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MODEL UN COURSE COMBINES CLUB AND CLASSROOM By Monica Busch '15

This fall, students have had the chance to make academic history by taking Emmanuel's brand new Model United Na­tions class, an addition that has been five years in the making.

"This course is an excellent hands-on practicum," said Dr. Petros Vamvakas. "This is an excellent way for all stu­dents regardless of discipline background to enhance their understanding of the world, [and] appreciate the benefits of mutual gain in a zero-sum world as they will learn to seek common interest and compromise."

Drawing on the already existing Model UN club, the class will introduce Political Science and Global Studies students to an experience that exceeds classroom walls. Besides in-class debate and learning about the history of the UN, the curriculum re­quires students to participate in at least two local Model UN conferences.

For the conferences, stu-/ dents wake up early and stay up late, speak in front of hun­dreds, and make - or break -alliances with other member­states. The competition can be fierce, particularly at con­ferences like the Harvard Na­tional Model United Nations (HNMUN) where students compete with schools from 40 different countries.

Coordination between the club and class also call for some diplomacy. Upon pro­posing the class to his depart­ment, Dr. Vamvakas said, "it became immediately evident that it would be difficult to

coordinate the activities of a student organization with the rigid curriculum and require­ments of a 4-credit course."

According to Dr. Vamvakas, the club struggled to maintain the interest of its main com-

petitors for a number of rea­sons, and that as ECMUN participated in an increasing number of top conferences, there was a plea for more preparedness. The issue stemmed from a limit on the expected participation of stu­dents in an extracurricular ac­tivity, a handful of whom are not Political Science or Global Studies majors.

"In 2010," he said, "there appeared to be greater sliver of hope. We began to ex­plore the possibility of having a course that would not be mandatory for the club mem­bers, but that all the class participants would participate in the club. "

With the help of the Deans of Academic Affairs, Student Affairs and Admissions, the course was approved by the Curriculum Committee in 2011 .

The course is now sched­uled to participate, along with its club members, in NER­MAL (Northeastern Regional Model Arab League) the first weekend in November, along with a smaller number of students who will begin with Boston University's BarMUN (Boston Area Regional Model United Nations) the second weekend in October.

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CONTRACEPTIVES ON CAMPUS: BIRTH CONTROL MANDATE AFFECTS STUDENTS By Shannon McMahon '15

Many changes have oc­curred at Emmanuel College with the opening of a new school year, but one in par­ticular is turning some heads. For the first time, students are able to acquire birth control prescriptions through Health Services. Once brought to a pharmacy, the prescriptions enable students to receive medication for free.

A new government health­care mandate from the Obama administration re-, . quires all health care to cov-er birth control pills. This in­cludes Catholic hospitals and universities.

But there is a catch. An anonymous Health Servic­es employee said, "due to the Catholic affiliation of the school, the pill can only be prescribed if the student is using it for medical reasons, for example menstrual irreg­ularity." In other words, oral contraceptives are only al­lowed upon confirmation that they are for health problems -- not as a general contra­ceptive. This approach, how­ever, strikes students as a bit underhanded.

"It may be enough for

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"The pill can only be prescribed if the student is using it for medical reasons."

some people to say that it's for medical reasons, but the school should just provide it as a contraceptive," says Emmanuel College sopho­more Frances Bravo. "If you can prevent unwanted preg­nancy, you should . Without having to lie about it. "

At the height of the po­litical race , the battle over women 's contraceptives has been dominant in debates and campaign speeches. As reported last Saturday, vice­presidential candidate Paul Ryan, a Catholic, called the mandate an "assault on re-

ligious liberty" and told his supporters that if Mitt Rom­ney is elected "it will be gone on day one. "

While the mandate does give some sense of freedom to Emmanuel students con­sidering the pill, it is on the school's terms. Considering these conditions and can­didate Ryan 's words, the mandate could disappear as quickly as it was installed.

MYSTERY RADIO THEATER BRINGS CLASSIC STORIES TO LIFE By Colleen Moriaty '14

Video may have killed the radio star, but the Emmanuel Performing Arts Department is reviving "radio gaga" this se­mester with the Mystery Radio Theater, a series of adaptations of classic science fiction and mystery stories. The shows are performed for a student audi­enc!e and broadcasted live on EC Radio, Thursdays at 8 p.m. until November 1, then Novem­ber 29 and December 6.

Performer Maeve Buckley '15 said, "We're trying to bring the style and feel of the 1930s to an audience that doesn't necessarily get to hear that ev­ery day."

"First of all, we get to show stories, stories not normally told that are difficult to tell on stage," said Assistant Professor of Performing Arts and Director of Theatre Scott Gagnon, "It's a fun era to work with and it has

that off-the-cuff nature and it's something different. It's a proj­ect I've wanted to do for years."

The first two shows were adaptations of The Lost World and The Invisible Man, fol­lowed by a Halloween special of three classics by Edgar Allen Poe, Oscar Wilde, and Rud­yard Kipling. Afterwards, stu­dents can look forward to the Time Machine, Journey to the Center of the Earth and The Men in the Moon.

Performers will dress in cos­tume and use props to act out each story, also employing the music of famous radio stars like the Andrews Sisters. Professor Gagnon said, "It's been exciting to create new material and to write new mu­sic and it's something different each week."

"We are always looking for sound people and techies, or (students) can come watch the show in the Fenway Room," Performer Matt Maimone'14 said.

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STUDENTS RESPOND TO EMMANUEL "COMMUNICATION ERROR"

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At 12:52 PM on Tuesday, Oc­tober 30, a post entitled "Mas­sachusetts Ballot Question 2" appeared on Emmanuel Col­lege web portal.

It began with an introduction from Sister Janet Eisner: "As many of you are aware, Ques­tion 2 is the focus of discussion here at Emmanuel, where we engage in thoughtful consider­ation of the critical issues of our time."

The post included a letter, signed by the presidents of Boston-area Catholic colleges, which outlined the "serious defects" the authors saw with Question 2, the initiative for physician-assisted suicide that Massachusetts voters rejected on Nov. 6. "Any legislation that would allow physicians to pre­scribe lethal drugs for the pur­pose of suicide calls for special scrutiny and careful consid­eration. In our analysis, Ballot Question 2 is profoundly flawed and should be rejected," the authors concluded.

Soon after the message was published to the portal, the Of­fice of the President sent a nearly identical message via

email to faculty, students and alumni.

Then, at some point during the following 24 hours, the Of­fice of the President removed its email from student and fac­ulty inboxes. Forwarded mes­sages from Emmanuel College that included the Question 2 letter were also deleted.

Shortly after the Office of the President posted and sent its original post and email, the independent student action col­laborative and Word Press blog, Focus, began soliciting student responses. By Thursday, No­vember 1, the organization had rounded up 68 opinions.

"They had every right to publicize their position to the student body . . . Everyone is entitled to their opinion and if students are offended about Emmanuel's actions, so be it," read one response. "Students don't' have to feel like they are forced to vote a certain way .. . and should vote on their be­liefs, not the college's."

Physician-assisted suicide has been a popular topic of study at Emmanuel this semes­ter. Over the summer, freshmen

EC BIKE POLICY RESTRICTS RIGHT TO RIDEON CAMPUS By Katie Liesener

ThisAugust, I tumed my bike into Emmanuel's main entrance, when a security guard stepped into my path, halting me with his hand. I jumped off my bike in alarm. What could it be: A gas leak? A threat of violence? A lock-down?

The guard motioned toward a new sign: "Please walk bicycles on sidewalk."

Oh. I guided my bike off of the road­

way that cars and pedestrians freely enjoyed. I pushed it the 100 feet I normally coasted in ten seconds .. I passed the sign embla­zoned with a stick-figure of Em­manuel's newest threat: person with bicycle.

I looked down at my trusty, ten­year-old Trek. This was the grave danger to campus safety?

I spoke with Jack Kelly, Emman­uel's director of security, about the new policy. Apparently, I was not the first. Since Emmanuel imple­mented the policy this summer, Kelly said, several cyclists had in­quired into its purpose.

"It's not that we want to infringe on anyone's rights," Kelly said. "We're just concerned that nobody gets hurt."

He described Emmanuel's cam­pus as an "unholy mix" of pedes­trians, cars, Bon Appetit delivery carts, construction vehicles, ad­missions tours, crossing Simmons students, and most recently, an in-

flux of bicyclists cutting through to the Longwood Medical Area.

"It's like Downtown Crossing at noon time," he said.

While I could appreciate Kelly's concern, the solution still made no sense. Why single out one popula­tion as "the problem" - particularly without evidence?

No bicycle-related accidents had prompted the policy, Kelly said. Nor was he was aware of any other college or Fenway institution implementing a similar policy.

Even Downtown Crossing doesn't banish bicycles from the roads. That's because Boston recognizes the value of a cycling population. It's why the city initi-

were required to read a "New York Times" article on Hur­ricane Katrina and physician assi~ted suicide called, "The Deadly Choices at Memorial," by investigative journalist Dr. Sheri Fink who spoke at Com­mencement this September.

Students have continued to discuss this article, in addition to the book "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers, in their First Year Sem­inars. In October, Emmanuel hosted a lecture orlt opposition to physician-assisted suicide led by several medical, legal and ethical professionals.

But it appears that students who were offended by the email on Ballot Question 2 were less upset by the idea of informative discussion than they were by the presentation of Emmanu­el's stance.

One responder to the Focus survey posted, "If [Emmanuel] would like the student body to be informed, the facts need to be presented in a neutral way and encourage people to form their own political views."

The President's Office, the Vice President of Student Af­fairs, and the Department Chair

ated and expanded its Hubway bike-sharing program. It's why MASCO, a non-profit promoting the institutions of Longwood and Fenway, offers rewards . to area employees who bipycle to work. It's why Mayor Tom Menino bikes to work himself.

Bicycling is one of those few win-win scenarios in which a per­son can benefit herself by benefit­ing the community. When I bike to work, I reap invigorating exercise while diminishing the city's pollu­tion and traffic congestion. The cars I ride alongside (on streets far busier than Emmanuel's) do just the opposite and pose far greater dangers.

So to be greeted to campus with three signs telling me to get off the road feels like a bit of a slap. Cars do not even face a posted speed limit. Clearly, bicycles are con­sidered expendable. The college doubled parking capacity for cars with the completion of the Wilkens Science Center garage. Mean­while, bicyclists are left to fight for space on the lone, overwhelmed bike rack.

Emmanuel should seek solu­tions that provide parity for the whole community. The college could post signs warning of con­gested areas, for example, or cre­ate a dedicated bicycle lane. But to tell bicycling faculty, students, administrators and other employ­ees to get off their bikes and get off the road should not be an option for a progressive, civic-minded college.

Katie Liesener is a Speciallnstruc­tor of English.

of NurSing were contacted re­garding the email on the day it was sent. Sr. Janet Eisner, President, responded through Dr. Patricia Rissemeyer, v.P. of Student Affairs: "The email was retracted be­cause it is not consistent with College communication prac­tice . . . The use of email was an error and the College apolo­gizes for any inconvenience this caused. The College did not intend to use that method of communication for this mes­sage. We recognized this af­ter the fact and took action to correct our procedural error and convey the message in the appropriate forum - the portal -where it remains."

To read more responses to the anonymous survey, visit the Focus blog at: sacec.word­press.com. Jordan Cooper is the publisher of this blog.

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CAFFEINE OFF CAMPUS SKIP THE "CAF" FOR YOUR MORNING BREW By Jordan Gosselin '16

While grabbing a quick cup of coffee from the dining hall is conve­nient, the routine of campus life can be draining. If you're looking for a relaxing alternative, you're in the right place: Boston is filled with quaint cafes that are great for some morning brew or lunch with a friend. Please, skip the popular chains-yes, that means Starbucks and Panera-and consider one of our favorite hidden coffee roosts.

Pavement Coffeehouse With locations at 1096 Boylston Street and 44 Gainsborough Street, the Pavement Coffeehouse offers a broad menu of soups, salads, sandwiches and paninis, a wide selection of bagels, and freshly baked goods. Vegan and vegetarian options are also available. The drink menu includes several types of coffee and tea, best enjoyed in a comfy armchair in the back of the cafe. www.pavementcoffeehouse.com

Trident Booksellers and Cafe Of course, Newbury Street is known for its abundance of shops and restaurants but this eatery offers the best of both worlds. Tri­dent Booksellers and Cafe consists of a bookstore and a restau­rant that serves breakfast, dinner, and dessert. The Trident also hosts book discussions with famous authors. www.tridentbookscafe.com .

South End Buttery Although there are plenty of great cafes near campus, we prom­ise that the South End Buttery is worth the trek. Located off Trem­ont Street at 314 Shawmut Avenue, this cafe is a hybrid between a full service restaurant and a cafe. From 6:30 AM to 8:00 PM, the cafe counter is open for sandwiches, soups, salads, breakfast, and baked goods. Then at 5:30 PM, the restaurant and bar open for a full service dinner. www.southendbuttery.com

HIPSTERS: THE NEW GENERATION WEEKS OF WELCOME GAIN STUDENT INTEREST

By Brian Burns '16

Where is Alanis Morissette? Because someone needs to find her and give her a big ole pat on the back. Let's revert back to 1995 for a hot minute. Clinton's presidency hadn't gone down­no pun intended-the tubes quite yet, the O.J. Simpson trial was reigning over American tele­vision sets and a little song by the name of "Ironic" was cater­wauling its way over every radio system in the country. As each airplay gave Alanis more of a platform to squawk about "black flies in her chardonnay," she was slowly but surely giving birth to a new irony-obsessed race of hu­manity that has recently come out of the-refurbished, eco­friendly- woodwork: hipsters.

For those who don't know what a hipster is, what world have you been living in? It seems border­line-impossible not to notice the influx of a hyper-hip (yet not in­tentionally hip), environmentally friendly (not counting discarded cigarette butts), Kerouac-wor­shipping (but only copies bought from independently owned bookstores), retro-bike riding (the very best way of navigating gentrified urban neighborhoods) subculture known as hipsters. Leave it up to over-privileged, entitled white kids to voluntarily stop shaving and applying de­odorant.

I was en route to the super­market the other day and walked

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past a man in slim-fitting trou­sers, a simple button-up shirt, and a broad-brimmed straw hat with a corncob pipe hanging out of his mouth. If my life depended upon it, I still wouldn't be able to tell you if the guy was Amish or just a big Wilco fan. I suppose I could have asked him if he rolled his own cigarettes-a sure-fire litmus test-but I was a Nutter Butter away from slipping into a diabetic coma and had to hightail it to the store.

While contemplating which fla­vor of Greek yogurt to invest in, I started thinking not only about the enigmatic pedestrian I met on the street but what hipsters represent as a whole. Looking back through time, most de­cades have had specific anti-es­tablishment counterculture-for example, the Beat Generation of the 1950s, the hippies of the '60s, and even the Goonies of the '80s. Flash forward to nowa­days and the current counter­culture is nothing more than a

cheap amalgamation of all those who came before them.

Whereas the Beat Genera­tion ushered in a discussion on the negative aspects of 1950s orthodoxy and flower children revolutionized sexuality in the United States, hipsters are com­ing up with tarragon-and-merlot flavored ice cream and taking self-portraits with their twelve­thousand cats. Maybe if hipsters spent a little less time waxing their handlebar mustaches and a little more time occupying cities demanding some fiscal revolu­tion, they will be remembered for more than just transforming thrift shops into the new Gap.

Regardless, I have high hopes for hipsters. Be,cause, like it or not, they have a heavy weight on their shoulders. Wallow in their image-obsessed pretension for just a moment and you'll realize that they're a living, breathing microcosm of our entire gen­eration. Their grandma sweaters protect them against the frost of

THE UNWRITTEN RULES OF THE DINING HALL By Sarah Ribeiro '13

This semester has been one of many changes for Emmanu­el students: missing half of the Administration building, miss­ing all of the Muddy River Cafe, and most importantly, the over­whelmingly strict atmosphere in the main dining hall. Amidst constant student complaints, it's important to acknowledge that the new procedures would not be in place if Emmanuel students followed these "un­written rules" of the dining hall:

1. Push the trays in: When you return your dishes to the back of the dining hall , you may notice that the conveyor belt has stopped moving. This is because the motion sensor (on the far left of the conveyor belt) has spotted that some­thing is blocking the way-nor­mally a tray or a fork sticking out of the tray rack. If you push it in , the belt will start moving again, and we can avoid the disgusting habit of piling up dishes on the counter.

2. Don't cut: We all learned in Kindergarten not to cut in line. College is no time to start that up again-it's it's unbeliev­ably frustrating and actually slows things down for every­one. Wait like everyone else and we'll all be happy.

3. Don't sneak in: Most of us get fifteen meals a week on our meal plan, which means two meals a day and one extra. There's no reason to skip out on a swipe because it not only takes money from Bon Appetit (which caused this past year's price increase), it forces them to ask for your ID when you eat in the atrium. That being said .

4. Return your plates: Part of the reason that Bon Appetit asks you for your ID is because so many people bring their dishes back to their room and never return them (or pile them in the kitchen). Our campus is small enough that there's no excuse not to carry one small bowl back to the din­ing hall.

5. Respect everyone else: The first week of school, I witnessed two separate fresh­man groups have their seats stolen while they were getting drinks. This is both unfair and disrespectful-be aware of your surroundings and remem­ber that there is seating avail­able in the atrium and on the second floor.

While these tips may be com­mon sense to some people, for others it's worth the reminder. Follow these rules and we can all have a pleasant and stress­free dining experience.

realizing a sense of entitlement doesn't equate to success. The wayfarers hide the disappoint­ment in their eyes when realizing we live in a world where being a product is more desirable than being an artist. Their purpose­fully distressed desert boots are worn and ready for the tiresome trek from our $47,000-per-year private college to all of the com­panies that will not be hiring us once we graduate.

But, then again, without the im­age and without all of the pomp and circumstance, who would hipsters be? Who would any of us be? Previous countercultures have morphed or faded over the years, but I think as long as there is a mainstream alternative to being mainstream, hipsters will live on. Isn't it ironic?

By Tanairi Valencia '16

During the first six weeks of school, Emmanuel 's Office of Student Activities and Multicul­tural Programs (OSAMP) host­ed several on-campus events in the second annual Weeks of Welcome. Assistant Direc­tor of Student Activities Kevin Farrell , who helped coordinate the activities, said , "The variety of events offered from the nu­merous areas on campus really made the students more knowl­edgeable of their resources on campus, and most importantly, offered them with an outlet for stress."

Some of the events included Screen on the Green, Kupcake Karaoke, a Welcome Bash, and a K-9 demonstration. Ac­cording to Farrell , the Welcome Bash, hosted by CASE, and the K-9 demonstration run by Campus Safety and Student Activities, were two of the best­attended activities.

He said that this year, OSAMP worked to increase student interest. "(We) work(ed) with Marketing to create a plan that included a logo, table tents and a Twitter hash-tag (#EC­WOW12)." OSAMP plans to continue the Weeks of Wel­come in years to come.

SOCIAL MEDIA AND POLITICS #KEEPITTOYOURSELF By Grace Cassidy '16

A note to Tweeters every­where: it is unlikely that hash­tagging "Obama2012" will make any sort of impact on the opin­ions of others, or persuade any­one planning to vote for Romney to suddenly change their minds. In fact, advertising your political beliefs on Twitter will only make you look narrow-minded. Yet, there are people who still do it.

Living in an era where anyone can connect with anyone else across the globe makes it diffi­cult for introverts such as myself to avoid other people. We have become social creatures, and the having the Internet at our im­mediate disposal allows us to in­teract with one another with the utmost simplicity.

Most significantly, the intro­duction of social media has cre­ated a "natural" need to share what we're doing and what we're thinking-and, when it comes to Twitter, reduced down to a pack­age of 140 characters or less. With such a limited amount of space to express oneself-let alone anything of substance-it would seem difficult for Twit­ter users to find room to offend other people.

Granted, opinions about what constitutes something as be­ing "offensive" differ from per­son to person. But I do believe there is a line that should never

be crossed-a line that lies in one-sided opinions concerning politics. The people who cross it provide only an annoyance and a headache to the social media community.

Personally, I would be ex­tremely offended if someone told me to my face what I should or shouldn't believe. But social networking gives people con­fidence, because users aren't face-to-face-they're hiding be­hind a computer screen. Plus, responding to offensive Tweets involves an extra degree of ef­fort: typing. If the rest of the pop­ulation is anything like me, they'll realize that it just isn't worth go­ing out of your way to tell some­one they're wrong.

To a certain extent, discussing opinions can provide a decent ethical discussion and can be in­tellectually stimulating. But how valuable is it to get in a heated debate via the interweb? Disre­specting others' opinions only stirs unnecessary. controversy and angers your followers. For the sake of my sanity, and prob­ably that of the social media world, I'm begging you: #Keep­ItToYourself.

NEIGHBORS DESTROY MAN'S CHILDHOOD STREET EDITOR'S NOTE

By Celia Muto '14

Lilacs drape the Americana­style home. This is the one house that you pass on Pratt Street that can be called beau­tiful. It's a long walk until you reach there, your nose will fill with old beer and marijuana reeking from college kid's apartments. The street often found in desolation with broken beer bottles, trash, and vomit.

The desolation remains be­side the quiet unlit home of 42 Pratt Street.

Last Sunday, the shenani­gans got out of hand and left Richard, a resident since 1967, in disgust.

The cars along Pratt Street were coated with what ap­peared to be fire extinguisher chemicals spelling out the numbers "69."

"I've lived here all my life, you know, it wasn't always like this," Richard said. Richard grew up in the neighborhood surround-

ed by friends, until colleges be­gan to move towards Allston, closer to his street.

The rowdy college kids short­ly followed .

"Slowly it turned into a neigh­borhood of kids who can't ap­preciate what they have," Rich­ard said. The large flag, gone. Two more flags found on the grass, destroyed. Richard's wife, Rochelle, stood close by looking where the flag previously stood. "That's really what broke it for me. The kids clearly don't understand what this flag stands for. It's freedom, it's for the soldiers who died," she remarked. One flag pole was in the middle of the street. The street was in a usual state of disarray, but the two adults of the street stood strong.

Melissa Goulding, 43 Pratt Street resident and student at Emmanuel College was dis­turbed. "Nothing of mine was

SPIKEBALL ON THE QUAD FRESHMEN GET COMPETITIVE ON CAMPUS By Molly Sczucka '16

At any given time of the day, there is usually a soccer ball or frisbee being tossed around on the quad. And if you're lucky, you might get to experience a game of Spikeball, which was introduced to the Emmanuel community this year by Josh Dyson '16 and Richie Thomp­son '1'6.

Spikeball originated as a beach game and consists of one net between two teams of two. The game requires each member to volley the ball off of the net to the opposite team. But as simple as the game ap­pears, Dyson said, "It gets in­tense."

Friends from high school and roommates, Dyson and Thompson got wind of the game by word of mouth, a tra­dition they continue. "People always walk by and ask what we're doing." said Dyson. While the two usually do not play together on the quad, they have a record of 37 wins and only one loss. With colder weather approaching, the boys will not be playing the game for too much longer, but don't be surprised seeing them once the weather becomes warms up again. "You can never

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get bored of the game," said Thompson.

According to Dyson, the pos­sibility of a Spikeball club at Emmanuel is in the works. Har­vard University has a Spikeball club, which Dyson has been in contact with in hopes that there will be a tournament will be in the near future. If you're already hooked on the game, equipment can only be bought online at www.spikeball.com.

ruined, but it might as well have been. I'm a college student, as they probably were, but I would never do this. This is kids who probably never had a job and can't understand the co'ncept of respect," said Melissa.

Richard chimed in: "They fight so these kids can run around and disrespect like this? No. It's one thing to drink and party, we all have our time. But don't harm my house." There Richard stood, looking at his childhood neighborhood, ready to face another year watching these children live in desolation, destroying the same street that created him.

By Lannan O'Brien '13

This issue's "Hipsters: the new generation," presents an important question: what do we stand for? As young college students in the 21 st century, we have the lUXUry of expressing ourselves through myriad so­cial media outlets. Today, we not only have the freedom of speech, but the freedom to be heard by hundreds of friends and followers on sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr.

Of course, this freedom is advantageous in many ways. But what hap­pens when the passionate expression of thought-and sometimes over sharing of opinion (see "Politics and social media: #KeepltToYourself')­becomes mainstream? As Burns says, every culture has a countercul­ture. If hipsters represent our counterculture, it may be logical to infer that they represent the apathy of our generation, or at least the appearance of such.

Consider this: social media makes it "cool" to publicize your beliefs, and hipsters make it cool to look careless by way of "anti-fashion" fashion statements. The style is harmless, but the ideals of the "movement" are potentially dangerous because they lack any movement or goal.

Rebellion should be fueled by passion, some fiery emotion that pushes us to act, and we must protect this passion in order to progress, to de­velop, to learn, and to grow. We have a right to free speech and a re­sponsibility to use it by whatever means possible, regardless of what is mainstream. I implore you to discover what ignites your passion and use it to stand for something. We're all rebels in our own right-be a rebel with a cause.

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EMMANUEL DINERS ASK FOR NUTRITIONAL FACTS By Paige K~nnery '15

Every day, Emmanuel tries to encourage its students to choose well-balanced and healthy meals by supplying them with organic ingredients, locally grown produce, and the resources to help make those decisions.

But do Emmanuel students have all the information about what they're eating?

Bon Appetit, Emmanuel's catering service, has many re­sources on their website. From proper portion sizes, links to health services and environ­mental experts, to a BMI (body mass index) calculator, stu­dents can learn more about what they eat and even how to live healthier.

But some students don't think it's enough.

"If the info on the site was in the dining hall, it would be help people eat even better," said sophomore Alexandra Narlee. "It would just be easier to' make better choices."

In the Emmanuel dining hall, there is limited nutritional infor­mation in which students can rely on. There are 6 different stickers that Bon Appetit posts on food menus. They notify stu­dents of their vegan options, or­ganic selections, and seasonal products from local farms. Bon Appetitr also has markers that indicate an "In Balance" selec­tion, indicating a well-balanced

plate. A well-balanced plate in­cludes whole grains, protein, and vegetables.

"We work to provide students with the best food," said dining room manager Jennifer Mar­tinez. "Our food is made from scratch here on site and is nev­er frozen and we have better food. Students come from all of the Colleges of the Fenway to eat here."

Though the dining hall only offers basic information about the food they serve, the Bon Appetit website can further edu­cate students on what they eat. According to their website, Bon Appetit prides itself on its self­sustainability which they claim it which improves the nutritional value of the food they serve.

They do not use antibiotic, artifi­cial growth hormones, and sup­ply local produce. "You can taste the difference," said Martinez.

More often then not, students do not make the healthy choic­es the school promotes.

According to a study conduct­ed by Tufts University, 66% of college students don't consume the recommended five servings of fruits and vegetables, and 50% consume too much satu­rated fat.

A link to the Bon Appetit web­site can be found under Dining Services in the Student Life section of Emmanuel's website.

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