BOSTON – For one batch of freshmen at Boston College, this year's rush of exams and deadlines will include one very unique extra credit assignment. Professor Kerry Cronin, BC's famous "Dating Doctor" will set them the task of asking someone out on a date.
Cronin says she got the idea years ago when she taught a senior capstone course. In conversation with her students one day, she realized that "hooking up" or "hanging out" has largely replaced dating on college campuses. From then on, she began her now-famous "dating assignment," which for her seniors was mandatory. Now, teaching a freshmen course on "Perspectives in Western Culture," Cronin offers it to students as a chance for extra credit, not a course requirement.
STATE HOUSE — Some might be inclined to distance themselves from Caius Veiovis, who reportedly told jurors he would "see you all in hell" after they convicted him for a 2011 triple murder and dismemberment in Pittsfield.
