FBI Special Agent Jeffrey Wood visited BC to deliver a lecture concerning the FBI’s approach to the growing threat of gang activities.
Sports, Basketball, Women's Basketball, Column
Column: Despite Bench Talent, BC Still Isn’t Using Rotation Players to Their Full Ability
Though BC women’s basketball is known for stars such as Emma Guy and Marnelle Garraud, it’s bench players who set the Eagles apart.
News
SCOTUS Justices Deny Michelle Carter’s Appeal
The Supreme Court decided not to take up an appeal by Michelle Carter, the woman convicted of involuntary manslaughter after she convinced her boyfriend to kill himself.
Arts, Arts Features
BCDE: Empowering Student Dancers Since 1980
Since its inception 40 years ago, Boston College Dance Ensemble has served as a creative outlet for student dancers and choreographers.
Opinions, Column
The Final Answer: How to Stick Butter to a Ceiling
Last year, it seemed that the universe was against me. Or, at least it was against my investigative ventures, all of which ended in failure. I could sense the cosmic tides were changing, though, when the first family dinner of the holiday season coincided with Festivus (arguably the greatest meme holiday of all). To my…
Opinions, Column
Dispatches from Abroad: Week 1
“Now boarding flight 203.” That’s the third time I’ve heard that sentence—or some variation of it—in the last three hours. Within the past 24 hours, I’ve had one flight canceled and more delays than I’d like to count. I’m more than ready to get home before I have to leave the country. I’ve gone as…
Opinions, Column, Featured Column
To be Pro-Life, Be Pro-Climate
To be pro-life is exactly as it sounds: to support living beings and, in turn, prevent and protect them from danger. Some people who claim to be part of the pro-life movement have advocated for anti-climate policies that directly threaten people’s lives. Political parties have co-opted pro-life values while simultaneously advocating for anti-life policies regarding…
Features
Lewis Delves into the Dark Humor of Boston Literature
“I started to get interested in writing about that and why Poe, in particular, would have gone for this overlapping of humor and fear so much. That led me into thinking about how literary critics understand humor and how it functions in literature.”
Features
The Big Questions
“I think that the goal is to just grow the new generation of scholars who are interested in world psychology from this truly interdisciplinary perspective to become real experts in the methods that we use in neuroscience and psychology.”
Opinions, Editorials
Newton Ordinance on Single-Use Bags Helps BC Students to be More Climate-Conscious
A City of Newton ordinance requiring businesses over 3500 sq. ft. to provide paper bags instead of plastic bags to customers went into effect Jan. 8. The ordinance also requires that businesses charge customers at least 10 cents per bag. In July, all Newton businesses regardless of size will be required to comply with the…
