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Graduation Might Ruin the World Tour
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Graduation Might Ruin the World Tour

Saweetie’s not the only one performing on campus. 

One of my friends is a Boston College microcelebrity. Everyone knows either him personally or at least of him. Whenever I walk anywhere with him on campus, he’s bound to bump into someone he knows every ten feet. 

When this happens, I joke that he’s on his “Campus World Tour,” with stops like the Rat, Gasson Quad, or the stairs next to Iggy as hotspots for his loyal “fans.” 

Ever since then, I’ve started treating my own walks on campus like I’m on tour. My friend’s more like Flo Rida—a crowd favorite. Me? I’m more like Saweetie—a little less mainstream, met with mixed reactions. 

Whatever You Live Will Be Life
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Whatever You Live Will Be Life

In the spring of 2020, a few months before I was an official Boston College student in the Class of 2024, I was a disenchanted high school senior with no idea of what the future might hold. I was perpetually tired, perennially anxious, and in desperate need of direction.

Navigating a College Experience With an “Asterisk”: The Class of 2023 Reflects on Shifted BC Culture, Identity During COVID-19
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Navigating a College Experience With an “Asterisk”: The Class of 2023 Reflects on Shifted BC Culture, Identity During COVID-19

Like many Boston College seniors hoping to take full advantage of their remaining days on the Heights, Kristen Donnelly said she and her friends have a bucket list to tackle before graduation.  This bucket list, Donnelly explained, is particularly important to her because the COVID-19 pandemic prevented her from doing many of the activities and…

Goodbye and A Guy Named Steve
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Goodbye and A Guy Named Steve

We’ve arrived, inevitably, at the end of things. Three years and thousands of words have all been building to this moment: my final column. There are a few dozen versions of this where I rehash the past, settling scores or changing endings or vying for redemption. I don’t want to do that, though. I want…

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