News Articles

Chelsea on the trail: Clinton campaigns

By Soren Lagaard / Heights Senior Staff
Hundreds of students, faculty, and administrators piled in and around Hillside Cafe Thursday night to witness a rare event: a political campaign stop at Boston College. Chelsea Clinton, the only daughter of the political power couple of former President Bill and Senator Hillary Clinton, came to BC to promote her mother's candidacy for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination as part of her "Our Voice, Our Future" tour.

Clinton, 27, has only recently become involved with her mother's campaign, and her stop at BC is part of a larger Clinton campaign strategy to appeal to the youth vote ahead of the Super Tuesday primary elections in 22 states on Feb. 5.

Speaking on a makeshift stage in a corner of the crowded café, Clinton touched upon a number of issues important to BC students, including paying for a college education, abortion, and foreign policy.

Exchange rate hurts BC overseas

By Kevin Quigley / Reporter
Like many of his fellow Boston College students studying abroad in Europe, Brian Taylor, A&S '09, left for Italy filled with excitement for the culture and cuisine he would experience over the next semester. He was not disappointed; within the first week, he had toured Il Duomo, shopped on the Ponte Vecchio in Florence, and tasted fresh prosciutto in Parma.

In light of VA Tech, counseling unchanged

By Kalyn Belsha
In light of recent findings from an internal review committee at Virginia Tech, many universities have begun to review and change their mental health services. While Boston College has looked at the implications of the study for the University, no changes to mental health services have been made yet.

Ferrell or die: concert in peril?

By Meghan Michael / Associate News Editor
The Boston College community has been buzzing about Will Ferrell's impending arrival ever since it was announced in December that he would be stopping at BC during his Funny or Die comedy tour. Inevitably, though, the next question that followed was, "Is there still going to be a spring concert?" "I swear that's the number 1 comment I've gotten since December," said Erica Reisenwitz, executive director of campus entertainment of the Undergraduate Government of Boston College (UGBC) and A&S '08, when asked the same question.

BC students step up: collegiates campaign

By Patrick Gallagher
With just over a week remaining until the biggest day thus far of the 2008 primary season, there is very little indication of which candidate holds the edge. On Feb. 5, 22 states will be up for grabs on the Democratic side and 20 for the Republicans, among them California, New York, and Massachusetts.

Reputation on the rise

BC gains respect from business leaders in the Boston community

By Alexi Chi / News Editor
Though Boston College's Allston-Brighton neighbors may complain about the school building new residence halls on Brighton Campus, the University must be doing something right. In the most recent Massachusetts Corporate Reputation Survey, BC took first place, ahead of organizations like Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dunkin' Donuts, and Harvard University as the institution most respected by business leaders in the Boston area.

Faculty panel challenges stereotypes

By Michael Madormo
'Guess Who's Gay,' the annual Lambda and GLBTQ Leadership Council (GLC) event in which audience members ask questions of a panel of students in order to discern whether they are GLBTQ or straight, was held on Thursday, but with a new twist. This time the panel was comprised of Boston College faculty, not students.

Column: The need to be informed

By Reeves Wiedeman / Heights Senior Staff
Betty Hackley is someone I want electing our next president. A 90-year old native of St. Louis, Mo., Betty has seen her fair share of presidents. She attended the University of Kansas so long ago that she took a fencing class from Dr. James Naismith, the man who invented basketball.

News and Notes: UGBC Senate undergoes changes and has new plans

Voices from the Dustbowl

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