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Austin City Limits Day 2: Metallica Goes Country, Cult Favorite Sylvan Esso Rules the Day
Day two of Austin City Limits featured performances from Metallica, Sylvan Esso, and CHVRCHES.
Austin City Limits Day 1: Paul McCartney, Khalid, Lily Allen and More
Day one of Austin City limits featured stellar performances by Paul McCartney, Brockhampton, Khalid, and more.
Lionel Richie to Headline 26th Annual Pops on the Heights
Lionel Richie will headline the 2018 Pops on the Heights gala, according to marketing materials for the event. Scheduled for Sept. 28, Boston College Board of Regents chair and Suffolk Construction CEO John Fish will co-chair the gala with his wife, Cyndy. Last year’s event, the 25th since its inception, raised a record $14 million,…
Senior Admin Respond to Concerns Over Choice of B.o.B for Modstock
This letter was sent by Vice President for Student Affairs and Provost and Dean of Faculties David Quigley to professors Dan Kirschner, Ruth Langer, and Alan Marcus, as well as the leadership of Boston College Hillel. (It was also sent to The Heights.) The letter addresses the Campus Activities Board’s decision to invite the rapper B.o.B,…
Mistake in Some Google Groups Permissions Left Sensitive Info Accessible to BC Students, Faculty, Staff
Until December 2017, Google Groups containing hundreds of University communications and associated documents with restricted, confidential, or otherwise sensitive information had misconfigured permission settings such that anyone who could access the Boston College G Suite—known formally as Google Apps—could view them, a Heights investigation found. The Heights notified the University on Dec. 18 of this…
Institute for Integrated Science and Society to Be Named for Schiller Family
Boston College’s planned Institute for Integrated Sciences and Society will be named after Phil Schiller, BC ’82, and his wife Kim Gassett-Schiller.
Interview: Peter Markell, New Chair of Trustees, Discusses Goals, Recent Activism at BC
Peter Markell, BC ’77, was officially selected last month as the new chair of Boston College’s Board of Trustees. In an interview Friday with The Heights, Markell talked about his time at BC, his goals for the Board, and his take on recent activism on campus. The Heights: Can you talk about your time at…
Posters Criticizing Leahy Appear Around Campus
In an interview with The Heights last October, following the first “Silence is Violence” march, Jack Dunn said that Leahy strongly believes it is the University’s role to tell students what to think, not how.
Ahead of Solidarity March, Student Leaders Discuss BC’s Response to Racist Incidents
“How can a response to something so inherently dehumanizing and emotional not be emotional too?” one student said.
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