John Garvey, former Dean of the Boston College Law School, accepted the position of President of the Catholic University of America and on January 25th presented his inaugural lecture.  His words, heavily steeped in the intellectual history of the West, made clear the philosophical approach he will be taking in his role as administrator and [...]

This past weekend, the Boston College Pro-Life Club sponsored a trip to Washington D.C. to participate in the annual March for Life and Students for Life of America (SFLA) Conference.  BC has sent contingents of students to participate in both events for the past several years.  “Annual participation is important because it connects our group [...]

The Boston College student newspaper The Heights reported on Monday that the “Fashion Show for Growth” included the throwing of condoms into the student audience.  The Observer has since discovered that personal lubricant was distributed, not condoms. The show, held this past Friday evening in the basement of Lyons Hall, was sponsored by the African [...]

The Boston College Students for Sexual Health (BCSSH) have become more noticeable on campus lately.  The group’s recent actions, such as distributing condoms, protesting the Pro-Life Club, and hosting “Sex Toy Bingo,” all force Boston College to assess its mission as a Catholic school. To aid in that project, The Observer set out to find [...]

Initially I had my doubts regarding Boston College’s plan to renovate all of campus, starting with Gasson Hall and the Dustbowl. Going into senior year, I anticipated the decline in the aesthetics of our campus. I thought the continual construction and noise would severely damage the impression of BC that I will carry with me [...]

Six of the eight contributors to Women, Sex, and the Church: A Case for Catholic Teaching were present at Boston College on September 23 and 24 for a formal book release and a brief roundtable discussion.  The event, which filled Higgins 300, was sponsored by the St. Thomas More Society with support from Fr. Ronald [...]

The Boston College Students for Sexual Health (BCSSH), a grassroots movement of Boston College students moving to ease accessibility to condoms on campus, has recently made their new condom distribution campaign public via an online blog. Their latest promotion of prophylactics consists of “responsible party kits.”  These kits are described as such: “Each kit consists [...]

It is rather hard to do anything in the world today without encountering some form of eco-friendly, sustainable, “let’s all be green,” “recycle this” rhetoric that ten years ago may have been swept to the side as tree-hugger nonsense.  At Boston College, the dining halls post elaborate signs telling students how to recycle, what trash [...]

The budget for the Undergraduate Government of Boston College (UGBC) for this past school year, including a line-item budget, has been released to The Observer. Funded by mandatory student activity fees, the UGBC’s total budget this year totaled $538,000. Of that total, campus entertainment received the most money, $222,000, or 41.3% of the budget. $100,000 [...]

Leafing through several news and opinions pieces in The Observer and other Boston College student publications, there are certain words that stand out.  These words tend to repeat themselves almost methodically, as though they carried with them some sort of understood, unquestionable meaning.  Among the words which I noticed were words such as “Jesuit” and [...]