“We Literally Did Not Have Housing”: Rising Sophomores Resolve to Off-Campus Living Amid Housing Shortage

Alexa Allers • April 9, 2026

Many rising sophomores are deciding to live off campus for the 2026–27 school year, after the class faced a shortage of traditional-style housing on the Chestnut Hill campus.

Late-Night Fire Alarms Displace Multiple Williams Hall Residents

Lucy Freeman and Angelina Li • March 18, 2024

Though Aria Nafziger lives in Williams Hall, she found herself sprawled out on a couch in the lounge of Roncalli Hall shortly after 1:00 a.m. on Monday morning. A series of late-night fire alarms in Williams had left her unable to sleep in her own bed. 

UGBC Talks Housing for LGBTQ+ Students, Campus Accessibility, and Free Speech

Jack Beckman • February 28, 2024

H Edwards, Queer Leadership Council (QLC) policy coordinator, said a recent meeting they had with the Office of Residential Life (ResLife) to discuss housing options for LGBTQ+ students was unproductive and yielded little progress.

UGBC Senate Considers Housing Improvements During Meeting with ResLife

Annika Engelbrecht • February 21, 2024

The UGBC Senate hosted two members from the Office of Residential Life (ResLife) to discuss improvements to the housing process at their meeting on Tuesday night.

“It’s Kind of Like a Mattress Firm”: ResLife Holds Mattress Testing Event for Student Feedback

Lucy Freeman • December 1, 2023

Aidan McGinty and Corrado Buzzerio sprawled themselves across each of the seven beds in Maloney Hall’s fourth floor lobby on Thursday, testing out mattress options as part of a new initiative by the Office of Residential Life (ResLife).

UGBC Senate Discusses Recent Meetings With ResLife

Annika Engelbrecht • November 29, 2023

The Boston College Office of Residential Life (ResLife) cannot commit to prioritizing the future housing options of freshmen living on Newton Campus, said Addie Weiss, UGBC Senator and MCAS ’27.

ResLife Student Workers’ Unionization Effort Calls for Job Transparency and Equitable Wages

Natalie Arndt • September 24, 2023

The main goal of unionizing Boston College Residential Life student workers is to put ResLife employees at more of an equal playing field with their employers, BC ResLife Student Workers said in an email to The Heights.

It’s Time To Talk About Laundry at BC

The Heights Editorial Board • September 24, 2023

The University has a laundry problem, and it has not taken steps to address it. On a scale rating the laundry experience at Boston College from 1 to 10 (with 1 being “I'm completely dissatisfied” and 10 being “I'm completely satisfied”), more than 60 students polled by a Heights survey gave an average satisfaction rating of 4.47 out of 10.

Your Housing Appeal Update: With Love, ResLife

Emma Caulfield • March 19, 2023

Living off campus in just my second year at BC feels undoubtedly negative to me. It’s difficult to find positives when you are as blatantly rejected as I was.

Frostbite and Frozen Pipe Warnings: University Alerts Students of Incoming Arctic Blast

Natalie Arndt • February 3, 2023

The University sent out several emails on Thursday warning students about a dangerous arctic blast headed for Boston this weekend.

Sophomore Living Experience Option Added to 2023–24 Housing Application

Lucy Freeman • January 27, 2023

Instead of scrambling to form large groups to live in Walsh Hall, rising sophomores can now apply to the Sophomore Living Experience, a program where selected pairs will be placed in Walsh Hall quads or eight-mans with randomly assigned suitemates.

Williams Hall Residents Confused After RD Announces All Four RAs Will Not Return

Sofia Laboy and Lucy Freeman • January 20, 2023

Residents of all four floors of Williams Hall received emails from their resident director (RD) Saturday morning informing them that their resident assistants (RAs) would not be returning for the spring semester.