The Heights

Kill Your “Vision”

Lex Malik • October 5, 2025

How do you survive freshman year? Kill your “vision.”

Why Are Americans Obsessed With Protein?

Jade Courcoux • October 5, 2025

The first time I walked into the Rat, my eyes were drawn to Fairlife milk, with bold letters boasting “26 grams of Protein.” My initial reaction was—it's milk! It's a dairy product, full of healthy nutrients. Why are we talking about extra protein?

Civil Discourse: The Decline of U.S. Global Dominance (And How To Prevent It)

Addison Walsh and Helen Nguyen • October 5, 2025

This is the first installment of Civil Discourse, a column where columnists Helen Nguyen and Addison Walsh share their perspectives on a political story or event covered by The Heights. This first column is a response to “Former Ambassador to China Warns of Competitive Loss to China if U.S. Fails To Unify.”

Anonymous Anger

Katie Spillane • September 30, 2025

Like many in my generation, I am resistant to hearing about how our phones have ruined our lives. My mother has sent me enough articles about screen time for me to know that my phone is essentially corrupting...

To Be as Still as the Shoe Shining Man: Part One

Emmbrooke Flather • September 30, 2025

Years ago, I was lucky enough to learn a lesson that takes most people an entire lifetime to discover: the most significant factor contributing to our happiness are the people we choose to surround...

Shifting Power Dynamics: A New Defense Agreement in the Middle East

Jose Garcia • September 28, 2025

Defense umbrellas have long been a hallmark in alliance formation, with nuclear protection serving as the most powerful deterrent in international agreements. Recently, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan signed...

The Highland View: Anemoia

Amelia Glover • September 28, 2025

Last week, I sat huddled in an unfamiliar kitchen with seven new friends, watching the finale of a show I had never watched before. Everything was entirely new, yet I somehow felt perfectly at home. I confess, I’d never had much interest in watching The Summer I Turned Pretty —I always thought it to be too cliche.

Finding My Oasis

Makayla Hickey • September 21, 2025

I choked back tears as the glass doors to Heathrow Airport slid open in front of me, an invisible barrier about to split my life down the center. Four months had flown by in the blink of an eye, and, somehow, my long-dreaded departure from London had finally arrived.

A Study Of Mornings

Lucia Hernandez • September 21, 2025

My September mornings at Boston College have, so far, all begun with the loud, incessant beeping of trucks unloading by Walsh Hall. Then, the morning light will pierce the gap between my curtain and bed, dyeing my room with shifting shades of gold.

Letting It Soak

Jaya Gautam • September 21, 2025

I arrived at my quaint, two-unit house on Gerald Road a couple of weeks ago with high hopes for the semester ahead. Since I was a consistent loser in the BC housing lottery, this house was a major upgrade from the traditional double I had lived in for the past two years. I spent all summer fantasizing about sharing a kitchen and bathroom with fewer than 30 people.

The U.S. Rewrites Its Mineral Playbook

Jose Garcia • May 5, 2025

Mining has become a focal point of the Trump administration's agenda. It has continuously emphasized the significance of the natural resource industry since January, evidenced in both the proposed Ukraine deal and the potential acquisition of Greenland. Both acquisitions are being evaluated not only for their strategic significance to the United States, but also for the immense mineral value embedded in their land.

Period Poverty on a Privileged Campus

Elizabeth Pozniakova • May 5, 2025

We’ve all had at least one period-related trauma. I’m willing to bet my quarter (that I’d need for an empty dispenser, so it’s useless anyway) that this trauma ensued from a lack of preparedness. As much as I’d love to be considered a “period fairy,” with an arsenal of cotton products and medications in my backpack for the battleground that is my uterus every month, it is more my style to frantically ask strangers for tampons when the time comes.