Local day of service

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BCSD returned this year to Our Lady’s School, Our Lady of Guadalupe parish, San Diego, as part of Boston College’s Global Days of Service. On Saturday, we assisted school principal Noel Bishop in sprucing up the school grounds and improving the school’s small garden.

L-R: Jose Luis Zuniga (custodian at Our Lady’s School), Bill McDonald ’68, Julia Scobbo ’11, Rory O’Donnell ’15, Josie Campese ’02, Lissa Tsu ’00, Carol West ’84, Jim West ’84, and, in front, Margot Tsu.

L-R: Jose Luis Zuniga (custodian at Our Lady’s School), Bill McDonald ’68, Julia Scobbo ’11, Rory O’Donnell ’15, Josie Campese ’02, Lissa Tsu ’00, Carol West ’84, Jim West ’84, and, in front, Margot Tsu. Shereen Attisha ’92 and her sons had joined us earlier.

Shereen Attisha, MD, '92, flanked by sons Alex (L) and Michael.

Shereen Attisha, MD, ’92, flanked by sons Alex (L) and Michael.

We joined thousands of fellow BC grads around the world in April and May who conducted service activities in their local communities. Our Lady of Guadalupe is the only Jesuit parish in San Diego County, and it serves the population of Barrio Logan, a heavily Hispanic community, in south central San Diego.

BCSD started the morning repotting Birds of Paradise and placing them outside classrooms facing out into the playground. We moved on to clear weeds, install lattices, and build a gravel walkway in the small garden area that features tomatoes. Finally, we touched up paint along the exterior of the school. Below is a photo gallery of the activities.

 

Eagles in Rio

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Two members of the BC Class of 2012 — one a San Diegan — will represent the US in the Rio Olympics later this year.

Annie Haeger, left, and San Diego's Briana Provancha

Annie Haeger, left, and San Diego’s Briana Provancha

Briana Provancha of San Diego and Annie Haeger will sail for the US team in the women’s 470 class. As seniors at BC, the pair won the ICSA women’s doublehanded nationals. Haeger, from Wisconsin, enjoyed impressive solo results in college, including three ICSA women’s singlehanded national championships and recognition as a four-time ICSA All-American. Provancha picked up her share of hardware for BC as well, taking three different national titles (2011, match racing; 2010, co-ed; 2008, team race).

Let It Go — out of Frozen Four

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BC men’s hockey lost today in the semifinals of the Frozen Four. Quinnipiac, ranked #1 nationally for most of the season, scored two early goals and then hung on for a 3-2 victory.

The Eagles finish with a record of 28-8-5. Quinnipiac will play the winner of the North Dakota-Denver game, which takes place today, on Saturday.

Aw, no game watch. :(

UPDATES
— BC finished #3/#4 in the US in the final polls. Denver and BC flipped positions in each poll. National champion North Dakota and runner-up Quinnipiac were #1 and #2.
— Goalie Thatcher Demko was among the three finalists for the Hobey Baker Award, presented to the best male player in college hockey. Harvard’s Jimmy Vesey won the award. Demko won the Mike Richter Award as the nation’s best college goalie.
— Steve Santina, Miles Wood, and Adam Gilmour signed NHL contracts shortly after season’s end. Demko, a junior and first-round NHL draft choice, has not announced his intentions.