One of the student involved in a racist incident last month is no longer enrolled at BC, according to a press release.
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BC Creates Board of Regents to Support Leahy, Board of Trustees
The Board includes two University Trustees: John F. Fish, chairman and CEO of Suffolk Construction Company, and Christian W.E. Haub, the Co-CEO of the Tengelmann Group. Fish is the board’s inaugural chair.
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End of MCAS Honors Not Expected to Impact Yield, Admissions Says
“I do not expect the decision to affect yield on our admitted students from the top 5 percent of the applicant pool,” Mahoney said in an email.
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Student Groups, Admin Discuss Potential Policy Changes After March
Five hundred forty-six students and faculty have signed a UGBC proposal to affect institutional policy change regarding diversity and inclusion.
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Interview: Peter Markell, New Chair of Trustees, Discusses Goals, Recent Activism at BC
Peter Markell, BC ’77, was officially selected last month as the new chair of Boston College’s Board of Trustees. In an interview Friday with The Heights, Markell talked about his time at BC, his goals for the Board, and his take on recent activism on campus. The Heights: Can you talk about your time at…
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BC Signs Letter Asking Congress to Take Action on Dreamers
Boston College joins hundreds of other universities in signing a letter to congressional leaders. University President Rev. William P. Leahy, S.J. has always been a supporter of DACA, and wrote in the statement that rescinding DACA is a mistake that conflicts with the nation’s values and heritage.
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Posters Criticizing Leahy Appear Around Campus
In an interview with The Heights last October, following the first “Silence is Violence” march, Jack Dunn said that Leahy strongly believes it is the University’s role to tell students what to think, not how.
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Senior Admin Release Follow-Up Statement on Racist Incidents
Last Friday, two signs reading “Black Lives Matter” in Roncalli Hall were defaced to read “Black Lives Don’t Matter.”
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Quigley Encourages Faculty to Discuss Race, Attend Solidarity March
“The defacing of several Black Lives Matter signs and a racist social media post sadly remind us that our nation’s original sin—racism—remains a grave threat in 2017,” Quigley said.
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Union Rallies to Call for BC to Drop Appeal
Administrators said the union had no right to protest on campus.
