The Observer at Boston College is decorating it’s website for Advent in preparation for Christmas! Purple, the liturgical color for the Advent Season, is our background color, while rose, the liturgical color for Gaudete Sunday, is used as an accent.
Snowflakes are falling on our home page which also features an Advent Wreath (courtesy of Jeff Miller, The Curt Jester). Have a blessed Advent and a very joyful Christmas!
You can now comment on your favorite articles at The Observer‘s website by using your Facebook profile! Facebook Connect will automatically detect if you are logged into Facebook on your computer. If you are, your name and profile photo will show up in the comment area for an article and you can type your comments and click “Post” to share them – all without having to log in, enter your email, etc.
If you are not logged into Facebook, you can still type your comment and click “Login” to bring up a Facebook login screen where you can enter your username/password (we don’t collect or see this login information, only Facebook can see it).
Our Comments Policy also applies to comments submitted on our website via Facebook.
We hope this new feature will encourage our readers to share their thoughts on our articles and blog posts! And, as always, feedback is appreciated.
The Observer is one of many clubs set up today in Boston College’s Dustbowl for Student Activities Day. Stop by and say hi! We’re located near McElroy and Carney!
Our first meeting will be Monday 9/13/2010 at 8:00pm in Carney (we’ll email you the details!). If you didn’t sign up for our email list, send us a message here: Sign Up Now!
What has the staff at The Observer been up to all summer? Read about their writing, internships, and research at the BC Observer Blog!
As part of the Still Right initiative, today we’re publishing “College Republicans and Pro-Lifers Organize at B.C.” written by John Dorman and originally published in the March 1, 1984 issue of The Observer, Volume 3, Number 2.
Fast forward to 2010 and the College Republicans and Pro-Life Club are influential organizations on BC’s campus. The College Republicans regularly host political speakers from around the country. The Pro-Life Club attends the March for Life in DC and hosts events on the sanctity of human life.
Facebook recently allowed external websites to place a “like” button on their website. Now at The Observer‘s website you can “Like” any article on our site with a single click. And if you’re logged into Facebook there’s no need to enter your password again. By clicking “Like” on an article you can let your friends know about interesting pieces at The Observer.
The Observer web team always welcomes your feedback as we continue to improve the site! Feel free to send us an email with your suggestions!
To continue our Still Right initiative we are publishing a more recent historical article, “BC Professors Protest Crucifixes” by Michael Reer. The article was originally published in the January 27, 2009 issue of The Observer, Volume 21, Issue 5.
This article sparked controversy and discussion both on campus and around the country. Several news outlets picked up the story, including:
Michael Reer, class of 2010, is Editor-in-Chief Emeritus of The Observer.
“Still Right” is an initiative by The Observer to create a historical archive of Observer articles since 1983. Throughout each month we will publish articles from past issues that we believe are of particular historical relevance. We hope you enjoy reading these pieces.
This archive will be a historical look at both The Observer and at the Boston College community. We hope it becomes a valuable research tool.
This project has been made possible by the University Archives in the John J. Burns Library at Boston College.
To start this series we are publishing BC’s Faculty: Decidedly Liberal by John Birkmeyer in the February 8, 1984 issue of the Observer (Vol. 3, No. 1).
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