While Boston College has paid Boston-based lobbying firm The Brennan Group $179,000 since 2007, The Brennan Group has spent $75,275 on political contributions in the same time frame. Of the $75,275 spent on campaign contributions, The Brennan Group has donated almost exclusively to Democratic politicians in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Brennan Group, which consists [...]
A full twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, successful Eastern European democracies continue to amaze scholars and political scientists. With little previous experience or education in democratic practices, countries like the Czech Republic were able to build western-style governments virtually from scratch. One only needs to look as far as Oldřich Černý, [...]
Senator Scott Brown of the Massachusetts State Senate and Representative Karyn Polito of the Massachusetts House of Representatives were special guests at the College Republicans’ first meeting of the year this past Tuesday. Ninety-five members of the club were privileged to hear two of Massachusetts’ most influential elected officials sound off on issues like healthcare, [...]
For the first time, freshman students in the Carroll School of Management are required to take a three-credit course, Portico. The program largely centers on introduction of the vast number of careers available to business oriented students, development of invaluable, personal skills within any corporate setting, and most importantly reinforcement of vital ethical values. Portico [...]
Seth Jacobs, a member of the Boston College faculty since the fall of 2001, is currently taking a sabbatical to work on his third book, The Universe Unraveling: United States Policy Toward Laos, 1954-1962. Jacobs has been working to complete a first draft of his six-chapter book, slated to reach the Cornell University Press by [...]
On Saturday, September 19, the Welles Remy Crowther Red Bandana Run drew hundreds to the Chestnut Hill campus in order to honor the 1999 Boston College graduate and September 11th hero. Welles Remy Crowther graduated from Boston College in 1999 with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and began working at the World Trade Center [...]
Central to BC’s identity as a Catholic, Jesuit university, the Boston College community, with University President Fr. William P. Leahy, S.J., at its head, celebrated the year-opening Mass of the Holy Spirit September 17, in the heart of campus in O’Neill Plaza. With noontime classes cancelled, O’Neill Plaza was filled to the brim with faculty, [...]
The book Catholicism, authored by Fr. Richard McBrien of the University of Notre Dame, is currently being used for at least one section of Boston College’s “Exploring Catholicism” course, which puports to be an introduction to Catholic theology. Fr. McBrien has been the subject of controversy many times over, but is perhaps best known for [...]
Q: What’s black, white, and red all over? A: The Heights balance sheet. A fifteen year old girl lit a church on fire in Orangevale, California. When asked about her career plans, she said that she wants to be a Jesuit. New York State Governor David Paterson says that he hasn’t seen any signs of [...]
The 2006 recession, generated by the bank’s reaction to declining house prices and increased foreclosures, has undoubtedly affected global manufacturers, particularly those of luxury cars and goods. In effect, Americans have begun to separate what they consider indispensable expenses from more unnecessary purchases. In the increasingly competitive job market, a higher education seems essential to [...]
