Boston College News

A new literary and arts journal, Witness, is in the works at Boston College. The student-run publication will deal with issues of social justice based on experiences students have had through organizations such as 4Boston, Appalachia, PULSE, and Arrupe International Immersion Programs.

BOSTON, MA, November 4, 2009 /Cambridge Who's Who/ -- Ingrid Chiemi Schroffner, Assistant General Counsel at the Executive Office of Health and Human Services , has been recognized by Cambridge Who's Who for demonstrating dedication, leadership and excellence in legal services.

Harvard's endowment may have lost 30% of its value, but the university is still on top of the world.

The Rev. Thomas P. O'Malley, who served as president of two Jesuit universities, Loyola Marymount and John Carroll, has died.

All this week on The Times's home page, in a featured called "Talk to The Times," I am answering select reader questions about admissions in much the way a roster of outside experts does in the "Guidance Office" on The Choice.

The Boston Police Department has arrested more Boston College students this year than during the entire 2008-2009 academic year.

A MOTHER'S battle with Lincolnshire County Council to get her home-educated son into college is being taken to the local Government watchdog.

Debatepedia completed on November 3rd, a comprehensive pro/con article on "don't ask don't tell" for the National Debate Series: Boston, an event taking place at Boston University's Morse Auditorium on November 10th, 2009.

Tufts University has dethroned Boston College as Massachusetts' costliest school, but both institutions and seven other Bay State colleges have joined the "$50,000 Club" - universities charging $50,000 or more per year.

Two prominent Catholic theologians have strongly criticised attitudes influencing the church hierarchy over its stance on measures to prevent the spread of HIV-AIDS. The Irish Times reports that Enda McDonagh and James Keenan, who are both Catholic priests, have pointed out that the HIV pandemic is currently responsible for an annual scale of death ...

"Have a safer weekend!" I say, handing a Boston College student a quarter-sheet of sexual health information, including the importance of sexually transmitted infections testing, with a condom attached to it.

On Tuesday night, representatives from Residential Life, Office of the Dean of Student Development , the Student Conduct Board, and the Undergraduate Government of Boston College met in the Hardy Hall study lounge to explain the Boston College student conduct policy.

When it comes to keeping your music personal, do you use cups or buds? Are you a "can" man -- with padded headphones covering your ears -- or a Newbury Street fashionista, with a flair for earbuds in snazzy prints? We tapped three local audiophiles for some personal favorites.

Harvard may reign supreme when it comes to academics, but the Ivy League university is apparently regressing when it comes to sex.

Pheme Perkins, professor of New Testament at Boston College, will speak on the topic, "The Holy Spirit in the Time of Jesus," at Holy Family Hall by St.

The rise of social media and real-time advocacy have re-written the community outreach rules companies followed for decades.

This week, Boston College welcomed the addition of a new on-campus news source - The Gavel.

This beachside town is again mired in political wrangling over signs -- this time aimed against an incumbent candidate for town commission.

Boston College student Mark Bronzo uses a permanent marker while drawing on a replica of a portion of the Berlin Wall on campus this week.

ON CAMPUS McDonald's CEO stresses the needs of small businesses While speaking to Boston College's Chief Executives' Club Tuesday, McDonald's chief executive, Jim Skinner, asserted that any type of healthcare reform, while necessary, should be careful not to come at the expense of small business owners.