BY Ariana Caraffa The start of the spring semester marked the transition back to BC for students who travelled and studied abroad during the fall semester. Many students choose to study abroad during their time here at BC, as we have a very prominent international program with over fifty percent of students having an experience [...]

In a joint effort of Campus Ministry and the St. Thomas More Society, a chapel dedicated to adoration of the Blessed Sacrament has opened in Bapst Library. Andrew Rota, one of the organizers on the project, said that planning for this chapel began earlier in the semester after students expressed interest in having the Eucharist [...]

In a down year for BC Athletics —we have all been to the football games – other sports are compesating for the slight lack of Eagle pride. As one such sport, Fencing returns to the tennis courts this fall to practice for another successful season. The Eagles return six starters from the 2011 conference championship [...]

There seems to be a lot of animosity running around about the new HHS insurance reform stating that prescription contraceptives must be covered by employers. An article recently published in The Observer highlights the conflict many Catholics feel over their tax dollars funding contraception: “C.J. Doyle, Executive Director of the Catholic Action League of Massachusetts, [...]

Many Catholic groups on campus have radically different modes of worship. While some students prefer the traditional Latin Mass, others prefer Masses where pop culture songs dominate, while still others tend to frequent Masses where lay preaching is in vogue. A common, Catholic misconception is that higher forms of the Mass, forms in which Tradition [...]

I have read this fine editorial of yours and I have shared it with several others. Congratulations! Oremus pro invicem. (Let’s pray for one another.) Richard A. Watson, M.D. Past President, Catholic Medical Asso (USA)

I would like to wholeheartedly thank you for choosing to publish Mr. Linder’s article on “Voluntary Segregation” at Boston College. He bravely shines a light on an issue too often swept under the rug. He speaks the truth of the situation, even if the truth is not what people want to hear. His tone is [...]

“Apart from the cross, there is no other ladder by which we may get to heaven.” St. Rose of Lima, patroness of America, was famous for uttering and living these words. Born to wealthy parents in Peru, Rose was baptized as Isabel de Herrara. Her name later changed to Rose, inspired by the belief that [...]

WRITTEN BY LENA YANG With the advent of the new school year, the construction on Stokes Hall remains well under way and is scheduled for completion in October of next year, according to Executive Vice President Patrick Keating. It is expected that the hall will be opened and fully occupied by January 2013. The hall [...]

Allan Bloom once wrote that core curriculums exist at liberal arts universities because such universities fundamentally believe that there are certain things one should know in order to be considered educated.  This notion derives from the original university system, in which the Catholic Church set up schools of learning so that academics could explore the [...]