The ice bucket challenge raised a ton of money, and while not every cent goes towards research, every cent does matter.
Column, On Campus, News
Resilience In The Face Of Daily Adversity
Like most things in life, Jim Valvano’s message is relative to the journey we each face. His seven signature words are immortal because they give us chills. And they give us chills because they terrify us.
Column, Opinions
Educating Against Racial Injustice
To understand the place race has in our lives, it is important to be self-educated.
Letters To The Editor, Opinions
LTE: Addressing Sexual Violence
The following letter is in response to “BCPD chief talks Clery crime figures,” an article by Connor Farley, originally published on Oct. 9, 2014: As national attention remains focused on the issue of sexual violence occurring on college campus across the U.S., those of us responding to incidents at Boston College are grateful for and…
On Campus, News
Students ‘Take Back the Night’ For C.A.R.E. Week
By: Arielle Cedeno
On Wednesday evening, hundreds of students, survivors, and supporters gathered on O’Neill Plaza for “Take Back the Night”-a night of awareness, support, and solidarity for those affected by rape and sexual assault.
Opinions, Column
Responsible Feminism
By: Tiffany Ashtoncourt
Although the suffrage and the 1960s feminist movements gave American women both the civil freedom and equality for which they long yearned, it did not eradicate the subconscious belief that being a woman is an impediment meant to be overcome. In fact, the idea of feminism has become so misconstrued that we are now grappling with three unintentional repercussions that are simultaneously hampering women’s progress in society, eroding childhood for a generation of girls, and leaving them confused on what it means to be a successful woman today.
Opinions
COLUMN: ‘Please Check One’
By: Tiffany Ashtoncourt
America has come a long way since the Civil Rights Movement 50 years ago. That being said, we are still trying to get past the negative repercussions of centuries of oppression. For this reason, the race/ethnicity survey has taken a position of prominence in the effort against a lack of diversity. In my opinion, though, diversity forms today are ineffective and could possibly be undermining the advances we have made regarding race in America.
News
Why Does Osama Bin Laden’s Death Matter?
By: David Cote
I think Osama bin Laden’s death matters. It seems obvious, doesn’t it? How could it not?
But just days after his death, news agencies, political analysts, terrorist experts and all number of well qualified people have said it might not matter as much as we, as Americans, all want it to. They say that bin Laden had lost his central role as leader of al-Qaida. They say his money will move on without him. They say that there are any number of people to take his place, and he was already struggling with health problems due to an enlarged heart anyway. All of these things might be true, but there are still reasons to disagree with the experts.
For 10 years, the United States has been fighting in Afghanistan. Unlike previous wars, this war doesn’t have a very tangible enemy. There aren’t Nazis, Vietcong, or North Koreans. There is al-Qaida, yes, but when Hitler died in World War II, it essentially ended the war in Europe. Bin Laden’s death won’t win us the War in Afghanistan. In fact, we could probably remain in Afghanistan another 20 years without “winning” the war. So why are we there?
