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The Independent Student Newspaper of Boston College
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Monday, March 25, 2013
Vol. XCIV, No. 16
CSOM named sixth best US business school
New citizens naturalized at BC
Admins warn BCSSH about ‘Safe Sites’
BY ELEANOR HILDEBRANDT
BY DAVID COTE
News Editor
Editor-in-Chief
The Carroll School of Management (CSOM) was ranked No. 6 among United States undergraduate business schools in Bloomberg Businessweek’s annual review, released last week. The ranking is calculated based on five different areas: a student survey, the schools’ academic quality, rankings by employers’ recruiters, the rank of MBA feeder schools, and graduates’ starting salaries. This year marks the third time in the past five years that CSOM has ranked in the top 10—it placed No. 9 both last year and in 2010, with a dip to 16th place in 2011. Richard Keeley, CSOM associate dean for undergraduate studies, explained how the rankings are calculated. The results of the surveys from the past three years combined form 30 percent of the overall rank, with the most recent year, 2013, accounting for half the score and the other two years, 2012 and 2011 accounting for a quarter each. “Ironically, this is the point on which we have done the worst,” Keeley said. “[The survey] covers everything. You would think it would be focused on, ‘How satisfied are you with the instruction? Do you think the material is current? How about career services?’ And all of that is covered, but also it says, ‘Well, what do you think of the building? And how about food on campus? Are you satisfied with extracur-
On Friday, Mar. 15, the University administration sent an email to the residents of all rooms identified as Boston College Students for Sexual Health (BCSSH) “Safe Sites,” indicating that students in those rooms could be in violation of University policy if they were found to be distributing condoms to the general student body. The letter, signed by Paul Chebator, dean of students, and George Arey, director of the Office of Residential Life, further indicated that residents of these rooms could be subject to disciplinary action. “It has been brought to our attention that your residence hall living unit has a ‘Safe Site’ logo on your door that identifies your living unit as a ‘safe sex site,’” the letter to Safe Site residents read. “It is our understanding that this indicates that you are distributing condoms to the general student body from this location. It is incumbent upon us as University administrators to advise you that the distribution of condoms on campus is not in concert with the mission of Boston College as a Catholic and Jesuit university.” The BCSSH website currently lists 13 different rooms as Safe Sites. Students can go to any of the rooms listed for access to free sexual health resources, including male and female condoms, dental dams, and lubricant, as well as sexual health pamphlets and information on STDs, birth control, and consensual deci-
See CSOM Ranking, A4 GRADUATES’ MBA STARTING FEEDER SALARIES SCHOOL 10 % RANK % 10
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MAGGIE BURDGE / HEIGHTS PHOTO ILLUSTRATION
‘Businessweek’ calculations for business school rankings broken down (above).
ALEX GAYNOR / HEIGHTS EDITOR
During the naturalization ceremony last Thursday, 94 immigrants—including a BC freshman—became U.S. citizens. BY JOHN WILEY Heights Editor “Well, good afternoon, fellow citizens,” said the Honorable George A. O’Toole, a Massachusetts district judge and BC ’69, addressing 94 United States citizens naturalized in Robsham Theater on Thursday. The naturalization ceremony marked the start of a symposium titled “Migration: Past, Present, and Future.” The 94 naturalized at the service represent 42 countries,
and among them was Chuda Rijal, A&S ’16, whose family immigrated to the United States from Bhutan. The event was presided over by O’Toole, and served as an official session of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts—such ceremonies are customarily held in community venues, rather than courtrooms. As part of BC’s sesquicentennial celebration, the event served as reaffirmation of the University’s commitment to immigrant populations, an important ideal in its founding.
“In the very early years, we were a school that was founded specifically for immigrants and the children of immigrants to try to bring them into American society and help them advance their own family fortunes over the generations,” said James O’Toole, Clough Millennium Chair in History at BC, who is currently writing a history of the University as part of the sesquicentennial celebration. He is also
See Naturalization, A4
See BCSSH Letter, A4
UGBC campaigns underway, primary begins today BY ELEANOR HILDEBRANDT News Editor Primary voting begins today on OrgSync for the 2013 UGBC Presidential and Vice Presidential elections, and after voting ends tomorrow, one ticket will be eliminated from the running. The three teams—Tim Koch, A&S ’14, and Chris “Trugs” Truglio, CSOM ’14; Molly McCathy and Ricky Knapp, both A&S ’14; and
Matt Nacier and Matt Alonsozana, both A&S ’14—have been focusing on spreading their platforms to the student body throughout the last week. All teams have been holding dorm walks, attending on-campus events, and utilizing social media to spread their names. Campaigning since last Wednesday’s official debate has not been smooth sailing, however. Disparity sprang up around a second, town hall-style UGBC debate, originally planned for last Thursday, Mar. 21. Bellarmine
Law Society, along with other Registered Student Organizations (RSOs), intended to host a second debate to focus on the teams’ specific policy proposals and plans for RSOs. “Due to UGBC’s new Constitution, we are specifically interested in the plans these teams have for the Vice President,” said Bellarmine representative and senator Chris Marchese, A&S ’15, in an email that he sent out with co-representative Bryan White, A&S ’15. A few days before the debate was sched-
uled, however, White informed The Heights that the McCarthy-Knapp and Koch-Truglio tickets had both declined to participate, and the debate had thus been cancelled. He said that both teams said that they were focusing more on campaigning in dormitories. “We feel that while dorm walks are an important aspect of the campaign, RSOs play a central role in both the election and in UGBC,” White
See UGBC Campaign, A4
Former Irish president to be Burns Scholar in fall
Three BC juniors compete for Truman Scholarship
BY ANDREW SKARAS
Loughrin, Luangrath, Manning all finalists
Asst. News Editor Every year, the Burns Library and the Irish Studies program invite a renowned scholar, writer, or artist in the field of Irish culture to come to Boston College for either a semester or a full year to teach, give lectures, and conduct research in the library’s extensive collection as the Burns Library Visiting Scholar in Irish Studies. For the fall of 2013, the Burns Visiting Scholar will be Mary McAleese, president emerita of Ireland. McAleese is coming to BC through the work of Thomas Hachey, University professor of history and executive director of the Center for Irish Programs, with the help of Rev. Liam Bergin, adjunct professor of theology and former rector of the Irish College in Rome. “I received a phone call while on vacation in Maine, asking if it may be possible to
host Dr. McAleese here at BC for a special sesquicentennial event,” Hachey said. “It was not possible because of [her] schedule for an event in this year. I lamented the fact and expressed this fact to my good friend Rev. Bergin. I knew that he knew her personally and asked him if he would introduce me electronically.” Bergin has known McAleese for many years and saw her frequently during his tenure as rector. In addition to his professional connection, he also is personally acquainted with the family, as he presided over the marriage of McAleese’s daughter when she got married in Rome. “It is a combination, I think, of her own academic background and her experience as being president that make her a very interesting proposition here for BC,” Bergin said. “She is a professor of law by trade and held senior positions at Trinity College, Dublin. She brought her legal expertise with her as she became president and used
BY GABBY TARINI Heights Staff PHOTO COURTESY OF THE OFFICE OF NEWS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Mary McAleese, president emerita of Ireland, will join the University in the fall. it in many ways.” Before McAleese began her study of law, she grew up in Belfast during a time of great social and political instability. “She grew up as a victim of the Troubles in Northern Ireland,” Bergin said. “She was marked in a good sense—that it should end, as opposed to that it should be revenged. Her whole thing has been to create bridges—as bridges across the religious and political divide. She emerged
See McAleese, A4
Three juniors at Boston College are finalists for the Harry S Truman Scholarship, awarded to outstanding students who intend to pursue careers in government or elsewhere in public service. The scholarship is awarded on the basis of merit to students who will be college seniors in the next academic year and who have significant potential for leadership in government. Each scholarship awards $30,000 for a two or three-year graduate study. The three students from BC competing for the Truman Scholarship are Brooke Loughrin, Joseph Manning, and Narintohn Luangrath, all A&S ’14. All three candidates have impressive academic records and have held leadership positions in public service organizations.
Luangrath is an International Studies major and philosophy minor, as well a first-generation American citizen. Her parents are from Thailand and Laos and came to the U.S. to study on academic scholarships. She says that her family’s immigrant background has inspired her interest in issues related to forced migration, namely, the asylum process and subsequent refugee resettlement. Luangrath says that if she receives the scholarship, she will put the money toward the joint Juris Doctor (JD) and Master of International Affairs (MIA) program at Columbia University’s Law School and School of International and Public Affairs. “An MIA degree would allow me to contextualize my legal training in an international affairs framework, particularly when crafting policy while considering the normative construction of human rights over time,” Luangrath said. In terms of politically related extracur-
See Truman Finalists, A4