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September 9, 2024

Masked Man Found Trespassing on Radnor On Thursday, the Boston Police Department (BPD) came into contact with him on the corner of Kirkwood Road and South Street. By Angelina Li Assoc. News Editor Lucy Freeman News Editor

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Eagles Shutout Duquesne After pouring in 42 first-half points, the Eagles defeated Duquesne 56–0 in O’Brien’s Alumni Stadium debut. By Graham Dietz Alumni Director

There was no doubt. Khari Johnson was going to make it to the endzone. In man coverage, Johnson’s eyes never left Joey Isabella until the ball came flying at his hip. In a split second, his head turned, and the ball nosedived toward his left hand, which he trapped against the white No. 3 sprawled across his maroon jersey. The horns blew and the horse race to the pylons began, a heap of interior linemen the only remaining roadblocks. Darius Perrantes, Duquesne’s signal caller, chased down the nickelback as hard as any quarterback would after throwing an interception that was about to become a pick six.

The Boston Police Department (BPD) came into contact with a masked man on the corner of Kirkwood Road and South Street on Thursday night after the man was caught on camera trespassing at a nearby property, according to a BPD report. “Upon arrival the officers came in contact with a white male wearing black sweatpants, black hoodie with grey sleeves and a face mask at the intersection of South St. and Kirkwood Rd,” the BPD report reads. Mackenzie Shea and Anna O’Donnell, both MCAS ’26, live on Radnor Rd. and saw live-footage of the man walking in their backyard around

For many college students, finding a roommate freshman year can be a toss-up. You can either room with someone you instantly click with, someone you talk to maybe once a day (a couple of grunts or nods in your direction as well if you’re lucky), or someone you despise. However, a new categor y of freshman-year roommates has emerged: the ingenious website-creating duo. Computer Science majors Sebastian Pucher and Andrew Boessen, both roommates and MCAS ’26, turned their freshman year double into a startup: Eagle Eval. The website provides Boston College students with written information and numerical ratings for professors and courses, and already has an estimated 2,000 users, Boessen said. When looking for freshman-year roommates, the two sophomores originally met through social media and bonded about their shared interest in technology. “When I was looking for roommates, I remember I looked at a lot of Andrew’s projects, and we just kind of clicked,” Pucher said. “That then led to this year and

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Johnson barely needed to shove Perrantes out of the way, merely escorting him over the sideline. He had just come away with his first interception as an Eagle and brought it to the house on a 45-yard return. The floodgates were already open, but then a tsunami swept through Chestnut Hill, Mass. Boston College football washed away the Dukes like an empty glass bottle in open waters. “Coach [Ray] Brown and Coach [Tim] Lewis have been telling us that play was gonna show up,” Johnson said. “I saw the slot was coming back into the formation, I knew the alignment, I knew the down and distance, so all that was left was to make the play. It was a dream come true.”

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Students Create Professor and Course Review Site By Juliana Parisi Heights Staff

midnight on Thursday through their Ring home security camera. “We got a notification right at midnight, actually, that someone was at our back door,” O’Donnell said. “So we looked, and we're like, ‘Oh, who is it?’ And it was a guy with a ski mask on walking down our driveway.” The roommates immediately called the Boston College Police Department (BCPD), who then got them into contact with BPD. Shea and O’Donnell said the police then arrived and barricaded Radnor Rd. on each end. “We had the footage ready to show them with a description, and so they barricaded the street and found him at the top of the hill on the corner of Kirk and South,” O’Donnell said.

our brainstorming of larger projects that we could do.” Both Pucher and Boessen came to Boston College with experience in the computer science world. In high school, both participated in computer science clubs and tested their luck in computer science competitions. “As long as I can remember, I’ve just really been passionate about tech and kind of getting hands-on experience with different things, and my roommate and I share a lot of similarities when it comes to that,” Pucher said. The duo’s first project together dates back to their freshman fall at BC, when they competed in Hack the Heights, a collaborative coding competition through the BC Computer Science Society. At Hack the Heights, the duo said they created a website named “BC Bites,” aiming to help BC students find the best food options on campus. The website was designed to take real-time data from BC’s dining menus and let users vote on their favorite dishes, displaying the most popular options at any given time.

Schwartz, Sangiolo Win Primaries By Genevieve Morrison Assoc. Newton Editor

Cal State Fullerton had gone four games without scoring a goal headed into its Sunday afternoon matchup at Boston College women’s soccer. Just 24 seconds into the match, the Titans finally scored. Unfortunately for them, they did so on the wrong net.

Newton residents voted for two new state representatives in the state congressional primary Tuesday, choosing Greg Schwartz as the Democratic candidate in the 12th Middlesex district and Amy Mah Sangiolo as the Democratic candidate for the 11th. In the Nov. 5 general election, Sangiolo will face Vladislav Yanovsky, who ran unopposed on the Republican ticket. There was no Republican challenger in the 12th district race, so Schwartz will run unopposed in the general election. Following the retirement of state-house veterans Kay Khan and Ruth Balser, two Democratic races in Newton ensued this summer to fill the newly opened seats. Khan held the longest tenure in the state house when she retired, having served 15 terms since 1994. Balser served 13 terms, representing Newton and Brookline since 1999.

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Eagles Top Cal State Fullerton By Maria Stefanoudakis Asst. Sports Editor

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Magazine

Opinions

What does your off-campus room say about you? Outreach and DEI coordinator Sofia Laboy unpacks the hidden meaning behind your living situation.

Columnist Katie Spillane reflects on her newfound appreication for her Jesuit education, highlighting how Jesuit values have enhanced her experiences at BC.

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