By Alexi Chi / News EditorEvery Eagles fan has experienced the stress and anticipation that comes along with the ticket lotteries for men's ice hockey and men's basketball. These games are in high demand, and getting tickets entails both entering into a lottery and waiting eagerly for the e-mail that announces whether a ticket package is available.
By Patrick Gallagher
It was a beautiful autumn morning, much like the one six years ago when Welles Remy Crowther, BC '99, lost his life in the World Trade Center attacks. On Saturday, while most of the Boston College community still slept, more than 250 students, neighbors, and friends gathered outside Gasson Hall at the third annual Welles Remy Crowther Red Bandanna 5K Run to commemorate his life.
By Kelly McCartney
"One love, one heart, let's get together and feel all right."
These words, made famous by Bob Marley, were sung by psychiatrists, scholars, students, and clinicians alike at the Seventh Annual Diversity Challenge Conference, hosted by the Institute for the Study and Promotion of Race and Culture (ISPRC).
By Grant Hatchimonji / Managing EditorThere are few who do not know the story of Jena Six: six black high school teenagers in Jena, La., were brought forth on allegedly "trumped up" charges for beating a white classmate after three white students hung nooses on a tree at the school after a black student asked if he could sit under it.
By Julia Toepfer
Boston College students uphold the University's mission while participating in various service trips, but they often find that one of the most challenging tasks is to continue learning through service upon BC reimmersion. The "Jemez to BC Project" attempts to accomplish this in a way that has never been tried at BC.
By Matthew DeLuca
On Tuesday night Raymond Offenheiser, the president of Oxfam America, a non-profit organization that works to end global poverty, fosters fair trade, and provides disaster relief, among other humanitarian efforts, spoke with Boston College students and faculty.
By Julia Wilson
Speaking through his translator to faculty and students in the Murray Room last Thursday, the Rev. Fernando Cardenal, S.J. ,Jesuit and former minister of education to Nicaragua, recounted his experiences working with the poor and leading a national literacy campaign in Nicaragua.
By John Conor Michalek
On Oct. 18, Dan Savage came to Boston College to talk about sex. Savage, the homosexual, once-seminarian, author of four books and writer of the column "Savage Love," visited Boston College to address 200 eager listeners of all different ages, religions, and sexual orientations.
By Tom Oliva
Though the Middle East remains a one-dimensional symbol of political instability in the minds of some Western observers, Banafsheh Keynoush has dedicated her career to examining the issues at hand. In her Oct. 18 lecture at Boston College, she spoke on the balance of power in the region and the roles of the two most powerful countries in it; Iran and Saudi Arabia.
By Molly Whiteman
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's oldest son Tagg Romney visited Boston College Monday night to address students and recruit volunteers for the Students for Mitt program. This program encourages students to get involved in Romney's presidential campaign through fundraising and offers incentives for their efforts.
By Amanda Del Baso
The situation in Darfur, according to the United Nations, is considered to be the worst humanitarian crisis in the world today. As a result of vicious attacks by governmentally commissioned Janjaweed militias, more than two million Sudanese people have been displaced and countless more have been murdered.
By Reeves Wiedeman / Heights Senior StaffIf Boston College chose America's commander-in-chief, George Bush would have won the 2000 election in a nail-biter, - over Bill Bradley - John Kerry would have won with 91 percent of the 2004 vote, and Barack Obama would coast into the White House a year from now.
