An employee of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 615 has been working to solicit student support for unionized employees at Boston College even though the contract between BC and its union-employees prohibits advertising negotiations between BC and the Union. The AHANA ( for African-American, Hispanic, Asian, and Native-American) Leadership Council (ALC), confirmed that [...]

With two purple candles lit on the wreath, and Christmas just a little more than two weeks away, the question arises: just what is Advent all about? The word Advent derives from the Latin word adventus, which means coming. During the four weeks of Advent, we prepare both for the remembrance of the First Coming [...]

O’Neill Library recently announced it would renovate its first floor to add a new entryway along with a seating area, five look-up stations, scanners and printers for students. Construction will take place over winter break and the entryway should be open for students in January as the spring semester begins. The current doorway, an emergency [...]

If one had to tie the modern  crisis in the Catholic Church to a  single source, it would not seem  unreasonable to link it with the  spirit of excessive compromise  that has relentlessly undermined  and stripped away all devotions  that had the potential to serve  as a “stumbling block” to those  outside the Church.  This [...]

When Cardinal O’Connell, Archbishop of Boston, passed away in 1944, he was buried under a chapel in Brighton, on the campus of St. John’s Seminary. He had the chapel constructed in 1928 for this very purpose, saying publicly, “in that crypt is the place my body, after death, shall repose until the Judgment Day.” The [...]

The Church in the 21st Century Center and the Boston College Women’s Resource Center  presented the seminar Unwrapping Faith for Our Children:  Helping the Young Challenge  Consumerism.  The discussion  focused on the detrimental impact that our consumer culture  has had on the development of  children and strove to define the  true meaning of the holiday [...]

For years reality television has  provided networks with cheap programming. Expensive actors and  flashy sets are replaced by Hollywood  wannabees who will do anything for  their own fifteen minutes of fame.  Reality TV might be a fun way to occupy your Sunday afternoon but are  the growing obscenities surrounding it becoming too much to handle? [...]

Experts are uncertain as to the immediate future of retail sales during the coming weeks of December.

It was a nerve-racking afternoon in Conte Forum, which ultimately ended joyously as the Eagles knocked off the Miami Hurricanes, 61-60. The Eagles were led by Reggie Jackson and Corey Raji. The duo combined for 35 electrifying points. Jackson demonstrated the pizzazz while Raji displayed his usual grit. The Eagles seemed to have great control [...]

Tattoos can either be a meaningful piece of art to mark one’s  body or they can be the product  of a long, regrettable night in  the city. These marks have long  been considered to be only for  those on the fringe of society,  but as society has increasingly  accepted this as a legitimate art  form, [...]