“Boston College has a socially conservative and Roman Catholic identity, which only contributes to a culture of anti-queerness, which can exacerbate this problem,” said Hugh McMahon, UGBC Senator and MCAS ’20.
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BC Startup, Campus Insights, Acquired by Harvard Student Agencies
“We think they will do a very good job at bringing in new talent, training them, scaling the business, and repeating that cycle again and again,” Riley Soward, CSOM ’18, said.
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Union Withdraws NLRB Petition, Demands Direct Bargaining With BC
“In recent weeks, the NLRB has issued decisions that make clear it is a partisan vehicle for limiting workers’ rights,” the Boston College Graduate Employees Union organizing committee wrote in an email.
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Professors Examine Race in Context of Religion
“Racism and our difficulty in seeing God in one another is an outflow of sin and our imperfection,” said Cullen Buie, associate professor of mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Eagle Update Launches, Improves EagleScribe
The program was developed by Brandon LaRouche, MCAS ’19, a computer science major who saw the need to improve the EagleScribe app that people often use to view and subscribe to courses during the drop/add period at the beginning of the semester.
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UGBC Teams Discuss Goals, Qualifications at Final Debate
The candidates were asked to respond to a variety of questions, ranging from issues of diversity and inclusion to discussing the challenges they would face in office if elected.
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Citing Agreement With Foundation, BC Will Not Change Name of Yawkey Athletic Center
“The University remains grateful to the Yawkey Foundation for their generosity in support of Boston College,” said University Spokesman Jack Dunn in a statement to The Heights.
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Christianity Can Relieve Tensions Over Race, Says Jennings
Willie Jennings, a theologian and professor at Yale Divinity School, believes that mistakes made in interpreting God’s word is the root of many social rifts, such as poor race relations and border debates.
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Smith Wins MLK Scholarship
Smith will receive a $19,000 scholarship toward his senior year tuition, as well as a $1,000 gift certificate to the Boston College Bookstore.
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Mailroom Increases Efficiency, Implements Amazon Lockers
The mailroom’s move over the summer from Arrival, the old system, to a cloud-based network called SCLogic has marked a significant change in its operations.
