Few people might ever think to compare the philosophy of Muslim liberalism to that of Enlightenment thinker John Locke.
Senior Starts Company To Help Alleviate World Water Shortages
By: David Cote
As a whole, the Boston College student body spends thousands of hours each year helping local communities through programs like 4Boston and PULSE. Max Ade, A&S ’12, hopes to take things one step further.
Arrupe Sends Students To 9 Communities
By: David Cote
While the majority of Boston College students were enjoying their last days of winter break from the comfort of their homes, Arrupe International Immersion Program participants were living in the midst of abject poverty in nine different communities across Latin America.
Sub Turri’ Celebrates 100th Anniversary
By: David Cote
Sub Turri, one of the oldest organizations on Boston College’s campus, will celebrate its 100th anniversary this year. As part of that celebration, student leaders of the yearbook have stated their hope that 100 percent of BC seniors will have their senior portraits taken in honor of the 100th edition.
Goldschmidt Named New Head Of C21
One of Boston College’s most distinctive facets is also one of its more obscure: the 10-year old organization called Church in the 21st Century.
BC Ordered To Hand Over Belfast Tapes, Will Not Appeal Ruling
By: David Cote
In the most recent development regarding the Belfast Project, an oral history project held by the Burns Library chronicling a period known as “The Troubles” in Northern Ireland that lasted from 1969 to 1998, a federal judge ruled Tuesday, Dec. 27 that Boston College must turn over tapes relevant to the investigation of the disappearance of Jean McConville, who was killed by the IRA in 1972. BC will not appeal the ruling, according to University Spokesman Jack Dunn.
BC Trustee Named In SEC Lawsuit Against Former Mortgage Giant Execs
By: David Cote
Boston College Trustee and Adjunct Professor Richard Syron, BC ’66, was recently named in a lawsuit made by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), accusing Syron, former CEO of the government sponsored mortgage giant Freddie Mac, of misleading investors and ultimately contributing to the 2008 financial crisis. The lawsuits made Friday implicate both Syron and Daniel H. Mudd, former CEO of Freddie Mac’s sister company, Fannie Mae.
BCSSH and BCSDH Exchange Words Outside McElroy
By: David Cote
This past Friday, Dec. 2, a relatively new student group calling themselves the Boston College Students for Dental Health (BCSDH) distributed individually wrapped flossing packets to students on the sidewalk between Upper Campus and McElroy.
ALC Dept. Promotes Continuity
By: David Cote
A new department created by the AHANA Leadership Council (ALC) will help the organization achieve continuity in its future endeavors, the council’s leadership says.
New Yorker’ Journalist Discusses Pakistan And Bin Laden
By: David Cote
Though the Boston College campus undoubtedly heard of the daring raid that ended in the death of Osama bin Laden last May, Nicholas Schmidle gave a far more in-depth perspective on the topic last Monday in Devlin 008.