Features Articles

An Eagle's fight for migrant workers

By Michelle Kaczmarek
It was summertime in El Salvador and Allison Ramirez, BC '07, was on her way to deliver a wheelchair to a man who had lost an arm and a leg. These injuries, the result of an unfortunate accident while he was trying to board the cargo train that carries migrants from the south to the north of Mexico, were the explicit sacrifices in his journey of immigration.

Going 'green' for the holidays

By Rebecca Buckley
There is something about the combination of purchasing a latte served in a snowflake-patterned cup, watching the CNN reports about the hysteria of Black Friday shoppers, and watching neighbors put up lights over Thanksgiving break that creates a perfect storm causing even the weariest end-of-semester student to daydream about walking down Newbury Street, toting four or five large shopping bags full of opulently wrapped gifts.

Column: He Said / She Said

By Lisa Cook & Ryan Lopez
"I'm a freshman here and there's this one girl who I get along with really well. All her friends tell me she's really crushing on me. But I have no idea what to do. It's not just that I've never had a girlfriend, I've never even kissed a girl. I have no idea where to start.

Satirical newspaper born in 'New England'

By Jacquelyn Herder
A few weeks ago, students began to see an unknown newsletter scattered about campus. It lurked in lounges, dining halls, and residence halls. It offered students news they wouldn't find in The Heights, The Patriot, or The Observer. And none of it was true.

A difficult choice, a final goodbye to 'The Heights'

By Lisa De Gray / Heights Senior Staff
To say that my decision to study abroad rather than spend another year on The Heights editorial board threw me into an existential crisis would be a bit extreme. Melodramatics aside, however, Sartre's views on choice added a new dimension to my moments of self-doubt.

'Planning Ahead' for finals

By Zachary Thompson
After weeks and weeks of lectures, copious note-taking, and nights of less than two hours of sleep, we are finally approaching the climax of it all: final exams. I'm absolutely terrified. After years in middle and high school when studying for finals consisted of one night of skimming through my notes for a few hours (if that) and hoping the exam was not remotely difficult, I feel like I'm about to get hit by the locomotive that is a college final exam.

World Record: Quito, Ecuador

By Kerry Moynihan
Tomorrow is Dec. 1. It's winter in Boston. When I left for Ecuador, the date was Aug. 20. Hot, sweaty, summertime. It is incomprehensible that I have spent the last three months of my life in a tiny country in South America and not in Boston, the only place I have ever called home.

Alumni Corner Column

By Shawna Gallagher-Vega
If you're a junior studying abroad this spring, a summer internship can be hard to find. But with a little extra effort, you can actually participate in both an international experience and the internship hunt. If you already know where you would like to work, contact employers now, tell them about your situation, and offer to meet before you leave the country if it's convenient for their schedule; if not, you can always offer to speak over the phone.

Alumni Corner: Profile

By Tula Batanchiev / Features Editor
Attending graduate school, an eventual occurrence for most Boston College students, never made its way into Amanda Jack's game plan. Instead, since her graduation from BC in 2002, she has volunteered at a migrant shelter, worked at the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition, and currently works as a human rights accompanier for the Fellowship of Reconciliation's Colombia Program.