had once loved so dear-ly- I had the feeling I could go

    mad if not given any boundar-ies.”She continues, “I’d be like

    that guy who drank the oceanand still wasn’t satisfied.”

    Through these honest testi-monies, witty commentary andoverall amusing prose, LenaDunham’s book is undoubt-edly worth all the attention ithas been given in bookstoresacross the world.

    'Better Call Saul' serves fans with a dose of dark comedy

     Will Senar Journal Staff 

    When “Breaking Bad,” oneof television’s best dramas,ended, fans wanted more. So, when its creators announcedthere would be a prequel star-ring criminal/lawyer SaulGoodman, fans rejoiced. Thecreators would be giving usa new story that connectedto “Breaking Bad” and we getthe much-loved Saul Goodmanback.

    The series was given a two-night premiere, the first epi-sode on Sunday and the secondon Monday, shows a post-iden-tity changed Saul Goodman, working as a manager of aCinnabon in Nebraska. We seeSaul quietly working his shiftand then coming home to adrink, where he plays old tapesof his famous commercials andtitle of the series, “Better CallSaul.”

    He reminisces and takes

    us to a few years before theevents in “Breaking Bad.” Saul,known in the show as James“Jimmy” McGill, is defend-ing three young men againstcharges of defiling a corpseand performing random sexacts with its head. We then re-alize that this is not the Saul

    Goodman we were accustomedto, but rather an unsure anddown-on-his-luck lawyer whocan’t seem to catch a break.

    There’s obviously a parallelbetween Breaking Bad and Bet-ter Call Saul. “Breaking Bad” was about a high-school chem-istry teacher, Walter White,

    navigating his way to the topof the drug industry and be-coming “Heisenberg,” while“Better Call Saul” is about Jim-my McGill establishing himselfas a lawyer and becoming SaulGoodman.

     Viewers are given someEaster eggs and some old char-acters from “Breaking Bad,”like Tuco Salamanca and MikeEhrmantraut. These weren’tsurprise appearances becausethey were advertised in trail-ers, but the show makes it in-teresting to learn how all these

    men’s stories tie together. An-other similarity with “BreakingBad” is its familiar dark yet co-medic vibe.

     Although “Better Call Saul”has the potential to be great,it faces the problem of beingpredictable, since we know what happens to the charac-ters in “Breaking Bad.” Even ifthey give us a few twists andturns, they probably would not

    See PREQUEL page 10 

    Photo courtesy of Lena Dunham's Facebook page

    Photo courtesy of "Better Call Saul" Facebook page

    Lena Dunham, author of Not That Kind of Girl, gives a comedic, yet honest account of growing up.

    "Better Call Saul" airs Mondays at 10 p.m. on AMC.

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    ARTS BRIEFS

    'Fifty Shades of Grey' soundtrack blends the best of music's old and new

    Haley Peabody Journal Staff 

    Just prior to its highly an-ticipated Valentine’s Day pre-miere, “Fifty Shades of Grey”released the soundtrack that will accompany the film onTuesday. The compilation, which features a wide rangeof artists who span across de-cades and genres, features atotal of 16 tracks, several of which were written specificallyfor the film.

    The album begins with “I

    Put a Spell on You” by Scottishsinger-songwriter, Annie Len-nox. The classic ballad, whichexpertly sets the tone for theentire soundtrack, makes fora great opening statement as well as timely one, since sheperformed the song live at the57th Grammy Awards with fel-low musician Hozier on Sun-day.

    Lennox is not the onlyGrammy winning artist fea-tured on the soundtrack. American Composer DannyElfman, known for his work on

    “The Nightmare Before Christ-mas” and “The Simpsons,” wrote two original pieces forthe film, “Ana and Christian,”

    and “Did That Hurt?” Both or-chestra pieces are subtle andrelatively unimpressive incomparison to Elfman’s previ-

    ous work.In addition to the orches-

    tra pieces, the soundtrack also

    features a remastered ver-sion of the song “Witchcraft,”by beloved American singer,Frank Sinatra. The song has aclassic, swanky jazz feel thatblends well amongst the ar-ray of contemporary musiciansfeatured on the album.

     Amongst the contempo-rary artists that the album ismainly comprised of are EllieGoulding, The Weeknd, Sia,and Beyoncé.

    Goulding, who has the mostupbeat of the songs on the al-bum, wrote the song “Love MeLike You Do” specifically for

    the soundtrack. The melodyis incredibly catchy and fun, while still remaining a lovesong. It is perhaps the best onthe album, and one that willeasily be stuck in your head.

    Sia’s track, “Salted Wound,” was also written solely for thefilm, yet is far more mellowthan Goulding’s. It’s not whatthe track listeners may expectfrom Sia based on her previ-ous hit “Chandelier.” Nowhereon the track does Sia show-case her powerhouse vocals,but instead chooses to create a

    dreamy, lethargic ballad, laden with string and harp melodies.

    The Weeknd and Beyon-

    cé also continue this mellow yet jazzy feel that is presentthroughout most of the album.The Weeknd has two trackson the album, “Earned It” and“Where You Belong.” Bothsongs have a modern jazz feelthat emphasizes the overall tu-multuous tone of the album.

    Special for the film, Be- yonce remastered a version ofher 2003 hit, “Crazy In Love.”The song has been the primarytrack played in the theatricaltrailers for the film and is aslowed down, sinister versionof one of Beyoncé’s most fa-

    mous songs.In addition to “Crazy In

    Love,” Beyoncé also has asecond song on the album,“Haunted,” taken from herself-titled 2013 album.

     Although the film may notpeak the interest of all mov-iegoers, the tracks on the al-bum have something to offerall music lovers, from R&B toclassic jazz. “Fifty Shades ofGrey (Original Motion PictureSoundtrack)” is now avail-able to purchase as well as tostream on Spotify.

    'Breaking Bad' prequel delivers

     want to unintentionally alterthe show’s original storyline.

    This is the problem withprequels in general, especial-ly when they tie-in so close-ly with another TV show ormovie. There’s a sense that we know what’s going to hap-pen and we are no longer ask-ing ourselves “what’s going to

    happen?” but just “how’s it go-ing to happen?” And often times, there’s a

    ceiling for a show like this. Thecharacters can’t be too suc-cessful or the characters can’t win because it undermines theaccomplishments of the origi-nal show. Just like the show“Gotham,” Jim Gordon can’tbe the one to win and beat thecriminals of the city because it would mean that Gotham doesnot need Batman. The samegoes for “Better Call Saul’s”Jimmy McGill, who can’t bethe guy to handle the danger-

    ous criminals of New Mexicobecause that will be WalterWhite’s job. But unlike “Go-tham,” “Better Call Saul” is farmore entertaining.

    In Bill Simmons’ podcast,the BS Report, he mentionedto his guest comedian and“Breaking Bad” guest actor BillBurr, that “Breaking Bad” washaving trouble with its rat-ings until Netflix came alongand people were able to binge watch the show. “Better Call

    Saul” falls into that same cat-egory. Both episodes have hadcliffhangers or ended abrupt-ly, leaving viewers with morequestions than answers. “Bet-

    ter Call Saul” is enticing andamusing so far, but viewersmay want to wait to watch theentire season on Netflix to ful-ly enjoy the show.

    Photo Courtesy of "Better Call Sauls" Facebook Page

     From PREQUEL page 9 

    Photo courtesy of "Fifty Shades of Grey" Facebook page

    Longtime director of Isabella Stewart GardnerMuseum to step down

    On Wednesday afternoon, Anne Hawley, the longtime di-rector of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, announcedthat she will be stepping down from her position at the endof the year. Appointed to the position in 1989, Hawley hastransformed a museum that previously suffered from in-frastructure issues, and a sense of ambivalence toward itscollections into an artistic haven with a nearly $50 million

    endowment and newly renovated space.Though her tenureat the museum had a rocky start when thieves stole severalmasterpieces valued at approximately $500 million, she hassince transcended that horror by upgrading security systemsand ensuring her recruited team of curators would feel pro-tected and eager to work on new programs in music, educa-tion and landscape.While she told The Boston Globe that shefeels like she is at a time in her life when she can start a newchapter, her departure does not fall silently on the museumor the city of Boston

    Love is in the air at the Museum of Fine Arts

    February may as well be renamed to “Love-uary” at the Muse-um of Fine Arts this year. All month long smitten visitors canparticipate in the #mfaLove photo-sharing contest. Marked byhearts to identify the perfect location for taking a picture with

     your special someone, best friend or relative, “Cupid’s Fa- vorite Photo Spots” are scattered around the museum underromantic portraits and of course on top of the MFA’s grandstaircase.Inspired by Meredith Goldstein, advice columnist andentertainment reporter for The Boston Globe, the event hopesto emulate the daily love advice she writes in her column,“Love Letters,” which receives around one million page viewsper month on Boston.com. While the lovey-dovey nature ofthe contest and the surge of lover themes paintings aroundthe MFA may have singles running for the hills, the museumhas a vast variety of pieces that all visitors can enjoy, regard-less of whether or not they are participating in the contest.

    Favorite track: "Earned It" by The Weeknd

    VALENTINE'S DAY 2015

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    February 12, 2015PAGE 11

    STAFF EDITORIAL

    By Wyatt Costello

    Ian Kea

     Journal Staff 

    Harvard ban on professor-student relationships limits freedom

    Possibly inspired by ElleWoods from the movie LegallyBlonde , Harvard administra-tors on Wednesday announcedto that all faculty any sexual orromantic relations with under-grads are prohibited. Not onlydoes this limit students’ andprofessors’ ability to choose whom they want to be intimate with, but it also constrainstheir ability to find pure hap-piness. I can prove this using a

    personal story -- my father wasonce my mother’s professor incollege.

    Harvard’s announcementcame in part from a reviewof the Ivy League institution’sTitle IX policy on sexual andgender-based harassment, ac-cording to CNN. The changeamends a former conductpolicy stating, “no FAS [Fac-ulty of Arts and Sciences] fac-ulty member shall request oraccept sexual favors from, orinitiate or engage in a roman-tic or sexual relationship with,any undergraduate student

    at Harvard College.” The newpolicy also says that professorsmay not have sexual relations with graduate students whoare under their academic su-pervision.

     Although it sounds goodon paper, this policy interferes with professors’ and students’

    Courtesy of Ian Kea

    Ian's parents, Perry and Jan Kea, in 1986.Perry was early in his teaching career

    at the University of Indianapoliswhile Jan was a senior. They will celebratetheir 25th wedding anniversary in August.

    "My father was once my mother's professor"

    "Even though my mother

    still hates on my dadfor giving her a ‘B’

    in his course, their love

    and support has given me

    many opportunities in life

    that I am grateful for."

    independence and ability tochoose who they want to be with, and undermines the trustthat is put in place for stu-

    dents to learn and grow froma college experience.

    This policy also goes againstour current legal system,

     where a person is considered alegal adult at age 18, and canmake these choices. It is alsounrealistic to expect such apolicy could be regulated. How

    do you keep track of profes-sors having sexual or romanticrelations with their students?These matters are usually pri- vate, and the college would beinvading a person’s privacy ifit enforced the new policy.

     Although unlikely, it couldpossibly create a situation thatharms a husband and wife. Inaccordance with the policy, ifa professor’s wife were a stu-dent, would he be prohibitedfrom having sexual or roman-tic relations with her, eventhough they are married? Eventhough the former policy has

    been clarified, the new onestill raises many issues.

    My parents met when mymother was a junior in my fa-ther’s religion and philosophyclass -- I thought it was creepyat first too. My father starteddating my mother near the endof that semester in 1985, and

    soon enough after my momgraduated, they got married.My brother came, and then I-- unexpectedly -- followed. In August, my parents will be cel-

    ebrating 25 years of marriage.In those years of marriagemy parents have built a life of joys and hardships, but over-all, happiness. Even thoughmy mother still hates on mydad for giving her a ‘B’ in hiscourse, their love and supporthas given me many opportuni-ties in life that I am gratefulfor.

     Although Harvard’s policymay seem to make sense tomany people, it could preventindividuals from finding thatspecial someone in their life.This policy could take away

    someone’s opportunity to oneday have a family similar tothe one that I am a part of, onethat gave me unconditionallove and support to overcomelife’s enduring obstacles. Har- vard should celebrate individ-ualism and freedom and dropthis unregulable policy.

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    Email [email protected]!

    Growing up, our parentsand teachers always remind-ed us to share, repeated thegolden rule incessantly, andstressed the importance oftelling the truth.

    But these seemingly ele-mentary concepts are impor-tant throughout our entirelives, the latter coming intolight recently, when the worlddiscovered that Brian Wil-liams was not entirely truth-ful in telling a personal storyabout the Iraq War.

    Williams is a widely popu-lar and successful news an-chor. Even households thatdon’t watch his broadcast ona daily basis know his name.So, it was no surprise thatmany people were completelydumbfounded to learn thatWilliams would mislead his viewers about being inside ahelicopter that was shot downin a warzone.

    Many called for his resig-nation or firing. Some gave

    him the benefit of the doubt.Eventually, NBC chose to sus-pend Williams for six months.

    Williams is the only person who knows for sure whetherhe intentionally lied, or just

    misremembered the series ofevents. But, as journalists andas viewers, we have to hopethat his fib was not premedi-tated.

    Being 100 percent truthfulis the most important thing in journalism. This is hammeredinto our heads in journalismschool and then stressed in the workplace. As the people whoinform the public about what’sgoing on in the world, journal-ists must hold the facts above

    all else. Here at The SuffolkJournal, we take honesty seri-ously, and strive to bring youSuffolk news each week withintegrity and accuracy.

    However, the quest fortruth spreads beyond journal-ism. As people, we seek hon-esty from our friends, family,and significant others. Wehold public officials account-able, and ask for authenticanswers to pressing questionson social justice and the econ-omy.

     And sometimes, we evenseek the truth in ourselves.

    The truth may just seemlike a concept that comes nat-urally. But, sometimes peoplelie, and when journalists do,the public is unsure of who totrust.

    That being said, it maybe helpful to remember thephrases that outlined ourchildhood, and repeat them toourselves sometimes. Honestyreally is the best policy.

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    Katie Dugan Journal Staff 

    Last week, The New YorkTimes published a piece thatstated women in Congresshave less power than ever be-fore. But in the 114th Congress, women hold more seats thanever before, with 20 in theSenate and 84 in the House ofRepresentatives.

    However, fewer womenhold Committee Chair posi-tions than in the 113th  Con-

    gress. A majority of the Commit-

    tee Chair positions are cur-rently held by men, and aretraditionally awarded based onseniority.

    This in no way means that women have felt silenced un-der the “boys club” that Con-gress has previously beencalled. An effort by Republican women recently forced Houseleaders to abandon a bill that would have made it illegal to

    VALENTINE'S DAY 2015

     Jonathan Acosta Abi

    Hassan Journal Staff 

    Online dating is commonfor people trying to find love.The old idea of going outand accidentally meeting thelove of your life while buyingmilk at the supermarket haschanged with the rise of usingtexting and dating sites likeOkCupid, Grindr, Tinder. Thisis tricky, because we all lieabout ourselves, and I believeeveryone lies on their datingsite profile.

    Long before going on a firstdate, there is the process of se-lection we humans do by scan-ning the pictures the otherperson shows on his or her on-line profiles. If they pass thattest, and I like their pictures, I will read the information theyprovided about themselves.

    Society puts pressure onsingles, telling us that weshould be perfect, and becauseof this and the million of socialnorms that act on the datinggame, we lie.

    Because of this realization I

    decided to rewrite all my Ok-Cupid questions -- in the sin-cerest way possible.

    ***

    My self-summary:

    Here I will tell you I am

    What would my online dating profile say if I were honest?

    the best person you will everfind on this website. My nameis Jonathan, but because I amLatino, my real name is waylonger than that. I won’t tell you that here because that willbe a joke I will use on our firstdate.

    I am 20 years old, but I lookas if I am 22 depending on howlong my beard is. If you areolder than 21 and don’t wantto date me because I won’t beable to get drink with you, it’sfine -- I have my ways. Thereare a lot of things people puthere like hobbies, but insteadI will give you a quote that I

     just Googled to look more in-teresting.

    I want you to understandthat I am interested in goingout on a date with you, butthat I might be very analyticalabout everything you say and very sarcastic and cruel in the way I think and talk.

     What I’m doing withmy life:

    Honestly, what I am doingright now is trying to figureout what I really like. It mightsound unreliable, but it’s whoI am now. I don’t know if I likebeing in college, or whether I want to keep working, and Ihave many doubts about whatI am really doing with my lifenow.

    I know I might be just onemore of those college students who thinks they will changethe world. But I do know thatall I need to do to change my world is to be honest with my-self.

    What I do doesn’t reallymatter that much at this point

    in our relationship, but just so you know, I am not wastingmy time.

    I’m really good at:

    I am really good at think-ing about what I should puton my “I am really good at ...”question. I am also really good

    at lying, eating, oversleeping,ignoring texts from people I

    don’t want to talk to, photog-raphy, styling myself, judging,and more.

    There are many otherthings that I am good at, but you need to know that thereare also things I am very badat, like trying not to cry whenI get emotional, skiing, soccer,and many other things, too.

    The first thing peopleusually notice about

    me:

    I smile and talk a lot, espe-cially on the first date. I willbe very careful to laugh at all your jokes, even if they are notfunny.

    But I want you to tell me what you notice about me --not only today when you readmy profile, but in the future,too.

    Favorite books,movies, shows, music

    and food:

    Here, I could go on and onabout a perfect mix of all thismedia that I Googled to show

    how smart I am. But I won’t,because all you need to knowis I enjoying reading, eating,and sometimes doing both atthe same time.

     And Beyoncé is my life.

    On a typical Fridaynight I am:

    It all depends. If I am in themood, I will go to the closest

    gay club to find someone togrind on and maybe kiss thatnight. If I am bored, I will callsome of my friends and planto hang out with them. If I amfeeling artistic I will just sitdown, drink wine, and write.

    But what you need to knowis that every moment of my lifeis defined by how I am feelingthen and there -- not only myFridays.

    ***

    Since I am being honesthere, I have this naïve hopethat maybe I’ll get lucky andmeet someone who won’t bea total waste of time; Some-one who will turn out to bea person I can really see my-self with. I think deep downmost of us have that hope. It’s just that most of us are tooashamed to admit it -- on theInternet at least.

    Considering that these web-sites do  work for some people, why are we so afraid of show-ing who we really are and what we really think? I don’tthink online dating is a waste

    of time if it’s done properly -- with a lot of guts and honesty.

    I dream of finding someone who tries to be 100 percentreal. I dream of the day I goon a date and find out that theperson I'm seeing is exactly who they described on theirprofile.

    But, I am a dreamer.

    Jonathan AcostaAbi Hassan

     Congress not representative of American women

    get an abortion after 20 weeksof pregnancy, according to theTimes.

    Women in Congress haveproven themselves to be on anequal playing field with mennumerous times. In Congress,

    formal positions of leadershipmatter. The core function ofCongress is to write laws. Thatmeans chairmen and chair- women have supremacy. Theyalone have the power to callhearings, a crucial phase in

    passing legislation.

    “The ranking minoritymember may have some won-derful ideas,” Ross Baker, a po-litical scientist at Rutgers Uni- versity, told the Times, “butunless the chair approves, it’snot going to happen.”

    Not only are women inCongress being left out in thecold, but more importantly, fe-male voters are too. When thepublic sees an underwhelmingamount of females being rep-resented, they’ll shy away.

    “It doesn’t help us as a par-ty,” Senator Lisa Murkowskitold the Times, “when the pub-

    lic out there thinks there’s thisRepublican initiative that isnot supportive of women, andthen they look at the makeupof the Senate and we just don’thave very many.”

    If Congress wants to shakeits “non-progressive” stigma, itcould be time to make adjust-ments to the qualifications forCommittee Leaders. Jean Sha-heen, for example, is a juniorsenator in Congress, and waspreviously the Governor of

    New Hampshire. She would be

    a perfect fit for the CommitteeChair. Shaheen’s press officehas not yet released a reactionto the matter.

    The United States Congressheld their first meeting inMarch of 1789. It wasn’t until1917 when the first woman,Jeannette Rankin, was electedto Congress.

    Women’s role in Congressis just in its infancy. WhenCongress was established, women did not have a say inbig decisions, such as legisla-tion and law making. Senior-ity seems like an unfair way to

    determine Committee Leaderssince women have not evenhad as much of a chance at se-niority in Congress, especiallysince women did not have theright to vote until 1920.

    Women have no doubtcome a long way in the fightfor equality. If Congress wantsto earn the approval of all vot-ers, they have to start appeal-ing to the minorities. If thatmeans making adjustments toan out-dated tradition, so be it.

    Looking for:- Men- Ages 18-25- Near me- For new friends,long-term, orsomething casual

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    "It doesn't help us as a party when the public outthere thinks there's this Republican initiative that

    is not supportive of women ..."

    Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska

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    AWORD

    FROM SGASam Humphrey

     Journal Staff 

    Patricia Negrón Journal Staff 

    There seems to be someconfusion regarding the “plus-size” label of models in SportsIllustrated’s latest SwimsuitEdition. While the fashion in-dustry understandably has very high beauty standards, itmay be time for it to expandits standards to include peopleof all shapes and sizes, with-out a different classificationfor those we call ‘plus-size’models.

    Initially, the model accred-ited for breaking plus-size bar-riers in this year’s SwimsuitEdition was Ashley Graham, a

    size-16 model who is featuredin a paid advertisement, but isnot featured in the magazineherself, according to USA To-day. But Robyn Lawley is theplus-size model who is actuallyfeatured in the issue -- and sheis undeniably beautiful.

    Lawley, who is a size 12, isa curvy model, but should shebe called plus-size when, ac-cording to Time, the average American woman is a size 14?The model herself shies away

    SI's first plus-size model: are we using the term loosely?

    NBC on Tuesday suspend-ed its “Nightly News” anchorand managing editor BrianWilliams without pay for sixmonths, according to The As-sociated Press. Williams wasenveloped by scandal over thepast week when it came tolight he had lied about beingon a helicopter in Iraq that gotshot down by an RPG.

    NBC obviously doesn’t wantto lose its star anchor and man-aging editor, and as the probeinto his conduct continues, sofar it seems one thing is forsure: he will return. But thelarger question NBC’s viewersmust ask is: should he?

    It is one thing when a jour-nalist gets the facts wrong intheir story. We all make mis-takes, and no matter how dili-gent a journalist is, occasionalmistakes during one’s careerare inevitable. That doesn’tmake them acceptable, as I’velearned just from writing forthis newspaper, just inevitable.

    What isn’t inevitable -- fora trustworthy journalist, atleast -- is grandstanding, orhumble-bragging, or whatever

    it was Williams was trying todo when he exaggerated thestory. It’s hard to imagine hecould have possibly mixed up a

    Should Brian Williams' blunder cost him his career?

    By Flickr user Peabody Awards

    story he reported on with whatactually happened to him. Howdo you confuse being on a he-licopter that got shot down byan RPG with being on a differ-ent helicopter?

     And where would he evenget the notion that he could just make a claim and getaway with it, either? From the

    helicopter pilots, crew, groundsupport, and his civilian col-leagues from NBC who worked with him that day and saw the

    situation for themselves, didit not occur to him they couldcall him out on his fallacy?

    I think the problem goesbeyond whether or not Wil-

    liams thought he could fab-ricate a story and get away with it. The ugly truth is, thereare always going to be people who get into journalism to telltheir own stories, rather thanthe ones they’re reporting on.It’s a frightening reality, butone that every outlet has to worry about and protect itselfagainst, whether it’s a small, weekly college paper or a ma- jor news television channel.

    News outlets rely on their journalists’ integrity and dili-gence to write accurate, fact-checked, and straightforwardarticles. A journalist’s personalagenda may be that he or she wants to cover politics to presspoliticians with hard questionsand keep his or her readersinformed. But that doesn’tmean his or her articles havean agenda; a journalist can’tfabricate details or catalogueproblems that didn’t happen toserve an agenda. Hard-hittingstories or action-packed claimslike Williams’ don’t serve toinform the public. They serveto inflate the ego of somebody who doesn’t deserve to be a

     journalist.Will NBC actually bring

    Williams back on board in anycapacity once his six months in

    the timeout corner are up? Ithink it’s still too early to say.Six months is a long time forpeople to forget or even for-give Williams’ mistakes, but

    for some viewers it also justmight be enough time to for-get Williams himself and makehim irrelevant.

    I don’t get much of my newsfrom the TV and I’ve never satdown through the entirety ofone of Williams’ broadcasts. Idon’t plan to now, especiallyif he comes back. I’m only oneperson, not even one of themillions of “Nightly News’” viewers. But, as a businessstudent, if I had to give NBCadvice on how to move pastthis Brian Williams incident, it would be one of the most ba-sic things I’ve learned so far:the strength of your brand de-pends on the reliability and at-tractiveness of your product.

    Brian Williams has made acareer of being the reliable faceof a big news program, and hiscompany just had to issue amajor recall on a faulty prod-uct. Whether or not they willput him back on the proverbialshelf in six months dependson whether they -- or Williamshimself -- can prove to NBC’scustomers that they’ve madeamends, and the problem with

    the product is resolved.If they can’t, NBC might

     just have to come out with anew model.

    Williams has wonnumerous awards,

    including a Peabodyand numerous Emmys,

    for his work on the"Nightly News"

    program.

    from the term, her exact wordsbeing “I just consider myselfa model because I’m tryingto help women in general ac-cept their bodies,” accordingto Time.

    While it’s great that SportsIllustrated chose Lawley as

    the “SI Swimsuit 2015 RookieNo. 6,” is it really that   amaz-ing? Even in conventionalterms she is beautiful, withher curves being present, butclearly looking more tonedand athletic than plus-size.

     Actress Marilyn Monroecould be considered the ulti-mate sexual embodiment ofa woman, with her hourglassbody, and I don’t believe I’veever heard of her legitimatelyreferred to as plus-size. Ac-

    cording to the HuffingtonPost, her dress size fluctuatedbetween a size 8 and a size10, but considering Monroe was only 5-foot-5 and Lawleyis 6-foot-2, shouldn’t we callLawley ‘voluptuous’ instead of‘plus-size’?

    Sure, Lawley has a curvierbody shape than a lot of mod-els -- but is it really okay tocall her plus-size if she wears adress size that is smaller thanthe average American woman?Sports Illustrated should becongratulated for not evenmentioning her size in thefeature. They didn’t try to saythat she is beautiful despiteher weight, but rather that sheis beautiful, period.

     Ashley Graham’s partici-

    pation, while technically in apaid ad in Sports Illustrated,is also very important. At asize 16, she is definitely ‘cur- vier’ than Lawley, and has alsogained her fair share of lustfulcomments online.

    Though their participa-tion in the Swimsuit Editioncould be dissected further, itseems to be irrelevant if thesebeautiful ladies should becalled plus-size or not. Theyare breaking through previ-

    ous fashion barriers, all whiletheir presence is generating aconversation that many wouldbenefit from. The truth is thatgirls and women need moremodels and celebrities theycan identify with -- more di- verse women because we’renot all the same, and that’s thereal beauty of this world.

    It’s clear that differentbody types are necessary inthe same way that differentraces and ethnicities are nec-essary. After all, they don’t callnon-white models ‘exotic,’ nordo they have another sectionfor people with different heri-tages, so why should we lumpso many women with differentbodies under the term ‘plus-size’?

    We need more body diver-sity in the media. Sports Il-lustrated definitely made theright choice by not bringingRobyn Lawley’s weight intothe article. While the conver-sation around body acceptanceis really important, it seemsthat not making a big dealabout SI’s ‘plus-size’ decisionis exactly what we need fordifferent body shapes to be-come normally associated withbeauty as well.

    Dear Students,

    We hope you are all hav-ing a great week and staying warm in this weather!

    The Student Government Association would like tothank Dean of Students Nan-cy Stoll for attending last weeks meeting and discuss-ing Suffolk’s future as resultof the recent plan to sellDonahue and Archer. DeanStoll also would like to en-courage students to run forSGA spring elections.

    SGA would also like toannounce that nominationsfor executive board posi-tions have started and will

    go until this Thursday, Feb.12. Congratulations to allthe students who are nomi-nated and we are excited tohear more nominations bythis week.

    Students can meet theirExecutive board nomineeson Thursday, Feb. 26 at 1p.m. in the C. Walsh Theatre.

     Also, to all students who would like to run as an SGASenator for their class or aSenator at large, electionpackets will be available inDonahue D433. All studentsare welcome to run!

    Our regular weekly meet-ings are held every Thursdayat 1 p.m. in Donahue 311.We welcome and encourageall students to attend ourmeetings.

     As always, if you have anyquestions, please do not hes-itate to contact us at [email protected].

    Have a great week!

    Student Government As-sociation

    "The truth is thatgirls and women

    need more modelsand celebrities they

    can identify with --more diverse wom-en because we’re

    not all the same, andthat’s the real beauty

    of this world."

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    SPORTS BRIEFS

    Men's Basketball1. Albertus Magnus 14-0

    2. Johnson & Wales 13-2

    3. Anna Maria 10-4

    4. St. Joseph's (Me.) 8-5

    5. Emmanuel 6-8

    (7.) Suffolk 4-8

    Men's Hockey1. Nichols 7-1-1

    2. Salve Regina 7-3

    3. Johnson & Whales 6-4

    4. Suffolk 4-3-1

    5. Wentworth 4-4-1

    Women's Basketball1. Emmanuel 8-0

    2. Saint Joseph's (Me.) 6-2

    3. Rivier 5-2

    4. Suffolk 5-2

    5. Norwich 5-3

    Team standings

    Men's Basketball

     vs. Saint Joseph's (Maine), Feb. 12, 6 p.m.

    Women's Basketball

    @ MCLA, Feb. 12, 5:30 p.m

    Padres sign pitcher James Shields

    San Diego Padres have signed pitcher James Shields to

    a four-year $75 million contract. The deal is the Padres'fourth big splash this offseason, as the team has alsoacquired outfielder Wil Myers, outfielder Matt Kemp andoutfielder Justin Upton. Shields will join the rotation andlikely be slotted in with flamethrower Andrew Cashner, andone of 2014’s biggest surprises, Tyson Ross. Last seasonthe Padres finished at a pedestrian 77-85, good for thirdplace in the top-heavy National League West. In contrast,Shields spent 2014 pitching for the defending AmericanLeague champion Kansas City Royals. Shields — known as“Big Game James” — failed to live up the nickname givento him in his days as a Tampa Bay Ray. Shields, 33, willbe entering his eighth full season in the MLB, and willbe looking to extend his 200-plus innings streak to nineconsecutive seasons.

    Little League Baseball champions stripped of title

    Chicago based team Jackie Robinson West has beenstripped of their title. The head coach has been suspendedfrom all little league activity according to Darold Butlerof ESPN. It was discovered that the team had utilizedan illegitimate map to determine region boundaries andrecruit children who would otherwise be ineligible toplay on the team. “We had to maintain the integrity ofthe Little League program,” Little League InternationalPresident and CEO Stephen D. Keener said in an interview with ESPN. “As painful as this is, it’ s a necessary outcomefrom what we finally have been able to confirm.” As aresult of the team being stripped of their championship,

    Las Vegas’ Mountain Ridge Little has been named the newchampion.

    UNLV Coach Jerry Tarkanian dies at 84 Jerry Tarkanian, the long time coach of UNLV men’sbasketball, died on Wednesday after suffering varioushealth issues. “Tark the Shark” owned an incredible 729-201 record as a coach, and is known for his battle withthe NCAA. In the clash, Tarkanian's wound up beating theNCAA, and was given a $2.5 million settlement. Tarkaniantook UNLV to four Final Fours and won the championship with the Runnin’ Rebels in 1990. Tarkanian's classic andhilarious look was the "towel chew." He was known forconstantly gnawing on a towel during games, similar to ashark biting its prey. UNLV has not been the same sincetheir Hall-Of-Fame coach left in 1992, as their winningpercentage has plummeted from .829 to .641. 

    Evander Kane Sent To Buffalo

    The Winnipeg Jets have shipped left winger Evander Kaneand defenseman Zach Bogosian to the Buffalo Sabres inexchange for defenseman Tyler Myers, right winger DrewStafford, right winger Joel Armia, 2014 second round draftchoice Brandon Lemieux and Sabre’s latest first roundpick in 2015. The trade comes after rumors concerningEvander Kane, and his conduct issues. On Feb. 5, Kanebroke a team dress code, showing up to a meeting in