If BC’s Thanksgiving plan involves sending students home, students will have roughly five weeks to buy plane tickets. To avoid another late decision, the University should decide now about what it plans to do about Spring Break.
Opinions, TU/TD
Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down: Oct. 13
Thumbs Up: Flies. Flies everywhere are really having a moment. From the national debate stage to…the national debate stage. Five years ago, could you ever have imagined that the one thing you would take away from a vice presidential debate would be that a fly landed on Mike Pence’s hair? #flygate
TU/TD, Opinions
Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down – 10/4
Thumbs up this week: Starbucks soy matchas and registering to vote. Thumbs down: The presidential debate and not knowing thanksgiving plans.
Opinions, Column
College Drinking Isn’t All That — And It Can Be Dangerous
Friday afternoons at Boston College can mean many different things. For one, it could mean locking yourself in your dorm room to frantically finish an International Studies project that you have to turn in to your professor that evening. It could entail going to the pho restaurant in Allston that you and your roommate have…
Opinions, Editorials
During Jesuit Self-Survey, BC Should Consider How to Better Serve Students from Lower-Income Families
Boston College is participating in a self-study as a part of the Jesuit Mission Priority Examen initiated by the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. The study is designed as a self-reflective measure to assess how well Jesuit universities are demonstrating Jesuit ideals. Topics in the survey range from integrity to campus culture. Jesuits and…
Opinions, Editorials
Editorial: New ED Policy Forces Students to Pick BC Over Competitors
” Overall, the decision risks alienating students for whom financial aid is a significant factor in their college choice, as well as students who attend low-resource high schools who do not have a counselor to keep up with rapid changes in BC’s admissions process. It may also lead to a more Catholic and wealthier university, limiting diversity and accessibility.”
Opinions, Column
Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down: Spin Class, Peanut Butter, and Salt
Thumbs Up — Plexapalooza. The final one! Thank you CAB for putting on a great final Plexapalooza. The T-shirts were nice too. Who has to clean up all that confetti, though? That was a lot. Audien, the first DJ, was nice. The headliner, RL Grime, was fine. No one had heard of him, and I…
Opinions, Column
Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down
Thumbs Up – Snow! Campus looks stunning, like a collection of iced Jesuit gingerbread houses. Acapella tryouts were Sunday, and consisted solely of singers dressed in Elsa costumes belting “Let It Go” while summoning magic ice castles out of thin air. Make sure to catch all the cute Instagram stories of your freshmen friends from…
Op-Ed, Opinions, Featured Column
Guest Op-Ed: A Statement of Solidarity
Statement Of Solidarity Regarding Supreme Court’s Decision To Uphold The Muslim Ban Dear Boston College Eagles, On Tuesday the 26th of June, the Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision that the Muslim Ban, a policy motivated by explicit racism, xenophobia, islamophobia, anti-immigrant, and anti-refugee sentiment, was constitutional. The court chose to ignore the animus of…
