Though my time is coming to an end, many lorikeets shall yet arrive on the Heights, and many eagles shall yet wander Melbourne’s bluestone lanes. Each will shape and be shaped by where they are and where they’re from.
Opinions, Column
The Importance of Mateship, the ANZACs, and Us: A Lorikeet Among the Eagles
The Ode of Remembrance is a verse I have committed to memory since I was at least 6 years old. And as I sit and write this, mere moments from the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, it is echoing in my mind.
Opinions, Column
On Homecoming and Holistic Education: A Lorikeet Among the Eagles
That school spirit so joyfully displayed at BC is all but unimaginable back in Australia. To the Aussie mind, being a student is just one of many things you do.
Opinions, Column
On Voice, Vitriol, and Visions: A Lorikeet Among the Eagles
The day before I wrote this—on Oct. 14—Australia went to the polls. Whether at the primary school a few blocks from my Melbourne home, 10,000 miles away via postal ballot, or the one Antarctic polling place at the far reaches of the earth, Australian citizens across the globe cast their ballots.
Opinions, Column
In Defense of Tall Poppies and Mountain Ponies: A Lorikeet Among the Eagles
Who am I and what am I doing in your newsfeed? Well, this semester has seen me swap my native home of Melbourne, Australia for the Heights.
Opinions, Column
The 12 Percent: BC Must Do More For Its International Students
Three years ago, on a muggy August afternoon, I found myself unloading cardboard boxes and oversized duffle bags from a rental car as I moved into my freshman dorm at Boston College. Somehow, the nervous 18-year-old girl from Sydney, Australia wound up in Chestnut Hill, Mass., ready to begin her life as a college student….
Column, Metro
From Sydney to Boston: Learning to Embrace the City Around Me
Although Boston has always been a presence in my life, it still seems like an unattainable dream.
News, On Campus
Julia Gillard, Former Australian Prime Minister, On Leadership
Former prime minister of Australia, Julia Gillard, spoke to BC students in Robsham Theater about leadership.
