By: Jovani Hernandez
Chestnut Hill, Mass. is 195 miles away from the Bronx, N.Y., but every time I return home for a break, the two locations seem to get farther apart from one another.
Editorials, Opinions
Development Discussion Should Be More Inclusive
By: The Heights Editorial Board
At a recent public hearing, members of the Boston arts community cited real estate as one of their most prominent concerns, and some expressed the opinion that the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) has made decisions in the past that were contrary to their interests. The issues of planning, zoning, and city development-and how they affect the arts community-are not as far removed from the everyday life of the average Boston College student as they might initially appear.
Column, News
COLUMN: Being Present
By: Alex Gaynor
Engaging reality seems like an abstract term, but what it breaks down to are the simple notions of being present, attentive, observant, and open.
Editorials, Opinions
Record Turnout Marks Successful Spring Fair
By: The Heights Editorial Board
Despite recent, unsuccessful attempts at a second semester student-run activities fair, this year’s Spring Involvement Fair in the Rat was filled with both organizations and students last Thursday. In addition, the student organizations division under the new structure of UGBC has expedited the process for student groups to become a registered student organization (RSO), encouraging more students to start their own RSOs.
Editorials, Opinions
Lerner’s Grant Reflects Research Achievements
By: The Heights Editorial Board
After 18 years as a professor in the Lynch School of Education and nearly three decades of researching child development, Jacqueline Lerner has been awarded a $1.96 million grant to fund a three-year longitudinal study on moral development in youth. Lerner’s research on youth self-regulation and adolescent virtuous behavior is regarded by many as being at the forefront of its kind, and rightly so, given her extensive list of publications on the subject.
News, Column
Slowing Our Lives
By: Adriana Mariella
As students who spend four years engrossed in subjects that might seem “impractical,” we should be reluctant to see the book phased out for its digital counterpart or the careful, intellectual process of writing deemed too time consuming.
Column
Taking Advantage Of Life In Ecuador
A catchy slogan makes a student abroad in Ecuador think about what it really means to love life.
Opinions, Column
The Paradox Of Pressing Pause
By: Tiffany Ashtoncourt
Committed at the most clandestine hours of the night with only the individual and his or her computer as witnesses, you know those who have done it and you’re probably one of them, too-let’s talk about procrastination. Procrastination is a little difficult to talk about, not only because of how personally it affects people, but also because of how much of a paradox it is.
