Features Articles

Student fans gear up to watch playoffs

By Rosanne Palatucci / Heights Senior Staff
A Boston College student sits

Off campus living not always a party

Students face new challenges with off campus housing

By Tim Walsh
It's the weekend. Your parents go out of town. So you throw a huge party with keg stands,

Grace Simmons: Can I quote you on that?

By Michelle Sanders / Heights Senior Staff
Getting homework done is enough for most of us. Grace Simmons, president of the undergraduate government of Boston College, balances international immersion trips, presentations to the board of trustees, a $400,000 budget, and occasionally some school work. No wonder she says coffee is the one thing she can't do without.

Unique cell phone rings gain popularity

By Jenee Osterheldt, KRT
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -When Cassie Keller gets a phone call, a lot more happens than an archaic "ring, ring." Instead, her cell phone launches into this: meow-meow-meow-meow, meow-meow-meow-meow. Right. The "Meow Mix" TV jingle.

Column: Popping your collar

By Kevin Sawyer / Heights Staff
Disclaimer: I am the last person in the world who ought to be giving fashion advice. My wardrobe consists largely of jeans, plaid shirts, and monochromatic T-shirts (what I call "lumberjack chic"). I don't own anything pink or baby blue, although apparently those are hot colors for guys now, and I think trucker hats belong on the heads of truckers and little-leaguers.

Column: Thunderbirds fly again: attack of the moccasins

By Jessica Rosen / Heights Staff
It happens without fail every single season. A trend arrives on the scene and, within days, it spreads like mono in a freshman dorm. No one knows where it came from. All people can do is leap on the bandwagon as fast as humanly possible, all the while developing their own versions of the "I've wanted these since .