Archive for March, 2010

Panelists discuss investing as ‘new shopping’

By Kevin Fagan, Asst. News Editor – Tuesday evening, Smart Woman Securities hosted a panel entitled “Is Investing the New Shopping?” as a way to soft launch their group that has the goal of educating undergraduate women about investing. The panel, which included members of the Boston College administration, as well as students from the

Pop&Circumstance: Exit (Non) Strategy

By Blair Thill, Gavel Blogger – The drama on the primetime version of Grey’s Anatomy has been rather abysmal for the past two seasons

Women of color speak about academic success

By Michelle Martinez, News Editor – To jumpstart the upcoming Women’s History Month, the Black Student Forum organized a panel of several female Boston College faculty and administrative officials to discuss their experiences in their academic, personal and professional preparation as women Thursday night. Carole Hughes, executive director for planning and staff development in the

Hillel celebrates holiday with sweet twist

By Sue Byun, Assoc. News Editor – Thursday night the Boston College Hillel Association hosted a Chocolate Seder for a pre-Passover celebration, looking back to history for spiritual nourishment as well as embracing the enjoyable things in life such as sharing good food with friends

Green Week celebrates progress, reminds of need for more

By Christina Koutsourades, Gavel Writer – This past week Boston College was especially green. Not only was it a week dedicated to the festive green of St. Patrick’s Day, it also happened to be BC’s second annual Green Week

Judd named ‘Mr. BC’

Video Credits: Photography: Sean Meehan;  Interviews: Justine Burt;  Script Writing: Matthew Gavin;  Editing: Sean Meehan By Eliza Duggan, Layout Editor – On Thursday, April 18, Welch Dining Hall was full of students ready to cheer on their favorite contestant in the Mr. BC competition

And That’s the Way It Is: Science after Climategate

By Karen Kovaka, Gavel Writer – Several weeks ago, the Wall Street Journal ran an article called “Climate Change and Open Science,” which advocated greater transparency on the part of scientific researchers as a means of securing public trust in the wake of climategate

Column: Something I don’t like to talk about

By Meg Lister, Gavel Writer – Hi, my name is Meg. I’ll pass on the chicken. Nope, no hamburger. I don’t actually eat meat, thanks. Yeah, that means no fish either. Really, no animal products — I’m a vegetarian