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What ‘The Heights’ is Thankful For

The names that dot this page make up a crazy family that’ll laugh, scream, and cry together for years to come. I’ll always be grateful for them.

Editorials, Opinions

BC Administrators Must Be More Responsive to ‘The Heights.’ Here’s Why.

Journalists don’t always own their bias. But at The Heights, it’s part of our motto. “For a Greater Boston College” means we want this University to do well. And for over 100 years, we have told the stories of this University and built dialogue that uplifts conversation on campus.

News, Top Story, Off Campus

“Only Things I Want Are a Haircut And an Education”: Travel Restrictions Threaten International Students, Faculties’ Arrival

A combination of travel bans and immigration restrictions imposed by the Trump administration in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic is making it unlikely that international faculty and students will be able travel to the United States in time for the start of the fall semester.

Featured Column, Column, Opinions

Cultural Diversity Requirement Has Done Well, but There Is More to Be Done

For most Boston College students, core requirements are pesky intro classes that take up a year’s worth of college. They’re a huge part of what makes BC the special, Jesuit university that it is. You might often hear a student, in passing, complaining about the core and asking why it was even created in the…

Featured Column, Editorials, Opinions

Giving Thanks

The Heights editors share what they’re thankful for this Thanksgiving.

Features, Featured Column

Murphy: Sometimes You Have to Wait

To do The Heights is often to make the mere suburban blip that is BC into the whole world, to zoom in so close that you breathlessly rewrite headlines at 1 a.m. to better capture the most microscopic of details, or reword a caption on page 14 to reflect this rather than that.

Features

The Beautiful and the Famed: Lesley Visser, Sports Legend

Lesley Visser has written for the best sports section of all time, been inducted into the Professional Football Hall of Fame, and carried an Olympic torch. Plus, she’s been drinking with Barrett Bryan.

Letters To The Editor, Opinions

LTE: In Response to: “Impeachment Talk was Overreaction”

“If you supported diversity of opinion, you’d have spoken out against those who harassed Batsinelas and Mancini, who actively supported different opinions on campus, for breaking from commonly accepted beliefs during their campaign last year, or perhaps you’d have condemned the individual who asked friends to literally treat Michael Proietta like a toilet because of his ‘controversial’ opinions.”

Editorials, Opinions