The Heights

Finding Balance in the Future

Rachel Loos • August 30, 2017

"When you stop stressing and just relax, things can sort of fall into place."

When White Supremacy Came to Boston

Josh Behrens • August 29, 2017

"Remember how many laughed at Trump when he announced his candidacy, and how many similarly laughed off the alt-right as internet weirdos? No one is laughing now. Irony has become reality."

The Value of a Catholic Education

Thomas Keenan • August 28, 2017

"BC’s Catholic heritage gives it permission to ask students to grapple with questions of human fulfillment, a privilege not afforded to secular universities."

"No candidate is perfect, and in almost every election, the ideal politician holds a combination of different forms of policy. If Macron can bring populist energy combined with effective economic policy, and make France inclusive, yet not beholden to the whims of the E.U., then France, Europe, and the world in general will benefit."

Saving Love for the Weekend

Valerie Cherbero • May 3, 2017

"As BC students, we have a million doors open to us. We’re told to pick one, any one, but it must be prestigious and, most of all, it must be fulfilling. What are we to do with that? Sometimes this opportunity feels more like a burden than a gift, and the weight on my shoulders becomes nearly too much to bear."

The Judiciary Attacks Equal Pay

Emma Greco • May 3, 2017

"The Equal Pay Act could broaden its scope to better protect women in the workplace who might suffer from this commonplace business principle."

Authoritarianism in Vogue

Ryan Duffy • April 30, 2017

"The rise of illiberalism is nothing new, but its resurgence is a tour de force, and a scary one at that. And as President Donald Trump has just received his 100-day report card, we would be wise to consider his similarities with the aforementioned cohort."