Officials in Washington moved to quickly overhaul the federally funded student loans programs last week as the Obama administration predicted serious cuts in Pell Grants for low-income students due to health-care legislation. As politicians worked to fix the student-loan bill, many worried that it would cause ramifications concerning the ongoing healthcare plan. One of the [...]
To the Editor: I write primarily as a response to the ‘cartoon’ entitled “The end of the women’s rights movement at BC”. Many of my peers and I were appalled by the crude and explicit rendering of an actual member of our cast. While I acknowledge that the publication of that picture falls within the [...]
BC’s Carroll School of Management students recently learned that their undergraduate program has been ranked in the Top Ten in the nation for 2010. A leap upward from number 17 in 2009, CSOM’s current place at number nine is certainly an incredible achievement. How did CSOM make such a drastic improvement, according to Business Week? [...]
The Observer: The team finished the season with a 17-15 record, 6-8 in the Atlantic Coast Conference. You also lost 4 of the last 5 games, all conference play, before playing in the ACC tournament. Do you attribute that to a really tough schedule at the end of the season or was the team not [...]
The Winston Forum on Business Ethics sponsored a discussion in the format of a public interview with Jim Koch, the founder and chairman of the Boston Beer Company. Just as the Winston Forum always does, the discussion focused on the ethical implications for running a good business. The main theme of the night was that [...]
As tensions heighten in Washington over healthcare, it seems that a solution in the immediate future is questionable. Or at least a solution that the majority of American people will support is questionable. A March 8, 2011, Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that, “42 percent [of voters called] favor the plan while 53 percent [...]
Since its inception in 1983, The Observer has never been afraid to stand up for conservatism on campus. While large segments of the student body have been supportive of leftist causes over the past twenty- seven years, The Observer has always been there to challenge popular trends and to stand up for what we believe [...]
Halfway through Lent, most people need a kick start. Whether they miss Sunday Mass, failed at their Lenten discipline, or feel spiritually “tired”. March 14th was Laetare Sunday. This Sunday is designed specifically to be full of joy and encourage Christians on their journey through an otherwise quite somber season. Lent is the liturgical season [...]
The Intercollegiate Studies Institute National Civic Literacy Board has released its 2009 Civic Literacy Report, entitled “Shaping of the American Mind: The Diverging Influences of the College Degree & Civic Learning on American Beliefs.” Its findings substantiate the claim that a college degree makes graduates more liberal, while true increased civic liberty makes graduates more [...]
St John’s Seminary, located within BC’s newly acquired Brighton Campus at 127 Lake Street, is a Roman Catholic seminary dedicated to forming men to serve God and His Church as parish priests. The seminary community is quite diverse, comprised not only of men preparing to serve the Archdiocese of Boston and neighboring dioceses of New [...]
