Just before students began returning to classes, the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a new policy that would require all group health care plans provided by employers – including many Catholic institutions – to cover prescription contraceptives and sterilization for women. The Interim Final Rules on Preventive Services (76 Fed. Reg. [...]

Dear Class of 2015, Do you want to continue working on a newspaper like you did in high school? Are you interested in pursuing journalism as a career? Are you looking to try something new at Boston College and meet some great people in the process? If the answer to any of these questions is [...]

Recently, administrators at the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry (STM) inaugurated a new visiting statue at the entrance to the Brighton Campus: a ten-foot statue of Gandhi. Students and passersby alike were puzzled by the choice of a non-Catholic to serve as the focal point of the entrance to a Catholic institution during [...]

As Boston College students eagerly prepared for St. Patrick’s Day, they had another facet of the festivities to look forward to: the Boston College Irish Dance Performance. At the school’s Robsham Theater, the BC Irish Dance Club once again graced the main stage for their fourth annual St. Patrick’s Day Show. For their second show [...]

A celebration honoring the life and work of Robert Drinan, a Jesuit and former Massachusetts congressman, will take place at the Boston College Law School.  The panel, which will take place on March 7, was announced on Friday, February 18, and will feature other pro-abortion speakers. Among the members of the panel is Fr. Raymond [...]

This past weekend, the Boston College Pro-Life Club sponsored a trip to Washington D.C. to participate in the annual March for Life and Students for Life of America (SFLA) Conference.  BC has sent contingents of students to participate in both events for the past several years.  “Annual participation is important because it connects our group [...]

Happy New Year! 2010 was an exciting year for The Observer (CN Paper of the Year) and we’re even more excited about 2011! Below are the dates for the six new issues we will be publishing during the Spring 2011 semester! January 25th, February 8th, February 22nd, March 22nd, April 5th, April 20th

The typical scene in and around O’Neill plaza at 5 p.m. contains the traffic of bustling students entering and exiting the library to work and study, hungry people walking through Campanella to beat the dinner rush for a Hillside Burger, or some type of congregation of BC students who have completed a day’s schedule of [...]

The Boston College Students for Sexual Health (BCSSH) have become more noticeable on campus lately.  The group’s recent actions, such as distributing condoms, protesting the Pro-Life Club, and hosting “Sex Toy Bingo,” all force Boston College to assess its mission as a Catholic school. To aid in that project, The Observer set out to find [...]

The list of pro-bono organizations on BC Law’s website, which included contact information for Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, has now been removed. Nate Kenyon, Director of Marketing and Communications at BC Law, said that the page was removed as part of an ongoing revision of the law school website. “The pro bono site hadn’t [...]