The Director of Vocations for the Archdiocese of New York, Father Luke Sweeney, visited Boston College today, taking pictures of the statues of St. Michael and Doug Flutie. It was Father Luke’s first visit, and hopefully the first of many. Boston College has an ample supply of men from the Archdiocese of New York and [...]
A number of recent graduates and current members of The Observer have participated in BC’s Honors Program, a series of courses that expose students to the great works of the Western Cultural Tradition. To continue this tradition, The Observer recently reached out to freshman Honors students and received a high response rate from interested students. [...]
I sat on a panel about race relations tonight, the second of a four-part series in which The Observer is participating. Student reaction to our views were extremely positive and I was pleased that so many people seemed open to taking personal responsibility for the lack of racial integration at BC. I ended my comments [...]
An invisible struggle that has been raging since May could find a resolution today as the University and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) meet at the negotiating table. Attempts to renew the contracts of approximately 270 members of the SEIU at BC have been deadlocked over a University effort to cut overtime costs. “We’ve [...]
A mural commissioned for Hispanic Heritage Month (HHM) depicts a white hand with the word “wealth” written next to it dangling money over five black hands that are accompanied by the word “poverty.” The mural, titled “Challenging the Future a Square at a Time,” was moved to the O’Neill Library after previously being displayed in [...]
United States Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) is a long-term fixture in Washington D.C., having served in the U.S. Senate since 1980. As he has become increasingly unpopular after receiving both favorable mortgage loans and donations from former mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, five Connecticut Republicans have lined up to challenge the embattled incumbent. [...]
From Monday, October 19 through Thursday, October 22, the Boston College pro-life club sponsored Respect Life Week, a series of events aimed at increasing awareness of abortion on campus and raising money for various causes in order to assist pregnant women. The club hosted a variety of speakers throughout the week, including the head of [...]
BC’s sophomore running back talks about the 2009 season so far and predicts how it will end up
As the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall approaches, commemoration has already begun at Boston College with the establishment of a life size replica of the wall and a month of activities planned. Boston College is one of twenty-five universities selected by the German Embassy in Washington, D.C. to commemorate the twentieth [...]
It has been a common occurrence this season to see Mark Herzlich standing at midfield receiving a giant check from the schools of opposing teams. SuperFans who have been to any of BC’s home football games should be able to recall seeing him, with the yellow towel around his neck, shaking hands with the presenter [...]
