Fr. Agustin Anda of St. Columbkille’s Parish offered an Extraordinary Form Mass in St. Mary’s Chapel on the feast of the Dedication of St. Michael the Archangel. Assisting Fr. Anda at the altar were Fr. Gary Gurtler, S.J., and servers Michael Williams, Philip Micele, and Andy Rota. The Gregorian propers and the Ordinary were sung [...]
Chris Fowler, Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit, and Desmond Howard came to BC on Saturday for College GameDay, marking only the second time in 23 years that the show has aired from Boston College. First airing in 1987, the show spent six years in the studio before going on the road in 1993. BC fi rst [...]
The Contemporary Theatre group of Boston College is currently rehearsing for the musical entitled The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, which will be performed October 29-31. Directed by senior Juergen Kloo, the musical’s cast includes nine Boston College students, ranging from freshman to seniors. The show is completely student directed and produced, and features [...]
The Undergraduate Government of Boston College recently released a very basic form of its budget for the 2009-2010 fiscal year. Although the budget allocates over a half million dollars, the Microsoft Excel spreadsheet is comprised of only 17 rows and two columns. This is definitely a start in terms of transparency, especially since UGBC seems [...]
Boston College’s second annual Pink Week, an event sponsored by Colleges Against Cancer (CAC) and BC Health Services, consisted of numerous events to raise awareness for breast cancer. The goal of Pink Week was to raise awareness of the importance of cancer research and to educate the student body about breast cancer. BC Senior Michelle [...]
Every company begins with a few people who have a good idea. However, having a good idea is pointless without capital to transform the idea into reality. The Boston College Venture Competition encourages students to develop their ideas while teaching them how to obtain the capital they need to turn their ideas into reality. The [...]
Mary Ann Glendon, former US ambassador to the Vatican and current Learned Hand Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, spoke this past week to Boston College students and faculty on the topic of “Cicero and Burke: Politics as a Vocation.” Inaugurating the final year of the Bradley Lecture Series, the talk focused on how [...]
To the Editor: In Regards to the Article,“Can I, as a Caucasian, be a Part of Your Group?” 1. What came first, the cultural group or the “ethnic pack?” When one spends a large portion of time with a club, cultural, musical, religious, or otherwise, one tends to bond closely with the other members, forming [...]
Every year the Undergraduate Government of Boston College (UGBC) looks for new ways to improve the experience of students. One of the big changes this year is the new bus locator system. Students can visit the website www.bc.transloc.com and check on the location of any Boston College buses. Each bus has a GPS locator to [...]
World leaders met in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Friday, September 25th for the G-20 Summit to discuss global economic issues. Also discussed was the recent financial crisis that began in the United States last year and has since sent most of the world into a severe recession. In attendance were world leaders from both rich and [...]
