By: Connor Farley
For members of BCAAUP, an increased role in shared governance has led to a petition for two main initiatives: forming a standing committee for the faculty handbook, and reinvigorating a faculty senate.
News, On Campus
Chebator, Zovko Talk Relationships at Agape
By: Nathan McGuire
Dean of Students Paul Chebator and his wife Mer Zovko, an assistant director of the Students Programs Office (SPO), concluded this year’s Agape Latte series on Tuesday evening with a discussion about relationships, trust, and faith.
News
BC Students Stand Against Sweatshops
By: Julie Orenstein
Although thousands of miles and drastically different lifestyles separate them, college students across the U.S. are pledging to stand in solidarity with factory workers in Bangladesh, where poor working conditions threaten their lives daily.
News
Revamped 5K Race Will Benefit Jimmy Fund
By: Carolyn Freeman
This weekend, droves of students listening to ’80s hits will descend upon the Heights-but this time, they won’t be in the Mods. Instead, they will be participating in the Eagles For a Cause 5K Run/Walk. For the first time in its 15-year history, the 5K this Saturday will have a theme: the 1980s.
News
Alumna And Writer Wigfield Talks ’30 Rock’
By: Carolyn Freeman
Like everything, the path to a comedy-writing career is tricky starting out, said Boston College alum Tracey Wigfield, a writer for 30 Rock and The Mindy Project and BC ’05. Wigfield spoke April 7 to a packed Devlin 008. Wigfield won an Emmy in 2013 for her work on 30 Rock.
News, Column
Be Human, Be Alive
By: Alex Gaynor
We are often so hesitant to admit our weaknesses. But, a part of being human is the struggle to make sense of ourselves, our role in our society and environment, and life itself.
News, On Campus
BC Model United Nations Hosts Annual Conference
By: Nathan McGuire
Boston College Model United Nations (BC MUN) welcomed over 500 delegates from around the world to its second annual Eagle Model United Nations Conference (MUNC) at the Westin Copley Plaza hotel in downtown Boston last weekend.
News, Academics
Semester Online To End In 2014
By: Carolyn Freeman
After the spring 2014 semester, Boston College will no longer offer online classes as a part of Semester Online. The Online Consortium hosted by online provider 2U has dissolved its Semester Online program following a vote of the Arts & Sciences Faculty at Washington University in St. Louis.
News
CSOM Ranked No. 4 By ‘Bloomberg’
By: Connor Farley
After having risen in rank from No. 16 to No. 9 in 2012 and again to No. 6 in 2013, the Carroll School of Management (CSOM) has been ranked the fourth best undergraduate business school in the U.S. by Bloomberg Businessweek.
News, Off Campus
Arrest Made In McConville Murder Case Links To BC Belfast Project
A man was arrested in Northern Ireland in conjunction with the case investigating the murder of Jean McConville.
