Boston College - Sub Turri Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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Common Ground It was hot that summer and campus life was at an intellectual and social standstill. They sat in that stifling, 3rd floor Townhouse room, hating the weather and speaking in a dissatisfied tone of the inert campus and its inanimate people. This place needs some- thing, he said conclusively. She sighed; partly in agreement and partly because the open window afforded no breeze. We could- start a newspaper ... , he said. She looked up in surprise, a slow smile creeping over her face. She laughed. You ' ll be Editor-in-chief and I ' ll be Managing Editor. Think you can handle it? She nodded and the smile broadened. He was a nut, she laughed again. It is not unusual for a college of the smallest magnitude to have a campus newspaper the purpose of which is to inform its students of campus happenings. This medium also serves a dual purpose in that it affords members of the student body a place to better their writing style. Thus, Boston College has The Heights. As time progressed and America began to make the realiza- tion that the world also consisted of people of color a cry went out for a publication to serve the needs of these people. Thus, Boston College has the Collage. For a long time these two publications serviced the campus quite well. Students from different walks of life could pick u p the Heights, and immediately they would be abreast of what was making news around campus. The Collage provided the voice of the minority student at Boston College, and was able to keep the community aware of the strides, advancements and demands that people of color were making. Now for quite some time these two publications kept everyone pretty much satisfied, but with the eighties making its presence felt, things began to change. All of a sudden the student body began to crave something more, something new, thus, Common Ground was born. Its full name would become Common Ground, A Publication for the Meeting of Minds. Its purpose was to bridge the gap between The Heights and Collage, and give the community an alternative source to read and write for. Our issues contain items on International Affairs, National News, Local News, Business, Arts Entertainment, Features, Editorials and Commentaries. It is our aim to address these sections from an objective standpoint. We take important issues that the commercial media does not have time to do indepth research on, do the research, and then offer our findings to the community for Boston College. It is not our intention to sway opinion, rather we are bringing about a meeting of the minds. 1st row: Andrea Cabral, editor; Steve Tompkins, managing editor: 2nd row: Derryl Johnson, Sandra Beauvoir, asst. editor: James Howell, 3rd row: Kate Ryan; Darryl Nobles; Mary Kuryla; Fitzroy Patten, 4th row: Jacqui Little: Dotty Anderson 234

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IL Circolo Italiano 1st row: Melinda Russo, Rita Delia Pace, Laura Russo (secy.), Diane Citino, 2nd row: Alfred Burgo, Jeff Cataldo, Emilio Melchionna (Pres.), Paula Gelzenes (Tres.) Missing: Louis Antonelli, Jerry Cimino, Antionette Mangiardo, Marlene Entwistle (V.P.), Tina Matcra, Susan Merola, Emilio Natale, Mark Pari, Victoria Moran, Carla Pelle, Aimee La Pena IL CIRCOLO ITALIANO seeks to stimulate interest in the art, customs, language, and spirit ot Italy by sponsoring cultural and social festivities. Italy is well known for its presentation of Ita- lian film classics. In past years we have sponsored such films as Love and Anarchy, Padre Padrone, and Swept Away. This year we will continue to pre- sent other such film classes at Boston College. IL Circolo Italiano is also well known for its sponsoring of Italian Night, an evening of Song and Dance, and of course Italy ' s exquisite product of the vineyards. All the functions and other cultural events sponsored and co-sponsored by us are tradition- al for II Circolo. As a cultural orga- nization our potentials are very wide and unique. It is only through the creativity, coopera- tion, and participation of our members, that these and future events can be created and pre- sented. Union Latina Union Latina is alive! We are an organization which provides for the social and cultural needs of the diverse Hispanic popula- tion of Boston College. The fundamental objective toward which La Union strives, is the recongnition that the Latin community possesses a unique ethnic quality — a richness in culture which 1st row: Peter Trelendez, Alfred Feliciano, Maria Roman (Pres.), Jesus Suarez, 2nd row: Eduardo Alsina, Amando Cardona, Yvette Ortiz, Hector Ortega, Rick Rodriguez can be enjoyed and appreciated not only by the Hispanic com- munity but by the Boston College community as a whole. Union Latina is working to unify the Hispanic community through a conscious effort to promote awareness of the beauty of Latin culture. 233

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1st row: S. Coffay (photo ed.). C. Faro (layout ed.), K. Shire (editor-in-chief), P. Fitzgerald (asst. ed.), J. Greco (asst. news ed.), L. Sergi (news ed.), S. Reynolds (features ed.), 2nd row: M.E. Malone (asst. ed. ' C. D ' Atri (asst. ed), E. Speranza (asst. news ed.), J. Tully (copy ed.) The Heights Undeniably the best place on campus to learn the newspaper business, from reporting to production, The Heights is also the most complete and most often- referred-to source of information at Bos- ton College. The paper is guided by an editorial board of thirteen candidates for saint- hood, and involves some 1 00 students on its news, features, sports, photography, production, and business staffs. Each Monday the work of these support staffs is published and distributed free of charge. The product is a knit of hard news, inter- views, reviews, sports reports, commen- taries, and, of course, humor. Efforts, all, to stop these widening apathetic yawns and to deal specifically with the concerns of the BC community. As an organization, the Heights is of a special nature. On the one hand it pro- vides the facilities and the expertise for true professional development. On the other, its atmosphere is predominatly social; it ' s a place to make friends as well as to learn. 1st row: E. Yost, L. Gallagher, M. Connell, M. O ' Keefe, J. Greco, S. Coffay. J. Long, C. D ' Atri, E. Speranza, S. Dirac, M. Mastromarino, P. Mullins, C. Langen 2nd row: R. Caro, J. Strenneford, N. Quinn, W. Owens, M. Pallone, T. Shea, C. Faro, J. Tully, G. Karalias, K. Shire, M.E. Malone, R. Miller 3rd row: M. Veilleux, P. Fitzgerald, M. Lane, C. Shimkus, K. Mulcahy, P. Madden, K. Timothy, S. Reynolds, L. Sergi, J. Stocking, E. Abbott, A. Maini 235