Priest and Author
Headline Debate on
Religion’s Impact in
the Military
Professor Jonathan Ebel and Father Richard
Erikson discuss religion in the military.
by WillMucci
The Observer
In a recent panel
discussion held here
on the Heights, the
Boisi Center For Religion and American
Public Life welcomed
Professor Jonathan
Ebel and...
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Priest and Author Headline Debate on Religion’s Impact in the Military Professor Jonathan Ebel and Father Richard Erikson discuss religion in the military. by WillMucci The Observer In a recent panel discussion held here on the Heights, the Boisi Center For Religion and American Public Life welcomed Professor Jonathan Ebel and Father Richard Erikson to discuss the complexities of religion and the US military. Professor Ebel, an associate professor of religion from the University of Illinois and a renowned researcher of religion’s effect on the American soldier, began the discussion. Ebel’s views, stemming from years of research for his book Faith in the Fight, focused on the perhaps religious dramatization that is thrust upon soldiers of the United States Armed forces. Ebel reflected upon the angel-like stature that is attributed to many soldiers, especially those of the two World Wars, that he defined as “objects of veneration. ” Describing “American Civil Religion,” Ebel suggeste
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BC Professor Awarded Grant for Creative Writing
English Professor Suzanne Matson is recognized by the National Endowment for the Arts for
her work of fiction in progress.
by Morgan Chalfant
The Observer
Recently, BC Professor Suzanne Matson of
the College of Arts and
Sciences was made a 2012
recipient of the Creative
Writing...
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BC Professor Awarded Grant for Creative Writing English Professor Suzanne Matson is recognized by the National Endowment for the Arts for her work of fiction in progress. by Morgan Chalfant The Observer Recently, BC Professor Suzanne Matson of the College of Arts and Sciences was made a 2012 recipient of the Creative Writing Fellowship in Prose from the National Endowment for the Arts. She was given this award for an excerpt of a work of fiction in progress. Matson is a professor in the English Department and also serves as the chair of the department. According to Matson, the award is “a grant amount that you can use to support your writing in a variety of ways—leave time, research, travel. ” She continued, “The grant is wonderful, but feeling affirmed in the manuscript I sent is the best thing of all. It gives me the excitement and energy to push forward on a project whose exact shape has been difficult to get right. ” Matson has been a professor in the English Department at Bos
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“Movember” Gains Traction at BC
Guys on campus and around the nation forgo shaving their mustaches for the month of
November in order to raise funds for cancer research.
by Allison Gallagher
The Observer
“Movember” is a
movement that raises
funds for cancer research
by collecting pledges for
each day a man grows his
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“Movember” Gains Traction at BC Guys on campus and around the nation forgo shaving their mustaches for the month of November in order to raise funds for cancer research. by Allison Gallagher The Observer “Movember” is a movement that raises funds for cancer research by collecting pledges for each day a man grows his mustache. The movement can already be seen gaining traction as men, this early in the month, let their ive o’clock shadows grow in and begin collecting pledges. Men participating in the movement start November 1 clean shaven, and then only trim and shape throughout the month, neverfullyshavingofftheir mustaches. The movement speciically targets awareness for men’s health issues, including prostrate cancer and other cancers that affect men. Movember has spreadworldwide,andnow includes over 1. 1 million participants. Theseparticipants, termed Mo Bros, are walking advertisements for men’s cancer awareness, and serve as reminders that men suffer from speciic cancers that
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A Capella Fest Proves Huge Success
The Ensemble Florilège visits BC to provide some soothing afternoon music.
by Emily Clark
The Observer
Many students opted out of their usual
Saturday night plans
to attend the annual
A capella Fest held in
Robsham Theater.
With
the line into Robsham
stretching to the street
and wrapping around
the...
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A Capella Fest Proves Huge Success The Ensemble Florilège visits BC to provide some soothing afternoon music. by Emily Clark The Observer Many students opted out of their usual Saturday night plans to attend the annual A capella Fest held in Robsham Theater. With the line into Robsham stretching to the street and wrapping around the sidewalk, many students stood hoping to get a coveted seat at this year’s A capella Fest. Slow claps and bustling chatter anticipated the beginning of the show. Extra chairs were even brought in to accommodate as many people as possible, though many waited out front in the hopes that someone would leave early and vacate a seat. Sophomore members of BC’s comedy troupe My Mother’s Fleabag Ceara O’Sullivan and Lou Wilson introduced A capella Fest 2011 with comical enthusiasm. The first group was the colorful Acoustics who were “celebrating their eighteenth birthday” here at BC. They started off the show strong with “Who Are You” by The Who followed by “
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BC Dining Changes Upset Students
MissingitemsandaconfusingchargingsystemleavestudentsunhappywiththeBCdiningservices.
by William Mucci
The Observer
There was uproar on
the BC campus recently
and it had nothing to do
with the fall concert being
cancelled or the struggles
of the football team.
Instead, this most recent upheaval had to...
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BC Dining Changes Upset Students MissingitemsandaconfusingchargingsystemleavestudentsunhappywiththeBCdiningservices. by William Mucci The Observer There was uproar on the BC campus recently and it had nothing to do with the fall concert being cancelled or the struggles of the football team. Instead, this most recent upheaval had to do with the presence, or lack there of, of Chobani Greek yogurt in the dining halls. Perhaps the most popular food item at Boston College, the beloved Chobanis were missing for virtually the entire irst month of school. In fact, the situation of the missing anytime snack became so grave that sophomore Joe Rocco decided to go out and buy a number of thirty-packs of Chobanis, not the type of thirty-packs one would expect a sophomore to buy. “It’s really a relection of the BC dining, taking away something we all enjoy so much,” Rocco said. Why were these Chobanis such a big deal? Well, perhaps the larger issue lies within what many students believe is a l
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Student Activity Fee Continues to Rise
EventhoughthecancelledConteForumconcertsmaysignalaloweredstudentactivitycost,thefeestillrises.
by Allison Gallagher
The Observer
The Student Activity
Fee has increased again
this upcoming academic
year for both incoming
freshmen and returning
students living on and
off campus.
The fee has
been...
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Student Activity Fee Continues to Rise EventhoughthecancelledConteForumconcertsmaysignalaloweredstudentactivitycost,thefeestillrises. by Allison Gallagher The Observer The Student Activity Fee has increased again this upcoming academic year for both incoming freshmen and returning students living on and off campus. The fee has been raised from $244 to $298, a 22% overall increase. The fee was increased as the second part of a 3-year program in which the fee goes up roughly the same amount each year. It has previously been raised from $190 to $244 and now to $298. Each increase is roughly the same amount at around $54. In an unforeseen circumstance, however, this academic year the Student Programs Ofice (SPO) placed a temporary freeze on all largescale concerts in Conte Forum due to excessive rowdiness and alcoholrelated medical transports. Upwards of 35 people were transported from the Spring Concert at Conte Forum last year and the University feels that the concerts cause more
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by Ian Malone
The Observer
Last night, FACES,
the anti-racist organization on campus,
hosted popular “antiracist educator” Tim
Wise at Boston College.
Wise, who was recently
named one of the twenty five revolutionaries
changing your world,
delivered his lecture titled “The Trouble With
Colorblindness: Racism
and Inequality in...
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by Ian Malone The Observer Last night, FACES, the anti-racist organization on campus, hosted popular “antiracist educator” Tim Wise at Boston College. Wise, who was recently named one of the twenty five revolutionaries changing your world, delivered his lecture titled “The Trouble With Colorblindness: Racism and Inequality in the Age of Obama. ” After arriving late due to traffic, Wise started off his lecture with a story about his days living in a house with nine other people. Wise drew his inspiration to take responsibility for the actions of others from a putrid bowl of gumbo that had been sitting in his kitchen for a period of over thirty six hours. Wise then took shots at former Vice Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin and the right wingin general, which was greeted with laughter and applause from the vast majority of the audience. He noted that America “loves to live in the past” while noting that the white population does so selectively as they remember positive events such a
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New Gandhi Statue Stands at
Entrance of Theology & Ministry
by Megan K.
Rauch
The Observer
Recently, administrators at the Boston College School of
Theology and Ministry (STM) inaugurated
a new visiting statue
at the entrance to the
Brighton Campus: a
ten-foot statue of Gandhi.
Students and passersby alike were puzzled by the choice...
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New Gandhi Statue Stands at Entrance of Theology & Ministry by Megan K. Rauch The Observer Recently, administrators at the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry (STM) inaugurated a new visiting statue at the entrance to the Brighton Campus: a ten-foot statue of Gandhi. Students and passersby alike were puzzled by the choice of a non-Catholic to serve as the focal point of the entrance to a Catholic institution during the Lenten season. The statue, which is on loan from the Peace Abbey, an interfaith nonprofit organization, serves as a part of STM’s “Lenten Focus on Gandhi, Peace, and Nonviolence. ” As writer Father Paul Zalonski remarked, “I wonder if anyone at a Jesuit school of theology and ministry ever thought of focusing on one of the great spiritual fathers and mothers of the Church for Lenten prayer and readings?” He continues, “This is not only a question of Catholic identity at Jumpstart Offers Opportunities for All Students BC students immerse themselves in the pr
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Audacity to Dream Conference
The Boston College Chapter of Spark the Truth hosted its fourth annual
Audacity to Dream Conference.
by Morgan Chalfant
The Observer
On a recent weekday,
the Boston College Chapter of Spark the Truth
hosted eighty students of
the Boston public schools
at their fourth annual
Audacity to Dream Conference....
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Audacity to Dream Conference The Boston College Chapter of Spark the Truth hosted its fourth annual Audacity to Dream Conference. by Morgan Chalfant The Observer On a recent weekday, the Boston College Chapter of Spark the Truth hosted eighty students of the Boston public schools at their fourth annual Audacity to Dream Conference. The athletes’ attendance at the conference was mandatory for their participation in the upcoming fifth annual Audacity to Dream basketball tournament. According to member of the BC Chapter of Spark the Truth Joseph Pasquinelli, the Boston youth-led Spark the Truth organization “was founded by three young women when they were juniors at the Boston Community Leadership Academy,includingPharlone Toussaint, CSOM ‘12. ” With the goal of helping young students, especially those of the Boston public schools, improve their community and thus improve their own lives, the larger organization has adopted the practice of “Ubuntu,” an African word popularized by Archb
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Professors Demand Free Speech
University offers no rebuttal to formal statement regarding free speech from the
BC Chapter of the American Association of University Professors.
by Megan K.
Rauch
The Observer
After a recent business meeting, the Boston
College Chapter of the
American Association
of University Professors (BCAAUP)...
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Professors Demand Free Speech University offers no rebuttal to formal statement regarding free speech from the BC Chapter of the American Association of University Professors. by Megan K. Rauch The Observer After a recent business meeting, the Boston College Chapter of the American Association of University Professors (BCAAUP) released a formal statement on “Academic Freedom and Free Speech. ” The BCAAUP defines academic freedom as “the freedom to discuss all relevant matters in the classroom, to explore all avenues of scholarship, research, and creative expression, and to speak or write without institutional discipline or restraint on matters of public concern as well as on matters related to professional duties and the functioning of the University. ” The statement continues, “With this freedom comes the responsibility to faithfully perform professional duties and obligations, to recognize the standards of scholarly enterprise, and to make it clear that when one is speaking on matt
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BC Dining Confronts Concerns of Students
After recent talk about stealing and the increase in prices, Director of Dining Services
Helen Wechsler voices her opinion on the current issues.
by Jenn Lavoie
The Observer
In a campus of over
ten thousand students,
food is naturally a vital part of the everyday
student and faculty life.
With...
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BC Dining Confronts Concerns of Students After recent talk about stealing and the increase in prices, Director of Dining Services Helen Wechsler voices her opinion on the current issues. by Jenn Lavoie The Observer In a campus of over ten thousand students, food is naturally a vital part of the everyday student and faculty life. With twelve locations around campus, BC prides itself on its diverse meal plans that allow students to buy what they want, when they want. However, with recent criticism regarding the increase of prices and stealing, as well as the year-toyear debate over lack of weekly meal options, Helen Wechsler, the director of Boston College dining services, addresses these concerns and issues in a recent interview. In terms of the more recent issues such as stealing and prince increases, Ms. Wechsler was quick to inform that these concerns have been around since she began working at BC, and are definitely not as drastic as students may make them out to be. As for pr
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comMcElroy Commons, Box L-132, Chestnut Hill, Ma 02467 Tuesday, December 7th, 2010 Volume XXIII Issue 7
Witnessing the
Content of Character
Members of the BC community
gather to celebrate MLK Day.
by Will Mucci
The Observer
In celebration of
Martin Luther King
Day, the Black Faculty,
Staff, and...
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www. thebcobserver. comMcElroy Commons, Box L-132, Chestnut Hill, Ma 02467 Tuesday, December 7th, 2010 Volume XXIII Issue 7 Witnessing the Content of Character Members of the BC community gather to celebrate MLK Day. by Will Mucci The Observer In celebration of Martin Luther King Day, the Black Faculty, Staff, and Administrators Association of Boston College held their annual “Unity Breakfast. ” By seven-thirty in the morning, the Heights Room was filled with a multitude of members from the Boston College community, ranging from Boston College Police officers to vice-presidents and deans. The celebration began with a warm invocation and welcome by Brenda Henry-Brown (IT Consultant) and Sergeant Anthony Cadogan of the BCPD followed by a breakfast feast provided by the BC dining service. However, the real delights of the morning came after breakfast as Meyer Chambers of Campus Ministry sang a resounding rendition of the gospel piece “Deep River,
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comMcElroy Commons, Box L-132, Chestnut Hill, Ma 02467 Tuesday, December 7th, 2010 Volume XXIII Issue 6
’Tis the Season on
the Heights
BC students, faculty, and alumni flock to
O’Neill Plaza for the annual
Christmas Tree Lighting.
by Brielle Kilmartin
The Observer
The typical scene
in and around O’Neill
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www. thebcobserver. comMcElroy Commons, Box L-132, Chestnut Hill, Ma 02467 Tuesday, December 7th, 2010 Volume XXIII Issue 6 ’Tis the Season on the Heights BC students, faculty, and alumni flock to O’Neill Plaza for the annual Christmas Tree Lighting. by Brielle Kilmartin The Observer The typical scene in and around O’Neill plaza at 5 p. m. contains the traffic of bustling students entering and exiting the library to work and study, hungry people walking through Campanella to beat the dinner rush for a Hillside Burger, or some type of congregation of BC students who have completed a day’s schedule of classes. Recently, BC students were offered an exception to the normal O’Neill routine as the Undergraduate Government of Boston College ignited the Heights with the annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony. For many, this event was the perfect kick off to the holidays, getting students, faculty, and general passersby in the holiday spirit. The event featured free hot chocolate stations
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University Officials
Address Sexual
Health Group
Several administrators weigh in on BC
Students for Sexual Health.
by Max Bindernagel
The Observer
The Boston College Students for Sexual
Health (BCSSH) have
become more noticeable
on campus lately.
The
group’s recent...
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. . M E C , B L-132, C H , M 02467 T , N 16 , 2010 V XXIII I 5 University Officials Address Sexual Health Group Several administrators weigh in on BC Students for Sexual Health. by Max Bindernagel The Observer The Boston College Students for Sexual Health (BCSSH) have become more noticeable on campus lately. The group’s recent actions, such as distributing condoms, protesting the Pro-Life Club, and hosting “Sex Toy Bingo,” all force Boston College to assess its mission as a Catholic school. To aid in that project, The Observer set out to find what exactly BC thinks of this group and its existence on campus. Several administrators shared their personal thoughts about the group and in which direction Boston College should move. Dr. Patrick Rombalski, Vice President of Student Affairs, said that “[BCSSH] are not a recognized student organization nor have they attempted to become one. At Boston College, they do not have the rights that recognized organizations hold such as reservin
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comMcElroy Commons, Box L-132, Chestnut Hill, Ma 02467 Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010 Volume XXIII Issue 4
College Students: Too
Lazy to Vote at the
Midterm Elections?
Statistics show a great disparity between
student turnout at presidential elections
and at midterm elections.
by Morgan Chalfant
The Observer
As the...
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www. thebcobserver. comMcElroy Commons, Box L-132, Chestnut Hill, Ma 02467 Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010 Volume XXIII Issue 4 College Students: Too Lazy to Vote at the Midterm Elections? Statistics show a great disparity between student turnout at presidential elections and at midterm elections. by Morgan Chalfant The Observer As the midterm during which Massachusetts voters will elect a governor and members of the House approaches, the political climate is becoming palpably tense. However, because exit polls of past midterm elections have demonstrated a disparity in student voting in Massachusetts as well as across the country, it remains to be seen whether BC students will seem as politically anxious in the present days as their older counterparts. According to CNN, in the 2006 midterm election, the Massachusetts exit polls showed that a mere 11% of votes for Senate came from youths in the age group of eighteen to twentynine. Likewise, only 11% of votes for governor came from those
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INSIDE: Terrorism Talk Page 3 s Scholarship Page 5 s Goldman Sachs Page 7 s Ask Jacq Page 9 s Catholicism 101 Page XII s Beauty vs.
Boredom Page XIII
Pro/Con: Marathon Monday Page 15 s Commencement Speakers Page...
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www. thebcobserver. comMcElroy Commons, Box L-132, Chestnut Hill, Ma 02467 Tuesday, October 19th, 2010 Volume XXIII Issue 3 INSIDE: Terrorism Talk Page 3 s Scholarship Page 5 s Goldman Sachs Page 7 s Ask Jacq Page 9 s Catholicism 101 Page XII s Beauty vs. Boredom Page XIII Pro/Con: Marathon Monday Page 15 s Commencement Speakers Page 16 s Football Interviews Page 17 s Eagles Baseball Page 19 Union Gives to ProAbortion Politicians Service employees of Boston College are required to contribute indirectly to Democratic campaigns. by Ian Malone The Observer BC service employees are required to pay dues to the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), which donates large amounts of money to Democratic candidates. Among the recipients were Massachusetts House Representatives Barney Frank, Bill Delahunt, Edward Markey, John Tierney, John Olver, Niki Tsongas, Michael Capuano, and James McGovern. All of these candidates voted against the Stupak-Pitts amendment, which barred the use of f
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INSIDE: Terrorism Talk Page 3 s Scholarship Page 5 s Goldman Sachs Page 7 s Ask Jacq Page 9 s Catholicism 101 Page XII s Beauty vs.
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www. thebcobserver. comMcElroy Commons, Box L-132, Chestnut Hill, Ma 02467 Tuesday, October 5th, 2010 Volume XXIII Issue 2 INSIDE: Terrorism Talk Page 3 s Scholarship Page 5 s Goldman Sachs Page 7 s Ask Jacq Page 9 s Catholicism 101 Page XII s Beauty vs. Boredom Page XIII Pro/Con: Marathon Monday Page 15 s Commencement Speakers Page 16 s Football Interviews Page 17 s Eagles Baseball Page 19 Faculty Campaign Donations Increasingly Republican? Statistics reveal increases in donations to Republican campaigns by Boston College professors. by Morgan Chalfant The Observer As college campuses are notoriously liberal, the percentages of faculty donations to Democratic and Republican campaigns are typically predictable figures. Boston College falls among these liberal institutions as many of its professors donate regularly to Democratic campaigns. The Huffington Post’s 2008 analysis of campaign donations made by BC professors supported the fact that 94% of faculty donations, a total of $53,
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comMcElroy Commons, Box L-132, Chestnut Hill, Ma 02467 Tuesday, September 21, 2010 Volume XXIII Issue 1
INSIDE: Terrorism Talk Page 3 s Scholarship Page 5 s Goldman Sachs Page 7 s Ask Jacq Page 9 s Catholicism 101 Page XII s Beauty vs.
Boredom Page XIII
Pro/Con: Marathon Monday Page 15 s Commencement Speakers Page...
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www. thebcobserver. comMcElroy Commons, Box L-132, Chestnut Hill, Ma 02467 Tuesday, September 21, 2010 Volume XXIII Issue 1 INSIDE: Terrorism Talk Page 3 s Scholarship Page 5 s Goldman Sachs Page 7 s Ask Jacq Page 9 s Catholicism 101 Page XII s Beauty vs. Boredom Page XIII Pro/Con: Marathon Monday Page 15 s Commencement Speakers Page 16 s Football Interviews Page 17 s Eagles Baseball Page 19 Planned Parenthood continues to be listed as a “pro-bono” organization at bc. edu. by Andy Rota The Observer Students who look up local pro-bono organizations on the Boston College Law School website may be surprised to find the contact information listed for Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts. The web page, included under the academic programs category at bc. edu/law, is a list of organizations that students are encouraged to contact should they “line up with [their] own personal mission of service. ” The page lists contact information for Planned Parenthood’s volunteer coordinator and
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