The Heights

Love in Action

Scanlon Mellowes • October 19, 2025

“Eight letters, three words. Say it, and I’m yours.” Well, Chuck Bass, I fear those words won’t be coming out of my mouth anytime soon. When I started watching Gossip Girl in eighth grade, I naively assumed my life would consist of heirs in tuxedos professing their love to me at black-tie galas.

My Quest for the Four Leaf Clover

Scanlon Mellowes • March 23, 2025

If you give a ginger a Guinness, she’s going to want Lucky Charms. If you give a ginger Lucky Charms, she’s going to want a four-leaf clover—the list continues with all the Irish nosh and haberdashery that I believe I should be showered with this St. Patrick’s Day.

The Power of Delusion

Dee Espinosa • March 16, 2025

February may be over, but its presence lingers like the smell of sweet chocolate-covered strawberries. February is the month of love and also the month of delusion. It’s the month of silly campus activities like the Marriage Pact that might mean something, the betrayal of checking someone’s story only to find out they’re not single, and the pink and red haze that all leave a bittersweet funk that lingers into March.

Courage to Date

Pat Connell • February 14, 2025

I think we are the first generation where sex is less awkward to talk about than dating. In order to not further risk my chances of getting into heaven, I’ll be talking about the latter—I’m told BC priests read these articles every now and then. Strap in! In case you didn’t know, Merriam-Webster defines date as “the brown, oblong edible fruit of a palm (Phoenix dactylifera).”

A Mosaic of Those You’ve Loved Most

Jenny Hotchkiss • April 21, 2024

As a kid, being called a “copycat” felt like the most hurtful insult I could receive. Well-meaning adults would attempt to offer consolation, saying “Imitation is the highest form of flattery,” but this adage was no match for my crushed 10-year-old ego.

The (Limiting) Language of Love

Makayla Hickey • February 18, 2024

So how can love span both mutual and unreciprocated feelings, encompass romance and platonism, and be both given and felt? By using the word in such a variety of ways, we are simultaneously overgeneralizing and severely restricting love in our language.