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COMMCELROY COMMONS, BOX L-132, CHESTNUT HILL, MA 02467 TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 2010 VOLUME XXII ISSUE 10
By Rachele Reis
The Observer
Students filled St.
Ignatius Church
on the Fourth Sunday of Easter to witness
nine fellow Eagles receive the Sacraments
of Initiation during the RCIA Mass.
Father
Joseph Appleyard, SJ...
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WWW. THEBCOBSERVER. COMMCELROY COMMONS, BOX L-132, CHESTNUT HILL, MA 02467 TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 2010 VOLUME XXII ISSUE 10 By Rachele Reis The Observer Students filled St. Ignatius Church on the Fourth Sunday of Easter to witness nine fellow Eagles receive the Sacraments of Initiation during the RCIA Mass. Father Joseph Appleyard, SJ celebrated the Mass in which six students were baptized. Fathers Donald MacMillan, SJ and Anthony Penna, director of Campus Ministry, concelebrated the liturgy. Receiving all three Sacraments of Initiation were Katlyn Beaver, Samuel Hay, Neil Hood, Yvette Ramirez, Alexander Riyadi, and Kimberly Sykes. Lauren Haumesser, Caitlin Mead, and Kristin Moran celebrated Confirmation. The nine students, including a BC Law student, participated in a two-semester program of preparation, called the Right of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA). This included weekly meetings, individual spiritual journeys, and retreats. Sister Mary Sweeney, SC coordinates the BC R
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COMMCELROY COMMONS, BOX L-132, CHESTNUT HILL, MA 02467 TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 2010 VOLUME XXII ISSUE 9
By Andy Rota
The Observer
The big screen, movie theater popcorn and candy, guest presenters, and
golden Baldwin awards created a “red
carpet” atmosphere for an event to honor
BC undergraduate filmmakers.
The...
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WWW. THEBCOBSERVER. COMMCELROY COMMONS, BOX L-132, CHESTNUT HILL, MA 02467 TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 2010 VOLUME XXII ISSUE 9 By Andy Rota The Observer The big screen, movie theater popcorn and candy, guest presenters, and golden Baldwin awards created a “red carpet” atmosphere for an event to honor BC undergraduate filmmakers. The sixth annual Baldwin Awards, an event which recognizes “excellence in film and video” among Boston College undergraduates, featured thirty-seven films nominated for fifteen categories of awards. The winner of Best Picture of the Year was Man of the Year, a photomontage film directed and edited by Kevin Nihill 11. Madeline McSherry, 11, was director of photography and Tom Tarangiol 11, was the sound editor. Matthew Shalvoy ‘11, Neil Patch ‘12, Rich Hoyt ‘12, and Megan Pietruszka ’12 acted in the film. Man of the Year is a comedy about the adventures of an inflatable doll, named “Man of the Year,” who is given to a character as a birthday gift but becomes a p
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COMMCELROY COMMONS, BOX L-132, CHESTNUT HILL, MA 02467 TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 2010 VOLUME XXII ISSUE 8
By Allison Gallagher
The Observer
The Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI) National Civic Literacy Board
has released its 2009 Civic Literacy Report, entitled “Shaping of the American
Mind: The Diverging...
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WWW. THEBCOBSERVER. COMMCELROY COMMONS, BOX L-132, CHESTNUT HILL, MA 02467 TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 2010 VOLUME XXII ISSUE 8 By Allison Gallagher The Observer The Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI) National Civic Literacy Board has released its 2009 Civic Literacy Report, entitled “Shaping of the American Mind: The Diverging Influences of the College Degree & Civic Learning on American Beliefs. ” Its findings substantiate the claim that a college degree makes graduates more liberal, while true increased civic liberty makes graduates more conservative. The report is ISI’s fourth consecutive report on civic literacy, and the organization calls this report “groundbreaking. ” The Institute attempted to answer the question, “If earning a bachelor’s degree does not significantly impact civic knowledge, what impact does college have on civic life?” ISI polled 2,508 respondents, asking whether they strongly agreed, somewhat agreed, were neutral, somewhat disagreed, or strongly disagreed with t
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COMMCELROY COMMONS, BOX L-132, CHESTNUT HILL, MA 02467 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2009 VOLUME XXII ISSUE 5
By Mary Margaret Brinkopf
The Observer
O’Neill Library recently announced
it would renovate its first floor to add
a new entryway along with a seating
area, five look-up stations, scanners and
printers for...
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WWW. THEBCOBSERVER. COMMCELROY COMMONS, BOX L-132, CHESTNUT HILL, MA 02467 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2009 VOLUME XXII ISSUE 5 By Mary Margaret Brinkopf The Observer O’Neill Library recently announced it would renovate its first floor to add a new entryway along with a seating area, five look-up stations, scanners and printers for students. Construction will take place over winter break and the entryway should be open for students in January as the spring semester begins. Renovations to O’Neill Library to be finished for Spring New entryway planned, students get to vote for new chairs FamilyResistsRelocationofBCGrave By Rachel Reis The Observer When Cardinal O’Connell, Archbishop of Boston, passed away in 1944, he was buried under a chapel in Brighton, on the campus of St. John’s Seminary. He had the chapel constructed in 1928 for this very purpose, saying publicly, “in that crypt is the place my body, after death, shall repose until the Judgment Day. ” The Cardinal went on to confirm thi
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Boston College’s optional
health insurance plan, Blue Care
Elect Preferred (PPO), contains
“Family Planning” under the list
of services covered by the policy.
A call by The Observer to Blue
Cross Blue Shield confirmed that
under these services include doctor’s visits related to family planning, contraception, and “in some...
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Boston College’s optional health insurance plan, Blue Care Elect Preferred (PPO), contains “Family Planning” under the list of services covered by the policy. A call by The Observer to Blue Cross Blue Shield confirmed that under these services include doctor’s visits related to family planning, contraception, and “in some instances birth control pills. ” According to Koster Insurance Agency, INC, Boston College’s insurance agent, these services represent a “bundle,” or a group of benefits that the provider optionally selects to be part of a larger package. In order to obtain birth control or contraceptives, a student would have to pay a $20 visit fee, and 20% of the cost of any prescribed contraception or birth control pills. The remaining 80% is picked up by the insurance company. Surgical abortions do not appear to be covered by the BC policy, but neither Blue Cross Blue Shield nor Koster Insurance Agency could rule out the possibility of surgical abortions being covered under the
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Boston College spent
$200,000 on federal lobbying efforts in Washington D.
C.
in 2008,
according to lobbyist watchdog
group OpenSecrets.
org.
Although
BC has only spent over six figures
on federal lobbying once since
1998, BC spent $80,000 per year
in between 1998-2007, and has
so far spent $50,000 in 2009.
BC
has spent a total of...
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Boston College spent $200,000 on federal lobbying efforts in Washington D. C. in 2008, according to lobbyist watchdog group OpenSecrets. org. Although BC has only spent over six figures on federal lobbying once since 1998, BC spent $80,000 per year in between 1998-2007, and has so far spent $50,000 in 2009. BC has spent a total of $1,050,000 in the past twelve years. The University employs Washington D. C. -based lobbying firm Cassidy & Associates. Cassidy &Associates, which has been in business since 1975, boasts the capability to lobby in over eighteen fields, including education appropriations, which it indentifies as a “core area of expertise” since founder Gerald S. J. Cassidy began his lobbying career representing colleges and universities. Cassidy & Associates, a firm that has represented institutions of higher education for over twenty five years, claims to help clients gain federal funding for “major construction and infrastructure Despite the fact that Boston College r
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nna Djintcharadzé, a
doctoral student and
teacher in the philosophy
department at Boston College,
may have her published work permanently revised without her permission in order to make it more
politically correct.
Djintcharadze
recently wrote two articles, entitled “African Church Fathers”
and “Latin,” for a new,...
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A nna Djintcharadzé, a doctoral student and teacher in the philosophy department at Boston College, may have her published work permanently revised without her permission in order to make it more politically correct. Djintcharadze recently wrote two articles, entitled “African Church Fathers” and “Latin,” for a new, four-volume Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization. The encyclopedia was published in October of 2008, with many contributors receiving complimentary copies of the book before Blackwell Publishing inexplicitly stopped printing copies of the book and destroyed all remaining copies in its possession. According to George Thomas Kurian, editor-in-chief of the project, the editorial board complained that entries in the encyclopedia are “too Christian, too orthodox, too anti-secular and too anti-Muslim and not politically correct enough for being used in universities. ” Although the encyclopedia is admittedly for university use, Djintcharadzé disagrees with the notion that jus
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A
nn Russo, a theology masters student at
Loyola Marymount University, will come to give a lecture at Boston College on March
28 entitled “Jesus Christ as Grand
Marshall of Queer America.
” The
talk, designed for masters and
doctoral students, will address the
relationship between the queer
community and Christianity.
In...
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A nn Russo, a theology masters student at Loyola Marymount University, will come to give a lecture at Boston College on March 28 entitled “Jesus Christ as Grand Marshall of Queer America. ” The talk, designed for masters and doctoral students, will address the relationship between the queer community and Christianity. In particular, Russo hopes to “look at the symbol of Christ…as someone who worked with a marginalized community. ” Russo, a self-described Christian pluralist, understands “queer America” as being composed of “anyone who is not in a normative heterosexual relationship. ” She does not believe that the queer community encompasses a specific lifestyle or cultural, but rather is constrained strictly to sexual orientation. Russo’s work caught the attention of the organizers of the event, entitled “Engaging Particularities VII-New Directions in Comparative Theology, Interreligious Dialogue, Theology of Religions, and Missiology,” because it is controversial in nature. In term
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While Boston College has
paid Boston-based lobbying firm
The Brennan Group $179,000
since 2007, The Brennan Group
has spent $75,275 on political
contributions in the same time
frame.
Of the $75,275 spent on
campaign contributions, The
Brennan Group has donated almost exclusively to Democratic
politicians in the Commonwealth
of...
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While Boston College has paid Boston-based lobbying firm The Brennan Group $179,000 since 2007, The Brennan Group has spent $75,275 on political contributions in the same time frame. Of the $75,275 spent on campaign contributions, The Brennan Group has donated almost exclusively to Democratic politicians in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Brennan Group, which consists of three lobbyists named John A. Brennan Jr. , Daniel P. O’Brien and Lynda Bernard, has only donated $1,800 to Republican candidates since 2007, meaning that Republican politicians only account for 2. 4% of The Brennan Group’s campaign contributions. In fact, only four GOP state legislators – State Representatives Bradley Jones and George Peterson, and State Senators Bruce Tarr and Richard Tisei – have received any contribution from The Brennan Group during this time period. The Brennan A full twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, successful Eastern European democracies continue to amaze scholars an
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COMMCELROY COMMONS, BOX L-132, CHESTNUT HILL, MA 02467 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2009 VOLUME XXII ISSUE 3
By Jesse Naiman
The Observer
United States Senator
Chris Dodd (D-CT) is a longterm fixture in Washington
D.
C.
, having served in the U.
S.
Senate since 1980.
As he has
become increasingly unpopular
after receiving...
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WWW. THEBCOBSERVER. COMMCELROY COMMONS, BOX L-132, CHESTNUT HILL, MA 02467 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2009 VOLUME XXII ISSUE 3 By Jesse Naiman The Observer United States Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) is a longterm fixture in Washington D. C. , having served in the U. S. Senate since 1980. As he has become increasingly unpopular after receiving both favorable mortgage loans and donations from former mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, five Connecticut Republicans have lined up to challenge the embattled incumbent. The first candidate to announce his bid was BC alumnus and current By JP Bonner The Observer An invisible struggle that has been raging since May could find a resolution today as the University and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) meet at the negotiating table. Attempts to renew the contracts of approximately 270 members of the SEIU at BC have been deadlocked over a University effort to cut overtime costs. “We’ve been meeting three to four times a month. . .
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