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Restaurant Temporarily Loses Liquor License After Underage BC Students Are Caught Drinking

Megan Kelly • October 3, 2021

A restaurant in downtown Boston will lose its liquor license for one week this month after investigators caught underage BC students drinking alcohol and not wearing masks at a party in April.

Sennott Talks Legacy of Afghanistan, U.S. War on Terror

Shruthi Sriram and Aditya Rao • October 3, 2021

Students and professors alike settled into the plush armchairs of the Connolly House on Wednesday evening for the journalism program’s first in-person event since the start of the pandemic.

Boston College Takes TikTok

Ada Anderson and Alexa Riley • September 28, 2021

Boston College has once again expanded its social media presence, this time to the popular video platform, TikTok.

Learning a Latte Through Espresso Your Faith Week 2021

Fiona Flanagan and Amy Palmer • September 26, 2021

The Boston College community tied hundreds of maroon and gold ribbons with their prayers written on them to the fences surrounding Bapst Library last week.

BAIC Kicks Off Hispanic, Latinx Heritage Month

Victor Stefanescu and Samuel King • September 26, 2021

The Thea Bowman AHANA and Intercultural Center (BAIC) filled the Gasson 100 banquet room with color and dance during the annual celebration Tuesday night.

BC charity: water Returns to In-Person Events Following its Most Successful Year

Aditya Rao • September 26, 2021

After breaking its own record by raising more than $20,000 during the last academic year, BC charity: water is ready to get back in action

Refugee or Migrant?: Rebecca Hamlin Addresses Dangers of Binary Immigration Language

Shruthi Sriram • September 26, 2021

Hamilin spoke about her book in an event hosted by the Center for Human Rights and International Justice at the Boston College Law School.

UGBC Welcomes Five New Members of Student Assembly From The Class of 2025

Spencer Daniszewski • September 26, 2021

In the first official meeting of the semester, the Student Assembly began planning for the year with the newly elected senators.

‘Back in Business’: Students Return to In-Person Social Events

Julia Landwehr and Fiona Flanagan • September 23, 2021

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.

Chocolate Bar To Reopen Monday Despite Staffing Shortage

Emma Dawson • September 21, 2021

After remaining closed for the last academic year, the Chocolate Bar is set to reopen next Monday, according to Beth Emery, director of BC Dining.

BC Environmental Groups Respond to Harvard Plans for Divestment from Fossil Fuels

Shruthi Sriram and Amy Palmer • September 21, 2021

It would take immense public action, like the storming of protesters at the Harvard–Yale football game, to give divestment the publicity it needs at Boston College, according to Climate Justice at Boston College (CJBC) president Audrey Kang.

BC Dining Adapts to Nationwide Food and Supply Shortages Fueled by COVID-19 Pandemic

Amy Palmer and Julia Kiersznowski • September 19, 2021

From food and beverages to paper products and equipment, the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the nationwide supply chain and everyone is feeling its impacts, according to Tom Williams, associate director of Boston College Auxiliary Services.