Every year, students at Boston College, as well as at millions of other institutions around the world, read many thousands upon millions of pages of books. Whether they are Biology textbooks or texts of classic literature, these books have been modernly produced through machine manufacturing and mass production printing. For many, a book is simply [...]

Crammed at the back of any Bible you will find a small section that makes up for not even the last third of the book’s total girth.  It is a short (by comparison), little-known book called the New Testament. You may be tempted to wonder why such an obviously massively important work should be stapled [...]

Recently, a Boston College student reported to the BC Police Department that she was a victim of two racially motivated assaults over the weekend of April 13th-15th. On April 19th, Vice President for Student Affairs Patrick Rombalski sent an email to the Boston College community informing students and administrators of the investigation of these incidents. [...]

Burying a friend in college is not something you ever expect to have to do. Saying my final goodbye to my dear friend Franco Garcia and laying his body to rest were the hardest things I’ve ever had to do. My friends here at BC and the entire Garcia family were incredibly touched by the [...]

In the midst of a tough 2012 campaign for the Boston College men’s baseball team, a young steadiness resides in the infield.  Even as a freshman, Blake Butera is making himself known as a consistently effective bat in the lineup and a frequent starter at second base. The 5-foot-9, 175 pound native of Madisonville, Louisiana [...]

Eight minutes left in the half, after the University of Virginia scored four unanswered goals, Boston College’s women’s lacrosse team found itself down 8-1. While the team, led by All-ACC team honorees Kristin Igoe, Mikaela Rix and Covie Stanwick, would claw back into the game, it wouldn’t be enough. The fourth-seeded Cavaliers would go on [...]

The Class of 2012’s Senior Week committee held its first event this past Thursday, and it was largely a success.  After a rocky beginning, with ticket purchasers confused over entry requirements and the reasons behind the cost of the event, attendees seemed to be pleasantly surprised at the good time had by all. The Last [...]

byJohn Grosso The Boston College baseball team took one game out of a three game series against No. 18 North Carolina State this weekend. Boston College (15-24, 6-14 ACC) took game one of the series on Friday, winning a close game 11-10. The Eagles received a stellar performance from senior captain Anthony Melchionda, who went [...]

In temperatures that topped out at a brutal, unnaturally-high 89 degrees, many Boston College students ran 26.2 miles, completing the Boston Marathon to help support the Campus School and also fulfill a dream. “Running for the campus school is one of the best experiences you could have at BC,” sophomore and two-time Marathon runner Chris [...]

On a recent Thursday evening, many gathered in the McGuinn lecture hall for a lecture and book signing by Marc Lynch, associate professor of political science at George Washington University, director of the Institute for Middle East Studies and the Project on Middle East Political Science, and author of The Arab Uprising: The Unfinished Revolutions [...]