On Friday afternoon, Boston College hosted its spring concert at Conte Forum and welcomed tons of students from each class to hear some great 90’s music. The concert featured two acts, the first being the band Third Eye Blind and the second the rapper Nelly, both of which were famous musical acts during the 1990’s. [...]
Recently, a Boston College student reported to the BC Police Department that she was a victim of two racially motivated assaults over the weekend of April 13th-15th. On April 19th, Vice President for Student Affairs Patrick Rombalski sent an email to the Boston College community informing students and administrators of the investigation of these incidents. [...]
Recently, a sophomore Boston College football player Jaryd Rudolph was charged with violating Massachusetts wire-tapping laws. According to Fox News, Rudolph “allegedly taped a consensual sexual encounter between a fellow football player and another student on his phone.” The female student involved is a graduate student at Boston College. Fox News reports that after taping [...]
On a recent Wednesday evening, Professor Paul Lewis of the Boston College English Department hosted the opening of his most recent endeavor, an exhibition at the Boston Public Library and the Massachusetts Historical Society entitled “Forgotten Chapters of Boston’s Literary History” that examines and puts forth the “forgotten” elements of Boston’s literary history. Broken up [...]
On Saturday March 24th of this upcoming weekend, ALC Showdown will take place on the BC campus. This event allows various BC dance groups to showcase their talents in one of the most anticipated dance shows of the year. In particular, the dance group Phaymus will take to the stage at ALC Showdown on Saturday [...]
Recently, Professor of Sociology at Boston College Bill Gamson was awarded the 2012 ASA W.E.B. Du Bois Career of Distinguished Scholarship award for his incredible work in the field of sociology. According to Gamson, “This award honors scholars who have shown outstanding commitment to the profession of sociology and whose cumulative work has contributed in [...]
On a recent Thursday afternoon, The Observer sat down with Boston College’s Director of Undergraduate Admission John Mahoney to discuss the process of admitting the class of 2016 that is currently underway in Devlin Hall. As Mahoney stressed, the Admissions officers are in the midst of reading and reviewing applications, and have only formally admitted [...]
Recently, Professor Marc Landy of the Boston College Department of Political Science was interviewed by USAToday for his opinions on civility in both politics and among presidents. According to Professor Landy, “The interview concerned the incident on the tarmac at Phoenix Airport when, in response to President Obama’s complaint about how he was treated in [...]
This past week, Boston College hosted several organizations looking for summer and fall interns at The 2012 Internship Fair. Held in the Heights room in Corcoran commons on BC’s lower campus, the fair was sponsored and organized by the Boston College Career Center and mostly featured organizations located in the Boston area. Spread out over [...]
Recently, Assistant Professor Eranthie Weerpana of the Boston College Chemistry department was awarded a pair of young investigator awards. According to Weerpana, “The new investigator awards that [she] received recognize young faculty that pursue innovative avenues of research in the biomedical sciences.” With the help of the funding from these awards, Professor Weerpana will, as [...]
