Insider: The actors’ warm-up
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A student cast drills and ruminates before a performance in Robsham Theater.
Role of a lifetime
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Economist Harold Petersen reflects on 56 years of teaching at the University.
“Absolute music”
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Associate professor of music Ralf Gawlick never knew his biological mother. And he had never heard performed the composition he wrote imagining their bond. @BC was present when he heard the work played for the first time.
Sports authorities
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Speed networking with the pros—a new event planned by students for students.
Insider: Jerry York’s locker room
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It’s minutes to game-time, against a long-standing rival, and Kelley Rink awaits. Enter Coach York.
Museum quality
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A co-curator of the current McMullen show of Irish arts and crafts describes the hunt for rare pieces and why it mattered.
An Irish Christmas
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Invited to create a gift of music, fiddler Séamus Connolly, the Sullivan Family Artist-in-Residence, chose these two Irish Christmas pieces, one traditional, the other contemporary.
Pop quiz: Merry measure
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With the O’Neill Plaza Christmas tree as a backdrop, Boston College Magazine’s Zachary Jason ’11 asks students about holiday traditions and what they look forward to giving.
Method man
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In a lab occupied by custom-built robots and devices of his own design, biologist Tim van Opijnen seeks to understand precisely what happens when humans, disease, and antibiotics interact.
Pop quiz: Finals stretch
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On April 22, with a week to go until the end of classes, Boston College Magazine’s Zachary Jason ’11 talked closing strategies with passing students.
Battle plans
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On November 21, the students in Jason Asprey’s “Theater Skills: Stage Combat” class took up arms.
Unscripted
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Kevin Allocca ’06, YouTube’s head of culture and trends, returned to campus to talk with students about the “unconventional career path.”
“Sweep Down the Field”
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In 1931, two sophomores composed a fight song that Heights editors hailed as a more “catchy college tune” than “For Boston.”
Pop quiz: Growth chart
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At the start of Parents’ Weekend on September 26, Zachary Jason ’11 interviewed parents and offspring about four weeks of independence and empty nests.
Pop quiz: Opening day
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Zachary Jason ’11 asks students (returning and new), parents, and faculty the big questions: What are you looking forward to? What are you most dreading? What is a rugby ruck?
Unmasked
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Historian Heather Cox Richardson’s students explored the American state of mind through 50 years of comic books and contemporary events. Then they produced an exhibition.
Writing funny
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Tracey Wigfield ’05—who shared an Emmy for comedy writing with Tina Fey for her work on the final episode of 30 Rock—took questions from students in Devlin 008 on April 7.
Home ice
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Just back from Sochi, three Olympians are welcomed by the fans at Kelley Rink.
The Neenan tapes
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In a conversation with Boston College Magazine editor Ben Birnbaum, William B. Neenan, SJ, shares stories from his early years as a Jesuit.
Hark!
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On December 2, the Dynamics met up at the Christmas tree in the atrium of the Cadigan Alumni Center.
The last word
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On April 20, 1963, President John F. Kennedy delivered the culminating speech of the University’s Centennial celebration.
Divine music
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A public reading of The Divine Comedy required 13 years, 98 readers, and two languages.
Poetry rep
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Helen Spica ’14 represented Boston College at the 2013 Greater Boston Intercollegiate Undergraduate Poetry Festival.
Fellow citizen
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One freshman’s journey to a naturalization ceremony in Robsham Theater.
Fast track
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Stokes Hall rises—assisted by 50 cranes and some 300 construction workers.
Capital steps
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Pennsylvania Avenue was the Screaming Eagles’ stage on January 21 as the band marched in the inaugural parade. But first there was work to do.
Speakers’ corner
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Taking a cue from a popular online lecture series, eight students with a passion for independent study addressed their peers at this fall’s BCTalks.
Curator’s cut
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John Sallis, philosopher and curator of the McMullen Museum’s show of 66 works by the artist Paul Klee, spotlights three telling pieces.
Roadrunners
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More than 290 undergraduates teamed up to run this year’s Boston Marathon. An interview with two of them.
Pop quiz: The beginning
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On March 23, a year and nine days before the date that will mark the 150th anniversary of the University’s charter, @BC sent a camera crew to O’Neill Plaza for the founding facts—selecting students at random for a good-natured history test.
Final round
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Ten acts, chosen from 52 auditions, were featured in the eighth annual BC Idol competition in Robsham Theater on February 16. A handful of local youngsters entertained too.
How do we write?
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Toward the end of his three-day residency, Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist Junot Díaz fielded questions from students in Gasson Commons.
Perfect harmony
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Ninety-two past and present members of the Bostonians a capella group performed at the 25th anniversary concert in Devlin Hall on December 10.
Fr. Jack Butler on Laetare Sunday
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Vice President for University Mission and Ministry Jack Butler, S.J., delivers the address at Boston College’s 61st annual Laetare Sunday celebration in Conte Forum on March 18, 2012. The event marks the traditional midpoint of the Lenten season.
Charles Taylor: On re-believing
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During an interview in the Heights Room on November 10, the noted philosopher Charles Taylor explained why he calls himself “a believer again.”
Inside edition
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Four graduating seniors with video cameras share scenes from the 135th Commencement Day, May 23.
For the voice
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Soprano Mary Hubbell ’97 returned to the Heights to perform a song cycle composed for her by music professor Thomas Oboe Lee.
Actor takes professor’s book to big screen: Why Hart Crane?
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Actor James Franco and English professor Paul Mariani field a student’s question at the campus screening of The Broken Tower.
Polyphony lesson
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Boston College’s student-led Madrigal Singers rehearse with Scott Metcalfe of the acclaimed early music group Blue Heron, this year’s Artist in Residence.
Anticipation
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The men’s and women’s hockey and basketball teams show off their moves at Ice Jam, a preseason pep rally in Conte Forum, emceed by sportscaster Bob Costas.
Site-seeing
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A virtual tour of the future Stokes Hall, the University’s new academic building set to open in the fall of 2012. Groundbreaking took place October 4, 2010.
Commencement close-up
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From the shared-senior sunrise to the final chorus of “For Boston” in Alumni Stadium, the 134th Commencement Day, captured by four graduating seniors.
Words’ worth
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Student poets read at the Greater Boston Intercollegiate Poetry Festival, hosted by Boston College.
Commencement POV
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Commencement Day, from sunrise over the reservoir to the awarding of degrees, as captured by four graduating seniors.
Visionary
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Blind runner Joseph Quintanilla ’98 raises awareness of obstacles and opportunities for the visually impaired.
Supporting evidence
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Biology Professor Thomas Seyfried and a team of scientists take a fresh look at an 80-year-old theory on cancer.
Student Bards
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Undergraduates from 25 Boston-area colleges and universities participated in this year’s Intercollegiate Poetry Festival at Boston College.
Rite of spring
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Heading for a vacation week of service in needy communities, undergraduates talk about the challenges and why they go.
Panned in Boston
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So what if Edgar Allan Poe hated Boston? Students and faculty celebrate the native-born master of the macabre’s 200th birthday with lectures, readings, skits, and coffin cake.
The way we were
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From teas with the Cardinal to relocating Alumni Stadium, the reunion classes of ’58 and ’68 describe their college experiences.
Historical perspective
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Speaking at the University’s 132nd Commencement, David McCullough told graduates to “love learning,” remain idealistic, be honest, and “remember to tip the maid.”
Neenan’s list
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A new O’Neill Library exhibit commemorates 25 years of the annual “Dean’s List” of books worth reading, created by William Neenan, SJ.
Music of hope
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A documentary tells the story of a concentration camp survivors’ orchestra in post-World War II Germany.
Campus tour
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Historian James O’Toole serves up the history and lore of the 64-acre property in Brighton that Boston College has purchased from the archdiocese.
In the day
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The Class of 1957 tells its stories for “The Boston College Experience,” a program that will collect alumni memories in anticipation of the University’s 150th anniversary in 2013.
Concerted effort
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The Hold Steady’s Craig Finn ’93 reflects on his life and times in rock ‘n’ roll.
Reborn in the USA
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A documentary film profiles three immigrants who work at Boston College.
Portrait of a saint
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Jeremy Zipple ’00, SJ, chronicles the life of Saint Xavier in his film, made 500 years after the saint’s birth
Artistic expression
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From hip-hop dance to choral singing, student performances at the 2007 Arts Festival
Gold diggers of 2007
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Live (on tape) from the Heights Room—it’s the Third Annual Baldwin Awards!
Remembering Bob Bullock
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A tribute to Fr. Robert W. Bullock ’51 examines the life of a long-time activist in Christian-Jewish relations.
Playing at the edge
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It’s been nearly 30 years since student-run WZBC took up its mission to play pop music that wasn’t yet popular. Time has not dulled its edge
Comic timing
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Arts Council honoree Amy Poehler ’93 is interviewed in front of a very live student audience.
Work of art
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A documentary film about the effort that brought the Secular/Sacred exhibition to Boston College.
The winners are
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The 2006 Baldwin Awards, from a teen-angst drama to a send-up of Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Fashion forward
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What Not to Wear cohost Clinton Kelly ’91 returns to campus for a Master Class.
The Interview: Neighborhood cinema
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Richard Blake on Gotham, as imagined by Lumet, Allen, Scorsese, and Lee.
Major considerations: Faculty make their pitch at the Minors Fair
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At the first fair of its kind, A&S faculty and students make the pitch for their interdisciplinary minors.
California streamin’
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The third episode of The BC, a parody of Fox TV’s The OC, is now on air. Will Woody Atryan find happiness on the Heights? Will Seth Lohan ever get it together? Tune in.
New man around campus
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BC’s new academic vice president Cutberto Garza on his callings.
Shelter from the storm
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A conversation among New Orleans students who have landed at Boston College.
The Interview: Illuminated verse
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Professor Paul Mariani and illustrator Barry Moser talk about their poetic collaboration.
Playing on
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Four BC faculty composers present recent works and talk about being artists in a genre that commands little cultural attention.
The Interview: Recovery program
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Veteran political observer Alan Wolfe on how America has lost, and can regain, its sense of purpose.
The Interview: Our man in Saigon
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History professor Seth Jacobs on one of the most ruinous foreign policy decisions of the postwar era.
“Killing Silence”
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John Michalczyk’s documentary on how the Sicilian people and government reclaimed their island from the Mafia.
The Interview: Ritual life
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History professor James O’Toole on transformations in American Catholic religious practice.
That championship season
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Twenty years after they wrote BC football into college athletics history, members of the 1984 Eagles are honored by the University.
Sing we Noel
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The University Chorale and Symphony Orchestra’s “Annual Christmas Concert.”
