American Politics Need Empathy

Ana Pirosca • May 28, 2021

I never considered myself a political person. But recently, I realized that I was wrong.  I believe there have been a series of radical moments in my life that led me to this realization. As...

Public Health Declined During the Trump Era, New Report Finds

Julia Landwehr • February 22, 2021

The report, which compared the United States’ life expectancy and death rates by age group to that of other G7 nations, said that in 2018 alone, 461,000 American lives were lost unnecessarily.

Editorial: Common 2020 Election Questions Answered: How to Vote, Find Reliable News This Week

The Heights Editorial Board • November 2, 2020

The upcoming election will be different from any other election in recent history. It is unclear whether the country will know who won the election on the night of Nov. 3. In anticipation of the upcoming week, The Heights would like to point readers to reliable sources of information, answer questions about the election, and clear up common misconceptions. 

BC Voices Support for Supreme Court Decision Upholding DACA

Madeleine Romance • June 22, 2020

“Over the years, DACA students have enriched our campus through their presence, and we hope they will continue to do so in the years to come,” Dunn said.

Conservative Take: Impeachment

Julia Canzano • January 31, 2020

The Senate began the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, commencing long days of arguments from both Republicans and Democrats. But while the two parties have battled it out in the Senate chamber...

The Truth Still Matters in Journalism

Alicia Kang • October 30, 2019

In the first week of this semester, I had a perplexing conversation with one of my suitemates, in which she shared her belief that “the truth does not matter.” This seemed like a rather shocking claim...

Proposed Federal Budget Affects Student Loans

Scott Baker • March 19, 2019

The proposals include increased defense spending, homeland security, veterans affairs, and commerce, which are offset with significant cuts across the board, including a 12-percent decrease in education spending—which could greatly affect student borrowers.

Professors Debate Over Immigration, Border Wall

Scott Baker • February 25, 2019

Kari Hong, assistant professor at Boston College Law School, and Peter Skerry, a political science professor at BC, sat down on Thursday for a debate on whether a wall should be constructed along the United States-Mexico border.

Law Schools Face Diminished Enrollment Numbers

Jack Miller • February 11, 2019

Over a decade after the 2008 recession, law schools across the country are grappling with the fallout of a shrinking labor market, trends that have only recently reversed themselves.

Barfield Talks Trump Trade Policy

Katelyn Zilke • December 3, 2018

Claude Barfield, resident scholar of trade policy at the American Enterprise Institute, gave a talk on the Trump administration’s trade policies in an event sponsored by the Boston College Republicans and the American Enterprise Institute Executive Council of BC.

Obama EPA Head Talks Trump Environmental Policy

Scott Baker • October 28, 2018

Gina McCarthy, former head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) during the Obama administration, came to speak at Boston College on Tuesday in the wake of recent rollbacks by the Trump Administration of many Obama-era EPA policies.

Trump Administration Changes to Title IX Could Make Waves at BC

Charlie Power • September 10, 2018

Melinda Stoops, associate vice president for student affairs and BC’s Title IX coordinator, acknowledged some of uncertainties over the future direction of Title IX policy, particularly as it relates to sexual assault in regards to reported changes coming to the law.