“Everyone in Newton cares so much about their children’s education—how could we support them taking anything away?” a teaching assistant said. 

The History Book Club of Historic Newton hosted a discussion among Newton residents on Stephen Smith’s book, Russia in Revolution, focusing on the similarities between violent actions of Russian regimes in the 20th century and today. 

“I think it's important to understand that everyone’s lives are impacted—that it's not somebody else's world,” Kissin said. “The whole free world needs to step up.”

“But even—the interesting thing—even here, I'm not feeling safe now, just because of one crazy guy that has nukes in his power,” he said.

BazaAr Supermarkets announced that it will cease imports of Russian products on Feb. 28 in light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

For Bozhena Kulchyckyj, a typical weekend as a Boston College senior right now is not spent in the Mods, but rather using her time to help fundraise and raise awareness for her country—Ukraine.

On Feb. 1, Aziz joined a panel of three scholars on Zoom to discuss her most recent book, The Racial Muslim: Racism Quashes Religious Freedom. Boston College’s Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life hosted the event.

The effects of the Russia-Ukraine conflict are going to be long-lasting and devastating, according to Paul Christensen, a professor in the political science and international studies departments at Boston College.

“We’ve always taught that there are just two ways to teach a religion,” he said. “One is to teach it objectively, … not attempting in any way to influence people’s lives or their values. The other is to teach it in such a way that people embrace it and become it. But there’s a middle ground between the objective teaching and the catechizing.”

After almost a year and a half since the first convention of an Ad Hoc City Seal Working Group, Newton Mayor Ruthanne Fuller requested for the Newton City Council to approve to proceed with the process of updating the Newton city seal.

This semester the Boston College Graduate Employees Union launched a petition demanding better health care. Boston College provides woefully inadequate health care for its graduate workers, and the recent...

After over a decade, the 'Jackass' troupe returns with explosive and new original stunts.