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To Be as Still as the Shoe Shining Man: Part One

Emmbrooke Flather September 30, 2025

  Years ago, I was lucky enough to learn a lesson that takes most people an entire lifetime to discover: the most significant factor contributing to our happiness are the people we choose to surround...

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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.
This Is Not a Valentine's Day Column

This Is Not a Valentine’s Day Column

Madeleine Loosbrock February 7, 2016
With Valentine's Day around the corner, features columnist Madeleine Loosbrock offers a perspective on romance at BC.
The Irony Of Galentine’s Day Parties

The Irony Of Galentine’s Day Parties

Katerina Ivanov February 12, 2015
The generalization of the sobbing wine-drunk girl and the sleazy opportunistic guy are a lot more common than we like to think.

‘The Theory Of Everything’ Proves A Brilliant Biopic Of Scientist Stephen Hawking

Hannah McLaughlin November 23, 2014
'The Theory of Everything' portrays the spirit of Stephen Hawking's scientific career through his resilient love for his wife.
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