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Monday, March 28, 2022

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ARTS

SPORTS

BC Athletics unveiled the Pete Frates Center on Saturday in honor of the former BC baseball captain.

The BC bOp! Jazz Ensemble performed a variety of classic jazz tunes and contemporary pieces on Saturday.

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Introducing the 2022 UGBC Presidential Candidates Benjamin and Spagnola: Inclusivity and Accessibility By MC Claverie Assoc. Magazine Editor

STEVE MOONEY / HEIGHTS EDITOR

The same week Julia Spagnola was planning to reach out to Lubens Benjamin about running together for a UGBC leadership position, Benjamin asked Spagnola if she would run with him as president and vice president. “Julia was always someone that I admired in UGBC and her dedication to the work,” Benjamin, CSOM ’23, said. “So when I kept thinking about

who I’d want to run with as president, Julia was the only person I could think of, and I think if I wasn’t with Julia [it definitely] wouldn’t be the same experience as it is right now.” Spagnola, MCAS ’23, said that although she had known Benjamin through UGBC, their experience as Appa co-leaders led her to consider him as a running mate as she was thinking about running for a leadership position in UGBC. “We’d just been paired together

to be Appa leaders just before Winter Break, and I spent all that break thinking about who else I would want to maybe run with … and I kept coming back to him, because he’s the one person I trust the most,” Spagnola said. Benjamin, who described his relationship with Spagnola as a “dynamic” team, said he is excited to run alongside her.

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Kapurura and Wachsmuth: Equity and Accountability By Erin Flaherty Asst. Magazine Editor

When Kudzai Kapurura was a freshman in high school, she walked into her principal’s office with a list of proposals for improvement within the school. “I typed out a whole document of all of the things about my school that I felt could be better and also a whole bunch of solutions,” Kapurura, MCAS ’23, said. “Some students didn’t have

laptops at home. [I asked,] ‘Why don’t we provide students with the opportunity to check out the laptops that we have here at school?’ … I remember my principal was like, ‘Who are you with? What club is this?’ And I was like, ‘Oh, I’m just here. … I’m just here as Kudzai.’” Seven years later, Kapurura is taking a similar approach to her campaign for UGBC president. “What I understood then, and what I understand still now is that

leadership does not come with a requirement,” Kapurura said. “You don’t need to have done certain things in order to be a leader or to change things. You just have to be somebody who understands, ‘This is a problem, [and] here’s an opportunity for a solution. I’ve heard these experiences. I’ve heard these stories. Now how can we move forward and get things taken care of and get things done?’”

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STEVE MOONEY / HEIGHTS EDITOR

News

Metro

Sanchez Wins 2022 Romero Scholarship

By Beth Verghese Asst. News Editor

VICTOR STEFANESCU / HEIGHTS EDITOR

Newton Rallies for Ukraine By Victor Stefanescu Metro Editor

Congressman Jake Auchincloss said the United States should consider threatening sanctions against China at a Newton rally for Ukraine on Friday—the same day U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told CNBC such actions would not be appropriate. Auchincloss said China has implicitly supported Russia in its invasion of Ukraine. “China needs to know that they

cannot sit on the sidelines of history,” said Auchincloss, who represents Massachusetts’s 4th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. “They will be judged, and they must stand on the right side.” Auchincloss joined Newton Mayor Ruthanne Fuller, other Massachusetts politicians, and over 100 residents in calling for more efforts at home and abroad to support refugees and bring an end to the conflict. Both Auchincloss and Fuller said they hoped the U.S. would accept

more Ukrainian refugees following the Biden administration’s announcement on Thursday to accept up to 100,000 refugees. “Our country is ready to take in 100,000 refugees from this war,” Fuller said. “I hope we can do better. I actually think we must do better.” State-level politicians at the rally said the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has a role to play in the conflict as well.

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Mikayla Sanchez wiped away tears as her parents rushed to embrace her after University President Rev. William P. Leahy, S.J., announced her as this year’s Saint Oscar A. Romero Scholarship recipient. “As a second generation American, I feel the need to persevere and utilize the opportunity so selflessly provided and presented to me by my parents,” Sanchez said. The Saint Oscar A. Romero Scholarship Award recognizes a Boston College junior whose life demonstrates an understanding of and commitment to the values and ideals demonstrated through Romero’s life. The 30th Annual Saint Oscar A. Romero Scholarship Award ceremony took place Saturday night in the Yawkey Athletic Center. “[Students] must show dedication to learning in service of the Hispanic Latino community, not only at Boston College but also outside in the wider community,” said Milvia Sanchez, co-chair of the scholarship’s selection committee.

The other two finalists were Maribel Andrade, MCAS ’23, and Alberto Juarez, MCAS ’23. All three finalists will receive a $1,000 gift certificate to the BC Bookstore, and the winner of the scholarship will receive up to $25,000 toward senior year tuition. The other two finalists will receive up to $3,000 toward their senior year tuition, according to the Romero Scholarship website. O. Ernesto Valiente—an associate professor of systematic theology—delivered the keynote address, exploring three virtues that he believes capture the life of Romero. “Firstly, the virtue of honesty,” Valiente said. “Second is the virtue of solidarity … and thirdly, the virtue of hope that allowed Romero to be faithful to the end and to put his life in the hands of God.” After the keynote speech, several previous Romero Scholarship recipients spoke, and the Latin student dance group VIP performed. Leahy then congratulated each finalist before presenting the award to Sanchez.

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