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 [...]
As the effort to expand the Atlantic Coast Conference continues, eyes remain on BC and other ACC schools as they choose the teams to join the conference. Particularly, attention has surrounded BC’s apparent resistance to extend to the University of Connecticut an invitation to become part of the ACC. According to The Boston Globe, “The [...]
One of the great advantages of attending a world-renowned university like Boston College is the incredible amount of talented artists and musicians that always perform here on the Heights. Recently, one of these performances occurred at St. Mary’s Chapel when the world famous Ensemble Plus Ultra of the United Kingdom performed in front of a [...]
Next semester, Professor Young plans to teach a graduate seminar in Social Psychology. Recently, Boston College Assistant Professor of Psychology Liane Young was awarded a 2011 Early Career Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Social Neuroscience. Young attended Harvard University for her undergraduate education and majored in Philosophy “in order to pursue [her] interest in [...]
Recently, esteemed Professor of Political Science at Yale University David Cameron presented a lecture titled “The Eurozone Crisis: Stumbling toward Economic Government.” Cameron, an expert on the European Union monetary system (he directs the Yale Program in European Union Studies), made a similar presentation last year, but came back to Boston College to enlighten students [...]
From October 12 -22, EcoPledge and Boston College Libraries are sponsoring “Around BC in 20 Meals,” a photography and waste exhibit on what we eat and why it matters. Located in the O’Neill Level One Gallery, the exhibit specifically relates to the daily eating habits of BC students. EcoPledge is a student-led organization at BC [...]
Last week, BC Occupies Boston set up in the Quad to share its message with the campus community. Andrea Chudzik, an organizer and founding member at BC Occupies Boston, spoke with The Observer about how and why Occupy Boston came to BC. Chudzik said she had the opportunity to attend Occupy Wall Street and wished [...]
Many students opted out of their usual Saturday night plans to attend the annual A capella Fest held in Robsham Theater. With the line into Robsham stretching to the street and wrapping around the sidewalk, many students stood hoping to get a coveted seat at this year’s A capella Fest. Slow claps and bustling chatter [...]
Occupy Wall Street is not an attack on corruption or greed; rather, it is an attack on the American Dream and the principles upon which the United States was founded, a fact that these “99%” do not comprehend. The American Dream is not for all citizens to have free healthcare, free college tuition, to own [...]
