As students approach middle campus on their way to classes throughout the week, they encounter the groans of heavy machinery and the sight of bulldozers tearing up the land that was once the beloved Dust Bowl. Having commenced in the late fall of 2010, the Stokes Hall construction project has become an expected feature of [...]

Released in April 2010, the iPad took the technology world by storm. Apple sold three million devices in its first eighty days on the market. Now, many college campuses are conducting studies to determine how effective the iPad could be as a learning tool in college classrooms. Universities like Notre Dame and Penn State have [...]

Students trekking to class in the wintertime must not only bring with them their backpacks full to the brim with books and schoolwork, also must must confront the hassle of having to don a winter coat, gloves, hats, and boots. The torrents of snow that have fallen in the past week have caused classes to [...]

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 [...]

If one was to turn on CNN today and watch for twenty minutes, he would most certainly hear some sort of reference to a growing and substantial fear for the world’s populous: the use of chemical warfare. Although we think of the use of toxins, poisons, and other sorts of biological weapons as modern and [...]

In a campus of over ten thousand students, food is naturally a vital part of the everyday student and faculty life. With twelve locations around campus, BC prides itself on its diverse meal plans that allow students to buy what they want, when they want. However, with recent criticism regarding the increase of prices and [...]

St. Ignatius of Antioch, also known as Theophorus (Greek for “God bearer”) lived during the first century, and was a bishop and martyr, and a student of St. John the Evangelist.  He was the third Bishop of Antioch, after St. Peter and Evodius. It is said that St. Peter himself appointed Ignatius to the See.  [...]

Last November, the wheels were turning in the minds of four Boston College alums for the creation of a sports blog, one that would exclusively feature BC Athletics. Around the Res was finally published in December and its popularity continues to escalate. The team includes four 2010 graduates: Michael Reer, Ralph Liberatoscioli, Alexander Aune and [...]

Every other Monday members of Salt and Light gather in the O’Connell House on Upper Campus to share in faith and fellowship. The name Salt and Light is derived from Matthew 5:13-16, “You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned? It is no longer [...]

Two Boston College theatre students were recently honored at the Kennedy Center American Theatre Festival in Fitchburg, MA.  Nzinga Williams, a junior, received an Honorable Mention for her national entry in stage management for the production of She Stoops to Conquer.  This play was performed in November of 2010 and was directed by Dr. Stuart [...]