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Monday, November 15, 2021

Chestnut Hill, Mass.

ARTS

SPORTS

Asinine kept the crowd on its toes during its recent show celebrating the comedy group’s 20th anniversary.

The Eagles take down the Stags in a close game, winning 72–64 against Fairfield University.

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BC Remembers Alumni Veterans BY ELIZA HERNANDEZ For The Heights

Jean Chisser talks about BC veterans in front of a crowd of alumni, BC families, and students IKRAM ALI / HEIGHTS EDITOR

Jean Chisser, associate director of Boston College’s Alumni Affinity Programs, said that there is a military maxim that says people die twice—once when they take their last breath and the last time their name is spoken aloud. On Thursday morning, BC alumni and families gathered for BC’s 21st Annual Veterans Mass and Remembrance Ceremony, held each year on Veterans Day to honor alumni who have died in the line of duty. Under a sprawling white tent on John J. Burns Library lawn on Thursday, BC ROTC cadets read aloud the names of every alum who has died while serving in the U.S. military since World War I.

“I think the important part of that is remembering people’s names, and seeing their names, helps keep them alive,” Chisser said. “It’s in our hearts and in our thoughts.” The tradition holds, according to Chisser, that after reading the names from each war, the cadets ask “Who will stand and answer for the fallen?” followed by a BC veteran responding with, “I will answer for all those who gave their lives,” and lighting a candle. The names are also etched on the BC Veterans Memorial, a 70-foot-long wall that borders the Burns Library lawn. The list includes veterans from World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.

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NEWS

BC Afghanistan Veterans Reﬂect BY MEGAN KELLY News Editor On Nov. 11 of each year, the nation celebrates its veterans who have served in the U.S. military. Veterans Day, commemorated this past Thursday, corresponds with the anniversary of the end of World War I, when the

armistice between Germany and the United States went into effect on Nov. 11, 1918—the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month of the war. Thou sand s of Boston College alumni, students, faculty, and staff have served in the U.S. military. In light of the end of the Afghanistan War, The Heights highlights some of

their stories. Veterans and service members in crisis can speak with a Department of Veterans Affairs responder at 1-800-273-8255, as well as connect with care through the Massachusetts HomeBASE program at 617-724-5202. LEO WANG / HEIGHTS STAFF

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SPORTS

Blind at BC: CSD’s Dinner in the Dark BY NINA KHAGHANY Heights Staﬀ

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Eagles Take Down Georgia Tech See A12

The Council for Students with Disabilities (CSD) is encouraging Boston College students to share a meal with one another while blindfolded. Dinner in the Dark, which was hosted last week and will continue this week, will allow participants to experience how blind people navigate everyday events like meals. Svea McNally, chair of CSD and Lynch ’22, said that the purpose of Dinner in the Dark is to spread awareness about the physical and social barriers someone with a visual impairment experiences. “The goal is for students to leave with a new perspective that they can bring towards dismantling the

ablest structures and social isolation that people with disabilities face,” McNally said. According to Nick Claudio, a member of CSD and GMCAS ’23, there are ableist structures surrounding meals on BC’s campus. Claudio said that he first began to lose his vision when he was about 10 years old, and is now the only blind student at BC this year. “I don’t know which bin will have which ingredient for my salad,” he said, commenting on the BC dining halls. “Or like, you know, which fridge will have which sandwich unless I literally open it up and stick my hands in there, which isn’t a sanitary thing.”

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