Jesuit Roundup

Boston College

Boston College starts $1.5 billion capital improvement plan

To celebrate its 150th anniversary, Boston College has set out to raise $1.5 billion to improve its campus and academics. The campaign, which is known as ‘Light the World,’ will run for seven years and has already raised $520 million in its ‘quiet phase.’ Increasing financial aid is a major part of the plan, with $300 million going towards increasing the amount of aid given.

It will also provide money to build four new academic buildings, a new recreational complex, a fine arts center and new athletic facilities, which will cost in total $225 million. The plan also calls for the construction of new residential buildings, which have not been approved yet, but would make BC the first college in Boston to provide housing to its entire undergraduate student body.

Source: The BC Heights

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Loyola

Loyola College (MD) to change name

Starting with the 2009 academic year Loyola College in Maryland will become Loyola University Maryland, after the school’s executive committee finalized the change of designation from college to university this past summer. The name change still needs to be approved by the Maryland Higher Education Commission. The Loyola College of Arts and Sciences will assume the name Loyola College in order to preserve the history and identity of the name.

The change has resulted in some negative responses from alumni and many have taken steps to try and stop the name change by organizing other alumni against the switch. Those alumni believe that the name change is a poor decision, based solely on marketing, which will in turn make the school less distinct among the other three Loyola universities in the country (Loyola University Chicago, Loyola University New Orleans and Loyola Marymount University).

The name change is one step in a plan by the Loyola College in Maryland administration to make itself the leading Catholic university in the country.

Source: The Greyhound

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Georgetown

Virus causes Georgetown to close dining hall

The Georgetown University O’Donovan dining hall was shut down for two days last week after an outbreak of a virus sent at least 212 students to the University health center of Georgetown Hospital.

The virus caused gastrointestinal problems for affected students and was traced to the dining hall by the D.C. Department of Health, which was unable to determine the direct cause of the virus.

O’Donovan Hall was renovated over the summer to include more stations where students are served by workers, resulting in the elimination of stations where students were able to prepare their own food.

Source: The Hoya