Know it all (sidebar)

The 17th-century Jesuit Athanasius Kircher was said to possess universal understanding. He didn’t, but he may have been the last man to come close

http://bcm.bc.edu/issues/spring_2007/features/know-it-all.html

Kearney’s choice

Most contemporary philosophy stands above the fray—but not all of it

http://bcm.bc.edu/issues/winter_2008/features/kearneys-choice.html

Five points of impact

http://bcm.bc.edu/issues/fall_2008/features/five-points-of-impact.html

Life support

The business of public schools is to educate children. The business of the Lynch School’s Boston Connects program is to enable that education

http://bcm.bc.edu/issues/winter_2009/features/life-support.html

Power of the people

An oral history of the Black Talent program

http://bcm.bc.edu/issues/spring_2009/features/power-of-the-people.html

War stories (sidebar)

Six conflicts, seven alumni

http://bcm.bc.edu/issues/summer_2009/features/war-stories.html

Sally’s calculation

How to make a mathematician

http://bcm.bc.edu/issues/spring_2010/features/sallys-calculation.html

Urban legend

Jane Jacobs distrusted academics about as much as city planners. When invited to leave her papers to Boston College, however, she warmly agreed

http://bcm.bc.edu/issues/fall_2010/features/urban-legend.html

Master teachers

Inside the classrooms of six Boston College faculty

http://bcm.bc.edu/issues/fall_2011/features/master-teachers.html

A parent’s rite of passage

After delivering their freshmen to orientation, mothers, fathers, and guardians enjoy a preview of the life and purposes of the University

http://bcm.bc.edu/issues/summer_2012/features/a-parents-rite-of-passage.html

Substitute preacher

A lesson plan for when no priest is available

http://bcm.bc.edu/issues/spring_2006/linden_lane/substitute-preacher.html

Resistance

The example of Dietrich Bonhoeffer

http://bcm.bc.edu/issues/fall_2006/linden_lane/resistance.html

This old stadium

The year Boston College almost punted on big-time football

http://bcm.bc.edu/issues/summer_2007/linden_lane/this-old-stadium.html

Career counsel

Redefining the job hunt

http://bcm.bc.edu/issues/summer_2009/linden_lane/career-counsel.html

Close-up

Treasure hunt

http://bcm.bc.edu/issues/fall_2009/linden_lane/close-up.html

Table talk

A celebrated thinker has friends to dinner

http://bcm.bc.edu/issues/winter_2010/linden_lane/table-talk.html

The finals frontier

Students create their own exams

http://bcm.bc.edu/issues/spring_2010/linden_lane/the-finals-frontier.html

Social network

For graduate students, a time and place to consider religion and culture

http://bcm.bc.edu/issues/spring_2011/linden_lane/social-network.html

Have at it

Partisanship is good for us

http://bcm.bc.edu/issues/spring_2011/linden_lane/have-at-it.html

Visitors days

A year-old seminar draws undergraduates to wide-angle economics

http://bcm.bc.edu/issues/fall_2011/linden_lane/visitors-days.html

Scorekeepers

Testing the world’s schoolchildren in math, science, and reading

http://bcm.bc.edu/issues/fall_2012/linden_lane/scorekeepers.html

Off the charts

Bang the violin, beat the piano—and lose the cowbell

http://bcm.bc.edu/issues/winter_2013/linden_lane/off-the-charts.html

Let there be light

Mapping Catholic politics

http://bcm.bc.edu/issues/winter_2013/linden_lane/let-there-be-light.html

Can we talk?

A contrarian theologian takes on interfaith dialogue

http://bcm.bc.edu/issues/spring_2006/c21_notes/can-we-talk.html

High-minded

Fifty years ago, U.S. Catholics were accused of failing their intellectual tradition. What’s changed?

http://bcm.bc.edu/issues/summer_2006/c21_notes/high-minded.html

First year

Benedict’s papacy is not what some expected

http://bcm.bc.edu/issues/summer_2006/c21_notes/first-year.html

The layman

http://bcm.bc.edu/issues/fall_2007/c21_notes/the-layman.html

A public affair

Israel and Rome in the time of Benedict

http://bcm.bc.edu/issues/summer_2009/c21_notes/a-public-affair.html

‘Spiritually rising’

Preparing the laity

http://bcm.bc.edu/issues/winter_2011/c21_notes/spiritually-rising.html

Two roads

In public forums, Jesuit and parish clergy reflect on the priestly journey

http://bcm.bc.edu/issues/spring_2011/c21_notes/two-roads.html

What right?

The contraceptive mandate

http://bcm.bc.edu/issues/spring_2012/c21_notes/what-right.html

Study hour

Undergraduates take personal stock, the Jesuit way

http://bcm.bc.edu/issues/spring_2012/c21_notes/study-hour.html

There’s something about Eve

What women bring to the conversation among faiths

http://bcm.bc.edu/issues/fall_2012/c21_notes/you-had-to-be-there.html

A reader’s notes

Territorial imperatives

http://bcm.bc.edu/issues/winter_2007/endnotes/a-readers-notes.html

Lightning rod

Leaning neither left nor right, historian Tony Judt disturbs the peace

http://bcm.bc.edu/issues/spring_2007/endnotes/lightning-rod.html

A reader’s notes

Tracers

http://bcm.bc.edu/issues/spring_2007/endnotes/a-readers-notes.html

Roman mythology

Not necessarily, says Are We Rome? author

http://bcm.bc.edu/issues/fall_2007/endnotes/roman-mythology.html

A reader’s notes

Free thinking

http://bcm.bc.edu/issues/fall_2007/endnotes/a-readers-notes.html

A reader’s notes: Revelation

http://bcm.bc.edu/issues/winter_2008/endnotes/a-readers-notes.html

The prodigal

A once-ardent and high-profile advocate of charter schools and high-stakes tests explains her recent conversion

http://bcm.bc.edu/issues/winter_2011/endnotes/the-prodigal.html

Second emotions

The invention of love and other feelings

http://bcm.bc.edu/issues/winter_2007/inquiring_minds/second-emotions.html

Deal breakers

The demise of a colonial experiment

http://bcm.bc.edu/issues/fall_2009/inquiring_minds/deal-breakers.html

Mixed blessings

What happens when a problematic prayer is censored?

http://bcm.bc.edu/issues/spring_2012/inquiring_minds/mixed-blessings.html

Turf wars

When the states were in charge of immigration

http://bcm.bc.edu/issues/summer_2012/inquiring_minds/turf-wars.html

Trading places

In POW camps, officers could impede survival

http://bcm.bc.edu/issues/fall_2012/inquiring_minds/trading-places.html

First responder

Art dealer William Vareika ’74

http://bcm.bc.edu/issues/winter_2013/works/first-responder.html