News Articles

Story of a life: Tim Padulsky

Model student, activist, and friend, Padulsky leaves a legacy

By Erika Vargas / Heights Senior Staff
An inspiration, a role model, a star student, an activist, a loving brother, son, grandchild, and best friend of many. The friends, family, advisers, and professors of Tim Padulsky, CSOM '09, all remember the enormous smile, warm heart, and unrelenting positive spirit that the 20-year-old boy had before his life was cut short on Sunday.

Students strapped for cash

With money tight, students find new means to cut costs

By Jennifer Roach / Special Projects Editor
Editor's Note: A struggling economy has Americans cutting back and reevaluating finances. With higher education expenses on the rise, and student debt piling on, creative means of cutting costs are being presented now more than ever before. Looking at how this downturn is affecting life for students at BC, this is the second article in a series examining what is being done to help students beat the economic crunch.

Group brings garden to BC

Brighton Campus organic garden yields fresh produce, spices

By Julia Wilson / Business Assistant
Fresh peppers, tomatoes, broccoli, carrots, basil, and cucumbers are now all within walking distance of Boston College. Real Food BC's organic garden is located down Commonwealth Avenue on the Brighton Campus, and features organic produce gardened by BC students and members of the local community.

Changes made for Bb Vista

Students, faculty adjust as course management system is upgraded

By Andy Rota
Some students may have been surprised this semester when they were told to log into Blackboard Vista rather than WebCT for their course homework, discussions, or readings. Over the summer, the University changed the course management system to Bb Vista, which is the new name for the existing line of software, said Elizabeth Clark, director of Instructional Design and eTeaching Services, who explained that the transition was more like a major upgrade than a move to a completely new site.

Textbook piracy on the rise

With the cost of texts rising, students turn to piracy to cut costs

By Dan McCarthy
While online music piracy has been prevalent since the late 1990s, a new ilk is emerging that affects publishers and college students everywhere: textbook piracy. With the cost of textbooks on the rise, financially strapped students are looking for ways to cut expenses.

GJP protests defense contractors at fair

By Alexi Chi / Editor-In-Chief
A group of 20 Boston College students stood out from the throng of suited undergrads who crowded Conte Forum during Tuesday's career fair. Those students, clad in "Who Would Jesus Bomb" T-shirts and kneeling silently, were protesting the presence of weapons manufacturers at the annual BC career fair.

Candidates talk education

By Michael Caprio
During every presidential election season, myriad issues are brought before the populace to be presented, discussed, and debated, and one perennial topic is the issue of higher education. This year, America is presented with a bounty of solutions from both candidates to the education system's difficulties - solutions that can have serious effects not only on individuals but also on universities such as Boston College.

Studies show popular majors may not lead to lucrative careers

By Ashley Schneider
Recent studies show the most popular majors do not always bring in the highest income. Psychology, the second most popular major nationwide, according to the Princeton Review, barely scrapes in at No. 19 on the list of most lucrative majors, recently compiled online by Forbes Magazine, with an average starting salary of $34,700.

Jesuit attempts to reconcile identity and diversity

By Tom Keane
"We listen in pluralism and learn in diversity," said Rev. Howard Gray, S.J., last night at a presentation entitled the "Jesuit Mission and the Challenge of Pluralism." Gray, who serves at Georgetown University as the assistant to the president for special projects, was invited to speak at Boston College by the Center for Ignatian Spirituality.

Students 'conquer' campus

By Matthew DeLuca / News Editor
The Battle for BC is on, and students can join with classmates from their freshman year to conquer as many buildings and locations as possible, online of course. Sponsored by the Undergraduate Government of Boston College (UGBC) and hosted by Gocrosscampus.

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