The mission of a university is to shape young minds, and the most basic step to fulfill this mission is providing quality classes. Boston College often fails to meet this requirement.
Editorials, Opinions
If It’s Not Broken, Don’t Fix It: An Open Letter to ResLife
The Office of Residential Life should implement more effective methods of communication during the housing selection process, including timely use of social media platforms, consistent instructions for registration and selection, and increased clarity surrounding any changes being made to the process. Housing selection is a stressful time for Boston College students, and ResLife should play…
Editorials, Opinions
Boston College Should Improve Course Registration Process on EagleApps
Boston College should improve its course registration process by increasing communication with professors and students and ensuring EagleApps is updated with accurate course information. Students and faculty both experience a great deal of uncertainty during registration week due to problems that can be fixed by providing more consistent and factual information. Last spring, BC converted…
Newton, Metro
Newton Passes Ordinance Taxing Short Term Rentals
The city of Newton passed an ordinance that taxes short-term rentals, like AirBnb, and requires owners to register their homes.
TU/TD
Grass, Lettuce, and UIS: TU/TD
Thumbs Up Grass – The type on the ground. Shoutout to Leahy’s grass by Stokes for making such an incredible rebound. It looked like a battlefield after College Gameday, and our pre-Thanksgiving snow day didn’t especially help it recover from its hangover, no matter how much Gatorade we could conceivably pour on it. Just weeks later,…
Opinions, Column
Why Student Athletes Needs Priority Registration
“It is no secret that many student-athletes at BC would have no shot of acceptance on their own academic merit.”
TU/TD, Blog
All Sorts of Opinions on Registering for Classes: TU/TD
“Hardcover books are merely aesthetic materials that look intellectual and pretty on a bookshelf.”
