“Do this in memory of me.” (Lk 22:19)  When Catholics looking to justify their choice not to attend Mass say, “Jesus said love your neighbor; he never said go to church,” all one needs to do is reply to the latter statement with the former quote spoken by our Lord in the Gospel of Luke [...]

So apparently in BC’s 10-year plan, they are trying to move all students on campus. To most, that might seem like a great idea. The prospect of having all BC students in the same place might seem to make the most sense, especially to kids on Newton. Imagine being able to go see your friend, [...]

The Center for Retirement Research at Boston College has been promoting research on retirement issues and providing valuable information to decision-makers in both the public and private sectors since its inception in 1998. The Center is led by director Alicia H. Munnell, who is the Peter F. Drucker Professor of Management Sciences in the Carroll [...]

Since an early age we’ve been confused by Daylight Savings Time. Is that the time when you put the clock an hour forward or an hour backwards? The answer is when you put the clock an hour forward, so the afternoons have more daylight while the mornings have less. But what does this mean? According [...]

As college students, we are exposed daily to the idea that our world and our existence are being threatened by malicious and unseen forces. It’s hard to read about or talk about any new environmental occurrence that is not immediately attributed to the broad concept of “global warming”, from hurricanes to animal behavior to our [...]

An internal survey conducted by Walmart revealed that the inflation rate may be higher than desired by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.  MKM Partners surveyed prices of consumer products sold by Walmart, the world’s largest retailer; the results revealed that retail prices have risen 0.6 percent in the last two months.  At this rate, prices [...]

I don’t care if you’re a Republican or a Democrat. Today is a huge day in American politics: Election Day, 2010 edition. With the current state of our country being almost total disarray, today the voting citizens of this country will finally get their voices heard and young President Obama will see those approval ratings [...]

Boston College recently hosted a panel of prominent financial leaders in a discussion of the impact of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.  The panel featured U.S. Representative Barney Frank (D-Mass.), FDIC chairman Sheila Bair, and Paul A. Volcker, head of President Obama’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board.  Held in Robsham Theater, the [...]

Peter A. Diamond, research associate at Boston College’s Center for Retirement Research, received the Nobel Prize for economics in October. Diamond is a Professor of Economics at MIT and an Institute Professor, the highest honor awarded to MIT faculty acknowledging their service to the university and outstanding achievements in research. Diamond received his B.A. in [...]

Ah, it’s finally lunchtime. I had just handed in the midterm I had been studying relentlessly for the last two days and all through the night before. With that sense of freedom and relief flowing through my veins, the only thing I needed was a filling and satisfying meal to complete this feeling of bliss. [...]