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Chaplain Leahy Receives Mary Kaye Waldron Award

By Lacy O'Toole / Heights Senior Staff
The fifth annual Mary Kaye Waldron Award Banquet, honoring Daniel P. Leahy, University Chaplain, 4Boston Director and Courage to Know instructor, was held last Monday evening in the Heights Room.

Boston College Announces Commencement Speaker and Honorary Degree Recipients

By Heights Staff

Eagles Come Up Short in Title Game

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The Boston College Eagles were twenty minutes away. Twenty minutes from the national championship. Twenty minutes from glory. But then North Dakota changed the plans.

Senate Honors Appleyard

By Paul Crocetti / Heights Senior Staff
The Senate of the Undergraduate Government of Boston College awarded Joseph Appleyard, SJ, the 2000 John E. Hurley Bald Eagle Alumnus Award, last Wednesday evening.

Festival Celebrates Friendship, Fun

By Kelly McMahon / Heights Senior Staff
The 17th annual Festival of Friendship brought nearly 70 guests to the Plex, where each was paired with a BC student volunteer for the afternoon. The guests came from local schools, as well as a mailing list, which was compiled from those who attended all the past Festivals.

Globe Discloses Allegations

By Michael Marino / Heights Senior Staff
The Boston Globe’s Brian McGrory took great interest in Boston College “drama” last week as his column, published in Friday’s Metro/Region section of the Globe, investigated allegations of a campus date rape that McGrory says is “cloaked in secrecy” here at BC.

Police Blotter

By Heights Staff

Wolfe Condemns Gay Marriages

By Paul Crocetti / Heights Senior Staff
Over 120 students, faculty and staff gathered to listen to Dr. Christopher Wolfe, a professor of political science at Marquette University, lecture on “Why Gay Marriage is Impossible,” last Tuesday evening.

Five BC Graduate Schools Ranked in US News & World Report Top 40

By Paul Crocetti / Heights Senior Staff
US News and World Report ranked five graduate schools at Boston College among the top 40 in the country. The Graduate School of Social Work ranked 19th, the Lynch School of Education ranked 21st, the Law School ranked 23rd, the School of Nursing ranked 32nd and the Carroll Graduate School of Management ranked 40th.

Students, Officials, Parents, Discuss Medeiros Blaze

By Kelly McMahon / Heights Senior Staff
A group of Medeiros residents, RAs and parents who were affected by the March 24 fire met with University officials for a discussion last Monday in the Cheverus Lounge.

UGBC Forum Addresses Diversity Issues

By Chris Fagiani / Heights Senior Staff
“What Happened to the Love II: Does Unity Equal Conformity?” a forum sponsored by the Undergraduate Government of Boston College offered students an opportunity to have an open discussion about race relations and other topics pertaining to unity at BC.

Lombardo Brings Odessey to Life

By Kelly McMahon / Heights Senior Staff
Stanley Lombardo, Professor of Classics at the University of Kansas, presented “Odyssey Five Alive” last Wednesday as part of the Lowell Lecture Humanities Series.