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Why do they call it the 'Charlie Card'?
By Lisa De Gray / Heights Senior Staff
Boston College students returning from break were unpleasantly surprised when they went to take the T into Boston. As of Jan. 1, the much talked-about T fare increase had finally become a reality. One of the changes (covered in the Nov.
By Pilar Landon / Heights Senior Staff
Saturday's AHANA Leadership Council (ALC) Showdown brought together over 1,600 people, 11 different dance groups, and a multitude of different cultures for a night of celebration and competition. In its sixth year, the show drew an enthusiastic audience that filled every seat in the house, a testament to its growing popularity within the Boston College community.
Scholar, congressman, dean, and human rights activist, Drinan lived life in the public eye
By Alexi Chi / Editor-In-Chief
The death of Rev. Robert Drinan, S.J., was an emotional blow not only to the family and friends who loved him dearly but to the entire nation. Drinan, who died Sunday in Washington at the age of 86 after battling pneumonia and heart failure, was a dynamic member of society who changed all that he touched for the better.
By Tim Mooney / Opinions Editor
The flag is up for the 2007 Undergraduate Government of Boston College campaign season as five teams filed papers Tuesday declaring their intent to run for president and vice president. Jenniffer Castillo, A&S '08, and Daniel Sievers, A&S '08; Conor O'Phelan, A&S '08, and Brian Borg, A&S '09; Bryan Connor, A&S '08; and Joe Feeney, A&S '08; Sean Scanion, A&S '08 and James Lepri A&S '08; and Todd Wackerman, A&S '08, and Wes Sackrule, A&S '08, have indicated that they will be the choices to replace year's UGBC president and vice president Santi Bunce, A&S '07, and Justin Nunez, A&S '07.
By Alexi Chi / Editor-In-Chief
Rev. Robert Drinan, S.J, former dean of Boston College Law School, died yesterday at the age of 86 after suffering from pneumonia and congestive heart failure for the past ten days. Drinan, a devoted member of the Jesuit community, was the first Catholic priest ever elected to Congress.
By Joe Gravellese
From the very beginning of orientation, Boston College students are introduced to the idea that a Jesuit education is about gaining knowledge in order to help others. Recent trends indicate that BC students live up to the University's lofty mission. With 35 alumni currently working with the Peace Corps, BC is the nation's 11th-ranked producer of Peace Corps volunteers among medium-sized schools.
By Rachel Morrison
Dozens of students stood silently as Cardinal Sean O'Malley, leader of the Boston Archdiocese, entered Weston Jenks Honors Library to address invited graduate and undergraduate students Tuesday night. "It has always been a hallmark of his to try to reach out to local churches, colleges, and universities," said Tim Muldoon, director of the Church in the 21st Century, in his introduction.
By Joseph Zaleski
On Jan. 22, Washington, D.C., lent the national spotlight to 100,000 pro-life advocates in the 34th Annual March for Life. Present at the march and opening rally were 29 Boston College students, as well as the Rev. Tony Corcoran, S.J., a member of BC's Jesuit community.
In what appears to be another record year, BC is now hotter than ever
By Alexi Chi / Editor-In-Chief
Every student remembers the arduous and confusing college application process. Endless essays, SAT scores, and teacher recommendations plague applicants for months, all so that his or her fate can be decided by an admissions representative armed with only the most basic of information.
By Joe Gravellese
While Boston College students were away on break, the United States underwent a major political shift. The Democratic Party officially took the majority of both houses of Congress for the first time since 1994 on Jan. 15, 2007. By virtue of their victories on Election Day, Democrats control 51 seats in the Senate and 229 seats in the House of Representatives.
Carbon dioxide not the only thing responsible for global warming
By Chris Bone
With American living rooms increasingly abuzz with talk of global warming thanks to Al Gore, it has become increasingly important for people, especially students, to know which truths are inconveniently missing from the public forum. Tomorrow, the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change will likely report, in a nutshell, that temperatures and sea levels are rising because of human activity.
By Chris Bone
A behemoth public relations campaign sanitizes the bloody reprisals that continually rip through the Holy Land, and unquestioning American journalists propagate this misinformation to keep the public in the dark. Why would this be so? Because herding American public opinion into the coral of ignorance fuels Israel's illegal war machine and lines the pockets of a special few, at least according to Peace, Propaganda, and the Promised Land, a film directed by Bathsheba Ratzkoff and Sut Jhally that more than 60 students watched Tuesday night in McGuinn.
By Katie Julian
A newly released survey of 271,441 full-time college students at 393 four-year colleges and universities reports that today's college freshmen are more politically interested than ever before in the study's 41-year history. The survey, administered by the Higher Education Research Institute, a division of the University of California, Los Angeles, may point to a growing trend at universities across the nation.
By Casey Guerin
For universities, like Boston College, that rely heavily on the support of alumni, a timely acknowledgment of monetary contributions is an important part of the financial equation. But some, like Arar Han, BC '03, call into question the University's system for recording alumni donations, claiming to have been slighted an appropriate acknowledgement.
By Emily Koruda
Most Boston College students would panic at receiving a C- on an exam or midterm paper. On this year's College Sustainability report card, a C- is exactly what the University received. The report, conducted by the Sustainable Endowment Institute, issues grades to 100 universities annually based on common campus environmental practices and the efficiency of endowment policies.
By Celso Perez / Reporter
This Friday, as part of the Bradley Lecture Series, the political science department sponsored "Bioethics and the Constitution," a discussion led by Diana J. Schaub. Schaub is a member of the Bush administration's President's Council on Bioethics as well as professor and chairman of the department of political science at Loyola College in Maryland.
By Carolyn Mattus / Height Senior Staff
As a second-semester senior jumping into job hunting and law school admissions, I've become accustomed to having my résumé tossed aside despite - not to toot my own horn or anything - its admittedly pretty good credentials. No one told me that in the 21st century, I needed to save the world to get anywhere, but even I was surprised when I saw earlier this week that being a former president, not to mention a Nobel Peace Prize recipient and best-selling author, doesn't win you the respect it used to.

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