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 [...]

While on a family visit in 2007, Dr. Haleh Esfandiari was imprisoned and forced to endure eight months of detainment in Iran. She recently came to Boston College to share her experiences. Dr. Esfandiari is the current Director of the Middle East Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and an Iranian intellectual [...]

Boston College’s optional health insurance plan, Blue Care Elect Preferred (PPO), contains “Family Planning” under the list of services covered by the policy. A call by The Observer to Blue Cross Blue Shield confirmed that under these services include doctor’s visits related to family planning, contraception, and “in some instances birth control pills.” According to [...]

Students and union leaders have rallied to save the Boston College post office after news of a possible discontinuation was released last month. Reeling from the recession and left overextended in a changing world of communication, the United States Postal Service (USPS) was placed on the Government Accounting Office’s “high risk” list after a loss [...]

The BC insurance policy covers contraceptives and birth control pills for students and condoms for Jesuits. The “Seagle” cheerleaders are showing up in Irish green for the half time shows. Apparently they want to be confused with the Notre Dame cheerleaders. This is incomprehensible considering how ugly ND’s cheerleaders are. The BC post office might [...]

In 2004, the Massachusetts House of Representatives and Senate, in which the Democrats held an overwhelming majority, voted to change the state law which provided that in the event of a vacancy in the U.S. senate, the Governor of Massachusetts would appoint an interim senator. According to the new law, all future vacancies would be [...]

I am sure that many students on the Boston College campus— myself included—have found themselves caught up with one of the Seven Deadly Sins, swept away in a deadly riptide of envy. Despite going to one of the best schools in the country, in one of the best cities in the country, in one of [...]

Amid the controversy surrounding the availability of birth control on Catholic campuses, several factors and realities seem to be left out of the debate. Students have asked, quite openmindedly and honestly, about the Church’s reasoning behind its stance on contraception. Unfortunately, the University’s lackluster response and the pathetic failure of the faculty panel/discussion on birth [...]

The man who helped President Reagan plot the downfall of the Soviet Union is at it again, this time targeting countries that support terrorism. Roger Robinson, president and CEO of Conflict Securities Advisory Group, has helped develop a financial terrorist watch list, which compiles information about companies who currently engage in business with countries suspected [...]

Fellow BC Students: I have never had to write an open letter to the BC community in my four years here. Together, we have often engaged in crucial, productive, and sometimes heated dialogue over the years. We have found common ground whenever possible, listened to all points of view, and trusted that each person’s opinion [...]