The current system of textbook is unaffordable for many students, leaving them unprepared. Students and professors should take a stand against the industry’s pricing model.
Column
First Sunset In France
One student anxiously begins her adventure in Paris knowing that, in the end, she will be sad when it’s over.
Opinions, Column
Those Our Education System Leaves Behind
For some years now, the American education system has been broken. Rather than addressing the problem, we try to ignore it, and it hurts students in special education the most.
Opinions, Editorials
Repairing The Off-Campus Housing Condition
The city of Boston and Boston College are both taking steps to address the problems with off-campus housing. It is a good start, but more work is needed to fix Boston’s broken housing.
Opinions, Editorials
Athletics Enhances Gameday Experience, Improves Gold Pass
BC Athletics has improved the Gold Pass experience with a new app that tracks student attendance and offers bonus points. Their new “Superfan Zone” is a worthwhile attempt to enhance student spirit before games.
Opinions, Column
Being Truly Prepared For What Comes Next
In the tension between a liberal education and the working world, one must find time to prepare for the realities of what lies beyond the college gates.
Opinions, Column
Understanding National Days Of Remembrance In A Global Context
Since 2001, Sept. 11 has held special place in the American national consciousness, but if you cross the Atlantic and enter Catalonia, you will find that the date has had significance for far longer.
Column, News
Thinking Beyond Borders Doesn’t Mean Forgetting Our Heroes
Adopting a patriotic way of looking at tragedies that wrack the U.S. is integral in the healing process, but it could become detrimental if as a nation, we only choose to acknowledge the terrors that have been wrought on our own soil.
Opinions, Column
This TU/TD Is Not A No Flex Zone
We’ll flex if we want to. Also, we might have accidentally burned our post-midnight pizza. Oh, well.
Opinions, Editorials
UGBC’s Balanced Budget And Issues With Executive Stipends
This year’s UGBC budget shows fiscal responsibility and transparency, but this administration continues the disconcerting practice of paying stipends to its executives.
