John Gehman, the new chair of the Intersections Committee and MCAS ’21, plans to provide initiatives that encompass the entire, diverse Boston College community by concentrating on creating programs that emphasize intersectionality, differing identities, and inclusivity.
Boston College’s Pride Week was filled with events to celebrate and uplift the LGBTQ+ community at BC. The week featured an opening event and community dinner, information on protecting trans rights, a queer intersectionality panel, and more.
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.
Student government presidents at the United States’ 28 Jesuit colleges and universities, as well as St. John’s College in Belize and Campion College in Canada, announced the creation of the Jesuit Student Government Alliance (JSGA) on Oct. 5.
The pending lawsuit against Boston College has had a jury trial date and pretrial hearing date set. The trial is set for April 22, 2019, while a pretrial hearing to hash out the scope of the case has been set for March 7, 2019.
The Boston College psychology department announced a Bachelor of Science degree in neuroscience, the first degrees for which will be awarded to the Class of 2020 and may be declared as early as Sept. 1, 2019 by the classes of 2020, 2021, and 2022.
Paul F. Grendler received the George E. Ganss, S.J., Award in Jesuit Studies for his significant contributions to the field and delivered the keynote address at the fourth annual Feore Family Lecture Series.
Twenty-four Boston College Law School professors signed a letter asking the U. S. Senate not to confirm U. S. Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh. The letter was sent to The New York Times, and it will be presented to the U. S. Senate on Thursday. Kavanaugh is facing multiple accusations of sexual assault.
In compliance with the Clery Act, the University’s report cites 39 instances of rape, with 34 of those crimes occurring in on-campus student housing.
“We all know women that have had some really terrible, awful experiences, but for whatever reason those experiences in sports have not come to light in the way that they have in business and entertainment and news,” Trenni Kusnierek, an NBC sportscaster and analyst, said.
