Earlier this week, I had the opportunity of observing a productions meeting of The Heights board for a paper in my research methods class.
LTE: The Right Priorities
Eleanor Sciannella’s column on the Campus School is very well-written and right on target.
LTE: WRC Works Hard To Address Body Image
As the first member of my family, and one of the only students from my high school, to attend Boston College, I wasn’t sure what to expect coming in for my freshman year. I remember sitting down for the first floor meeting with my RA at the beginning of the year. My RA was enthusiastic…
LTE: BC Loses By Closing Campus School
A friend of mine, on his first visit to Boston College, said that the place resembled a kind of academic “eugenics camp”-filled with healthy, eager, gifted, energetic, well-scrubbed, “beautiful” people. And my friend had a point; there is a lot of obvious beauty, health, and energy on display here. But when I think about what’s…
LTE: Campus School Should Not Be Dissolved
The wonderful entity that is Campus School should not be dissolved by Administrative intentions, (however guided), to force the program off-campus.
BC Should Respond To Attacks With ‘Renewed Community Spirit’
We still do not know who carried out the cowardly bombings at the Boston Marathon today. As a professor who studies the impact of terrorism, I don’t have any inside information about who the attackers are. But I can say with confidence that they made a huge mistake.
Catholic Identity Requires BC’s Divestment From Fossil Fuels
On March 13, 2013, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergolio, S.J., became the first Jesuit to be elected as head of the Roman Catholic Church.