We believe the message of the recent editorial, entitled “Reslife Poster Does Not Support ‘Love,’” has been misconstrued by an irate student body. The Observer has no issue with homosexuality or homosexual persons who live according to the faith. We take issue with a Catholic university’s implied endorsement of homosexual relationships through a supportive poster. [...]

The “Support Love” campaign at Boston College has, for years now, been a movement by the GLC advocating for the acceptance and support of gay and lesbian persons and relationships on campus. The popular t-shirts with symbols of three couples – two men, two women, and a man and a woman – do not merely [...]

The Observer has learned that tonight, at 8 o’clock, Professor Charles Derber and the Boston College Occupies Boston club will be hosting an event discussing the Occupy Boston movement. Dr. Derber will speak on the movement’s roots, its direct causes, and its effects on the rest of the country and the world. Dr. Derber will [...]

Yesterday, the GLBTQ featured the first installment of its regular “True Life” series, entitled “True Life: I’m Gay and Religious.” Participants in the panel made it clear that they did not agree with Church teaching on matters of homos ex ua l i t y; however, three of the four panelists still considered themselves to [...]

A recent article on campus has outraged many within the nursing community. The writer aims to combat the growing trend in nurses who have received a Ph.D. referring to themselves as “doctor,” arguing that the title is misleading and inaccurate within the medical environment. The article minimizes the importance of a nurse’s role within the [...]

In our first issue, The Observer reported that the Student Activity fee had still risen even with the cancellation of the fall concert.  At the time, Student Programs Office Director Dr. R. Darrell Peterson, Ph.D., told The Observer that a working group has been charged with examining the issue and will soon make a recommendation to the Vice President of [...]

This week, BC’s Pro Life Club will be hosting its annual Respect Life Week on campus. T he w eek i s i ntended to bring the issue of life to college campuses, providing facts and support to students in order for them to make informed decisions in matters of life. Included in the week [...]

We are excited to announce that today we are publishing our first issue of the semester! Pick up a copy at one of our many news stands around campus, or read it online!

At the recent BC football game verses Duke University, Boston College students sh owed their support for hero Welles Crowther, who perished in the World Trade Center on 9/11, by filing into Conte Forum wearing red bandanas.  A member of the Boston College class of 1999, Crowther is recognized for saving at least a dozen [...]

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts requires all insurance plans, including those offered by Catholic universities, to cover contraceptives.  Boston College, like many Catholic colleges in the state, has dutifully complied with this law, even though Catholic teaching strongly opposes the use of artificial contraception. Belmont Abby, a Catholic Benedictine college in Belmont, North Carolina, faced a similar [...]