Andy, class of 2012, was a communication and philosophy major and worked with The Observer from the fall of 2009 to the spring of 2012. As the Online Editor he managed the publication's web site, but he also took photos and wrote for the News and Catholic Issues sections.
Andy was an intern at the The National Review, The Museum of Science, and WGBH.
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 [...]
Students at Boston College had the opportunity last Thursday to hear about the life of a priest not from the perspective of a Jesuit but rather from the point of view of four diocesan priests. Father J. Bryan Hehir, Father Paul O’Brien, and Father William Lohan participated in the Church in the 21st Century panel [...]
Happy New Year! 2010 was an exciting year for The Observer (CN Paper of the Year) and we’re even more excited about 2011! Below are the dates for the six new issues we will be publishing during the Spring 2011 semester! January 25th, February 8th, February 22nd, March 22nd, April 5th, April 20th
Earlier this year The Observer reported that the Archdiocese of Boston had launched an initiative inviting Catholics to receive the sacrament of Reconciliation. The Archdiocese is continuing that initiative, The Light Is On For You, this Advent. All parishes in the Boston Archdiocese will be open for confession between 6:30pm and 8pm tomorrow (12/15) and [...]
The Observer at Boston College is decorating it’s website for Advent in preparation for Christmas! Purple, the liturgical color for the Advent Season, is our background color, while rose, the liturgical color for Gaudete Sunday, is used as an accent. Snowflakes are falling on our home page which also features an Advent Wreath (courtesy of [...]
On select Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays during the school year, a group of students meets at the Piazza di San Giuseppe outside of the Saint Joseph Chapel on Upper Campus to choose a MBTA stop in Boston where they will find a place to have dinner that evening. According to sophomore Ben Martin, president of [...]
The list of pro-bono organizations on BC Law’s website, which included contact information for Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, has now been removed. Nate Kenyon, Director of Marketing and Communications at BC Law, said that the page was removed as part of an ongoing revision of the law school website. “The pro bono site hadn’t [...]
The patron saint of France, martyrs, soldiers, and prisoners lived her early life as the daughter of a poor peasant farmer in the French countryside. St. Joan of Arc, or Jeanne d’Arc, who led the French army as a teenager, was burned at the stake at age 19 for heresy, and canonized nearly 500 years [...]
