About a year ago, Boston College FACES released a video to raise campus awareness about offensive dialogue on the popular social networking app YikYak. The video featured students reading offensive posts from YikYak, posts that were submitted anonymously by others in the BC community and which often exhibited racist, sexist, or homophobic undertones. Of particular…
Lists are the bane of columns and articles—they are tangential, unmemorable, and ultimately, they have no conclusion.
Humor penetrates all facets of our lives, and we must take note of the kind that manages to be grounded rather than bitter, because that’s where the good stuff is.
Do not shy away, younger self. You are moving in the right direction. Never give in.
As a nation so proud of its advancement, we must not let terror succeed in any situation, under any circumstances. The inhumanity and injustices of these people are the greatest evil facing the modern world—an evil clouded under the guise of a “religious war.”
And although from my failures I began to build my character and strengthen my resilience, more importantly from my failures I gained perspective.
We tell kids to be optimistic—as we should—but we fail to acknowledge the dual nature of the word. Of course we should encourage them to see the present in the best light possible.
The movement often encourages poor dietary and health habits as well. Too much self-acceptance can encourage laziness and complacency.
Jokes always have some truth to them. Humor is great, and can be used to highlight inequality and many of the underlying issues in American society in a conversational tone, but cheap racial jabs are not included.
It is these achievements and the passionate people who accomplish them that energize me to continue my work in the UGBC.
