By: Eleanor Hildebrandt
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Football Team Tops The ACC In Grad Rates
By: David Cote
Boston College tied with Northwestern University for third in the nation for overall Graduation Success Rate (GSR), according to data released by the NCAA last week. The school received a 97 percent overall score for its 29 men’s and women’s varsity sports
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Phone Center Reaches Out To Alumni
By: Eleanor Hildebrandt
“Tuition only covers about 60 percent of the cost of educating a BC student,” said Sara Eldridge, manager of the Boston College phone center. “Private support is really necessary here.” Consistently garnering between $5,000 and $10,000 in donations per night, with totals sometimes going upward of $20,000 depending on the alumni pool, the 60 to 80 BC students employed at the BC phone center work hard to earn that support.
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Channeling the Reboot
By: Brennan Carley, Taylor Cavallo, Dan Siering, Ariana Igneri
Boy Meets World
During its seven-season run, the ’90s classic Boy Meets World captured viewers with its coming-of-age characters and every-day’s-a-lesson episodes. The ABC comedy followed Cory Matthews, the show’s protagonist, into Mr. Feeney’s history class, through the halls of John Adams High, and eventually down the aisle with Topanga Lawrence. After such a fulfilling conclusion, Boy Meets World fans may have been surprised by Disney’s recent announcement to produce Girl Meets World, a sequel focusing on Cory and Topanga’s preteen daughter. So, with the vague promise of such a spin-off lingering in the near future, we couldn’t help but wonder: What other shows would make for a good reboot? Which shows should should be left untouched?
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ESS Makes A Splash With Its Fifth Semi-Annual Program
By: Eleanor Hildebrandt
High school students from the Boston area flocked to Boston College on Sunday, Nov. 4, to learn about political structures in the world of Harry Potter, how to avoid awkwardness, and ways to prepare for college life.
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Fleabag Show Overcrowds O’Connell
By: David Cote
Despite the popularity of the show, Saturday night’s 10 p.m. My Mother’s Fleabag performance hosted a much smaller crowd than in previous semesters, after many guests were asked to leave due to overcrowding in the O’Connell House.
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Rombalski Will Leave After Four Years As Vice President
By: David Cote
After four years at Boston College, Patrick Rombalski, vice president for student affairs, has announced that he will be leaving his post over the coming two weeks.
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SSH Begins Year-Long Petition
By: David Cote
On Friday, Boston College Students for Sexual Health (BCSSH) began a petition demanding a sexual health resource center at Boston College that they plan to present to the administration at the end of the academic year. So far, the petition has more than 300 signatures.
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BC Prepares For The Frankenstorm, Classes Cancelled Monday
Boston College has begun hunkering down along with the rest of the East Coast in anticipation of what could be the most damaging storm in 100 years if current forecasts are correct. Classes were cancelled today after an announcement via the University’s emergency notification system. Over the last week, the Office of Emergency Management (OEM)…
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Major Lazer Brings Throbbing EDM Beats To The House Of Blues
By: Brennan Carley
Glitter cannons and human-sized hamster balls spilled out over the audience at the House of Blues during Friday evening’s Major Lazer concert, a high energy event that demanded full participation for a whirlwind two hours of dancing, rapping, and earth-rattling jumping.
