Archive for February, 2010
Opinion: History being written before it happens
Michael Mullin – When it is all said and done, history has a way of writing itself. For the last couple weeks, the incessant drone of the relatively uneducated were proclaiming Peyton Manning as perhaps — wait for it — “the Greatest of All Time.” This label, innocuous to some (hysterical to me), was dependent
You Be the Judge: Is Coakley’s defeat a rebuke of Obama’s policies?
Jamie Zhang / Chris Fegan – (Photo courtesy of masslive.com) Jamie Zhang – As former Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill once said, “All politics is local.” The Martha Coakley-Scott Brown election, while la¬beled otherwise by pundits and politicians alike, is an almost perfect example of that axiom
Fight claustrophobia, stick with ‘Shutter Island’
By Sean Meehan, Video Editor – (Photo courtesy of famousmonstersoffilmland.com) Unless you were lucky enough to catch Shine a Light, the film world has heard very little from Martin Scorsese since 2006. That would be the year that he brought us The Departed, which is considered to be a sort of classic for any Boston-area college
Group forms to present Palestinian perspective at BC
By Sue Byun, Assoc. News Editor – This semester, several Boston College students have formed a new student activism group, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP). The group, which is still waiting for the administration’s approval of their constitution, plans to work closely with the Student Programs Office, along with other groups such as BC
Professors assemble to amplify concerns
By Sue Byun & Michelle Martinez, Gavel Editors – Since its inception on Jan. 27, the Boston College chapter of the Association for the Advancement of University Professors (AAUP) boasts a steadily growing membership and a speaking appearance by AAUP Secretary General Gary Rhoades. It was founded in the hopes of achieving greater faculty governance
Students present ways to further GLBTQ acceptance
By Tue Tran, Editor-in-Chief – There are many degrees of homophobia. From the flippant usage of “that’s so gay” to injuring someone due to suspicions of him or her having a non-heterosexual orientation. At Boston College, GLBTQ students have expressed concern about the campus climate with regard to issues of sexual identity and the lack
BC campus needs Queer Resource Center
While establishing the Society of Jesus, the very organization that would provide as the inspiration for the founding mission of Boston College, St. Ignatius outlined one of the major tenants of his new organization, cura personalis. Cura personalis, which translates to “care of the whole person,” instructs Catholics to provide individualized attention to the needs
NEDA seeks to raise eating disorder awareness
By Alison Athey, Assoc. Features Editor – Many Boston College students have heard horror stories about the Plex, from students on the elliptical machines for hours on end to girls eating packets of Splenda so they won’t pass out while exercising. These are signs of a pervasive culture of disordered eating that has created a
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