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Vol. CIV, No. 15 © 2022, The Heights, Inc. www.bcheights.com Established 1919
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Monday, October 3, 2022
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MAGAZINE
OPINIONS
Columnist Matthew Ablondi discusses how the University should reinvigorate fan support for BC sports.
Past and present members of the Church in the 21st Century center reflect on its impact as it celebrates its 20th anniversary.
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Former Tenant Pleads Not Guilty After Newtonville Man Found Dead, DA Says By Victor Stefanescu Metro Editor Gavin Zhang Assoc. Metro Editor
NICOLE VAGRA / HEIGHTS EDITOR
Newton resident Xiu Fang Ke pleaded not guilty to murder in Newton District Court Wednesday after a 65-year-old man was found dead in his Newtonville home Tuesday, according to Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan. Police found Leonard Garber wrapped in a curtain and pressed under construction materials and other heavy items at his Mt. Vernon Terrace home at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Ryan said at a press conference.
Ke, charged with the murder of Garber, pleaded not guilty at her arraignment on Wednesday according to The Boston Globe. She is due for her next court appearance on Oct. 31. Police determined that 43-year-old Ke, a former tenant of Garber’s, had allegedly stolen over $40,000 from Garber through forged checks and had allegedly been spending time with Garber in the days before his body was found, Ryan said. Garber confronted Ke about the theft sometime between last Thursday and Sunday, according to the district attorney. Ke then allegedly struck and killed Garber, Ryan said. Family reported Garber missing on
Monday evening. Officials saw an individual identified as Ke enter and exit Garber’s home multiple times in the days prior to Tuesday in surveillance camera footage, according to Ryan. Police had previously visited the home on Monday when Garber was first reported missing but did not locate him. They visited again early Tuesday before finding Garber’s body in the afternoon, the district attorney said. Based on preliminary investigation, the body appeared to be hidden and left in the front hallway of the home for several days, Ryan said.
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News
16 Rape and 14 Stalking Offenses Reported at BC in 2021 By Erin Shannon News Editor
Boston College reported 16 rape cases in 2021, according to the University’s Annual Campus Security and Fire Safety Report, marking an increase from the nine reported offenses in 2020, but still not surpassing the 23 reported offenses in 2019. The University published its crime statistics in accordance with the Clery Act, which requires all colleges that receive
federal funding to release an annual public safety report detailing crime on campus and the school’s efforts to improve campus safety by Oct. 1 of each year. Associate Vice President for Student Health and Wellness and then-University Title IX Coordinator Melinda Stoops noted last year that the historically low number of reported rape offenses in 2020 could be due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “We have fewer people on campus, and with COVID measures, fewer gatherings or cases where we might see some
activities that sexual violence may be more likely to occur,” Stoops said. “So our numbers were down, and I think that makes sense given the context of the year.” In 2021, students returned to campus, coinciding with BC’s rise in rape offenses and liquor and drug law violations—disciplanary referrals for liquor law violations rose from 646 in 2020 to 868 in 2021 and disciplanary referrals for drug law violations rose from 45 in 2020 to 103 in 2021.
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Sports
BC Flexes Explosive Offense in One-Point Win Over Louisville
By Emma Healy Deputy Managing Editor
Defensive back Elijah Jones hunted down Chibueze Onwuka as Boston College football players began to filter off the field. A small group of fans had gathered on the turf, having jumped the fence to the stands, and were congregating near the visitors’ tunnel. “You may not realize, but you won us the game,” Jones said he told Onwuka. The fifth-year defensive tackle had jumped over the line of scrimmage on a Louisville extra point try in the second quarter, and he made contact with the ball, sending it wide of the uprights. BC won the game by one point.
The Eagles’ offense came alive in a 34–33 win over Louisville (2–3, 0–3), led by Zay Flowers. The rest of BC’s offense followed Flowers’ lead with explosive plays downfield, which have been hard to come by for the Eagles so far this season.
GRAPHIC BY ANNIE CORRIGAN / HEIGHTS EDITOR
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Behind Flowers and a staunch defensive effort, BC (2–3, 1–2 Atlantic Coast) battled its way to its first Power Five win of the season.
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VIKRUM SINGH / HEIGHTS EDITOR
Pops On the Heights Raises $14.5 Million BRODY HANNON / FOR THE HEIGHTS
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