Month: September, 2012

News

Devino Named University Secretary, Vice President

By: David Cote

Rev. Terrence P. Devino, S.J., director of Manresa House and special assistant to the president, will succeed Mary Lou DeLong as vice president and University Secretary upon her retirement in January. Devino, who has also worked in leadership positions at Fairfield University and the University of Scranton, is looking forward to the new challenges the job presents.

Arts

How To: Take Advantage of Boston as the Weather Turns Cool

By: Brennan Carley

Boston is literally minutes away from the campus by T, but when most people on campus think of the city, their minds wander to Faneuil Hall and the North End, both far-flung destinations that really do require planning and a seemingly wasteful chunk of time, especially once the semester gets busy.

Arts

Degraw And Train Rock Mixfest

By: Brennan Carley

With the constant threat of rain on their minds, popular pop rock acts Andy Grammer, Gavin DeGraw, and Train brought the summer concert season to a lilting close during Saturday evening’s Mixfest at Boston’s Hatch Shell.

Arts

Editor’s Column

By: Brennan Carley

If there’s one thing I took away from this pop culture-clogged summer, it’s that there exist increasingly more and more places to turn when in need of a distraction.

News

Belfast Project Case May Go To Supreme Court

By: David Cote

Irish journalist and Belfast Project researcher Ed Moloney, together with Belfast Project researcher and former IRA member Anthony McIntyre, recently announced their intention to bring the case of the Belfast Project to the United States Supreme Court. The pair, appealing a decision by the United States First Circuit Court of Appeal that rejected their right to intervene in the Boston College archive case, have repeatedly emphasized the case’s vast constitutional importance and potentially harmful ramifications on the fragile peace process in Northern Ireland and the enterprise of oral history.

Arts

Hip-Hop Heroes

By: Brennan Carley, Taylor Cavallo, & Dan Siering

The front runners of rap are ever changing. The Scene takes a look at six super groups that currently reign supreme.

News

Armstrong promoted to VP for planning, assessment

Boston College students and faculty often remark that the University provides an academic and social atmosphere unlike any other college or university, and Kelli Armstrong, the newly appointed vice president for planning and assessment, is no exception. Armstrong, who was recently promoted to this role after serving as the associate vice president for institutional research,…

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