News
BC Baseball Hangs With The Red Sox
The Boston College baseball team fell 5-2 to the Red Sox in Thursday’s exhibition game. […]
Month: February 2014
News
Fedorchuk Receives Sloan Fellowship For Work In Algebraic Geometry
By: Connor Farley
Assistant professor of mathematics in the College of Arts and Sciences Maksym Fedorchuk was recently awarded a Sloan Research Fellowship for his work in the field of algebraic geometry from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, named after the former president and CEO of General Motors.
News
Disabilities Bill Delayed By UGBC
By: Connor Farley
At Tuesday’s UGBC Student Assembly (SA) meeting, the proposed agenda was centered on bringing to the floor and carrying out two primary functions: approving legislature on proposed amendments to the UGBC constitution and the first reading of two bills. The first bill aimed to reform SA Standing Rules, and the other addressed handicap access and disability awareness on campus.
Basketball
Hanlan hits 1,000 As BC Stumbles Again
Opinions
LTE: Rethinking Capitalism
News
Charles Baker, Jr. Addresses Health Care
By: Nathan McGuire
Charles Baker, Jr., the leading Republican gubernatorial candidate and former CEO of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, delivered the keynote address on Monday at a health care forum sponsored by the Graduate School of Social Work (GSSW).
Editorials
Combine Performance Deserves Recognition
By: The Heights Editorial Board
Five former Boston College football players participated in the NFL Combine over the weekend, representing the school and the football program well with impressive performances as they try to make their way onto NFL rosters this spring.
News
BC Students Participate In Sexual Assault Task Force
By: Nathan McGuire
Jessica Stevens, A&S ’14, and Joseph Palomba, A&S ’15, both staff members at the Women’s Resource Center (WRC), were invited to the White House last week to attend a round table discussion with the Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault.
Editorials
Bystanders’ Efforts Must Lead To More Dialogue
By: The Heights Editorial Board
Jessica Stevens, A&S ’14, and Joseph Palomba, A&S ’15, who both work in the Women’s Resource Center’s Bystander Intervention program, attended a roundtable discussion with the Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault at the White House last week. This invitation is not only a testament to the important work that Stevens and Palomba are doing at Boston College, but it is also a further affirmation that sexual assault is not adequately addressed on college campuses across the U.S.