Welcome Class of 2014!

Do you want to continue working on a newspaper like you did in high school?  Are you interested in pursuing journalism as a career?  Are you looking to try something new and meet some great people in the process?  If the answer to any of these questions is “yes,” join The Observer at Boston College!  [...]

Summer Blogs at the Observer

What has the staff at The Observer been up to all summer?  Read about their writing, internships, and research at the BC Observer Blog!

ALC and GLC Budgets Finally Obtained

After first refusing to release their respective $80,000 and $30,000 budgets, both the AHANA the GLBTQ Leadership Councils (GLC) released their budgets to The Observer. As semi-autonomous organizations within the Undergraduate Government of Boston College (UGBC), both the ALC and GLC receive their funding from the UGBC. The Observer sought line-item budgets from the UGBC, [...]

Students Receive the Sacraments

Students filled St. Ignatius Church on the Fourth Sunday of Easter to witness nine fellow Eagles receive the Sacraments of Initiation during the RCIA Mass. Father Joseph Appleyard, SJ celebrated the Mass in which six students were baptized. Fathers Donald MacMillan, SJ and Anthony Penna, director of Campus Ministry, concelebrated the liturgy. Receiving all three [...]

Still Right: BC Republicans and Pro-Lifers

As part of the Still Right initiative, today we’re publishing “College Republicans and Pro-Lifers Organize at B.C.” written by John Dorman and originally published in the March 1, 1984 issue of The Observer, Volume 3, Number 2. Fast forward to 2010 and the College Republicans and Pro-Life Club are influential organizations on BC’s campus.  The [...]