Members of the Jesuit Student Government Alliance ratified a new constitution and discussed overlapping problems their universities face at a Winter Summit.
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Jefferson Crowther, Father of ‘Man in the Red Bandana’ Welles, Dies at Age 73
Jefferson Crowther, known by most as the father of the former Boston College student-turned 9/11 hero “The Man in the Red Bandana” died Wednesday.
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Martha Stewart Headlines Chief Executives Club Event
Martha Stewart spoke to Boston’s business leaders on Wednesday at the first event of the year for the Boston College Chief Executives Club.
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Hate Crime Charge Sought Against Sorkin
Michael Sorkin, CSOM ’21, the student who allegedly defaced Welch Hall with racist epithets last December, will be arraigned in Middlesex County court on Feb. 13.
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Faculty-Student Collaboration Turns Discarded Denim Into Clean Fashion
The nonprofit Make Fashion Clean helps marginalized artisans in Ghana turn secondhand materials shipped to their country into “upcycled” fashion products.
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Stone, MCAS ’18, Becomes BC’s Third-Ever Rhodes Scholar
Every year, one postgraduate student from Bermuda is selected for the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship. This year, according to a University release, that student was Isabelle Stone, BC ’18—the first Boston College graduate to be selected for the scholarship since the fall of 2003
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Georgetown Graduate Students Successfully Unionize
Georgetown graduate students voted 555-108 in favor of unionization to complete the final step toward recognition and official unionization.
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Trans Rights Subject of MA. Ballot Question 3
Massachusetts voters will take to the polls Tuesday to decide whether to repeal the transgender anti-discrimination law put in place in 2016, which added gender identity to the list of prohibited grounds for discrimination in public accommodations.
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Question One Referendum Affects Nursing Clinicals
Stricter patient limits will be enforced for Massachusetts’s registered nurses if voters vote for Ballot Question One. The question was supported by a study by Judith Shindul-Rothschild, a nurse and professor in the Connell School of Nursing.
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Report: Potential Conversion of Mary Ann’s to Dispensary Draws BC, Cleveland Circle Merchants’ Opposition
Happy Valley is opening a marijuana dispensary in East Boston and, if the sale goes through, plans to convert Mary Ann’s to a dispensary as well. Boston College officials have indicated their opposition to the proposed sale, as have Cleveland Circle merchants.
