By Keith Evans / Assistant Marketplace EditorFinally, the next generation of videogames is upon us. After months of buildup, new console releases from Sony and Nintendo, the Playstation 3 and Wii, respectively, will join Microsoft's Xbox 360 in what promises to be the most contested round of console wars to date.
BC's Weston Observatory recently detected activity in Maine and Hawaii.
By Patrick Byrnes
While professor Alan Kafka's name may sound familiar to the many students who have taken his Geoscience and Public Policy course, many do not know that he is the chair of the department of geology and geophysics here at Boston College. BC's geology and geophysics department is among the leaders in seismological data gathering at the university level.
By Tyler Marangi
With the political landscape altered for at least the next two years as a result of the midterm elections, many citizens have started to take a closer look at exactly what strategies led to victory in the various contested seats throughout the country. While most point to dissatisfaction with the Bush regime as the greatest pitfall for most Republicans, some scholars have looked past the current elections to find trends that have held true in determining success or spelling out failure for political office hopefuls.
By Michael O'Brien / Marketplace EditorIt's about time! On Nov. 8, a unique day in recent American history on which the political balance of power shifted, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld resigned. Following this, President George W. Bush made a relatively (and surprisingly) intelligent move in nominating Bob Gates, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and current president of Texas A&M University, to replace Rumsfeld as secretary of defense.
By Lauren Sottile / Heights Senior StaffSome of you may of heard that last week two Starbucks laptops were stolen, each containing personal employee data. Rest assured, this had nothing to do with me getting a hold of their growth plans for the coming year; however, it does bring me to the topic of this week's column: laptop security.
By Katlyn Beaver
American politics is experiencing a downward trend, according to Alan Wolfe's new book Does American Democracy Still Work?
Wolfe, director of the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life at Boston College and a professor in the political science department, says that over the past several decades, a disturbing shift has occurred in politics, posing new challenges for American voters.
Trends show that many workers are ignoring the chance to retire
By Tyler Marangi
In a recent study, Dean of A&S Joseph Quinn found that an increasing number of retirement-aged workers are opting to pursue temporary or part-time employment after stepping down from their career jobs.
Quinn, who is also a member of the economics department, followed the retirement patterns of a study group consisting of many workers over the age of 50.
By Bryan Irace
In the past few weeks, Microsoft and Mozilla both released the latest versions of their Web browsers, Internet Explorer 7 and Firefox 2.0, respectively. The new IE is a gigantic (and much needed) upgrade from its predecessor, while the latest Firefox version simply had a couple of its features tweaked and improved upon.
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