Fellow BC Students: I have never had to write an open letter to the BC community in my four years here. Together, we have often engaged in crucial, productive, and sometimes heated dialogue over the years. We have found common ground whenever possible, listened to all points of view, and trusted that each person’s opinion [...]

A full twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, successful Eastern European democracies continue to amaze scholars and political scientists. With little previous experience or education in democratic practices, countries like the Czech Republic were able to build western-style governments virtually from scratch. One only needs to look as far as Oldřich Černý, [...]

This summer I had the opportunity to spend two weeks studying geostrategic journalism in the Czech Republic. My time there was remarkable, and the Collegiate Network provided me access to sources that were more knowledgeable in Czech foreign policy than I ever could have imagined. As I sat in the Czech Senate, talked to foreign [...]

This article was originally published in the January 27, 2009 issue of The Observer. Volume 21, Issue 5. Returning to school for the spring semester, some professors were shocked to learn about a new university policy that added crucifixes to every classroom on campus over the winter break.  Calling the crucifixes and Catholic icons offensive [...]