Boston College placed 189th out of 257 colleges in the 2025 College Free Speech Rankings released by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE).
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Masked Man Caught Trespassing on Radnor Road, No Arrest Made
The Boston Police Department (BPD) came into contact with a masked man on the corner of Kirkwood Road and South Street on Thursday night after the man was caught on camera trespassing at a nearby property, according to a BPD report.
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Masked Man Spotted Lurking Outside Off-Campus House on Gerald Road
Elena Aramini was coming back to her off-campus house on Gerald Road Tuesday night when she came face to face with a man in her front yard.
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BC Nursing Professor’s Career Spotlighted in Hulu Docuseries
On July 11, CSON professor Ann Wolbert Burgess will make her Hollywood debut as the star of a new Hulu docuseries “Mastermind: To Think Like a Killer.”
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Leahy Gave the CEO of CVS Health an Award Shortly After the Company Started Distributing Abortion Pills. Some Are Calling The Decision Hypocritical.
In March, CVS began distributing prescriptions of the abortion pill mifepristone. Just over a month later, on April 18, University President Rev. William P. Leahy, S.J., awarded President and CEO of CVS Health Karen S. Lynch, BC ’84, the 2024 President’s Medal for Excellence. “Lynch will be presented with the President’s Medal for Excellence in…
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BC Community Members Gather on O’Neill Plaza for Pro-Palestine Protest
“I’m disappointed because I’m convinced too many of my peers at Boston College are living in a different world than I am,” Fairuz Saleh, LSEHD ’26, said to the crowd. “Because we’re a university that preaches men and women for others, I assume no students would turn a blind eye to the constant violence Palestinians are enduring.”
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First One-Hundred Students Set to Start at Messina College in July
Come July, 100 students pursuing associate’s degrees will step foot on Boston College’s Brookline campus to begin their studies at Messina College, a two-year residential program for first-generation students and the ninth school within Boston College.
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Hockey Finals Might Land on the Same Night as ALC Showdown. How Did This Happen?
Pending a strong performance and victory in Thursday night’s Frozen Four game, Boston College men’s hockey team will compete in the NCAA Men’s Division I Hockey Championship—at the same time as the annual ALC Showdown dance competition.
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BC’s Most Popular Majors and Minors: Finance Remains on Top
For the second consecutive academic year, finance is the most popular major at Boston College, totaling 1,461 enrollees, according to the BC Fact Book—an annual release of University facts and figures compiled by the Office of Institutional Research & Planning.
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Late-Night Fire Alarms Displace Multiple Williams Hall Residents
Though Aria Nafziger lives in Williams Hall, she found herself sprawled out on a couch in the lounge of Roncalli Hall shortly after 1:00 a.m. on Monday morning. A series of late-night fire alarms in Williams had left her unable to sleep in her own bed.
