Coming Together to Serve

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The chapter’s most recent service event at the The Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank.

On April 12, our San Diego BC Alumni chapter will participate in the Ninth Annual Day of Service. We will again partner with Santa Clara University and spend the day sprucing up Our Lady’s School. Our Lady’s School is the oldest Catholic elementary school in San Diego. The school has sought the guidance of the Jesuit Order through the support of Our Lady of Guadalupe parish.

Two years ago we spent the Annual Day of Service with Our Lady’s School and learned that for a school with two campuses they only have one custodian. We were able to do a lot of maintenance that just can’t get done on a daily basis. We took down, rinsed and dried almost all of the school’s blinds, washed hallway walls, cleaned classroom window sills, and generally helped out with deep cleaning. One of the great benefits of coming together to serve is seeing everyone have such a fun time and make connections. Not only could we help our Jesuit friends here in San Diego but I am sure other partnerships came out of the day.

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The latest service project our chapter held was in February at The Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank. BC brought over twenty volunteers for two shifts. We learned that the warehouse, which distributes about 20,000,000 pounds of food to San Diego County each year, only has 18 employees. There is NO way they could do all that without the help of volunteers.

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The morning crew bagged over 8,000 pounds of potatoes!

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Eagles sweep Beanpot — Men, women victorious

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The BC men’s and women’s ice hockey teams both won this year’s Beanpot. The #1 men’s team beat Northeastern, 4-1, and the #7 women’s team also beat Northeastern, 3-0. It was the fifth consecutive Beanpot championship for the men and the fifth overall for the women, all those coming in the last nine years.

Men: BC 4, Northeastern 1
With his rear end on the ice, BC captain Patrick Brown tipped a shot/pass past the Northeastern goalie with 5:30 remaining in the Beanpot championship game Monday, Feb. 10, to give BC a 2-1 lead. The goal ended up the game-winner as the Eagles also scored into an empty net and on a breakaway in the last 1:16 to end the game 4-1 victors.

The #1 Eagles won their fifth consecutive Beanpot championship. They outshot the Huskies 41-30. Freshman goalie Thatcher Demko, from San Diego, won the Eberly Award as the goalie with the best save percentage, .966, second-highest in the history of the Beanpot. Senior forward Kevin Hayes was named tournament MVP.

Coach Jerry York, leading BC to its eighth Beanpot crown, ties Snooks Kelley as BC coach with the most Beanpot wins.

BC has an overall record of 22-4-3 and is 14-0-1 since the beginning of December. With victories over BU in the opening round of the Beanpot Monday, Feb. 3, and a 6-1 win over Merrimack Feb. 7, BC jumped ahead of previous #1 Minnesota in the national rankings that came out Feb. 10.

Women: BC 3, Northeastern 0
Senior Taylor Wasylk’s first period goal proved to be the game-winner in the shutout victory at Kelley Rink, Conte Forum, Tuesday, Feb. 11. (The women’s Beanpot Tournament rotates among the home ice rinks of the participants. BC has won the last three Beanpots it has hosted.)

Goalie and co-captain Corinne Boyles stopped 25 shots in her third shutout of the season. Two power-play goals in the third period by Meagan Mangene and Melissa Bizzari completed the scoring.

Waslyk was named tournament MVP and Boyles won the Joe Bertagna Goalie Award.

BC women’s ice hockey is 21-5-3.

Go Eagles!

BC @ Golden Globes

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If you didn’t watch the Golden Globes Awards show last night, you missed a couple of BC moments. Now, who woulda thought that?

First, Amy Poehler ’93, who performed the opening monologue with Tina Fey, gave a shoutout to alma mater when, referring to the Showtime series about research into sexual practices in the Fifties and Sixties, she said, “Masters of Sex . . . is the degree I got from Boston College.” She then exchanges a high five with Tina. (It is late in the monologue, appearing at about 9:20 of the clip.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT3uNSZpK7c

Later, Amy was named winner of best actress in a comedy series for her role in Parks and Recreation. Announcing her award and presenting it was fellow Eagle Chris O’Donnell ’92. A two-fer!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lpcyy3p2BjU&feature=youtu.be

Interestingly, BC posted the Poehler-O’Donnell on Facebook, but did not mention the earlier reference. Hmmmm. :)