The Carroll School of Management offers not only a great business curriculum, but also world-class faculty members, experts in all fields, who are dedicated to sharing their knowledge with CSOM students.  There are too many great professors and administrators in CSOM to give them all due justice, but the following are five people CSOM students [...]

Pressure from parents, wild partying, overindulging, an unhealthy obsession with being the best yet ultimately feeling empty are not issues confined specifically to today-people dealt with these problems in Medieval Times too. Saint Francis of Assisi was one of seven children born to Pietro di Bernardone and his wife Pica. Pica had him baptized Giovanni [...]

Timothy Anderson ’73 recently spoke to members of the BC community about his experience bringing technology to children around the world through the nonprofit organization he founded.  The event, held in the Murray Function Room, was organized by the Winston Center for Leadership and Ethics as part of the Winston Forum on Business Ethics lecture [...]

Last week, a former Episcopal parish entered into full communion with the Roman Catholic Church at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C.  Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington, presided at the Mass in the Crypt Church on October 9 as roughly 70 members of the St. Luke Episcopal [...]

As the GOP primaries heat up, one major topic the candidates are dealing with is the question of religion. One candidate in particular, Mitt Romney, is being challenged on the fact that he is an active member of the Church of Latter Day Saints. Many are worried that his choice of religion will interfere with [...]

Last week, President Obama’s “Jobs Bill” (a.k.a. the American Jobs Act, creative right?) failed to gain the 60 votes in the Senate necessary to proceed in Congress (50 votes for, 49 against.) After the setback, the president vowed to break down the bill into smaller parts to be passed separately. The bill’s failure highlights the [...]

Herman Cain has established himself as the early favorite for the Republican presidential nomination, a title he probably did not expect to hold in January of this year. That was when the Georgia native announced he would be launching an exploratory committee for the 2012 election. Now it appears that Cain’s prospects for the Oval [...]

Today, many people don the iconic image of Che Guevara. Hollywood idolizes him through movies and apparel as a symbol of freedom, rebellion and revolution. However, most people who sport the Che symbol don’t know who he truly was. Che Guevara was instrumental in the Cuban Revolution of the 1950s and the driving force in [...]

Just a few weeks ago, BC students received an email from Boston Police notifying them of increased patrols in the Boston College area. It was long overdue, as students off campus had been experiencing a large increase in police presence in their neighborhoods. Included in the email was a description of what makes Boston a [...]

The 2011 season for the Boston Red Sox ended just as it started: on a steep landslide.  The Sox got off to one of the worst starts in the franchise’s history and then ended their season with an epic collapse in September.  It was a painful experience for any Red Sox fan to watch and [...]