through gritted teeth

By Diogenes ( articles ) | Nov 16, 2006

Having ribbed Boston College for its Barney the Dinosaur approach to Jesuit Values, it's only fair to point out that the university's home-page currently includes the following item in the "BC in the News" sidebar:

BC Observer selected as 'best paper': A consortium of 100 conservative and libertarian student newspapers has given top honors to the BC Observer. National Review.

It's no secret that, for the BC administration, opening the pages of the Observer is usually as gratifying as finding blood in its sputum. Thus they deserve credit -- as good sports -- for public acknowledgment of a distinction so equivocally congratulatory of their own efforts.