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BC Fossil Free, UGBC Members Debate Divestment

By: Nathan McGuire

The issue of fossil fuel divestment has been heavily contested in recent years. Growing concerns about the causes and effects of climate change have inspired movements that advocate for public pushback against fossil fuel industries to spring up around the country.

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Advocates Address Students About Experiences With Homelessness

By: Scott Bailey

On an unusually “lion-like” evening for one of March’s final days, the Homeless Speaker’s Bureau visited the Yawkey Center’s Murray Room to offer a voice for the otherwise voiceless Boston underclass. Peter and Tia, two formerly-homeless-turned-advocates, addressed a crowd of Boston College students and faculty about their experiences with homelessness and their paths out of it.

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Freedom Of Getting Lost

By: Alex Gaynor

The term “lost” tends to connote chaos and confusion. Lost is the exact opposite of having and abiding by a plan or carefully reviewed map. As my professor stated, perhaps getting lost can actually reveal to us places, people, and experiences that we never would have even fathomed had we stuck to our personal maps and plans.

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AEI President Brooks Gives Key To ‘Happiness’

By: Connor Farley

For many, happiness-in the traditional sense of the term-is equated with rigid social constructs and conventional interpretations of joy, euphoria, or other ephemeral perceptions of what it means to be truly happy. Or at least, so said President of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and formerly renowned classical musician Arthur Brooks, who spoke to a crowded Devlin 008 on Tuesday at 8 p.m.

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Relay For Life Aims To Top Last Year’s Fundraising

By: Carolyn Freeman

Cancer never sleeps, and on Friday night, neither will over 1,000 Boston College students, professors, alumni, and friends. From 6 p.m. on March 28 to 6 a.m. the next day, the Flynn Recreation Complex will be filled with participants walking the track for BC’s seventh annual Relay For Life.

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