The company Sofar Sounds hosts intimate concerts for low prices—adding a sense of spontaneity by keeping the night’s lineup a secret.
News, On Campus
BC Law School Receives $10 Million from Trustee Marianne Short
The Boston College Law School received a $10 million donation from Marianne Short, BC Law ’76, according to an Oct. 28 press release.
News, Off Campus, Top Story
BC Invited to UN Conference on Climate Change
For the first time in the school’s history, Boston College was invited to attend COP26, a two-week United Nations conference on climate change. A group of BC students and faculty will join 20,000 people from around the world in Glasgow, Scotland for the conference.
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Student Groups Host Town Hall, Urge BC to Divest
CJBC, alongside the Young Democratic Socialists (YDS) of BC, FACES, BC Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), EcoPledge of BC, and Real Food BC, hosted a town hall to explain fossil fuel divestment and why they’re fighting for it.
News, Featured Story
‘Back in Business’: Students Return to In-Person Social Events
After a year of mostly virtual classes and club meetings, traditions put on hold, and capacity restrictions that kept students isolated, BC—which is over 99 percent fully vaccinated—is embracing in-person events once again.
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UGBC Thanks Students With Week of Giveaways, Meet and Greets
To close out the semester and thank BC students for their dedication to following University COVID-19 protocols, the Undergraduate Government of BC, in partnership with BC Dining and BC Athletics, offered a series of campus-wide events, meet and greets, giveaways, and more in what they dubbed “Thank You Week.”
Featured Story, News
Boston College Welcomes Admitted Students Back to Campus
Small groups of admitted students are being welcomed back on campus for in-person tours during the month of April—it’s the first time prospective students have been allowed to participate in on-campus programming since Boston College first closed in March 2020.
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Law Professor Defends Masking in ‘The Case for Masks’
Using his legal and medical background, Hashimoto tries to cut through partisan rhetoric around the COVID-19 pandemic, and argues for the importance of masking in the United States.
News
UGBC Student Assembly Begins 2021-22 Executive Council Nominations
The Student Assembly (SA) of UGBC confirmed Emma Searle, MCAS ’23, and Avery Olsen, Lynch ’22, to the 2021-22 Executive Council on Tuesday night.
News, Top Story, On Campus
Students Awake to Flooding, Water Damage in 90
When Maureen Kelly woke up early in the morning on Feb. 27, droplets were falling from crevices in the ceiling of her dorm room in 90 St. Thomas More Rd.
