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.
Opinions, Column
Our Battle Over Privacy
At the same time as we are sharing more and more of our lives online, we are also concerned with our privacy. We want to have our cake and eat it too, and we have found a way to do so.
Opinions, Column
The Long Fight Against Alienating Negativity
It is so easy to disengage important issues by taking a lukewarm double negative position. We must fight against the natural tendency toward inaction that keeps us from engaging the democratic process.
Opinions, Column
God In The Oval Office
The president-elect places his hand on the Bible and swears an oath to defend the Constitution, but it is an oath that makes no reference to the Judeo-Christian God. This gesture is an anomaly among developed countries.
Column, Opinions
Goodbye, Suffolk Downs, At Least We Still Have The Gilmore Girls
It’s been an awful week. The fire alarms have disturbed our slumber two days in a row, Suffolk Downs closed, and our roommates won’t stop singing. Well, at least we can drown our misery in a weekend binge of Gilmore Girls.
Letters To The Editor, Opinions
LTE: Disappointments From BC Ignites
Although BC Ignites achieved a positive impact on the campus, it was nonetheless disappointing that there were no faculty or administrators, other than the featured speaker, present.
Opinions, Editorials
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, Column
Power Negotiations, Or How To Hold The University Hostage
In this day and age, students at BC have forgotten the most important aspect of negotiation. If they were to look to BC’s past, they would find some good examples in how to negotiate from former students.
Opinions, Column
Dumb Phone, Dumb Guy
In an environment tailored for smartphone users, there is value in stepping back and assessing what we’ve lost now that we have devices that give us constant distraction.
