By Cassandra Bell
There is an electricity on campus these days, a back-to-school buzz rippling through every part of Boston College, as returning students, still sun-streaked and giddy from seas of familiar faces, settle back into a routine. Those new to campus still look a little bewildered, though just as enthused for the coming school year.
The beginning of the year brings with it the usual host of social gatherings, but this year will take a different tone when the University gets involved.
Textbook prices increase with no single cause responsible
By Charles Kelliher
Every year, without fail, college textbooks always burn. Not literally of course, but in the financial sense. Textbooks are a substantial and costly investment for the typical college student, and a visit to the Boston College Bookstore at the beginning of each semester brings along an unshakable sense of foreboding as to how much one's books will come to this semester.
By Carl Larsson
Boston College has always been an institution with an international flair. John McElroy, S.J., founded it in 1863 in Boston after growing up on his family's farm in Ulster, Northern Ireland. John Bapst, a native of Switzerland, became BC's first president.
By Jacqueline Herder
Professor Maxim Shrayer opens his Classic Russian Literature class by inquiring about his students' acquisition of the required texts, questions concerning the syllabus, and what he demands from them. After this is out of the way, class begins, and Shrayer's enjoyment of learning and love of literature shines through.
By Jaclyn Bernstein / Heights Senior StaffObjective: Find summer job to supplement unpaid internship that doesn't involve donating my eggs.
Skills: Exceedingly proficient in the use of the most cutting-edge office equipment (the Xerox machine, the automatic letter-stamper, the ever-temperamental envelope stuffer, the industrial-size paper shredder, the touch-tone telephone, the World Wide Web) and the most ancient (the scanner that dates back to Watergate, the rusty file cabinet, the Photostat, the eight-track, the astrolabe, the sundial).
By Lauren Viola
We see them almost weekly out on the football field giving their all for the maroon and gold, battling other schools, entertaining the fans, and exciting every emotion that Boston College fans have to cheer on their team. But how much do we really know about the time and effort it takes to be one of BC's Superfan superstars? How much do we really know about the grueling practices and dedication it takes to be one of the select few to dazzle the Heights game after game? No, we're not talking about Chris Crane, Brandon Robinson, or the rest of the 6-foot-plus men in shoulder pads and helmets that dominate the football field week after week.
By Madeleine Rodriguez
For some reason, I've always been really excited to find out what the new freshman class Superfan slogan is at the beginning of each year (file that one under "Maddy is a senior and still a giant loser"). It's not that I find them particularly clever, but I just like to make sure that it is as terrible as my own.
By Benjamin Broadmeadow
It's a strange feeling, being stuck in limbo. Boston College started classes last week, but I leave for London Sept. 12 to study abroad for the semester. To fill the gap in between, I decided to make a quick visit to BC before I ducked off to London. Yet back at the Heights, I drifted along in some sort of academic purgatory.
By Jason Ng
I was telling my friend at home where I was living this semester when I realized how different dorm life at Boston College is than in Hong Kong.
It went something like this:
"I live in a townhouse-of-sorts on campus. It's pretty cool. I have my own backyard, space to grill, a picnic table, and even a fairly spacious common room downstairs.
By Sean Conaty
Published in The Heights on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2003
You put on your Belushi College shirt, slipped into your Birkenstocks, and made the hazy trek to Conte Forum last Wednesday night to see the Roots, OAR, and Virginia Coalition. But, if you were like most of the audience, you chose to arrive just in time to see OAR take the stage.
Spring Break
