Tom Holland swapped slinging webs for swinging the tambourine in the classroom on Thursday, bringing star power—and a $25,000 grant from his family’s nonprofit—to the Campus School at Boston College.

On Wednesday night, the Lowell Humanities Series at Boston College welcomed a storyteller who has danced with octopi and been chased by silverback gorillas.

I have always been a planner. My notes app is filled with to-do lists, reminders, and anecdotes—a tangible, terrifyingly disorganized snapshot of the inside of my brain. I came to college with a set plan—a political science major on a pre-medical track, setting myself up to go to medical school.

The Boston College basketball program had a busy week with both teams playing their home openers in Conte Forum on Tuesday Nov. 4. The men’s team held on to beat The Citadel 69–60 and the women also started their season off with a win against Lafayette 85–55. Photo Credits: Henry Hurd / Heights Staff Chris...