Campus Notes

A report in The Heights indicates that the GLBTQ (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer) Leadership Council (GLC) recently announced the new leaders for the 2011-2012 school year.  The article reports that the group’s new president plans to make introducing the GLC to incoming freshmen a priority.

From the report:

“My hope is that the first goals outlined in Reaching New Heights, our 10-year plan presented to the administration last year, will start to come to fruition,” McCrosson said in an e-mail.

As president, McCrosson hopes to continue the success of the GLC and also alter the attitudes of students as they enter the school to promote a community of acceptance and equality.

“I’m hoping that during this next year, I’ll be able to build upon the vast amount of progress that the GLC has made in previous years,” she said. “I also want to make it a priority to introduce the GLC to the incoming freshmen. By letting them know what the expectations and standards of this school are, in terms of respect and equality, I’m hoping that I can open the eyes of these new students who have perhaps been swayed by information reporting that [Boston College] is not a diverse community.”…

“As VP, I hope to help the GLC continue the great amount of growth it has made over the past couple of years, and to make it known to all BC students,” Tingley said. “I think that my people skills, coupled with my ability to work with administrators effectively, will help our administration continue to campaign for improved resources for the LGBTQ community. I have had experience on this campus dealing with administrators and underrepresented groups including Boston College Students for Sexual Health (BCSSH) and the SBIRT (Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment) Collaborative.”

Read the rest of this article here.

This blog has been following the story about Boston College Students for Sexual Health (BCSSH), mentioned above by the new GLC vice president as an “underrepresented” group (it’s not approved by the College), for several months now.

The Heights reported last semester that BCSSH was expanding services to students to include direction to contraceptive services and free female, in addition to male, condoms.  The Heights reported earlier this month that the Boston College student senate passed a resolution urging the College to recognize BCHHS.