ever to excel

By Diogenes ( articles ) | Sep 12, 2005

OK, maybe Boston College doesn't score big with Ex Corde Ecclesiae fans, but when the Princeton Review speaks, you get action:

After five years of being ranked as homophobic by the Princeton Review, Boston College is off the "Alternative lifestyle not an alternative (low acceptance of gay community)" list. The rankings, which come from student surveys available at schools or online, were recently released in the Princeton Review's 361 Best Colleges: 2006 Edition.

"Being removed from the list is just demonstrating how life at BC really is for students," said Mike Yaksich, former president of LGBC and BC '05. "The student body wasn't homophobic in my time there, and it might have been in the past, but in recent years it never really deserved to be on that list." Since 2000, BC has ranked second, second, fifth, 14th, and fifth respectively on the list.

"BC never felt that it belonged on that list to begin with," said Jack Dunn, University spokesman.

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