As commencement approaches, I think most seniors, if they’re not too busy writing a thesis, wish to reflect upon their time here at Boston College.  With only a few weeks left in my academic career at BC, and the last issue of The Observer published and delivered, I want to share a few thoughts on [...]

With the recent objection by Father Shea, O.S.A., to the supposedly inadequate theological explanation on the Church’s inability to ordain women, some students have written to The Observer arguing that, in fact, the Catholic teaching on women’s ordination isn’t infallible and could very well change in the (near) future. Pope Blessed John Paul II issued [...]

Student organizations looking to receive more money from SOFC for this spring are out of luck – SOFC’s allocated funds for RSOs are now gone. The Student Organization Funding Committee of Boston College (SOFC) is in charge of allocating a portion of the $298 Student Activities Fee revenue to Registered Student Organizations (RSOs) each year. [...]

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. [...]