The Catholic Communication Campaign (CCC) has announced its theme for the 2010 collection campaign on May 16 to raise funds for local and national Catholic communication initiatives. The theme “Help Us Connect the World with God’s Word!” has been chosen for the fund-raising effort that pays for many Catholic media projects.  The money will support [...]

I just wanted to take a quick moment to convey my congratulations to the ALC and GLC for promoting greater transparency. Obviously, I would have liked to have seen the entire situation handled with a greater degree of maturity on the part of the ALC. I think they really tried to “stick it” to The [...]

The Observer is proud to announce that the Sports Section has won the Editor’s Cup, a semester award given to the most-improved section during the semester! For bringing exclusive interviews from prominent members in BC athletics, and for their dedication to improving their section, Kaitlin McKinley, Stephen Pope, Kenny Miller, and Chelsea Rosenbauer won this [...]

The Observer is deciding on a name for its new mascot, the Observer Owl. Vote for the name you like best, and the one with the most votes will become the owl’s name! What should the name of the new “Observer Owl” mascot be?

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 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 [...]

Boston College entered a historic partnership in 2006 when it joined forces with the Archdiocese of Boston and Saint Columbkille Parish to support Saint Columbkille School in Brighton.  Four years later, the Saint Columbkille Partnership School is continuing its mission “to become one of the outstanding Catholic elementary and middle schools in the nation.” Peter [...]

Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve Chairman, recently announced his intentions of forming a plan that will decrease the federal deficit in the near future. Bernanke told The New York Times, “Although sizable deficits are unavoidable in the near term, maintaining the confidence of the public and financial markets requires that policy makers move decisively to set [...]

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 [...]

The Boston College men’s rugby team dismantled Harvard’s squad this past Saturday, 43-12 on Harvard’s own turf. Rob Guerrero, Stuart Harris, and Peter Kerr all contributed to the win with tries. The game this weekend was part of the rugby team’s spring season, which is more of a developmental season than the fall.  No seniors [...]