Last year’s march occurred with the intention that the University would do something in response.
Metro, Featured Story, Boston
A Conversation on Ferguson, 4 Years Later
Harvard Kennedy School hosts a discussion to keep dialogue around Black Lives Matter, specifically in regards to the impact of Michael Brown, firm and loud.
Features
The Conversation: Inside the Resignation of Two UGBC Senators
After an impeachment resolution was sponsored against him for a Facebook post, Steve DiPietro resigned from UGBC, and Matt Batsinelas joined him in solidarity against what they claim to be a Student Assembly intolerant of differing viewpoints.
News, On Campus, Top Story
UGBC Issues Statement Clarifying Proposed Impeachment Resolution
“This past [Saturday], a few senators sent out a resolution to the Student Assembly that brought forward articles of impeachment against Former Senator Stephen DiPietro who was Former Director of the Mental Health Committee,” the statement read.
Top Story, News, On Campus
Racist Incidents Reported in Gonzaga Hall
A resident of Gonzaga 2 said that her “Black Lives Matter” sign was ripped off her door. BCPD came to her room later that week and gave her a new sign to put on her door.
Podcast
‘Eagle-Eyed’: Black Lives Matter Signs Vandalism and ‘Silence Is Still Violence’ March
This story starts 84 years ago, when Casper Augustus Ferguson began attending and eventually graduated from BC. He was miserable.
On Campus, News, Top Story
Student Assembly Resolution Calls for BC to ‘Affirm that Black Lives Matter’
The resolution echoes some of the demands made last week at the “Silence is Still Violence” march.
News, Top Story, Administration
Posters Criticizing Leahy Appear Around Campus
In an interview with The Heights last October, following the first “Silence is Violence” march, Jack Dunn said that Leahy strongly believes it is the University’s role to tell students what to think, not how.
News, On Campus, Top Story
In Pictures: Thousands Attend ‘Silence is Still Violence’ March Through Campus
Featured Images by Julia Hopkins, Lizzy Barrett / Heights Editors
News, On Campus, Top Story
Thousands Attend ‘Silence is Still Violence’ March as Students Make Demands of BC
An immense portion of the Boston College community marched in solidarity to protest multiple racist incidents that occurred last weekend in a demonstration Friday called “Silence is Still Violence.” Starting at 12 p.m., BC students and faculty marched from McElroy Commons to Corcoran Commons, displaying signs and chanting “Black Lives Matter.” Over 1,200 people marked…
