Archive for October 26th, 2009
‘Seeing Songs’ allows eyes to hear music
By Matthew Gavin, Culture Editor – A guy donning sunglasses and a cowboy hat, a girl in a fairy costume, and a man in drag bellow Madonna’s hit “Holiday” from a monolithic structure. In a dimly lit alcove, a teenage girl timidly lip syncs to a raunchy Backstreet Boys single. The Beatles come together over
Collection illustrates wartime experience
By Nicholas Stratouly, Editorial Assistant – “Drawing is a form of communication,” is a line on the wall at the entrance to “First Hand: Civil War Era Drawings from the Becker Collection” at the McMullen Museum of Art. The quotation represents the crux of the collection: a series of drawings meant to capture the tragedies
Noir novelist discusses Boston influence
By Matthew Gavin, Culture Editor – Dennis Lehane knows Boston like only a native can. Born and raised in Dorchester, he is renowned for using the blue-collar haunts of the Bay State as locale for his stories of crime and gritty realism. After winning a Shamus Award for private eye fiction with his debut novel, A
Where have all the Jesuits gone?
By Nick Schaufelberger, For the Gavel When I was young and naive, way back in high school and just starting to apply to colleges, a half dozen different colleges bombarded me with images, fact, and reasons why I should attend their school. But one reason stood out among the rest–the Jesuits. While other colleges touted
Setting aflame denotes engagement
By Kristoffer Munden – I work every day to move BC forward — not just to bring my own BC experience to new heights, but more importantly, that of others. If we fail to move BC forward during our tenures here, then we will have failed to heed the call that we all hear on Linden
Creativity equals skin?
By Iulia Padeanu, News Editor - Not sure at what point in the last few decades the idea of dressing up for Halloween transitioned from ghosts, monsters, and witches, to “naughty” (insert any profession/character/female role here). A day that looks to scare and terrify now does so with the indecent amount of skin and skimpy
U.S. used as counter example
By Michelle Martinez, Staff Columnist – Most of us probably think the international community’s views of American politics all comes down to one analogy: Bush is to bad, as Obama is to great. Granted, this is almost spot-on, considering my economics professor here in Madrid refuses to end a class without mentioning how Bush destroyed the economy,
Politics of ‘no’ achieve nothing
By James Sasso Does anyone else wonder why health care reform has taken so long to be enacted? It seems that something so central to fixing our economy and the health of our nation would have received bipartisan support almost immediately. Unfortunately, we live in a highly polarized political world, and health care is a
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