News Articles

UGBC concert falls into place

By Pat Irish / Outreach Coordinator
For some, the Undergraduate Government of Boston College fall concert has become nothing short of a myth - much like the "Million-Dollar Staircase" supposedly being heated. Some valiantly defend its existence. Others brush it off as wishful thinking.

History core clarified

Course descriptions, teaching foci tweaked

By Grant Hatchimonji / Managing Editor
The ultimate goal behind the core curriculum at Boston College is to turn students into well-rounded scholars. Thus, the school has begun to make changes to the history core in an effort to broaden its scope and shy away from solely Euro-centric teachings.

Freshman dies at summer home

Clark was avid skier, snowboarder, surfer

By Alexi Chi / Editor-In-Chief
Boston College student Benjamin Clark, A&S '11, died unexpectedly in his family's Cape Cod summer home on Sunday. Clark, originally of Simsbury, Conn., was an avid skier, snowboarder, and surfer. Those at BC offer sympathy, condolences, and prayers to Benjamin's friends and family.

ODSD gets new deans

Positions open up for new deans within BC

By Alexi Chi / Editor-In-Chief
The Office of the Dean for Student Development - the office Boston College students rely on for services ranging from the organization of student government to programs educating students on the abuse of drugs and alcohol - has recently undergone an array of changes.

Dukakis talks health care

Event part of CSON-sponsored colloquium

By Alexi Chi / Editor-In-Chief
In the first of eight colloquia to be sponsored by the Connell School of Nursing, Michael Dukakis spoke at Boston College on Monday on the necessity of universal health care coverage in America. Dukakis, a native of Brookline and graduate of Harvard Law, boasts an impressive political résumé: He has served four terms as a Massachusetts state legislator, served as Massachusetts governor in 1974, 1982, and 1986, won the Democratic nomination for the presidency in 1988 but lost to George Bush, and since 1991 has taught as a political science professor at both Northeastern and UCLA.

Burglary off campus leaves residents wary

By Victoria Ryan
For Boston College juniors, the appeals of off-campus living are numerous: having a house, and paying rent is a refreshing break from dorm life. Yet, roommates Kial Blumenkopf, A&S '09; Tracie Swartzbaugh, A&S '09; Lauren Bender, A&S '09; Libby O'Toole, A&S '09; and Krista Capece, CSOM '09, encountered some of the risks that come with off-campus living this weekend.

Nights on the Heights improved

By Joseph Zaleski
After a stressful week of classes, Boston College students face an altogether different type of pressure - and it has nothing to do with excessive reading assignments or five-page term papers. Instead, they are saddled with planning and then executing a successful evening with friends.

Iraqi school teacher risks life to speak in the U.S.

By Kyoolee Park
Six years after the tragedy of Sept. 11, the Undergraduate Government of Boston College and the Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies Student Association sponsored the first of a series of lectures examining the current war in Iraq Tuesday night in front of a packed house in Higgins.

Column: The BC police and the house that Jimmy Hoffa built

By Reeves Wiedeman / Heights Senior Staff
Three. That's how many alcohol or disturbance-related incidents were reported in the Boston College area by Boston Police officers during the first two weekends of school - one fewer than in each of the past two years. So if the "new" policing policy has you worried, don't fret.

News and Notes: Fundraiser Bed-Net Ball at O'Connell House on Friday

Voices from the Dustbowl

Police Blotter: 9/6/07