By Pilar Landon / Heights Senior StaffStudents living a "semi-charmed life" got that "something else" to get them through as Third Eye Blind took the stage in Conte Forum Thursday night. Performing to a crowd of over 3,000, the band headlined the Undergraduate Government of Boston College's Spring Concert, playing 16 songs that took many BC students on a trip down memory lane.
Commencement speaker offers a peak into his life after BC
By Patrick Fouhy / Heights Senior StaffIn light of his selection as the 2007 commencement speaker, Heights Editor in Chief Patrick Fouhy sat down with Jack Connors, BC '63 for an interview on his Boston College experience and life after BC.
When you graduated back in '63, did you ever imagine you'd be giving a commencement address one day at BC?
Absolutely not.
By Tim Mooney / Opinions EditorBy Tim Mooney
Heights Editor
The service community gathered on Thursday to honor one of its own and to remember a man who gave his life as a hero on Sept. 11. This year's Welles Remy Crowther Service Award was presented to Becky Camacho, A&S '07. On hand to present the award was the mother and sister of Welles, Alison and Paige Crowther.
By Pilar Landon / Heights Senior StaffDespite efforts by the Undergraduate Government of Boston College (UGBC) to secure approval, the Dropkick Murphys have been dropped from the list of Modstock performers.
"It was not our decision," said Ryan McHaffie, director of UGBC programming and CSOM '07.
By Ryan Kagy
Where does the time go? Well, to the past I suppose, but isn't it crazy how fast this year went by? It seems like yesterday we were huddled together in Alumni, watching the football team … and now, 16 of us have already huddled together to watch Third Eye Blind rock Conte.
Graduate school adds new concentrations to improve student options
By Alexi Chi / Editor-In-ChiefBy Alexi Chi
Heights Editor
Students graduating from the Boston College School of Social Work this spring will be the first to have completed a new curriculum recently developed to better prepare students for work in the professional world. Changes to the curriculum include the addition of four new concentrations and a lessening of the gap between macro and clinical fields of study.
By Christopher Maroshegyi / Heights Senior StaffBy Christopher Maroshegyi
Assoc. News Editor
In a conference dominated by on-field competition and top-10 sports teams, a recent two-day student research conference hosted at the University of Virginia revealed the Atlantic Coast Conference's academic, side.
By Chris Bone
The Undergraduate Government of Boston College president-elect Jenniffer Castillo, A&S '08, and vice president-elect Daniel Sievers, A&S '08, are taking over the student government like a pair of CEOs resuscitating an often-criticized company: They have consolidated an organization of 98 members down to 78 by cutting 20 positions, and they also plan to modernize a campus by replacing fliers with plasma screens.
By Carolyn Mattus / Height Senior StaffWriting my last column is kind of like signing a yearbook. I'm tempted to reminisce about college years gone past, maybe offer some thanks to the people who helped me get this far, perhaps wish my fellow seniors good luck and success in the future.
But I'm not going to do that.
By Christopher Maroshegyi / Heights Senior StaffBy Christopher Maroshegyi
Assoc. News Editor
Student interest in the Middle East and Islam has soared over the past few years, reflecting an ever-increasing dominance of the region's current state of affairs in American foreign policy and everyday life.
Spring Break
