The Heights

Between Yesterday and Tomorrow

Lucia Hernandez • April 8, 2025

When my parents reminisce over moments long, long ago, they always mention how they feel it had happened just the day before. I’d always assumed that was a hyperbole. But now, I think back to one of the final days of 10th grade, and it truly feels like yesterday.

Time is Passing, But Are You?

Punnya Kalapurakkel • September 17, 2024

Time passes even as I type these words. Time passes as I worry about time passing. Time passes as I ponder what to do about time passing.

Giving Up and When To Do It

Matthew Ablondi • July 23, 2023

Never giving up is an idea that is culturally reinforced in music, movies, and our education system. But I’m here to tell you that giving up is great.

Dear BC, I’m Just Doing It for the Plot

Mary Perez • April 13, 2023

Through my desire to have an exciting plot, I have met amazing people who never make my life boring. I’ve faced challenges in my “plot” that tested my limits, but they ultimately helped me experience the world.

Saved by the Bell, or Not

Connor Kilgallon • December 30, 2022

My target was McGuinn 121. Yet, as I raced past Gasson, my eardrums filled with the striking reverberations of Gasson Tower’s four brass bells: Ignatius, Xavier, Gonzaga, and Berchmans.

Giving Thanks for the Ability to Chose Our Free Time

Shannon Lyons • December 5, 2018

"I recognized how lucky I am to be a college student, who has the freedom to take classes that interest me, to personally allocate my time, and to focus on my own growth as an individual."

Too Much Caffeine, Too Little Time: TU/TD

TU/TD • March 1, 2018

"Every time I talk to my grandpa on the phone, he asks me how many extra hours I could use that day."

A Columnist’s Last Goodbye

Archer Parquette • December 3, 2017

Goodbyes are always hard, and one never really gets used to saying them.

Life and the Lecture Hall

Shannon Lyons • October 13, 2017

"I want my hand to ache not because I am trying to desperately replicate what society tells me is important, but because I am passionate about writing my own life story."

Angela Ards Uses ‘Fake News’ to Teach Real Journalism at BC

Archer Parquette • September 25, 2017

Angela Ards is bringing her experience as a seasoned journalist to a popular English course, and is working on building a journalism minor for BC students.

Mental Health and the Got Time? Campaign

Sean Sudol • January 24, 2016

Rather than fault students for their temporal mismanagement, the Got Time? campaign should consider how modern education reinforces and ingrains a lifestyle that leads to increasing mental unwellness.

The Drawing Board: ‘Time Flies’

Francisco Ruela • April 27, 2015

The cartoon for this week’s Monday issue, as many students have the rest of the college careers ahead of them while some are enjoying their last week of classes before graduating.