You can now comment on your favorite articles at The Observer‘s website by using your Facebook profile! Facebook Connect will automatically detect if you are logged into Facebook on your computer. If you are, your name and profile photo will show up in the comment area for an article and you can type your comments [...]
It has been 3 years since the world was last graced with a Linkin Park album. Those of us who have followed the band waited anxiously for this new album to drop, even sitting through the usual new album “delay”, when it was announced that the “early 2010 release” would be pushed back to September [...]
“This year could be our year”: that was the thought on every Super-fan’s mind going into the football season. We have a tough ACC schedule, but with a few upsets we can sneak into the ACC championship game and then, maybe, a BCS bowl. Of course, with any sport every end goal has stepping-stones to [...]
This is an extended interview with Scott Wright, president of www.draftcountdown.com The original article can be found here. The Observer: Your site, draftcountdown.com, lists the 332 senior prospects. What process do you go through to get this list of rankings? Scott Wright: During the college football season I take notes on all of the games [...]
Students who look up local pro-bono organizations on the Boston College Law School website may be surprised to find the contact information listed for Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts. The web page, included under the academic programs category at bc.edu/law, is a list of organizations that students are encouraged to contact should they “line up [...]
We’ve all heard of it. Most of us have seen it. The Green Monster. The iconic green wall surrounding the outfield at Fenway Park. But that’s not exactly the wall I’m talking about. Unlike the friendly, heartwarming fence that represents Fenway, this particular one currently shrouds one of the most beautiful buildings on campus. The [...]
A heavy mist hovers ominously above the New York skyline, thick smoke billowing uncontrollably from a crippled mass of instantaneous rubble. Below the murky canopy, chaos and frenzied panic spread rapidly alongside roaring pockets of unrestrained fire. The shrill pitch of sirens echo dully throughout the city, each signal of aid slowly smothered beneath an [...]
President and NFL analyst of www.draftcountdown.com, Scott Wright spends his time evaluating the nation’s top senior prospects. He watches college game after college game, taking notes, and compiling a list of the top 332 draft prospects. He’s been doing this since 1997 and is relatively accurate. His long-term record is just as good as anyone’s [...]
After welcoming back nine starters with an addition of six freshmen, the Boston College women’s soccer team has been unstoppable. The Eagles have enjoyed six well-deserved wins over some of their toughest competitors thus far. In the Eagles first game of the regular season, BC tied Stanford 1-1 after an intense double-overtime. Their season has [...]
Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ, visited Boston College on Friday as part of The Church in the 21st Century Center’s 2010-2011 Lecture Series entitled “Grace & Commitment: The Vocations of Laity, Religious, and Ordained.” Sister Helen came to discuss her famous book Dead Man Walking and her continued crusade against capital punishment. The event was originally [...]
