The Observer strongly condemns the egregious vandalism that was discovered in the office of the Lambda Law Student Association at Boston College Law School after the Martin Luther King Day weekend.  Such acts of hatred and malice are absolutely inexcusable in any context, and most especially on the campus of a leading Catholic university. In [...]

By: Scott Sullivan Over the Martin Luther King Day weekend, a hate crime was committed on the Boston College Law School campus. The office of Lambda Law Students Association, a LGBT group for students at BC Law, was vandalized. Such terms as “gay bukkake,” “hardcore,” “cockgobbler,” and a number of others were written in capital [...]

When Boston College students returned to campus to begin classes on January 14th, they finally got the opportunity to set foot in Stokes Hall, the newest addition to BC’s upper campus. This new academic building is the first that BC has built in 45 years, and is also the most expensive to date, costing a [...]

Boston College is happy to welcome back U.S. Army sergeant, Combat Historian, prosecutor, author, and professor Andy McAleer for the spring semester to teach his course on detective fiction entitled “The Master Sleuths.” Multitalented McAleer has just recently returned from a yearlong tour in Afghanistan where he served as a Combat Historian in the Regional [...]

By: Ryan Saunders The newest club on campus, the Boston College Portfolio Challenge (BCPC), held its first event on January 21st. After introductory remarks, three BC alumni gave a presentation titled “Investing on a Budget.” The challenge allows students to form teams of two to four and participate in a 52-day stock trading competition. Each [...]

Twenty percent of people are infected with a potentially fatal parasite called Toxoplasma gondii. Most of them don’t even know it. Most of them never will. This particular parasite lies dormant in human brain cells until the immune system is weak enough for it to strike. The American Cancer Society recently awarded Boston College Professor [...]

The Dance Organization of Boston College (DOBC) lit up the Robsham stage this past Thursday, Friday, and Saturday with their annual show, this year entitled Thirteen.  DOBC’s Director Honor Flannery describes the pieces in the show as “[some] interpreting the bad luck we have experienced and others interpreting the good,” making Thirteen a fitting name [...]

BC Pro Life Club This past Tuesday marked the 40th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision which allowed for the legalization of abortion in the United States. The decision has always been highly criticized by many religious and secular groups. This eventually led to the formation of the Pro-Life movement. Over the years the [...]

The first time I heard of it, it was from the criticism of a high school teacher.  Then over the course of my reading in theology, I would come across a remark here or there about it.  Some called it eye-opening.  Others called it blasphemy. What was it? Honest to God by John A. T. [...]

Barbara Koob was born on January 23, 1838 in modern day Hessen, West Germany to Peter Koob and Barbara Witzenbacher. In 1839, they immigrated to the United States and settled in Utica, New York. Her family became members of the St. Joseph Parish, where the children attended school. In 1850, Barbara’s father became a naturalized [...]