News Articles

Students meet with McCain in BC visit

By Meghan Michael / Special Projects Editor
Supporting Republicans and curious bystanders alike flocked to Gasson Hall to see Meghan McCain at a meet-and-greet on Thursday. Though the crowd dwindled due to an hour-and-15-minute delay, when she finally arrived, the remaining students had the chance to meet and take photos with the daughter of presidential candidate Sen. John McCain.

After visiting New Hampshire and other schools in the Boston area, Meghan McCain came to Boston College as part of the last push in the campaign in the final weeks before the election. McCain's visit to BC was informal; she gave only a brief speech before she began mingling with students and posing for photos.

BC competes in regatta

The men's and women's crew teams place in the largest two-day regatta

By Albert Vontz
While Boston College's hockey and football teams battled on ice and turf, two other high-caliber BC teams headed to the Charles River to conduct their own business on the water. On Saturday and Sunday, the BC men's club rowing team and the BC women's varsity team competed in the prestigious Head of the Charles regatta.

Poets celebrate culture

Writer's night celebrates Filipino-American History Month with art

By Caroline Pepek
It began with traditional Filipino storytelling and ended with modern American country music, but the members of the Phillipine Society of Boston College wouldn't have had their first annual Filipino-American Writers Night and Open Mic last Friday any other way.

Agape addresses voting, faith

By Julia Wilson / Business Assistant
With the 2008 presidential election fast approaching, last Thursday night's Agape Latte, billed "Meeting Jesus in the Voting Booth," provided the opportunity, over coffee and chocolate cake in Hillside Cafe, for members of the Boston College community to discuss how one's religious ideologies might affect their vote for president.

Athletes surpass average

Eighteen BC teams achieve perfect student-athlete graduation rate

By Matthew DeLuca / News Editor
Following a successful year for Boston College athletics, recent rankings released by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) show that BC's student-athletes have been excelling both on and off the field. BC student-athletes had an average graduation success rate of 96 percent, a number far surpassing the national average, and 18 of BC's teams achieved a perfect rate.

UGBC debuts renovated site, new features

By Sue Byun
An interactive announcement screen, newly formatted calendar, and a streamlined new layout catch the eyes of those who have visited the Undergraduate Government of Boston College's (UGBC) Web site, ugbc.org, since Columbus Day weekend when the new site was unveiled.

University adds three new centers

By John Conor Michalek
Current Boston College students may be inclined to ignore the University's 10-year plan, because they won't be here to reap the fruit of the University's labor. BC has begun taking significant steps toward implementing the seven strategic directions of the Master Plan, however, by inaugurating three new academic centers: the Institute for the Liberal Arts (ILA), the Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy, and the University Institute On Aging in the 21st Century (IOA).

Consider candidates' values

By Marina Lopes
As the presidential election looms on the horizon, many Americans are looking back at the past eight years spent under the Bush administration as an indication of the type of president they want to vote for. While both candidates hold different positions on the major problems facing Americans today, they can agree on one thing: It is time for a change.

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