“If you stay silent, over time, it’s easier and easier to stay silent. Or you [can] speak up. It gets easier and easier to speak,” said Greenfield.
Ambrosia for the Ears
“I’m in music because I like to connect to people. And that’s the vehicle through which I do it. … It’s the connections that I’ve been able to have, the heart-to-heart and soul-to-soul connections with so many people that comes from really great music-making that is what drove me to it and what keeps me inspired,” Ambrose said.
Gabrielle Oliveira Tells the Stories Between the Statistics
“She’s brought a much-needed visibility to anthropology as a sort of important field that attunes us in education around the people and movement in the context … of all the work we do,” said John Wargo.
‘If You Build It, They Will Come’: McCartney Rebuilds Communities
“It was just the most shocking thing I had ever seen,” McCartney said as she recalled arriving in the devastated New Orleans. “To see that level of destruction and devastation … helped me realize that this whole system of disaster recovery and response in our country, at the time, was really broken.”
Less Capitalism, More Catholicism: Andrew Vaccaro and the Young Democratic Socialists of BC
“… people are worth more than just being animals. People have an inherent worth that is elevated by their connection to God,” said Vaccaro.
Fifty Years Since the Summer of ’69 and The Society of Jesus
“The question is how are you most effectively going to engage with the political structures and political like, and I think again, dialogue, engagement, participation, and sometimes confrontation,” Von Arx said.
The Power of Theatre: From Entertaining to ‘Inspiring Radical Change’
“Theatre can do anything from entertain to inspiring radical change. That is the power of the craft,” said Maurice Emmanuel Parent, this year’s Monan Professor in Theatre Arts at BC.
Weiskott Brings Medieval Times to Students’ Fingertips
Middle English, Medieval Literature, and the 14th Century’s customs and intricacies may seem inaccessible and irrelevant to students in 2018, but Erik Weiskott (Twitter verified professor and media-extraordinaire) proves that notion wrong.
The Common Denominator
“When you talk basketball, it’s hard to have a conversation with alums without talking about Jared Dudley,” Martin Jarmond, Director of Athletics, said.
A Sharp Left on the Journey to Joy
“I knew it was for some greater purpose that I wasn’t going to ESPN,” Genovese said.