News Articles

News Analysis: A Global Perspective

By Pilar Landon / Heights Senior Staff
Talking about the University core curriculum usually doesn't generate a lot of buzz or excitement - unless you're talking about the history core, that is. In particular, this topic has been brought to the forefront once again after Oct. 12's hate speech incident as student leaders have reminded the community of the importance of diversity in education.

Student shaves head, earns Katrina relief funds

By Rachel Morrison
On Friday, around 100 students gathered outside Mod 37a to watch Jenn Arens, A&S '07, shave her head to benefit the next service trip to the Gulf Coast. Arens, who had traveled to New Orleans, La., last summer as a participant in an Appalachia trip, pledged to shave her head if $500 was raised for this year's trip to the Gulf Coast.

BC among best in Fulbrights

By Grant Hatchimonji
In further confirmation of the high academic achievement and forward thinking of Boston College students, The Chronicle for Higher Education recently announced that BC was among this year's top 15 research universities producing Fulbright Award winners. Professor of Slavic and Eastern languages Margaret Thomas, who has been a coordinator of Fulbright Award applicants for 11 years, said that BC's placement on this list is recognition that the students here are among the brightest and most resourceful in the nation, and that they recognize the critical importance of gaining in-depth knowledge of the world outside the boundaries of the United States.

The Heights brings home ACP honors

By Heights Staff Report
The Heights has been named a finalist by the Associated Collegiate Press for its 2006 Overall Newspaper Pacemaker award - the most prestigious award given to college newspapers. It was the first time in The Heights' history that it was named a finalist. "This is a huge accomplishment for the paper, and it speaks to the dedication and talent of not just this year's editors and staff members, but those in recent years who helped us get to this level," said editor-in-chief Tom Wiedeman, A&S '08.

At Harvest Fest, pumpkins and policy take front and center

By Tim Brown
To further raise awareness of the importance of conservation and to create a tradition similarly successful to the spring semester's Earth Day celebrations, Ecopledge and the Undergraduate Government of BC sponsored "Harvest Fest" Thursday in the Dustbowl.

Immigration and education focus of symposium

By Lisette Garcia
Immigration is seen by many as one of the most controversial and dividing issues facing the nation. At the seventh annual Lynch School of Education Symposium on Education and Immigration Thursday, Rev. Richard J. Ryscavage, S.J, professor of sociology and international studies at Fairfield University, addressed some key concerns surrounding these issues that also pertained to Catholicism.

UGBC looks to revive Disability Council

Programming to raise awareness of disabilities

By Katie Julian
As part of her effort to raise disability awareness both on campus and in the community as well as to assert the voices of the disabled population at Boston College, Samara Meyers, director of disability issues within the Undergraduate Government of Boston College (UGBC) and A&S '07, has taken the initial steps to revive a disability council at BC.

Works of inter-faith 'bridge builder' coming to Burns

By Christine Choe
The Burns Library, in collaboration with the nonprofit organization Facing History and Ourselves, will be adding to its extensive collection of documents Thursday: The library will house an archive containing the works of the late Rev. Robert Bullock, a Boston archdiocesan priest, Boston College alumnus, and a major driving force behind Facing History and Ourselves.

Column: You live in Boston too, so go vote

By Carolyn Mattus / Height Senior Staff
As a native New Jerseyan, I've been raised to have disdain for any city that's not New York City, specifically Manhattan. Whenever I say, "I'm going to the city" you can assume I mean the Big Apple - it's a phrase I reserve for real cities with skyscrapers, rude taxi drivers, subways that run at all hours of the night, and kebab vendors at every corner.

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Voices from the Dustbowl

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