Archive for December 7th, 2009
Lack of plot leads to success for Hollywood
By Dan Monan, Assoc. Culture Editor – Financial and critical success have always had a somewhat tenuous relationship in Hollywood, yet in recent years, this gap has only grown wider. Director Michael Bay (Transformers, Transformers II) recently released an interview in which he discussed his approach to directing. According to Bay, films such as Transformers
Hot reads to catch up on this Winter Break
By Matthew Gavin, Culture Editor For most students, pleasure reading becomes a distant memory with the return to school — time previously devoted to it is quickly taken over by classes, homework assignments and extracurricular activities. As the end of the semester looms, winter break presents the perfect opportunity to catch up on some of
Beyond BC’s walls, students find hidden gems
By Lea Freeman – Most Boston College students can agree: during our years here, we don’t spend enough time exploring the world beyond the Heights. We live on the brink of one of the most cultured and interesting cities in the world, yet most students seem to spend more time exploring the crevices of Bapst
Let’s step up, not back: Sexual assault at BC
By Kathryn Haroldson Rape happens, just not here at Boston College. At least, that’s what a large percentage of our student body seems to think. I have been a Sexual Assault Network (SANet) advocate for the past year. Over the course of my time with this organization, I have been constantly surprised by the lack
Why isn’t there room for Good Samaritans at BC?
By Nick Schaufelberger – Picture this: you’re enjoying a beer with some friends in your dorm room while celebrating after the Eagles beat the Fighting Irish in overtime. But one of your friends drank before he arrived and is now quite intoxicated. He slips, bumps his head on the wall, and ends up with an
Plummeting poll numbers not a concern
By Andrew Schofield – President Barack Obama returned this past week from a ten-day trip to Asia to find that his approval ratings had plummeted to all-time lows. Two polls released recently, a Gallup Poll and a Quinnipiac Poll, found that Obama’s job approval rating had slipped below 50 percent for the first time in
The naming of things: Obama and the United States’ legacy in Latin America
By Edward Shore – On April 18, 2009, fresh into his third month as the 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama, attended the Organization of American States-sponsored Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago, meeting with the heads of every government across the Western Hemisphere (excluding, of course, Cuba, whose delegation was
Throwing the baby out with the bathwater?
By Caroline Merck – Here in Massachusetts, 14 year-olds face imprisonment for the rest of their lives. According to current state law, adolescents as young as 14 can be saddled with what was previously an “adult” sentence: life in prison without the hope of parole. In light of what the scientific community knows about the
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