20 undergraduates tested positive between November 8th and November 15th, an increase of 12 from the week prior.
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Panelists Talk Race, Centrism, and the 2020 Election
The task of outperforming Donald Trump on climate policy will be an easy one for President-elect Joe Biden, according to Boston City Councilor Matt O’Malley.
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Even Virtually, Memory of Welles Crowther Lives On
Senior Isabella De Palo Garcia Perez has been volunteering for the annual Red Bandanna Run for years. “One of my favorite things is just talking to people about it,” De Palo Garcia Perez said. “A lot of people know about the event, know the race, the red bandanna, the idea behind it. … I know…
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BU Surpasses BC in COVID-19 Positives
Boston University surpassed Boston College in total reported cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday. BU had reported 35 more total cases than BC as of Saturday and has now reported a total of 296 positive COVID-19 cases since it began testing in July. BC had led the Commonwealth in total cases for weeks—largely due to a…
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“Our Democracy Worked as it Should”: Boston College Reacts to Biden Victory
When freshman Marie Hauck went to bed Friday night, three days after the presidential election, Donald J. Trump was president of the United States, and it was still unclear whether his challenger, Joseph R. Biden Jr., had garnered enough votes to unseat him. When Hauck woke up Saturday morning, her phone was blowing up with…
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BC Libraries Turns the Page Amid Novel Coronavirus Pandemic
Upon entering O’Neill Library, visitors are confronted with one of the library’s newest additions: a neon green sign displaying its current occupancy. BC Libraries, a staple in students’ academic lives, were uniquely challenged by the pandemic, struggling to constantly update and shift its policies in order to comply with University, state, and federal regulations. From…
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BC Community Leaders Urge Solidarity to Confront Racial Justice
Members of the Boston College community—sporting T-shirts and holding signs that read “End racism now,” each marked with the signature BC eagle—flooded the sidewalks of the main campus on Tuesday afternoon in support for racial justice.
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“An Election Like No Other”: Boston College Braces for 2020 Presidential Election
“I am trying not to hedge my bets. I’m trying not to get my hopes up,” Katz said. “I’m trying not to resort my mental state to just envisioning the impending doom.”
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Leftist, Communists Debate Supporting Biden
With Joe Biden, a member of the Democratic party’s moderate wing, representing Democrats in the upcoming presidential election, leftist thinkers disagreed on whether communist voters should vote for Biden at an event hosted by Platypus BC, a socialist organization, on Oct. 29.
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UGBC Asks BC to Cancel Classes on Election Day, Overriding Presidential Veto
“As somebody who’s most of his time here has been a regular student, it makes UBGC look like a joke,” President Guma said. “I’m in a position now that I have to make sure that doesn’t happen.”
