In an effort to solidify its position as the “Least Green Paper on Campus,” The Observer printed twice the number of copies as usual for the issue. The excess were doused in oil, and burned. We also shot an elephant. It was an endangered one. We used its trunk to make piano keys. Which we [...]
As I sit pleasantly in my kitchen, I can look around and see all of the various meal options I am able to make because I am not on the Boston College meal plan. After arriving on campus as a freshman and realizing that I had to pay $1 for an apple, which I can [...]
Attorney David Deacon was joined by NBC’s Dateline producer Fred Rothenberg and forensic nurse, Christie Holden, to present an astonishing case with an unforeseen twist. Many people are familiar with the definition of a “DNA fingerprint”: an individual’s unique sequence of DNA base pairs. But is it possible for two individuals to have the same [...]
Our dining halls here at Boston College seem to generate a lot of strong opinions from the students. Now, I personally have no serious beef (no pun intended) with the food quality, but what I have heard from others may indicate that most are not huge fans of many of the delicacies presented, such as [...]
On March 25, members of the Boston College and local communities celebrated a “Mass for Life” in St. Mary’s Chapel on the Boston College campus. About 40 people, including two dozen graduate and undergraduate students, attended the 7:30pm Mass. Members of local parishes led the Rosary immediately preceding the Mass. Fr. Raymond Helmick, SJ presided [...]
As my father says to me with a wink, “Get down to the city. Take a nice girl out for dinner, maybe some ice-skating, and who knows? Maybe some ‘extracurricular’ activities,” I stare at him with a smug look on my face. HAH! His nostalgic thoughts of the ‘good old days’ are far from applicable [...]
Leafing through several news and opinions pieces in The Observer and other Boston College student publications, there are certain words that stand out. These words tend to repeat themselves almost methodically, as though they carried with them some sort of understood, unquestionable meaning. Among the words which I noticed were words such as “Jesuit” and [...]
On Monday, March 15, Pope Benedict XVI issued his World Youth Day message, inviting young Catholics to realize their vocations and follow Christ, rather than going away sad as did the young rich man in Mark’s Gospel, reflecting on this year’s theme, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” This particular Gospel [...]
If you turn on CBS at around noontime on a Sunday in the fall, you will see a man by the name of Charley Casserly analyzing recent NFL events and making predictions about upcoming games. Currently, Mr. Casserly is an NFL insider for the CBS show, The NFL Today. His career with the National Football [...]
The life of a college student is undoubtedly a busy one. Between classes, homework, extra-curricular activities, and socializing, there is hardly time to be worrying about grocery shopping, cooking a meal, and doing dishes. For all freshmen and the majority of sophomores, meal plans are mandatory; even some juniors living on campus are required to [...]
