NEWS OPINION SPORTS Alumnus organizes for Clinton Classics & click-bait: an unlikely duo New lax coach aims to lead to success The Berkeley Beacon Emerson College’s student newspaper since 1947 • berkeleybeacon.com Thursday October 6, 2016• Volume 70, Issue 4 No housing THE FEATURE lottery for NCAA loophole 2017 upper- gives Emerson classmen teams hope for Laura King, Beacon Staff qualifying Juniors and seniors will not be offered on-campus housing next fall, according Matt Case, Beacon Staff to an email to the Emerson community from Erik Muurisepp, associate dean and Next to the Super Bowl, it’s debatably director of housing, and residence and Jim the most exciting Sunday in sports. Hoppe, vice president and dean of campus The NCAA basketball Division I con- life. ference championships finish up across First and second year students are guar- the U.S. on this day. Members of 32 teams anteed Emerson housing, and in years past sit comfortably in gyms, locker rooms, upperclassmen have been able to enter a and bars, awaiting the announcement of lottery to continue living in dormitories. their spot in the national tournament, But next year, when the college loses ac- while 36 other squads sit anxiously on the cess to 360 beds due to renovations, there edge of their seats, huddled around TVs, will be no lottery. hoping for a record strong enough to get a The college announced two years ago bid into the bracket, too. that the Little Building residence hall will This is Selection Sunday. close summer 2017 for renovations. To re- All NCAA national tournaments, with place the almost 750 beds in the dorm, the the exception of football, are seeded this college began construction last year on a way. Teams who have won their confer- 375-bed residence hall at 2 Boylston Pl.— ence get an automatic spot. It is then up to a committee to decide who else gets in, and who plays who. So even teams who “We’re not going to be don’t win their conference aren’t out. In Division III women’s volleyball, the forcing triples and quads.” New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference has been highly represented –Erik Muurisepp, director in the national competition for the last few years. Outside of the conference champi- of housing and residence ons, one extra team was selected in 2014, and two extra were chosen in 2015. Emerson head coach Ben Read was projected to open next fall in conjunction looking toward the same thing for his with a new student dining center at 122- squad, in 2016. 124 Boylston St. and 19 Boylston Pl. “The last two years, Babson has won To replace the remaining 375 beds, the college is looking to provide school-spon- sored off-campus housing. One option is “They’re going to in Fenway, where the college is currently working with the Boston Planning and look at head-to- Development Authority to rezone a hostel for temporary dorm use. But this building, head record between located at 12 Hemingway St., would only t e am s .” house 115 students for the two years of Writing beyond margins renovations. Muurisepp said in an interview that By Lee Ann Jastillana • p. 9 -Ben Read, coach See Housing, page 2 our conference, and they’ve been near Cheryl Buchanan, founder of Writer’s Without Margins. • Cassandra Martinez / Beacon Staff one of the top teams in our region. MIT and or Springfield have been one of the top three of four teams in our region the last couple years,” Read said. “So Babson Howdily doodily, it's The Simpsons creator won our conference, got to go in, and MIT and Springfield got to go in because they beat enough strong teams to advance. So that’s what I was hoping to set up with our Monika Davis, Beacon Correspondent Tuesday, he taught a comedy writing scheduling this year.” masterclass in the Cabaret and present- The Lions have missed the playoffs the “Patience, care, and persistence” are the ed a “Secrets of The Simpsons” lecture in last two years, and could not get past the three things necessary to becoming a good the Bright Family Screening Room. More first round the season before that, giving writer, according to Mike Reiss, the writer, than 70 people made it out to the writing them an 0-1 postseason record since join- producer, and former showrunner of Fox’s masterclass and over 60 people attended ing the NEWMAC in 2013. The Simpsons. the “Secrets of The Simpsons” lecture. With a near .500 record last year, 12- Emerson Mane Events, along with Em- Reiss emphasized three steps to writing 13, but a conference record of 2-8, Read erson Independent Video and Sweet Tooth better comedy at the masterclass through said he attempted to arrange a schedule Animation, have been working since be- his “PCP” model. First, you start by put- for this season, that would include match- fore orientation to bring Reiss to Emerson ting the idea for a sketch or story aside and es against tougher nonconference oppo- for a public speaking arrangement. nents. During Reiss’ time at Emerson on See Simpsons page 7 Mike Reiss spoke on comedy. • Jacob Cutler / Beacon Staff See Tournament, page 10 The Beacon online /berkeleybeacon @BeaconUpdate berkeleybeacon berkeleybeacon berkeleybeacon news The Berkeley Beacon October 6, 2016 2 Bard prof speaks on angling LGBTQ+ conversations rights course she teaches. Gellman said Matthew Graham-O’Regan, Beacon she’s seen Encarnación as a mentor and a Correspondent friend since she took most of his classes at Bard College more than a decade ago. Though Emerson prides itself as a Gellman said her students were in- leader on LGBTQ matters, some students terested in the speech, and that learning learned on Thursday that national conver- about these battles for human rights is an sation on the subject may be hindering "Less ad- important lesson to have on every college our progress. vantaged campus. Omar G. Encarnación, a professor at “Human rights movements can take Bard College, spoke to about 40 students countries place anywhere, and Omar’s work can on Thursday about his new book, Out in help us expand our repertoires of analysis the Periphery: Latin America’s Gay Rights are able as to where human rights can take place Revolution. The text discusses sudden and in what context,” Gellman said. LGBTQ rights revolutions in Latin Amer- to make In his research, Encarnación said, he ican countries, specifically the movements found that strategies used by Argentine in Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay. bigger activists to promote LGBTQ rights were “It is normally the nations with the achieve- most effective. The Argentines framed it highest rates of poverty and religiosi- as a human rights issue, not a civil rights ty which achieve the most for the LGBT ments matter. community,” Encarnación said. Encarnación told the room that al- His book aims to answer a question than the though the international gay rights move- that has peaked his curiosity in recent ment began in the U.S., this country’s pol- years: “What explains the outburst of U.S." icies still lag behind many Latin American LGBT rights within a certain region of the nations. Encarnación attributes this most- world?” Encarnación said he researched —Omar ly to our framing of the issue. Latin American countries because they’re G. Encar- “As big as [Americans] think their some of the the least studied and have the achievements are, less advantaged coun- most interesting LGBTQ rights move- nación tries are able to make bigger achievements ments in the world. than the U.S. has been able to,” Encar- Mneesha Gellman, assistant professor nación said. of political science, said she invited En- Gellman and Encarnación. • Matthew Graham-O’Regan / Beacon Correspondent carnación to speak to students because matthew_grahamoregan@emerson. his research supplements the human edu Week highlights issues of sexual violence Sydney Zuckerman, Beacon Staff sor Emerson STANDS week: five days of membership, organizing programs, and The Emerson STANDS action series activities to bring awareness to interper- creating art to inspire change. Schaefer planned for Tuesday, Oct. 4, was cancelled Four Emerson sophomores are renew- sonal violence. Emerson STANDS week and Powers will lead the charge in Boston due to a fire drill, according to an email ing their efforts this year to take a stand includes the Take a Stand art project, a "The most this semester while Griffin and Incollingo from Matson. against rape and sexual assault by con- banner for students to write on or deco- are abroad at Emerson’s Kasteel Well in the Information tables in the dining hall tinuing to build their community action rate, in the Max Mutchnick Campus and important Netherlands. have been available from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. group. the Iwasaki Library. Together We Stand is working with all week for those seeking more informa- Last year, Meaghan Schaefer, a politi- The public art project will eventually be part is to the Office of Violence Prevention and Re- tion or looking to help out. Students are cal communication studies major; Teresa displayed on the 10th floor of the Walker sponse to reach more students, Schaefer also invited to attend the Open Mic Night Powers, an IDIP leadership and manage- Building or migrate to different areas on get the said. Melanie O. Matson, director of VPR, Thursday, Oct. 6. in the Max Mutchnick ment communication major; Sarah Grif- campus, according to Emerson’s website. said the group came to VPR full of energy Campus Center. fin, a communication studies major; and At the first meeting of the year earli- dialogue and ideas in spring 2015 and have contin- Powers said it is important to realize Peyton Incollingo, a communication stud- er this month, Schaefer said these topics started." ued to expand their influence since.