As my impending graduation day (which will henceforth be referred to as “the big G”) sits only a month away, I find myself reflecting more and more on my past four years at BC. And although I can’t bring myself to say the G-word aloud, I still know it’s coming. Day by day, I find [...]

The No. 17 Eagles defeated No. 7 UVA on Saturday for the women’s lacrosse team’s first ACC win of the season, improving the team’s record to 8-4 in the regular season and 1-3 in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The win also marked the first win over Virginia since Boston College first entered the ACC in [...]

Soaring state debts have recently become a hot topic across the nation, but there remains disagreement regarding how such debt is caused. The biggest factor contributing to state budget destruction, however, is the dependency on income and corporate taxes to the highest bracket of wage earners. In states such as California and New York, debt [...]

Lawmakers and public officials in Wisconsin are battling in court over the recent passage of a bill that would limit collective bargaining among government employee unions. Although the bill was passed through the state legislature and signed into law by Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, pro-union advocates challenged it last week. On Friday, a Circuit Court [...]

February 6, 2011 was what would have been President Ronald Reagan’s 100th birthday. And although he died in 2004 at the age of 93 without seeing his own centennial, Americans celebrated his legacy two weeks ago as if he were still alive today. Critics claimed the celebrations were excessive; what’s the point of celebrating the [...]

Social Security has been a part of American lives since President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act in 1935 to give federal assistance to the elderly during the Great Depression. Almost 80 years later, Social Security still holds a significant part of the annual Congressional budget, but it seems as if its reign [...]

When the control of the House of Representatives changed parties only a few weeks ago, Republicans assumed their power with a new set of priorities: to cut government spending and limit President Obama’s debt-inducing agenda. Last week, with the new Congress only two weeks young, House Republicans passed legislation repealing Obama’s new health-care law. The [...]

After making history this season, the BC women’s soccer team fell to Stanford 2-0 in the semifinal round of the College Cup in Cary, North Carolina this past weekend. Before this season, the Eagles had never advanced to the Final Four in the NCAA tournament for soccer. Despite an incredible post-season and strong leadership from [...]

What were House Democrats thinking when they elected Nancy Pelosi to remain their leader? Was it because of her superior ability to cross party lines and extend a bipartisan hand to the Republicans? Nope, that can’t be it. Was it because she handled her responsibilities as Speaker with the utmost of diligence, allowing Americans to [...]

Two weeks ago, America was captivated by Election Day. There was little question that the Republicans would take the House, but the question was: by how much? And what about the Senate? Would the “Party of No” take that too? So for the entire day, the buzz was about the races and the results that [...]