Despite the technical difficulties that come with beginning a new academic program and adjusting to a heavy workload, Messina College students have managed to build a community within their 100-person class.
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Computing Compatibility: Marriage Pact Sparks Love for Some, Laughter for Others
“I think it’s a story of a true modern romance,” Hassanein said. “Meeting through Marriage Pact—DMing and stuff—it ended up going way better than I think I could’ve imagined, or Lucy could’ve imagined.”
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“BC Is His Love”: Butler’s Mission and Ministry Leadership Prepares Him for BC Presidency
“BC is his love,” DiPietro said. “So, he is a steward of Boston College, and he is going to make sure that it is successful, that he cares more about the people in it.”
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Black BC Website Maps Out the Black Experience on Campus
“It’s one thing to give somebody a book and say ‘If you want to know more about X read this,’” Frederick said. “I think that’s one way to intervene. But the more of yourself you get involved in learning—your physical self, your intellectual self, your emotional self, etc. — the more meaningful what you learn is to you as a human.”
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“What Are We?”: Examining “Situationships” and Hookup Culture at BC
“If you’re going to be in a relationship, grow up and be a part of the relationship,” Bracher said. “Have an adult relationship, and if you want to get out of the hurt feelings and the BC lookaways, you’ve got to be able to talk about your feelings.”
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BC Prison Education Program Shatters Stigmas and Builds Better Futures
“When you are in a difficult position but find someone who doesn’t judge you and tries to teach you, and even tries to learn from you, it is an amazing thing that can change your life, that can put you on the right path,” Alabi said. “And that’s what they’re doing. That’s what their goal is.”
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Abstraction, Activism, and Apathy: BC Students Take on Election Season
The autumn bustle of Boston College students this year is shadowed by the upcoming U.S. presidential election. With November quickly approaching, the student body is tasked with finding its role in the next chapter of American history, walking the line between abstraction, activism, and apathy.
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Despite Growing University Trends Toward Lay Leadership, BC Plans to Elect Another Jesuit President
“University President is a tough job right now,” Rather said. “There’s been tremendous turnover. There’s been tremendous stress. So I think it’s incredibly difficult, even more reason that I think it’s important that BC continues with a Jesuit president to continue that tradition.”
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Should I Stay Or Should I Go: Some BC Grads Stay in Boston, Others Depart for Something New
“I think [Boston is] an amazing, amazing college town, I’d say the best in the U.S.,” Kelly said. “But my perception was that it was going to be a little too young post-grad.”
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Resources in Close Quarters: Co-Founder of AHANA and Current Students Express Concern Over LGBTQ+ Resources at the BAIC
“To me, it was a limitation of addressing [LGBTQ+] needs by tagging it on to the AHANA context,” Lewis-Mosley said. “They have a big enough endowment to where they could have broadened meeting the needs of both our AHANA legacy and established an even broader in development for the LGBTQI community.”
