A display of a 1552 letter dictated and signed by Jesuit Francis Xavier to King John III of Portugal. Now part of BC's Jesuitana Collection, the letter is believed to be the only extant manuscript by the Catholic saint in the U.S. (Photo by Gary Wayne Gilbert)

Gasson Hall at Boston College. Photo by Fr. Harvey Egan, SJ.

Early buds overlook the statue of St. Ignatius @ Boston College. 3-8-12 (Photo by Sean Smith)

A group of BC's Appalachia Volunteers en route to their Spring Break service site happened to run into Joan Rivers. NJ, March 2012.

Ash Wednesday 2012—(l-r) U.S. Army Lt. Col./Chaplain Michael J. Travaglione & U.S. Army Reservist Capt. Rick Holahan, #bc02, Jalalabad Airfield, Afghanistan.

The George Washington window, part of the Statesman Series of windows in Bapst Library @BostonCollege. (Photo by Gary Wayne Gilbert)

Santa Claus comes to O'Neill Plaza for BC's annual Christmas tree lighting. December 2011; photo by Caitlin Cunningham.

Full moon over Gasson Tower @BostonCollege. Autumn 2011 photo by Fr. Harvey Egan, SJ.

The 2011 BC Christmas tree gets the once-over by BC electrician Stephen Vettori, in preparation for the annual campus lighting ceremony Nov. 30. Photo by Sean Smith.

A tribute to BC Eagles' QB Doug Flutie - whose 11-23-84 'hail mary' pass made college football history - @JohnHarvards / Framingham, MA.

BC presents 'The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds' - November 2011 at Robsham Theater Arts Center.

MBA student Xinlu Li takes a turn w/ legendary investor Warren Buffett during BC Carroll School of Mgmt's latest trip to his Omaha HQ.

Jefferson & Alison Crowther address some 1000 runners @ Red Bandanna Run '11 honoring 9/11 hero, #bc99 grad Welles Crowther (Lee Pellegrini)

Big turnout for this yr's Welles Remy Crowther Red Bandanna 5k Run - 7th annual tribute to 9/11 hero & grad #bc99. (Photo by Lee Pellegrini)

Big turnout for this yr's Welles Remy Crowther Red Bandanna Run in tribute to 9/11 hero & grad #bc99. BC Quad, October 2011.

Mass. National Guard 182nd Infantry Regiment in Afghanistan w/ BC banner presented at a campus sendoff last March http://bit.ly/ggaQLg

September 2011: 'First Flight' procession for the BC Class of 2015. (Photo by Caitlin Cunningham)

September 2011: 'First Flight' procession for the BC Class of 2015. (Photo by Caitlin Cunningham)