This past Thursday, 102 student organizations and almost 900 students gathered in Lyons for the second semester Student Fair. Students at the fair were greeted with information about a wide variety of student-run organizations, including performance groups, pre-professional clubs, international clubs, service clubs, and more.
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UGBC 2014-15 Candidate Teams Announced By Elections Committee
By: Nathan McGuire
The Elections Committee (EC) released the names of the candidates running for UGBC president and vice-president on Sunday night, one week after the pool was reopened following the prospect of an uncontested election at the initial filing deadline.
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NRG Games Offer Competitive Forum For Energy Awareness
By: Jennifer Heine
The Boston College residence hall communities will soon go head to head as the annual NRG Games kick off this week. The event, coordinated by the Office of Sustainability, the EcoPledge student organization, and the BC Energy Department, pits the communities against one another for the next five weeks as they compete to reduce their energy usage.
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Campus School Parents Host Prayer Service
By: Mary Rose Fissinger
Handcrafted signs bearing messages such as, “Please Save Boston College Campus School” and “We work best when we work together, hand in hand, Campus School and Boston College” adorned the altar of St. Ignatius Church Thursday night at the prayer service organized by Campus School parents.
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Student To Be Tried For Setting Fires
Pengliang Yue, A&S ’15, has been arraigned in the Newton District Court on counts of arson, attempted arson, destruction of property, and destruction of property in conjunction with the fires set in Gasson Hall and Stokes Hall in November.
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University Weighs Campus School Move
By: Mary Rose Fissinger
Seven Campus School parents and the co-presidents of the Campus School Volunteers of Boston College (CSVBC) met with University officials on Thursday, Jan. 16 to voice their concerns about the potential affiliation between the Campus School and the Kennedy Day School (KDS), which would result in a relocation of the Campus School to KDS’s facilities in the Franciscan Hospital for Children in Brighton
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NBA Star Bryant Goes Back To School, Appears In CSOM Class
By: Nathan McGuire
Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant unexpectedly dropped in on an international marketing class last Thursday evening
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2014 UGBC Elections Re-Opened
By: Julie Orenstein
Facing the prospect of an uncontested election for UGBC president and vice president for 2014-15, the Elections Committee (EC) has re-opened the applicant pool for candidates and delayed the start of the election season.
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Community Gathers For MLK Memorial
By: Daniel Perea-Kane
Although many now consider Martin Luther King, Jr. a political figure, a civil rights leader, and non-violent activist, he was originally and foremost a preacher and minister-a sentiment reflected by The Office of Campus Ministry during its Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Gathering, whose central question of the night asked “Has the Dream Been Realized?”
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Krause Discusses Syrian Civil War
By: Soo Jung Rhee
Acknowledging the confusion behind the frustratingly intertwined relations and conflicts among Arab countries, professor of political science Peter Krause introduced five key questions regarding the civil war in Syria before he presented an extensive outlook on the ongoing issue of the Syrian crisis.
