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Edmonds Supports Love poster

We believe the message of the recent editorial, entitled “Reslife Poster Does Not Support ‘Love,’” has been misconstrued by an irate student body. The Observer has no issue with homosexuality or homosexual persons who live according to the faith. We take issue with a Catholic university’s implied endorsement of homosexual relationships through a supportive poster. [...]

ResLife Poster Does Not Support “Love”

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The “Support Love” campaign at Boston College has, for years now, been a movement by the GLC advocating for the acceptance and support of gay and lesbian persons and relationships on campus. The popular t-shirts with symbols of three couples – two men, two women, and a man and a woman – do not merely [...]

BC Occupies Boston Holds Recruitment Event

Occupy Boston

The Observer has learned that tonight, at 8 o’clock, Professor Charles Derber and the Boston College Occupies Boston club will be hosting an event discussing the Occupy Boston movement. Dr. Derber will speak on the movement’s roots, its direct causes, and its effects on the rest of the country and the world. Dr. Derber will [...]

GLC Initiates Important Conversation About Religion and Faith

Homosexuality

Yesterday, the GLBTQ featured the first installment of its regular “True Life” series, entitled “True Life: I’m Gay and Religious.” Participants in the panel made it clear that they did not agree with Church teaching on matters of homos ex ua l i t y; however, three of the four panelists still considered themselves to [...]

In Defense of Nurses

nurse-editorial

A recent article on campus has outraged many within the nursing community. The writer aims to combat the growing trend in nurses who have received a Ph.D. referring to themselves as “doctor,” arguing that the title is misleading and inaccurate within the medical environment. The article minimizes the importance of a nurse’s role within the [...]

Nights on the Heights Puts Raised Fee Funds to Use

In our first issue, The Observer reported that the Student Activity fee had still risen even with the cancellation of the fall concert.  At the time, Student Programs Office Director Dr. R. Darrell Peterson, Ph.D., told The Observer that a working group has been charged with examining the issue and will soon make a recommendation to the Vice President of [...]

BC Students for Sexual Health Responds

BCSSH Quote

There seems to be a lot of animosity running around about the new HHS insurance reform stating that prescription contraceptives must be covered by employers. An article recently published in The Observer highlights the conflict many Catholics feel over their tax dollars funding contraception: “C.J. Doyle, Executive Director of the Catholic Action League of Massachusetts, [...]

BC Pro-Life Club Honors Women

This week, BC’s Pro Life Club will be hosting its annual Respect Life Week on campus. T he w eek i s i ntended to bring the issue of life to college campuses, providing facts and support to students in order for them to make informed decisions in matters of life. Included in the week [...]

Letter to the Editor RE: “Policies in Conflict with Catholic Teachings, Say Students”

I have read this fine editorial of yours and I have shared it with several others. Congratulations! Oremus pro invicem. (Let’s pray for one another.) Richard A. Watson, M.D. Past President, Catholic Medical Asso (USA)

Letters To The Editor RE: “Voluntary Segregation”

I would like to wholeheartedly thank you for choosing to publish Mr. Linder’s article on “Voluntary Segregation” at Boston College. He bravely shines a light on an issue too often swept under the rug. He speaks the truth of the situation, even if the truth is not what people want to hear. His tone is [...]

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