Christina Lacoste, a senior at Emmanuel College expressed how important her senior internship class was in helping her nail her current internship with The Weekly Dig. “My internship professor helped me with my resume, he had really helpful suggestions and I am grateful to him for that.” Lacoste made a huge point in saying that [...]
EC Student Gets a Glimpse of the Big Leagues
Dec. 16, 2011 1 Comment

By Dan Bourque at Emmanuel College Finding a job fresh out of college is difficult enough these days. Finding one in your desired field, though, and one that you really love – that’s another story altogether. But for one local college senior, an internship with NESN just might get him there. “It’s cool to get [...]
Interview with indie film writer Shannon Carter, who penned “Mark of the Dog Rose”
Dec. 16, 2011 Leave a Comment
Throwing Stones into Houses
Dec. 11, 2011 Leave a Comment

By Alex Lucier at Emmanuel College The strange sport of curling first captured my interest during the last Winter Olympics in Vancouver. While not being recognized as an official Olympic event until the 1998 Nagano Games, curling’s roots actually go back as far as 1540’s Scotland. I watched with fascination during the past two Winter [...]
Occupy Boston and Occupy Harvard “mic check” Newt Gingrich
Nov. 19, 2011 6 Comments
CAMBRIDGE — Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House (R-GA) and current Republican candidate for president, appeared at Harvard University last night to introduce a documentary he helped create, “A City upon a Hill: The Spirit of American Exceptionalism,” at John F. Kennedy School of Government. But was soon interrupted by members of Occupy Boston [...]
Reddit co-founder arrested for hacking MIT computers for scientific papers
July 19, 2011 1 Comment
A Cambridge man was charged today with computer intrusion, fraud and data theft after he allegedly hacked into the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s network to access protected JSTOR files. Aaron Swartz, 24, was a fellow at Harvard University’s Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, according to the Boston Globe, and could have accessed JSTOR legally [...]
Old scars: Officials seek Boston College IRA interview notes
May 18, 2011 Leave a Comment
CORK, Ireland — There have been tentative suggestions in Ireland recently that relations with the UK are at an all-time high. Despite the efforts of dissident groups, the people of Northern Ireland have worn a remarkably durable united front in their vocal support for peace. But sometimes it’s tricky to walk away from the past—even [...]













