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Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down: Week of 4/27

April 26, 2026

Check out this week's highlights and lowlights of life at Boston College!

Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down: Week of Feb. 4

Opinions • February 4, 2024

Even though we’ve settled into our class routines, there’s one more task we need to factor into our busy schedules: laundry day. But broken washing machines, faulty dryers, and piles of clothes atop every available surface don’t exactly create the most inviting environment.

BC Hot Takes: Voicing My Most Stubborn Opinions About Campus

Pat Connell • April 23, 2023

As the school year comes to a close, I think it is time to finally share some of the Boston College hot takes that have accumulated in the back of my mind over the past two years.

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.

A Critique of Sophomores (From a Sophomore)

Mary Perez • October 16, 2022

After only a year on this campus, I feel that most of the sophomores see themselves as too good for any “adventure.” Everything feels below them, in the bluntest way possible. The rose-colored lens that covered freshman year has been ripped off our faces, and now we are confronted with the realities of college life: the routines.

A Love Letter to Walsh Hall

Cameron Walker • January 26, 2022

In the quiet of my suburban home over break, I had the opportunity to do lots of thinking. There is nothing like a month at home with few scheduled obligations and inconsistent responsibilities to bring...

Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down: Week Of Sept. 27

Opinions • September 26, 2021

Thumbs Up BENCHAmazon Hub Lockers are yet another begrudging testament to Amazon’s genius, and will most likely be featured as the next case study in the Digital Technologies: Strategies and...

False Fire Alarm Pulled, Property Damaged in Walsh Hall

Jack Miller • December 10, 2018

Residents of Walsh Hall were evacuated twice on Sunday morning following alarms triggered by Michael Sorkin, CSOM ’21, who was arrested hours after damaging property in Walsh Hall, vandalizing Welch Hall with racial epithets, and assaulting a BCPD officer.

UPDATE: Michael Sorkin Named as Student Arrested for Sunday Damage, Racist Vandalism

Andy Backstrom • December 10, 2018

BC student Michael Sorkin, CSOM ’21, was named as the student arrested for damaging property in Walsh Hall, racist vandalism in Welch Hall, and assaulting a BCPD officer earlier that morning.

Student Issued Interim Suspension Over Racially Charged Vandalism, BCPD Assault, Walsh Hall Damage

Andy Backstrom • December 9, 2018

A BC student was issued an interim suspension from the University on Sunday after writing racially explicit epithets in Welch Hall. In separate incidents, the student discharged a fire extinguisher and destroyed property in the Walsh Hall laundry room, and assaulted a BCPD officer.