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(Parker Leaf / Heights Senior Staff)

Students Deserve To Know How CAB Spends Their Money

The Heights Editorial Board April 28, 2026
Students partially foot UGBC’s bill through the $694 student activity fee automatically included in BC’s cost of attendance. The same is true for another BC club whose goal is to serve students: CAB. The difference is that CAB’s finances are largely a mystery to the students who help bankroll it. CAB should make its budget public.
(Lex Malik / Heights Columnist)

Befriending Regret on the Common App Homepage

Lex Malik April 26, 2026
In January, my column about Boston College’s political apathy gained unexpected attention. Amid messages of warm support and thoughtful disagreement, one commenter’s compassionate advice stuck with me: “Head down Comm Ave to [Boston University], they’d be more into your left-wing rubbish.” 
(Jashodhara Jindal / Heights Editor)

The Eastern Edit: Life Changed…?

Addie Kinnaly April 26, 2026
It’s hard to believe my time in Prague is ending in just under a month. I often walk by the hotel I stayed at when I first got to the Czech Republic, with high expectations and an itch for travel. Now, it almost inevitably forces me to reflect on my time abroad and what I’ve taken from it.
(Jashodhara Jindal / Heights Editor)

Escaping Connection

Amelia Glover April 26, 2026
Many viewers use social media and virtual connections to avoid difficult realities, just as I do at night or as my mother does to connect with me. It’s easy to dismiss these habits as a personal failure of attention. It’s harder to understand how these systems are built to keep us scrolling and why we willingly participate.
(Elena Rodriguez / Heights Editor)

What Streaming Has Taken From Us: A Defense of Cable TV

Addison Walsh April 26, 2026
Streaming services have rapidly transformed the entertainment landscape over the last decade. The days of viewing habits built around cable network schedules and film studio release dates are almost entirely gone. You can watch nearly any show or movie from anywhere at any time, no longer constrained by the tastes and commercial judgment of mainstream audiences.
(Jashodhara Jindal and Elena Rodriguez / Heights Editors)

Great Expectations

Makayla Hickey April 19, 2026
Last Sunday, hundreds of prospective students and their families flooded campus, ready to make a decision that would change the next four years of their lives. On that very same Sunday, my friends and I checked one more item off our senior year bucket list: senior pictures. The reality that my four years were coming to an unseemingly quick close hit me instantly.
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