Canstruction, a nonprofit that holds annual design-building competitions, collects cans that are donated to a food bank after a building competition. It is an event that BC students should consider attending.
Editorials, Opinions
National Coming Out Week Provides Positive Support For GLBTQ Community
National Coming Out Week will begin today with a barbeque on Stokes Lawn. The week of events in support of GLBTQ issues is a positive public way to raise awareness and show support for those who might feel alone.
Opinions, Editorials
Dissecting Donations To The Senior Class Gift
In its current form, the Senior Class Gift is severely flawed. If it were changed to give students more control over how the money is spent, then it could be both more transparent and more effective.
Opinions, Editorials
BC Should Cover The Incidentals For Full-Scholarship Athletes
With new autonomy from the NCAA, the ACC is likely to allow colleges to offer scholarships to athletes that cover the full cost of attendance. Should that be the case, BC should extend that to all full-scholarship athletes.
Opinions, Editorials
The City’s Unwelcome Incursion Into College Athletics
City Councilor Josh Zakim has taken it upon himself to push college athletic departments in the city to protect their athletes better. Although the NCAA has been slow to change policies for players’ health and safety, it is not the city’s place to step in and intervene.
Opinions, Editorials
The Anxiety Of Finding Off-Campus Arrangements
When moving off campus, students face a number of difficulties inherent in the process itself. On top of that, they must deal with the added anxiety of pressure from fellow students to sign a house early. Together, this makes finding off-campus housing difficult and unpleasant.
Opinions, Editorials
The Much-Needed Conversation About Mental Health
Yesterday’s BC Ignites brought mental health, a difficult topic to discuss, to the forefront of conversation on O’Neill Plaza. Coupled with some of UGBC’s other new initiatives, this public discussion can work to decrease the stigma associated with mental illness on campus.
Opinions, Editorials
An Investment In Jesuit Studies
The University’s recently established Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies will advance the Jesuit mission and establish BC as a national hub for research on Jesuits.
Opinions, Editorials
After A Semester Off, BC Re-Ignites
It is encouraging to see UGBC stage a BC Ignites on mental health, an issue often overlooked in higher education. Students should make a point to stop by on Wednesday in O’Neill Plaza.
Editorials, Opinions
The Problems Facing Teach For America
Although Teach for America draws a lot of BC seniors, it is program that needs rethinking, in light of the many reports exposing its lack of impact.
