This week the BHB recaps the current seasons for both the men’s and women’s teams. They discuss the current shortcomings in the women’s season and the recent split games for the men’s team, and how they need to improve their moral and attitude before the next upcoming games. Thanks for listening! Click here to stream this episode of “Terrier Hockey Talk” on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your streaming platform of your choice. This episode was edited by Nellie Maloney. Music: RetroFuture Clean Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Netflix’s latest series “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” has sparked conversations online about the infamous serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. Many are outraged that the spotlight has once again landed on the killer, and here is why.

The Records

The show was released on Sept. 21 receiving 196.2 million hours viewed in the first week of its release day. The series was created by Ryan Murphy with Evan Peters playing the role of Dahmer. The two have worked together previously on the popular series “American Horror Story.” If you are a fan of “AHS,” you have some sort of familiarity with the creative process and inspiration both Murphy and Peters have put into the “Dahmer” series. Today, “Dahmer” still sits in the top 10 shows on Netflix after four weeks. It is now the second most streamed show on its premiere on Netflix, sitting only behind “Stranger Things 4.”

The Series

The series tells the story of Jeffrey Dahmer, who brutally murdered 17 men, including two boys that were 14 years old. The show starts off showcasing the early childhood of Dahmer, then it proceeds to the killings and his last living moments through 10 episodes. The show does not focus primarily on Dahmer, but more so on some of the victims and the trials. Specifically, the outrage the POC community felt with how the police handled the case.

In one episode, a neighbor had called the police after finding Konerak Sinthasomphone naked and drugged outside of their apartment complex. Sinthasomphone, who was only 14 years old, was returned to Dahmer by the police after he managed to escape. Unfortunately, he was murdered. This, of course, infuriated the public after the news came out on the poor decision the police had made.

Episode 6, “Silenced,” was dedicated to Tony Hughes, another victim of Dahmer’s who was an openly queer Black man and deaf. I had a hard time watching the show, but especially after episode six I felt more distraught and sorrow for the victims. 

The Controversies

A show like “Dahmer” should expect controversies to arise. Online, especially on TikTok, there were many that were quick to call out the show for several reasons. There were a few issues that stuck out to me. First, the portrayal of the victims. Families of the victims were not notified or reached out from Netflix about the show. One of Dahmer’s victims, Errol Lindsey’s sister, Rita Isbell, made a comment about receiving no contact from the show. She states that the show is only profiting off of the victims and sadly making the families live through that traumatic event in their lives again.

The second controversy is that Netflix labeled the show under the LGBTQ+ category. Many people from the community were outraged and shocked that Netflix would label the show of queer men being brutally murdered and tortured under this category. One user on TikTok states although the men and Dahmer were queer, the show does not represent the LGBTQ+ community in any good way. Netflix later removed the label due to backlash, but has made no official comment.

Lastly, many are outraged about the glorification the show has brought on Dahmer. CBS news reported that eBay banned the sales of Dahmer Halloween costumes to users online. The glorification of Dahmer is not only disgusting, but disrespectful to the victims who were real people and to the families who suffered a tragic loss.

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The University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts (CLA) Academic Professionals and Administrators Professionalization Committee submitted a recommendations report in March 2021 to CLA Dean John Coleman. The report suggested changes CLA could make to improve the working conditions of contingent faculty.

In 2020, more than 40 % of faculty positions were held by contingent faculty, who are contracted, non-tenurable faculty who are professionals and administrators at the University. Contingent faculty have titles such as lecturer and senior lecturer.

Tenured faculty are protected by the Board of Regents Policy, last amended July 2020, against removal or censoring of faculty based upon political and religious beliefs or expressions.

Ascan Koerner, CLA associate dean for undergraduate education, said the requests for the report have been put under consideration and some significant changes have been made such as orientation, teaching awards and rebudgeting.

A subcommittee of CLA, headed by Jennie Robbinson Kloos, CLA senior director of operations, is working toward giving departments initiative and financial means to provide long-term contracts for contingent faculty, Koerner said. The goal will be to provide those long-term contracts in the next year or so.

CLA gave an orientation to new employees in September and is funding a teaching excellence award for non-tenure faculty, Koerner said.

Courtney Gildersleeve is a lecturer at the University in cultural studies and comparative literature. She’s worked as a lecturer since 2019 but has been at the University since 2007.

Gildersleeve said it has been more than a year since the report was submitted and despite the effort made by CLA, she has not seen many improvements to contract negotiations, benefits or promotions.

According to Gildersleeve, there was an effort to adjust the hiring process in her department where instructors were guaranteed one class per semester with some insight into the topic they would be assigned, however, it did not work seamlessly.

Some contingent faculty had to apply for additional classes, and some did not get the classes they applied for, she said.

“There’s still a lot that needs to be fixed in those processes,” Gildersleeve said.

Contingent faculty have contracts with the University that are sometimes signed a month before the academic year starts, and contracts usually begin a week before the semester starts, Gildersleeve said. The length of the contracts varies depending on the department and the position.

“Essentially, we are paid to prepare for a class one week before it starts and that causes a lot of problems,” Gildersleeve said.

Depending on the department, there is not always an opportunity for contingent instructors to teach over the summer, which means instructors can go three and a half months without a salary, according to Gildersleeve.

“As an instructor, I get paid about the same amount as teaching assistants per class,” Gildersleeve said. “I only make more because I have multiple courses I teach.”

To make ends meet, many contingent instructors work second jobs. Gildersleeve worked a temp job this summer at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, which she said impacted her ability to fully prepare for the upcoming fall semester.

According to Gildersleeve, other instructors will work at multiple universities during the school year to cobble together a living. There was a pay raise this semester, Gildersleeve said, however, the raise did not match inflation or current living standards.

“Teacher work conditions are student learning conditions,” Gildersleeve said, meaning that if instructors are not given the opportunity to appropriately prepare to teach courses, then students’ education is negatively impacted.

According to Gildersleeve, contingent faculty do not receive health insurance unless they teach three or more courses per semester, which is often not the case. Comparatively, teaching assistants have health insurance through the University because they are students.

“It feels like there’s always this emphasis on financial scarcity and cutting budgets wherever possible,” Gildersleeve said. “In doing so, contingent faculty don’t get as much support as they should.”

Gildersleeve said she would like to see instructors given contracts that start a month before the academic year so they can adequately prepare, and they should be given opportunities for promotion.

“Teaching at the University is a meaningful position, but it’s not compensated well,” Gildersleeve said. “It’s not treated with respect.”

The Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee (AF&T) is open to discussion with contingent faculty on issues they want to raise to the committee, AF&T Chair Eric Van Wyk said.

The task force that will be created if an AF&T resolution passes on Thursday will be “the big effort to ensure our contingent positions have some semblance of academic freedom and protections to maintain those freedoms,” Van Wyk said.

There have been instructors in contingent positions for many years, and positions that have lasted for many years but different instructors cycle through.

“The Tenure code outlines where it’s appropriate to hire people into contingent positions,” Van Wyk said. “But we’ve gone beyond that.”

Unfortunately, many people in contingent positions do have less power, Van Wyk said.

Beginning January 2023, students will have the ability to matriculate into the business school in the fall of their sophomore year and a new Emory College of Arts and Sciences (ECAS) business minor will be introduced.

These are just two of the curriculum changes, which have been in the works for almost five years, that Emory University Goizueta Business will roll out for current Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) and pre-BBA students. 

There will also be other modifications that are a “part of a continuous evolution of our curriculum to offer great skills as well as a great experience for our students interested in business,” said Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Ravi Bellamkonda.

A faculty-led task force established several years ago spearheaded the design and approval stages of the 2023 changes in collaboration with Goizueta administrators, including former Interim John H. Harland Dean Karen Sedatole and the newly appointed John H. Harland Dean Gareth James. Students, faculty, alumni and corporate stakeholders also communicated their ideas and feedback to this group. 

According to Goizueta Senior Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education Andrea Hershatter, many of the changes center around enhancing technical preparation for the workforce, more core curriculum customization allowing flexibility in a student’s schedule and augmenting co-curricular development between ECAS and the business school.

Hershatter also noted the importance of preparing students for the world following graduation. They should be attuned to the far-reaching social and environmental impact of business decisions and know what it means to be a good steward of the resources they are entrusted with.

The customizability of learning options is central to the 2023 revisions. This entails three entry points into Goizueta: matriculating at the beginning of sophomore year, the spring semester of sophomore year or as late as the beginning of junior year. Previously, students were only able to enter Goizueta the second semester of sophomore year or at the beginning of junior year.

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This choice allows business-oriented students to have earlier immersion in specific coursework, more opportunities to engage in the business school and more time to prepare professionally for a recruiting cycle.

Despite this new entry point, Hershatter explained that there is no rush for students to join the BBA program and miss possibilities for “full liberal arts immersion and the chance to be exposed to intellectual passions.” Rather, the purpose of the program is to meet students where they are at. 

The required core classes will incorporate one course from each functional area of business; the functional areas are marketing, organization and management, accounting, finance and information systems and operations management. Students also pick two “flex core” courses based on their interests within the functional areas. These required classes will cross all interdisciplinary arenas instead of simply one functional area. These revisions will encourage integration with ECAS, prompting more informed course enrollment and promoting parallel studies in the liberal arts. This will be most noticeable through the newly recognized business minor at Emory College.

“The minor includes one designated core course from each of Goizueta’s five functional areas plus one elective chosen by the student based on interest,” Hershatter said. 

Alexis Geller (25C) said she believed the minor will encourage integration with other subjects.

“There is something to be said about interdisciplinary classes,” Geller said. “There is so much overlap that takes place in the real world, so this minor will be very valuable and could be an incredible way to get BBA students to push themselves out of their comfort zones and the ‘Goizueta bubble.” This flexibility of courses and earlier integration into the BBA program is something that students have been requesting and are greatly looking forward to utilizing.”

Michael Chan (22Ox, 24B) highlighted how he felt matriculating into the business school the fall of his junior year was “too little too late” in regard to seeking the materials and skills he needed for internships and recruitment. Chan added that professor selection and business school courses are very limited.

Other Oxford students shared similar sentiments with the University, which motivated Emory to implement a new “Goizueta@Oxford” experience beginning January 2023. This will keep Oxford students on track to pursue the BBA degree after completing a “uniquely Oxford experience,” according to Hershatter. Goizueta@Oxford will include a designated on-site pre-BBA advisor, additional coursework taught by Goizueta faculty and Oxford subsidiaries of Goizueta clubs with an Oxford representative on the BBA Council. 

Bellamkonda noted many of the changes are centered around preparing students for a rapidly changing future. A new statistical competency requirement will now be necessary prior to enrolling into new decision tools and data prerequisite courses. This requirement will ask students to show competency via AP or IB statistics credit, an Emory course or by completing the zero-credit, free online BBA Statistics Bootcamp that was developed by Goizueta faculty for this purpose. This is in addition to a three-credit “technology toolbox” requirement that consists of a one-credit Excel course and a variety of half-credit technology boot camps and workshops.

Both Geller and Chan emphasized that the technology requirements exemplify the school’s effort to acclimate students to the technical skills needed in future careers that students often do not know where or how to learn.

“Having technical training and coursework is definitely super practical and super relevant since it encompasses many skills that students previously had to go out on their own and train themselves, to code for example” Chan said. 

“The required immersive experiences will open up the opportunity for students to work on actual company or industry issues, develop innovative solutions to real-world problems and create knowledge through directed study or faculty-led research,” Hershatter said. 

The reimagined curriculum will also provide new personal development seminars focusing on identifying competencies, purpose and alternate pathways. These are paired with team-based experiences and the introduction of BBA Boardrooms that meet monthly in consistent cohorts. The aim is to connect students across semesters and between years.

“The personal development courses and programs are super important because students need to have opportunities to find out where they can best fit in the business world … [T]here is a place for everyone; it’s just about exploring and finding the right fit,” Geller said.

With the many innovations arriving in the 2023 curriculum, Hershatter noted that despite having expert faculty in around nine academic areas and finding value for the lives of the students in every course, allowing sufficient flexibility was difficult but a definite priority from the beginning.

“Curricular evolution is a continuous process,” Hershatter said. “It is essential that we remain on the cutting edge of thought leadership in undergraduate business education and prepare students for the ever-changing business environment.” 

Reflecting on the work of his peers to create this new curriculum, Bellamkonda said he is glad to work in an environment that is constantly improving. 

“I love the spirit of the Goizueta faculty and staff, who with student input, are continuously making the Goizueta experience special for our students,” Bellamkonda said.

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With 13 straight victories, UH volleyball is riding the third-longest winning streak in program history. | Sean Thomas/The Cougar

Since the 2018 season, the volleyball results in the American Athletic Conference have been repetitive — complete domination by UCF to the point where the Knights have held their conference crown for four consecutive seasons.

While UH volleyball has put together solid seasons since head coach David Rehr took over the program in 2019, the Cougars hadn’t been able to get out of UCF’s shadow.

UH entered the 2022 season determined to flip the script.

“We’ve been here and UCF has won conference every year. It got to a point where we were like ‘Alright, we’re stopping this,’” said UH senior middle blocker Rachel Tullos. “UCF has been rolling over everybody, and we got to the point where we weren’t going to let that happen anymore.”

Adding depth

UH volleyball head coach David Rehr pinpointed the Cougars’ lack of depth as the biggest reason why his team had failed to get over the hump in the previous two seasons.

“In the past, we’ve relied on Abbie Jackson,” Rehr said. “If Abbie didn’t have a great match, we weren’t going to have a great match.”

Rehr knew that relying on one player wasn’t a recipe for success and that UH would need other players to step up and take some of the load off Jackson’s shoulders if the Cougars were to achieve the goals they set out to accomplish in 2022.

The team listened to its head coach and answered the call.

Graduate outside hitters Kennedy Warren and Kortlyn Henderson and graduate middle blocker Isabel Theut have elevated their games to another level, each putting together the best season of their collegiate careers.

“Now with Abbie, with Isabel (Theut), with Kennedy Warren and Kortlyn Henderson, all these people have been stars for us in every match we’ve played,” Rehr said. “We don’t need just one person to carry us.”

Middle blockers Rachel Tullos and Kellen Morin, a transfer from Virginia Tech, have solidified the Cougars at the net defensively.

Sam Houston transfer Morgan Janda has become an assist machine for the Cougars, joining junior Annie Cooke to give UH a dangerous one-two punch at the setter position.

Junior libero Kate Georgiades has taken on a bigger leadership role, becoming a coach on the court for the Cougars while also being amongst the nation’s top individuals in digs.

“We have a ton of weapons,” Georgiades said.

Staying on the same page

UH’s connectivity has been the thing that has stood out most to Rehr about his team.

“I think we’re just assured of what we can do and we trust the person next to us, in front of us and behind us,” Rehr said. “I think that’s the biggest thing with our team now. We’re not worried about having to be the one every night.”

This chemistry starts with the way the team practices.

UH’s veterans each exhibit leadership in different ways, whether it be vocally or by what they do, and the younger players follow. This has created an intense, competitive environment during practices that push the team in ways it hasn’t been pushed before.

Tullos, who has been a member of the UH program since 2019, hasn’t been a part of a team that is as tight-knit as the 2022 Cougars.

“This team this year is probably the most we’ve come together and meshed well together,” Tullos said. “I think that really shows on the court with our success.”

All the talent combined with top-notch chemistry has turned UH into a well-oiled machine in the AAC.

“Everyone is on the same page and we’re all striving towards the same goal,” Georgiades said. “Our team chemistry is the best it’s ever been here. Using that, especially when we’re in tight games, it really comes into play because we all have each other’s backs.”

Reaching new heights

Sitting at No. 23 in the AVCA poll and currently riding a 13-match win streak, UH finds itself in the driver’s seat in the AAC.

Instead of chasing UCF, UH has become the AAC’s team to beat after the Cougars knocked off a then-undefeated, nationally-ranked Knights team in early October for the program’s first ranked win since 2003.

Nearly a month later, UH is a perfect 12-0 in AAC play.

“These teams are going come with their A game against us because we’re the No. 1 team in this conference,” Tullos said. “So, we can’t ever let up.”

Even with all the success, Rehr believes the Cougars can kick it up another notch as they head down the latter half of AAC play and into the postseason.

“What we’re really needing to get better at is being a little bit more competitive and trying to find another gear to get into,” Rehr said. “What we’re doing is good enough but it’s not where we want to be. We don’t want to be just good enough, we want to be better.”

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The City of Boston announced an initiative to tackle drug use of the unhoused population at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard at an Oct. 20 press conference.  

This is an embarrassing week to be a fan of the New England Patriots. Not only did they lose to the lowly Chicago Bears, get blown out 33-14 and have their defense get gashed by what some argue is the worst offense in the NFL, but they also did it by having both of their young quarterbacks get exposed in the process. Mac Jones made his first start in a month after he suffered a high ankle sprain against Baltimore in week three. This put Bailey Zappe back on the bench to start the game with a chance he could go in relief, because his helmet was on while he was on the sideline, which is a very unusual scene for a backup quarterback. Jones’ first two drives were three and outs, and an interception on the following drive. After being down 10-0 quickly, Bill Belichick pulled Mac from the game in favor of Zappe. 

In his first two possessions, the rookie starred under the lights going 3/3 with 77 yards and two touchdowns, a truly electrifying moment for all watching. The 15 minutes of fame didn’t last long as the Patriots did not score for the rest of the game and Zappe threw two picks. On the other side of the ball New England’s run defense was absolutely putrid, allowing a staggering 243 yards on the ground to an offense that was ranked last in the NFL in points. Chicago’s QB Justin Fields ran it for 82 yards and a touchdown. David Montgomery and Khalil Herbert each had 62 to add to the total. While Fields only threw for 179 yards, that is his third-highest total of the season. Belichick will try again next week to get his win number 325 against the Jets this week. 

As bad as this week was for Patriots fans it was even worse for the Buccaneers and the Packers. Tampa Bay was a 13.5-point favorite going into their matchup against Carolina but came out on the losing end 21-3. Former XFL player PJ Walker started and performed better than Tom Brady. Walker threw two touchdown passes and running back Chuba Hubbard ran in the other score. The Panthers were able to control the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball, rushing for 173 and only allowing 46 on defense to the Bucs. Brady and his offense did put up a good day in passing statistically with 290 yards, but they had only one trip to the red zone and zero touchdowns. They had good starts to drive but eventually got stagnant. Tampa was forced to punt six times and had three turnovers on downs. They fell to 3-4 as Carolina picked up their second win of the season. 

The Packers have now lost three in a row as the lowly Washington Commanders outlasted Green Bay 23-21. Aaron Rodgers was very pedestrian for only leading two scoring drives with their other touchdown being a pick-six and throwing for under 200 yards. Similar to the Tampa game, the Packers could not effectively run the ball and rarely tried to, being outgained 166-38. Fifth-year QB Taylor Heineke was not remarkable, but he outperformed Rodgers and matched his two touchdowns. In 2016, Rodgers told the media to relax after their poor start to the season. In 2022, it may be time for panic in Lambeau. 

The highest-scoring game of the week was the Thursday night opener with the Cardinals topping the Saints 42-34. The game was decided in the closing minutes of the first half. Cardinals running-back Keontay Ingram ran in for a two-yard touchdown with two minutes and 38 seconds left in the second quarter. New Orleans quarterback Andy Dalton threw not one but two pick-sixes on consecutive series, which turned a 14-6 New Orleans lead into a 14-point deficit within three minutes. The Cardinals cruised their way to victory, with the Saints scoring late to cut the deficit, but the final score was not indicative of the actual result. Arizona QB Kyler Murray had a modest day with passing for 204 yards and a score and picking up 30 more yards by running as his Cardinals picked up a much-needed win to keep pace in the NFC West.

Tech wrapped up its athletic director (AD) search in less than a month with the hiring of former University of Alabama Executive Deputy AD J Batt. After firing Head Football Coach Geoff Collins and Athletic Director Todd Stansbury on Sept. 26, Batt’s hiring was announced on Oct. 14, with his first day in the new role set for Oct. 24. Batt takes over from Frank Neville, who handled AD duties in an interim role.

Batt handled a range of duties at Alabama, including chief revenue officer and chief operating officer roles for the Tide. He was also the main executive overseeing the men’s basketball team, which has three NCAA Tournament appearances since Batt’s tenure began in 2017 and an SEC title and Sweet 16 appearance in 2021.

Fundraising and revenue generation are two of Batt’s strengths and are skills that will benefit Tech greatly during his tenure. Tech Athletics’ financial woes are no secret, and with a large buyout looming for Collins following his firing, Batt will need to remedy those woes quickly. Projects totaling a reported $125 million, including the Edge Center’s renovation, are set to begin soon.

Batt’s quick hiring comes in part from Tech President Ángel Cabrera’s desire for a candidate to have a significant portion of the football season remaining to analyze potential head coach hires. Names like Coastal Carolina Head Coach Jamey Chadwell and Alabama Offensive Coordinator Bill O’Brien have been floated as options, and O’Brien’s shared connection with Batt may be of note in the coming months.

Batt is no stranger to the ACC, having played soccer at UNC and serving as Maryland’s associate AD before their move to the Big Ten. 

He has more limited football experience than other front-runners for the role, but his time at Alabama, arguably the nation’s premiere program, should give him insight as to what makes a good coach and program.

Tech has had competitive-to-elite women’s basketball, volleyball, golf, softball and baseball programs among others in recent years, setting Batt up for success in sports outside of football. Tech’s position in a multi-sport recruiting hotbed in Atlanta and Georgia as a whole further benefits the program. However, righting the ship financially and improving a football program that is far from its peak will be a challenge.

The head coaching search has a long list of attached names, including O’Brien and Chadwell. Chadwell is the coach at a Coastal Carolina program that has turned into a perennial Sun Belt contender, and he has led the team to 11 wins two years in a row. 

O’Brien is Alabama’s offensive coordinator and was Penn State’s head coach for two years before leading the NFL’s Houston Texans to four division titles in six full seasons as a head coach.

Other names include Jackson State’s Deion Sanders, a former Atlanta Falcons legend who may be looking for a jump to the FBS level, Tulane head coach Willie Fritz who has the Green Wave ranked amid a fourth bowl-bound season in five years and current interim head coach Brent Key who has started 2-1 with a win over then-ranked Pittsburgh.

Batt will sort through these names and many more while working Tech Athletics out of a multi-million dollar deficit. His experience as a high-level fundraiser and exposure to the zenith of college football will help with these goals.