The necessity of music as an emotional outlet is indisputable in my opinion, but it typically serves as background noise to the ever-moving world around us. Concerts provide a brief interlude from the onslaught of life’s stressors, allowing us to live life in a pure state of awe and uninterrupted emotion.
As a new columnist for The Heights, I am grappling with how I can share my opinions while avoiding a collision course. What can I say that is useful? What can I say that is not divisive but productive?
For as long as I can remember, the value of kindness has been emphasized in nearly every aspect of my life. “Be kind to others” was scribbled at the top of the easel papers that served as elementary school classroom constitutions.
Siblings! We don’t choose them. Their presence is bestowed on us, whether we like it or not. They somehow always know exactly when you plan on taking a shower (only to hog it first), and they know how to push every last one of your buttons. Yet, if you have siblings, they can shape your identity in a way no one else can.
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…
Due to recent anti-trans laws and anti-trans rhetoric, I feel obligated to share on behalf of the transgender community a sliver of what I go through on campus and the lack of support BC’s queer community receives from the University.
Shihua Wu, vice president of the first-generation club and CSOM ’20, delves into parsing layers of identity as a first-gen student at BC, as well as where the community can improve its support of first-gen students.
Though many peoples share a culture and heritage, no two people hold the same experiences. The ‘Untold Stories’ exhibit documents this idea in the Asian American and Pacific Islander students on campus.
Rachel DiBella, the assistant director of the Women’s Center, said that people should not have to compartmentalize the diversity of identities that they have.
The Thea Bowman AHANA Intercultural Center was accredited by the Anti-Defamation League in the spring to train the Bowman advocates.
