halloween Archives - The Heights

A Guide to the Ultimate Halloween Bash: Setting the Scene With Spooky Jams

Nicole Charbit Azpurua • October 30, 2025

The best Halloween playlist doesn't just play on themes of ghosts and goblins. It plays on mood. It needs those infectious and floor-filling anthems that everyone knows and loves, mixed with a few tracks that just evoke gloom and terror.

Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down: Week of 10/20

October 19, 2025

Although it's only been a week since Indigenous Peoples’ Day and fall break, the effects of a much-needed vacation can still be felt. Students chose to venture somewhere new with friends, return home, or enjoy a nighttime tailgate on campus.

Michael: What Halloween 2024 Will Bring to the Table

Elona Michael • October 31, 2024

As the mailroom overflows and friend groups crumble under pressure to pull off the best group costumes, many are finding this to be the spookiest part of the holiday season.

Weynand & Stitzel: A Contest Of The Most Terrorizing Slasher

Jack Weynand and Leah Stitzel • October 17, 2024

As Halloween approaches, the arts editors continue our tradition of bringing you our picks for the best—and scariest—seasonal film favorites.

Weynand: Horror Films Have Historically Mistreated Black Characters—Jordan Peele Changed That

Jack Weynand • February 19, 2024

Peele is helping the horror genre finally take the necessary steps to go from a total lack of representation to a genre that thrives on diverse stories and casts.

If You Have Ever Downloaded MyFitnessPal, Please Read This Column

Olivia Franceschini • November 19, 2023

There’s a fair amount of talk today about body positivity, self-improvement, and combatting unhealthy workout and diet culture. At the same time, I also think there’s a lot of fear to admit that sometimes we do feel self-judgemental—even to our closest friends.

Local Youth Decorate Windows for Newton’s Annual Halloween Window Painting Event

Laney McAden • October 29, 2023

Newton’s Halloween Window Painting event drew members from across the community in the name of spooky festivities and community artistry.

Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down: Week of Oct. 29

Opinions • October 29, 2023

Despite long having outgrown the Halloween trick-or-treating tradition, Boston College students continue to celebrate the holiday with a costume or two … or five.