AHANA Leadership Council (ALC) leaders have announced a proposal to force freshmen to take a mandatory course on race, class, and gender. According to a Facebook group designed to promote the required course, such a class is necessary because of articles published in both The Observer and The Heights during the fall semester, both of [...]
This past week, Boston College hosted its annual performance of The Vagina Monologues, a play written by Eve Ensler. Since its debut in 1996, the play has drawn considerable attention and controversy. The performance consists of a series of monologues, each recited by different actresses, which tell stories and experiences of various women as these [...]
The Boston College Republicans (CR) invited former presidential candidate and Law and Order star Senator Fred Thompson (R-TN) to speak to the student body on Tuesday, February 16, 2010. Despite arriving 90 minutes late due to a snowstorm, Thompson entered the Irish Room and quickly began his speech right after CR President Michael Reer introduced [...]
The Observer: Having played on so many different teams over the past few years, how do you feel the Olympics compare to those teams/tournaments? Kelli Stack: The Olympic tournament is in a class above all others, so the previous teams/tournaments I have played in really don’t compare to this experience at all, but it is [...]
For the second year in a row, the Boston College Eagles have knocked off the North Carolina Tar Heels. While last year’s victory may have been more meaningful and just a bit more impressive, it’s always nice to have that victory on your résumé. And while this year’s defeat of UNC will not propel the [...]
The dollar grew in strength against the euro for the sixth consecutive week after the Fed announced an increase in the discount rate last Thursday. The euro, valued at $1.3618 on Wednesday evening, decreased to $1.3544 after the Fed’s Thursday announcement. The Fed’s decision to raise the rate it charges banks for emergency loans from [...]
The artistic community of Boston College gathered in the Bapst Library basement to celebrate their accomplishments and to share them with family, friends, faculty, and fellow students on the evening of Thursday, February 18, 2010. As written in the invitation, the evening, which was sponsored cooperatively by the University Libraries, the Art Club, and the [...]
It is easy to fall into a certain way of looking at the city of Boston. We are perched atop Chestnut Hill in our Catholic school, looking out at a city that is well known for its Irish heritage, and therefore Catholic people, right? Certainly nobody at BC believes that every Bostonian is an Irish [...]
This Lent, the Archdiocese of Boston launched “The Light Is On For You,” an initiative inviting the faithful to return to the Sacrament of Penance. Every parish in the Archdiocese will be open on Wednesday evenings during Lent, from 6:30pm to 8:00pm, to hear confessions. The Archdiocese launched a website to provide information on the [...]
