Earlier this month the national organization TFP Student Action featured Boston College at the top of its protest against six Catholic universities that have pro-abortion student groups on campus. On their website, TFP highlighted the Boston College Law School group, “BC Law Students for Reproductive Justice (LSRJ),” which, according to Gabriella Agranat-Getz, Vice-President of BC [...]

This semester, the lobby of Edmond’s residence hall featured a large poster that proclaimed, “Edmonds [sic] Supports Love,” with symbols of same-sex couples and the signatures of over a hundred members of the Edmond’s and BC community. Director of the Office of Residential life, George Arey, and BC’s Director of News and Public Affairs, Jack [...]

Last Friday, a group of students calling themselves “BC Students for Dental Health” (BCSDH) distributed individually wrapped dental flossers near Upper Campus, citing the lack of campus-sponsored dental health programs on campus. BCSDH told The Observer that students on campus are not given easy access to oral care products that could prevent gingivitis and periodontal [...]

Last week, BC Occupies Boston set up in the Quad to share its message with the campus community. Andrea Chudzik, an organizer and founding member at BC Occupies Boston, spoke with The Observer about how and why Occupy Boston came to BC. Chudzik said she had the opportunity to attend Occupy Wall Street and wished [...]

When a journalist writes an article for publication, they have a responsibility to gather all the data available and write a balanced piece based on those facts.  This requires writers to seek interviews with people familiar with the issue at hand. Those being interviewed, however, often worry that they will be misquoted or misrepresented.  This [...]

The Peer Health Exchange (PHE) chapter at Boston College has been recruiting student volunteers to help teach health education workshops in Boston-area public high schools that lack similar programs. According to their website, PHE “recruits, selects, and trains college student volunteers to teach high school students a comprehensive health curriculum consisting of twelve standardized health [...]

Just before students began returning to classes, the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a new policy that would require all group health care plans provided by employers – including many Catholic institutions – to cover prescription contraceptives and sterilization for women. The Interim Final Rules on Preventive Services (76 Fed. Reg. [...]

Here goes the first of a series of “Observer- What-We-Did-This-Summer” posts! This summer I had the opportunity to work a few exciting jobs! I continued my internship at WGBH with NOVA Online that I had begun last January.  I worked with some amazing people, including David Levin who produces many of the NOVA Podcasts and [...]

This is our passover feast, when Christ, the true Lamb, is slain, whose blood consecrates the homes of all believers. This is the night when first you saved our fathers: you free the people of Israel from their slavery and led them dry-shod through the sea. This is the night when Christians everywhere, washed clean [...]

In this past issue, Megan Rauch’s article, “BC To Honor Pro-Abortion Jesuit,” referred to Father Drinan, S.J. as “pro-abortion,” referring to his well known public stance in support of the legality of abortion in America. A few readers commented on the article, taking issue with the term “pro-abortion” to describe Father Drinan, some going so [...]